"Naruto!" Seeing Naruto lying on the ground like a corpse, Sasuke's mood was quite complex.
But upon hearing Shion say that Naruto had shouted Sakura's name before fainting, his expression began to turn conflicted again.
Sakura had done nothing wrong and feared no ghosts at her door.
She was very annoyed. What kind of messy dirty water was being splashed onto her? She worked to earn money to support the family and had to take care of her husband; she didn't even have time to have a child, yet now she was being framed by her former simp? But seeing Naruto's unconscious body, she still felt quite worried.
Even though suspicion fell heavily on her, she still helped with the examination. Medical ninjutsu revealed absolutely no issues with Naruto, and Sasuke similarly found no traces of genjutsu manipulation with his Sharingan.
Sakura, Sasuke, and Shion, along with the comatose Naruto, stayed together in an awkward atmosphere.
Every word spoken had to be weighed carefully, while they closely observed the expressions of the other two.
Kakashi saw this setup and knew it was bad. Consuming this melon would be very dangerous. He wanted to leave, but Ino was standing at the door staring at him, so he could only greet her awkwardly: "Yo, Lady Hokage..."
"Kakashi-sensei, come take a look at Naruto's current symptoms. Does it look a bit like the scene when Obito controlled him with the Limited Tsukuyomi back then?"
Ino's knowledge far exceeded that of the people in the ninja village. Since Shion's soul summoning had failed, she had roughly discerned a clue. The most critical point was that Naruto's body showed no reaction, which was very similar to the symptoms of being controlled by Tsukuyomi.
Regarding the Tsukuyomi, the two West Supreme Kai's remnant souls on the tea tree in her spiritual world had a lot of say in the matter.
Hearing Obito's name, Kakashi immediately became serious. He wasn't a medical-nin, but he had dabbled widely and had been studying all information related to Obito over the years. He looked for a moment: "It is a bit similar. Naruto woke up together with the release of the Infinite Tsukuyomi back then. Perhaps a certain trigger is needed now?"
Ino shook her head: "The problem is, there are no traces of ninjutsu or similar energy on him. There's no way to dispel it even if we wanted to. Plus, I can't sense his soul, which is very strange."
She had made a special trip to the underworld for this but didn't find Naruto's soul.
She also went around the Three Great Sage Regions of the shinobi world and searched every place that could possibly house a soul. The soul was simply not there, so how could the body be awakened?
Her methods were exhausted. She could only see that it was related to the Limited Tsukuyomi of the past, but the specific situation remained unknown.
Ino took Naruto to North Kai for help. North Kai was a warm-hearted person; he and the monkey, Bubbles, brought out a thick stack of books, then sat at the door flipping through them, researching for quite a while before finally finding an answer that lacked evidentiary proof.
North Kai believed that the Limited Tsukuyomi Naruto was caught in back then might have initially been a genjutsu, but he had stayed in the illusion for too long. His soul fluctuations generated a cross-spatial convergence with a certain life form, and his soul traveled to a real place. The Konoha Village there was very similar to the one here.
When the Infinite Tsukuyomi was dispelled, he woke up along with it. Now, a certain trigger on the other side had been activated, and his soul was pulled over again due to the connection from the past.
"That would be too troublesome," Ino complained.
She understood by the time North Kai was halfway through his explanation.
The current twelve multiverses existed in a paired structure. The First Universe corresponded to the Twelfth Universe, and the Second Universe corresponded to the Eleventh Universe.
Their Seventh Universe corresponded to the Sixth Universe.
The Destroyers were counterparts, the Angel attendants were siblings, and the Supreme Kais, Grand Kais, and Kais all possessed similar corresponding relationships.
The Seventh Universe had a Konoha Village, a Naruto, a Sasuke, and an Ino, so theoretically, the Sixth Universe should also have a Konoha Village.
Referencing the special corresponding relationship between the Sixth Universe and the Seventh Universe, the whereabouts of Naruto's soul were not hard to guess.
As for exactly why this change occurred, North Kai didn't know, nor did he have the ability to solve the problem.
The Grand Kai had run off to play somewhere unknown and couldn't be found at all.
Earth's Dragon Balls and Planet Namek's Dragon Balls were both in a cooling period. Waiting for the cooling to end would take at least 130 days, and Naruto's body couldn't last that long.
Since the soul couldn't return on its own, someone had to be sent to find it. Who would go? If there's trouble, find the Hokage.
Ino actually didn't really want to go to the Sixth Universe. Being unfamiliar with the place and people, rashly going over there would be so dangerous! She was living the high life in Konoha Village; was it necessary to take risks for a "street sweeper"?
The fact was she had to go. Naruto had accepted this mission full of vitality a few days ago. As the Hokage, she also had to fulfill her responsibilities.
He had suffered a "work injury". Whether he could be saved was one thing, but whether to save him was another. She had to do her best to treat him.
"Truly troublesome... Come here!" Returning to Konoha Village, she began to call for people.
Five Anbu ninja appeared once again.
"Go, go to Ichiraku Ramen and buy me their latest style of miso ramen... buy five bowls. Forget it, ten bowls! Also prepare ten bowls of instant noodles of the same flavor."
The Anbu ninja looked at each other in blank dismay: "???"
Did you understand Lord Hokage's instructions? I feel like I didn't quite get the meaning!
The Anbu ninja were tools. Regardless of whether they understood or not, executing the order was all that mattered.
Soon, the cooked ramen and instant noodles were neatly stacked before the Seventh Hokage.
Ino began the ritual—the Great Summoning Jutsu, summoning Whis!
She held up the ramen, murmuring like a charlatan: "Whis... Whis... Whis."
Five minutes later, the Destroyer's attendant, the Angel Whis, rushed to Konoha Village using super-light-speed flight. He had come all this way just to eat this mouthful of ramen.
"Ohohoho, what a rare delicacy!" Whis's eyelashes and small cherry mouth were quite feminine. He would even blush when seeing some exposed men, but this fellow had always had little resistance to gourmet food, especially ramen...
He picked up the bowl and started eating. Ino ate alongside him to keep him company.
The movements of the two were very elegant, but their eating speed was very fast.
"Oh my, this is truly too delicious, hehehe." Whis covered his mouth, laughing secretly like a woman.
"These are all for you." Ino waved her hand grandly. The instant noodles are for you too; pack them up and take them away.
"Really? That is simply wonderful. How do I eat this? Soak it for five minutes before eating? Okay, okay, I remember!"
After finishing the "official business," they began to discuss "private matters."
"This youth in our village seems to have some issues with his soul. Please help me take a look." Ino wanted Whis to help her confirm it again.
Whis used his Angel staff to tap the air above Naruto. The black magic orb at the head of the staff didn't show any images, only air.
He looked back at Ino: "Oh my, this matter is indeed a bit tricky. What is your judgment?"
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