Naruto, born from the world of his parents.

"So what exactly happened to Naruto?"

"Minato, say something!"

Amidst a sobbing voice, Naruto slowly opened his eyes.

He stared at the all-too-familiar ceiling, his mind momentarily blank.

And it was at this moment that a warm embrace enveloped his entire head.

"Naruto, you're awake? Tell Mom, is anything bothering you?"

Naruto was a little suffocated by the sudden hug and could only keep patting the back of the person in front of him. It was Minato Namikaze who noticed something was wrong and quickly stepped forward to pull his wife away.

Naruto, who was suddenly able to breathe, gasped for air like a fish out of water.

After fully recovering from the suffocating dizziness, he turned his head and waved to his mother, Kushina Uzumaki, who was in his father's arms with an embarrassed expression: "Mom, I'm fine."

Seeing that Naruto was indeed alright, Kushina finally felt a little relieved.

She patted her chest lightly and rolled her eyes at Minato: "Since Naruto is alright, why are you making that face? You scared me. I'm going to cook."

After saying that, she turned around and walked out of the room. But the moment she stepped out, Kushina stopped and turned to look at the closed door. Her childlike, innocent, and beautiful eyes were instantly filled with worry.

She wanted to say something, but instead turned and walked towards the kitchen.

Naruto breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Kushina's footsteps fading into the distance.

He didn't want his mother to know his secret, not out of trust, but simply out of concern.

Just as the Fourth Hokage, Minato, wouldn't let his wife, who was the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki, participate in any battles, Naruto, as a son, didn't want his mother to worry about him.

But as soon as he breathed a sigh of relief, Naruto frowned again as he smelled a faint scent of blood.

Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Kushina, who was chopping vegetables, looked listless and absent-minded.

In her mental world, this seemingly innocent woman was indeed incredibly serious at this moment.

Before Kushina, a fox as tall as a mountain with nine tails sat upright.

He looked at the tiny figure before him, almost as tall as his claw, and a flicker of fear crossed his heart, but he still forced himself to maintain the dignity of a tailed beast: "What do you want now, woman?"

As soon as Nine-Tailed Fox finished speaking, countless golden chains instantly appeared in the surrounding space.

The moment the golden chains appeared, Kurama's expression changed. Unable to maintain its dignity as a tailed beast any longer, it immediately collapsed to the ground, its two front paws tightly clutching its head.

"Nine Lama!"

"arrive!"

"Tell me, can you sense any changes in your clone inside Minato today?"

Hearing the woman's incredibly dangerous voice, Nine-Tails hesitated for a moment, but finally told her everything.

"I don't think I felt anything last night..."

Upon hearing this, Kushina Uzumaki remained silent for a moment before disappearing from the spot.

In the vast mental space, looking in the direction where the woman disappeared, Nine-Tails let out a long sigh of relief.

But at this moment, he suddenly wavered.

"You, who married this horrible woman, are you really the person the old man was talking about?"

But thinking about her relationship with that man over the years, Nine-Tails still sighed.

Throughout these thousand years, it has never encountered a human being like that man with golden hair as brilliant as the sun—intelligent, brave, determined, and powerful, yet possessing an incomparably pure heart.

If that man wasn't the one the old man was talking about, Nine-Tails really couldn't figure out who it could be.

Shaking its enormous head, the nine-tailed fox lay on the ground, resting its head on its front paws, about to take another nap. But then, it suddenly frowned.

It sensed a chakra that was both incredibly familiar and incredibly strange.

In Naruto's room.

Looking at his father's wounds that were healing rapidly, Naruto's eyes were full of worry.

"Dad, you don't actually need to..."

Hearing Naruto's words, Minato smiled and ruffled his hair: "How could I leave you alone in a strange world?"

After saying that, he put on his clothes and whispered, "I'll tell Mom these are scars from a fight. Don't let her find out, okay, Naruto?"

Naruto nodded heavily, but looking at his father's dressed body, his eyes were still filled with worry.

Just now, after Naruto asked about the smell of blood, Minato remained silent for a moment, took off his clothes, and revealed the wounds on his body that were healing.

His body was covered with countless knife wounds, as if he had endured a thousand cuts.

Minato showed Naruto the document not to complain, but because the smell of blood on him had caught Kushina's attention, he needed to tell Naruto the truth to avoid any mishaps when Kushina asked about it during dinner.

Out of love for his wife and mother, the father and son tacitly chose not to tell Kushina about this.

Seeing his son's still worried gaze, Minato smiled gently: "Space-time ninjutsu is like this. It's like a stray dog ​​on the side of the road. At first, it will wantonly bite anyone who dares to approach it, but as you get used to it, it becomes the most docile and considerate thing."

After saying that, Minato raised the specially made kunai in his hand and waved it at Naruto: "Look, Dad's understanding of space and time is still pretty good."

Hearing Minato's words of comfort, Naruto's worries remained. He looked at his father with concern, "But, what if..."

"fool."

Minato ruffled Naruto's hair: "How could there be any 'what if'? Dad is very strong, Naruto, don't you trust Dad?"

"Of course I believe my dad!"

Naruto immediately retorted fiercely that no matter how mature and restrained he was in front of his parents, he was still a child.

After denying that, he looked at the wound hidden by Shuimen's sleeve, his eyes filled with complex emotions.

Looking into Naruto's eyes, Minato smiled: "Don't worry, I've found the key, and I've also left a gift for you in that world. Did you receive it, Naruto?"

Upon hearing this, Naruto immediately realized: "That prototype of the talisman really was left by Dad?"

Minato nodded: "So don't worry, Naruto, after a while, Dad will be able to come and pick you up."

Upon hearing this, Naruto was filled with boundless joy.

When Naruto sensed Minato's chakra fluctuations by the river and saw the comma on his wrist, he already guessed that Minato was about to arrive in that world.

But reason told him that, separated by two worlds, even the most advanced space-time ninjutsu would probably be powerless.

At this moment, after hearing a definite answer from his father, Naruto's tense heart finally relaxed.

The loneliness that had haunted him ever since he transmigrated to another world gradually dissipated with this reply.

He was about to say something more when he heard Kushina's voice downstairs.

"Hey, you two, come down and eat!"