"Third Hokage, you..."
If the Third Hokage standing before Minato Namikaze had been controlled by the Death God, Minato Namikaze would have had no psychological burden in dealing with him. Yet now, the Death God wanted the Third Hokage to fight using his own consciousness, never expecting that the Third Hokage could, like the First, temporarily break free from his control.
The instant the Third Hokage regained his consciousness and realized that he had been controlled by the Death God, he did not hesitate in the slightest before begging Minato Namikaze to end his life.
He knew that if he remained under the Death God's control, he had no idea what he would become.
Rather than become the Death God's puppet, death...
Would instead be a release!
However, upon hearing the Third Hokage's familiar voice and sensing his familiar presence, Minato Namikaze's eye twitched violently. He remained silent for several seconds, unable to strike. Yet if those few seconds had been given to an opponent like Uchiha Yue or the Death God, they could have been enough to change the outcome of a fierce battle.
Thus, while Minato Namikaze hesitated, the Third Hokage's eyes changed once more.
It was the sign that the Death God was about to take control of the Third Hokage again!
But...
Just as the Death God was about to regain control of the Third Hokage and turn him back into a puppet under his command, the Third Hokage suddenly gave the Death God—and Uchiha Yue, who was watching the battle—a lesson!
The Death God's energy had already invaded the Third Hokage's body and was slowly making its way toward his spiritual space. Once the Death God's energy invaded his spiritual space, the Third Hokage would lose his consciousness. Yet just as that energy was about