Naruto: The New Beginning

49. Kurama communication network

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Naruto closed his eyes and prepared to activate his mental link with Kurama.

"Hey, Kurama, do me a favor!"

"What do you want now?" Kurama responded, hearing Naruto's request but unsure what Naruto was up to. Was he asking him for help making a call?

Naruto grinned. "You should be able to contact the other half of yourself—help me reach my mom."

Kurama stared at Naruto with a hint of annoyance.

Naruto continued, playing his trump card: "Come on, help me out, and once we're done here, you can get back to eating all the tasty food in Konoha."

With some reluctance, Kurama contacted the other half of his chakra, and Naruto was pulled into a strange space where he encountered the other half of Kurama.

This was a special way of communicating with tailed beasts.

In the anime, during the Fourth Great Ninja War, Naruto used this method to meet other Jinchūriki and tailed beasts, they even granted him some of their chakras.

For Naruto, this felt like a video call chat room—better than the virtual conference calls the Akatsuki organized.

"Yo, other Kurama, how's it going?" Naruto greeted with a smile.

Since there was no distinction between Yin and Yang at the time of the sealing, the two halves of Kurama looked identical.

To make it easier, let's call the Kurama in Kushina's body the "Red Kurama" and the one in Naruto's body the "Orange Kurama."

Red Kurama stared at Naruto for a while, then suddenly smirked. "Hello, kid."

System Message: *Uzumaki Kushina has joined the chat room.*

Of course, the above message was just something Naruto made up when he saw Kushina appear.

"Where am I?" Kushina asked, still a bit disoriented. Kurama had suddenly told her that Naruto needed to speak with her and asked her to cooperate, so she showed up rather confused.

"Mom," Naruto called out, waving.

"Naruto? What's going on?" Kushina asked, still trying to figure out what kind of ninjutsu this was.

"This is a special communication method with Kurama. He can explain it to you later. For now, can you help me contact Dad? I need to ask him for something."

Naruto then told Kushina everything that had happened after she left, focusing on the situation with Haku and Zabuza.

He explained that he wanted to help them but didn't know how to do it.

"I'm still just a twelve-year-old kid, so of course I have to ask my parents for help with things I can't solve. It's not too much to expect a father to come up with a solution for his son, right?"

"Alright," Kushina replied, understanding what Naruto was asking. "You want to save those two, but you don't know how to do it."

"I'm on a mission with Hinata and the others right now, so I'll send a shadow clone to inform Minato."

"Okay, fine. Kurama can contact me like this again if needed."

System Message: *Naruto Uzumaki has left the chat room.*

Again, this was just Naruto's playful imagination.

"Thanks, Kurama. My mom will contact me later."

"Annoying," Kurama grumbled.