Naruto: The whole world knows I am the savior

Chapter 142 Suspicion of Kushina's Identity

"Phew, I'm full!"

Naruto put down the ramen bowl and spat out a satisfied mouthful, then said with a hint of lingering satisfaction, "But... I always feel that the ramen here isn't as good as Ichiraku Ramen in the village. I wish I could have a bowl of Ichiraku Ramen after the mission."

Ignoring the shop owner's murderous glare, Naruto then stared at Kakashi and muttered meaningfully, "If Kakashi-sensei were to treat us, it would definitely be a delicious bowl of ramen."

"Hehehe"

Karin Uzumaki thought to herself with a twitch at the corner of her mouth, "It's unlikely that Kakashi-sensei will treat us. We've been in Team 7 for so long, and the only time he's ever treated us was when we got good results in the Chunin Exams."

"Now that we've finished eating, I should be leaving. You all need to get some rest; there might be new tasks in a couple of days."

Kakashi completely ignored Naruto's gaze. His Body Flicker Technique was enough to allow him to escape even when surrounded by other Jonin. These subordinates were simply too weak.

"Um?"

Just as Kakashi was about to leave, he suddenly noticed someone running towards them.

"Naruto~!"

Suddenly someone called out Naruto's name from afar. Hearing the call, the group turned around curiously and saw a red-haired woman running towards them, carrying a lunchbox.

Naruto Uzumaki was startled at first, then rubbed his eyes. After recognizing the red-haired woman running towards him, he exclaimed in surprise, "Ah, you're the one who interfered with me during the Chunin Exams with the megaphone, causing me to lose to Sasuke!"

Then Naruto turned his head angrily to Sasuke and said, "You bastard Sasuke, you still won't admit it? You're the one who found this person, aren't you?!"

Sasuke Uchiha said speechlessly, "I don't know her, and besides, she's here to see you, isn't she?"

"Naruto, you idiot!"

Kushina ran over laughing, then suddenly punched Naruto on the head. She grabbed him by the collar and said, "What are you talking to me about? I was cheering you on last time! It's your own fault for not having the mental fortitude! Idiot!"

Naruto Uzumaki: "What!? There's no such thing as cheering like that! You're just here to cause trouble!"

"Fool!"

Kushina gave Naruto's head another thud. Just as she was about to argue with him again, she suddenly realized that many people were watching, so she coughed lightly, released Naruto, and handed him the bento box.

"I heard you finished your mission, so I'm here to bring you a bento box. Here, have some."

Naruto Uzumaki took the bento box, somewhat bewildered, and muttered with dissatisfaction, "Bento box? But I just finished eating."

"Wait a moment."

Kakashi suddenly interrupted, then looked at Kushina warily and said, "Who are you? I've seen most of the ninjas from Konoha, but I don't know you. What's your ninja number?"

"Ninja ID 0073, oh dear, that's not important. I have someone to vouch for me, and I'm just here to deliver a bento box."

Kushina was about to reveal her ninja number, but then remembered that it would definitely indicate she was dead, so she laughed it off to Kakashi.

However, seeing Kakashi still looking wary and suspicious, and wanting to press for more information, Kushina changed the subject, somewhat annoyed and embarrassed, saying, "Alright, alright, you wary brat, you've always been like this. My bento is definitely delicious!"

After saying that, Kushina opened the bento box, revealing the sandwiches inside.

Naruto, who was peeking out from the side, was disappointed when he saw the sandwich. He muttered, "What? It's just a sandwich. I'm already full. Why are you giving me this? Ugh!"

Before Naruto could finish complaining, Kushina punched him again. Then, Kushina grabbed Naruto's sleeve, picked up a sandwich with her other hand, and stuffed it into Naruto's mouth: "Eat up, this is a bento I made while working overtime. If you're full today, you can take it with you on the next mission."

Kakashi, who was standing nearby, wanted to stop him, because Naruto, as a Jinchuriki, couldn't eat whatever he wanted; but when he saw Kushina forcibly feeding him a sandwich, and after hearing what she had just said, he was suddenly reminded of memories that were deep in his mind.

More than a decade ago, when he was still with the Watergate team, he seemed to have experienced something similar.

However, it wasn't him who was forced to eat the sandwich back then, but rather Obito Uchiha. Yet, the words were almost identical, which is why Kakashi remembered them.

"You, you."

Kakashi stared at Kushina in disbelief, finding her increasingly suspicious; her red hair, her carefree personality, and the way she cheered for Naruto during the Chunin Exams—she was becoming more and more like the person he remembered.

"Oh? Kakashi, you should try some too."

