Her fingers, now able to move, began slowly forming hand seals, but her body was completely empty inside. She could not muster even a trace of Chakra.
Kushina thought irritably. At this moment, emotion had completely overwhelmed reason. The Eight Trigrams Seal binding her was exquisitely crafted and incredibly sturdy. If she had still been alive, she would have dared to say that aside from Minato and herself, no third person in Konoha could easily break it.
Unfortunately... Kurama is no longer inside me... I can't use his Chakra anymore to...?!
She instinctively thought of her usual method of using Kurama's Chakra to break through the restraints, only to suddenly realize that after death, she was no longer a Jinchuriki.
Yet the instant that thought crossed her mind, a familiar warm current truly responded to her call from deep within her body—faint, yet distinct!
This is... Kurama's Chakra?
Kushina was uncertain. This feeling, this unique Chakra nature, was indeed Kurama's. But it was completely different from the scarlet energy filled with brutality and hatred that she had felt when forcibly borrowing it in life. The Chakra responding to her now was extraordinarily gentle and obedient.
She did not understand the situation... but with her own Chakra completely sealed, the arrival of this power was exactly what she needed!
Carefully guiding that gentle Kurama Chakra, she gradually managed to move her stiff arms through a wider range. At last, her hands laboriously came together. Yet the rough, hollow sensation that traveled through her body with every movement, like grains of sand grinding together, once again cruelly reminded Kushina—you are already dead; this is not your true body.
But things had already come this far. An intense longing burned her soul like fire. No matter what, Kushina wanted to get out and