When the sleeping Kurama heard that he would be unsealed, he naturally had no objections.
Then... Naruto took out the Master Key again. This time... he undid Kurama's seal with ease.
Kurama swaggered out of the cage.
"Phew... I can finally nap in the warm sunshine... And that Simmons mattress looks pretty comfortable."
Just as Kurama was sighing with satisfaction, golden chains suddenly appeared and bound him.
Several chains abruptly pulled taut. Kurama felt his body sink, and the entire fox was pinned to the ground.
At the same time, a graceful figure appeared in the Sealing Space.
"Looks like... Naruto wants to take the big fox's power?"
"I finally get to see Naruto all grown up..."
Seeing Kurama bound and hearing that familiar voice, Minato Namikaze felt a little awkward.
When he had appeared earlier, he had reinforced the seal without a word, slamming the cage straight into Kurama's face.
This time... Kushina Uzumaki had appeared instead, and she had likewise unleashed an even harsher round of Adamantine Sealing Chains without a word.
Feeling those familiar Adamantine Sealing Chains, Kurama could only lie on the ground, aggrieved and unable to move.
He couldn't even signal Naruto with his eyes.
Actually, even if the Nine-Tails had signaled him, Naruto wouldn't have looked, because... all his attention was on the woman before him.
Standing before him was his mother, Kushina Uzumaki, whom he was meeting for the first time.
Kushina knew at first glance that Naruto was her son.
"Huh? Why are you so little...?"
"Could it be... dwarfism caused by malnutrition...?"
Naruto was left rather speechless by Kushina's first words.
"I... I'm only six!"
Hearing that Naruto was only six left Kushina even more surprised.
She knew she could only appear under a specific condition.
And that condition was