Sarada jumped off her cushion in shock.
"W-w-w... wait a minute! What's going on?! Uncle Naruto, are you joking?? Chakra Fruits? We're ninja who don't even qualify as Earth Shinobi yet! How c-c-could we eat Chakra Fruits when only Heaven Shinobi can eat them?! Uncle, please stop scaring us!"
Hitomi said calmly, "Yes, even if someone were to eat them, it shouldn't be us. Grandpa Tobirama and Grandpa Minato are both genuine Heaven Shinobi. You shouldn't deliberately raise us to a level we don't belong at just because I'm your son and Sarada is Uncle Sasuke's daughter. We wouldn't feel right accepting them."
Sarada was impressed. I overreacted just now. Hitomi really is more mature. He got straight to the heart of the matter...
"Y-yes, exactly... Uncle Naruto, please reconsider!"
Naruto smiled. "No, you've both misunderstood. I'm not giving you special treatment because you're my and Sasuke's children. It's because you really are the best candidates to eat the Chakra Fruits."
Hitomi said, "Why is that, Father? I don't understand."
Naruto said, "Hitomi, you've already awakened your Mangekyō Sharingan, haven't you?"
After a brief pause, Hitomi nodded. "Yes. During last year's Grand Martial Arts Tournament, when Dog Ears... Momoshiki and Kinshiki attacked, I saw Mitsuki get hurt protecting me, and then..."
"You should have a good grasp of the dōjutsu your Mangekyō Sharingan developed, shouldn't you?"
"Ah..." Hitomi immediately realized something.
The instant his eyes had awakened, he had responded to his intense emotions by unleashing a certain technique on Momoshiki right in front of him.
He had learned what happened afterward from Hokage Kakashi, who had gone to take down the pair.
That technique had caused Momoshiki, who had eaten Kinshiki in the previous life, to willingly sacrifice himself and let Kinshiki devour him instead.
Dōjutsu: Ayekashi.
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