Having just stepped back, Madara shot a dissatisfied glance to the side and said in a low voice, "Shin, you're meddling too much. It's rare for me to find an opponent I can truly enjoy fighting."
Where he looked, Shin's figure silently appeared, as though he had been standing there from the very beginning.
Shin smiled. "Go do your own thing. Take a look—the Tailed Beasts are about to break free of their restraints. Leave this guy to me. I'm doing this for your own good. It wouldn't be nice if you got utterly beaten later."
"You're the one who'll get utterly beaten!" Madara snapped, his gaze turning vicious. Yet he still glanced toward the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and saw that the chains were constantly shaking. Every Tailed Beast, including the One-Tail Shukaku, was struggling against the chains around their necks.
Shukaku in particular, with Gaara's help, was actually showing signs of tearing apart his chain.
"Those damned beasts actually dare resist!" Madara snorted coldly. No longer able to concern himself with Guy, who had opened the Eight Inner Gates, he swiftly leaped back beside the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Forming hand seals with both hands, he continuously transmitted Yin-Yang Release chakra into it.
At once, black-and-white chakra lit up along the chains. The Tailed Beasts convulsed as if struck by lightning, letting out miserable roars.
Meanwhile, Shin watched Might Guy, whom he had trapped with space, with great interest.
He had studied the Eight Inner Gates. Back in the Warring States Period, he had fought someone who possessed the Eight Inner Gates. At that time, the Three Gods, who had yet to reach their peaks, had joined forces and fought with extreme difficulty.
And now, after so many years, he was finally facing