"See me?"
Minato pondered for a moment.
"Does that mean I need to enter Naruto's Shadow Clone again?"
"No, that method is too much trouble. Just have him come here."
In the mental space, Minato was somewhat surprised by what the Nine-Tails relayed to him.
It wasn't that he was surprised Kakashi had realized he existed.
After all, whether it was Kakashi's initial attempt to assassinate Naruto or Naruto's behavior throughout their journey, Minato would probably have guessed too if he were in Kakashi's shoes.
In fact, waiting until now to bring it up already showed considerable restraint on Kakashi's part.
Minato did indeed have some reservations.
Those reservations weren't about Kakashi himself. Rather, Minato didn't believe Kakashi, who had been exposed to the Third's thinking for so long, would accept his plan.
It wasn't a matter of right or wrong. It was simply that, as far as Minato was concerned, his plan wasn't something many people should know about.
What surprised Minato was the Nine-Tails' attitude.
The Nine-Tails had previously told Minato that his original chakra had been left behind by his Original Body, which was why Minato had still been able to act as an independent entity back then.
But on the night of the Uchiha Clan Massacre, Minato had used Flying Thunder God to take away the Uchiha Clan's survivors, almost completely exhausting the chakra his actual body had left behind.
Only after the Nine-Tails replenished it with a sustained supply of chakra had he returned to his previous state.
As a result, the nature of Minato's chakra had now changed completely, becoming a mass of assimilated chakra within Naruto.
However, it had been assimilated not with Naruto, but with the Nine-Tails.
The details were rather complicated. To sum it up in the Nine-Tails' own words—
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