In Konoha: Three Choices at the Start

After greeting everyone, Liuyun waved his hand. Ripples spread through the surrounding space and instantly enveloped him and his companions.

"Don't forget gifts for your nieces and nephews!" Inoichi shouted after him.

"I know! I won't forget! I'll give them all out once Minato's child is born!"

Before Liuyun had finished speaking, they vanished into the spatial ripples.

"Whew! That bastard's finally gone. Every time I see him, the pressure he gives off is even more terrifying!"

Shikaku wiped his forehead and sat on the ground, heedless of appearances.

"Isn't that why we say he lives in a different world from us?" Choza said, munching on his seemingly endless supply of chips.

"More importantly, I wonder what Liuyun will give the children?" Inoichi rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

"Minato, when's Reiko due?" Inoichi asked, turning to him.

"In about two months, I think." Minato smiled warmly.

"Two months is plenty of time for that bastard to prepare!"

Choza, Inoichi, and Minato: ...

Should you really be saying that?

If Inoichi knew Liuyun was already eyeing his daughter, who knew whether he would still think that way...

A First Test of the Eight Gates; the Nine-Tails' Rampage Begins

Time flowed like water. Two months slipped by in the blink of an eye.

In a basin near Shikkotsu Forest, Liuyun's entire body glowed red, as though it were burning.

Visible rings of red vapor swirled around him, making him look like Goku turning Super Saiyan.

A clockwise cyclone swept outward like a storm.

Thud! Thud!

The ground shook with each step he took, as though a savage beast in human form had awakened.

Whoosh!

In the next instant, Liuyun vanished.

High in the air, red vapor steamed around him. He loosely clenched his right fist, and the blood-red vapor churned and compressed until