Lost Another Mom

Under the shade of a tree, the girl's blonde hair fluttered in the breeze.

Her turquoise eyes stared fixedly at Naruto. At that moment, her mind had practically crashed, and she was completely dumbfounded. Finally, she raised her voice and blurted out, "Huh?"

"What did you mean by what you just said?"

But it seemed a little too late to ask now.

Naruto Uzumaki had already burst out laughing. Having gotten the answer he wanted, he had no intention of enduring Ino's ensuing fury, so he leaped straight onto the roof of a nearby house.

Then he turned back with a grin and said to Ino, "You already agreed, so see you tomorrow, Ino Mom~!"

"What did I agree to?"

"Bastard, do you even know what you're saying?"

"Do you know what you're calling me?!"

Ino was starting to lose it as she fired off one question after another. She had never expected things to turn out like this, and hurried after him as she continued, "You just called my mom Mom, and now you're calling me Mom too. Are you an idiot?!!"

"Hehe, I don't care. You already agreed anyway."

Naruto shrugged, then vanished from Ino's sight. "From now on, you have to fulfill a mother's duties. Spoil me, love me, protect me. Give me food first whenever there's food, and give me money first whenever there's money."

With his speed, it was simply impossible for Ino to catch him.

Only his voice lingered by Ino's ears.

Ino stared at Naruto's vanished figure from behind, nearly going insane. She could not understand what Naruto's whole stunt was supposed to mean.

After thinking about it for ages without figuring it out, Ino finally snapped and cursed.

"Bastard!"

"Idiot!"

"Asshole!"

He called my mom Mom, and now he's calling me Mom too. What does that even mean?

It made no sense!

[Oh~ my dear Ino Mom, you and your mother have both fallen for the schemes of the sinister and cunning Naruto Uzumaki. His goal was never to become your boyfriend, but to make you his mom!]

[Mom, Mom, congratulations to little Naruto on finding another new mom.]

Hehe, the plan had succeeded. He had acknowledged two moms today. This was an absolute blood profit among blood profits.

A month of fishing, and it was not a loss!

Just as Naruto was celebrating, an unexpected change suddenly occurred.

[Assessment complete. Ino Yamanaka possesses above-average looks, an above-average figure, excellent strength, an excellent personality, and a top-tier family background. She is an A-rank Mom.]

[Mother's Protection +2!]

[Current remaining Mother's Protection: 9 layers.]

[Mom Coins +20!]

[Current remaining Mom Coins: 48.]

[Maintain this relationship. As long as the relationship remains unbroken, you can still obtain 2 Mom Coins every day.]

Hmm?

Seeing the system's evaluation of Ino Yamanaka, Naruto froze for a moment. He clearly remembered that Ino had previously been rated B-rank. How had she become A-rank now?

When he raised this question, the system did not hide the answer and make him guess. It told him the truth.

[A lovestruck fool obsessed with others has a serious personality flaw. But a lovestruck fool obsessed with herself naturally becomes a virtue.]

[Ding!]

[An unexpected situation has occurred!]

[B-rank Mom "Ino Yamanaka"'s original life trajectory has changed, and she has been upgraded into an A-rank Mom.]

[Obtained an additional 100 Mom Coins!]

[Current remaining Mom Coins: 148.]

Alright, alright, so this was possible too!

Naruto immediately grew excited. So moms could be upgraded. As long as all their original shortcomings were improved, they could evolve, right?

He already had five moms now: four A-rank ones and one B-rank one.

He could obtain nine Mom Coins a day now, which was practically enough for one draw a day.

If he raised all of his moms to the highest rank, would that not be an absolute jackpot? The Mom Coins he could earn every day alone would be enough to make Naruto ecstatic.

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. Naruto immediately summoned the system's lottery wheel to test his luck.

The first draw.

[Congratulations, Host. You have obtained the C-rank reward "Lightning Release: Lightning Ball."]

Well, that was a great start. His first draw had given him a ninjutsu, and Naruto was delighted.

But his good fortune did not last. The next twelve draws gave him nothing but money or food, all worthless D-rank rewards. Those things had been useful before, but ever since Hinata Mom had given him 1.5 million ryō and Yugao Mom had started taking care of him at home, they were not all that useful anymore.

He could only toss them all into the system space for storage and see whether they might come in handy later.

It was not until the final draw that his luck changed again, and he obtained a B-rank reward.

[Congratulations, Host. You have obtained the B-rank reward "Physical Enhancement." Current remaining Mom Coins: 8. You can no longer continue drawing.]

[63 draws remain until the guaranteed A-rank reward!]

Gasp~!

The lottery did not matter anymore. What Naruto Uzumaki wanted to know was whether this Physical Enhancement was the serious kind.

[That's right, it's the kind you're imagining. A comprehensive boost in every aspect~!]

Oh~!

You rascal, are you saying it really was the kind I was imagining?

When he felt the fatigue accumulated over the entire day suddenly vanish, and endless strength seemed to surge through every limb and bone—

At that moment, he knew clearly that his attack power, critical-hit power, and even endurance had all received a significant boost.

Feeling so refreshed, Naruto could not help revealing a blissful smile.

[Shouldn't it be this character for "sexual" instead?]

Oh, you! What are you saying? How embarrassing!

You have no shame at all!

After responding to the system, Naruto decided to use Mikoto Mom to test his endurance.

Sasuke Uchiha had not fulfilled today's bet yet. He would run all the way to the Uchiha residence in one go and see whether he would even be out of breath!

The Uchiha family was having dinner at the time.

"Sasuke, how did your duel with Naruto go today? Did you lose or win?" At Mikoto Uchiha's insistence, Fugaku Uchiha no longer referred to Naruto as the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki.

"You definitely lost again."

A mother knew her son best. Seeing her younger son burying his head in his food, Mikoto Uchiha had already guessed what had happened. If Sasuke had won, his tail would probably have been sticking up in the sky already.

How could he possibly have stayed silent for so long?

Seeing that her son remained silent, Mikoto Uchiha could not resist gently patting his head.

"Losing is just losing. It's no big deal. Don't lose heart. Just win it back next time."

But strangely, Sasuke Uchiha was not encouraged by Mikoto Uchiha's words. Instead, his expression grew even worse.

The mist in his eyes gathered thicker and thicker.

It seemed as though he might burst into tears at any moment.

"Sasuke... didn't just lose the duel," Itachi Uchiha interjected.

He had lost Mom again!

Hearing that, Fugaku Uchiha and Mikoto Uchiha both wore puzzled expressions as they turned to Itachi Uchiha.

"Uh..." Itachi Uchiha paused, looking at Sasuke, who had suddenly reached out and grabbed him. He chose not to continue.

Forget it.

He had already brought Sasuke back, so they should just pretend that bet never happened!

Though he also wanted Sasuke to grow stronger and defeat Naruto Uzumaki head-on with his own strength, making Mom go live with Naruto Uzumaki just because he lost was far too absurd.

But at that moment, a boy's voice suddenly rang out from the courtyard.

"Mikoto Mom, I'm here to take you home!"

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