Chapter 79: He's Called Naruto Uzumaki, He's My Child

Chapter 79: He's Called Naruto Uzumaki, He's My Child

The chakra in the ninja world is truly magical.

Some people can reincarnate their chakra, some can use chakra to exist after death, some can give their chakra to others, and some can absorb others' chakra.

The essential basic energy for ninjas has been played with in new ways by some powerful people.

That night, when sealing the Nine-Tails, Minato Namikaze left his and his wife's chakra on the seal, in the hope of one day being able to see their child.

Because they were dead, their chakra was finite, and the opportunity to appear was extremely precious... And the one thing Kitahara didn't lack was chakra.

Under the hostile gaze of the Nine-Tails, Kitahara filled the sealing formula's chakra capacity to the brim... If the Jinchuriki didn't court death and undo the seal, the Nine-Tails could only erode the seal with its own chakra.

But... with the current chakra strength of the sealing formula, combined with the longevity of an Uzumaki descendant, Kitahara's move could probably keep the Nine-Tails locked up until the Jinchuriki's natural death.

The Nine-Tails looked at the crow with ferocious eyes, gritting its teeth, "You bastard... you actually used chakra to reinforce the seal! Why would you do that!"

"Perhaps it's because..." a gentle male voice suddenly appeared in the water prison. A glowing human figure slowly emerged from the seal, "...it wanted me to see my own child!"

Seeing the human-shaped chakra gradually reveal its true face, Uchiha Itachi's expression changed abruptly, "Fourth Hokage!"

"Minato Namikaze!" the Nine-Tails roared in fury.

"Haha... Nine-Tails, Itachi, you both don't need to be so tense! After all, I'm already dead!"

Minato Namikaze rubbed the back of his head and smiled sheepishly, "I also didn't expect someone could extract pure Yin-Yang attribute chakra to replenish the seal!"

Before his death, the Fourth Hokage had used the Eight Trigrams Seal to seal the Nine-Tails and the last of his and his wife's chakra into Naruto's body. They were the defense line supporting the integrity of the seal.

According to the formula Minato had set, he would only appear when Naruto was in the most danger.

Because once his chakra disappeared from the seal, it meant the seal would weaken. At that time, he would need to encourage Naruto to use his own will to overcome the Nine-Tails' erosion.

This crow had directly infused pure Yin-Yang chakra, replenishing the seal's energy, so he could also use this chakra to appear in Naruto's spiritual world.

Moreover, if he didn't appear soon, the seal might just explode from being over-infused with chakra... The only pity was that Kushina Uzumaki's formula couldn't meet the conditions.

After Minato Namikaze briefly explained the reason, he looked at the beast in the cage with a smile, "Nine-Tails, until the chakra in the Eight Trigrams Seal is depleted, we'll have to look after each other in the future."

"..."

Although the sealing space was theoretically rented to the Nine-Tails, and the space wasn't small, it didn't want to live here.

But why suddenly add another person! And it was a guy it thoroughly detested... just because he was the landlord's dad?

The corner of the Nine-Tails' mouth twitched, and it said resentfully, "Tch! You're just Minato Namikaze's chakra spirit, not even his soul. What's the point?"

"You shouldn't say that..." Even though the Nine-Tails' words were harsh, Minato Namikaze still explained politely, "After all, I am the final will of a father before his death!"

"That crow, it really likes to meddle in other people's business!" The Nine-Tails turned away, not wanting to see him.

The polite and courteous Minato Namikaze became more and more detestable in its eyes!

He spoke human words, but he and Kushina didn't do human things!

After unilaterally reaching a cohabitation consensus with the Nine-Tails, Minato Namikaze turned his gaze to Uchiha Itachi and the little fellow in his arms.

"Itachi, this is..."

Minato Namikaze saw his child for the second time. The small, thin appearance looked very pitiable, yet he wasn't shy with strangers at all, reaching out from Itachi's arms, wanting to climb onto Minato.

Minato Namikaze tremblingly took the child from Itachi's arms. The cat-like whiskers on his face and the full head of yellow hair all told him the child's identity.

