Naruto, my father's name is Uchiha Madara.

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Kushina's anger flared up amidst the sudden, scalding embrace and heart-wrenching cries.

It was like being doused with a bucket of cold water, and with a hiss, it went out most of the time.

The hardened defenses softened instantly.

Her stiff body slowly relaxed, and her hands, which had been on her hips, hesitated for a moment.

Finally, with a barely perceptible tremor, it gently landed on Naruto's blond hair, which was as dazzling as her husband's.

One stroke after another, clumsy yet full of belated tenderness.

"Silly boy..."

Kushina's voice lowered, with a barely perceptible sob, and her eyes welled up with tears.

Feeling her real, living son in her arms, her anger about instant noodles and not taking showers was temporarily suppressed by her overwhelming maternal love.

Minato stood to the side, watching the mother and child embrace, his eyes filled with relief and emotion, a gentle smile on his lips.

Even the Nine-Tailed Fox, lying in the distance with a bruised and swollen face, showed a hint of gentleness in its huge beast eyes.

However, this heartwarming scene of maternal love and filial piety lasted for less than three minutes.

Kushina gently patted Naruto's back, but her keen senses caught a glimpse of something...

The taste wasn't very pleasant.

She frowned slightly and subconsciously took a deep breath—

A mixture of barbecue grease, sweat, and...

A faint, musty smell, typical of teenage boys, that comes from not being cleaned for a long time.

It clearly penetrated her nasal cavity.

The anger that had just been extinguished reignited like wildfire, as if doused with gasoline, and burned even more fiercely!

"Naruto—!!!"

A roar, even more penetrating than before and filled with unbelievable anger and disappointment, once again resounded throughout the sealed space.

Naruto's ears were ringing from the powerful "Lion's Roar" that was so close at hand, and he instinctively wanted to let go, cover his head, and run away.

But Kushina would never give him that chance.

She grabbed Naruto's shoulders with both hands and pulled him out of her arms.

Fixed an arm's length in front of me, those azure eyes, now burning with raging flames.

It scanned Naruto up and down like a searchlight.

"You! You! Did you go to bed without showering last night?! Huh?!"

Kushina's voice rose to an extremely high pitch, each word like a hammer blow to Naruto's forehead: "I can smell it even through the sealed dimension! The smell of barbecue, the smell of sweat... Are you growing mushrooms on your own body?!"

Naruto immediately shrank back, his eyes darting around.

Feeling guilty, she dared not look her mother in the eye: "Uh... well... I was too tired yesterday, and I ate a lot, so I just lay down and fell asleep..."

"Too tired? Or did you eat too much?"

Kushina's voice rose dangerously, "Is that a reason?!"

"As a ninja, you can't even manage basic personal hygiene?!"

"Look at your hair! It's all matted! And your collar!"

She stretched out her finger, almost poking the collar of the shirt conjured by Naruto's consciousness: "How long has it been since you changed your clothes?! Huh?!"

Naruto wished he could bury his head in the ground, and could only manage a whispered explanation: "...Yes...I did wash it...it's just that sometimes training goes too late..."

"Too late? Does training too late mean you can be sloppy?!"

Kushina unleashed her full power, giving Naruto no chance to breathe: "And another thing! Minato told me everything! Did you use all the allowance the Third Hokage gave you to buy those fancy limited-edition instant noodles?! They're piled up all over the house?!"

Mentioning this only fueled Kushina's anger, and she waved her fingers excitedly: "Instant noodles! Instant noodles! Instant noodles again! Can't you eat something decent for once?!"

"Didn't the ramen shop owner tell you that nutrition needs to be balanced?! What good are those vegetable and meat buns?! You're still growing, you idiot son!"

"Do you want to be a bean sprout for the rest of your life?! Look at your skinny frame! You're nowhere near as good as Minato was back then!"

She grew angrier and angrier, speaking at a rapid-fire pace, her spittle almost spraying onto Naruto's face:

"Not showering! Poor hygiene! Wasting money! Unhealthy diet! Irregular sleep schedule!"

"Naruto! Tell me, besides fighting and playing pranks, what else can you do?! Huh?! Is this how you take care of yourself?!"

