"That was a meaningful home visit."
In the real world, Takemi slowly opened his eyes.
He saw Naruto still with his eyes tightly shut, his expression a mix of pain and extreme happiness.
Takemi nodded because when he came out, he saw Kushina deliver a punch to Naruto's head.
"This counts as making up for his missing childhood, hmm."
Takemi nodded contentedly, suddenly feeling like he was a noble person.
Letting Naruto experience a 'relatively complete' childhood wasn't a bad thing.
"Senpai, is it resolved?"
Just then, Karin's timid voice rang out, and Takemi stood up, smiling and nodding.
"It's resolved. You've worked hard."
"No problem!"
Karin giggled, while Takemi rubbed his chin, thought for a moment, and spoke, "I think I've found a teacher for you, a teacher more suitable for you than Tsunade."
"Eh?"
Karin was a bit confused, but Takemi just smiled indifferently.
He placed his hands on Naruto and Karin, and in an instant, they were already inside Naruto's house.
At this point, he continued to smile and said, "Please tell Hokage-sama that the Chakra within Naruto has awakened. Oh, and make it clear it's not the Nine-Tails. They'll understand."
"Oh."
Karin was a bit puzzled but still nodded, and Takemi pondered for a moment before adding, "Oh, and by the way, ask Hokage-sama to call Inoichi-san. His jutsu should be able to help you and them enter Naruto's mindscape smoothly."
"Eh?"
Karin looked bewildered.
Enter Naruto's mindscape? What did that mean?
But she didn't ask further, just nodded, then looked curiously at Naruto.
"What's wrong with him?"
"Him..."
Takemi chuckled, looking at Naruto's pained yet happy expression, and nodded with satisfaction.
"He's probably experiencing a complete childhood, if nothing unexpected has happened."
"…"
Karin didn't quite understand what Takemi meant by 'complete childhood,' and Naruto's expression was particularly strange.
But she felt that what Takemi said must be correct, this should be a good thing.
"But, senpai, where are you going?"
"What comes next isn't suitable for me to participate in, but it's very suitable for you."
Takemi shrugged. He felt that he shouldn't appear again.
For the meeting between the middle-aged and old folks, he, the young one, wouldn't participate, especially since after getting the reward, he also needed to figure out what to do next.
"Asura's Chakra, huh, that's pretty good."
Takemi had recently acquired too much of the 'Yin Release' type and Tailed Beast Chakra.
He genuinely missed the feeling of constantly acquiring 'Yang Release' Chakra back then, and now another one had finally appeared.
Although all these Chakras boosted his development, there were still some differences in their compatibility.
"Remember what I told you. I'm going to train."
"Oh."
Karin nodded, not understanding, while Takemi had already vanished from his spot.
In the next instant, he appeared in a training ground in Konoha. After confirming no one was around, he created a God Tree Clone.
"You stay here and practice Wood Release, and also continue to perfect your Storm Release."
"I understand. Be careful on the moon yourself."
"It shouldn't be a big problem. I'll be going now."
With another surge of Chakra, he vanished once more in an instant, reappearing in a valley.
He looked up, his gaze fixed on the sky. It was still daytime, and although he could feel the power of the moon surging, he didn't act rashly.
"When the moon comes out, I'll activate the power of that Tenseigan to send myself up."
Thinking this, he slowly walked into the valley.
He discovered that there wasn't just one passage from the moon to the Ninja World.
The passage Naruto and the others used was just one of them. Takemi chose the one closest to him.
"This should be about it, then…"
He scanned his surroundings, looked up at the sky, nodded, and then sat down cross-legged.
There was still some time until the moon appeared, so now was a good time to properly absorb the 'Yang Release' Chakra he had obtained from Naruto.
...
"Minato… it's really you!"
Naruto's mental space was now crowded with people.
Hiruzen, Kakashi, and Jiraiya, who had just returned from Mount Myōboku, all looked at Minato and Kushina with disbelief.
Tsunade and Inoichi were both somewhat dazed, especially Inoichi, who had never expected such a turn of events.
"Fourth Hokage…"
He swallowed hard, then looked at Hashirama and Tobirama on the other side.
"First Hokage and Second Hokage-sama?"
He now felt that this world was a bit crazy. Why were all these deceased people suddenly appearing?
But he didn't dare say anything, while Hashirama and Tobirama were observing Minato.
"Is that the Fourth Hokage?"
"He's so young, died a bit early, didn't he?"
"If you can't speak properly, don't speak, alright!"
"Tch, I'm happy that the village has been passed down to the Fourth Hokage."
"He's already dead…"
Tobirama looked at his elder brother with a pained expression. Why was he so foolish?
On their other side, Naruto rubbed his forehead, curiously looking at Karin.
"Why did you come in too? And them…"
"Senpai told me to do this."
Karin snorted and spoke, but then looked at Naruto with some curiosity.
"Why do you look so miserable?"
"It's all that bastard Takemi's fault!"
Naruto rubbed his head in distress. He found that his mother's temper seemed to be a bit bad.
But for some reason, he was still very happy, though as soon as he thought of Takemi, his face was filled with pain again.
"Damn it, is this how a home visit is supposed to be? I even got beaten up!"
"You still have the nerve to say that?!"
Right at that moment, Kushina, from a distance, heard him and immediately roared.
"Once I'm done with this, I'll deal with you again."
"…"
Naruto dared not speak, and even Minato next to him broke into a cold sweat, while Jiraiya gulped hard.
Kushina's personality hadn't changed at all…
"Inoichi, please take care of those two children for now."
Hiruzen rubbed his brow. He guessed Takemi's purpose in having Karin come in, but now he had more important matters to attend to.
"Minato, it's been a long time. In a blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed. Back then, I…"
"Third Hokage-sama, this isn't your fault. It was my own choice."
Minato shook his head and said with a smile, "And it's fine now. Takemi stabilized my and Kushina's Chakra, so we can spend time with Naruto."
"Sensei…"
Kakashi was still emotional. He opened his mouth, unsure what to say, while Jiraiya sighed.
"Minato, perhaps I shouldn't have left Konoha back then, and that guy from back then, we also…"