After her consciousness returned to her body, Mito Uzumaki shook her head and stopped dwelling on what the Nine-Tails had said earlier.
She turned her gaze toward Katsuyu in the courtyard. "Little Slug, I'm ready."
The moment she finished speaking, golden chakra enveloped Mito Uzumaki's body.
"Nine-Tails Chakra Mode," she murmured softly.
Katsuyu was a little surprised by the chakra bursting from her body.
"That aura... is it the Nine-Tails?"
Judging by its aura alone, this power is terrifying, she marveled inwardly.
"All right, I'll begin."
She extended her two little, fingerless hands and slowly moved them in front of her.
"Summoning Technique."
A circular Cursed Seal immediately formed around Katsuyu, with her at its center.
The Cursed Seal was so enormous that it extended beyond the courtyard.
Seeing how large the summoning formation was, Mito grew puzzled.
"It's so big."
"This... really isn't summoning your main body?"
She crouched down and pressed both hands against the edge of the Cursed Seal.
Whoosh! The instant she touched it, all the golden Nine-Tails chakra covering her body was drained away.
"Ugh, I still didn't take enough." Sweat slowly seeped from her forehead.
With no other choice, she fed her own chakra into it.
Just as her chakra was about to run out, the Cursed Seal finally stopped drawing it in.
Boom! An enormous cloud of smoke erupted from the center of the Cursed Seal.
"Did it work?" Mito Uzumaki panted heavily.
"Mm..." Suddenly, a voice came from within the smoke.
"What's going on?"
Yui was startled by the sudden disturbance.
She had been bathing by the lake. Just after she finished getting dressed, a wave of dizziness swept over her, and then she appeared here.
She looked at the surrounding smoke in confusion.
But then she suddenly realized something.
"Could it