"You did right...you did right..."

Kushina's voice choked, and she didn't finish her sentence, but everyone understood the unspoken meaning—

Do you think you deserve the life your father and I risked our lives for?!

Naruto was so scolded that he felt dizzy and his ears were ringing. He felt even more tired than if he had been tortured by Madara's special training all day.

Subconsciously, driven by a survival instinct, he turned his pleading gaze to the other three "parents" present.

Minato received his son's pitiful look and opened his mouth.

His face showed sympathy that seemed to say "Son, I understand you" and a hesitant expression that seemed to say "Wife, calm down."

He took a half step forward, trying to speak: "Um, Kushina, Naruto, he actually..."

Before he could finish speaking, Kushina gave him a sharp, piercing glare.

That look clearly conveyed: "You dare to speak up for him?!"

The water gate was instantly frozen in place.

With an extremely awkward and helpless smile on his face, he silently and very slowly pulled back the foot that had stepped out.

He put his hands behind his back, looked up at the sky, and pretended to study the patterns on the ceiling.

Well, my own father is dead.

Seeing that his father was useless, Naruto looked at Kurama, who was lying on the ground.

The giant fox received the signal, its enormous beastly eyes meeting Naruto's azure eyes.

A hint of schadenfreude flashed in the Nine-Tails' eyes, as if to say, "You deserve it, kid."

Then a hint of sympathy, as if they were in the same boat, was revealed.

But the next moment, it immediately turned its head and buried its swollen face deep into its two huge front paws.

It makes a deliberately drawn-out, even "snoring...snoring..." sound.

It was as if I had instantly fallen into a deep sleep, oblivious to everything around me.

It's a pro at playing dead!

With no other option, Naruto could only timidly look at Madara, who sat atop the Nine-Tails' head, eyes closed as if in a divine state, clinging to his last glimmer of hope.

Grandpa Ban remained unmoved, not even lifting his eyelids, as if all the noise below had nothing to do with him.

He even adjusted his posture to sit more steadily and detachedly.

That cold, stern profile clearly said: Kid, solve your own problems and don't disturb this old man's peaceful cultivation.

Faced with the enraged Kushina, the three "fathers" collectively chose to remain silent and protect themselves!

Naruto felt a surge of emotion and happiness upon seeing his mother.

At this moment, like a punctured balloon, it deflated rapidly with a "pop," replaced by an overwhelming sense of fear and helplessness.

Mom...that's terrifying!

It's even more terrifying than Ban's ultimate training!

Help! Someone please save me!

The little voice inside Naruto's head was screaming and rolling around in a frenzy.

Kushina clearly saw Naruto's pitiful, helpless look in his eyes.

And the other three "guardians" tacitly pretended to be deaf and dumb.

Kushina continued to give Naruto a "profound lecture".

Chapter 254 Naruto: Pain and pleasure intertwined!

When his consciousness was forcibly pulled back to reality, Naruto almost sat up abruptly, his heart still pounding wildly from the "storm" in his consciousness the previous night.

Outside the window, the sky above Konoha was just beginning to lighten with the first hint of dawn.

He subconsciously touched his head—

The big bump from my mom's punch still seemed to throb faintly in my mind.

Not to mention the "loving nagging" that lasted almost the entire night and was comparable to an S-class illusion.

Even now, those voices are still buzzing in his head.

"Not showering! Eating instant noodles! Unhygienic! Wasting money!..."

Kushina's powerful, exasperated roar still seemed to echo in my ears.

Naruto shook his head, trying to dispel the "demonic sounds".

A sudden wave of intense dizziness nearly caused him to fall back onto the bed.

"Ugh... Mom... that's terrifying..."

Naruto let out a wail, rubbing his incredibly sore eyes.

Looking at the small round mirror on the bedside table—

Oops! Good guy!

The person in the mirror had two huge, bluish-purple "panda eyes" that looked just like those of a nine-tailed fox.

With heavy eye bags and hair as messy as a bird's nest, he exuded a listless aura as if he had been completely drained and his soul had left his body.

This is absolutely a physical manifestation of the psychological torture inflicted upon us!

However, the next second, he looked at his disheveled appearance in the mirror.