"Mom's amazing—she actually became the Dragon Vein Jinchuriki!"
After Soji fell silent, Naruto let out that sigh of admiration.
Soji: "..."
Shouldn't I be the amazing one?
I was the one who revived Kushina, then obtained the Dragon Vein from Queen Sara through a deal, and finally injected it into your mom's body, okay?!
"Whew, now I can finally stop worrying about all that."
After learning that both his father and mother were safe, Naruto finally let out a long breath.
To Naruto, this was already the best possible outcome!
Seeing the gentle expression on Naruto's face and that he had no intention of asking anything else, Soji could not help shaking his head helplessly again.
"What? Is knowing about Minato and Kushina enough for you? Aren't you curious about how the you from that other time-space lived?"
Soji asked with a teasing grin.
"Since my dad and mom were alive, and Uncle Soji was there too, then I'm sure the me from that time-space must have lived well, right?"
With a soft chuckle, Naruto spread his arms and leaned back against the sofa behind him, tilting his head up toward the ceiling.
For Naruto, this was something he could figure out without even needing to guess.
Or rather, the reason Naruto did not want to ask was because he feared that, after learning how much better the other version of himself had lived, he would become jealous.
Thinking about it, he had grown up without parents, treated by the villagers as a fox demon, with everyone keeping their distance from him.
But the him from that other time-space must have been different!
Even if his parents had not been by his side at first, Uncle Soji must have been watching over him all along.
Otherwise, how could the man