After following him around like a stalker for several days, Kushina's mood had worsened by the day.
According to what she and Minato had originally imagined, Naruto, as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, should have been treated like a hero, cared for by the village, and allowed to grow up healthy and strong.
But after observing him for several days, Kushina discovered that things were nothing like she had imagined!
Forget being a hero—whether now or during his childhood, Naruto had always been regarded as a "calamity" in the village.
Kushina knew that Jinchuriki would receive special treatment and even face discrimination and exclusion.
But the rejection and discrimination Naruto faced were even worse than what ordinary Jinchuriki endured. Naturally, it was because the Demon Fox that had once destroyed countless Konoha families still lived inside him.
The Third Hokage could clearly have explained all this to the villagers, yet not only had the old man failed to do so, he had even concealed the fact that Naruto was her and the Fourth Hokage's child.
Naruto should have been cherished by the villagers as the "son of a hero," but instead, he had directly become the chief culprit behind the Nine-Tails' Rampage.
That alone might have been understandable. Perhaps the Third Hokage had his own reasons, but as the Hokage, surely it would not have been difficult for him to look after Naruto in secret?
Yet none of that had happened. Naruto lived alone in a rundown old house, surviving on meager relief funds. Often, because he had so little money, he even ate expired instant noodles.
If not for Yoru Machi's disciple, Rin Nohara, occasionally supporting and taking care of him, Naruto might not even have enjoyed a single good day in his life.
To prevent the Nine-Tails from going berserk