Not only Obito, but Kushina beside him, who had witnessed everything, also sighed deeply.
She said in admiration, "So, getting along with the Nine-Tails is actually such a simple thing, huh?"
Obito came over to Kushina's side, pondered for a moment, then suddenly said, "Big sis, maybe it's not that simple."
"I used to think things too simply, believing that to deal with the Nine-Tails, you just had to be good to it."
"But now it seems that the very act of being good to it is itself very difficult."
"After all, humans are extremely complicated creatures. Even in the ordinary sense of being kind to someone, deep inside there may be too many dark places."
"And yet the Nine-Tails possesses a powerful sense for good and evil; those shadows are as clear as a mirror before it."
"So, superficial false kindness won't move the Nine-Tails. Only when you truly accept it and understand it will it respond to you."
"But… humans themselves find mutual understanding hard to do; let alone with a species completely unlike humans."
"For example, big sis, you are actually very pure, but even you, knowing in advance that the Nine-Tails can be friendly, would still instinctively treat it as a dangerous beast, right?"
Kushina sighed, "Obito, you're not me. You haven't experienced all I have. Thinking from the vantage of an observer, you naturally oversimplify things."
"Since the day I became a Nine-Tails jinchuriki, everyone around me, whether I was close to them or they disliked me, told me the Nine-Tails is a dangerous creature; I must be on guard at all times. That belief has sunk into my bones and become instinct. How could I easily change it?"
"Besides, the Nine-Tails' chakra went berserk inside me several times afterward, which proved the point even more."
"If you mishandle the Nine-Tails, it can really destroy me, destroy Minato, destroy everything around me. In that situation, I truly cannot, as you say, live peacefully with the Nine-Tails."
Obito nodded. Without shared experience, he indeed shouldn't take things for granted.
Especially when the Nine-Tails has great power—perhaps power itself is a threat.
It's like a person who, while walking, accidentally steps on and kills a few insects. Humans may have no malice, but for the insects, isn't that dangerous?
Conversely, Hashirama had no ill intent either; he just thought the tailed beasts were too dangerous, so he began to capture them across the world.
If the tailed beasts could reproduce, and one day learned how to seal Hashirama, they might regard him as the most evil person in that world, capture and seal him, and tell their descendants, "this thing is too dangerous…"
Thinking to this point, Obito couldn't help but sigh, "So big sis, Naruto really is different."
"Sometimes he's overly innocent, so naive it's laughable. Saying things and doing things is his ninja way, but in reality, for many matters he says them but can't do them."
"He only tells people to let go of hatred, to unconditionally believe in him, but he himself lacks practical methods to solve problems and lacks real ability to handle them."
"It's predictable that many of his promises will end up unfulfilled. For example, the promise he made to Nagato to make the Rain Hidden Village better, to make the world peaceful, but in reality…"
As Obito said this, he suddenly realized. Because the Infinite Tsukuyomi had been enacted, the people of the Rain Hidden Village were indeed living good lives and the world was indeed peaceful.
Kushina, seeing Obito yammer on in front of her like some little critic, felt a bit annoyed.
"Actually what?"
Obito cleared his throat a few times, "Actually, I and the Obito from this world perfectly solved the problem for him and fulfilled the promise to Nagato."
"Big sis, don't say otherwise. Naruto always manages to avoid many things he can't face. Like in his previous life, when he said not to laugh at Obito, even the Allied Shinobi Forces standing by would have had some negative influence on him."
"He's really like some protagonists in novels. Always meeting danger and getting lucky, turning things to his favor. From this point of view, the 'Child of Prophecy' title might not be far off."
At this, Kushina felt awkward. Having heard the full story of Obito's past life's sufferings, she knew well the rotten things that Naruto in that life had done.
For example, killing the enemy who murdered his father. Her own parent didn't forgive, but Naruto forgave; the key point was Minato was even resurrected as an Edo, getting mixed up in it.
Father and son, so close and joyful together, playing a dirty trick, but they didn't know how to spare her.
At least the Obito of this life knows how to sympathize with the teacher's wife and would take her along to anything fun.
But no matter how much of a jerk Naruto was, isn't he still her son?
She put her hands on her hips and said, "What, Obito, you can save the world, so my son can't? Can't you say something about his strengths instead of criticizing him all day and night? Don't you have a conscience?"
Obito hastily explained, "Big sis, what I said before was 'although', wait, I did say the 'but' afterward too."
"Although Naruto is naive and promises many things he can't fulfill, there is one thing he said and did: he truly let go of all hatred."
"In a sense, just doing that makes Naruto great. Like you, big sis, you told of many hardships as a Nine-Tails jinchuriki, but Naruto was also a jinchuriki and faced an even worse situation at the start."
"In the end, instead of treating the Nine-Tails as danger like you did, Naruto treated the Nine-Tails as a companion. With just a look, the Nine-Tails didn't want to deal with you, yet was won over by Naruto."
"Actually, it's not just the Nine-Tails; all the tailed beasts willingly help Naruto. Naruto, the lord of the nine tailed beasts, is the coolest."
Kushina suddenly brightened and proudly said, "Alright, Obito, you really know what to say. Naruto is my son, of course he's the greatest."
"But…"
Kushina looked at Obito, half-smiling.
"You're right: humans indeed don't match up to tailed beasts."
"After all, even tailed beasts know who treats them well, and they treat those people well."
"But some people, if you're good to them, they might not remember it; maybe one day they'll repay kindness with ingratitude…"
Obito immediately felt embarrassed, "Haha, big sis, that kind of person is truly a scum among humans. If you ever meet someone like that, tell me. I'll beat them up for you."
Kushina looked at Obito's clear, innocent eyes and couldn't help saying, "Obito brat, how can you say such things with a straight face?"
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