Chapter 333 Forty-Nine Days
Before he could finish, Uchiha Mikoto exclaimed anxiously, "What side effect? Where do you feel uncomfortable…?"
Uchiha Fugaku patted Mikoto's shoulder and reassured her, "Listen to me first."
Mikoto barely managed to calm down as Fugaku continued, "The side effect is that I won't be able to use chakra for forty-nine days. Other than that, there's nothing else, so don't worry. It's just that I can't use chakra, so you can go tell Uzumaki Kushina that resurrecting Namikaze Minato will have to be delayed for a while."
"Phew… thankfully it's only forty-nine days without chakra."
Uchiha Mikoto finally let out a long breath of relief. But then she suddenly thought of something and quickly asked, "Husband, isn't the village currently gathering intelligence about another world? Will you being unable to use chakra affect things there?"
Fugaku had never hidden matters related to the other world from Mikoto.
At present, only the high-ranking officials of Konohagakure and the intelligence department knew about this matter. Ordinary people hadn't even heard a thing.
Fugaku had naturally taken this into account, which was precisely why he said it would only be forty-nine days.
A month and a half simply wasn't enough time for the intelligence department to gather substantial information there anyway.
Before Uchiha Setsuna left, Fugaku had instructed him to register as an adventurer at the Adventurers' Guild, accept missions, accumulate wealth, familiarize himself with the guild's operations, and raise his adventurer rank.
There was a long-term mission in the system: establish an Adventurers' Guild with ten Silver-ranked adventurers.
Half of the intelligence department had gone with Uchiha Setsuna, including several jōnin, so reaching Silver rank shouldn't be difficult.
Although Fugaku hadn't personally witnessed the strength of Silver-ranked adventurers in the goblin world yet, based on what he remembered, he estimated they were roughly equivalent to chūnin in the shinobi world.
"Unless something unexpected happens, it shouldn't affect things over there."
Hearing Fugaku's answer, Uchiha Mikoto finally relaxed.
"That's good. Then I'll go tell Kushina."
"Mhm. Go ahead."
"Sorry, Kushina. The price for resurrecting you is that Fugaku can't use chakra for forty-nine days, so resurrecting Minato will have to wait for now."
Kushina waved her hand dismissively. "It's fine, it's fine. Don't apologize. I don't even know how to thank you all."
Uchiha Mikoto smiled. "What's there to thank? We're good sisters."
At that moment, Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Sasuke also returned from buying groceries.
The two brothers appeared empty-handed, as if they had brought nothing back at all.
But that wasn't the case.
"Kaa-san, everything's here. Take a look."
Uchiha Itachi took out a storage scroll and said.
"Good. You two come help Kaa-san wash the vegetables."
Uchiha Mikoto took the scroll and walked into the kitchen.
"Auntie, I'll help too!"
Naruto tried to get up from Kushina's arms. Seeing how considerate he was, Kushina didn't stop him and instead felt deeply pleased.
"No, no, Naruto. You stay here and keep your mom company. Itachi and Sasuke are enough to help me."
Uchiha Mikoto said with a smile.
Naruto hesitated.
On one side was his mother, whom he had just been reunited with. On the other was the aunt who had taken such good care of him for over a year.
Kushina smiled and gently patted his arm. "Go on, Naruto. Kaa-san will go with you."
She stood up energetically and walked toward the kitchen. "Mikoto, Naruto and I are coming to help cook!"
Naruto's eyes immediately lit up. A bright smile spread across his face as he followed closely behind her into the kitchen.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Uchiha Mikoto said, "Sasuke, go see who it is. Is it Izumi-neechan?"
Sasuke ran over, peeked outside, and sure enough, it was Izumi.
"Izumi-neechan!"
"Sasuke."
Uchiha Izumi smiled and walked toward the kitchen.
"Sasuke, is Auntie in the kitchen?"
"She is." Sasuke stepped aside to let her in.
Fugaku's kitchen was quite spacious. Even with six people inside, it didn't feel crowded at all.
"Auntie~"
After greeting Uchiha Mikoto, Uchiha Izumi noticed the unfamiliar red-haired beauty beside her and politely greeted her, "Hello, older sister."
Then, out of habit, Uchiha Izumi walked over to Uchiha Itachi, poked his waist lightly, and whispered, "Itachi, who is this older sister?"
Before Itachi could answer, Kushina burst into laughter.
She patted Mikoto's shoulder and laughed loudly. "Mikoto, did you hear that? She called me older sister! Hahaha!"
Uchiha Izumi's face flushed red.
Shouldn't she be called older sister?
This red-haired woman didn't look old at all.
Is she Auntie's relative?
A sudden sense of vigilance rose in Uchiha Izumi's heart. Could this older sister be here for Itachi?
Seeing such a beautiful woman appear in Itachi's home out of nowhere, Uchiha Izumi's mind was in complete chaos.
Uchiha Mikoto rolled her eyes at Kushina. Was this really something to be so proud of?
She smiled and said, "Izumi, this is my best friend and Naruto's mother. You can call her Auntie."
"Kushina, this is the most beautiful child in our clan—Uchiha Izumi."
As she spoke, she leaned closer and whispered softly into Kushina's ear, "She's my future daughter-in-law. How is it? My judgment's not bad, right?"
Kushina's eyes instantly lit up.
Daughter-in-law?
So this meant she was Itachi's girlfriend?
With a radiant smile, Kushina said, "Hello, Izumi. I'm Naruto's Kaa-san. Thank you for taking such good care of Naruto before."
She had noticed earlier how naturally Naruto called her Izumi-neechan. His smile had been genuine—it was obvious Izumi treated him very well. And since Mikoto approved of her, that made her family.
"Ah… hello, Auntie."
Uchiha Izumi greeted her again, then suddenly froze.
Naruto's mother?
She finally reacted.
Naruto's mother was the Fourth Hokage's wife—the former Nine-Tails Jinchūriki, Uzumaki Kushina.
But hadn't she died together with the Fourth Hokage during the Nine-Tails incident?
Why—
Sensing Izumi's shock and confusion, Uchiha Mikoto explained calmly, "Actually, Kushina didn't die during the Nine-Tails incident. She was severely injured and recuperated outside the village. She only returned to Konohagakure today."
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