Pfft~
Behind Minato, an Anbu had his throat slit. He tried to sound an alarm, but only blood bubbled from his mouth. The spray of blood landed on Minato Namikaze's Hokage cloak.
A mysterious masked man stood behind the corpse, watching everyone present with a cold gaze.
Whoosh, whoosh~
All kinds of ninja tools flew toward the intruder, but they seemed to strike empty air. The figure in that spot was merely an afterimage.
"I am Madara Uchiha!"
The Masked Man stood atop the Nine-Tails' head, looking down at everyone in Konoha.
Pfft~
Shinichi Hyuga let out a mocking laugh, bringing a strange note to the otherwise tense scene.
Vmmm~
A black Tailed Beast Bomb roared out of the Nine-Tails' mouth, aimed straight at Shinichi Hyuga, who had laughed.
"Getting angry because you're embarrassed!"
Shinichi Hyuga covered both hands in black Armament Haki and braced himself against the incoming Tailed Beast Bomb.
Screee~
The scraping sound of his hands was grating as the Tailed Beast Bomb slowly changed direction.
It flew toward the forest outside Konoha.
Boom~
An explosion rang out. The forest toppled in swathes, and dust billowed through the air.
"Even chakra that's already been transformed is hard to absorb. But it's still the essence of the Nine-Tails' chakra."
Shinichi Hyuga lowered his head in thought and looked at his palm. Some of his Armament Haki had been destroyed during the struggle just now.
His palm had been scored with a series of tiny cuts in the collision.
He had originally wanted to test whether this body of his could absorb Tailed Beast Chakra, but chakra that the Nine-Tails had already transformed into a Tailed Beast Bomb was too unstable.
In the instant they clashed, he had only absorbed a trace—less than what a Genin could refine.
Still,