Kushina picked up a sandwich and handed it to Kakashi. This action, which overlapped with his memories, made Kakashi involuntarily take the sandwich.

Then, Kushina turned her head and looked at Sasuke Uchiha and Karin Uzumaki with a smile, asking, "Would you two like to try some?"

"I don't need any, I'm already full!"

"I'll pass."

Kushina was quite disappointed when Sasuke Uchiha and Karin Uzumaki refused in succession, but her mood improved a lot when she saw Naruto Uzumaki starting to eat.

After finishing a sandwich, Naruto Uzumaki said in disbelief, "It tastes pretty good, surprisingly delicious."

"Right? Hehehe. How could my cooking be bad? Take all of these. Store them in your storage scroll. If you get hungry during the next mission, or if you get hungry when you get back at night, you can take them out to eat. By the way, you know how to use a storage scroll, right?"

Kushina took out another storage scroll and carefully instructed Naruto Uzumaki. This was one she had taken from Yosuke Shirakumo, and it was basically the best storage scroll available.

After watching Naruto pack up the sandwich, Kushina asked him about other things: whether he had encountered any danger during the mission, what ninjutsu he knew now, and the difficulties he faced in his training.

She even asked Naruto if he wanted to go back to the village, saying she would help him find a way.

The group chatted outside the ramen shop for a long time. Naruto and Kushina seemed to share a mother-son bond, and the more they talked, the happier they became. When they talked about something fun, their laughter was genuinely joyful.

When Naruto couldn't help but mock Sasuke, Kushina also couldn't resist reaching out and poking Sasuke's expressionless face, saying, "Why are you so cold? You were so cute when you were little."

But Sasuke quickly dodged Kushina's finger that was poking his face, and secretly wondered, "Who is this woman?"

Seeing that a lot of time had passed, and not only did Uchiha Sasuke and the others need to report for duty and rest, but Kakashi himself also needed to go to inspect the security team, he interrupted and said, "Alright, it's almost time. Sasuke, Naruto, and Karin, you should go report for duty too."

Kushina said reluctantly, "So soon. But you've just finished a mission, go back and get some rest; and Naruto, remember what I told you, you absolutely have to shave your beard, it's that damn stinky beard, otherwise a lot of girls will like you."

Upon hearing this, Naruto blushed slightly, scratched his head, and chuckled sheepishly, "Hehehe, no, but I'll shave my beard when I get back."

Kakashi looked at Kushina and said, "Also, let's talk again another time. Besides, I have something I want to tell you."

After Sasuke and the other two left, Kakashi stared intently at Kushina and asked, "Are you Naruto's family?"

"I guess so!"

Kushina thought back carefully. Since the first time, Shirakumo Yosuke hadn't seemed to have told her to keep her identity a secret; that guy was so cautious, if he didn't tell her, it meant it wouldn't matter if she were exposed. Kushina misinterpreted this with her unique way of thinking.

However, she didn't give a definitive answer, neither clarifying her own identity nor denying Kakashi's suspicions.

You are not.

Kakashi looked incredulous. The sandwich he had just eaten tasted exactly like the one he remembered. Considering their time together, even if someone were imitating Kakashi, he couldn't believe that anyone could imitate it so perfectly.

But why would a dead person appear before him?

"So, you didn't do that thirteen years ago?"

"Forget it, stop guessing, Kakashi. All you need to know is that it's very difficult for me to see Naruto now, and I'm not even sure if I'm her."

Kushina sighed and said that although she loved Naruto very deeply, she was just chakra; the real Kushina was already dead.

"I'm leaving now. See you next time if you have the chance. But Kakashi, I'm leaving Naruto in your care. Oh, and by the way, I'm also leaving that little girl from the Uzumaki clan in your care."

Kushina clasped her hands together and pleaded with Kakashi, "If I have the chance, I'll give her some sealing techniques. I'll leave everything else to you."

"Don't worry, Naruto and Karin are both geniuses, I'll keep a close eye on them."

Kakashi said solemnly, and then waved goodbye to Kushina as she left.

After everyone left, Kakashi thought of the two people in the village. If Kushina could be resurrected, it would definitely be related to Orochimaru or Yosuke Hakuun. One was someone who specialized in forbidden techniques and was wanted by Konoha but returned. The other was considered the most mysterious person in Konoha. There was very little information about Yosuke Hakuun, but many legends about him.

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"I'm back."

Kushina walked in after dispelling the Eight Seals barrier with a displeased look on her face. She was listless, not because she was tired, but because she felt weak all over after leaving Naruto.

However, after entering, she suddenly realized that there was no Shirakumo Yosuke on the entire floor. But Kushina did not want to release the tailed beast chakra on her body and return to the sealing space, so she walked towards the underground laboratory.

