After Zou Hyuga explained, Vortex Shizuko looked regretful. Although her fellow clanswoman Kushina had been revived, the two descendants of the Vortex clan would never have a chance to speak.
After she cast the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, her soul had not been taken away by the God of Death, but her spirit body had suffered tremendous damage, and damage to a spirit body was irreparable.
Even Zou Hyuga could do nothing. Her life was now truly counting down to its end, unless the Sage of Six Paths intervened himself.
But only a world-ending crisis like the Infinite Tsukuyomi could prompt the Sage of Six Paths to intervene.
Not everyone was a reincarnation of the Sage's own sons.
After sending the emotionally unstable Shizuko away, Zou Hyuga exchanged a glance with Oto Uchiha. Their next step was to release the Nine-Tails.
Since ancient times, the Nine-Tails had been synonymous with natural disaster. Even half of the Nine-Tails was far stronger than any other complete tailed beast.
The Fourth Hokage had died because of him, and even the First Hokage had held him in considerable regard.
Although Zou Hyuga could absorb the Nine-Tails' chakra, he did not dare do so yet. His chakra network was still growing and could not withstand that much power. If he were discovered, all his previous efforts would go down the drain.
Thus, the task of controlling the Nine-Tails could only be left to Oto Uchiha.
He manipulated the Fourth Hokage's reanimated body, slowly undoing the several seals that bound the Nine-Tails.
As the seals were released, the Nine-Tails' malevolent chakra instantly filled every corner of the underground laboratory.
Had a Chunin been present, that chakra would likely have warped their mind, turning them into a savage puppet.
Looking at the Nine-Tails, whose mountain-sized body reached