The Aburame Clan's swarm tried to attack the Nine-Tails, but it had little effect and only drove the Nine-Tails into a greater frenzy.
"We have to draw him out of the village," Shikaku Nara said. "If this keeps up, all of Konoha will be destroyed."
Just then.
"This ends here." Nawaki landed in front of the Nine-Tails with a scroll on his back, Minato Namikaze's hand resting on his shoulder.
Nawaki turned to Minato Namikaze and said, "Leave the Nine-Tails to me. Go save Naruto."
Minato Namikaze nodded and swiftly vanished from the spot.
Nawaki clapped his hands together, then slammed them onto the ground.
"Wood Release! Mortar Technique!"
A massive wooden palm grew out of the ground and slammed into the Nine-Tails, sending him flying straight toward the outskirts of the village.
Nawaki sprinted straight after the Nine-Tails.
Those who had survived the disaster watched Nawaki's retreating figure, the Fourth's Wind-Riding Robe billowing in the gale.
"It's Lord Fourth!"
"Lord Fourth is taking action."
"But why is the Nine-Tails in the village?"
"And those eyes-they're the Sharingan, aren't they?"
Some turned their gazes on the Uchiha present.
The Sharingan in the Nine-Tails' eyes was simply too obvious.
Uchiha Daitai stood in a tree, watching the Nine-Tails fly away, and sighed in regret.
"Only this much destruction?"
He had thought the Nine-Tails could destroy a little more, but Nawaki had stopped him after all.
Just then.
A yellow light flashed, and Minato Namikaze appeared a short distance below, kunai in hand.
Obito turned toward Minato Namikaze and flipped down from the tree to the ground.
"Well, if it isn't the Yellow Flash. What is it? Late again?" Obito's voice was mocking.
Minato Namikaze merely looked at Obito gravely. "Who exactly are you?"
Obito set Naruto aside and turned to