Chapter 249 is the existence she wants to protect

“It hurts—!”

In the delivery room, Kushina's violent screams disturbed the candlelight on the wall.

Namikaze Minato, who was in charge of observing the Nine-Tails' movements, couldn't help but worry, "Um... This is the first time I've seen Kushina scream in pain so loudly. Is she really okay?"

Sarutobi Biwako, who was concentrating on delivering the baby, replied succinctly: "It's okay, your first priority is to keep an eye on the seal of the Nine-Tails."

Although he got the answer that everything was fine, Minato Namikaze couldn't help but sweat when he saw his wife sweating profusely on the bed.

"Come on, Kushina..."

Huan Chen, who had been silent the whole time, stood behind Sarutobi Biwako, her face completely obscured by the cat mask.

Kushina seemed calm as she stared at the painful expression on her face, but her clenched fists silently revealed her unrest.

"Just a little bit more, Kushina!" Sarutobi Biwako shouted at Kushina on the bed.

Every minute and every second prolonged the pain of childbirth, and the strange movement of the Nine-Tailed Fox in her body was also impacting her. The more time passed, the more tormented it became, and Kushina's consciousness gradually became blurred.

All the remaining strength was almost entirely out of maternal instinct, her child, her Naruto...

Finally, the sound of a baby crying suddenly rang out, filling the delivery room with a reassuring atmosphere.

Sarutobi Biwako immediately shouted, "Bring some hot water!"

"Yes."

Huanchen came back to his senses and handed over the required items as she instructed.

After giving birth, Kushina was sweating profusely, and her clothes on her shoulders were almost soaked with sweat. Her hands, which had been holding the bed rails tightly because of the pain, were finally able to relax. She lay on the bed, gasping for breath.

And Minato Namikaze widened his eyes slightly, his attention completely attracted by the swaddling clothes in Biwako Sarutobi's arms.

As if he had not yet accepted this fact, his tone was full of disbelief, "It was born, it was born..."

Wrapped in the red swaddling clothes, only the baby's tender face and clenched little hands were exposed. He was crying loudly with a clear and loud voice. It was obvious that he was a healthy child.

Unlike other children, he was born with six whiskers on both sides of his cheeks.

As his mouth moved, the beard on his face came alive, as if a cute little fox had transformed into a baby and come to the world.

Sarutobi Biwako raised a gratified smile, "He is a lively boy."

The sight from the cat mask was uncontrollably fixed on the newborn life, and every glance depicted his vividness, youthfulness, and childishness.

This is... Naruto.

Haruko, who came to accompany the birthing in place of Takeuchi Mirei, couldn't help but take a step towards him. It was the newborn, crying, healthy Uzumaki Naruto.

It is the existence she wants to protect.

Suddenly, Sarutobi Biwako walked away holding the baby. Haruko came back to her senses. She controlled her emotions and retracted her feet, then returned to her cold and calm image of an ANBU.

Sarutobi Biwako walked up to Namikaze Minato so that he could take a good look at his child.

"Naruto!"

Namikaze Minato rushed forward and was about to reach out to hug him when he was rudely scolded by Sarutobi Biwako.

"Don't touch him. Let him see his mother first."

This sentence left Minato Namikaze speechless. He could only watch her walk towards Kushina with a look of grievance in his eyes.

Hearing the cry of a child approaching her ears, Kushina turned her head with difficulty, and when her eyes met the crying baby with a wrinkled face, she couldn't help but shed tears.

"Naruto... I finally see you..."

Knowing that she was still weak, Sarutobi Biwako picked up the child and left, "It's almost done, you should relax first."

Seeing that the seat next to the bed was vacant, Namikaze Minato immediately walked over and gently placed his warm hand on his wife's arm, "Thank you for your hard work, Kushina."

"Watergate……"

The two looked deeply at each other, and all that flowed in their eyes was the joy and emotion of becoming a father and a mother.

Seeing that Sarutobi Biwako was about to leave the delivery room, Haruko stepped back slightly to make way for her and turned her gaze to the tired-looking Kushina.

Her real purpose of borrowing the Anbu was to accompany Kushina during her childbirth. As the most powerful female ninja in the Anbu, Huanchen would undoubtedly be chosen as a companion, and she made the right bet.

Now the main thing is to keep an eye on the Nine-Tails and be vigilant at all times in case the Nine-Tails breaks free of the seal and runs away, causing indelible damage to Konoha.

However, there was one thing she had never figured out.

Why did the Nine-Tails' escape involve the Uchiha?

Kushina's birth was a secret, known only to the Third and Fourth Hokage. The other high-ranking officials were completely unaware, not to mention the Uchiha who had not yet been accepted.

Haruko stared at Kushina closely, always paying attention to any unusual movements around her.

"But now, I have to make Kyuubi behave himself."

Minato Namikaze comforted his wife with a smile, raised his hand and carefully pressed it on her belly where the seal was circling.

"what!"

The sudden shouting set off alarm bells in Haruko's head.

She and Minato Namikaze turned around and saw Sarutobi Biwako being knocked unconscious, and the child in her arms fell into the hands of a masked man in a black robe.

"You all, get away from the Jinchuriki."

His deep voice sounded like a demon that controlled life, "Otherwise, this child will die as soon as he is born."

After hearing his words, everyone present was extremely nervous.

Haruko's fingers were so tightly holding the kunai that they turned white, and her dark eyes were staring straight at the masked man.

It was her negligence. She had always thought that it was the Nine-Tailed Fox that needed to be guarded against, but she didn't expect that someone could penetrate through all the layers of security and go straight into the delivery room, threatening them with the child to leave Kushina's side.

His target was obvious, the Nine-Tailed Fox.

Minato Namikaze also repeated this thought in his mind with a serious expression.

How on earth did this person pass through the barrier...

"Ugh!" The movement of the seal caused Kushina to cry out in pain. The black lines that originally only occupied her stomach quickly expanded and spread to her cheeks.

"Kushina!" Namikaze Minato's pupils shrank and he hurried to check on her condition.

Namikaze Minato's face couldn't help but be filled with urgency. The seal of the Nine-Tails had not been completed yet. If it was delayed any further, the Nine-Tails would probably really run out!

Losing patience with them, the masked man took out a kunai and placed it on the neck of the baby in his arms, urging them on.

"Leave now. Don't you care about this child?"

"Wait! You, calm down!" Afraid that he would hurt the child, Minato Namikaze reached out his hand to him in panic.

Haruko on the side was also constantly thinking about countermeasures. Even though she could release illusions to confuse the enemy, Naruto was now in the hands of the masked man, and she could not act rashly.

"Get out!" the masked man yelled at them.

But there was a hint of elusive nervousness in his fierce voice. After keenly noticing this, Haruko withdrew her fighting stance, nodded to Minato Namikaze, and made a gesture to leave the delivery room.

This enemy is nervous, why?

Afraid of failure of plan?

That means he himself is not sure.

The uncertainty comes from the Nine-Tails and... the Hokage.

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You Tai Wei Ai, Sanhao Squirrel, Yuan Wei ＾, ?★★●?, Ah Zhen's c, the healing unicorn between the electric fire, Mu Wangfu who loves to eat black rice fried rice, Mu Xue Yu Ji, JW Yue, False. Desire to send power with love x3

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Thank you for the gifts! The author is really touched! Baby Naruto (sticky post?????)