Going to Tsunade for Treatment

A suspicious flush crossed Kushina Uzumaki's face at Uchiha Ensei's question.

How was she supposed to explain it? She couldn't exactly say she had kissed Minato awake.

Just then, Minato Namikaze answered for Kushina Uzumaki. "I sensed Kushina's chakra and finally woke from that terrible nightmare."

Uchiha Ensei frowned at that, pondering for a moment before speaking.

"Human willpower could indeed make that possible, but logically speaking, you shouldn't have been able to wake up through your own will in your previous condition."

"There are only two possibilities now. The first is that Black Zetsu's technique weakened with the passage of time. The other is that the Nine-Tails did something."

Uchiha Ensei had examined Minato Namikaze's condition before. Something capable of leaving him unconscious and unresponsive could naturally not be resolved through ordinary means.

Earlier, Uchiha Ensei had said the Nine-Tails might be able to help solve the problem, but that was only theoretically possible. In reality, it would be extremely difficult.

At the same time, Uchiha Ensei had not expected Kushina Uzumaki to get along with Kurama so quickly.

"Kurama said... he once tried to send my longing to him, but he doesn't know whether it succeeded."

Kushina Uzumaki spoke with a blissful expression.

"Mm, then it seems to be the first possibility. Black Zetsu's technique weakened as time passed."

Uchiha Ensei glanced up, then said expressionlessly.

"A technique that can keep the Hokage unconscious for years is already quite formidable."

"But what puzzles me is, why didn't Black Zetsu kill you back then?"

Uchiha Ensei did not care about the somewhat helpless expressions on Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki's faces and directly voiced his doubts.

He had actually wanted to ask this question long ago.

But Kushina Uzumaki had not known before, and Uchiha Ensei did not trust