Inside Konoha Hospital.
Wearing a white coat, Shizune handed Tsunade the report from the third examination. Tsunade glanced at the results, which were no different from the previous two, then turned to Kushina, who had followed Shizune out of the ward with worry written all over her face. "Naruto is perfectly healthy. He's just in a deep coma."
"Really, Lady Tsunade? Then why is Naruto unconscious? Why hasn't he woken up yet? Minato, didn't you say..."
"Kushina, calm down first. Maybe Naruto's case is unusual and needs further examination."
Minato, who had already emerged from Naruto's body and taken physical form again, reassured her, then gave Shizune a meaningful look.
Shizune understood and quickly stepped over to help soothe the still deeply anxious Kushina.
Meanwhile, Minato quietly asked Tsunade, "Lady Tsunade, while I was inside Naruto, I kept protecting his consciousness. His consciousness really did start to scatter for an instant, and at one point it even vanished. That's definitely not something 'perfectly healthy' can explain."
"That may be true, but ever since you brought him here, I haven't found anything wrong with his body... Wait, Minato, are you questioning my abilities? I can stake my dignity as a medical ninja on this: Naruto is perfectly healthy!"
"No, no! I absolutely wasn't trying to question you, Lady Tsunade."
Tsunade furrowed her brows, and Minato waved his hands frantically, insisting that he did not doubt her skills in the slightest.
Tsunade had wanted to explain further, but after glancing at Kushina's eyes, nearly red from crying, she sighed instead. Without disputing Minato's account, she turned to Shizune. "Since they're still worried, run some more tests."
"Um... We've already run every test we can. We even checked for unrelated conditions like athlete's foot and bad breath..."
Shizune looked thoroughly troubled.
"Then run