She knew that Shiraku Yosuke was usually either upstairs or downstairs, and besides handling the political affairs of the Land of Lightning, he was researching his clones, and hadn't left the house for almost a month.

Upon reaching the second basement level, Kushina saw the person busy at the experimental table and asked curiously, "So you really are here. Do you want to be a father? Why are you making babies every day?"

"First, this is a child, not an infant; second, given your intelligence, I'm afraid it will be very difficult for me to explain this to you clearly."

After letting out a sigh of relief, Shirokumo Yosuke turned around and asked Kushina, "Now that you've seen Naruto, why don't you just go back to the sealed space?"

Upon hearing this, Kushina immediately turned her head and whistled to divert attention, saying, "We didn't find Naruto today. We might have to look for him again tomorrow."

Shirokumo Yosuke sighed, "Your lying skills are just like your intelligence; you can only fool your stupid son. Kujira, you're not suited to fooling smart people!"

"Who's Nine-Tails? I told you not to give people nicknames, you little brat!"

Kushina clenched her fists and shouted angrily at Yosuke Shirakumo, then crossed her arms and snorted, "If you didn't find it, you didn't find it. I was interrogated for half the day. I should have saved the chance for tomorrow. Are you using sealing techniques on these children?"

Before the argument was over, Kushina discovered Shirakumo Yosuke's plan: he had sealed the Nine-Tails' chakra into the child in the nurturing device and had already used the Four Symbols Seal.

This immediately gave Kushina a bad impression. Her expression changed, and she said to Shirakumo Yosuke with disbelief, "You plan to train these people to be Jinchūriki? You bastard, that's going too far! These children are so young..."

"I'm telling you, you've been inside my body for so long, you should be familiar with these things by now. What are you trying to do by putting on this righteous act?"

After confirming that the Nine-Tails' chakra had been successfully sealed without any rejection reaction, Shirakumo Yosuke turned to Kushina and said...

"Don't you know these children are all my clones? So, are you worried about me, Kui? Well, thank you anyway. I'll thank you again when 'I' grow up."

"I told you not to call me Kujira anymore, you bastard." After feeling embarrassed and angry, Kushina went to the culture equipment and took a closer look, then turned to look at Yosuke Shirakumo.

There were indeed similarities, and the more she looked, the more alike they seemed. Kushina was starting to believe it too, and scratching her head sheepishly, she chuckled, "Hehe, so it was you! Why didn't you say so sooner?"

After glancing at Kushina, Shirokumo Yosuke continued to observe his clone.

The spirit parasite has been inscribed on the clone's body with a cursed seal, and the tailed beast chakra has also been successfully sealed. The clone will be nurtured until it is about sixteen years old, and as much of the Nine-Tails chakra as possible will be transplanted and sealed inside, so that the clone can successfully become the Nine-Tails.

The next step is to seal "oneself" into one's body; Shirakumo Yosuke is the perfect Jinchuriki of the Tailed Beasts.

"Next, we need to cultivate clones of the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails. We need to extract some of the Tailed Beast chakra to purify them first."

As Shirokumo Yosuke was pondering his next plan, he heard Kushina call out to him from the side.

"Hey, Yosuke, what mission does Naruto have next? Is he leaving again?"

Out of boredom, Kushina asked why Yosuke Shirakumo hadn't had any free time lately. She wanted to visit Naruto more often, and since Kurama had so much chakra, she could teach Naruto some things, such as sealing techniques to deal with Kurama.

"Tomorrow? Or the day after? Do you really need to ask me that? What's inside my body that you haven't seen?"

Shirokumo Yosuke casually replied that letting Kushina, who was proficient in sealing techniques, live inside his body was a bit of a mistake. This girl had secretly broken the sealing technique countless times, and sometimes Shirokumo Yosuke didn't even notice.

It's impossible to deceive him and completely break the seal, but Kushina can use her superb sealing skills to open a crack in the seal and then sense what's happening outside.

Therefore, when Yosuke Shirakumo and Kurenai were having sex, Kushina knew and secretly watched. Later, Yosuke Shirakumo became a little embarrassed and angry, and deliberately didn't seal himself when he was having sex with Kurenai.

However, when facing Sakura, Yosuke Shirakumo was still very cautious, using sealing techniques and chakra to trap Kushina's senses within the sealed space inside his body.

He's already a scumbag, and if Kushina sees Sakura helping him with that kind of thing, he'll probably be called a pervert in Kushina's eyes.

"Tomorrow? Why the rush? Can't Naruto rest for a couple more days?"

