Watching the Fourth Hokage before him slowly dissipate within the restraints of his tendrils, Simu gently adjusted his glasses.
"Worthy of the legendary Yellow Flash. He actually managed to leave a Flying Thunder God formula on my tendrils in an instant," Simu remarked.
That was right. The reason Minato Namikaze had been able to appear beside him in an instant was that, during their first clash, he had casually left a formula on Simu's tendrils the moment he severed them with Flying Thunder God Slash.
Although Simu had regenerated that tendril afterward, the Flying Thunder God formula Minato had left behind had remained hidden within it.
So, the moment Minato noticed Simu retract that tendril, he activated Flying Thunder God.
Using the formula hidden on the tendril, he instantly teleported to Simu's side and blasted him into the lake with a Rasengan.
If not for the immense boost granted by the Mangekyō Sharingan, Minato Namikaze's strike might really have scattered the consciousness Simu had left within his clone.
But battles between ninja were like that. A slight misstep could lead to a vast difference.
The result was that Simu had won, absorbing every last trace of Chakra the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze had sealed within his child's body.
Seeing that victory had been decided, the Nine-Tails excitedly slammed its claws against the prison gate.
"Brat, I thought you were dead! Hurry up and open the gate for me!"
It could no longer wait to emerge and slaughter everything in its path. The fury it had accumulated over decades of imprisonment would become a catastrophic disaster the instant the seal was undone, once more descending upon Konoha!
Simu showed no reaction to the Nine-Tails' form of address. His body floated lightly into the air again, and under the Nine-Tails' excited gaze,