Parents

Chapter 90 Parents

Inside the sealed space.

Nine-Tails was lying in the huge cage, yawning listlessly.

The outside world has undergone earth-shattering changes; even the Hokage Rock has been blown to pieces.

But for him, it was still just a dull prison.

Click, click, click.

Footsteps echoed through the puddles.

Kurama opened its eyes and looked at Naruto, who had reappeared, a hint of savagery and wariness flashing in its eyes.

"Hey kid, what are you doing here again?"

Nine-Tailed Fox bared its teeth and let out a low roar from its throat.

"Don't think I don't know what you've been doing outside."

"Right now, the smell of blood on you is even stronger than on me."

Without wasting words, Naruto walked straight to the iron gate with the word "Sealed" on it and looked up at the huge fox head.

"Nine-tailed Fox, this cage is too old."

"I'll get you a new one."

Then, to Kurama's astonishment, Naruto raised his hand and, without hesitation, grabbed the sealing talisman and ripped it off.

The seal that had kept the nine-tailed fox away for twelve years was casually tossed into the water.

"Are you... insane?"

Nine-Tailed Fox was stunned at first, then overjoyed.

The massive iron gate burst open, and a torrent of red chakra surged toward Naruto like a tsunami.

"Since you want to die, I'll grant your wish!"

"Quiet down, you beast."

Naruto did not panic about being swallowed up.

The curse mark on his neck began to activate, and intricate patterns instantly covered half of his face before he immediately entered the second curse mark state.

At the same time, sixteen thick chains behind him instantly pierced through the red chakra wave.

"Is this... natural energy?"

Nine-Tails let out a scream.

"The current Bagua sealing efficiency is too low."

Naruto formed hand seals, his eyes cold: "I'm here to prepare a new home for you."

"As long as you pay some rent on time, that's fine."

"Roar!! Don't underestimate this old man!"

The Nine-Tails was completely enraged.

As the strongest tailed beast, he unleashed unprecedented power.

He realized at that moment that if he didn't seize this opportunity to break the seal, he might really become this brat's plaything in the future.

The red chakra instantly condensed into a physical form, transforming into a giant claw that forcefully blocked the Adamantine Lock empowered by Sage Mode, and even showed a tendency to reverse and erode Naruto.

Outside, Naruto's true form suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood.

"Tsk, they really are overconfident."

Orochimaru stood by, ready to deliver a final seal if Naruto showed any signs of losing control.

Kabuto led the others to keep watch at a greater distance to prevent any accidents.

Within the realm of consciousness, Naruto's brows were furrowed.

Although he now possesses the gene lock and the Hogyoku, his current strength and chakra reserves are still somewhat inferior to those of the Nine-Tails in its current berserk state.

Sealing the Nine-Tails is easy, but throwing it into a new cage where its chakra can be freely extracted is much more difficult than expected.

The stalemate lasted for a moment.

Just as Naruto was planning to reseal the Nine-Tails and figure out a solution later.

Splash—

Another golden chain suddenly shot out from the void, intertwining with Naruto's chain and tightly binding Kurama's neck and limbs.

"Who goes there?!"

The Nine-Tailed Fox was unable to move and roared angrily.

A red figure slowly coalesced in front of Naruto.

"Honestly—she's still so young, and she's already learned to be tough."

She was a beautiful woman with red hair.

The moment she appeared, the originally cold sewers seemed to become much warmer.

Uzumaki Kushina.

She didn't look at the terrifying nine-tailed fox, nor did she pay attention to the oppressive and dark environment around her.

She simply turned around, tears welling in her eyes, and hugged the bewildered boy tightly.

"Naruto—my Naruto—"

"How come you're so thin?!"

Kushina cupped Naruto's face in her hands, completely ignoring the evil cursed seal marks on his features, her eyes filled with tenderness: "Did you not eat properly? Are you picky about food? Do you only eat instant noodles? —"

Naruto was stunned.

He looked at the woman in front of him, at her full head of red hair, and at the chains that were almost identical to his own.

He immediately realized that this person might be his mother.

He had imagined countless scenarios, but he never expected that they would meet under these circumstances.

This pure, unadulterated love made his gradually cooling heart tremble slightly.

"I'm eating very well, Mother."

The coldness in Naruto's eyes faded, revealing a hint of gentleness.

He let his mother hug him, then looked past her shoulder to a corner in the shadows: "Now that you're here, don't hide."

"The Fourth Hokage, or rather—Father."

Minato Namikaze emerged from the shadows with a wry smile.

"I was planning to make a grand entrance, but you spotted me."

Minato looked at his wife and children with tenderness in his eyes.

But when he saw the forcibly rewritten seal and the unsettling aura emanating from Naruto, his expression became complicated.

"Naruto—I can sense some of what's happening outside."

"Destroy the Hokage Rock, kill the advisor—you've chosen a path very different from mine."

"Order and stability are the cornerstones of a village's existence."

"Breaking him is easy, but rebuilding him is..."

"We're better off without that kind of rotten stuff."

Naruto interrupted Minato's sermon.

He gently pushed Kushina away and stood in front of his parents.

Although he is not as tall as Minato, his aura is clearly superior to the gentle Minato.

"Father, you sacrificed yourself and Mother for the village, entrusting the future to the so-called Will of Fire."

"You should know what happened in the end, right?"

A hint of guilt flashed in Minato's eyes. He opened his mouth, but could not say anything.

"I don't blame you."

Naruto pushed up his glasses.

"I don't blame the Third Hokage, or even those ignorant villagers."

"Struggling to survive in the mud, everyone is just being pushed along by the torrent of the times."

"For the sake of their pitiful sense of security, they blindly reject those who are different, in order to confirm their belonging to their own group."

Naruto spoke calmly, as if explaining a truth: "Essentially, this is nothing more than the survival instinct of the weak, a compromise born of being powerless to change the status quo."

"But I'm different."

"The rules not only fail to protect the people I cherish, but have instead become shackles that bind me."

"Then there's no need for it to exist."

"I will utterly destroy it and then build a new world—a world built of power and order, where there will be no more pointless sacrifices."

"Naruto————"

Kushina looked at her son with some worry.

"Don't make that face, Mother."

Naruto suddenly revealed a smile he had never shown to anyone else.

Domineering and arrogant, yet possessing a convincing power.

"Your time is running out, your chakra is almost depleted, isn't it?"

Watching his parents' bodies gradually become transparent, Naruto made a promise in a matter-of-fact tone: "Go to sleep peacefully."

"This separation is only temporary."

"When I have completed my evolution, when I stand atop the heavens, when I have established a perfect order—"

Naruto looked at the shocked Minato and Kushina: "I will break the boundary between life and death."

"I will pull you back from the Pure Land and revive you."

"I will show you with your own eyes the new world I have created."

Minato and Kushina stared blankly at their son.

If someone else were to say these things, it would likely be nonsense.

But when Naruto said it, it sounded as if it were perfectly natural.

"Resurrection—?"

Minato smiled with relief.

He reached out and patted Naruto's head.

"Although this path will be difficult—if it's you, you might really be able to do it."

"No matter what you become, you will always be our pride."

Kushina gripped Naruto's hand tightly, her body transforming into starlight: "Take care of yourself—Naruto!"

The light dissipated.

The sealed space returned to silence.

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