Kushina, You Wouldn't Want Minato to Be Disappointed, Would You?

Shao Nan shouted, "Everyone, you've seen them! There'll be plenty of chances to meet again in the future!"

"Fourth Hokage, I'm going to revive you all using what little chakra you have left! Kushina included!"

After saying that, Shao Nan produced the two Spirit Husks the Great Toad Sage had given him out of thin air!

"Get inside this Spirit Husk yourself. It's an artifact of the Great Toad Sage!"

Minato Namikaze had originally wanted to use this last trace of chakra to see the grown-up Naruto.

Jiraiya put aside his excitement and firmly nodded at Minato Namikaze.

Minato assessed the situation at hand!

Then he looked at the young man before him, who closely resembled Hashirama Senju, and knowingly nodded at him as well.

In that instant, Minato Namikaze had already thought through what lay ahead.

With the help of his teacher and this man named Shao Nan, Naruto would definitely be able to successfully control the Nine-Tails!

My son is becoming more and more like me!

But there were still two things that worried him!

The first was the masked man who had brought the Nine-Tails to attack Konoha during the Nine-Tails' rampage all those years ago.

The second was his wife, Naruto's mother, Kushina Uzumaki!

"Shao Nan Senju, this chakra of mine can still hold on a little longer!"

Shao Nan was speechless. Couldn't you just say you wanted to see your wife?

Fine. They would all forget Kushina anyway, and Kushina would forget them too!

After that, Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze began chatting about old times!

Meanwhile, Shao Nan focused on controlling Naruto!

He made Naruto pull up the clothes over his stomach, revealing the formula of the Eight Trigrams Seal in full!

Then dense curse marks appeared along Naruto's right arm.

Minato Namikaze spoke softly from the side, "The key formula for releasing the Eight Trigrams Seal!

"The formula I left behind back then can not only open the seal, but close it again as well.

"The purpose was to let Naruto control the Nine-Tails' chakra!"

Blue chakra appeared on each of Naruto's fingers.

At the same time, a character appeared on every fingertip.

They were the five elemental attributes: wind, wood, water, fire, and earth.

Naruto jabbed his fingers into the seal on his stomach!

Then he turned the sealing formula!

The gate sealing the Nine-Tails flew open in an instant!

But the Nine-Tails did not dare come out!

"Yo, Kurama. You're quite obedient, huh!"

Shao Nan stepped through the gate and walked inside without a hint of hurry!

The Nine-Tails raised its fur, seemingly on guard against Shao Nan!

With every step Shao Nan took, the Nine-Tails retreated one step!

"Don't come any closer! Get away from me!"

Outside, both Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze were utterly baffled!

Minato Namikaze said, "Unbelievable. The Nine-Tails, which has always viewed humans as ants, is actually this afraid of Shao Nan!"

Jiraiya said, "He is the new Child of Prophecy from the Great Toad Sage's latest prophecy. Not only will he bring peace to the Ninja World in the future, he'll unite it as well! There will no longer be any separate countries!"

Minato Namikaze's eyes widened. He too had learned of the Great Toad Sage's prophecy, and he deeply acknowledged and believed in it!

"If that's true, then how much pressure must he be under? If he truly revives me, I'll definitely help him shoulder some of it!

"Even if not for helping Naruto control the Nine-Tails, then at least because he can let me see Kushina again."

After saying that, Minato Namikaze smiled happily!

He had finally seen the figure he had long awaited!

Just then, more than a dozen Adamantine Chains emerged from the Nine-Tails' body!

The Nine-Tails cried out in surprise, "This chakra is... Kushina Uzumaki?"

A beautiful figure appeared there.

She had a head of red hair, a lovely face, simple and elegant clothes, and a small butterfly clip in her hair.

Looking at Shao Nan before her, she said in confusion, "Since when did Naruto have black hair? And when did he get so big?"

Then she leaped toward Shao Nan!

Tears welled at the corners of Kushina's eyes as she threw herself into Shao Nan's arms and cried with joy. "Naruto! I've finally seen you!"

Outside, Minato Namikaze looked completely dumbfounded as well!

"Kushina mistook him for someone else!"

Jiraiya said with a smile, "That's normal. Who would know that there are so many people inside Naruto? Besides, Kushina has always been rather careless!"

Minato nodded, but still flashed over and patted Kushina on the back.

"Kushina, he isn't our son!"

Kushina abruptly turned around and saw the husband she had missed day and night standing beside her.

"Minato?"

In the blink of an eye, the Nine-Tails seemed to have found an opening?!

While they were all wrapped up in each other, tangled together and distracted!

"What a chance!!"

