"WHAT?!"
Kushina never expected to hear something like that come out of Naruto's mouth.
"Raise them from childhood"… wasn't that the exact kind of sick excuse only a total deviant would make for himself?!
In an instant, the way the three girls looked at Killer B and Naruto violently changed.
No wonder there were rumors in Kumogakure that although the Raikage doted on his younger brother Killer B, he also beat the crap out of him on a regular basis—and even used serious taijutsu every single time!
Looking at it this way, the Raikage was completely right.
Killer B really did need a good, violent shocking!
As for Naruto, Kushina had already made up her mind—she would hand him straight over to Sasuke, who just so happened to specialize in Lightning Release!
Kushina was gradually compromising.
If Naruto actually wanted to be with Sasuke, or with the Nine-Tails, she was no longer going to interfere.
No matter how strange that was, no matter how badly it violently clashed with the values of the new ninja world, that was still their own damn business.
But if Naruto really awakened this kind of sick inclination, then it was no longer just his own business.
That could severely hurt other people! That was genuine moral rot!
At the same time, Kushina was no longer in a damn hurry to make Naruto realize this wasn't a genjutsu.
She needed to completely take advantage of the fact that Naruto thought this was a genjutsu, and so blurted out his innermost thoughts without any filter!
She needed every single hidden thought in his head dragged forcefully into the open.
Only once the problem was fully exposed could it be solved!
Just like now.
If Naruto hadn't mistakenly thought this was a genjutsu, if this highly disturbing side of him hadn't been exposed, and it had just kept darkly lurking there until one day he crossed a line, then it would be far too late!
After having her imagination unfortunately "broadened" by the unhinged Limited Tsukuyomi world, Kushina could all too easily picture all kinds of totally horrific possibilities.
Maybe in that original future—the one Makoto called the Boruto era—Naruto might really have hidden tendencies like this!
Faced with someone like Sarada, who admired him, maybe he would cross a terrible line and then dress it up afterward with some totally absurd excuse…
"NO!" Kushina violently shuddered.
That absolutely COULD NOT be allowed to happen!
She could not let Naruto keep getting more and more unrestrained!
While Kushina's panicked thoughts were spiraling completely out of control, the two sides in front of her were already fiercely facing off.
Killer B was deeply moved that Naruto actually spoke up for him, and he bumped fists with Naruto.
"Naruto, take big bro's place and form a rap duo with me!" Killer B excitedly made his proposal.
Then he leaned in close to Naruto's ear and whispered, "And then we'll beat those two girls in front of us and help you get your pride back."
"Sounds good~" Naruto's eyes lit up at once.
Ignoring the pain in his neck, he struck a ridiculous pose toward Sakura and Ino.
"Bee-ossan and I are the Bee-Man Duo!"
The Bee-Man Duo…
What kind of stupid name was that?! Why did it somehow sound exactly like an insult?!
"I also—"
Smack.
Sakura clenched her fist and just started to respond excitedly when Ino lightly slapped her across the face.
"Calm down, Forehead. You're not seriously thinking we can beat them, are you?" Ino said, patting Sakura's cheek.
"Do you know what two perfect jinchuriki means? Did you forget what Lady Tsunade told us? And these aren't just any tailed beasts. They're the Eight-Tails and the Nine-Tails! Don't get cocky just because we beat a few scrubs during the Chunin Exams."
Ino was very self-aware, and her little slap snapped Sakura right back to her senses.
The two of them currently had about the level of ordinary jonin.
But Naruto and Killer B?
Naruto aside, Killer B was someone who crossed hands with the literal Fourth Hokage during the last great war!
He was Kumogakure's number two, second only to the Raikage himself!
"Then what do we do?" Sakura asked quietly after completely calming down.
After taking the estrogen mix, Sakura really had become much more stable, and she no longer had any arrogant delusions that she somehow caught up to Naruto and Sasuke.
"Leave it to me." Ino shot Sakura a look, then cleared her throat.
