Minato Namikaze held the kunai given by Haruki.
He held his breath, watching two distant ninjas.
A and Killer Bee.
Both were dark-skinned and burly, but Killer Bee was shorter, wore glasses, and carried twin swords.
They roasted an unknown animal's leg over a fire.
The aroma spread.
They ate heartily.
In Uchiha Mikoto's eyes, three tomoe slowly spun. After a moment, she noticed a faint green flash in the distance.
"Minato, it's the signal from the teacher."
Minato Namikaze nodded slightly.
After several days of preparation, Haruki's plan officially began.
Their mission was to lure A and Killer Bee near the Sand Ninja base and force them to exert their full strength.
"Kushina, be careful. I suspect they have their eyes on you," Mikoto warned.
Being a few years older, she knew more about jinchuriki.
The Uzumaki clan not only specialized in sealing techniques that restrained tailed beasts, but were also suitable to become jinchuriki.
Now, the Land of Whirlpools was destroyed.
Kushina Uzumaki was the last of her kind.
"Got it," Kushina replied.
"Let's begin."
Seeing the two prepared, Minato stood up and ran in a certain direction.
Kushina Uzumaki revealed her chakra wave at the right moment.
Killer Bee immediately stopped chewing. His eyes under the sunglasses looked ahead.
"Big bro, those three kids we encountered a few days ago just passed by without noticing us."
"Oh?"
A put down the roasted meat. "The villagers said that Uzumaki girl is useful. Try to bring her back."
He casually wiped his hands.
Lightning flashed.
Blinding chakra rose from his feet, forming lightning around his body.
The ground cracked open.
In a flash, he was in front of Kushina Uzumaki.
The air roared, and shocking lightning surrounded his right hand.
A showed no mercy, striking down with a knife hand.
But with the sound of metal clashing, the knife hand hit a kunai.
Minato Namikaze deflected it and stabbed another kunai at A's neck.
A glanced, knowing such a kunai couldn't break his Lightning Release armor.
He ignored it, raised his right arm high, and his blue chakra-covered elbow struck Minato's head.
The kunai in Minato's left hand flew up.
And A's attack almost reached.
A heavy sound echoed as his terrifying power impacted, pushing Minato's head deeply.
But smoke rose, revealing a wooden log in Minato's place.
"Big bro, be careful!"
Killer Bee slashed Uchiha Mikoto's fireball, and a large tail emerged from his spine.
It blocked Minato Namikaze, who appeared above A's head, with a Rasengan.
The tail's layers of wind left a bloody wound.
Killer Bee winced from the pain.
He jumped back quickly, dodging Mikoto's Fire Phoenix Technique.
Then his body stiffened momentarily.
It was the Sharingan.
Just as Killer Bee realized, several chakra chains shot up to bind him.
"Annoying sealing technique!"
He felt the Eight-Tails' discomfort and his chakra surged, wrapping him in a red cloak.
An unimaginable pressure burst forth.
Killer Bee's speed increased, dodging the chains.
Under the Tailed Beast Cloak, his strength rose dramatically.
Kushina hiding in the dark didn't see her, lock onto Mikoto who was not far away.
Her red Sharingan eyes were terrifying, but what shocked him most was the fight between A and Minato.
They were the fastest men he had ever seen.
He understood A's speed, but how did that kid reach such a level in days?
He glowed with lightning.
He charged at Mikoto like a thunderbolt.
She barely reacted, her Sharingan struggling to catch up.
She vanished, taking Killer Bee with her.
"Bee?"
A noticed the strange scene and felt uneasy, realizing something.
"Your technique?"
He looked at Minato.
In a brief fight, he found a match for his Lightning Chakra Mode.
"Change the battlefield."
Minato smiled.
He raised his hand, a kunai shone.
A was pulled into a strange space.
Water.
A lot of water.
And screams.
A frowned, floating on the water's surface.
He saw Killer Bee fighting Uchiha Mikoto.
Killer Bee had the upper hand.
Unless Mikoto's Sharingan evolved, she couldn't win.
But Uzumaki sealing techniques worried him.
Farther away, Sand Ninjas fought Leaf Ninjas on the water, with many Sand Ninja corpses floating.
"Come on."
Minato beckoned.
A snorted, ignoring the Sand Ninjas.
Let them die.
Minutes later, he yelled, "Kid, all you do is dodge?!"
Minato retreated.
He led A into the Sand Ninjas, causing heavy injuries in minutes.
But no one could catch them.
Leaf Ninjas noticed the exaggerated scene.
"Well Done!"
Sakumo Hatake, knowing Minato's identity, said.
Haruki nodded.
Minato exceeded his expectations, but Haruki had more to do.
"Everyone, don't worry about the consumption of chakra. Use long-range ninjutsu to suppress the Sand Ninja. Don't worry, you won't hurt Minato."
Sakumo relayed the order.
He was the commander.
More ninjutsu followed.
If uninterrupted, Sand Ninjas would suffer greatly.
But Haruki had more plans.
He used water to spread A's Lightning Release.
A mainly used taijutsu, not achieving a Kirin-like effect.
Underwater, in a hidden corner, Haruki's clone made seals.
It was the A-rank Adamantine Sealing Chains.
The only Uzumaki sealing technique his system rewarded.
He glanced at Kushina making the same seals.
"Young girl, this won't work on me!"
Killer Bee noticed the chains and recognized the Uzumaki technique.
Without her interference, he would've defeated the Uchiha by now.
But the chains sped up.
The water exploded with sounds.
Countless chains like water snakes rushed at him.
"How is this possible?!"
Killer Bee felt the danger.
Being caught would be disastrous!
He bit down.
She's just a little girl, it should be impossible for her to truly lock up the tailed beast.
Scarlet waves surged, and his chakra glowed.
Ugly tentacles sprouted.
His body expanded rapidly.
A roar echoed.
All ninjas stopped, staring at the giant octopus.
It raised huge waves.
But chains still bound it.
"Damn it! Killer Bee, it's not her, there's another person here!"
Inside Killer Bee's mind, the Eight-Tails raged.