"Naruto?"
Seeing Kurama look at him in confusion, Naruto took a deep breath and said, "Kurama, do you remember when we first met? You said the Fourth Hokage died because of you, right?"
At those words, the Nine-Tails' pupils shrank. An unnatural expression appeared on the fox's face as he said, "Well, that's true, but if I hadn't been controlled by the Masked Man, the Fourth Hokage and his wife wouldn't have died either."
"Overall, the Masked Man was the true culprit."
At the mention of the Masked Man, killing intent rose from the Nine-Tails once more. Clearly, he cared deeply about having his mind controlled and being used to cause such destruction.
Thinking of this, the Nine-Tails could not help resenting that old man again. He'd talked about freedom, yet some random person had casually beaten him one-handed, and then another person had glared at him and made him lose control of himself again.
Why exactly was that?
The Nine-Tails looked deeply aggrieved.
"Yeah." Naruto let out a long sigh. "The Masked Man was the true culprit!"
"You... you already knew?" Hearing Naruto's sigh, the Nine-Tails could easily guess that he already knew the Fourth Hokage was his father.
Although the Nine-Tails had long known this day would eventually come, now that it had arrived, he still felt at a loss.
What he feared most was Naruto developing a grudge against him because of it.
No matter what, although the Masked Man was the true culprit, he had ultimately been the Masked Man's weapon, even if that weapon had possessed no thoughts of its own at the time.
"Yeah, I know. The Fourth Hokage was my father, and you were sealed inside my mother before."
Naruto nodded. Seeing the Nine-Tails looking so helpless, he could not help mocking himself.