Boom!!!
The instant Sasuke escaped, Madara Uchiha blew apart the purple Susanoo's head with a single sword strike!
Crash!
The giant Susanoo toppled to the ground with a deafening roar, shaking the earth for several seconds.
Sasuke landed and stumbled, nearly losing his footing.
He raised his trembling hands, trying to summon Susanoo again,
only to find
his chakra was almost completely exhausted!
Meanwhile,
Madara Uchiha's Susanoo was slowly advancing on Sasuke.
Naruto, too,
was locked in a desperate fight.
Earlier, it had taken all three members of Team 7 just to barely suppress Baki,
and now only a weakened Naruto remained.
"Damn it!"
Naruto was sent flying again.
It was the tenth time Baki had knocked him away.
Baki had thought
the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki should be nearly out of strength by now,
but to his surprise,
Naruto only seemed to grow fiercer the longer they fought!
By all rights,
no matter how strong someone's will was,
as time passed,
something as concrete as fighting strength
should only decline!
So why was this Nine-Tails Jinchuriki getting stronger?!
Baki did not understand, but he kept beating his wings and charged at Naruto.
Just then, cries of alarm erupted from the Ninja outside.
"Oh no! Two members of Konoha's Team 7 have been taken down!!"
"That blond kid is the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, right?! We're done for!"
The Ninja stirred, eager to rush in and help.
They had just learned
that the Seven-Tails had already been captured.
That left only the Nine-Tails as Sunagakure and the Akatsuki's target!
They did not know why the enemy was so determined to gather all nine Tailed Beasts, but it could not be for anything good!
With that thought, the Ninja outside broke into a run, intent on rescuing Naruto.
But then a figure appeared before