How should he put this?
Minato Namikaze's gaze flickered as he struggled to find the words.
If he had not seen the "original future" foretold by the Great Toad Sage, he would not have been so worried.
But after experiencing memories that felt like a real life...
It was as though he had begun a "Second Playthrough."
In that future he had observed, everything had felt so real.
Including falling in love with Kushina, becoming the Fourth Hokage, Kushina becoming pregnant, and giving birth to... Naruto.
Naruto...
Naruto Uzumaki, his child.
It was as though he truly existed...
"Minato."
Just as Minato Namikaze sank into his memories, a noble and composed female voice rang out.
Then, a woman with an elegant bearing and indescribable beauty emerged from the house.
She had the same vivid red hair as Kushina, though hers was tied into two buns behind her head.
Wrapped in white robes, she seemed ethereal, like a celestial goddess.
This breathtakingly beautiful and noble woman, who looked to be in her twenties or thirties, was one of the symbols of the shift from the "original future" toward a "new future."
"Lord Mito..."
Minato Namikaze immediately lowered his head and respectfully murmured her title.
The First Hokage's wife, Uzumaki Mito, who should have died.
After having the tailed beast extracted from her back then, she had somehow survived.
Why?
The Stunning Uzumaki Mito!? Uzumaki Mito!
"Lord Mito, I have always had a question... Please forgive my boldness, but... how did you survive after the tailed beast was extracted from you back then...?"
Minato Namikaze took a deep breath and asked solemnly.
According to the "original future" observed by the Great Toad Sage, Uzumaki Mito should have died after the Nine-Tails was extracted from her.
The Nine-Tails had been sealed into a