"Land of Waves... It seems they want to negotiate with us in a neutral small country. Terumi Mei, should we go?"
Terumi Mei thought for a moment and resolutely said, "Of course we should go, but before that, I must inform Marshal. The Konoha Ninja may know who the mastermind behind controlling the Fourth Generation Mizukage is. We must get information from them... Let's head back first."
They had just discovered that the Fourth Generation Mizukage was controlled by Illusion Technique, and they only told those they could trust, without broadcasting it widely.
Otherwise, if the Fourth Generation Mizukage noticed, they might be the ones to die instead.
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"Huff~ Huff~...."
In front of the Waterfall of True, Kushina was panting endlessly, exhausted. She used every method, yet not only failed to eliminate her dark self, but almost had her body control usurped by her dark side.
If her dark side seized control, she might unleash the Nine-tailed, realizing those previous grim thoughts.
Kushina stood up and walked away. After strolling on Turtle Island for a while, she heard the crackling sound of lightning.
Following the sound to that place, Kushina saw Uchiha Yoichi training; seated cross-legged on the ground, his body released lightning as thick as forearms, with the surrounding ground scorched black.
Even watching from afar, one could feel the terrifying formidable power.
Soon, the lightning subsided, and Uchiha Yoichi noticed Kushina's arrival. He stopped his training and walked over to her, asking, "Did you succeed?"
"No..."
After Kushina finished, she suddenly thought of something and hurriedly added, "But I'm very close. My dark side is barely holding on."
"Oh... Then keep going. But what brings you here, are you out of supplies? Or worried about Naruto?"
Uchiha Yoichi glanced at his favorability and saw it had returned to the previous level. It seems the Waterfall of True wasn't entirely ineffective; at least after separating from the dark side, things were much more normal.
"No, there's plenty of supplies, enough for a month. As for Naruto... Minami will surely take good care of him. She loves children the most; even though I miss Naruto, with my body full of darkness, I'm not fit to see him..."
Kushina sat leaning against a tree with her arms wrapped around her shoulders, saying that Naruto's innocent laughter made her feel her heart, full of darkness, didn't deserve to hold Naruto.
"Then why did you come to me?"
"...."
Kushina was silent for a while, then slowly spoke, "...Mr. Yoichi, I want to ask, what is the cost of reviving Minato?"
"Why are you still troubled by this? Didn't I tell you the method of revival...?"
Uchiha Yoichi clicked his tongue and said, "Alright, I'll bring you One's Own Life Reincarnation and the Reanimation Jutsu, then you can decide for yourself whether to revive him."
"...I'm not afraid of dying!"
Kushina said loudly, not wanting Uchiha Yoichi to think she was someone who feared death and thus wouldn't revive Minato.
"I know him well; if Minato knew I used my own life to revive him, he certainly wouldn't accept it, very likely...."
Very likely, he wouldn't accept such a revival, which would make it all futile.
"Mr. Yoichi, can you tell me what the cost was for reviving Nawaki? I'm... I'm willing to give everything to make it up to you, even if I have to help you absorb Nine-tailed Chakra every day in the future...."
Reviving Namikaze Minato was likely her obsession, especially after seeing Nawaki, who had been dead for over a decade, appear before her. Though she knew then that Uchiha Yoichi had paid a great price, she wanted to understand clearly...
Her dark side said that if she couldn't accept this truth, she'd never be able to eliminate it; having struggled against her dark side many times, Kushina knew it wasn't lying to her.
So Kushina wanted to get clarity...