Upon hearing this, Kushina puffed out her cheeks in dissatisfaction and said, "Naruto just returned from a high-level mission, and now he's going out again after only one day of rest? That's just too inhumane."

"Are you really a ninja? How could you say something like that?"

Hakuun Yosuke glanced at Kushina and said, "We just conquered a ninja village. Everyone has their own duties and missions. Almost everyone is being used as two people. And now you want to rest because of personal feelings?"

"Don't you have nothing better to do all day?"

Kushina muttered under her breath in dissatisfaction, but this was overheard by Shirokumo Yosuke, who snorted and said to Kushina, "Do you think the Cloud Ninja only dared to run away and not counterattack Cloudwood City? It's because they were afraid of provoking me. If I weren't there to oversee things, those fleeing Cloud Ninja would have thought of counterattacking Cloudwood City."

Even elite Jonin are powerless against Kage-level ninjas; Kakashi is a renowned elite Jonin in the ninja world, but he might be killed in just a few moves against Orochimaru.

However, Yosuke Hakumo is a powerful ninja who killed the Fourth Raikage and captured two Jinchuriki from Kumogakure. Against a ninja of his strength, numbers become meaningless.

However, Kushina didn't want to delve into that. She put her hands on her hips and asked Shiraku Yosuke, "Can't Naruto even have a day to rest?"

"I'm not that cold-hearted. If you really want, then how about a lap pillow and a massage?"

After stating his conditions, Shirakumo Yosuke noticed Kushina's ninja pants and gave her a disdainful look, saying, "I want white silk lap pillows. These tacky pants won't do."

Upon hearing this, Kushina blushed deeply and angrily exclaimed, "You perverted brat!"

Bai Yunyangjie turned his head and said, "If you don't want to agree, then forget it. I have a few A-level missions here; let me think about it."

"I agree!"

Kushina shouted unwillingly, then clenched her fists and glared at Yosuke Shirakumo for a while before reluctantly deactivating the transformation jutsu and reverting to her original clothes.

A white undershirt, a red fitted mini dress—as short as its name suggests, almost three-quarters the length of trousers at Shiraku Yosuke's repeated requests—and finally, white stockings that accentuated her plump, slender figure, with her five cute toes wrapped in smooth white silk over her sandals.

"Let's go upstairs!"

Kushina blushed and lowered her head, saying that the laboratory was quite large, but there wasn't even a cushion. Shirakumo Yosuke didn't have anything to do at the moment. He had finished observing his Nine-Tails Jinchuriki clone and would continue observing it when he dealt with the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails tomorrow.

So Shirokumo Yosuke followed Kushina to the first floor, to his private office for handling official business. The Raikage Building had been given to the former ministers of the Land of Lightning. Once they had compiled the information, Azaburo and Samui would deliver the documents.

Kushina, her face flushed with indignation, walked to the sofa, knelt down, patted her plump, white-stockinged thighs, and stammered, "Come...come here."

She'd had lap pillows and such before, but adding a massage... isn't that something only couples do?

"That wretched brat, he's always had designs on her, if it weren't for Naruto..."

Kushina thought resentfully to herself that if it weren't for Naruto, she definitely wouldn't have compromised with Yosuke Shirakumo.

Shiraku Yosuke went over and thanked him, saying, "Thank you for the hospitality!"

"Don't talk like you're enjoying your food, you rascal!"

Kushina protested, "Hey, turn your head around!"

"Please, just give me this massage."

Bai Yunyou said in a muffled voice, then pointed to his temple and said, "Press here, please."

Kushina felt extremely ashamed and indignant when Shirakumo Yosuke spoke, but she still held back.

He reached out and pressed on Shirakumo Yosuke's temples, then slowly began to massage.

As for Shiraku Yosuke, he slowly began to enjoy it.

"Phew, that was really enjoyable."

The room fell silent immediately, except for a blushing, embarrassed, red-haired woman giving a massage; there was virtually no other noise.

After an unknown amount of time, the door was suddenly pushed open with a creak.

Samui walked in carrying a stack of documents and said expressionlessly, "Lord Yosuke, these are the documents that need to be processed yesterday and today."

Before he could finish speaking, Samui saw what was happening inside the house.

"W-Why did you suddenly push the door open and come in?"

Kushina was so ashamed that she was seen doing this by outsiders that she didn't even greet Shirakumo Yosuke. She immediately released her chakra and returned to the sealed space inside Shirakumo Yosuke's body.

Kushina's sudden disappearance caused Shirakumo Yosuke to bury his face in the sofa cushions. After getting up, he rubbed his face and said, "Why did that girl suddenly run away?"

Samui: "."

(End of this chapter)