The Nine-Tails aimed its sharp claws at where they stood and launched a fierce attack with thunderous force!

In Sage Mode, Shao Nan's perception was off the charts!

The moment the Nine-Tails twitched its tail, Shao Nan knew what it intended to do!

Shao Nan held Kushina with his left arm, then swept his right hand through the air!

"Sage Art: Gate of the Great God!"

Bang! Bang! Bang!!!!!

Nine cylindrical gates formed by one horizontal and two vertical bars appeared out of thin air!

The Nine-Tails seemed to be suppressed by the power of a natural enemy!

Trembling all over, it raised its head and looked at the nine crimson gates above!

"Hashirama, you have no honor! You actually used sage power!"

The Gates of the Great God came crashing down, locking all nine of the Nine-Tails' tails tightly!

It could not move at all!

Shao Nan ignored the Nine-Tails and took out the Spirit Husks again!

"There's no time, Minato Namikaze. Get in!"

Minato looked at Kushina, who was still in Shao Nan's arms.

Then he smiled brightly and said, "Kushina, I'm already deeply satisfied just to see you once more! He will revive us! Kushina, you must believe in him!"

Then he turned to Jiraiya. "Teacher Jiraiya, I'll leave what we discussed earlier to you!"

Jiraiya nodded to show that he understood!

After Minato Namikaze finished speaking, his remaining chakra soul body turned into a ball of light and entered one of the Spirit Husks!

After Minato Namikaze vanished, Shao Nan directly stored that Spirit Husk in Infinite Space!

Just then, Jiraiya's chakra soul body shouted!

"This little chakra of mine has reached its limit too. Shao Nan, everything is up to you now!"

Shao Nan nodded at Jiraiya, who was gradually fading away!

Now, only Kushina, Shao Nan, Naruto, and the Nine-Tails remained here!

While Kushina was not paying attention, Shao Nan glanced at the Nine-Tails from the corner of his eye.

The Nine-Tails, pinned beneath the Gates of the Great God, had three tomoe appear in its eyes. It had once again fallen under the Sharingan's genjutsu!

Then the three tomoe shifted toward the edges! It looked as though it was not under genjutsu at all!

Kushina was still in Shao Nan's arms, looking at little Naruto beside them!

When she saw the three Sharingan tomoe in his eyes,

she suddenly realized that he was already under genjutsu!

Kushina turned to Shao Nan. "You cast genjutsu on Naruto?"

Shao Nan nodded. "Yes. Otherwise, it would be impossible for Naruto as he is now to control the Nine-Tails on his own!"

Kushina thought for a moment, then immediately jumped out of Shao Nan's arms!

"Sorry, I mistook you for someone else just now!

"Since Minato and Teacher Jiraiya both believe in you, I'll believe in you too!"

"It's fine, Kushina. My name is Shao Nan! I'll help revive all of you!"

He then set down the Spirit Husk, and another medicine bottle appeared in his hand out of thin air!

"Kushina, you're from the Uzumaki clan, so reviving you will be a little difficult! You need to drink this medicine!"

Shao Nan saw that Kushina was still confused and had no intention of accepting the medicine!

"Kushina, you wouldn't want Minato to be disappointed when he's revived and can't see you, would you!"

"Kushina, you wouldn't want Naruto to have only a father and no mother in the future, would you!"

Though Kushina did not understand, Minato had told her to trust him. Surely he would not harm her, right?

Kushina took the bottle and drank it in one gulp!

The instant she swallowed it, Kushina felt the world spin around her, leaving her utterly disoriented!

Suddenly, light radiated from her body!

Clearly, it was a sign that her chakra soul body was about to dissipate!

Kushina opened her eyes.

Like a wooden chicken, she asked Shao Nan, "Who am I... and who are you?"

Had the River of Oblivion Water taken effect so quickly?

Before Kushina could disappear, Shao Nan took a step forward and wrapped an arm around her waist!

He gave the corner of her lips a light kiss!

"Your name is Kushina. I'm your husband! I will definitely revive you!"

Kushina touched the corner of her lips and stared at Shao Nan with wide eyes, as though she were thinking about something!

Kushina's body gradually faded, and just as she was about to become a ball of light,

her large eyes looked at Shao Nan!

"I believe you, husband!"

Then her entire body turned into a ball of light, floating in the air as though it had nowhere to go, waiting to scatter away!

Seeing this, Shao Nan hurriedly used his chakra to guide Kushina into the Spirit Remains!

The Ninja World's Red-Hot Habanero was his now, wasn't she?

Shao Nan happily stored the Spirit Husk in Infinite Space!

Then he turned toward the Nine-Tails and released it from the genjutsu!