The Choice at the Start

He had sensed something was wrong long ago, but he had kept quiet. He had been too afraid to say anything.

He was terrified that bringing it up might make his mother leave him too.

But now, looking at his mother's skin, no different from his own, feeling her warmth, smelling her scent...

Everything told him that his mother was a normal person. A living, breathing person.

"Yes! Yes! Mom's been alive all along!" Reiko Uzumaki wept with joy.

"Brother-in-law, thank you so much!" Reiko Uzumaki said from the bottom of her heart.

"Naruto! Hurry up and bow to your uncle-in-law!"

Thud!

Without the slightest hesitation, Naruto dropped to his knees before Liuyun.

"Thank you, Uncle-in-law!" he said earnestly.

"It's nothing! We're family, no need to thank me!" Liuyun shook his head, then looked at Reiko Uzumaki with a frown.

"Don't worry about Minato. Within five years at most, I'll make him like you, and your family will be reunited!"

"Mm!" Reiko Uzumaki no longer knew what to say. She could only keep nodding.

Her family owed Liuyun more than they could ever repay.

Just then, Sasuke and Sakura came running over in a hurry.

They immediately spotted Naruto and his mother, who looked different now.

Sasuke had met this woman a few times. Even without Naruto saying anything, he had known something was wrong.

But he had never expected her to become just like a living person. At the thought, Sasuke's eyes burned with excitement.

"Please take me as your disciple!" With that, he dropped to his knees.

"The Uchiha Clan... Fugaku's son..."

Liuyun murmured, and Sasuke trembled. A fierce excitement lit his eyes.

"You knew my father?"

"I have deep ties to the Uchiha Clan. Unfortunately, someone else is meant to be your master! He'll come and take