Inside the sealed space, Naruto still hadn't moved.
Shinju was starting to get anxious, so he stepped forward and called softly.
No response.
"What's going on here?" asked Killer B, confused.
Then he quickly defended himself.
"Anyway, it's not my fault! I told you, there's nothing wrong with the process of taming a Tailed Beast. When I did it, nothing like this happened, ya know!"
Shinju frowned in thought, then placed his hand gently on Naruto's spiritual form, attempting to communicate using the Mind Body Switch Technique...
...
In the golden space—
Kushina said, "Naruto, the chakra sealed inside you is only a small part of mine. It won't last long. I need to tell you the truth behind the Nine Tails' rampage all those years ago..."
But before she could finish, another red silhouette appeared in the radiant golden space.
Kushina: ⊙▽⊙
This was supposed to be her and Naruto's private space—how did someone else get in here?!
The next moment, Naruto shouted excitedly, "Shinju?! You came in too?! ( ˝ᗢ̈˝ )"
"Look, Shinju! This is my mom! What do you think? She's beautiful, right?"
"I totally inherited my mom's amazing genes—no doubt I'm gonna be a handsome guy too! (•̀⌄•́)"
As soon as he said that, Naruto realized his words might've hit a sore spot.
At least he knew who his parents were, even if they'd passed away long ago.
Shinju, on the other hand, really was like a rootless drifter...
When Shinju entered the space, his eyes immediately landed on the red-haired woman.
Seeing the look on Naruto's face, he shook his head slightly—he didn't mind. Even though the Shinju of this world had no parents, before transmigrating, he'd had a happy family and a perfect childhood.
"It's fine. You two should talk, Kushina-san and Naruto. I'll go take a look at the Nine Tails… (＾ワ＾)"
He turned to leave the golden space, not wanting to intrude on their reunion.
Just then, Kushina finally spoke up.
"You're Shinju, right? With that red hair of yours, you really do look like one of us Uzumaki."
"Thank you for taking care of Naruto all these years. (｡◝ᴗ◜｡)"
Shinju waved his hand. "No need to thank me. •ᴗ•"
Kushina smiled. "I've already told Naruto most of what I wanted to say. Now, I plan to tell him the truth about the Nine Tails' rampage sixteen years ago. You can listen too."
Shinju raised an eyebrow. "The truth behind the Nine Tails' rampage?"
Kushina nodded and began recounting gently,
"It all started when I left the Land of Whirlpools and came to Konoha. I was still a little girl back then..."
Naruto interjected, "Mom, you said your time's limited. Maybe just skip to the main part?"
Kushina smacked him on the head. "Adults are talking, kids don't interrupt! (ꐦ ಠ 皿 ಠ)"
Naruto: (*꒦ິ⌓꒦ີ)
"Oh right!" Naruto suddenly remembered. "Shinju knows the Yamanaka clan's Mind Body Switch Technique. Mom, can't you just share your memories directly with us?"
Kushina looked at Shinju in surprise.
"You even know the Yamanaka clan's secret technique? (´°Δ°`)"
"In that case, fine. It'll be easier for you two to see it directly rather than hear me explain."
Then she took Shinju's hand in one of hers and Naruto's in the other. Naruto in turn held Shinju's hand, forming a circle.
Kushina opened up her memory fragments for Shinju to read, and he shared what he saw with Naruto beside him...
They began to experience the events through Kushina's eyes.
They saw her being chosen as the second Jinchūriki of the Nine Tails, leaving Uzushio Village of the Land of Whirlpools and arriving in Konoha. They saw how she was bullied at the Ninja Academy for being an outsider...
Until the day a blond-haired boy named Namikaze Minato appeared.
That night, when Kushina was kidnapped by shinobi from Kumogakure, Minato charged in and rescued her in spectacular fashion—sweeping her off her feet, quite literally.
Even Naruto, watching his parents' memories, couldn't help but cheer. "Dad was so cool back then! ❛‿˂̵✧"
Then they witnessed Kushina and Minato's wedding. Just as the memory seemed to move toward a more private moment between the two, the vision abruptly stopped.
In the golden space, Kushina's face turned red. "Skipping this part! Not suitable for kids!!"
Then the scene jumped to Kushina discovering she was pregnant, hugging Minato with pure joy.
Another shift—October 10th, sixteen years ago, the day Naruto was born.
Kushina was about to give birth.
Since the seal on a Tailed Beast weakens during childbirth, she was taken to a secret base outside the village to deliver safely.
Everything was going smoothly—until Naruto was born.
Just when everyone sighed in relief, the Masked Man appeared and seized the newborn Naruto!
He used Naruto as a hostage to force Minato to release Kushina, the Jinchūriki. Then, he attached explosive tags to baby Naruto's blanket, forcing Minato to teleport him to safety with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
In that instant, Kushina fell into the Masked Man's hands.
Soon after, through a series of ruthless manipulations, the Masked Man unraveled Kushina's already weakened seal.
The Nine Tails broke free.
The Masked Man controlled it with his Sharingan and unleashed it on Konoha, spreading destruction everywhere.
That despicable bastard even tried to use the Nine Tails to kill Kushina—if Minato hadn't arrived in time, she would have died.
Then Minato secured Kushina and Naruto in a safe place, donned the cloak of the Fourth Hokage, and went to face the Masked Man.
No one knew exactly how, but somehow Minato managed to break the Masked Man's control over the Nine Tails.
However, the beast—filled with hatred—didn't stop rampaging. It even destroyed the house where Kushina and Naruto were hiding. Minato barely saved them and teleported the Nine Tails away.
In the end, the weakened Kushina used her remaining chakra chains to bind the Nine Tails, buying Minato time.
Minato then performed the sealing technique—half of the Nine Tails' chakra went into Naruto, and the other half was sealed with the Reaper Death Seal.
At the same time, he sealed what was left of Kushina's chakra inside Naruto as well, so that one day, when Naruto faced the Nine Tails, she could help him.
After doing all this, Minato left the key to the seal... and collapsed beside Kushina.
The memory ended there.
As for why Minato chose to seal the beast inside his own son, he had explained clearly in his thoughts.
He believed Naruto would one day become a hero, a symbol of change in the shinobi world—someone who would shape the future as a Jinchūriki.
After witnessing everything, Shinju was left with only one thought—
That Masked Man really deserves to fcking die!!*
Beside him, Kushina said softly, "Naruto, back then, I couldn't understand why your father made that choice."
"But now, seeing who you've become... I think I finally do."
"My son has grown into an incredible shinobi."
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