Inside the Sealing Space.
Seeing the family of three look his way, Shinji smiled. "Well, Fourth Hokage? After witnessing that touching moment between mother and son, what do you have to say now?"
Minato Namikaze froze.
He glanced at Kushina without thinking.
Kushina looked puzzled. "Bringing the dead back to life... Is that really possible? Even if it is, wouldn't there be a price to pay?"
"..."
Minato paused, then realized the same thing. "That's right! Shinji, if it's dangerous, don't do it!"
Shinji shook his head with a smile and touched the corner of his eye. "Dangerous... no. It would just put a little strain on me. Let's leave it until the Shinobi World has truly settled down. By then, even that last bit of strain will be gone."
Shinji fell silent, thinking to himself.
When the time comes...
I should talk to Nobihi about what he wants regarding his parents... He's grown up, after all.
As for the strain he had mentioned... given his current vitality, using Rinne Rebirth would only tire him out for a while.
That was all.
"As for now..."
Shinji turned toward the Nine-Tails, who was staring wide-eyed at the four of them.
The Nine-Tails shrank back a step, trembling. "W-what are you going to do to me now?"
"Nothing much. Just borrow some of your Chakra."
"Hey, hey, hey! Stay away from me—!"
Shinji temporarily made the Nine-Tails Kushina's Chakra battery, allowing her to remain inside Naruto for a long time.
With that, Naruto's birthday was complete.
Next came the wait.
For the so-called Five Kage Summit.
Shinji hoped they would know better than to do anything that put him in a difficult position. He was no longer the Shinji who had first arrived in the Shinobi World.
Killing had long since lost