Small island, stone house.
Minato Namikaze lay on the bed with his eyes tightly shut. Kushina sat beside him, gazing at him with a gentle expression.
Karin stood nearby, clutching Kushina's hair, looking somewhat dazed.
So I have family too... Uzumaki Kushina, what a lovely name!
Then she thought of Uchiha Sasuke outside. With those two around, her heart felt even sweeter, happier.
Houka stood nearby, looking at Kushina's tender expression as he said with a smile, "Stop showing off your affection. There's a child here."
Kushina shot him a sidelong glare, her eyes brimming with killing intent. But when her gaze fell on Karin, it immediately softened. The more she looked at her, the more she liked her. Then she thought, Naruto should be about the same age as Karin now that he's grown up. Hmm...
The moment Houka saw that look in her eyes, he knew something was wrong. He hurriedly interrupted her fantasies. "Naruto actually... oh, no, Karin. Karin already has someone she likes, right?"
Karin nodded instinctively.
The moment Kushina saw that, she immediately knew she had awakened too late. Her daughter-in-law was gone.
It was all Houka's fault!
Yet, looking at Houka's resolute, mature face, she simply could not bring herself to call him "brat."
Sleeping for fourteen years had truly changed too many things. She was not quite used to it.
"So Minato can't wake up because he was frozen for too long, is that right?"
Kushina turned to look at Minato Namikaze's peaceful face and smiled. "I believe he'll definitely wake up."
Houka asked, "Won't you try any other treatment?"
Kushina already knew that she had been revived through the forbidden technique One's Own Life Reincarnation. But since Minato had not died, there was naturally no need for One's Own Life Reincarnation. They