The fiery-red fox moved nimbly through Konoha without touching a single building.
The Nine-Tails had ample control over his body. Unless he did it deliberately, he generally wouldn't damage anything.
It was like a cat tiptoeing across a table. If it knocked something onto the floor, there was no need for doubt-it had absolutely done it on purpose!
Kagami Uchiha and the Nine-Tails rapidly approached Senju Toka's location, the savage aura of the Nine-Tails chakra putting Konoha on alert.
How had the Nine-Tails Fox escaped?
Their jaws dropped, and then the sight of Kagami Uchiha riding on his back shocked them all over again.
Why were the guard and the prisoner together?
We're doomed! Lord Kagami has been completely taken in! He's betrayed Konoha and released the Nine-Tails!!!
Amid the onlookers' conflicting thoughts, Kagami Uchiha reached the Senju Clan Compound. The crimson blood pooled across the ground refused to wash away, chilling him to the bone.
What... happened here? Where's Toka? Toka?!
He hurried along the trail of blood until he reached a damaged gate.
A lunchbox Kagami Uchiha recognized lay tipped over on the ground before the gate. His heart grew colder still, and he could barely raise his hand to push it open.
The Nine-Tails sniffed the pear lying in the muddy water and unconsciously scraped a paw against the ground. Looking toward the nearby house, he seemed to make some decision.
Kagami Uchiha pushed open the damaged gate. Senju Toka lay on the ground, her face deathly pale. A long wound stretched across her waist and abdomen, and injuries of various sizes covered the rest of her body.
Shimura Danzō stood nearby with two unfamiliar figures who didn't look like they were from Konoha.
Who were they? Had they hurt Toka?
Kagami Uchiha's heart trembled at the