Chapter 51: INAZ - 50
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"I'm is still here, are you surprised, nine-tailed kitty!?" Kushina threateningly raised her hand, her pupils filled with menace.
"No, no, absolutely not!" The Nine-Tails immediately reacted. Good grief, let alone its current state with little power recovered, even at its peak, it didn't want to experience Kushina's 'Fist of Love'. That thing was practically Armament Haki. But why was Kushina here? With this thought, the Nine-Tails' first reaction was to look towards Shinji.
At this moment, Shinji's hand was placed on the huge seal in the center of the cage, and a corner of the seal had already been torn open by Shinji. Shinji could feel two types of chakra contained within the seal; one belonged to Minato Namikaze, and the other was Kushina's chakra. Without hesitation, Shinji had just released a bit of Kushina's chakra. And now, the moment Kushina's chakra was released, Kushina appeared in Naruto's spiritual world, this very consciousness space sealing the Nine-Tails.
However... Shinji looked somewhat amusedly at the person and beast. So the Nine-Tails was called 'nine-tailed kitty' by Kushina? This really fit Kushina's behavior. And that punch actually managed to hurt the Nine-Tails; this genuinely interested Shinji somewhat. Truly worthy of being the number one red chili pepper in the ninja world?
"You're... the person who helped us that night, right?" After dealing with the Nine-Tails, Kushina clapped her hands, walked out of the cage, and came before Shinji to ask.
"Yes, it was me," Shinji stated calmly.
"Your power seems much weaker?" Kushina curiously sensed the aura on Shinji. This aura was significantly less than when she encountered Shinji that night.
"Indeed. My power hasn't returned to its peak yet, only a small part has recovered, but it's enough," Shinji looked at his own hands. Indeed, his current recovered power was only about one-tenth.
"That night, thank you so much. If it weren't for you..." Kushina said somewhat sadly. That night was the day Naruto was just born. But it was also the day she and Minato died.
"Just lending a hand," Shinji stated calmly. That day was also the first day Shinji arrived in the Naruto world.