"That's because I made a decision."
"And this decision must be approved by you!"
Minato's expression immediately became serious, because he knew that what he was about to say would be strongly opposed by Kushina.
"Just tell me, no matter what it is, I will listen to you."
Kushina smiled, now she knew everything Minato had done for her.
Even if she had to sacrifice her life, she would be willing to do so.
However, Kushina saw a hint of struggle in Minato's eyes at this moment.
Minato also turned his gaze and looked at the closed door. Inside, Naruto was sleeping soundly.
The next moment, he turned his gaze back, stared at Kushina, and said:
"I am going to split the Nine-Tails in your body into two and seal one half into Naruto's body."
After the words fell, the expression on Kushina's face froze for a moment.
Suddenly, she stared into Minato's eyes, and immediately there was a strong surge of emotions. Unable to control her emotions, she shouted loudly: "Why? Are you going to do this again!?"
From Minato's narration just now, Kushina learned that after his other self cast the Shiki Fūjin, he split the Nine-Tails' chakra into two, and in order to maintain the balance of the tailed beasts in the village, he sealed half of it into Naruto's body.
At that time, Minato had no choice. If he didn't do this, the balance of the tailed beasts would be broken, and the war that had just ended would break out again in an instant.
But now history has changed, and the masked man attacked Konoha again, but Minato had successfully stopped him.
Minato and she are both living well in this world.
There is absolutely no need for Naruto to become the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki again!
Looking at Kushina's puzzled eyes, Minato took a deep breath and said, "Indeed. Now we are all still alive. You can suppress the Nine-Tails very well. There is no need for Naruto to become the Jinchūriki again."
"But you should have also realized that the people who attacked the village this time are definitely not simple."
Minato said that if the situation that night was the same as before, with only one masked man, he would be confident that he could deal with him even if his eye power and eye techniques were stronger than they were then.
But the situation became more complicated and tricky, not only was there a rebel ninja from Takigakure who lived in the same period as the First Hokage, but what made Minato feel even more difficult was the black-robed man who almost destroyed Konoha.
Kushina's beautiful eyes also narrowed slightly.
Because that night, she did sense something familiar from the chakra fluctuations of the black-robed man.
"But you've managed to stop them, haven't you?"
"Based on what you and Konoha have accomplished now."
Indeed, even though the masked man and the man in black robe were very difficult to deal with, Minato and the people of Konoha still stopped them.
"If that's all, I won't let my child bear all this."
Minato said in a deep voice, "Do you still remember what Jiraiya-sensei once said about the prophecy of the Great Toad Sage?"
Kushina nodded. Jiraiya had mentioned the prophecy of the Great Toad Sage and the so-called Child of Prophecy in front of her.
"Before the Second Ninja World War broke out, the Great Toad Sage once made a prophecy to me. Although I am not the child of prophecy, I have the opportunity to prevent the disaster that will sweep across the entire Ninja World in the future."
"A month ago, the Great Toad Sage asked me to go to Mount Myoboku late at night. The Sage told me that I had failed."
Minato said, and Kushina hesitated for a moment, then said: "Even if you didn't kill the masked man as expected this time, you did stop him."
"Yeah," Minato said, and so far he had the same idea as Kushina.
However, these were not the factors that really made him make the decision.
"That day, the sage told me that a long time ago, he had seen the Sage of Six Paths and made a prophecy about him."
"The Sage of Six Paths actually exists!?"
Kushina was shocked. Even though she discussed theoretical knowledge a lot when she was in Ninja School, she didn't even have a good grasp of Konoha's history.
But she is from the Uzumaki clan after all, and the long history of that clan is no less than that of the Senju and Uchiha clan.
She had heard of the legend of the Sage of Six Paths.
"In the prophecy, the Great Toad Sage told the Six Paths Sage that in the distant future, a blue-eyed boy would appear who would happily call out the names of the nine tailed beasts."
"The blue-eyed boy who called upon the names of the nine tailed beasts..."
Kushina murmured at first, then she thought of something and placed her palm on her lower abdomen.
"The nine tailed beasts... you don't mean..."
Minato nodded and said, "I think so too. The so-called nine tailed beasts are exactly that—the nine tailed beasts."
"Laughing and calling out the names of the nine tailed beasts."
Kushina's expression changed slightly. As the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki for more than ten years, she knew very well what the Nine-Tails' power represented.
In her opinion, the Nine-Tailed Fox is the embodiment of hatred.
The power it possesses is so terrifying that it is even enough to suppress the world.
But her power happens to be able to suppress the Nine-Tails.
From this point of view, both the Nine-Tails and she are very unfortunate.
Therefore, it was difficult for Kushina to imagine what kind of boy would call out to the Nine-Tails and other tailed beasts with a smile.
"You mean, the young man in the prophecy, could it be..." Kushina's beautiful eyes widened and her mouth slightly opened.
"Yes, the boy in the prophecy, the child of prophecy that Jiraiya-sensei has been searching for, should be Naruto. That's what I believe."
Minato said that in fact, the information he currently had was not enough to support him to make such a judgment.
This was more like a prediction of the future, but for some reason, Minato was so convinced of it.
"Is that your judgment?" Kushina frowned and clenched her hands slowly.
"I know that this judgment is a bit uncertain. Now that I am still alive, I should bear all of this. If I can, I will never put it on Naruto's shoulders."
"But I can't be so selfish. I know all these possibilities and what the future might hold."
"I can't put all the pressure on myself. Some things need to be entrusted to others."
Minato said that perhaps others would think that his thoughts were cowardly.
However, Minato knew from a long time ago that some things in this world cannot be accomplished by one person alone.
Just like the Third Ninja World War, although he made great contributions, without other companions, he alone would not be able to achieve the final victory.
He cannot ignore the possibility of the future, even though it seems very uncertain at the moment.
"I understand your thoughts, but you should also know that as a Jinchūriki, this child's life is..."
Kushina knew Minato, and he had a reason for making such a decision.
"I know."
Minato's expression was also somewhat complicated.
"I once entrusted my future to Naruto, but things are different now."
"Even as a Jinchūriki, as parents we will be by Naruto's side, accompany him as he grows, and help him open up a new future, right?"
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