Capturing Tailed Beasts Only Takes One Punch-If That Doesn't Work, Then Two

Konoha's night was torn apart by a scarlet glow, thicker and more violent than blood.

That was not the sunset, but the Nine-Tailed Fox's Chakra, splashed across the terrified night sky like boiling plasma.

Every sweep of the massive fox's tail came with the thunderous collapse of buildings and desperate screams. The air was filled with the smell of scorching, the scent of blood, and pure, nearly solidified terror.

High above, two figures crisscrossed through the air, moving so fast that only afterimages and the shrill whistle of sharp blades cutting through the air remained.

Golden hair flashed as Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God kunai leaped like golden electric arcs. With every flicker, he appeared precisely behind the mysterious man wearing a spiral mask.

Space twisted and folded beneath his will.

The Masked Man growled, his lone eye glaring through the spiral opening as he locked onto Minato, searching for Minato's weakness.

However, Minato was faster!

The Yellow Flash had not earned his name for nothing.

Just as the twisted space was about to touch his body, Minato vanished from where he stood. In the next instant, he appeared above and to Obito's side, a dazzling Rasengan gathered in his hand as he slammed it down!

"Flying Thunder God Technique Stage Two!"

Boom!

The Havok unleashed by the exploding Rasengan hurled Obito viciously into the ground, smashing out a spiderweb-like crater!

Dust billowed everywhere.

Obito lay at the bottom of the crater, his face beneath the mask twisted by pain and rage at having his plan disrupted.

He struggled to rise, intending to use his intangibility to escape.

But the instant his gaze swept across the edge of the crater, his body suddenly froze.

There was someone standing in the shadows along the crater's rim.

The man stood there casually,