Naruto's home.
Kushina pressed one hand against the Dual Four Symbols Seal.
Click, click, click...
A sound like twisting gears rang out.
Kushina's vision shifted, and she entered Naruto's inner world.
Aside from the enormous cage linking heaven and earth, the dim, damp ground from before had completely vanished.
It had become a bright, clean room.
The terrible environment had reflected Naruto's heart, but now that Naruto had completely escaped that miserable life,
his inner world had naturally improved as well.
"Hey! Stupid fox!" Kushina called out, hands on her hips.
A pair of enormous eyes suddenly opened within the cage.
But when those once overwhelmingly oppressive eyes saw Kushina, their pupils abruptly shrank!
It was fear and wariness.
"You... It really is you! Kushina!"
"You're actually alive!"
Kushina's relationship with the Nine-Tails had never been good.
Once, after Kushina ran out of the barrier, the Nine-Tails went berserk and nearly killed Minato. After that, Kushina had always focused on suppressing the Nine-Tails.
"Hmph, hmph. Are you unhappy that I'm not dead?"
Kushina spoke with displeasure in her voice.
As she spoke, countless chains extended from her body and danced continuously around her.
They were Adamantine Sealing Chains.
The Nine-Tails gritted his teeth and took a step back. Those chains had bound him who knew how many times, so of course he was deeply wary of them.
"What do you want?"
Although Naruto knew of his existence, the Nine-Tails did not often speak with Naruto at present.
After all, Naruto was still just a little kid. The Nine-Tails had no interest in humoring children.
Let alone becoming friends, they could barely be considered acquainted.
Zhengye had beaten him badly enough before, and the Nine-Tails had no intention of courting trouble.
Kushina knew just how much the Nine-Tails would help Naruto