For Left Mysterious Minato's question, the Nine-Tailed Fox lay sprawled on the water's surface in the mental world, lazily swishing its fluffy long tail without responding.
The seal had already been torn apart and the cage opened, but the overall framework of the Eight Trigrams Seal remained. Only in this way could it maintain the "mustard seed containing Mount Sumeru," housing such an enormous Tailed Beast within Naruto Uzumaki.
But with the seal open, the Nine-Tailed Fox was effectively free to come and go. Left Mysterious Minato had originally prepared himself to exhaust every effort to force the Nine-Tailed Fox back into the Eight Trigrams Seal the moment it emerged, yet the fox had not made the slightest move.
Even the Nine-Tailed Fox Chakra it had lent Naruto—was pure golden Chakra that contained none of the Nine-Tailed Fox's own will.
[Could it be because this guy is actually a good person?] Naruto Uzumaki's voice suddenly appeared as he manifested within his own mental space.
Left Mysterious Minato, as well as Kushina formed from chains beside him, were both surprised by what he said.
[Well... saying this feels a little unfair to Mom and Dad, who died because of this stinky fox...] Naruto Uzumaki scratched his cheek. He had wanted to make a joke, but when the words left his mouth, they sounded utterly sincere. [Using this guy's Chakra feels really strange... I can sense other people's emotions, especially bad feelings—disgust, hatred, things like that. Like that black guy who controlled me before. His heart was cold and horrible. Just sensing his Chakra made me furious. I wanted to tear that dark, disgusting bastard apart!]
[So...] Naruto Uzumaki murmured, [Hey, stinky fox! Is this what you feel every day, every moment? Do you have to face everyone's endless hatred for