"Just now..." Kushina frowned, struggling to recall what happened. "I think I had a nightmare... no, that wasn't a dream!"
"Well, looks like keeping quiet didn't work after all," Rin said, prying Nonou's hand off her mouth with a sigh.
"So, what exactly was this 'dream'?" Uchiha Hikari asked, her curiosity piqued.
"IT WASN'T A DREAM!" Kushina yelled, her face darkening with pure trauma. "It was the wisp of chakra I left inside Naruto. It activated, showed me something... I couldn't bear it. Just like a Shadow Clone, it burst, bringing the memory right back to me."
"But what was it?" Everyone leaned in, surrounding Kushina.
'What could have shocked an immortal edo tensei into passing out?'
Kushina hesitated, then gritted her teeth.
'Damn it. If my son and husband can do such things without shame, why shouldn't I expose them?'
Kushina didn't know the context of what happened between Minato and Naruto, but she couldn't imagine any misunderstanding that led to the unholy scene she witnessed.
She had to speak up!
Public shaming might be the only way to end their sinful father-son dynamic!
The image she saw was too horrifying.
Kushina felt it was worse than the shit in the Limited Tsukuyomi universe.
At least in that world, Minato and Naruto were only connected through the Nine-Tails, with no direct contact.
"Huh?"
"What?"
"WHAT THE FUCK?!"
After Kushina whispered her account, the clinic fell into a dead, horrified silence.
"Are we sure we're out of the Limited Tsukuyomi?" Hanabi asked, raising a trembling hand.
"What do you think?" Hikari, the one who cast the jutsu in the first place, glared at her.
Kushina sighed.
She originally planned to use the chakra remnant to make initial contact with her baby boy, hoping to ease the pressure of a real reunion.
But now... the remnant popped and brought back mental scarring instead.
Now the pressure was immeasurable!
...
After leaving the clinic, the group awkwardly patted Kushina's back as they headed to the surveillance division.
Their plan was simple: stop crying about it, teleport to Otogakure, and beat the shit out of Naruto to knock some sense into him.
To do this, they needed Tobirama to use his FTG to teleport them over.
However... at that exact moment, Yakushi Kabuto was carrying out Orochimaru's orders, pulling up Otogakure's security cameras to monitor Naruto.
When the women saw the live feed on the big screen, they stopped dead in their tracks, hitting pause button on their murder plan.
"Maybe it's just a misunderstanding?" Rin offered.
"Yeah, look at his face—he looks so serious and determined."
"True, let's observe a bit longer."
Their murmurs managed to lower Kushina's blood pressure.
'Yes... maybe there really is a reason for it? And if I can't imagine it, maybe I'm just out of touch with modern ninjutsu?'
After all, before seeing the Limited Tsukuyomi universe, she couldn't have imagined half the bullshit she'd witnessed lately.
"Alright, let's watch," Kushina said, parking herself on a stool Hanabi brought over, her eyes glued to the screen.
Kabuto didn't say a word, just typing on the keyboard to switch camera feeds.
Naruto, having relied on Minato's FTG spam to escape Kimimaro's bone drill, was now sprinting deep into the forest.
His sole objective: find Sasuke.
Minato's ghost burned through all his chakra saving his son's ass and vanished without a trace.
Naruto paid zero attention to the guy who claimed to be his dad.
His mind was consumed by Sasuke alone!
He had to find Sasuke, rescue Sasuke, and drag his rival back home!
"Huh? Why is the bottom half of the screen pixelated?" Rin asked, pointing at the monitor.
"You'll understand in a minute," Kabuto replied dryly, not even bothering to turn his head.
"I'm out of here," Hikari announced, turning on her heel.
"Huh? You're leaving? Aren't you curious?" Hanabi asked.
"Not even a little bit," Hikari replied coolly.
She already guessed some cursed bullshit was about to happen.
Based on Nonou's medical advice, she needed to avoid extreme stress to prevent developing Sakura-level breast tumors.
"Uh, should we leave too? I think Kushina-nee can handle this alone," Hanabi muttered, suddenly anxious about her own future chest development.
"Yeah, you kids should leave. I can handle this," Kushina said grimly.
Once the others bailed, the scene Kabuto predicted started unfolding.
To track Sasuke, Naruto needed sensor abilities.
To get sensor abilities, he needed Sage Mode.
But Naruto knew he was deep in enemy territory. Spamming a thousand Shadow Clones would give away his position.
Left with no choice, Naruto summoned a modest ten clones and began... beating his meat!
While sprinting through the trees, Naruto and his clones whipped out their "Suction-cup."
Even through the heavy pixelation, Kushina instantly realized what her son was doing in the middle of enemy territory.
Her vision blurred, and she nearly passed out again.
To prevent her brain from shutting down, Kushina punched herself in the forehead with enough force to crack her own skull, forcing herself to stay awake.
"Don't overreact," Kabuto said calmly, adjusting his glasses as the screen flashed. "This is perfectly natural. Don't misunderstand your son's actions—he's just doing speed-runs to enter Sage Mode."
Kabuto deduced Naruto's cursed shortcut after only five seconds of watching the feed.
He personally had zero need to try it himself, thank God!
"SAGE MODE?!" Kushina gaped.
"Look at his eyes," Kabuto instructed, zooming past the pixels to Naruto's face.
"You're right..." Kushina let out a shaky sigh of relief, spotting the toad pigmentation.
She didn't understand the sick biological principles behind it, but at least there was a tactical reason.
'So this is how you gather nature energy? No wonder Jiraiya always lurked around hot springs and brothels for "research"—that pervert was just grinding his Sage Mode!'
'WAIT, NO!'
Kushina suddenly realized the massive flaw in her logic.
'How the hell could an ancient, sacred art like Sage Mode require you to jerk off in the woods?!'
She had the cause and effect backward!
It wasn't that Naruto's training proved Jiraiya was innocent.
It meant Naruto was only doing this because that silver-haired pervert Jiraiya had corrupted her innocent baby boy!
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We go back to Kakashi slander soon, i dont know if the author hate kakashi or something but Kakashi in this fic has been everything aside from being a ninja lmao