On the shore of the Naka River Reservoir.
Kurama sensed those familiar chakra signatures rapidly receding in the distance and could not help lying down on the ground with a long sigh.
"Minamoto really left without taking us..."
Matatabi lay nearby too, flicking her two cat tails despondently.
"I wanted to go have fun in the Land of Iron too. Why did Minamoto only take those two little birds?"
Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, who were nearby, heard the two tailed beasts' complaints clearly and could not help exchanging a glance.
Limited by the strength of their reanimated bodies, the Senju brothers' sensory abilities were far worse than before.
At the very least, neither of them had sensed Uchiha Minamoto's chakra leaving.
But both Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju could hear the affection and dependence the Two-Tails and Nine-Tails felt toward Uchiha Minamoto.
The bond between the Fifth Hokage and the tailed beasts ran even deeper than the Senju brothers had imagined!
"Kurama-"
Hashirama Senju opened his mouth, just about to say something.
But before he could finish, an enormous, thick tail greeted him.
"Shut up."
One of Kurama's fox tails slammed down on Hashirama Senju's position, swift and fierce, like a pillar falling from the heavens.
"I don't want to talk to you right now."
There was a thunderous boom.
Hashirama Senju instantly became Hashirama "Pancake" Senju.
Tobirama Senju remained unmoved beside him, not even raising an eyelid as he silently took a few steps back.
A reanimated body was immortal.
The Nine-Tails' attacks could not truly hurt his big brother.
Tobirama Senju felt no psychological burden whatsoever.
A moment later.
Amid fluttering fragments, Hashirama Senju's body rapidly regained its original shape, and he looked at Kurama.
"Ku-"
"I told you to be quiet, meow!"
Matatabi opened her enormous