XX-level Hokage

Upon hearing this, Kushina closed her eyes, and then several golden chains flew out from her body and flowed into Naruto's body.

"This, this chakra is..." In Naruto's space, Kurama suddenly sensed an extremely familiar aura, and then several golden chains descended from the sky, binding its body.

"Make direct contact with the Nine-Tails, bring your chakra close to its chakra, and create a tug-of-war. In short, it's like a tug-of-war, understand?" Killer Bee continued to instruct Naruto.

Nine-Tails kept trying to break free of the golden chains, but no matter how hard it tried, it seemed to be in vain.

"Let me make it clear beforehand: while you're trying to steal chakra, you might also have your chakra stolen. If you're completely out of chakra, I don't need to explain the consequences, do I?" Killer Bee said sternly.

"So that's how it is, you want to control my power." Kurama finally understood Naruto's thoughts. Kurama's struggles became more and more intense, and the golden chains began to loosen.

"The risk is indeed very high, but once you succeed, the Nine-Tails' chakra will be at your disposal for life. Therefore, you must try to seize as much of the Nine-Tails' chakra as possible, and you must not be misled by the Nine-Tails' hatred. Stay focused and on guard," Killer Bee said.

"Understood!"

With that, Naruto charged towards Kurama. (Author's Note)

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Chapter 174: Mother

"Thank you so much, Izumi-nee, thank you so much, Octopus Uncle," Naruto said gratefully.

Then he activated Sage Mode, instantly leaping into the air. "Sage Art: Super Giant Rasengan!"

Naruto raised a giant Rasengan and hurled it straight at Kurama.

Meanwhile, Kurama broke free of a golden chain, freeing its three tails to block Naruto's Rasengan.

Then Kurama roared, and its three tails exerted force at the same time, sending Naruto flying. Immediately afterwards, all three tails attacked Naruto simultaneously.

Naruto used this opportunity to step on the Nine-Tails' tail, leaping up repeatedly to dodge its attacks. "You think you can beat me?" the Nine-Tails roared.

“Of course, otherwise why would I have been able to break the seal?” Naruto said seriously.

Then, it instantly split into several clones, which scattered to various parts of the Nine-Tails' body and seized the opportunity.

"Got you?" Naruto said with a smile.

The clones exerted their strength simultaneously, swinging the Nine-Tails into the air and slamming it to the ground.

Then Naruto's main body leaped into the air, and a clone followed suit. "Wind Release: Rasenshuriken"

With the clones working in tandem with his main body, Naruto unleashed his most powerful ninjutsu, slamming it directly into Kurama and slamming it to the ground. "Now."

Naruto landed on the ground, and several clones grabbed Kurama's tail together.

Blue chakra detached from Naruto's body and connected to Kurama's body. With a forceful backward pull, Kurama's chakra was slowly pulled out of Kurama's body and landed on Naruto's body.

As Kurama's chakra entered Naruto's body, along with the immense power he felt, intense negative emotions surged into his mind. "I hate you so much, it hurts so much, I want to kill you."

"If only that guy weren't here." If only that guy weren't here.

A cacophony of noises filled Naruto's ears. "What is this?!" Naruto muttered to himself, covering his ears.

"What's going on? Naruto's emotions aren't right. Hang in there, Naruto, you idiot!" Killer Bee noticed Naruto's strange behavior and spoke up.

As his mindset shifted, Naruto's Sage Mode was deactivated.

"You are unable to control my power; you are only enduring a small fraction of what I hate," the Nine-Tails said.

"It's that guy. Get out of here." "Nobody will agree with you."

"Disappear!" "Disappear!"

A barrage of noise flooded Naruto's mind.

Painful memories from the past kept resurfacing. "Shut up!" Naruto yelled.

In reality, Naruto's body began training to transform into a tailed beast.

"Oh no, the Nine-Tails' hatred is stronger than we imagined. This hatred has triggered and amplified Naruto's negative emotions. This attempt is going badly." Killer Bee said, looking at Naruto in his tailed beast form.

