The Green-Tea Hokage's Blame-Shifting and the Nine-Tails' Frustration

The crimson Nine-Tails Chakra, like boiling magma, carried an aura of wanton destruction and turned the entire Hokage's office into the center of a storm.

The sturdy Sealing Formulas on the walls let out pained groans under the strain as spiderweb-like cracks spread wildly. Mikoto Uchiha was blasted back several steps by the sudden, terrifying wave of energy. Her face turned deathly pale, and her Mangekyō Sharingan activated instinctively, yet before this pure flood of hatred originating from a Tailed Beast, she felt a tremor and insignificance that came from the depths of her soul.

At the center of the raging energy, Kushina's red hair whipped about wildly. Her crimson, slit-pupiled eyes were locked firmly on Baishi and Mikoto, as if she intended to burn them both to ashes.

"W!hat! are! you! do!ing!"

Every word seemed to be forced out from between her clenched teeth, carrying enough jealousy and fury to tear the soul apart.

Yet Baishi, standing in the eye of the storm, showed not the slightest trace of panic.

He did not even look at Kushina. He maintained his usual calm and unruffled bearing, merely withdrawing the hand that had still been hovering near the back of Mikoto's neck.

What a troublesome woman... Still, this is fine. A rabid dog that hasn't been beaten badly enough to fear me can't guard the house.

The curve of his lips did not disappear. Instead, it gained a hint of icy amusement, as if he were enjoying a performance.

Faced with Kushina's questioning, powerful enough to make any Kage Level expert blanch, Baishi did not explain, soothe her, or grow angry.

Instead, he made a move that left both Mikoto and Kushina outside the door completely unprepared.

His originally upright body suddenly swayed faintly.

Immediately afterward, a wisp of Chakra mixed