Soon, Bieshu Feifan and Minato Namikaze arrived at an empty training ground.
Neither rushed to fight. They warmed up first.
Watching the two face off from a distance, Kushina sank part of her consciousness into her mindscape.
"Hey, Nine-Tails, can you sense that Bieshu Feifan's emotions?"
The sealed Nine-Tails ignored Kushina.
Kushina continued.
"Nine-Tails, that Bieshu Feifan has some very bad intentions toward me.
I want to know what you think.
If I die, things won't be easy for you either."
Only then did the Nine-Tails open his eyes and glance at Bieshu Feifan, but he didn't answer Kushina.
He merely chuckled, then fell silent again.
Feeling she'd been played, Kushina began cursing.
Still stretching, Bieshu Feifan saw Kushina work herself into a frenzy just sitting there alone and gave Minato Namikaze a puzzled look.
"Amen, something's wrong with your wife. Shouldn't you take her to the hospital to see a psychiatrist?"
Minato Namikaze also saw Kushina scratching at her ears and head and smiled awkwardly.
"No need. She's perfectly fine."
Bieshu Feifan nodded.
"Amen, your definition of perfectly fine is pretty close to Brother Duy's."
Minato Namikaze's expression darkened. Kushina was a Jinchūriki. She was communicating with the Nine-Tails, not being like Might Duy.
But he couldn't say that, so he could only smile awkwardly again.
"Kushina, she..."
Whoosh!
Before Minato Namikaze could finish, Bieshu Feifan launched a surprise attack, sending a kunai straight at his face.
As expected, Minato Namikaze dodged it easily.
Though Minato Namikaze looked completely unguarded, he reacted to every surprise attack Bieshu Feifan made, as though he'd been paying attention all along.
Seeing Minato Namikaze dodge, Bieshu Feifan turned his hands over and unsealed the shuriken stored in his wrist seals.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Shuriken shot toward Minato Namikaze like machine-gun fire.
With just