She confidently took a kunai from her waist, scratched a white line across it with her fingernail, and called over to Killer B and Naruto:
"Let's have a teamwork contest! Let's see which pair can break this kunai faster and more accurately. How about it?"
"No problem! Naruto and I have even slept side by side on the island—now we'll show you our perfect teamwork—" Killer B agreed without a second of hesitation.
Kushina: "..."
'So that was the sort of cursed thing you were just saying out loud now, huh?!'
"You go first." Ino tossed the kunai over, then ran back into the inn and borrowed a stopwatch from the highly confused owner.
"Naruto, ready? I'll sync with you!" Killer B shouted.
"Bring it on, Bee-ossan!"
The two of them stood confidently on opposite sides of the street.
Killer B threw the kunai high up into the air, and at once giant octopus tentacles burst out behind him as he charged forward with his massive right arm raised!
At the exact same moment, Naruto also rushed in!
BOOM—!
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH—!"
Naruto turned into a screaming shooting star and flew straight into the sky, his voice rapidly growing fainter and fainter!
"NARUTO—! NO—!"
After a moment of stunned, complete disbelief, Killer B desperately reached one hand toward the sky.
He never imagined that Naruto would use so little force!
He hadn't used the Nine-Tails' power!
He hadn't used Sage Mode either!
As someone who trained the Double Lariat for years, Killer B already prepared himself to adjust his own strength up or down to perfectly match Naruto's.
He deliberately picked a middle-ground level of force.
At first, he even worried that if Naruto used too much of the Nine-Tails' power, his own Eight-Tails power might not be enough to match him!
But what happened?!
That middle-ground strike totally launched Naruto into orbit!
And the kunai? Of course it got blasted away together with Naruto!
"Looks like this really is Naruto. He's just… a little weird."
After personally witnessing Naruto get launched by Killer B and still remain in his original form, Ino and Sakura exchanged a dry look.
Naruto was still flying rapidly through the air.
Was it that he chose not to use the Nine-Tails' power?
No—the Nine-Tails simply wasn't lending him any!
Ever since he idiotically entered the "genjutsu world," the Nine-Tails practically vanished!
How was he supposed to use that power?
And as for Sage Mode? He had to make "preparations" first before entering Sage Mode!
Surely he wasn't going to do that in broad daylight, in the middle of the street, with everyone watching?!
…Wait.
Why not?!
Naruto suddenly realized it again. 'This is the genjutsu world! I can do whatever the hell I want!'
With that thought, Naruto, still hurtling backward through the sky, immediately started beating his meat to trigger Sage Mode.
Doing it while literally flying through the air, with wild wind rushing past him and his body completely suspended in a weightless state, gave Naruto a uniquely bizarre sensation.
...
Meanwhile, after resting for a while, Sasuke finally woke up.
The first thing he saw after opening his eyes was Senju Tobirama still lying right where he had been.
"Second Hokage, didn't I tell you to go find Naruto?" At once, Sasuke had a very bad feeling.
"Didn't you see the Yachihoko mark on my damn shoulder? My chakra's being continuously drained! I can't move at all!" Tobirama said with a massive roll of his eyes.
"Damn it. What if something's happened to Naruto?!"
Not caring that he only just recovered the tiniest bit of ocular power, Sasuke immediately activated his vision again and frantically located Naruto.
The exact moment he sensed Naruto flying through midair and screaming in apparent panic, Sasuke used Amenotejikara without a moment's hesitation.
'Had Naruto been sent flying by someone? And the Nine-Tails still isn't helping him?!'
Sasuke didn't think further.
Naruto's current state looked terrible.
Sasuke had Susanoo.
He could fly, and he could defend himself, so he simply swapped places directly!
Sasuke instantly appeared in the sky.
At the very last moment, Naruto—who had been right in the middle of that highly bizarre masturbating routine—was switched back into the room by Sasuke's Amenotejikara!
And then, under Senju Tobirama's completely horrified gaze, Naruto was about to ejaculate and entering Sage Mode!
Tobirama's face, which had already been heavily splashed with actual milk by Madara earlier, now had even more mysterious, sticky stuff on it that looked distressingly similar!