[Orochimaru's Laboratory]
Nagato sat in a chair, both eyes already empty sockets.
The Rinnegan that had been pierced and blown out had been removed.
Now Orochimaru was filling them with medicine, then wrapping them in bandages.
"There aren't suitable eyes for you right now. You'll be blind for a while."
"Or, try that thing I mentioned last time."
Although Nagato had lost his eyes, his senses were strong, and he naturally turned his head toward Orochimaru.
"You mean the bloodline fusion experiment you mentioned before?", Nagato asked.
Orochimaru operated the nearby machine as he answered, "That's it. Right now I can't remove cellular will, so I separated and pulverized every cell of the material."
"Now there's no cellular will, but what this eye will evolve into, nobody knows."
"This eye uses Uchiha's Sharingan as the base, so it still needs yin and yang attributes."
"Although your yang attribute is sufficient, your yin attribute is lacking. We need another solution for the eye to evolve."
"But even if it doesn't evolve, it'll still be better than the eye you cloned yourself."
Hearing Nagato was willing to be an experimental subject, Orochimaru strongly recommended it.
After all, Nagato's bloodline was excellent. His life force and chakra were both strong, especially his yang-nature chakra purity was very high. Using his body for experiments was ideal.
Nagato pondered for a moment, "Will I be compatible with this pair of eyes?"
"Of course. These eyes have no cellular will. Once you install them and adapt for a while, they'll become like native eyes."
Nagato didn't haggle, "Then do it."
Orochimaru licked out his tongue and wiped his face, visibly excited, "You'll like these eyes."
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[Naruto's Home]
Click!
After training all day with the Uchiha, Naruto used a key to open the door.
He wondered if Mom had come back today.
Kushina had been staying with the Uchiha lately, and hadn't been home for several days.
"I'm home," Naruto called out habitually.
"Welcome home, Naruto!", a young voice rang out.
Naruto froze for a moment.
A blond young man wearing an apron, holding a spatula, smiled and greeted Naruto.
Then from behind him, a red head leaned out sideways, "Naruto, welcome home."
"Mom?", Naruto opened his mouth, first calling for his mother.
"Why is he here?"
Minato was already dead, that was beyond doubt.
But seeing a living person standing there left Naruto a little dazed.
Kushina, smiling, walked over and patted Naruto's head, "Rengoku revived both me and Minato."
"Ah! Really?", Naruto was stunned and delighted, then immediately hugged Kushina.
Although the touch felt similar to Rengoku's clone from before, the feeling was completely different.
Minato, joining the fun, walked over to give Naruto a loving hug.
Naruto let go of Kushina and, looking at the smiling Minato, couldn't help but feel annoyed.
"Hmph!"
Naruto turned his head away.
Minato felt a bit embarrassed, his son gave him no face at all.
"Aren't you hungry, Naruto? Let's eat first!", Seeing Naruto not speaking to him, Minato hurried to invite him to eat.
Kushina tugged at stubborn Naruto and brought him to the table to sit.
"Minato has a surprise for you later."
Naruto crossed his arms, "I don't want any surprises."
"Eat first," Kushina scolded lightly, but she didn't truly resent Minato, so she handed Naruto his chopsticks.
"These dishes?"
Naruto stared blankly at the appetizing food on the table.
Kushina smiled, "Minato made all of this."
Naruto was somewhat surprised. Although Kushina had taught him basic cooking, anything slightly complicated made Kushina's food basically like poison.
And Kushina seemed to enjoy it, which had made Naruto wary.
Seeing such "normal" dishes for the first time, his appetite awakened.
Kushina nudged Naruto, "What are you staring at? Try it."
But Naruto didn't pick up his chopsticks until Minato sat down, then he began to eat.
Minato looked at Naruto gently, "Eat."
The three began to pick at the food, but none of them spoke.
Minato and Kushina took turns serving Naruto.
He ate with his head down.
As he ate, tears rolled down his face.
But they were tears of happiness.
He had longed for this ordinary family meal for a long time.
"Dad, you eat too," Naruto wiped his tears and took the initiative to break the ice with Minato.
Minato's eyes were a little red, "Okay… okay. Let's eat together."
Kushina smiled at the father and son, and a weight lifted from her heart.
The family finished their meal warmly.
Kushina went to wash the dishes, leaving the space to the father and son.
"Dad, how did you and Mom come back to life?", Naruto quickly accepted Minato.
Last time he'd stubbornly said he never wanted to see Minato again, and later regretted it somewhat.
But Minato had been dead; it wasn't something he could just choose to see.
Now Minato was resurrected and stood before him; the old grievances gradually faded.
"Mm, it was Rengoku's help. Also, here's some good news, Sarutobi Hiruzen is dead!"
News from the Daimyo manor had already spread, but Naruto didn't know.
"Ah! Really?", Naruto was shocked and joyful again.
Naruto hated Sarutobi Hiruzen intensely.
Hiruzen was the dirtiest, meanest, most shameless person Naruto had encountered in his growth, bar none.
And the more you thought about it, the more disgusted you felt.
"Yeah, after Rengoku had Sarutobi Hiruzen expelled from Konoha, he went to the Daimyo manor."
Minato didn't go into much detail, but mentioned that the Uchiha clan's eradication was also Hiruzen's doing.
In short: Hiruzen was someone who schemed to harm the village.
Now karma had come, everyone turned against him.
"Serves him right!", Naruto's eyes shone.
"He was the biggest parasite in Konoha!"
"Now with the principal as the Fifth Hokage, Konoha will only get stronger."
"Dad, is that your surprise for me?"
Minato shook his head and slapped Naruto's stomach with one palm.
Before Naruto could react, a warm sensation passed from Minato's hand.
In his inner world, a concentrated mass of chakra slowly expanded and took the shape of the Nine-Tails.
Kurama glanced around.
The cage inside Naruto's body had now become a half-height fence.
All around were sunlight and grass, this environment was much nicer than before.
Naruto's voice, full of surprise and joy, rang out, ["Ah! Kurama! You were brought back?"]
Kurama comfortably lay on the grass and let out a contented ["hm."]
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