Kushina looked at Yoruha, then at her own son. She used to think Naruto was outstanding, but now, in comparison, Kushina shook her head. "Comparisons can really be frustrating." "But as long as Naruto can grow up happy, that's enough. He's already strong enough, as long as he's strong enough to protect himself."
This was Kushina's hope as a mother. Indeed, although Naruto wasn't as strong as Yoruha or Sasuke, his abilities were already top-tier in the ninja world. There were few who could match him.
Even without fully transforming into the Tailed Beast, his strength was at the peak Kage level. In Konoha, he was second only to Yoruha and Sasuke, even stronger than Tsunade. After healing Naruto, Yoruha looked at Minato and said, "Fourth Hokage, it seems the Akatsuki is brewing a conspiracy."
Minato collected his thoughts and nodded at Yoruha. "Their goal of collecting the Tailed Beasts is likely more than just starting a ninja world war." Minato had so understanding of the Akatsuki before. However, his knowledge was limited, and it still was. He previously thought the Akatsuki's goal of collecting Tailed Beasts was to start a ninja world war.
Such things have happened in the ninja world many tis. For example, Hiruko wanted to collect various Kekkei Genkai to achieve immortality, with the aim of starting a ninja world war. Mukade was the sa, wanting to start a ninja world war and control the world.
Minato looked at Yoruha, "No matter what, I believe with you here, Konoha shouldn't be in much danger, provided you don't leave Konoha for so long again like last ti." Minato was a bit speechless. Yoruha had only left Konoha for a few months, and the village was flattened. It was indeed bad luck.
Or perhaps Pain specifically chose to attack Konoha when Yoruha and Sasuke were absent. Naruto also said, "Yeah, if Yoruha and Sasuke were in the village, Pain wouldn't have destroyed it like this." Yoruha smiled wryly, "So it's my fault?"
Minato said, "Don't think like that. These things are unpredictable. Who could have known that the Akatsuki would have soone so strong that even Naruto, unleashing all of Kurama's power, couldn't win?" Naruto also said, "Yoruha, I don't bla you. I didn't expect it either. Even though I've learned Sage Mode and fully transford into the Tailed Beast, I still couldn't beat that Pain. It's my strength that's lacking." Of course, Naruto wouldn't bla Yoruha.
Afterwards, Yoruha and Minato talked for a while about the Akatsuki, and then the soul energy of both him and Kushina was exhausted. After bidding farewell to Naruto, they disappeared. Naruto's injuries were also healed by Yoruha.
As Yoruha left Naruto's seal space, he glanced at Kurama and said, "Kurama, maybe it's ti for you to choose to trust Naruto. The enemies we might face in the future could be unimaginably strong. I believe Naruto is soone worthy of your power." Without waiting for Kurama's response, he left the seal space. Kurama, after hearing Yoruha's words, was lost in thought.
Kurama didn't have any particular dislike for Naruto, but it didn't hold him in high regard either. The one it truly acknowledged was Yoruha.
If Yoruha were its jinchuriki, Kurama could have enabled Yoruha to enter the Nine-Tails mode three years ago. Because of Yoruha's presence, many of Naruto's actions seed insignificant in Kurama's eyes, barely causing a ripple in its heart.
However, Yoruha was right. Compared to Yoruha, Naruto might not be perfect. But it was impossible for Yoruha to beco its jinchuriki. That was absolutely out of the question, and Yoruha didn't need its power.
So now, it could only choose Naruto. Without comparing him to Yoruha, Naruto was definitely a decent jinchuriki. It was just that with Yoruha around, Kurama was always sowhat dissatisfied with Naruto, never able to fully acknowledge him. It was like soone with OCD seeing a chipped bowl, constantly reminding themselves not to care about such trivial details, yet unable to stop focusing on the chip, even though it didn't affect the bowl's use.
But it kept noticing that chip. Now Kurama was like that person with OCD. It simply couldn't ignore Naruto's flaws.
Yet Yoruha's words made it realize that it had to make a choice. If it didn't acknowledge Naruto, it wouldn't even have the qualification to fight alongside Yoruha in the future war. While it was strong on its own, if Naruto entered the Nine-Tails mode, he would reach the peak of Kage-level strength.
He couldn't match Yoruha's power, but he could definitely rival Sasuke's current strength. Kurama wanted to stand on the sa battlefield as Yoruha in the future. It had to force itself to accept this slightly flawed bowl now.
Otherwise, it wouldn't even have a al to eat later. Erging from Naruto's seal space, Yoruha looked at the now-recovered Naruto. At that mont, Naruto clutched his stomach and said, "Yoruha, Kurama has compromised."
"I think what it wants most is your acknowledgnt," Naruto said as golden chakra began to emanate from him. In the next mont, the Kurama Chakra Cloak appeared on Naruto, marking the Kurama Chakra Mode.
Kurama still hadn't fully acknowledged Naruto, but it was enough. Under the Kurama Chakra, Naruto's strength could now break through to the super Kage-level and stabilize there. Yoruha understood what Naruto ant by those words.
But Kurama was no longer of any help to Yoruha. If he had possessed Kurama's power and acknowledgnt when he first crossed into this world, he would have been thrilled. Because at that ti, he had no talent and was just an ordinary person.
But such a Yoruha could never have gained Kurama's acknowledgnt. Nothing is ever perfect. Looking at Naruto in the Kurama Chakra Mode, Yoruha comnted, "Pretty cool, huh? If Hinata sees this, she'll probably faint again."
Naruto paused, then shook his head with a wry smile. "Is that a complint?"
Yoruha nodded, "Of course, it really is cool. I didn't expect that after gaining Kurama's acknowledgnt, this power would be so strong."
"If you had entered this state earlier, you might not have defeated Pain, but you could have held out longer."
"By the way, when we have ti, I'll teach you a jutsu, an advanced version of the Rasengan. It's quite powerful." Because of Yoruha's presence, Naruto hadn't asked Kakashi to help him improve the Rasengan.
His strength at this point was greater than in the original story, and he hadn't encountered any opponents in missions that forced him to go all out. So he had no motivation to develop the Rasenshuriken.
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