"Will you just stop already?!"
Half an hour had passed. Deep in the forest, only the masked man, Wuye, and the Nine-Tails remained.
By now, masked Obito had completely lost it.
Running into a Mangekyō Sharingan specifically capable of countering his ability made him so frustrated he wanted to die!
"Give the Nine-Tails back."
Wuye still said the same thing.
"Go to hell!"
Masked Obito finally stopped trying to absorb the Nine-Tails into his space. Instead, he controlled the Nine-Tails and launched an attack on Wuye.
This was the only way. Only by driving Wuye back or restraining him for a moment could masked Obito find the time to absorb the Nine-Tails, pack it up, and take it away.
A fierce battle erupted in the forest. Before long, they had carved out a clearing.
The forest was gone.
Meanwhile, the Konoha ninja were in complete chaos.
Kushina, who had had the Nine-Tails extracted from her, lay on the ground under the protection of Terumi Mei, Pakura, and Mikoto.
"With the Fourth absent, listen to my command..."
Hiruzen Sarutobi stepped forward, a faint excitement stirring in his heart.
He thought his time to take the lead had come again...
"According to the emergency protocol, in the Hokage's absence, the advisory council will convene the Jōnin Council!"
"Everyone, assemble!"
At that moment, Nara Shikaku appeared with a group of jōnin.
Upon hearing the orders, all the Konoha ninja recalled the emergency procedures that had been established long ago and immediately began acting accordingly.
Very soon, Hiruzen Sarutobi, standing alone atop a building, realized there were no ninja left around him...
Standing alone in the cold wind, he suddenly felt deeply lonely.
His era had truly come to an end...
What a bitter feeling...
"What do we do now?!"
Mikoto's eyes brimmed