Araki's words immediately stirred up quite a storm in Uzumaki Kushina's heart.
The red-haired girl once again recalled what Uzumaki Mito, the person she regarded as closest to and respected most, had told her that day:
...We were all brought here to become the Nine-Tails' vessels... But before the Tailed Beast is placed inside us, we must fill that vessel with love.
"Just a vessel for the Nine-Tails..."
She murmured softly, her voice carrying a trace of confusion.
At that moment, the Nine-Tails sealed inside her was unwilling to remain quiet.
Although the Uzumaki Clan were the most suitable candidates to become Jinchuriki, from Uzumaki Mito to Uzumaki Kushina, neither of these two successive generations had become Perfect Jinchuriki.
It was not until the third generation, Uzumaki Naruto, who had completely tossed aside his inherited Sealing Technique, that he finally understood the true meaning of being a Jinchuriki and reconciled with the Nine-Tails heart to heart.
Perhaps this was what they meant by a skilled swimmer drowning.
Because they could easily subdue Tailed Beasts, the two generations of Uzumaki Jinchuriki had no time to listen to the Nine-Tails ramble. If it dared talk nonsense, they simply beat it up!
Naturally, that made it impossible to understand something like becoming friends with a Tailed Beast.
Thus, the relationship between the Nine-Tails and Uzumaki Kushina was no different from that between ordinary Jinchuriki and Tailed Beasts. They were not equal friends, but unwilling partners in a relationship where one was strong and the other weak.
The difference was that with other Jinchuriki, the Tailed Beast was strong and the vessel weak. With Uzumaki Kushina, the vessel was strong while the Tailed Beast was weak.
The Nine-Tails Fox, leader of the Nine Tailed Beasts, had no dignity at all before Kushina, who was