Chapter 402 Family Reunion

After much effort, Naruto finally managed to extract the Nine-Tails' chakra.

But at the same time, the immense hatred emanating from the Nine-Tails also spread to him.

Hate! Hate everything in this world!

Countless nightmarish words seemed to echo in the deepest recesses of Naruto's heart, attempting to drag him into a dark abyss.

Faced with this immense hatred, even though Naruto gritted his teeth and tried his best to keep his mind clear, he was still gradually and uncontrollably eroded, and his body exuded an extreme negative aura.

As a result, the Nine-Tails' chakra, filled with hatred, also emanated from him, causing Yamato, who had been intently observing Naruto's situation, to instantly change his expression.

"Oh no! Naruto's about to lose control!"

He suddenly became extremely cautious, and was prepared to use Wood Release to forcibly suppress Naruto's state.

Naruto did the same thing when he went berserk many times before.

But this time he wasn't very confident, because this time was different from before. The seal on the Nine-Tails had been completely broken, and the difficulty of suppressing it back was far greater than before.

"Trust Naruto, I believe he can do it," Killer Bee said in a deep voice.

His consciousness had already left Naruto's mental space, and he was no longer able to help Naruto, because he had exhausted all the power he could project into it while helping Naruto suppress the Nine-Tails.

In the mental space, half of Naruto's body had been devoured by hatred, to the point that one of his eyes had turned into an ominous blood red.

Minato's chakra projection was still there, but he did nothing when he saw his son facing such a predicament.

In fact, from the moment Naruto began to fight the Nine-Tails, he had been watching from the sidelines like an observer, without offering any help to Naruto.

At this moment, seeing that Naruto had been half-corrupted by hatred, he looked relaxed, as if he wasn't worried about Naruto at all. He even smiled slightly and said softly, "Kushina, you'll be out soon too."

As soon as he finished speaking, Naruto in front of him underwent a change. Several iron chains suddenly shot out from his body. These iron chains shot straight towards the Nine-Tails with a sharp whistling sound, binding the Nine-Tails' huge body!

"What?! What is this?!" Nine-Tailed Fox's pupils suddenly contracted.

Disappear! People hate you so much, you shouldn't even exist in this world!

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Naruto, connected to the Nine-Tails' chakra, was repeatedly haunted by hateful words, causing him a splitting headache and excruciating pain.

But at that moment, those words of eating disappeared like the receding tide, as if they had never existed at all.

Feeling instantly relaxed, he subconsciously opened his eyes, which had been tightly closed before.

Then, to his astonishment, he discovered that the dim space where he had fought the Nine-Tails had somehow transformed into a bright space filled with warm light.

Not only that, the Nine-Tails, which should have been in front of him, also vanished without a trace.

Instead, there was a gentle woman with long, fiery red hair.

At that moment, the gentle woman was looking at him with a smile.

"You...you are..." The moment Naruto saw the woman's face clearly, he stared wide-eyed, revealing the same expression he had when he first saw Minato.

At that moment, Minato suddenly appeared in this space, looking at Kushina with a gentle smile: "Kushina."

Before he could finish speaking, the woman who had been wearing a gentle smile rushed in front of Minato and punched him hard on the head.

"What were you doing?! You just stood by and watched our son being tortured by the Nine-Tails' chakra!!"

The woman, Kushina, roared angrily at Minato, her hair and beard bristling, like a raging lioness who had eaten a red chili pepper.

Instead of getting angry after being punched, Minato raised his hands and explained with a wry smile, "Kushina, I knew you would show up, and... I don't have much power left. Even if I intervene, I can't help Naruto. Instead, it will make this chakra projection of mine disappear immediately."

Back then, he left very little chakra in Naruto's body because he had already used up almost all of his chakra to deal with and seal the Nine-Tails.

Therefore, his chakra projection basically has no combat ability, and it can only be maintained for a very short time.

Even though he hasn't used any chakra or abilities since he appeared, he's not far from completely disappearing.

