From Naruto onwards, I've become a dreamer.

Chapter 248 A Warning from Mount Myōboku
Konoha Village.

Kushina Uzumaki, heavily pregnant, struggled to return home carrying the groceries she had just bought.

Due to the importance of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and the reputation of her husband Minato Namikaze in Konoha, a dense network of ANBU (Anbu) was deployed around this house.

Firstly, it was to monitor the movements of the jinchūriki; secondly, it was to protect the jinchūriki who were about to start production.

After all, when a Jinchūriki gives birth, the seal will loosen, which is a major event and must not go wrong.

Pushing open the door, a familiar figure greeted her. The bright yellow hair, as warm as the sun, gave her a sense of peace. Kushina hesitated for half a second by the door, dropped the bag in her hand, and without caring about her pregnant status, pounced on the person and clung to him.

"Watergate—!"

Kushina clung to the man, unwilling to let go, hanging on him like a kangaroo.

Minato Namikaze wrapped his arms around his wife, kissed her forehead affectionately, and then smiled gently, "I'm back, Kushina. Thank you for your hard work while I was away."

After the Fourth Hokage, Uchiha Munetsuki, was murdered, he vowed to avenge his best friend. So he left the village to investigate clues about Danzo and the Aurora Society on his own. He only returned to the village occasionally, leaving all the affairs of the house to that spoiled girl from the past.

Kushina did not complain; instead, she took on all the household chores and hardly uttered a single complaint, even while pregnant.

This made Minato Namikaze feel even more that he owed his wife too much.

With the delivery of his wife's jinchūriki imminent, he had no choice but to put aside all his affairs and rush back to protect her safety.

"It's alright, it's good that you're back."

Kushina hugged him and kissed him, saying casually, "But now that you're back, get ready to serve me!"

"no problem."

Minato Namikaze smiled and agreed.

The two looked into each other's eyes, and feelings began to grow in secret. When their feelings reached their deepest point, they could not control themselves.

Minato placed Kushina on the sofa, gazed into her captivating eyes, and couldn't help but bend down and kiss her deeply on her red lips.

No, that won't do.

Kushina responded to her husband shyly, feigning reluctance.

"I just wanted a kiss~"

Minato Namikaze chuckled, put his arm around his wife's waist, and gazed lovingly into her eyes.

However, as expected, an accident soon occurred.

Just as the couple were deeply in love, a toad suddenly crawled out of the kitchen drain.

The toad leaped onto the edge of the pool, stared at the two people embracing on the sofa with its big eyes, and said, "Excuse me, Lord Minato, I have something very important to tell you."

For a moment, the air seemed to freeze.

Oh oh oh!
Someone was like a kettle boiling over, making a sound.

Kushina's hair was steaming, her face was as red as a boiled shrimp, and she kicked Minato away with all her might.

Fortunately, Minato moved nimbly, flipped over and landed steadily, then blushed slightly and coughed twice to ease the awkward atmosphere: "Oh, it's Kosuke. Cough cough, what's up?"

Kosuke is the messenger toad of Mount Myoboku. Generally speaking, his appearance means that Mount Myoboku has something to ask him.

"I don't know, but this time it was an order from the 'Great Toad Sage'."

Kosuke honestly replied, "The Great Toad Sage wants you to go to Mount Myōboku immediately. He says there's something very important he wants to tell you."

The Great Toad Sage?! Upon hearing this, Minato Namikaze immediately wore a serious expression: "Could it be a new prophecy?"

The Great Toad Sage is said to be the ancestor of Mount Myōboku, having survived for thousands of years. He possesses amazing prophetic abilities, but rarely speaks and is mostly asleep.

Now, upon suddenly hearing that it was the Great Toad Sage who had summoned him, a sense of gloom settled over him.

Minato Namikaze was about to leave, but after taking half a step, he hesitated, turned back to look at Kushina, and said with a hint of guilt, "Kushina, I..."

"It's alright, Minato." Kushina, heavily pregnant, walked over, gently hugged him, pressed her head against her chest, and whispered, "You have more important things to do. I'll be careful here, so don't worry about me."

Even so, Minato Namikaze still sensed his wife's reluctance to part with him.

"Don't worry, I'll be back soon."

He hugged Kushina tightly around the waist and whispered in her ear, "I promise, I'll be by your side when the baby is born."

"Um"

Kushina nodded slightly, then reluctantly released him, her eyes filled with tenderness: "Go quickly, Minato."

The couple could only spend a short time together before they had to part again.

But Minato Namikaze had no choice but to suppress his longing and follow the messenger toad in reverse summoning, disappearing from the room.

Mt. Miaomu.

Strange rocks stand tall, and the croaking of frogs fills the air.

The colorful vegetation resembles a subtropical forest, the air is humid and stuffy, and from a distance it looks like a huge valley. This is Mount Myoboku, one of the three sacred sites.

"Minato, you've arrived."

A dark green frog, like an old human, with white hair and beard, was sitting on the back of another large frog.

"We've been waiting for you for a long time, Minato."

Beside the dark green frog was a purple frog with curly hair, looking like an auntie. It said enthusiastically, "Since you learned Sage Mode, you haven't even come back to visit us."

Facing the two palm-sized toads, Minato Namikaze showed great respect: "Lord Fukasaku, Lord Shima, may I ask what brings the Great Toad Sage here?"

"do not know."

Fukasaku Toad shook his head and said, "The Great Toad Sage suddenly told us he wanted to see you, saying he had a new prophecy."

A new prophecy?!
Minato Namikaze was startled. He had heard his master Jiraiya mention the prophecy before, which was one of the reasons why Jiraiya had been away from the village for so many years.

But now... what is this new prophecy?
"Don't take too long, Minato."

Fukasaku jumped down, landed on his shoulder, stroked his beard, and said, "Don't keep the Great Toad Sage waiting too long."

"Yes, I understand, Master Fukasaku."

Minato Namikaze suppressed his shock and followed the guiding toad to the deepest part of Mount Myōboku.

A giant orange toad sits on an enshrined throne, a necklace around its neck, and a doctoral cap on its head. It looks very old, with wrinkles and scars all over its skin, and its eyes are closed as if it is dozing.

"Is...Minato... here?"

Sensing the arrival of the visitor, the Great Toad Sage slowly awoke, laboriously lifting his eyelids to reveal a solemn and serious expression. He said in a low, painful voice, "I dreamt of... a deep, dark ocean, gushing forth from the earth, unleashing a world-destroying tsunami that swallowed all life on land; and when the ancient stars shining in the sky came to their rightful places, the Great Beginning awoke from death to reclaim His rightful authority."

(End of this chapter)