Chapter 583: The Real Violent Kushina
While Hanabi was delivering the tablet to Hinata, Naruto had also officially begun his experience inside the Engraved Tsukuyomi.
Naruto even made a special request.
He hoped that everyone in the illusion would continue calling him Naruto instead of Menma.
Because he hated dried bamboo shoots the most.
Seeing such an incredibly realistic Konoha, Naruto was thrilled.
The moment he got out of bed, he ran around the house at top speed, only to discover that there wasn't a single person inside.
However, it was obvious that other people lived there.
Sure enough...
In this world, his parents were still alive.
Naruto couldn't wait any longer.
He jumped straight out of the window and started asking every passerby he saw,
"Do you know where my mom and dad went?"
Eventually, he ran into someone he knew.
"Huh? Kakashi-Sensei? Do you know where my parents went?"
Naruto asked eagerly.
"Uh... why don't you check the supermarket up ahead?"
After saying that, Kakashi turned around and walked away without looking back, as if something terrifying were chasing him.
"The supermarket?"
Having finally gotten a lead, Naruto immediately rushed over.
"Hey, Blondie, buying groceries again today? You're such a good little househusband."
"Who knows what countryside you crawled out of? Getting a Konoha residency is one thing, but you even dared to seduce Kushina-sama! Today we're finally going to deal with you, pretty boy!"
"Come on, be a good boy and let us have a look!"
In a corner outside the supermarket, the frail-looking Namikaze Minato stood there carrying a bag of groceries while several Konoha villagers blocked his path.
That's right.
Originally, Kushina wanted Naruto to witness what she had gone through as a child to let him understand how serious bullying really was.
But after thinking it over...
Since she was already using the Engraved Tsukuyomi, she figured she might as well swap herself out for Minato.
It was a little embarrassing for Naruto to see those scenes of her being bullied.
Besides...
There was a good chance Naruto wouldn't be the only one watching.
So, without feeling the slightest bit guilty, Kushina simply replaced the main character with Minato.
Of course...
That was the only change she made.
Everything that happened afterward was automatically filled in by fate because of that single modification.
"Stop! What are you doing?!"
The moment Naruto saw that familiar face—the one he had once met inside the sealing space—being bullied, he exploded with anger.
He dashed forward and stood protectively in front of Minato.
Only after jumping in did Naruto realize something was wrong.
He turned around in confusion and looked at his father.
"Aren't you the Hokage? How are a few villagers able to bully you?"
"The Hokage? So that's what he's been telling you? That's hilarious!"
"The Hokage is the mighty Kushina-sama! He's just a pretty boy!"
"So Uzumaki Naruto showed up too? Perfect! Today we'll enjoy a parent-and-child rice bowl!"
The villagers, all possessing the Will of Bullying, consciously lined up at the entrance of the alley.
Naruto was completely stunned.
He looked at his timid father.
Then at the insane villagers.
Finally...
He couldn't hold back anymore.
"Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
"Take this—One Thousand Years of Death!"
Naruto unleashed the perfect combo, sending every last one of them collapsing onto the ground.
If they wanted to attack him...
Then they'd have to be attacked by him first!
After finishing everything, Naruto clapped his hands in satisfaction.
Then he turned back to look at his dumbfounded father and curled his lips.
'Actually... this isn't so bad.'
'A weak father is better than an overbearing father.'
'At least I won't have to worry about being violated in my sleep by Flying Thunder God in the middle of the night.'
And judging from what those people had said...
It sounded like, in this world, his mom was actually the Fourth Hokage.
So...
Was his mom at the Hokage's office?
Naruto desperately wanted to go see her immediately.
But he couldn't just leave his frightened father here by himself.
So he took the still-shaken Namikaze Minato back home.
He even thoughtfully poured him a cup of hot water.
After finishing the hot water, Minato finally calmed down and looked at Naruto.
"Naruto, how could you be so violent? You're only going to cause trouble for your mother."
"And besides, isn't today your Chunin Exam? Why didn't you go? What are you doing at the supermarket?"
"Huh? The Chunin Exam? I..."
Naruto was startled and instinctively wanted to make an excuse.
But then he remembered...
This was an illusionary world.
So what if he skipped the exam?
"Dad, don't worry about it. Forget the Chunin Exam. My strength is alrea—"
Naruto was about to brag when he suddenly realized...
After entering the illusionary world, all his abilities had supposedly been reset.
The reason he was able to use Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu just now...
Was it because the version of himself in this world already knew it?
Then...
What about the Nine-Tails?
Was he still the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki in this world?
Naruto carefully sensed the inside of his body.
To his surprise...
The Nine-Tails was really still there.
But according to what he'd heard before...
Shouldn't his mom be the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki?
Besides, extracting a Tailed Beast was supposed to kill its jinchūriki.
Could it be...
That this world really was just like the Limited Tsukuyomi?
Could a Tailed Beast actually be passed down safely just by giving birth?
Naruto couldn't help imagining it.
"Naruto, you'd better hurry."
"Kushina personally picked several carefully selected Jonin instructors for you."
"If you don't go, she'll definitely get angry..."
Bang!!
Before Minato could finish speaking, the front door was kicked open.
"You three, wait outside."
Kushina spoke to the three people behind her.
Then...
Uzumaki Kushina walked in with a dark expression on her face and slowly removed the Hokage hat from her head.
She walked over to Naruto.
Her arm erupted with Tailed Beast chakra.
Then, with an elbow strike resembling the Lightning Release: Lariat (Lightning Plough Hot Sword), she smashed the completely unprepared Naruto straight into the wall.
He was embedded so deeply that he couldn't even be pulled back out.
"My foolish son..."
Kushina walked over to the dazed Naruto, who was still stuck in the wall, grabbed him by the neck with one hand, and asked,
"Tell me."
"Why didn't you go take the Chunin Exam?"
Good grief.
That smooth combo looked strangely familiar.
Could it be that the Engraved Tsukuyomi system had heard Naruto say at the beginning that he wanted to become Sasuke and experience Sasuke's life...
So it thoughtfully arranged this scene for him?
"Kushina, don't do this. Naruto, he—"
Slap!!
Before Namikaze Minato could finish speaking, Kushina backhanded him and sent him flying.
"Shut up!"
"I can go out to buy a pack of cigarettes and run into nine people who've slept with you!"
"..."
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"Pfft—"
Watching the scene, Kushina immediately sprayed the ice cream in her mouth everywhere.
She had only set Minato up to suffer severe bullying so it would awaken Naruto's determination to fight against bullying.
But what she never expected...
Was that the "people" bullying him...
Included herself?!
And wasn't the reason for the domestic violence a little too ridiculous?
What on earth did this mean?
Wait.
Kushina suddenly realized something.
If neither of them had died...
Then why was Naruto still using the Uzumaki surname?
That meant Minato had married into the Uzumaki family.
And there was probably an even deeper reason behind it.
She had to keep watching.
"I... I... I just thought I was already strong enough..."
The completely bewildered Naruto defended himself weakly.
(End of this chapter)