Inside the Sealing Space.
Shinji watched the Adamantine Sealing Chains shoot toward him and sighed inwardly.
Then, under Kushina Uzumaki's adorably stunned gaze, Shinji grabbed all four chain ends and gave them a hard yank!
The tremendous force pulled Kushina out of the air.
"You..."
"Kukuku—hahaha! Kushina, so this day finally came for you? Hahaha!" Little Nine-Tails rolled on the ground laughing.
Kushina's face darkened. "Nine-Tails! Don't get too cocky!"
"Minato..."
She was about to call on her husband to defend with her when Shinji suddenly released the chains.
"Senior Kushina, couldn't you let me finish? Why do you always attack before hearing me out?"
Thrown off balance, Kushina stumbled back several steps and eyed Shinji warily. "What do you want to say?"
"Forget it. There's really nothing I need to say to you..." Shinji shook his head. "Let Naruto tell you himself."
Kushina froze, then her eyes widened.
Because in the next instant,
Naruto's small figure appeared inside the Sealing Space.
"Big Brother Shinji, what's...?" Naruto first looked at Shinji in confusion, then his gaze fell on the red-haired woman across from him.
At that moment,
no one answered his unspoken question.
But Naruto's nose suddenly stung, and tears spilled from his eyes before he knew why.
He sniffled and asked through a tear-choked voice, "Who... who are you? Why do I want to cry the moment I see you?"
"..."
Shinji shook his head.
So it was true.
The bond between mother and child really did exist.
Kushina was at a loss. After all, this was her first time being a mother, and she had only been one for ten months... the ten months she had carried him.
She instinctively reached out to embrace Naruto, then stopped where she stood, hesitating.
Naruto slowly walked toward her.
"Are you...