In the forest clearing, the Nine-Tails had already vanished.
"Clatter, clatter, clatter..." The Adamantine Sealing Chains activated to restrain the Nine-Tails had also lost their purpose. Drawn by Nagato's will, they withdrew from the ground and disappeared beneath his clothes.
Kaede lay on the sealing platform, her abdomen bearing an Eight Trigrams Seal formed from two overlapping Four Symbols Seals.
This way, the Nine-Tails' chakra could flow through the gaps between the two Four Symbols Seals for the Jinchuriki to use.
It was said that the Shinobi World had originally possessed no Eight Trigrams Seal. When the Nine-Tails had once gone berserk within Kushina, Minato had combined two Four Symbols Seals in a flash of inspiration, creating the unprecedented Eight Trigrams Seal.
It was no exaggeration to say that the Eight Trigrams Seal was the most precise sealing technique second only to the Six Paths Ten-Tails Coffin Seal.
Minato gently lifted Kaede into his arms.
"So... Kaede is the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki now."
Holding Naruto, Kushina came to Minato's side and faced Nagato and Konan with him.
"From now on, we'll treat Kaede as our own child and give her the same parental love we give Naruto. Brother Nagato, Sister Konan, whenever you miss this child, you're welcome to visit our home anytime..."
Nagato smiled. "Since you've made the decision, ma'am, I'll gladly accept."
Minato smiled helplessly. "So my opinion as Konoha's Hokage doesn't matter?"
Konan said seriously, "Putting that aside, Minato, how do you intend to explain Kaede's existence to the others in the village?"
Minato pondered. "I've already prepared an explanation. She'll be Naruto's twin sister. In an emergency, we had no choice but to seal the Nine-Tails inside her..."
Nagato said, "There are plenty of holes in that. Leaving aside their different appearances and hair colors, Tsunade and