Mukade's Backup Plan, Ley Line Anomaly

Hearing that, Naruto's nose stung, and he could only force back the urge to cry.

"Uncle—no, Dad..." Naruto wiped his face haphazardly, words spilling from his mouth like beans from a broken sack.

His hands flailed through the air as if he were searching for something to grab.

In the end, he could only clutch the hem of his clothes, pulling so hard that the threads were nearly torn apart.

"I-I don't usually cry! Really!"

He repeated it twice in a row.

His eyes darted everywhere, except at the person in front of him.

He tried to force a smile, hoping to lighten the mood, but it looked even worse than crying.

"Sorry, Dad. When you lifted your shirt back then, I really didn't mean to."

"Who told you to suddenly make things so scary? I almost really attacked you!"

"And Mom, when you beat up that fat bastard just now, those golden chains were seriously awesome!"

Anyone could tell that the kid was just desperately making conversation, trying to drag out their time together a little longer.

He simply did not want to part with Minato and Kushina. He wished he could say everything he had never said in his life right here.

Seeing their son so incoherent, Minato and Kushina felt their hearts twist even tighter, to the point where breathing felt difficult.

Inside Kushina's sealing space, Kurama watched the scene outside and rolled his enormous eyes.

He had never expected that Naruto, whom he had always looked after, would have suffered so miserably in another world.

"Seeing how pitiful this brat is, this old man ought to show something at least. Consider it a meeting gift."

Without warning, a gentle stream of golden Chakra burst directly from Kushina's abdomen!

The Chakra transformed into a massive fox paw