"No," Minato Namikaze interrupted her. He turned his head and looked deeply at his wife, his blue eyes full of tenderness and apology, "I am not only your husband, I am also Konoha's Fourth Hokage. I must protect the village... and it is my honor as a husband to die for you."
He paused and his voice became deeper and deeper.
"The only person I'm sorry for... is Naruto. I am not qualified to ask for your forgiveness as a father... but Kushina, after I seal Nine-Tails, the few Chakra you have left can still allow you to see the grown-up Naruto for the last time..."
"Tell him what I want to say for me..."
Kushina burst into tears. She looked at her son lying in a simple barrier not far away, unaware of anything in the outside world, just sleeping quietly. Her heart hurt so much that she couldn't breathe.
"No...Minato... I..."
She wanted to say that she also wanted to go with him.
But when she thought of Naruto, and how this newborn child would soon become an orphan, she could no longer speak.
She could only use her last strength to warn the infant Naruto over and over again.
"Naruto... From now on, you should eat well, don't be picky about food, take a shower every day, and go to bed early..."
"If you want to make friends, you don't need too many. Just a few that you can truly trust are enough..."
"Mom, I... are not good at many things, but you have to study hard, and so does Ninjutsu... Also, you must respect the teachers and seniors in the village..."
"There are still three bans... It's not good to be a bad example to Teacher Jiraiya... You have to save your money..."
"And... and..."
Kushina's voice became weaker and weaker, and her tears were like broken beads, dripping into the dust.
"Mom... I really... really want... I really want to watch you grow up..."
"Naruto... my child..."
"I love you..."
This farewell passed through the barrier and reached the ears of Senju Chen who had just arrived at the edge of the barrier.
His heart felt like it was being grasped by a big invisible hand, and the pain was so painful that he could hardly breathe.
He had read these words on the pages of another world.
At that time, he was moved and lamented by it.
But when all this was staged in front of him, when the woman he shouted "Sister Kushina" used the last strength of her life to explain a mother's most simple last words, Senju Chen cursed directly at Minato Namikaze inside.
"Minato Namikaze, do you think you are Romeo?! Are you here to act out the tragedy of Shakespeare?!" Senju Chen rushed this way, trembling with anger, and the veins on his forehead popped out one by one, " Sister Kushina is not dead yet! I worked so hard to instill Chakra into her! With the Uzumaki Clan's vitality, she can last at least a few hours! What can't we do in this time? Are you so eager to go down and accompany her?!"
"Let's seal Nine-Tails back to her. Even if it doesn't work in the end, I still have a backup plan. You big fool Minato Namikaze, are you so eager to die???"
"And Naruto! What to do with Naruto! Did you bring him here just so that his parents would commit suicide in front of him less than a day after he was born?! Then you would stuff Konoha's biggest trouble into his belly, so that he would be regarded as a monster for the rest of his life?!"
"Do you think you can stop me just by breaking the barrier, Wood Release·Wood Dragon Technique!!"
Rumble--!
The earth shook violently, and countless thick and ferocious trees and vines, like giant dragons emerging from the depths of hell, rose crazily from the ground and slammed into the red light curtain!
Four Red Yang Formation is a super powerful barrier that requires four Jonin level ninjas to maintain.
At this moment, one person, Minato Namikaze, used the huge Chakra to forcibly unfold it. You can imagine how strong it is.
However, under the impact of Senju Chen's reckless and endless rage-filled Wood Release, the entire barrier began to tremble violently, and spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the surface of the light curtain.
"Click... click..."
The barrier let out an overwhelmed groan.
"Little Chen?!"
Minato Namikaze inside the barrier was obviously aware of this violent impact. He looked at the crazy figure outside the barrier in shock.
He didn't expect that Senju Chen would actually be able to shake his Four Red Yang Formation!
But that's about it.
"Minato!"
An old and urgent voice came from behind.
Hiruzen Sarutobi and several Anbu finally arrived at the scene.
He saw the situation in front of him clearly at a glance - Nine-Tails who was trapped by Adamantine Sealing Chains, Minato Namikaze who was using the forbidden technique Reaper Death Seal, and... Senju Chen who was attacking the barrier with Wood Release like crazy.
"Little Chen! Stop! Are you crazy?" Hiruzen Sarutobi was shocked. He appeared beside Senju Chen and reached out to pull him, "Stop! It's too dangerous inside! Minato is doing the most important seal!"
He thought that Senju Chen didn't know what Minato Namikaze was doing and was anxious to go in and save people.
However, Senju Chen didn't even look back at him.
Those scarlet eyes were still staring intently at the Minato Namikaze who had put his hand on Naruto's abdomen, preparing to Eight Trigrams Seal, and the Death God's hand that had penetrated Minato's chest and was about to grab Nine-Tails Chakra.
It's too late...
Even if the barrier is broken now, Minato Namikaze is dead...
Let me go to hell with your love-sacrifice drama...
Senju Chen's eyes changed from furious to absolutely cold in an instant.
He ignored Hiruzen Sarutobi and continued to forcefully push Wood Release.
"It's too late, Little Chen, once this technique is used..." Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Minato Namikaze inside and nervously persuaded Senju Chen.
But the next second, the expression on his face froze.
He saw Senju Chen turn his head and look at himself with a look that he had never seen before, a mixture of pity and indifference.
"Go away, old man." Senju Chen's voice was terrifyingly calm.
"You don't understand anything."
Before he finished speaking, the entire Four Red Yang Formation exploded.
Hiruzen Sarutobi only felt that his hands were empty, and the figure of Senju Chen turned into a black afterimage before his eyes and disappeared out of thin air.
Flying Thunder God Technique!
Senju Chen What did he want to do when he rushed in?
Hiruzen Sarutobi's pupils shrank suddenly, and he looked into the barrier in horror.
In the crimson light curtain that exploded all over the sky, right in front of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, right between Nine-Tails who was about to be sealed and Naruto who was waiting for food.
Black light flashed.
The figure of Senju Chen appeared out of thin air like a Shura returning from hell.
Time, at this moment, seems to have pressed the pause button.
Within the barrier, Death God's hand stopped in mid-air.
Outside the barrier, Hiruzen Sarutobi's outstretched hand was frozen in the wind.
Everyone's eyes are focused on this late "oriole" who shouldn't be here.