After all, the Nine-Tails had existed for a very long time. It was only natural that he knew some secrets unknown to other shinobi.
Of course, the Nine-Tails didn't reveal anything about the Ten-Tails or the relationship between the Sage of Six Paths and the Tailed Beasts.
Although the Nine-Tails and Kushina Uzumaki had begun working together, that didn't mean he completely trusted her.
The fact that Kushina Uzumaki hadn't become a Perfect Jinchuriki was the best proof of that.
"So, I can only risk everything. Kushina, hand over control of your body to me! If possible, I'll try to break this seal!"
After all, Nagato wasn't the Sage of Six Paths.
Even a secret technique like Chibaku Tensei couldn't possibly be that powerful.
After hesitating for a moment, Kushina Uzumaki nodded.
"Then I'll leave it to you, Nine-Tails!"
Seeing how readily Kushina Uzumaki agreed, the Nine-Tails smiled.
"Still can't remember my name? My name is Kurama!"
At that, Kushina Uzumaki froze for a moment.
It was the first time she'd heard the Nine-Tails say his own name.
She knew what the Nine-Tails was called, but Namikaze Minato had told her.
And Namikaze Minato had learned it from the Nine-Tails himself.
Now, the other half of the Nine-Tails had told her his name, too.
Did that mean something?
In an instant, Kushina Uzumaki understood. She smiled and nodded.
"Then... I'm counting on you, Kurama!"
The Nine-Tails smiled, too.
"Then... here we go!"
And then—
In an instant, immense chakra erupted from Kushina Uzumaki's body and surged into the sky.
Almost immediately, nine blood-red tails sprouted from her back.
Blood-red chakra enveloped her from head to toe, then compressed and condensed, forming a thick layer of armor over Kushina Uzumaki.
By now, Kushina Uzumaki no longer looked human at all.
She