If You Want to Save Minato Namikaze, You'll Have to Rely on Yourself.

Ensei Uchiha's words suddenly sparked a glimmer of hope in Kushina Uzumaki's heart.

As the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze falling into a coma was a major crisis. Whether it was the combined strength of Konoha, the resources of the Land of Fire, or even examinations by Tsunade herself, nothing had yielded any results.

Originally, Kushina Uzumaki had already fallen into despair.

However, seeing this young man who had helped her and her husband survive many years ago, Kushina Uzumaki could not help but feel a surge of excitement.

"Is... is it true? If you can help Minato, that would be truly wonderful."

Although traces of the lively, curious Kushina of the past remained, she had become gentle and quiet in this moment.

How to put it? Perhaps because the future had been altered, the Kushina Uzumaki before him was completely different from the woman in Ensei Uchiha's memories.

"I don't want to pour cold water on you, but I must be honest... I don't have complete certainty. I am merely going to attempt it."

"But since Minato Namikaze is not yet dead, there must be a day when he wakes up."

As Ensei Uchiha spoke, he stepped forward and opened his own pair of highly peculiar Sharingan.

At this moment, Ensei Uchiha's eyes no longer had anything to do with the Mangekyo Sharingan of the Uchiha Clan.

Under the scouring of a massive amount of Byakugan ocular power, Ensei Uchiha's eyes had undergone unknown changes. While this was a good thing for him at present, he did not know where it would ultimately lead.

But he suspected that the Mangekyo Sharingan was likely no longer in his destiny.

As Ensei Uchiha opened his eyes, a wave of pressure began to radiate through the air, startling the Nine-Tails within Kushina Uzumaki into restlessness.

But Kushina was not Naruto Uzumaki; as a member of the most orthodox Uzumaki Clan, her mastery of sealing techniques was exceptional.

Never mind the half-portion of the Nine-Tails she currently held, even if it were the Nine-Tails at its peak, she could have sealed it into total immobility.

If the Nine-Tails was merely in prison inside Naruto, then inside Kushina, it was as if it were bound and completely unable to move.

"Be quiet... Kurama!"

Ensei Uchiha seemed to notice the fluctuation of the Nine-Tails. Although it was suppressed by Kushina in a mere instant, it had still been detected by him.

However, Ensei Uchiha had no time to deal with the Nine-Tails right now; he used his own ocular power to begin probing Minato Namikaze on the bed.

Ensei Uchiha's medical skills were not particularly high, but he could see that Minato Namikaze's body had no injuries, not even the minor ailments caused by being bedridden for years.

"It seems the problem lies within the soul."

Ensei Uchiha said, his hands beginning to weave seals. Soon, an ethereal figure emerged from his body and submerged directly into Minato Namikaze.

"Spirit Transformation Technique!"

Kushina Uzumaki's eyes widened as she watched this scene in disbelief.

The Spirit Transformation Technique was a forbidden jutsu from the Scroll of Seals, and its difficulty was extremely high.

In all of Konoha, only the late Dan Katō had mastered this forbidden technique. After his death, no one else in the village had ever learned it.

From this, one could see just how difficult this ninjutsu was to master.

At the same time, as Ensei Uchiha entered Minato Namikaze's body, it felt as if he had stepped into a muddy abyss. All sorts of negative emotions assaulted him, nearly crushing him.

Fortunately, before entering, Ensei Uchiha had brought along a vast amount of ocular power. Under the crushing force of this power, he managed to flee in a panic.

Outside, Kushina Uzumaki saw Ensei Uchiha's soul retreat from Minato Namikaze's body and rapidly return to his own.

For a moment, Kushina Uzumaki looked at Minato Namikaze with concern, and upon finding everything as it was, she turned her worried gaze toward Ensei Uchiha.

At this moment, Ensei Uchiha was panting heavily, a trace of lingering fear in his eyes.

"Ensei, how is it? You aren't hurt, are you?"

Looking at this child who was not much older than her own son, Kushina Uzumaki suddenly felt a pang of regret.

She felt she shouldn't have been so selfish.

Ensei Uchiha did not notice Kushina Uzumaki's expression; instead, he spoke thoughtfully: "I am fine. This belongs to a type of Yin-Yang Release, a very high-end existence."

"I am still too young; it will take a long time to master Yin-Yang Release."

"Therefore, if you want to save Minato Namikaze, you must rely on yourself."

Kushina Uzumaki had been in despair, but upon hearing this news, her entire being suddenly brightened.

Although she only had a superficial understanding of Yin-Yang Release—knowing of Yin Release and Yang Release—she knew that the combination of these two powers was something only the Sage of Six Paths was capable of, wasn't it?

This was a legendary existence...

Though it would be difficult, as long as there was a glimmer of hope, she would not give up.

"What must I do to save Minato?"

Ignoring everything else, Kushina Uzumaki asked impatiently.

"It is simple. Choose to reconcile with the Nine-Tails and enter the true Nine-Tails Mode; then you will be qualified to learn Yin-Yang Release."

"As a side note, all Tailed Beasts were separated from the God Tree by the Sage of Six Paths, and they all originally inherited the will of his Ninjutsu Sect."

"However, because there are always those who harbor greed, hoping to master the powerful strength of the Tailed Beasts..."

"Therefore, having witnessed too much of the darkness in human hearts, the Tailed Beasts began to distance themselves from humanity."

"You must have felt that malice from the Nine-Tails; those are merely the manifestations of the malice it has endured throughout the long years of the past."

Ensei Uchiha did not hide anything, speaking directly.

According to Ensei Uchiha's estimation, once these "good people" from the original plot learned the true nature of the Nine-Tails, as long as they opened their hearts, it should be quite easy to reach a reconciliation with the Tailed Beast.

As for the so-called Nine-Tails Mode, it could actually be achieved quite easily once one reconciled with the Nine-Tails.

This was also the reason why, in the original story, Naruto had to go through countless hardships to reach a partnership with the Nine-Tails, yet Minato Namikaze could activate Nine-Tails Mode the moment he appeared.

To put it bluntly, the Minato Namikaze in the original story was actually riding on Naruto's coattails; otherwise, the half of the Nine-Tails inside him would not have been so easy to command.

"What? Are you telling the truth?"

Upon hearing these words, Kushina Uzumaki could not help but reach out and touch her belly.

Immediately afterward, Kushina Uzumaki was lost in a daze for a moment, then spoke to Ensei Uchiha with a complex expression: "Kurama says he wants to see you."

Clearly, in that brief moment just now, Kushina Uzumaki must have been in the Nine-Tails' sealing space, conversing with it for a long time.