"Kushina... how are you feeling?"
Minato's first response was not to answer Nagato's proposal, but to hurry to Kushina's side and check on her condition.
The Haku-pale, weak look on Kushina's face was completely gone. Her cheeks were rosy—how did she look like a woman who had just given birth and had the Nine-Tails extracted?
"Mmm... thanks to little brother Nagato, I'm already fine."
"W-Waaah..." Hearing that, Minato's arms around Naruto and the hand resting on Kushina's shoulder began to tremble. He no longer cared about keeping up appearances in front of Nagato as tears streamed down his face.
"That's wonderful... Kushina, you're all right. That's truly wonderful..."
"Waaah, Minato, Naruto..." Kushina embraced Minato and Naruto, her tears pouring down uncontrollably.
On the day they welcomed new life into the world, the couple had gone through unimaginable highs and lows, then lows and highs again... Their emotions were easy to imagine.
As though he could sense his parents' feelings, Naruto also began to wail loudly within their shared embrace.
Nagato and Konan exchanged glances and nodded in mutual understanding, deciding to quietly wait for the family of three to finish crying.
"Roooooarrrrr...!!!" The Nine-Tails, reduced to little more than a backdrop, had bloodshot eyes fixed tightly—tightly—on Feng!
Yet aside from its impotent, furious roars, it could do nothing. The Adamantine Sealing Chains binding it had not weakened in the slightest just because Nagato had used the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique on Kushina, sacrificing his lifespan and turning half his hair Haku-white!
Nagato's chakra was simply too formidable.
After crying, Minato wiped away his tears and faced Nagato. "Nagato, are you serious?"
Nagato replied with a mournful look in his eyes at his Haku-white hair, "Do I look like I'm joking?"
Minato looked toward the black-haired infant in Konan's arms