The Outburst of Resentment, Gou Wei's Promotion of Traditional Virtues...

Watching Kushina sob uncontrollably, Minato's face was filled with unbearable pain.

He wanted to offer words of comfort, but his lips trembled, unable to produce a sound.

His shaking hand hovered in mid-air, unable to bring itself down.

He knew that Kushina's outburst today was the inevitable result of years of accumulated gloom.

Though a thousand words weighed on his heart, they could only condense into a single phrase: "I'm sorry..."

"No!" Hearing Minato's voice, Kushina shook her head violently. She wiped away her tears, forced a smile, and said, "Minato, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have taken my anger out on you. I... I... but I couldn't help it... I'm sorry..."

Watching Kushina apologize, seeing the tears she had suppressed burst forth again as she wept, Minato felt a suffocating tightness in his chest.

A fierce resentment surged within him!

He resented the high-ranking officials of Konoha, and he resented Hiruzen Sarutobi!

He resented them for disregarding their past ties, and he resented them for failing to treat their descendants with kindness!

He also resented himself for not listening to Kushina back then and sealing the Nine-Tails back into her body!

If he had... then he and Kushina wouldn't have had to die!

And Naruto could have lived happily as the son of the Hokage!

But why?

Why did they have to treat them this way?!

Suddenly!

Minato's handsome face twisted into a hideous mask, his teeth bared and eyes wide with rage. Six rugged whiskers appeared on his cheeks, and a crimson chakra erupted from his body, instantly coating his skin as several tails manifested behind him!

The Nine-Tails? Sasuke was taken aback.

He had almost forgotten about the existence of the Nine-Tails.

But... what was it trying to do?

Kushina's pupils constricted, and she shouted, "Damn it! Kurama! What are you doing! Withdraw your chakra! Don't you dare try to manipulate Minato!"

???

"It's not me! I didn't influence him!"

"This is the Fourth's own problem! Kushina, don't you dare go around accusing me!"

Kurama felt more wronged than anyone in history!

Although it didn't know who that person was...

But the technique Minato used to seal it back then was the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, which had already bound its Yin chakra to his soul. Being brought here into this space of supreme power meant they were now completely tethered together—they would prosper or perish as one.

If Minato had a problem, it wouldn't fare well either.

While it didn't know if it and Minato could actually die, one thing was certain: even if they died, they would only be resurrected in this space!

Since it couldn't escape this space even in death, wasn't it better to just wait obediently for Minato to revive and then think of a way out?

Why would it waste effort to influence Minato for no gain?

It was a true thousand-year-old fox; it understood how to weigh the pros and cons!

"It's not you?" Because the Nine-Tails' chakra had already surged out, Kushina naturally heard its voice.

"It really isn't Kurama... Kushina..." Minato's face flickered between normal and monstrous as he clearly struggled to suppress the erupting Nine-Tails chakra.

At the same time, he felt a surge of horror in his heart:

Is this the power of the Nine-Tails?

So, the Kushina of the past and the Naruto of the present were always at risk of being controlled and influenced by this power of hatred...

And this isn't even the Nine-Tails acting on its own, yet even I can barely withstand it...

Naruto...

Kushina had exploded due to long-term gloom, but wasn't Minato the same?

Long-suppressed emotions and the resentment he had refused to face in his heart had finally erupted because of Kushina's outburst, causing the Nine-Tails chakra to go berserk!

Seeing that Minato was still conscious, Kushina was at a loss: "Minato, how can I help you?"

Because they were in a soul state, she worried that a wrong move might damage Minato's soul, but she was clearly blinded by concern and was underestimating the Soul Space.

To ensure that souls did not wear away over time and to guarantee they remained undying, imprisoned for eternity, each cell possessed functions similar to automatic regeneration and health-locking.

For a soul bound to a cell, let alone the influence of a little Nine-Tails chakra, even if they were completely obliterated, they could easily be restored!

This was also the reason why, despite being able to arrange souls from two different cells together, only ten souls could be imprisoned at once.

"You idiot, Kushina!" Kurama's voice, filled with disdain, rang out: "Isn't the master of this place over there?"

Right! Sasuke! Kushina's eyes lit up, and she immediately turned to look at Sasuke: "Sasuke, please, help Minato!"

Back when she was first imprisoned, her internal chakra had been sealed from afar; she believed Sasuke could easily control the Nine-Tails' chakra as well.

So it wasn't Kurama acting on its own, but an eruption of Minato's inner resentment... Sasuke's heart stirred, and he gently snapped his fingers.

In an instant!

The Nine-Tails chakra on Minato's body receded like a retreating tide, vanishing without a trace in the blink of an eye. However, the aftereffects of being influenced by the Tailed Beast's chakra left his chest heaving as he gasped for air.

Kurama, having clearly felt its own chakra being manipulated by some sort of immense power, was thrown into a state of utter turmoil.

This is terrifying!

In the face of that power just now, I actually felt a sense of helplessness; I couldn't even put up a fight!

And who exactly is this Uchiha Sasuke, the one who possesses this Soul Space prison!?

Could he truly be that figure who vanished long before I was even born...?

But how could he possibly know my name?

Is it possible that, like the Old Man Sage of Six Paths, he is still monitoring the ninja world?

It's a pity that even the Old Man Sage didn't know his name, otherwise...

Meanwhile, seeing Minato recover, Kushina let out a sigh of relief. She turned to him and said gratefully, "Thank you, Sasuke!"

As a former jinchuriki, she knew all too well what it felt like to be influenced by Tailed Beast chakra...

"It's nothing. Even if I hadn't helped, Minato wouldn't have had any issues," Sasuke replied simply, having no intention of explaining the Soul Space to them.

He then smiled and said, "Actually, if you buy discounted instant noodles and discounted milk, 3,000 ryo is enough to cover three meals a day, a bottle of milk, and daily necessities."

"Hmm, you might even have a little silver left over."

"I never expected that the high and mighty Third Hokage would actually be so familiar with the prices at the bottom of society, making such precise calculations..."

You jerk, don't say such mood-killing things when someone is trying to be grateful! I wanted to kill him, and now you're going to smear the Third Hokage again? Are you addicted to this? Kushina, screaming internally, snapped, "Sasuke!"

"Just trying to liven up the atmosphere..." Sasuke chuckled, then looked at Minato, who was slowly recovering from the aftereffects. "Minato, perhaps you could try to control the power of Kurama; it might come in handy in the future."

"Of course, it would be best if Kurama were willing to cooperate voluntarily."

Hearing this, Kushina instinctively looked at Minato, who remained silent.

He understood that this was another olive branch from Sasuke; otherwise, he was already dead, so why bother trying to control the Nine-Tails' power?

Kurama also remained silent, understanding that Sasuke's latter remark was actually directed at it.

If anyone else had dared to speak so brazenly about controlling its power, it would have roared in fury long ago.

But having just experienced the immense power of this space, it didn't dare to utter a word.

Forget it, I'll just play the submissive role for now...

Anyway, if it really is him, regardless of his age or anything else, he's old enough to be my grandfather...

We Tailed Beasts are high-level intelligent lifeforms, after all. Sometimes, it's quite necessary to uphold the virtue of respecting the elderly and cherishing the young...