After the Nine-Tails disappeared, Minato looked around the pure white space and remarked:
"Looks like we'll have to stand while we talk."
"Do you mean there was supposed to be something here?"
Looking at the empty space, Minato nodded.
"Lord Kurama can conjure up any object within Naruto's mental space. They aren't real objects, but I'd hoped he could at least make us some chairs."
"Minato-sensei, what's going on here? And why do you call the Nine-Tails Kurama...?"
"There's no rush, Kakashi. Before I tell you everything, I need to ask you a question."
Minato looked at the grown-up Kakashi before him. He was no longer the child in Minato's memories, so Minato asked in all seriousness:
"Under the current Shinobi Village system, how do you think the Shinobi World should face an enemy—or even multiple enemies—that no ninja could possibly fight?"
Meanwhile, beside the trash can outside the house, Karin had been standing in dejection for quite some time.
"I-it's the third day already... and he still hasn't come back. No, I should say I still haven't run into him."
And the blond guy hasn't gone out today, either. The last two days, he went out with his girlfriend around this time and told me whether Sasuke had come home the night before.
"Maybe something came up. Ugh, why didn't I shout louder back then? Maybe he would've heard me. Surely he didn't hear me and deliberately decide he didn't want to see me? Am I that annoying? Maybe I am, but I really just wanted to thank him for saving my life..."
Muttering to herself, Karin stood up and prepared to leave, swaying on her feet.
Then she turned, took only a few steps, and happened to bump straight into a certain member of the Uchiha Clan