"Naruto, wake up." Kushina seemed to sense Naruto's pain, stepped forward, hugged him, stroked his hair, and whispered.

Kushina's words and gentle touch instantly reached Naruto.

Many fond memories still flooded Naruto's mind.

The friendship between friends: Sasuke, Koro, Shikamaru, and Choji.

The bond between teachers and students: Iruka, Kakashi, Jiraiya. The familial love between family members: Mashiro, Izumi.

Scenes unfold one after another: the missions he carried out with the villagers, their gratitude, and his identity as the son of a hero.

This restored Naruto's eyes to normal.

Instantly, all negative emotions vanished, and Naruto's tailed beast transformation disappeared. "You can't possibly..."

Before Kushina and Killer Bee could rejoice, Naruto's body transformed into a tailed beast once more, and this time to a more profound degree.

In the mental space, looking at Naruto kneeling on the ground again, Kurama sneered and said: I have discovered your weakness, there is no way you can defeat me.

It turns out that Kurama (the Nine-Tails) had already discovered Naruto's emotional weakness and then deliberately injected its own chakra into Naruto's body. As for Naruto's weakness, it's quite simple: it still concerns his parents.

If Naruto didn't know about his past, this weakness wouldn't exist.

Naruto had long accepted the fact that he had no parents and had never blamed them for his fate. But on that day, Mashiro revealed Naruto's true identity, and he learned who his parents were.

Therefore, he began to feel aggrieved deep inside. He couldn't feel his parents' love, he didn't know why he was living the kind of life he had as a child, he didn't know why the Nine-Tails was sealed inside him...

Naruto himself was unaware of it, but a dark cloud quietly rose in the depths of his heart, and at this moment, this cloud was magnified by the Nine-Tails' chakra.

Why me?

Negative emotions once again took over Naruto's mind.

No, this can't go on. "Disappear now!" Naruto shouted.

But just then, a familiar female voice suddenly rang out. "No, it's fine to stay here."

Then, a golden light emanated from all around. Naruto opened his eyes and looked around, finding himself in a space filled with golden light.

In front of him stood a red-haired woman. "Sister Quan?"

Naruto called out tentatively.

To Naruto, the red-haired woman in front of him looked almost exactly like Izumi from the real world, but seemed more mature and had a completely different temperament.

This is Naruto's biological mother, Kushina Uzumaki.

Unlike the young girl Kushina outside, Kushina Uzumaki married Minato, experienced the Nine-Tails' rampage, and eventually gave birth to Naruto, so her appearance and temperament were more mature.

"Naruto," Kushina Uzumaki called out with a light laugh.

"What's going on? Why is there someone here? And she looks so much like Izumi, and she even knows my name," Naruto muttered to himself. "I see. Well, that makes sense. Now, guess who I am, Naruto," Kushina Uzumaki said with a light laugh, seemingly understanding Naruto's situation.

"Could it be..." Looking at Kushina's face, Naruto seemed to have realized something. "You already know?" Kushina asked with great satisfaction.

"You must be the true form of the Nine-Tails, trying to deceive me by transforming into someone resembling Eto." Naruto said with absolute certainty.

Upon hearing Naruto's words, Kushina Uzumaki was first startled, then burst into laughter, clutching her stomach. "Hahaha..."

"That's a really rude laugh, Nine-Tails!" At this moment, Naruto was even more certain that the person in front of him was not Izumi.

No sooner had Naruto finished speaking than Kushina Uzumaki, filled with rage, punched him on the head. "Something's not right."

"It hurts so much!!!!" Naruto clutched his head, tears streaming down his face. That familiar feeling...

"Oh?!" Naruto noticed the strange suffix in Kushina's words earlier. In his memory, Eto sometimes used that too.

Suddenly excited, her innate impatience, combined with her fast speech, led to strange catchphrases. "Uzumaki Kushina explained, scratching her head."

