At Konoha Hospital, in Kushina's delivery room, Nagato Uzumaki stood before the bed, sizing up his fellow clan member.
"Waaah! Waaah! Waaah!"
Kushina lay weakly in the bed, cradling the hungry, crying little Naruto and warily sizing up the mysterious man before her.
"Who are you?"
Nagato ignored her question and asked instead, "You bear the blood of the Uzumaki Clan and possess a weapon as powerful as the Nine-Tails Fox. Why don't you cherish the talent Heaven bestowed upon you and avenge the Uzumaki Clan? Why have you chosen to waste your gifts by letting yourself fall into decadence?"
In Nagato's eyes, Kushina had wasted her strength by choosing to become a housewife, even if she was the Hokage's wife.
"You're also a member of the Uzumaki Clan? You're one of my people?" Kushina realized who he was.
"But your eyes... They aren't the eyes of the Uzumaki Clan."
Although she had found one of her own, Kushina felt no joy. She knew he had come with ill intentions.
The sounds of fighting outside the room had been audible the entire time.
More importantly, as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Kushina could sense the good and evil in others.
That was because the Nine-Tails had endured a thousand years of war, hatred, and betrayal. It was the embodiment of hatred. The more deeply it cared, the more intense the pain and hatred it could feel, and the more keenly it sensed malice. This ability wasn't part of the shinobi system.
So, after mastering the Nine-Tails Chakra, Kushina had gained the ability to distinguish good from evil—a power that let her sense the thoughts and feelings of others.
By her sensing, the fellow clan member before her was filled with malice toward her.
"I need the Nine-Tails inside you, so please come