After saying that to Naruto, the Nine-Tails stopped paying attention to him.
It still needed to think about whether it should slowly accept Naruto.
That was quite a troubling question!
And after receiving that hint from the Nine-Tails, Naruto froze on the spot.
His blank expression showed just how unsettled he was inside.
To be honest, it was not as though Naruto had never considered the possibility the Nine-Tails mentioned.
But the coincidence was simply too unbelievable, so he had not dared to believe it at first.
After all, how could the Nine-Tails have just told him about his dad, and before he had even had time to ask Sensei for help, his dad had somehow returned on his own?
So it was not that Naruto could not understand such a simple truth. He just did not dare believe that the wish he had longed for so desperately had come true so easily.
In Naruto's imagination, he should have asked Sensei for help, then Sensei should have taken him through countless hardships, across mountains and rivers, before finally rescuing his dad from the Death God's stomach.
Logically, that was what should have happened!
Well, Naruto was still at an age where he liked to fantasize.
To put it bluntly, his dream had seemed so distant yet had come true so easily that reality felt too surreal to him.
"You really are..."
Though Naruto did not finish his sentence, Minato understood what he meant.
At the same time, Minato secretly breathed a sigh of relief, glad that Naruto had finally figured it out.
"Naruto, I'm sorry. I was never there by your side all these years."
Guilt could be heard in Minato's voice.
At last, this familiar yet unfamiliar father and son had recognized each other.
There was no earth-shattering drama,