A Meeting of Two Fourth Hokages

"At that time, I had no other choice; I could only trust Naruto," Minato said, filled with shame.

"You were worried about Konoha losing the Nine-Tails, weren't you? The death of you and your wife would have been a massive blow to the village. If Konoha had lost the Nine-Tails on top of that, its position in the Shinobi World would have become dire." Kushina from this world, having been groomed by Kizaru to enter the village's administrative body early on, had studied a great deal of politics. She saw straight through the internal thoughts that had driven the other world's Minato to make his decision.

On the night of the Nine-Tails' attack, the decision made by Minato, the Fourth Hokage, was colored heavily by emotion, lacking the rationality he usually possessed.

As the Fourth Hokage, he had chosen to die for love, accompanying Kushina into the afterlife.

For the sake of the village—or perhaps because he truly had faith in his son—he sealed the most powerful Tailed Beast, the Nine-Tails, into Naruto, who had become an orphan the moment he was born, thereby preserving the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki for Konoha.

These two decisions were not necessarily contradictory, but they both reflected how Minato's thinking had skewed toward emotion once he knew his wife was in danger.

Compared to his MVP-level performance during the Third Shinobi World War, Minato on the night of the Nine-Tails was far too emotionally compromised after his loved one was struck down.

Perhaps this is one of the drawbacks of a young person becoming the leader of a major power.

In contrast to Minato, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had also lost his wife, appeared much more rational.

This is not to say that Hiruzen did not love his wife; judging by the history, Hiruzen and his wife,