The creature howled, but it was enough of a distraction for Minato get a hold of the shadows and solidify them around the homunculus with a closed fist. Keeping it tied up, Minato swung his sword and cut the head clean off.

It went down easily and he sighed, releasing the shadows by opening his hand again and letting them go back to normally on the ground. He looked around, he only saw the one initially but aside from the blot that he pushed away, he hadn't seen anything else yet. "Did you see any on the way?"