"Let her go?"
"How am I supposed to let her go?"
With one hand using the Ten-Tails' chakra aura to restrain the Nine-Tailed Fox's movements, Uchiha Yue stared at Minato Namikaze ahead of him and said through gritted teeth.
Minato Namikaze fell silent as well after hearing Uchiha Yue's words, because at that moment, he understood what Uchiha Yue meant.
Letting Kushina Uzumaki go was possible. Given our friendship, there was nothing I, Uchiha Yue, couldn't do.
But what would happen after I let Kushina Uzumaki go?
Even if I, Uchiha Yue, didn't start a war, wouldn't you still try to wipe me out?
Thus, after saying the word "let go," Uchiha Yue added another phrase: "not let go." Then, especially when he saw Minato Namikaze standing there in silence, a cold sneer appeared on Uchiha Yue's face. The sealing chains around him began to tremble slightly, clearly signaling that he was preparing to extract the Nine-Tailed Fox from Kushina Uzumaki's body.
At that instant, Minato Namikaze froze for a brief second. Then, after that one second passed, he removed his forehead protector without the slightest hesitation. Using a kunai, he drew it across the metal plate and shouted at Uchiha Yue, "Yue-kun, as long as you let Kushina go, I'm willing to give up my dream. I'm willing to give up all my friends in Konoha, even Jiraiya-sensei! I'm willing... I'm willing to become a rogue ninja with you!"
"A rogue ninja?"
Hearing Minato Namikaze say that and seeing his resolute action, Uchiha Yue stopped extracting the Nine-Tailed Fox. However, Minato Namikaze's words did not make Uchiha Yue give up. On the contrary, Minato Namikaze's actions only strengthened Uchiha Yue's resolve to extract the Nine-Tailed Fox.
The reason Uchiha Yue stopped was because he still had some things to