As soon as Kushina said this, Minato also showed a bitter smile.
Because he had no room to refute.
When he saw Naruto's memories, being bullied countless times, shedding tears countless times, Minato had already seen through the Third Hokage thoroughly.
Whether the Uchiha were seizing power or had other intentions, anything was better than letting Naruto be an orphan and getting bullied.
"Rengoku, what do you plan to do with Naruto?", Minato asked uneasily.
Rengoku grinned, "Minato, are you stupid? He still has his mom to take care of him, there's absolutely nothing to worry about."
Minato was dumbfounded, "You really have a way to let Kushina stay by Naruto's side?"
Rengoku spread his hands, "There's no benefit for me to lie to you."
At this moment, Kushina gave Minato's head a knock.
"Hmph, with such an opportunity, why are you still asking questions?", she said, giving Minato a wink.
Minato rubbed his head and also understood Kushina's look.
Kushina was also worried about angering Rengoku. After all, they didn't have much chakra.
If Rengoku had ill intentions, they couldn't do anything.
Minato was just concerned, so he asked one more question.
"Rengoku, I'll entrust Naruto and Kushina to you."
Rengoku saw that Minato's bond value progress bar was maxed out, already reaching the second level.
He knew Minato had figured it out.
'What a pity. From the looks of it, there's no way to raise Minato's bond to the third level.'
"Wife, don't let Naruto be wronged again. I don't have time to meet him anymore."
"Stop stop stop, why are you acting like you're saying a sad farewell?"
While Rengoku checked his panel, Minato was already doing a life-and-death farewell with Kushina.
["Ding, Namikaze Minato Level 1 bond unlocked."]
["Ding, Namikaze Minato Level 2 bond unlocked."]
["Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Memory Fragment."]
With that, Rengoku took out the second star and crushed it.
["Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Namikaze Minato's Chakra 10%."]
In Minato's shocked gaze, Rengoku once again took out chakra belonging to Minato.
Then quickly replenished it into Minato's body.
Ten percent of Minato's original chakra could allow him to last for three days.
If the time was split up, Minato wouldn't dissipate for a long while.
"This is all there is. Use it sparingly, and you can meet a few more times," Facing the grateful looks of Kushina and Minato, Rengoku just waved his hand.
"How to allocate it specifically, you two figure it out. My eye power can't last long. Once my dojutsu ends, you won't have that much time," Rengoku reminded.
Minato and Kushina quickly discussed, "Wife, Naruto is still young. From the memories just now, Naruto was completely neglected."
"Sarutobi Hiruzen was preparing to raise Naruto into a cripple. You know my situation; my chakra should be saved for critical moments."
Kushina knew Minato was talking about how his soul had already been eaten by the Shinigami due to the Reaper Death Seal.
She also understood Minato's plan, "I got it, Minato. Leave it to me. I won't let Hiruzen keep deceiving Naruto anymore."
Naruto had a long life. Even if Minato's chakra, counted generously, could last a few dozen hours, when split up, it wouldn't be much each time.
Rengoku still wanted to team up with Minato to squeeze some benefits out of him.
Although he knew how to undo the Reaper Death Seal, without Orochimaru fooling the Shinigami, no one had the life to offer up.
So for now, he didn't mention it.
"You two decide for yourselves. My dojutsu can't hold on."
This body of Rengoku was just a clone of his, with limited eye power.
After he finished speaking, the entire illusion shattered.
When they reappeared, Minato nodded at Kushina and Rengoku, then turned into light particles and flew into the seal.
The Nine-Tails outside had no idea what had just happened.
But Kushina's chakra greatly increased.
"ROAR! What's going on? Kushina, how did your chakra increase?"
Just now when Minato and Kushina appeared, the Nine-Tails was already a little surprised.
But after seeing that the chakra of both wasn't much, he didn't worry.
After all, they couldn't last long. There'd be a chance later.
Now that they came out of Rengoku's dojutsu, both of their chakras skyrocketed.
The Nine-Tails was instantly dumbfounded.
Kushina put her hands on her hips, "Nine-Tails, you better behave, or I don't mind teaching you a lesson!"
She had the confidence to say this. As a former Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, the current Nine-Tails was already in the Four Symbols Seal's prison. If Kushina erupted with Adamantine Sealing Chains, she could instantly bind the Nine-Tails like a dumpling.
"Hmph, Kushina, you're only appearing now. Isn't it a little late?"
"Although I don't know why you obtained so much chakra, how long can you really last?"
"That's none of your business."
The Nine-Tails snorted, lay back down, and stopped talking.
Kushina carelessly didn't notice anything off in the Nine-Tails' tone.
But Rengoku noticed. The Nine-Tails said Kushina appeared too late, it seemed to be somewhat standing up for Naruto?
He still remembered in the original timeline, the Nine-Tails appeared when Naruto graduated ninja school, and Mizuki called him the demon fox.
Later, during the Wave Country mission, Naruto borrowed the Nine-Tails' power.
Then during the Chunin Exam, when he learned summoning from Jiraiya, Jiraiya directly threw Naruto off a cliff. When Naruto faced life danger, he met the Nine-Tails for the first time.
But now, the Nine-Tails' tone showed it was defending Naruto, which Rengoku didn't expect.
Maybe after living together for so long, seeing little Naruto being bullied every day, even the Nine-Tails felt indignant.
Rengoku ran through it in his mind, then stopped thinking about it, after all, it was just his guess.
"Kushina, you know very well what kind of person Naruto has become after being raised by the Third. But how to contact Naruto, you'll have to think of a way."
Kushina's expression was clearly a bit stunned, obviously she hadn't thought of this.
Rengoku looked at Kushina spacing out, "You're not planning to just tell him straight up, 'I'm your mom,' right?"
Kushina said a bit guiltily, "Ahahaha, I'm not that dumb."
Rengoku patted his forehead, 'Great, a live-action dad.'
How did he forget that Kushina was a straight shooter?
Naruto's optimism, cheerfulness, positivity, and tenacity all came from Kushina.
But the simple-mindedness also ran in the family.
Letting Kushina directly contact Naruto would just get them noticed by the Third Hokage right away.
Rengoku had no choice but to sit cross-legged, "Forget it, better go over things with you."
"Otherwise Naruto will tell the Third Hokage everything tomorrow."
Next, Rengoku gave Kushina a few suggestions, which made Kushina wonder if Rengoku had raised a child before.
He was just so experienced.
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