"I tried my best to control myself, but I couldn't help it when I got excited," Kushina Uzumaki said somewhat embarrassedly. "She's really like Izumi-nee in this respect. Could it be that she really has some kind of relationship with Izumi-nee?" Naruto wondered, scratching his head.

"Are you alright? I just hope you don't have any weird catchphrases like me," Kushina Uzumaki asked. "Throat?" Naruto noticed Kushina Uzumaki's gaze.

A strong sense of love and tenderness, tinged with a hint of panic and helplessness.

He might occasionally see this in Quan Jie's eyes, but she always kept it deep and secretive. Looking into those eyes, for some reason, he suddenly felt a surge of emotion and wanted to cry.

"Looks like Minato didn't say anything, really." Uzumaki Kuna controlled her expression, not wanting to let her sadness show.

But Naruto could no longer control the urge to cry. Listening to Kushina's words, he vaguely guessed a possibility, a possibility he had once imagined.

"That's right, I'm yours." Before Kushina could finish speaking, Naruto hugged her.

Chapter 175: Kushina and Uzumaki Kushina

"I've always wanted to see you, Mom!" Naruto said, hugging Kushina Uzumaki, his eyes filled with tears.

Just then, Naruto's eyes, which had turned black and red due to the Nine-Tails' chakra, returned to their original sky blue. "I see, you really are my child," Kushina said lovingly.

In the real world, Killer Bee looked at Naruto, whose tailed beast transformation had stopped, and asked, "Izumi, did you do something?"

“No, he stopped on his own.” Kushina said with a complicated expression. She sensed that familiar chakra in Naruto’s mental world—her chakra.

In the mental world, Naruto released Kushina Uzumaki and said excitedly, "I've finally met you! I have so many questions to ask you." "Then you can tell me slowly. Before that, we still need to keep Kurama in line," Kushina Uzumaki said.

Then, Naruto, who was confronting the Nine-Tails, suddenly shouted, and nine golden chains flew from Naruto's body toward the Nine-Tails, binding the Nine-Tails tightly once again as it was about to break free.

"This chakra? Is it Kushina? Then who was that just now, and why did it also have Kushina's aura?" Kurama muttered to itself, sensing the aura on the sealing chains.

"Minato infused my chakra into the sealing formula so that you could successfully control the Nine-Tails' power, hoping to lend you a helping hand," Kushina Uzumaki explained softly as she sat beside Naruto.

But Naruto just kept grinning foolishly.

"Are you listening?" Looking at Naruto's silly grin, Kushina Uzumaki couldn't help but laugh as well and asked.

"I knew it! That's wonderful." Naruto said, looking at Kushina Uzumaki. "?" Kushina Uzumaki was a little confused by Naruto's words.

"Mom, you should still be alive, right? I don't know why you haven't acknowledged me, but you must be Izumi-nee." Naruto said with a smile. "Alive? Izumi-nee?" Kushina Uzumaki was completely baffled by Naruto's sudden words.

Since Naruto learned his true identity, he has been investigating and asking many questions about his biological parents. However, the more he investigates, the more he discovers that his biological mother, Kushina Uzumaki, is very similar to Izumi, who is taking care of him now, in both appearance and personality.

Furthermore, Naruto's feelings towards Eto, from the way she always took care of him and the unintentional displays of affection she showed, made him want to believe the fact that his mother was still alive and was right beside him.

Naruto specifically asked Mashiro about this, but Mashiro didn't give him a clear answer. She only said that Naruto would understand when he started controlling Kurama.

That's why Naruto is so concerned about controlling the Nine-Tails. It's not only to improve his strength and protect the village, but also to find the answer. Now that he sees his biological mother, Naruto is certain of his guess.

"Although I don't understand what you mean, Naruto, it's regrettable that both Minato and I died in the Nine-Tails' rampage." - Kushina Uzumaki

Nai suddenly became depressed and said that not being able to participate in Naruto's growth was her biggest regret.

"But, but what about Izumi-nee?" Naruto said, looking very conflicted.

"Izumi-nee? You've mentioned this name many times, who is she?" Kushina Uzumaki asked with some confusion.