However, Ryobu no longer needed to go out and deal with Minato and the others, because—they had already come in!
A vortex appeared in front of Shukaku's temple, and Obito emerged from it with the members of the Firefighting Team.
Minato, Kushina, Sakumo, Yugito, Mei Terumi...
The moment they entered, they were all at their peak, brimming with killing intent.
While outside, the Firefighting Team members had already entered their strongest states.
Because they knew how terrifying Ryobu's Mangekyo Dojutsu was. Time Stop could reverse the tide of battle in an instant.
They could not afford even the slightest carelessness when facing Ryobu at close range.
Kushina was merely a Shadow Clone, but even a Shadow Clone could activate Kurama Mode, glowing golden.
Like a little golden man.
Minato had been granted chakra by the Nine-Tails. A Demon Fox cloak with a single tail appeared around him.
Holding a Flying Thunder God Kunai, he immediately watched Ryobu's every move with vigilance.
Yugito transformed into her Two-Tails form, looking down at Ryobu like a giant cat.
Sakumo held a chakra short sword—the White Fang, a reforged White Fang. He himself faced Ryobu like a blade.
Ryobu could feel a gust of blade wind tearing at his skin.
Mei Terumi appeared alongside the Six-Tails.
This puzzled Ryobu somewhat. Mei Terumi was not the Six-Tails' Jinchuriki, yet she had such remarkable coordination with the Tailed Beast.
Mei Terumi also wore a Tailed Beast Cloak, not made from the Nine-Tails Chakra, but from the Six-Tails' chakra.
Ryobu immediately understood. Mei Terumi was using the Six-Tails as a Summoning Beast.
It seemed that after relations between the Tailed Beasts and ninja had normalized, they had abandoned the old Jinchuriki arrangement and instead cooperated through summoning contracts.
Although an individual Jinchuriki was stronger, being a Summoning