"Is it Naruto?"

"Hee... hee... slurp..." The little fellow in his father's arms giggled and let out a word, "Eat... dinner."

"Naruto... can he talk?" Minato Namikaze stared blankly as the child's saliva dribbled onto him, "Has it been that long?"

After Minato Namikaze's emotions gradually calmed down, he first sincerely thanked the crow, then looked at the headband-wearing Uchiha Itachi, "Did something happen?"

"It was a person named Uchiha Obito. Taking advantage of the sparse defenses in the village, he secretly tried to take away... take away the Jinchuriki..."

Uchiha Itachi looked at the little fellow who was secretly wiping his drool on Minato's clothes, unsure of the Jinchuriki's identity.

Minato Namikaze noticed, gently patted the child's hair, and said softly, "His name is Naruto Uzumaki. He's mine and Kushina's child."

"Is he really the child of the Fourth Hokage and Auntie Kushina?"

Uchiha Itachi was somewhat surprised. He reached out to catch the crow that flew into his arms and continued, "This kind of thing is truly unthinkable!"

"The identity of the Jinchuriki still needs to be kept secret in the village! Besides, Naruto is still young. If he knew his identity, it wouldn't be good for him..."

Minato Namikaze smiled, a hint of apology in his eyes, "I hope Naruto can have a happy childhood! When he grows up, I hope he won't feel inferior because of his identity."

Kitahara: "..."

Sometimes, you shouldn't just set flags randomly!

It suspected Minato Namikaze's mouth had been blessed; many things turned out the opposite of what he said. In the future, the Reanimated Minato would try his best to dissuade Guy from sacrificing his life, but as a result, the Eight Gates Night Guy made its grand appearance...

"You just mentioned Uchiha Obito? He was actually my disciple." Minato Namikaze frowned, "I just don't know what exactly happened to Obito..."

"On the night of the Nine-Tails' rampage, he probably wanted to hide his identity, but his space-time ninjutsu might have gone out of control, causing him to suffer a backlash, get injured, and reveal his true face..."

"Before I died, I didn't have time to send out the message while sealing the Nine-Tails. You must all be careful of his ninjutsu!"

"..."

Kitahara thought to itself, awakening this Minato Namikaze fellow from the seal only had one use: holding Naruto so he wouldn't cling to its own cub...

After Minato came out, he had babbled on so much, and it was all nonsense! It was one thing to be bad at naming, but when talking about things, could he please say something useful!

Uchiha Itachi looked awkwardly at the crow in his arms, which seemed somewhat disdainful of Minato, and had to say, "We already know Obito's identity, and he has just escaped..."

"Based on my speculation, he should have already awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, and his ocular jutsu must be related to space-time. You all must be careful."

Minato Namikaze had many questions he wanted to ask, "Have you found out why Obito became like this? That child was very kind back then..."

"It should be because of a girl named Rin."

Uchiha Itachi was basically certain of this in his heart. After the death of a close person, Uchiha clan members would indeed have a great change in temperament.

In this aspect, Obito was very much in line with the Uchiha clan... As for him, who had inexplicably awakened the Mangekyo, it always made others feel like he was a fake Uchiha!

"I failed to protect them."

After blaming himself for Obito's matter, Minato looked at the gradually tiring child and said, "You guys take Naruto out first. Staying here for too long consumes a lot of spiritual energy, and he's still too young..."

Their exchange was limited to this. If it were Kushina, she might have been more concerned about her child and would also have marveled a bit at Uchiha Itachi's genius.

However, Minato ultimately hadn't forgotten his own identity. He raised his hand, placed the child in Itachi's arms, and reminded him:

"By the way, who is taking care of Naruto? This child looks too thin and weak. Perhaps because he has the Uzumaki clan's constitution, his appetite might be a bit large."

"..."

Kitahara looked at Minato speechlessly. Why do you always sabotage me? I finally had a chance to trick Itachi about Sasuke!

(End of this chapter)