Freed at last, the Nine-Tails unleashed his full fury. He now hated the village before him with every fiber of his being.
These damned bastards first sealed me inside a human and kept me trapped for years. Then, the moment I got out, that damned red-eyed freak took control of me again.
He seethed with hatred. He hated everything before him, and so he would destroy it all.
The rampaging Nine-Tails wreaked havoc across Konoha. Countless ninja died at his hands, and even the Third's personal intervention could do little to change that.
"Roar!"
The Nine-Tails roared and raised his head, beginning to gather a Tailed Beast Bomb. This one was enormous. He intended to obliterate all of Konoha in one blow.
"It's over. Everything is over."
The Third watched the colossal Tailed Beast Bomb gradually take shape, overcome by despair.
Just then, a giant toad dropped from the sky. It was Gamabunta, with Minato standing on his back.
Minato leaped toward the Nine-Tails. A moment later, he vanished from Konoha, taking the Nine-Tails with him.
"Minato!"
The Third's eyes widened.
"Did he just teleport away with the Nine-Tails?"
While he was still wondering, the light of an explosion shot into the sky from the mountains outside Konoha, illuminating the night.
"What terrifying power."
Meanwhile, Minato stood in a safe area, bracing one hand against a tree as he gasped for breath.
"No, teleporting the Nine-Tails is still too much for me."
As he spoke, he looked toward the Nine-Tails rampaging through the forest.
"But at least I got him out of the village."
Just as Minato breathed a sigh of relief, the frenzied Nine-Tails suddenly calmed down.
His enormous fox head suddenly turned toward Minato. An eerily human smile appeared on his face, and three tomoe surfaced in his