Hatake Ziyan looked at Minato Namikaze, who seemed ready to die a martyr, and suddenly felt like laughing.
"Step back first. Those of you from the villages these tailed beasts originally belonged to, bring over your new jinchūriki or whatever you prepared to seal the beasts in! I'm going to start separating them!" Hatake Ziyan told everyone present.
The people from each village had already made their preparations. At Hatake Ziyan's words, they brought their new jinchūriki or sealing vessels over to him.
Hatake Ziyan approached the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Before its enormous bulk, he looked like an ant, but no one underestimated his abilities.
"Nagato, I advise you not to try anything. Even if you hide at the ends of the earth, I can dig you out and kill you!" Hatake Ziyan turned and glared at the Six Paths of Pain nearby, making Nagato, who was controlling the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path from afar, abandon his idea of withdrawing the statue and taking the tailed beasts with him!
Hatake Ziyan pushed off with his foot and vanished on the spot.
Boom!
A deafening explosion sounded behind the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. With a single brutally powerful punch from behind, Hatake Ziyan forced its tightly shut maw open!
After forcing the statue's mouth open, Hatake Ziyan floated in front of it. Soul power surged out of his body, forming a gigantic spectral hand that reached straight into the Ten-Tails' maw.
Watching Hatake Ziyan from behind, Minato Namikaze seemed to realize something. His solemn expression relaxed a little, and he gently took Kushina's hand!
With a forceful tug, Hatake Ziyan pulled out the Seven-Tails, who had only just been sealed inside!
Looking at the Seven-Tails in his hand, who currently belonged to no one,