"Nine-Tails."
"Kushina!"
Standing proudly atop Matatabi the Two-Tails' head, Uchiha Yue had, in an instant, dealt with Matatabi's Jinchuriki once again, delivering another blow to the confidence of the Five Great Shinobi Villages' ninja. Yet even as he stood on Matatabi's head, though he still possessed the strength to defeat the Nine-Tailed Fox before him, Uchiha Yue did not immediately head toward it. He seemed to have no intention of subduing the Nine-Tailed Fox within Kushina Uzumaki, either.
Seeing this, Minato Namikaze found a glimmer of hope as he rushed to save Kushina Uzumaki. Unfortunately, even if hope still lingered in his heart, Minato Namikaze could not entrust Kushina Uzumaki's life to Uchiha Yue's mercy. After all, Kushina Uzumaki was one of the two most important people in his life. He could never watch her die miserably at Uchiha Yue's hands!
At the hands of Uchiha Yue, his former friend!
"Boom..."
Then, as Minato Namikaze sped toward the battlefield where the Nine-Tailed Fox and Uchiha Yue were confronting one another, the Nine-Tailed Fox saw that Uchiha Yue had subdued Matatabi the Two-Tails. A flash of killing intent suddenly passed through its eyes, and it moved to attack Uchiha Yue. But Uchiha Yue had no intention of clashing with the Nine-Tailed Fox at that moment. Just as it lunged before him, Uchiha Yue suddenly used Falling Moon Style: Flash Step and vanished from the Nine-Tailed Fox's sight.
"Hmph, Uchiha Yue, are you afraid?"
When Uchiha Yue suddenly disappeared, perhaps this was the only moment the Nine-Tailed Fox could mock him. Yet upon hearing its taunt, Uchiha Yue merely curled his lips into a faint, cold smile. Then, without any intention of responding to the Nine-Tailed Fox, he continued executing his secret technique and used the power of the Purple Eye to