Naruto and Sasuke lay in their hospital beds, exchanging helpless, wry smiles.
After Naruto and Sasuke returned to Konoha, Hinata and Neji took them to the hospital, where Tsunade treated them herself. The examination revealed multiple fractures, many of them comminuted, as well as varying degrees of damage to their internal organs. If they had not both possessed sage bodies, they would have died several times over.
Based on the examination results and Tsunade's diagnosis, the initial estimate was that they would need a month to recover fully, even with their sage bodies. Without them, it would have been impossible to say whether they could even be saved, let alone enjoy the luxury of a full recovery.
After their treatment, Minato's and Fugaku's families came to visit them in the hospital. Their mothers, especially Kushina, gave them a thorough dressing-down. They were deeply unhappy with how the two had recklessly endangered themselves, neglected their own health, and gone on such a dangerous venture without considering the family and friends they left behind. Naruto and Sasuke could only keep nodding and admitting their mistakes. Under their mothers' insistence, they then promised never to make the same mistake again.
In the end, Minato and Fugaku could not bear to watch any longer and led Kushina and Mikoto out of the hospital, leaving Naruto and Sasuke some space with their friends. The others came to visit one after another-even Konohamaru stopped by. Only after everyone had left did Naruto and Sasuke exchange helpless, wry smiles.
Naruto said helplessly, "We really got caught off guard this time. I never thought that lunatic Momoshiki would cause such a huge mess at the end. We miscalculated."
Sasuke said, "Actually, our mothers weren't wrong. We were too careless. Next time we meet a lunatic like that, we