The instant Ginkaku was sealed by Houka, Uchiha Shin, who had just reached the border between the Land of Rain and the Land of Fire, went pale!
"Damn it!! It's that bastard Uchiha Houka again!!"
Uchiha Shin forcibly suppressed the urge to release Kinkaku from the Impure World Reincarnation. Once he did that, Uchiha Houka would inevitably leave with the sealed Ginkaku!
The Nine-Tails Chakra within Kinkaku and Ginkaku could temporarily revive the Ten-Tails. If one of them was missing, who knew whether it would still succeed? So, Uchiha Houka had to be kept here.
Therefore, only by having Kinkaku continue fighting Uchiha Houka could Orochimaru rush over to support him and hold Uchiha Houka back!
As Uchiha Shin sprinted at top speed, he looked grimly at the shadow behind him.
The voice of a Zetsu clone came from the shadow. "Don't worry. Orochimaru has already brought Nagato over to support him, and... my main body has arrived as well!"
Only then did Uchiha Shin relax, but he immediately spoke coldly. "No matter what, we cannot let Uchiha Houka take Kinkaku and Ginkaku away. And of course, Orochimaru absolutely cannot seal Kinkaku and Ginkaku before I arrive. Zetsu, do you understand?"
"Understood!" the Zetsu clone declared solemnly.
At that moment, a thousand miles from the battlefield, Naruto and Jiraiya were racing onward.
Jiraiya glanced at the darkening sky and said, "Naruto, let's rest for a while. The war can't possibly end in such a short time."
"But..." Naruto's expression twisted with conflict. His parents, his family, and his friends were fighting the enemy in a life-or-death battle right now. How could he possibly rest well at a time like this?
"At our current pace, even if we make it to the battlefield, we'll probably already be exhausted. How are