Just Swallow It

After failing to find Anju in the Sealing Space, Kurama hurriedly sensed the Yin Nine-Tails Chakra.

He found it strange that the Yin Nine-Tails Chakra in Kushina's Sealing Space was still there.

The chakra was clearly still there, so why had Anju disappeared? Had he fallen asleep?

Kurama closed his eyes and delved deep into the Yin Nine-Tails Chakra Body, searching for the Yin Nine-Tails Consciousness.

Then, a new giant fox consciousness appeared opposite Anju and the phantom of the Yin Nine-Tails Consciousness.

"Isn't this Anju? What are you doing here?" Kurama looked at Anju and the phantom of the Yin Nine-Tails Consciousness in confusion.

Anju felt a little awkward.

"Kurama, I'm trapped in here and can't get out."

"What did you do? How did you create a new consciousness? And even if you did, why didn't you just eat it?" Kurama asked, utterly baffled.

"Eat it?"

Anju felt like he had found the key.

Kurama opened his mouth and swallowed the phantom of the Yin Nine-Tails Consciousness in one bite.

"Like that."

Anju's mouth twitched. He had originally been human, so how was he supposed to know this?

"Ahem, because I'm the future you, I can't swallow the consciousness from this timeline."

Kurama smacked his forehead. "Right, you're from the future. Eating it might affect the timeline. I was thinking about it the wrong way."

"By the way, how did you end up creating another consciousness?"

"Oh, Minato Namikaze sealed me." Anju spoke somewhat uncomfortably.

After all, Minato had really screwed him over this time. If Kurama had not come, he would still be trapped in this Little Black Room with the new Yin Nine-Tails consciousness.

"Heh, you never should've helped that old fool. He's a complete idiot—he sealed the one supplying him with chakra. Wouldn't that bring him trouble? No wonder I didn't see him. Who knows where he disappeared to, hahahaha!"

"By the way, Kurama, why were you looking for me?"

"Oh, right." Kurama reached out and grabbed Anju in his little fox form, pulling him out. Anju reappeared in Kushina's Sealing Space.

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"I developed a new ninjutsu. Come take a look." Kurama did not waste words and directly dragged Anju into Naruto's Sealing Space.

Meanwhile, Kushina, who was attending a meeting in the Jonin Squad, joyfully sensed the change.

The Yin Nine-Tails Chakra within her had returned to its original state once again.

In other words, Anju had returned?

Or perhaps it was a new...

No! It had to be Anju!

Kushina closed her eyes and returned to the little house. Seeing Anju quietly lying on the sofa, she quickly stepped forward and picked up Anju, who was asleep because he had entered Naruto's Sealing Space.

The Anju who had just arrived in Naruto's Sealing Space felt the chakra body he had left in Kushina's Sealing Space being enveloped by something soft, and returned his consciousness to Kushina's Sealing Space.

"Anju! You're back?!"

"Kushina. You're holding me too tightly." Anju felt that it was too tight, though it did feel nice.

"Anju!"

Seeing Anju respond, Kushina wept with joy.

At that moment, Kurama stood at the doorway of the little house, completely unable to understand.

"You humans are really strange."

Kushina saw Kurama as well.

But she only loosened her hold on Anju slightly. "Nine-Tails, do you know what happened to Anju?"

Kurama could not say that Anju was his future self, so he turned and left. "You people nearly got Anju killed. Ask Anju if you want to know something. Don't ask me. I get annoyed just looking at you now."

"Anju, is that true?" Kushina looked at Anju nervously.

Anju nodded his fox head.

"Yes. Every chakra body of us tailed beasts, after losing control from the main body, will form a new consciousness.

I am a chakra consciousness born from the Yin Nine-Tails Chakra Body that Minato split off from the Nine-Tails. After Minato sealed my consciousness, the Yin Nine-Tails Chakra Body lost its leader, so a new consciousness naturally emerged.

And after Minato released my seal, when my consciousness returned, it ended up together with the newly born consciousness. That is why I couldn't wake up, and the new Yin Nine-Tails Consciousness couldn't reappear either."

Kushina nodded, though it was unclear whether she understood.

"By the way, what was the conclusion of your conversation with the Uchiha last time?"

After Anju spoke, Kushina shook her head.

"What do you mean?" Anju was a little confused, not knowing what Kushina was trying to convey.

"I don't know." Kushina's words left Anju feeling utterly miserable.

"What do you mean, you don't know? Weren't you the one talking to the Uchiha? If you don't know, then who does?" Anju was on the verge of a breakdown. This "I don't know" was just too ridiculous.

"After you disappeared, I left right away, so naturally I didn't find out anything." After speaking, Kushina looked at Anju again. "I'm sorry, Anju. I apologize to you for what Minato did."

"Forget it. Minato Namikaze was a good Hokage, but he wasn't a good father, nor was he someone worth giving my all to again."

"Anju, I'm truly sorry. I need Minato, and Naruto needs Minato to protect him too."

The apology on Kushina's face was obvious, but the pleading look in her eyes made Anju unable to harden his heart.

"Fine, fine. I don't want to see Minato anyway. How could he just start fighting over a disagreement?"

After Anju spoke, a Chakra Body appeared inside the small house.

It was Minato Namikaze's Chakra Body.

Feeling somewhat awkward, Anju injected chakra into Minato Namikaze's Chakra Body.

Then he jumped back onto the sofa and closed his eyes to rest.

Minato Namikaze glanced at Anju before turning to Kushina.

The two slowly embraced. Minato kept apologizing, while Kushina continuously pounded Minato Namikaze's back with her fists.

Naruto's Sealing Space.

Kurama said with an unhappy expression, "You shouldn't have kept Minato Namikaze's Chakra Body. He's a lunatic. If he sealed you away, where would he get chakra to replenish himself? Even if he wanted to kill himself, that wasn't how he should do it."

"Minato Namikaze died protecting Konoha. Protecting Konoha is his obsession now, so it's normal for him to be irrational sometimes." Anju was unhappy as well.

He had helped Minato Namikaze so much, yet when Minato Namikaze panicked in the end, he still attacked without considering the consequences.

Although Anju could understand Minato Namikaze, understanding him didn't mean he could let it go without any resentment.

"Right, Kurama, weren't you going to show me your new ninjutsu?"

Kurama slapped his forehead. "I almost forgot. Look!"

An arc of lightning immediately coiled around Kurama's enormous fox body.

"What is this?" Anju was puzzled. He couldn't make sense of it. Wasn't it just a gathering of Lightning Release chakra?

"I call it the Nine-Tails Magnetic Explosion Stream.

"Any ninjutsu used against me has to be broken down, detonated, and diverted by this lightning first.

"As long as I keep it active, I'll be invincible! Hahaha!"

Anju suddenly asked, "If a Tailed Beast Ball came flying at you, could it block that?"

"Yes! Don't worry! This is Yang Lightning. Unless the attack hitting me is also a Yang Attribute lightning attack, heh heh!"

Anju couldn't help but feel surprised.

Kurama had actually developed two ninjutsu already. Was ninjutsu really that easy to develop?

"How did you do it?" Anju asked curiously.

Kurama straightforwardly pointed at the Television on the grassland.

"Weren't these ninjutsu supposed to exist in your future? As long as I roughly know how they work, copying them is a piece of cake."

Anju's mouth twitched. What, were you learning ninjutsu from Ultraman now? And you could even develop them yourself?