Cooperating Once More

Land of Lightning.

The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's gaze continued to follow Minato's movements.

After Minato had relocated all the nearby civilians,

he used Flying Thunder God to widen the distance between them.

Then he closed his eyes. When he opened them again, eye patterns and facial markings appeared at the corners of his eyes and across his face.

On top of Kurama's power, he had also used Sage Chakra.

This was Sage Fox Mode.

The sheer enormity of the Chakra rising from Minato made Obito's face turn livid.

Whoosh...

Minato flashed and appeared atop the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's shoulder.

A Rasengan filled with Sage Chakra slammed into the statue's shoulder.

The instant the Rasengan touched the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's body, it abruptly expanded.

With a crack,

the spot that Konan's Explosive Tags had been unable to damage was blasted into a crater one meter wide.

The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path let out a roar and swatted at where Minato had just been standing.

But Minato had already left.

Minato appeared behind Shisui.

He watched closely and saw that the crater on the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was healing noticeably more slowly.

Clearly, without the Cloud Village nearby,

the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's regenerative power was far weaker.

Minato's expression changed. He took Konan and Shisui with him and vanished from the spot.

Obito's heart skipped a beat as he warily scanned the area.

But there was no sign of Minato at all.

Black Zetsu crawled out of the ground. "No need to look. Minato has left."

Before Obito could ask anything, Black Zetsu gestured for him to look at the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's condition.

The moment Minato, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, vanished, the