After coming out of the Konoha Hospital, Minato immediately informed the former Hokage of the news that Kushina was pregnant again.
As for the other village elders, he remained cautious about sharing the information.
Minato left a shadow clone to work in the office temporarily, while his main body stayed at home.
Through the examination at the hospital, they learned that Kushina had been pregnant for one and a half months. Her previous fainting during the battle was caused by using too much chakra at once.
If it had been an ordinary female ninja with this pregnancy, she wouldn't have experienced such a reaction.
But Kushina still had half of the Nine-Tails in her body, so her chakra must constantly suppress the tailed beast.
"Mom, I'm back."
Minato brought Naruto back from Mikoto's house. When Naruto saw Kushina in the living room, he immediately ran over to her.
"You didn't cause any trouble at Aunt Mikoto's house?"
Kushina narrowed her eyes and immediately noticed some marks on Naruto's clothes, likely left from a scuffle.
Hearing this, Naruto's expression immediately became a little unnatural. He stopped and glanced unconsciously at Minato behind him.
Minato's expression also changed. He walked in front of Naruto, blocking Kushina's view, then spread his hands and chuckled, "It's okay. Sasuke has started basic training recently, so Naruto was just practicing with him."
But the subtle movements that father and son made involuntarily because of their lie were all seen by Kushina.
Veins popped up on Kushina's forehead, and her face suddenly darkened.
"You kid, did you fight with Sasuke again?"
"No."
Naruto immediately denied Kushina's accusation, but his statement lacked confidence, and the panic in his eyes betrayed him.
As he spoke, he kept looking at Minato for help.
"Minato."
Kushina turned her eyes toward Minato, her voice lowering dangerously.
Minato's body tensed, and there was a hint of fear in his eyes.
If his former enemies could see him now, their jaws would drop.
The Fourth Hokage, feared by all the powerful figures in the ninja world, actually had such a vulnerable side.
Seeing that he couldn't hide anything from Kushina, Minato could only smile wryly and say, "It's just children playing. There's no need to take it so seriously."
Under Kushina's sharp gaze, Minato fell silent, not knowing what else to say.
"It's always like this. You always cover for him."
Kushina pouted, then looked at Naruto and said seriously, "Naruto, come to your mother."
Naruto saw that even his father couldn't help him this time, so he could only walk cautiously toward Kushina, visibly afraid.
"You kid, really."
Kushina suddenly reached out her hand, and Naruto, seeing this, closed his eyes in fear.
"It's nothing to worry about."
The punishment Naruto expected didn't materialize. Instead, Kushina ruffled his soft hair affectionately.
"If you keep acting like this, you won't be able to be a good brother in the future."
Kushina could no longer maintain her stern expression and smiled at Naruto.
"What do you mean?"
The sudden change caught Naruto off guard. He was still too young to understand Kushina's words right away.
"It means that your mother is pregnant with Naruto's brother or sister."
Minato also came to Naruto, squatted down, and chuckled.
"Ah?"
Naruto was startled, and then a look of joy appeared on his face. He said hurriedly: "So I'll have a brother like Itachi has Sasuke?"
He had inherited Kushina's same impatience, and when speaking in a hurry, would sometimes add strange turns of phrase to his words.
"Well, it might not be a brother, it could be a sister," Minato said, also ruffling Naruto's hair.
"Yeah."
Naruto nodded repeatedly, but then Sasuke's cold face appeared in his mind.
He deflated like a balloon and said, "My brother or sister won't be like Sasuke, right? That would be terrible."
"Hehe."
Minato and Kushina looked at each other and laughed. "Dad and Mom don't know either, but everyone has a different personality."
"You and Sasuke are friends, and it's normal for friends to have some conflicts, isn't it?" Minato said to Naruto with a smile.
"Sasuke's brother Itachi is a gentle and good brother, and Naruto can't lose to him."
Kushina smiled at Naruto, then raised her arms and pretended to flex her muscles.
"Yeah, of course!"
Naruto answered decisively, and then curiously put his ear to Kushina's belly.
"Brother. Or sister, can you hear your brother talking?"
Kushina's eyes softened immediately, and she explained to Naruto: "The baby in mother's belly is still very small, and can't respond to Naruto's questions yet."
"Then when will he or she be able to respond to me?" Naruto pouted and asked.
"Well, it should be a few months later."
Kushina said that after a few months, they would occasionally be able to feel the baby's movements.
"Well, Naruto will wait here for a response."
Naruto said to himself, and then sat down in front of Kushina.
Seeing this, Minato and his wife looked at each other, both with happiness on their faces.
"Okay! Then what name should we give this child?"
Minato put his palms together, looking full of energy.
Hearing his words, the expression on Kushina's face suddenly became quite sour.
"We should wait until the gender of the child is determined before talking about names."
She twitched her lips. Kushina didn't want her future children to be teased by classmates for having weird names.
"It's perfect timing to take advantage of this time to think of names for both boys and girls."
But Minato had no intention of giving up on the naming discussion.
"I said no for now!"
Kushina grew anxious and shouted angrily.
"I understand."
Looking at Kushina's red hair that was beginning to rise with her anger, Minato swallowed hard and dared not contradict her again.
Naruto was also frightened by Kushina's sudden outburst.
He looked at the terrified expression on his father's face and was actually a little surprised.
Because Naruto had heard from other adults since he was little that his father was the strongest ninja in the world today, loved by all Konoha ninjas, while ninjas from enemy countries feared him greatly.
But in front of his mother, his father seemed to have no ability to resist at all.
It seemed that his mother might be even more powerful than his father?
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