In contrast, Kushina left enough chakra in Naruto's body to suppress the Nine-Tails in one strike, which is why Minato was so relaxed.

Hearing Minato's explanation, Kushina's anger subsided, but she still sulked, crossed her arms, and stubbornly looked to the other side.

"Hmph! I don't care! You were just ignoring your son!"

To this, Minato could only scratch his head and give a wry smile.

Just as the two were flirting, Naruto finally snapped out of his daze and, without any hesitation, rushed forward and hugged Kushina tightly, who was still pretending to be angry.

Large tears fell incessantly from her face, like broken strings.

"Mom, Mom, are you my mom...?"

Kushina froze, her angry expression vanishing instantly. She then turned around, pulled Naruto into her arms, and gently stroked his head, her gaze tender and gentle, a loving smile spreading across her lips.

"Naruto, you're right, I am your mother."

Naruto's nose tingled, and he choked up as he said, "Mom, I've finally seen you."

A huge surprise hit him, leaving him overwhelmed with emotion.

He never expected that he would be able to see his parents, whom he had never met before, in such a short period of time.

"Naruto, you've grown so much!" Kushina said gently, a stark contrast to her earlier punch at Minato.

Naruto released Kushina, wiped away his tears, and looked at Kushina and Minato with a childlike, innocent smile: "Mom and Dad, I'm sixteen this year, and I'll be seventeen soon."

"Sixteen years old...that's wonderful. You've grown up so much in the blink of an eye," Kushina remarked.

"Hehe." Naruto scratched his head and chuckled foolishly.

Then he grinned and said, "Mom, you and the lecherous immortal described it exactly the same."

"Huh? The Perverted Sage?" Kushina, who had never heard of this name before, was taken aback.

"It's Jiraiya-sensei. That's what Naruto called Jiraiya-sensei," Minato explained with a smile.

"Pfft! Hahahaha! What a lecherous immortal! What a lecherous immortal!"

Upon hearing this answer, Kushina laughed heartily, hands on her hips. She thought the nickname was absolutely perfect; no wonder he was her son, to come up with such a fitting name.

After laughing, she asked with a smile, "How did Jiraiya-sensei describe me?"

"That perverted sage said you're a fiery little firecracker who explodes at the slightest provocation, and that you're a violent maniac who hits people at the drop of a hat." Naruto grinned as he revealed all the bad things Jiraiya had been saying behind his back.

Kushina was all smiles, eagerly anticipating how Jiraiya would describe her.

But as soon as Naruto said those words, her expression changed instantly. She gritted her teeth and cursed, "You bastard Jiraiya! How dare you slander me like that in front of my son! Wait till you die and go to the underworld, I'll show you what I'm made of!!"

Finally, seeing Naruto's barely suppressed smile, she suddenly realized what was happening, quickly covered her mouth, and instantly reverted to her previous gentle and kind motherly demeanor.

"Oh dear, Naruto, what Mommy said just now was just in anger. Actually, Mommy is very gentle, how could she possibly hit me?"

Right, Minato?

Kushina tried her best to salvage her image in front of her son, and at the end, she even gave Minato a smiling look.

Although the look was quite gentle, Minato felt a chill run down his spine, and fine beads of sweat suddenly appeared on his forehead.

Because the hidden meaning behind Kushina's glance is:

If you dare say no, just wait and see how I deal with you!

The henpecked Minato nodded wholeheartedly and looked at Naruto earnestly, saying, "That's right, Naruto, your mother is a very gentle person, and that's why I fell deeply in love with her."

Naruto suddenly opened his eyes wide, sensing a strong scent of gossip.

He no longer cares whether his mother was a violent person; what he cares about now is how his father and mother got together back then.

Jiraiya hadn't mentioned this at the time, so he was really curious about it now.

"Mom and Dad, how did you get together? Tell me your story!"

Seeing Naruto's curious expression, Minato and Kushina exchanged a smile.

