This Naruto is a player

Pure chakra cannot contain a complete consciousness.

Perhaps in the future, with the help of the Rinnegan, they can be reunited.

Seemingly sensing Naruto's dejection, Kushina gently comforted him, "Naruto, don't be sad. I'll be with Minato in the Pure Land, watching you grow. Keep fighting!"

"Ok!"

Naruto nodded again, suppressing the bitterness in his heart.

Seeing the same deep reluctance in his mother's eyes, Naruto decided to reveal a secret.

"Mom, if there were a way to truly bring you and Dad back to life, would you be happy?"

"Naloo!"

Kushina's gentle expression froze instantly. Her face hardened, her red hair began to flutter, and her aura seemed to be on the verge of exploding. "Don't do such dangerous things!"

Her voice was stern, carrying an undeniable warning.

Ninjutsu is incredibly diverse; perhaps there truly is a forbidden technique that can resurrect the dead.

But the cost is absolutely unbearable.

Kushina would never allow Naruto to break the taboo in order to revive them, or even fall into darkness for it.

"All right!"

Naruto gave a perfunctory reply, but a hint of determination flashed in his eyes.

I will definitely resurrect you in the future.

"Before I leave, there are some things I must tell you!" Kushina's expression remained serious, and her tone was solemn.

She needs to pass on her experience and lessons learned as a Jinchūriki to her son without reservation.

“Naruto, this is about what happened twelve years ago when you were born. I have to tell you the truth.”

"I am your former Jinchūriki," Kushina said calmly, yet her voice carried a heavy weight.

As she recounted her story, that long-forgotten past unfolded slowly before Naruto like a scroll.

Naruto had expected that his mother had been a Jinchūriki, so he wasn't surprised.

He knew that his mother came from Uzushiogakure in the Land of Whirlpools, and he even sent people there to gather information, but unfortunately, only ruins remained.

Kushina solemnly warned: "As a Jinchūriki, as a vessel, you must first put true love into the vessel."

Naruto nodded silently, but that was all.

That little Nine-Tails?

Can it really turn the world upside down?

In addition, another crucial thing Kushina mentioned was that night twelve years ago—the Nine-Tails' rampage.

"Actually, before that, I had been sealing away the Nine-Tails."

what?

If the Nine-Tails has been sealed away, why let it escape and wreak havoc on Konoha?

Naruto was filled with doubt.

This point is also vaguely mentioned in Danzo's fragmented memories.

He always believed that his mother had been killed before the Nine-Tails broke free of its seal, otherwise the Nine-Tails would not have been able to escape.

The truth turned out to be completely different.

Suddenly, a terrifying image buried deep in my heart surfaced in my mind.

The 'God of Slaughter' wearing a tiger-skin mask held him in his hand as if he were a small potato.

That terrifying tiger-skin mask, that lone scarlet three-tomoe Sharingan, inflicted tons of damage on his young mind.

It scared him so much that he fainted.

Damn you, Obito Uchiha, you deserve to die!

Naruto's anger surged, but he temporarily suppressed his killing intent towards Obito. He quickly analyzed the situation: His mother was killed on the night he was born, and that was also when the Nine-Tails was unsealed.

These two things must be related!

Kushina's account confirmed Naruto's suspicions.

"For some reason, that masked man knew the most vulnerable moment in the Jinchuriki's seal."

"At what time?"

The words had barely left his mouth when Naruto instantly understood.

What other opportunities are there?

That night, he was born just as the Nine-Tailed Fox went berserk.

When the two are connected, the weakest time for the seal on the mother, who is the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, is during childbirth!

"You damned Uchiha Obito, you deserve to die!"

He roared inwardly, his mind already flashing through thousands of ways Obito could die!

Coming to his senses, Naruto looked at his mother, whose expression was serious yet made him feel incredibly close to her, and a trace of guilt quietly crept into his heart.

He never imagined that his birth would become the trigger for disaster.

and many more,

Something seems off!

According to his mother, the matter of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki giving birth was so closely guarded that even Danzo, who was also an assistant to the Hokage, knew very little about it. So how did Obito Uchiha, a rogue ninja, get this information?

Weird!

Kushina continued her story.

Naruto could sense the hatred Naruto felt for the masked man in his words.

Should we tell our mother that Obito Uchiha is the masked man?

The thought flashed through his mind, and after a moment's hesitation, Naruto ultimately chose to remain silent.

My father is very receptive to change things; once he's said something, he's done it.

But Mom's life has been miserable enough. As a Jinchūriki, she has never had a good life.

If you then tell her that the person who killed you and your husband was your husband's apprentice whom he treated like his own son.

This is absolutely cruel!

He couldn't add this bloody scar on her face as she was about to leave.

"I'm sorry for making you the vessel for the Nine-Tails, for making you bear our burden. I couldn't be by your side to watch you grow up, and I couldn't love you with all my heart." Kushina's voice choked, and tears silently streamed down her face.

She recalled her life as the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki, the loneliness, fear, and rejection she experienced.

She empathizes with everything Naruto might encounter and feels heartbroken for missing out on his growth.

She gently wiped away the tears on her face, gazing at Naruto with tender and apologetic eyes. Her words of apology were soft yet carried immense weight.

Mother is indeed more sensitive, delicate, and emotional than father!

Looking at his mother, who was filled with remorse, Naruto's lips curled into a warm and sincere smile: "Mom, there's no need to apologize. I've never resented you for this."

Cough cough, it's true!

Although he had once resented that man, the 'enemy' who sealed the Nine-Tailed Fox inside him.

But after learning that the man was her biological father, she felt at peace with it.

Recalling the story my mother had just told me, how she knew the seal was weakest during childbirth, yet she still risked her life to bring me into this world.

This profound love deeply touched Naruto's heart.

"My parents gave their lives for me, and I have deeply felt your love for me. So, I feel incredibly happy now."

Even though his soul came from another world, and even though his mind was already mature, this love from his blood relatives, who protected him at the cost of their lives, still made his soul tremble and deeply moved!

The most beautiful true feelings in the world are nothing more than this!

Upon hearing this, Kushina burst into tears once again.

She couldn't help but step forward and hug Naruto tightly.

It was as if they wanted to give this embrace, which was twelve years overdue, a full hug all at once.

"Naruto, thank you for letting me be your mother, thank you for letting Minato be your father. Thank you so much for being a part of our family!"

The moment her words fell, Kushina's chakra-condensed form, like a firefly scattered by the wind, finally turned into specks of warm light dust and completely dissipated into the air.

The real and warm embrace in my arms suddenly disappeared.

Faced with this love so sincere and intense, Naruto could no longer hold back, and tears finally streamed down his face.

Chapter 161 Wood Release!

After a long while, Naruto opened his eyes again.

The scene before him was no longer yellow and white, but dark and gloomy; he was now in a sealed space.

This time, his biological parents' chakra completely disappeared, and there was no one else in the space except for him.

In the distance, only a gaunt fox remained, keeping him company.

After a moment of reflection, Naruto opened his eyes again.

"What touching parents! Well, we've completed most of the mission; the final task is..."

Naruto's blue eyes were fixed on the Nine-Tails, a fox that was still bigger than a horse, even though it was skinny.

The meaning is self-evident; the final task is to replace this Yang Nine-Tailed Fox with a complete, whole Nine-Tailed Fox.

otherwise,

Having only half a Nine-Tails inside him is really driving his obsessive-compulsive disorder crazy!

In a split second, Nine-Tails was happily playing a handheld game console in the training space.