"Ten-Tails?" When Madara Uchiha saw the little creature appear beside Hashirama, his budding interest immediately faded. "The thing we took from Ōtsutsuki Isshiki back then? I thought you'd already disposed of it."
It was far too weak. The Ten-Tails devoured chakra indiscriminately, but the chakra of the Ten-Tails Hashirama had summoned was now so faint that even Madara couldn't sense it.
Yes, what Hashirama had summoned was the Miniature Ten-Tails that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had previously kept.
Now that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was no longer providing for him, and Konoha apparently hadn't been feeding him either, this Ten-Tails looked malnourished at a glance.
If the Zero-Tails through the Nine-Tails were legendary monsters on the scale of natural disasters, then what had emerged from the summoning array at this moment was an ordinary household cat or dog.
"Roar!"
The Miniature Ten-Tails seemed to sense Madara Uchiha's contempt. He fixed his single eye on Madara Uchiha and roared.
But the little creature, smaller than Hashirama's head, only looked cute when he roared. There was nothing intimidating about him.
"That's right. This is my trump card."
"What can a little thing like that do for you? The reason I captured the Nine-Tails back then was that my chakra reserves were so much smaller than yours. By relying on..."
Halfway through, Madara suddenly realized something. "Wait, my eye... Uchiha and Senju, along with the Ten-Tails. You want to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki?"
"Yes."
"You think I'll just let you..."
"To be precise, I completed it some time ago. This is just my first time using it."
Hashirama extended his hand. The Miniature Ten-Tails gave Madara a disdainful stare, then turned into a streak of light and flowed into Hashirama's body.
It happened so quickly that even though Madara reacted, he couldn't stop it.
A look of