Chapter 32:
"That is the special power of the Uchiha clan…"
Iruka looked at Naruto, whose eyes were full of curiosity, and gave him a simple explanation about the Sharingan.
He only went from one tomoe to three tomoe. Anything beyond that was knowledge Iruka himself didn't possess.
"The patient still needs further examination and rest. You two should go back first. You can visit again tomorrow."
The hospital needed to perform a full check-up on Sasuke. A doctor came out, saw Naruto and Iruka, and immediately waved them away.
"Naruto, you can relax now. Sensei will take you to eat ramen to celebrate Sasuke waking up!"
Seeing that Naruto still didn't want to leave, Iruka directly offered ramen and dragged him out of the hospital.
After finishing a big bowl at Ichiraku Ramen, Naruto patted his satisfied belly and hummed a little tune all the way home.
As for Iruka, whose wallet was now empty…
Whenever he spent money treating Naruto to ramen, he could apply for reimbursement — though there was a monthly limit.
Back home, Naruto took a quick shower, lay down on his bed in a good mood, and prepared to continue absorbing Nine-Tails chakra.
Over the past six months, besides going to school and visiting Sasuke, he had spent every night finding people who had once bullied him and tormenting them in nightmares until they broke down.
He had also continued extracting Nine-Tails chakra every single day. After today's consumption, his reserves were now even larger than before.
'Uzumaki Naruto, don't you think you owe me an explanation?'
The sudden mental voice made Naruto pause. He hadn't expected Sasuke to contact him so soon.
'I already told you — we're both too weak. There are some things we can't know yet…'
Naruto replied helplessly in his mind. He had thought that even if he tried to train Sasuke, the boy would at most reach three tomoe by graduation.
Who would have guessed that Sasuke would figure out soul cultivation all by himself…
Though for now it was only increasing his soul strength. Sasuke's body still couldn't handle the instant drain of three tomoe.
'Too weak? Are you joking? You managed to sneak in and pull me into that place without anyone noticing, and you still have the nerve to say you're weak?'
Sasuke's mental voice was full of gritted teeth, as if he wanted to bite Naruto a few times to vent his frustration.
'I really can't say much, but I can tell you this — in this village, we can't trust anyone…'
Faced with Sasuke's persistent questioning, Naruto could only give him a small warning for now.
'My mom and dad aren't dead. That part is true, right?'
After a moment of silence, Sasuke set aside the other questions. Right now, nothing mattered more than his family.
As long as his parents were still alive, he had a reason to keep growing stronger.
'They're in a half-dead state. Saving them is still very far away, but there is hope. My own parents… were much worse off. They died sealing the Nine-Tails. Now only a tiny trace of their chakra remains on the seal…'
Naruto didn't hide much about Uchiha Fugaku and Mikoto's condition. At least their souls and bodies still existed — they only needed healing in the future.
But his own parents would require finding and retrieving their souls from that remaining trace of chakra, and only then could they be revived.
As for using Edo Tensei to bring them back, Naruto had no intention of doing that.
He clearly remembered from the outsider's memories that after the Fourth Great Ninja War, the Sage of Six Paths could directly cancel Edo Tensei. That meant any soul brought back through Edo Tensei could still be controlled by the Sage.
His mom and dad could never be allowed to fall under anyone's control — not even the Sage of Six Paths.
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