Even leaving everyone else aside.
How was the Nine-Tails supposed to face Naruto Uzumaki?
Setting aside their experiences over the previous few years.
After Uchiha Minamoto intervened, Kurama and Naruto Uzumaki had gotten along quite well.
They had not reached the level of mutual understanding and shared feelings that Killer B and Gyuki the Eight-Tails had.
But compared with other Jinchūriki, Kurama and Naruto Uzumaki could already be called friends.
Kurama regarded Naruto Uzumaki as a friend, yet he had personally "killed" Naruto Uzumaki's parents.
"Ah... what a headache..."
Kurama raised both paws and rested them on his head.
"Human feelings really are too complicated!"
"Complicated?"
Uchiha Minamoto smiled.
"I actually think you and Naruto are more 'simple' than the vast majority of people.
"Don't make the problem harder than it is, Kurama."
"Hmph..."
The Nine-Tails gave a quiet snort.
"Easy for you to say!"
Time passed swiftly as the Nine-Tails wrestled with his dilemma.
A day soon passed.
The next day, at the same time.
Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, and Naruto Uzumaki appeared together on the bank of the Naka River Reservoir.
Over the whole of the previous day.
The Namikaze family had done nothing momentous.
They had simply spent an ordinary day off like any normal ninja family, with the parents taking their child out.
Yet it was precisely this quiet, simple happiness that the Namikaze family found so enthralling.
When they arrived at the Naka River Reservoir.
Kushina Uzumaki still held Naruto Uzumaki's little hand tightly, her eyes slightly red.
Minato Namikaze looked calm, but traces of bloodshot redness remained in his eyes as well.
Uchiha Minamoto could tell.
The Namikaze family had probably already said their "final goodbyes" before coming to the Naka River Reservoir.
"The world of genjutsu may be wonderful, but it isn't real,