Naruto: Starting with a space-time bloodline limit, a top-tier ninja.

The rooftop of the teaching building is very large, making it a popular spot for students to pack their lunches.

To provide students with a good dining environment, the rooftop not only has a lot of benches, but also rows of small trees.

"What's wrong? Did someone bully you?"

With Kushina Uzumaki seated on a bench, Yoru Gojo continued treating her eye bags while gently asking her questions.

"no."

Kushina Uzumaki shook her head, looking at her legs, not daring to meet Gojo Yoru's gaze.

Gojo Yoru raised her other hand and smoothed Kushina Uzumaki's disheveled hair, laughing, "You wear your heart on your sleeve, do you think I'd believe you?"

Upon hearing this, Kushina Uzumaki felt a lump in her throat, and her tears flowed even more freely.

This time, she looked directly at Gojo Yoru, her voice choked with emotion, and said, "Yoru, if... if one day I become a monster, will you hate me?"

"Is this the question that's been puzzling you all night?"

Gojo Yoru finally couldn't resist cupping Kushina's face in his hands, wiping away her tears with his thumb, staring into her eyes, and smiling slightly, "You're afraid I'll hate you and stay away from you, so you couldn't sleep all night, and you were overthinking things, right?"

"……Um!"

Seeing Gojo Yoru make such an intimate gesture for the first time, and with such tenderness in her eyes, Kushina Uzumaki's mind went completely blank, and she instantly forgot to cry.

But she still responded instinctively.

"I don't know what you mean by turning into a monster, but..."

Gojo Yoru's lips curled into a disdainful smile as she slowly said, "You're not even afraid of turning into a monster, yet you're afraid I'll hate you and stay away from you. Why should I be afraid of you turning into a monster? Tomato Girl, you're seriously underestimating me, Gojo Yoru."

With one hand pinching Kushina Uzumaki's cute round face, Yoru Gojo leaned close to her eyes and said fiercely, "To prevent you from having any more wild thoughts, I can answer you now! Unless you become a monster and your memories, personality, and soul die forever, and you are no longer the Kushina Uzumaki I know, I will never hate you."

Gojo Yoru raised his fist again and waved it in front of Kushina Uzumaki's eyes, continuing, "If you've just become a monster who's temporarily lost his mind, then I'll beat you up until you're back to your senses, just like usual, and then heal you."

At this point, Gojo Yoru couldn't help but grin, revealing the same smile as Gojo Satoru, and uttered that classic line: "I'm the strongest!"

Kushina Uzumaki stared blankly at Yoru Gojo. The sunlight at around eight o'clock shone through the leaves onto the back of his head, making Yoru Gojo appear to be radiating a dazzling light in Kushina's eyes, dispelling the gloom and fear in her heart.

"Night, sob sob sob..."

Unable to sleep all night, Kushina Uzumaki could no longer hold back and threw herself into Yoru Gojo's arms, bursting into tears.

"That's more like it. Even if you're going to cry, you should cry your heart out like this." Gojo Yoru hugged Uzumaki Kushina, smiling as he gently stroked the girl's delicate back.

"Ugh, are you saying I'm not ladylike enough?"

"Pfft... Be gentle, you super strong woman, don't you know your own strength?"

Kushina Uzumaki punched Gojo Yoru in the chest, making Gojo Yoru wince in pain.

"Didn't you say you were going to beat me back to my original form? How can you not be able to take a beating?"

"Can I take back what I said before?"

"It's too late. I've already remembered it. Even if I turn into a monster, I will instinctively go to you."

"That's terrible, it feels even scarier than a nightmare."

"Hmph... Scared now?"

After a bit of playful fighting, Kushina Uzumaki, whose personality was already cheerful and optimistic, instantly returned to her original self.

Just as Gojo Yoru said, what troubled the girl all night was not becoming the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki at all, but the fear that if she became a monster, Gojo Yoru would be afraid of her and stay away from her.

Aside from Mito Uzumaki, Tsunade, and Nawaki, Kushina Uzumaki only knew Yoru Gojo in Konoha.

Moreover, she felt more favorably toward Gojo Yoru than toward Mito Uzumaki's family, and was more at ease at Gojo Yoru's house.

