"Ah~ As you can see, I've evolved! Fox, why not follow Toneri?" Matatabi nodded, then smiled and invited Nine-Tails.
Nine-Tails, Kurama, was the strongest among them! Matatabi knew that very well. His power was on an entirely different level from theirs!
Matatabi knew that very well, but so what?
She had already begun evolving. She admitted that she might still be no match for the complete Nine-Tails, but she was no longer weaker than Eight-Tails. Or rather, she was stronger!
With the replenishment of the God Tree's original bloodline, the road ahead of her was far broader than that of a Tailed Beast!
"Toneri? I see. Matatabi, have you fallen?" A vicious gleam flashed in Nine-Tails' eyes at her words. He glanced at Otsutsuki Toneri, his voice turning cold.
He hated humans!
He hated them intensely, especially those two Uchiha clansmen who had recklessly controlled him with their ocular powers, manipulating him and abusing his power!
And Matatabi had clearly been subdued by a human now. He was deeply displeased and resentful.
Had one of his own kind actually sided with humans?
"Fallen? Nine-Tails, it seems you still don't quite understand the situation." A faint smile slowly curved Otsutsuki Toneri's lips as his Tenseigan regarded the enormous, dark-red fox with interest.
This fox seemed a little too unruly. Perhaps he needed to be taught a lesson first.
"Human, you're the one who doesn't understand the situation! What do you think you and Matatabi alone can do?"
The vicious gleam in Nine-Tails' eyes intensified. His nine long, dragonlike tails thrashed wildly, and dark-red chakra set half the sky ablaze as he roared at Otsutsuki Toneri.
A powerful blast of wind mixed with traces of chakra instantly swept through the forest like a passing hurricane!
Even some of the smaller trees were