As soon as Minato's chakra circulated, he turned into a golden streak flashing through the roaring flames, appearing behind Kairen in the blink of an eye.
"Fiery Liquor Technique, go!"
The flaming dragon formed from Kairen's alcohol shot toward Minato in an attack.
Minato once again used Flying Thunder God to dodge, then used a Body Flicker to approach Kairen, followed by a palm strike to Kairen's neck, imprinting a black sealing rune.
"Sealing Technique, and it's even the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Technique!"
Kairen sensed that his chakra flow was being obstructed.
Just as Minato believed Kairen had no more tricks left, Kairen shouted loudly:
"Nine-Tails, assist me!"
Inside Kushina's belly, the Nine-Tails snorted: "Who the heck are you?!"
The Nine-Tails' chakra once again flowed through Kairen's body.
Kairen swung a punch filled with monstrous strength toward Minato.
Minato was about to dodge when several tree roots suddenly shot out, grabbing Minato's arm, stopping him from using any space-time movement techniques.
"Haa…"
Kairen's immense monster strength, carrying a massive shockwave, flames swirling around his fist—one punch and Minato would die instantly, leaving Kushina to become a living widow.
After a long moment, Minato opened his eyes, only to see Kairen flicking his forehead with a freakishly strong finger.
"Dong!"
Minato winced in pain, rubbing his forehead nonstop as a huge bump instantly swelled up.
"Minato, thank you for your guidance!"
Minato glanced helplessly at Kairen: "You win!"
In truth, neither of them had used their full strength—Minato hadn't summoned Gamabunta, nor entered Sage Mode.
Kushina had also passed down sealing techniques to him—just a Four Symbols Seal could seal Kairen into a stomach, turning him into a Kairen Jinchūriki.
But Kairen was even more troublesome—if he felt like it, he could create tens of thousands of shadow clones and exhaust Minato to death.
"Minato admits it!"
Kairen smiled. He was the greatest counter to the Flying Thunder God technique. If he learned this forbidden jutsu in the future, Minato would have even less advantage.
...
"Water Release: Great Exploding Water Shockwave!"
Outside, a massive torrent of water surged into the sky, extinguishing the flames Kairen had created in an instant.
Minato used Body Flicker to appear outside, and Kushina ran toward him, worry filling her eyes.
"Minato, are you okay?!"
Minato shook his head.
Kushina let out a breath of relief, then pointed at Minato and burst into laughter: "You look so pathetic!"
Minato's clothes were scorched black, and there was a big bump on his forehead, making him look extremely ridiculous.
Minato helplessly rubbed his golden hair while allowing Kushina to laugh at him.
"Ka-ka-ka!"
Shan stood beside them, rapidly pressing the shutter, quickly capturing Minato's embarrassing state.
Kairen emerged from the charred old tree roots, making Kushina laugh even harder: "Hahahaha…"
Kairen looked even worse than Minato—his clothes were completely burned, leaving only a pair of pants covering his important parts, and his black hair was burned halfway.
"Ka-ka-ka!"
Shan saw this and immediately turned the camera toward Kairen, taking pictures nonstop.
"Such mundane opinions!"
Kairen sneered disdainfully, then instantly transformed into a cloud of smoke, immediately suicide-reborn.
He emerged wearing Sasuke's gray short sleeves, with a bulky belt wrapped around his waist. Head up, side-eyeing.
Come hit me! Come hit me~~
Shan waved his hand: "Come, come! Everyone gather for a group picture."
Kairen, Minato, and Kushina stood together.
Obito and Kakashi refused to look at each other, while Rin held their hands, smiling.
Kushina wrapped her arms around Minato and Kairen's shoulders, standing between them with a big beaming grin, like the big boss of the two.
After taking the picture, Shan handed a copy to Kushina and Minato each.
Minato tidied up a bit, then led Kakashi, Obito, and Rin out on a mission.
Kairen glanced at the forest he had damaged, formed hand seals, and placed both palms onto the ground.
"Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!"
Tall trees shot up one after another with cracking sounds. In the blink of an eye, Kairen had grown hundreds of huge trees—any environmental bureau would treat him as an ancestor.
Kushina saw this and smiled sweetly, hooking her arm around Kairen's neck: "Your Wood Release is pretty handy!"
Kairen inhaled Kushina's fragrance, thinking in his heart that this seductive little fox was truly dangerous.
"You want to use it?"
"Use what?!"
Kairen snapped his fingers, and suddenly a cucumber appeared in his palm.
"Just like this!"
Kushina snatched the cucumber away and took a fierce bite—fresh and juicy.
She patted Kairen's shoulder with delight and praised, "I think you could totally open a fruit stand!"
"Yeah! Yeah! Specializing in selling cucumbers and sugarcane, right?!"
Kushina nodded: "That works too!"
Kairen then remembered that Minato wasn't home, so he immediately said to Kushina: "Let's go! Back to your house, we'll… exchange knowledge."
Kushina looked confused: "What kind of knowledge would you exchange with me, a girl?!"
"Kushina-san, you and I can exchange in any way you want!"
Kushina shook her head: "Home is boring, I don't want to go back! I want to see what fun things are happening in the village!"
Kairen also shook his head—he had spiritually connected with Kushina for so long, yet in the end, he couldn't even get a nodding acquaintance.
Ultimately, Minato was her boyfriend. He, this "male friend," was a bit undeserving of the title.
Kairen straightened his clothes and headed toward the orphanage.
Since no one wanted to spend time with him, he would go find his own girlfriend.
Kushina saw that Kairen wasn't walking toward the Senju residence, so she asked in confusion:
"Kairen, where are you going?"
Kairen replied: "Konoha Orphanage!"
Then he turned into a puff of white smoke, transforming into a gray eagle and preparing to fly toward the orphanage.
Kushina shouted loudly from below: "Kairen, take me with you! I want to play at the orphanage too!"
Kairen was puzzled—what was fun about an orphanage? He only thought Yakushi Nono was fun.
"Fine!" Kairen nodded in agreement.
Since Kushina wanted to have fun, he'd bring her along. Everyone would have fun together later.
Kairen dove downward, grabbed Kushina with his talons, then lifted her into the air.
Kushina demanded: "Don't grab me with your talons—I want to ride on your back!"
"Okay!"
Kairen tossed her onto his eagle back and kindly added: "Wait for me to flip over so you can ride better."
Kushina punched his back: "Just fly already! Stop babbling!"
Kairen squawked angrily.
Treating me like a mount and still acting like this? Just wait…
When I make you my mount someday, I'll treat you even more seriously—let you see what true knight's honor looks like.
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