Shindai had already begun directly suppressing the Nine-Tails, and Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki chose to trust him.
After all, who would choose death when survival is possible?
Naruto had just been born, and both of them wanted to stay by his side and raise him.
"Please, Shindai," Minato pleaded. "If you can't keep going, leave immediately!"
After reminding Shindai, Minato turned toward Kushina Uzumaki. "Withdraw the Adamantine Sealing Chains now; you need to fully suppress the Nine-Tails."
Kushina retracted the chains binding the Nine-Tails' body.
The Nine-Tails attempted to rise but was still kept grounded by Shindai's Magnetic Gravitational Crush.
"Stay down! Listen, I'm telling you this for your own good! Nine-Tails!"
The veins on Shindai's neck bulged prominently, clearly showing how much pressure he was enduring.
Minato gently set Naruto down and helped Kushina lift her shirt to expose her abdomen.
After forming a Hand Seal, Minato pressed his palms against Kushina's abdomen, reinforcing the seal inside her body.
"Seal!"
The seal on Kushina's abdomen flared to life once more.
The massive body of the Nine-Tails twisted as its chakra was forcibly sucked into the dark cavity in Kushina Uzumaki's abdomen.
Minato, Kushina, and Shindai poured all their strength into the effort.
Shindai pushed himself to the limit to hold back the struggling Nine-Tails, his nose beginning to bleed.
Minato and Kushina also did their best to draw the Nine-Tails' chakra into the seal.
A Tailed Beast Coat appeared once more on Kushina's body.
"Damn it! I won't go back!"
The more chakra from the Nine-Tails that entered Kushina, the more fiercely it struggled.
Blood trickled from Shindai's lips—he was barely holding on.
The Nine-Tails had already begun lifting its body up, and although Shindai desperately tried to press it back down, he couldn't force it to the ground again.
At the same time, the Nine-Tails opened its mouth, beginning to gather another Tailed Beast Ball.
Shindai felt his scalp tingling.
It was all over.
With both eyes tightly shut, gritting his teeth, Shindai shouted loudly. "Kurama! I am the one the Tailed Beasts have been waiting for! I am the Child of the Prophecy!"
The half-formed Tailed Beast Ball in the Nine-Tails' mouth immediately dispersed. Its crimson vertical pupils fixed on Shindai in utter disbelief.
This kid had actually called him by his true name.
The Nine-Tails carefully examined Shindai's eyes: "No! You're lying! You can't possibly be the one we've been waiting for. You have black eyes—you aren't Heki! He was meant to have emerald-green eyes!"
Seeing the Tailed Beast Ball disperse, Shindai felt a sudden surge of energy—he was turning the tide!
"You're not human, so you wouldn't understand what 'Blue Eyes' really means—it's more than just color!"
"Symbolic meaning?"
"Exactly! 'Blue Eyes' also stands for someone with a pure heart, impartial judgment, righteous spirit, and unshakable integrity—and that's precisely who I am!"
"You?"
The Nine-Tails spoke with obvious disbelief.
Through Kushina Uzumaki, it had already witnessed Shindai's behavior more than once.
It had specifically paid attention to Shindai too, since he had used the name 'Kurama.'
In its eyes, Shindai was nothing but a despicable creep. Did those words like 'pure heart' have anything to do with him?
Under the Nine-Tails' skeptical gaze, Shindai's originally pale face flushed slightly red, leaving him feeling rather embarrassed.
After all, even Shindai himself didn't believe those descriptions applied to him.
But who cares anyway!
Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki now also felt somewhat confused.
How could Shindai actually be chatting with the Nine-Tails? And talking about things they couldn't even understand.
But this conversation worked in their favor—it reduced pressure on the two of them.
Shindai continued bluffing: "So how would I know about Kurama? How would I know you're waiting for someone? And how would I know the meaning behind 'Blue Eyes'? It's because I'm the Child of Prophecy! Therefore, no matter how unbelievable it seems, this is still the truth!"
The fox face of the Nine-Tails displayed complex emotions.
Meanwhile, nearby,
Kushina Uzumaki had already completed the sealing process. Minato Namikaze had already returned the Nine-Tails' negative chakra into her abdomen.
Feeling his power draining away, the Nine-Tails immediately erupted again: "So what if he is! I refuse to return to that cage!"
The Nine-Tails struggled violently once more, fighting with immense force.
"Oh no!"
Caught off guard by this sudden resistance, [Magnetic Gravitational Crush] was nearly overwhelmed.
Even chugging Military Rations Pills nonstop proved utterly useless.
Minato Namikaze, who had already summoned the altar required for the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style, discovered Nagare was barely holding on while Kushina Uzumaki had now fallen unconscious—his heart immediately filled with urgent anxiety.
Would he really need to resort to the Dead Demon Consuming Seal again?
Just as Minato resolved himself one more time towards this decision, a crimson figure suddenly descended from the sky, heavily landing atop the Nine-Tails.
Nagare and Minato stared blankly at this unexpected figure.
It was Susanoo—a crimson-colored Susanoo.
Moreover, this Susanoo was in its perfected form, equipped with a pair of wings.
Looking directly at the head of the Susanoo, Nagare saw Hikaku Uchiha standing there with arms crossed, arrogantly surveying the pinned-down Nine-Tails.
"Asu Natsuka?!"
Hikaku Uchiha said to Minato Namikaze, "Hurry up and perform the seal—I don't have much chakra left. I can't maintain this form for long."
"Got it!"
Minato immediately got to work, placing Naruto on the altar before beginning to form hand seals.
[Eight Trigrams Sealing Style!]
An Eight Trigrams Sealing Formula appeared across Naruto's stomach as Minato began the lengthy series of hand seals.
Meanwhile, Shindai used his last bit of chakra to fly toward the head of Susanoo, excitedly saying to Hikaku Uchiha, "Let me in! Quick! I've never been inside Susanoo before."
Hikaku Uchiha added, "You missed one more—there's also Tsukuyomi."
Shindai stared blankly at her. "Huh?"
Just then, the Nine-Tails being crushed by Susanoo struggled even harder, extending its sharp claws toward Minato to stop him from finishing the seal.
Hikaku Uchiha controlled Susanoo to stab through the Nine-Tails' outstretched limb with its massive sword, pinning it to the ground.
"We'll talk about this later. Right now, I need to focus on controlling Susanoo!"
Minato Namikaze finished forming the hand seals and completed the preparations.
[Eight Trigrams Sealing Style! Seal!]
In an instant, the Nine-Tails was pulled into the Eight Trigrams Seal on Naruto's stomach.
The Nine-Tails let out one final furious roar before finally being sealed inside Naruto.
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