If there was one person the Nine-Tails hated most in the world, it was Madara Uchiha. If Madara hadn't taken control of him, he would still be a little fox happily roaming the wild, free to go wherever he pleased. Even if he ran into someone powerful, he could handle them easily.
The Nine-Tails was not to be underestimated. Against Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju, he might have been a pushover, but he could make short work of the vast majority of other ninja.
Even if he couldn't win a fight, he could still escape without trouble.
Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha were different. Both could counter him. Neither the Mangekyō Sharingan nor Wood Release left the Nine-Tails any way to fight back. But now, with Mito Uzumaki working with him, he could finally take revenge on Hashirama Senju.
The Nine-Tails knew he could never have done it alone. With Mito Uzumaki, though, things were different. A Perfect Jinchuriki was far more than the sum of two parts.
The Nine-Tails had plenty of experience with that. He had once helped Asura and Asura's Chakra reincarnations fight Indra and Indra's Chakra reincarnations. This time, Mito Uzumaki could display terrifying power.
Together, they might still fall a little short of Hashirama Senju at his peak. But against Hashirama Senju as he was now, wouldn't that be just right?
With Mito Uzumaki's cooperation, even Wood Release's suppressive effect on the Nine-Tails faded away.
Of all the ninja in the Shinobi World, Mito Uzumaki probably understood Hashirama Senju's Wood Release best.
After all, Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju were both dead.
Madara Uchiha understood Wood Release too. He could even use it now.
But when it came to understanding Wood Release, Madara Uchiha might not know as much as Mito Uzumaki.
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