This was...
Left for me!
As he looked at the scroll, its crimson glow fading and most of its scorching heat dissipating, a certain thought suddenly sprang into Chiba's mind for no apparent reason.
Although this phenomenon could not prove much, and there were many other possible explanations—including the possibility that this scroll had not been left for him—Chiba somehow simply knew that it had been left for him.
Yukina had held it so tightly, refusing to let go even at the end of her life, because this scroll had been meant for him.
Precisely because it had been meant for him, Yukina had clung so stubbornly to it.
This was a scroll left for him!
And the person who had intended to give him this scroll was not Minato Namikaze.
It was...
Kushina! Yes, this scroll had been given to him by Kushina! Not Minato Namikaze!
Minato Namikaze had merely helped Kushina seal away and preserve Kushina's bequest within this scroll! This scroll had not been something Kushina wanted to leave for her child, Naruto. It had been left for her disciple, Taki Chiba! "Creak, creak, creak!"
At that thought, the hissing white vapor seemed to billow even more fiercely. His teeth lightly bit down on his lower lip, while Chiba's hand around the scroll tightened bit by bit, squeezing it until it creaked.
Was that so...
The Nine-Tails'... Chakra.
Yes, the Nine-Tails' Chakra! At this moment, everything became crystal clear in his mind.
He knew exactly what the crimson light that had escaped earlier, along with the scorching sensation from the scroll, was.
He was even very familiar with it.
This feeling was exactly the same as the crimson Chakra he had sensed before in his mental space.
There was no doubt about it. This was Nine-Tails Chakra!