"Let me answer that question for you, Naruto," Kushina said with a smile.

In the short time that followed, she recounted the key parts of her experience with Minato, from their first meeting to falling in love and getting married.

Naruto listened with rapt attention, and was overjoyed by some of the interesting parts.

Minato and Kushina also laughed from time to time as they recalled those funny memories.

For a moment, the space was filled with the laughter of the family of three, and the warm atmosphere made Naruto forget what he had been doing before.

"Then we got married, and then you came into our lives, Naruto." Kushina smiled gently.

At this moment, Naruto suddenly felt a lump in his throat. Looking at his parents' gentle smiles, and recalling the scene of laughter and joy he had shared with them just moments before, his eyes quickly turned red.

"I've imagined countless times what it would be like to chat with my parents like this, but it's never happened."

"If... if Mom and Dad were always here, if you were always by my side, then... how wonderful that would be."

Hearing Naruto's words, which were filled with grievance and sadness, Kushina's eyes immediately reddened.

"I'm sorry, Naruto. As your mother, I failed to take good care of you as you grew up. I am not a good mother."

She stepped forward and gently embraced Naruto, as if trying to make up for the lack of maternal love he had received.

Immediately afterwards, Minato stood between the two and embraced Naruto and Kushina.

"I'm sorry, Naruto. I'm sorry, Kushina. I failed to fulfill my responsibilities as a father and a husband," Minato said guiltily.

He was actually the one who felt the most guilty. As a husband, he failed to protect his wife during childbirth; as a father, he failed to accompany his child as he grew up, leaving the child without parental care from childhood to adulthood.

It can be said that he failed quite well in his roles as a husband and a father.

"I...I never hated you. Although I don't understand why you abandoned me and why you sealed the Nine-Tails inside me, making me constantly rejected by others," Naruto said in a muffled voice, burying his head between Minato and Kushina's heads.

"But now I know, I know that you all actually love me. You sacrificed your lives for me, sealing the Nine-Tails inside me because you believed I could use this power to deal with the enemy's plot."

"So...so I really feel very happy now. I have my loving parents, my caring teacher Iruka, the perverted sage, my Kakashi teacher, and many, many friends. I really don't lack anything."

Naruto raised his head, his eyes filled with glistening tears, yet also with an unwavering determination.

"So, Mom and Dad, I will become Hokage, a ninja even better than you, to protect those I want to protect! To make you proud!"

"I believe you can do it, Naruto." At this moment, Minato finally felt relieved. He looked at Naruto and smiled warmly, then his body gradually became transparent until it completely disappeared into space.

Clearly, his chakra was completely exhausted, and he was heading to the underworld.

Kushina was moved to tears by Naruto's words: "Naruto, thank you, thank you for accepting us. I think Minato must have left here extremely happy."

After saying that, the tenderness on her face vanished instantly, and her expression became resolute.

"I still have some power left. Now, let me help you master the power of the Nine-Tails!"

"Yes, yes!" Naruto nodded firmly.

Inside the dark yellow training space, Killer Bee and Yamato kept a close eye on Naruto's condition.

Just then, the hate-filled Tailed Beast Cloak on Naruto's body suddenly disappeared, and then a Sage Chakra aura emerged.

"Hmm? Looks like Naruto succeeded! I told you he could do it!" Killer Bee said, beaming with pride...

Road.

Yamato was also overjoyed; heaven knows how nervous he was about Naruto's failure.

The two continued to stare unblinkingly at Naruto.

Before long, powerful tailed beast chakra surged from Naruto's body again, making him glow with golden light.

But this time, the chakra contained no negative emotions, but was brimming with abundant vitality.

Naruto snapped his eyes open, as if the last words his mother spoke before leaving him were echoing in his ears.

"Naruto, thank you for letting me be your mother, thank you for letting Minato be your father, thank you for being born into our lives. Mom and Dad will always love you, forever..."

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