Since Gojo Yoru wasn't afraid, then she wasn't afraid either.

Gojo Yoru put his arm around Kushina Uzumaki's shoulder and asked, "Now can we talk about the monsters?"

"Lord Mito told me that there are nine powerful demonic beasts in the ninja world, as powerful as natural disasters..."

Kushina Uzumaki leaned against Yoru Gojo and recounted all the information about the tailed beasts that Mito Uzumaki had given her.

This scene left the hidden members of the secret service looking conflicted.

If Kushina Uzumaki were to remove the mask of this ANBU member, she would discover that this person was actually the ninja who escorted her from Uzushiogakure to Konoha.

The existence of Jinchūriki is Konoha's top secret.

Aside from Mito Uzumaki and the Konoha leadership, only this Anbu member knew that the next Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was Kushina Uzumaki.

Even the future Sannin, who were only elite Jonin at the time, did not know that Uzumaki Kushina was the next Jinchuriki.

Now, however, Kushina Uzumaki has revealed this top secret to Yoru Gojo.

If it were anyone else, this ANBU member would have already gone out to stop them and taken Gojo Yoru away.

Now he can only watch helplessly, and dares not act on his own.

"I see."

After listening to Kushina Uzumaki's explanation, Yoru Gojo feigned surprise and exclaimed, "The world outside the village is truly incredible; even tailed beasts exist here."

"Yes." Kushina Uzumaki nodded, then looked up at Yoru Gojo, still somewhat nervously asking, "Yoru, aren't you really scared?"

"It doesn't matter, I'm the strongest!"

Gojo Yoru couldn't help but utter the line again, arrogantly laughing, "You can't beat me now, and even if you turn into a monster, you still won't be my match."

"Hmph... You dare to say that? Who was it that almost got knocked out of breath by my punch just now?"

"Tch... You can't even catch me now if you have a brain, let alone a mindless monster. I'll walk you like a dog!"

"Who are you calling a dog?"

"Whoever grins all day long is the one."

"You foul-mouthed night, take this punch!"

"You can't hit me, Tomato Nai."

"Aaaaah... Don't try to dodge, I'll send you to the infirmary with one punch!"

A man and a woman were chasing each other on the rooftop, creating a stark contrast with the serious scene of an exam taking place in a classroom below.

Watching the two bickering yet smiling, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was observing them using the Crystal Telescope, also smiled with satisfaction. He was filled with admiration for Mito Uzumaki's methods and murmured, "Using love to fill and bind the vessel? As expected of Lady Mito, her judgment of people is truly accurate!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi never dared to interfere in the relationship between Yoru Gojo and Kushina Uzumaki because Mito Uzumaki was a formidable figure above him.

The fact that Konoha didn't even have time to react to the incident in the Land of Whirlpools already shows how much they have wronged this old man.

Mito Uzumaki is still alive, yet the village dares to attack her last clansman. This could trigger a chain reaction, causing the Nine-Tails' transfer to fail, or even resulting in the loss of the Nine-Tails.

Furthermore, Hiruzen Sarutobi had complete faith in Mito Uzumaki, the wife of the First Hokage.

Because Tobirama-sensei said that his sister-in-law's perception was no less than his own, and she possessed the ability to sense good and evil, and could see through the darkness in someone's heart at a glance.

If Gojo Yoru is suspicious, Mito Uzumaki wouldn't need to send anyone to test him; he could see right through him from his home.

Over the years, Mito Uzumaki did not prevent Kushina Uzumaki from contacting Yoru Gojo, and even allowed Kushina to tell Yoru about the Jinchuriki. This clearly showed that he had affirmed Yoru Gojo's character and knew that the boy would not leave Kushina.

Or perhaps, Mito Uzumaki's decision to have Kushina Uzumaki tell Yoru Gojo about the Jinchuriki was the final test.

Now, Gojo Yoru has undoubtedly passed the test.

Having confirmed this, Hiruzen Sarutobi made a decision in his heart.

He wants to nurture this ordinary genius!

Even if it's just to stabilize the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, we need to raise Gojo Yoru's strength to a level where he can cope with, or escape from, the Tailed Beast transformation.

He will be the chain that binds the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Konoha's "Diamond Sealing Chains"!