"Kushina..."
Minato Namikaze took his eyes off Uchiha Nobuhiko, turned around, and looked at his wife.
"Pfft!"
At that moment, with a faint sound, the last wisp of pale red Nine-Tails Chakra around Kushina slowly dissipated into the air.
"This is as far as I can go."
Looking at the area around her, which had returned to normal, and noticing her husband's gaze and words, Kushina's lips curled into a faintly bitter smile.
"Used it all up?"
Minato Namikaze nodded slightly, his brows knitting as he murmured softly.
"Mm. But I can draw it out one more time. After that, though, I'm afraid it'll be difficult to obtain Nine-Tails Chakra again."
Hearing this, Kushina looked at her husband and nodded, though an involuntary, bitter smile appeared on her lips.
Although she could now use the newly reforged, more precise seal and the Nine-Tails' weakened state after its rampage to freely draw out Tailed Beast Chakra, drawing out Tailed Beast Chakra still required her own Chakra. Even though she could draw out Tailed Beast Chakra using far less of her own Chakra than the amount extracted, her own Chakra reserves were limited. And even that "far less" amount, when measured by ordinary standards, was still more Chakra than an ordinary person could bear.
Even as a member of the Uzumaki Clan, it was an enormous expenditure. After the extraction just now and the one to come, her own Chakra would be nearly depleted.
"There's no other way. This is all we can do. I just hope nothing goes wrong when the time comes."
Seeing the bitter smile on Kushina's lips, Minato Namikaze suddenly realized something. His furrowed brows immediately relaxed, and a gentle smile rose at the corners of his mouth as he spoke softly.
With only one chance left to