Kushina's exclamation drew the attention of both Minato and the Nine-Tails to the outside.
They immediately saw Jiraiya, covered in blood and barely clinging to life.
The Nine-Tails couldn't help but burst into loud laughter.
"Hahahaha, it must be the Chakra I dispersed that injured him. So weak, so weak!"
"Master Jiraiya..."
Looking at the heavily injured and unconscious Jiraiya outside, Minato's expression was complex, mixed with worry.
After a moment of hesitation, he spoke to Lock.
"Lock, can you go out and treat Master Jiraiya's injuries?"
"He was injured while teaching Naruto. We shouldn't just ignore him."
Although he held some resentment towards Jiraiya for not looking after his own descendant.
Minato knew clearly that with the Third Hokage interfering and deceiving them,
Jiraiya, who was as foolish as he was, probably didn't even know how Naruto was doing.
Lock glanced at him without replying.
Instead, he turned his gaze towards the Nine-Tails.
Then, he quickly formed hand signs and created a wobbly Shadow Clone that stood in place.
"Since I promised you that you could temporarily leave this cage to relax, I won't go back on my word."
"Link your consciousness to this Shadow Clone's Chakra, and then I will send this Shadow Clone out."
"Do whatever you want then; I won't interfere."
Looking down at this Shadow Clone that carried virtually none of Lock's will and barely counted as combat power,
The Nine-Tails' face was full of excitement, and it couldn't help but stick out its tongue and pant!
"It's a Shadow Clone I can completely control!"
"I thought you were going to use a Shadow Clone to take me out for a stroll, I didn't expect..."
Midway through speaking, the Nine-Tails seemed to realize it was being too eager.
It was acting like a lapdog, which was inappropriate.
So, it immediately retracted its tongue and cheerful expression.
It reverted to its initial aloof demeanor.
"Hmph, this must have been quite a task for you!"
"To specially separate such a Shadow Clone, I truly didn't misjudge you this time!"
As it spoke, the Nine-Tails carefully shielded the seemingly incompetent Shadow Clone with its paw,
as if protecting a rare treasure.
"Don't worry, I will align with your side from now on!"
"If you need to borrow my power, I can lend you all of it!"
Since they couldn't devour each other, the Nine-Tails wasn't worried.
On the contrary, because their Chakra was almost identical and carried extremely negative emotions,
it felt less lonely than before, as if it had found a companion!
Thinking this, the Nine-Tails secretly glanced at Lock.
Unfortunately, Lock didn't share this feeling, and his cold expression made the Nine-Tails pout.
Noticing the Nine-Tails' small action, Lock seemed to recall something and issued a warning.
"Remember to change your appearance; don't wander around wearing my face, or the consequences won't be something you can handle..."
For this kind of useless Shadow Clone,
If it weren't for Naruto's experience using the Clone Jutsu to summon such a moronic clone,
He truly wouldn't have been able to create it!
In a way, Naruto actually had talent.
It's just that this talent wasn't in the proper Ninjutsu!
"Hmph, I wouldn't stoop to using your handsome face. If I were to use one, it would definitely be Minato's!"
Warned by Lock, the Nine-Tails was verbally defiant, putting on an air as if it was about to become Lock's father.
"Good! Good!" Minato, standing nearby, hadn't spoken yet,
but Kushina immediately patted the Nine-Tails' thigh, shouting with full support.
"Turn into Minato's appearance, and then go beat up Hiruzen Sarutobi!"
"Oh, and Danzo and his Root division can't be spared either!"
Minato: "..."
"It's Root, never mind. I don't mind if he turns into me, as long as it doesn't interfere with Lock's plan."
Minato had completely come to terms with it and was no longer siding with the Village.
Besides, the Chakra he specifically left behind was meant to help his child.
"Hmph, I was just saying that. I wouldn't dare claim your face; you really have some nerve!"
Although it had unified its front with Lock, it had no good feelings towards Minato and Kushina whatsoever.
It was also completely indifferent to the weak Naruto outside.
Therefore, its words were exceptionally venomous and showed no deference.
While talking with the couple, the Nine-Tails had already covered the Shadow Clone with a massive amount of Chakra.
A moment later.
The Shadow Clone transformed into a man with spiky black long hair, wearing a black inner garment, red pauldrons and chest armor, and an arrogant gaze that looked down on everything.
Lock: "???"
The moment Lock saw the Nine-Tails' transformed appearance, his mouth twitched.
"Is this... Uchiha Madara??"
The voice was only in his mind; he didn't say it out loud.
The Nine-Tail,s on the other si,de was extremely satisfied, a malicious grin on its face.
It didn't dare turn into Minato because it feared Lock might take the opportunity to beat it up for impersonating his father.
It didn't want to turn into the Sage of Six Paths because the old man had treated it quite well.
After much thought, it chose to become the most detested Uchiha Madara.
For no other reason than wanting to go out and perform three-months-one-pile-of-shithit' show for everyone.
"This expression is so cool! He looks just like my eldest son!"
Kushina also saw the Madara form the Nine-Tails had taken and commented quietly.
As for the younger son, that was naturally Naruto outside!
Minato didn't have much of a reaction, as he had never met Madara.
"Alright, let it be like that then."
If it becomes Madara, so be it; no one here recognizes him anyway.
Even if they did recognize him, it wouldn't lead back to him.
After saying this, Lock instantly vanished from his spot and appeared inside the consciousness space.
Simultaneously, he activated the personality switch.
Outside.
Naruto was holding Jiraiya, who had a gaping wound on his stomach, and was screaming uncontrollably.
"Perverted Sage, don't die! This has nothing to do with me; it's all because you insisted on unsealing the Five Elements Seal!"
A few minutes ago, Jiraiya had said that the reason Naruto couldn't use the Nine-Tails' power was that an extra seal had appeared on his abdomen,
Just as Jiraiya was helping him remove the seal, a terrifying pillar of light suddenly shot out from his abdomen,
instantly blasting the unprepared Jiraiya hundreds of meters away, leaving him in this state.
"You can't pin this on me like this, Perverted Sage!!!"
Just as Naruto finished screaming and was about to scream again, he realized he was back in the consciousness space.
At the same time, Lock's voice sounded.
"Stop screaming. Let me use the body for a bit."
"Lock! How can you actively come out again? Aren't I the main personality!"
Saying this, Naruto tried to reclaim control of the body.
Sensing the pulling force, Lock frowned and sharply scolded him impatiently.
"If you want him to die, then try to take it back. It can serve to give you, you softie, something to spice things up!"
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