"Thud!"
A heavy kick sent a Konoha Anbu who had reinforced his body with Earth Release flying straight into the wall of the Naka God Shrine.
The blow was powerful, but not lethal.
The blond boy darted among the many Konoha Anbu. He deliberately stayed within the cramped confines of the Naka God Shrine rather than moving somewhere more spacious.
With their comrades all around them, his opponents were actually unable to attack with ninjutsu.
They were not being controlled by the sort of Puppet Technique used in Sunagakure. Within the will woven by the genjutsu, their reasoning remained perfectly normal, and they still recognized one another as fellow Konoha shinobi.
That only made this tactic all the more effective!
And in close-quarters taijutsu, not a single one of these "well-trained" Konoha elites was a match for "Naruto" in Fox Sage Mode!
However, Minato was controlling this Naruto, so he could not bring out this body's full potential in taijutsu.
"Naruto Uzumaki! What have you done to Lord Hokage? Release him from your control right now, or..."
"You bastard! Have you betrayed the Land of Fire? How dare you attack Lord Shisui!"
Listening to these Konoha Anbu, Minato grew rather curious about precisely what sort of will Shisui had imposed on them.
Some regarded Shisui as the Hokage, others as the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, and some even saw Shisui as their father...
Meanwhile, in Naruto's Inner World.
The Nine-Tails had already found Naruto standing motionless in the center of the mist.
The blond boy gazed thoughtfully at the sky, yet seemed to be looking at nothing at all.
"Hey, Naruto. How long are you going to stand here spacing out?"
"...Kurama?"
Naruto turned his head blankly and looked at the Nine-Tails' head floating in midair, but he