"So... we got sucked into the Dragon Vein?" Naruto looked completely lost.
"Yeah," Sakura nodded firmly. "After the Dragon Vein erupted, you two got pulled in. We don’t know what happened after that, but a few seconds later, the Dragon Vein cald down, and when you guys ca back, you said the exact sa thing as before."
From Sakura and the others’ perspective, Naruto and Sasuke had suddenly appeared from the Dragon Vein. Then, Mukade activated it, pulling them in. The Dragon Vein exploded, cald down a few seconds later, and then the two of them ca out again—only to repeat the exact sa words as before.
It was like the scene had been copied and pasted.
Naruto, still confused, turned to Sasuke. "Sasuke, what do you think?"
"There’s sothing strange about this... is that what you thought I’d say?" Sasuke scoffed. "I’ll check with my Sharingan."
He activated his Mangekyou Sharingan, first looking at Naruto, then at Mukade, who was tied up like a mummy. After a mont, he rubbed his chin. "Weird..."
"What is it?" Kakashi leaned against the wall. His face was as unreadable as ever, but his eyes showed a hint of concern.
Sasuke frowned. "It looks like there’s a seal in both Naruto’s and Mukade’s brains. It’s extrely powerful. I tried using the Six Paths Yin Power to break through and read Mukade’s mories, but I couldn’t do anything. Is there anyone in the world who can create a seal this strong?"
There was no known ninja capable of sealing Naruto’s mories. The Six Paths Yang Power had the strongest life force—it could break through most seals passively without Naruto even trying.
Kakashi fell into deep thought.
Jiraiya also considered it for a mont before shaking his head with a serious expression. "If this were in the past, I might have known soone who could do this. But in today’s world... aside from Orochimaru, I can’t think of anyone else."
"Orochimaru?" Sasuke froze for a second, then instinctively reached for his collar. His confusion deepened.
"What’s wrong?" Naruto asked. "Did soone leave a love bite on your neck or sothing?"
Sakura: "..."
"No," Sasuke shook his head, his confusion shifting into shock. "The Curse Mark is gone."
Kakashi was stunned. That was even possible?
Without hesitation, he and Jiraiya moved at the sa ti—one teleporting forward, the other shoving Sasuke’s hand aside.
One held Sasuke’s head in place while they both stared at his neck like crazed scientists.
"It’s really gone..." Kakashi was dazed. "What kind of power could completely erase Orochimaru’s Curse Mark?"
In the Hidden Leaf Village, there was a kunoichi nad Anko. She had been Orochimaru’s student and also had a Curse Mark on her neck, sealed with a complex technique. The village had tried countless thods to remove it, but nothing worked. They had even co to believe that it was impossible to erase.
And now Sasuke’s was just... gone.
"We need to get back right away and have Tsunade check you both," Jiraiya said seriously.
Things had already gone way beyond what anyone expected. If anyone could figure out what was going on, it would be Tsunade. Otherwise, were they supposed to go ask Orochimaru?
Inside his mind, Naruto looked at Kurama with a conflicted expression.
"Hey, Kurama. You really have no idea what’s happening?"
Kurama thought for a mont before speaking.
"You and Sasuke traveled back about twenty years, tead up with Minato and Kushina, along with Sasuke’s father, Uchiha Fugaku, and a bunch of other NPCs that don’t matter to , beat up a legendary Otsutsuki, and saved the world."
Naruto: "..."
"Why don’t you just say that when we went back, we ran into my future son and Sasuke’s daughter who had ti-traveled too?" Naruto said, looking completely speechless.
Kurama suddenly smacked the water beneath him.
"Funny you ntion that," he said. "You actually did run into your son and Sasuke’s daughter."
Naruto: "..."
"You’ve got to be kidding !" Naruto stord out of his mindscape, looking furious.
Sasuke noticed Naruto’s expression and raised an eyebrow. "What’s wrong? Even Kurama doesn’t rember?"
Naruto huffed.
"Kurama said we traveled twenty years into the past, defeated an Otsutsuki, saved the world, and t my future son and your future daughter. Does he really think I’d believe that? He’s just ssing with !"
Sasuke blinked, then nodded.
"Yeah, Kurama could’ve at least co up with a better excuse."
An Otsutsuki twenty years ago? That made no sense.
The only known Otsutsuki in the ninja world was Kaguya. Hagoromo and Hamura didn’t count, and Kaguya had been sealed away thousands of years ago. There was no Otsutsuki running around twenty years ago.
Ti travel?
What a joke. Did Kurama really think they were that gullible?
Kurama, watching their skepticism, put on a wise and compassionate expression.
"Whether you believe it or not is your problem, not mine."
These days, telling the truth really didn’t get you anywhere.
"Anyway, once we get back, I want to watch a movie—’Princess Gale.’" Kurama lay down inside the mindscape and said to Naruto.
Naruto looked confused.
"Why do you suddenly want to watch a movie?"
"You promised ," Kurama said, his tails swaying in a happy mood. "You even said you’d invite Hinata and the others."
Earlier,
Naruto had wanted to show off in front of Kushina, so he asked Kurama to play along and make it seem like he had completely tad him. In exchange, he agreed to treat Kurama to a movie—’Princess Gale’—and invite all of the Konoha Twelve.
Kurama had been looking forward to it for a long ti.
Naruto, on the other hand, looked completely dumbfounded.
"When did I ever promise that?"
Kurama froze.
His chakra flared up instantly, and his expression darkened.
"If you dare go back on your word, I’ll drag you down with !"
Naruto panicked.
"Wait, what? Go back on my word? When did I even make this promise? Just because you say I did doesn’t an it’s true! I never agreed to anything about a movie!"
Kurama imdiately lost it. His chakra surged wildly, filling the entire mindscape.
"You’re really that kind of Naruto?! Going back on your word?!"
Naruto’s own chakra flared up in response, Six Paths energy clashing with Kurama’s power.
"Then tell exactly when I promised you this!"
"Yesterday!" Kurama said confidently. "Yesterday, when you t Kushina, you said—"
Wait... was Naruto’s mory sealed?
"Just yesterday, we were saying goodbye to the Sage of Six Paths!" Naruto said confidently. "Go ahead and tell when I agreed to that? I always keep my word—if you can point it out, I’ll take you there right now!"
Kurama... couldn’t keep up the act anymore. The whole fox was stunned.
Naruto’s mory must have been sealed starting from when they returned from the Sage of Six Paths’ era. In other words, from the mont Rikudou Sennin sent them back until they traveled twenty years into the past and returned, he had no recollection of that entire period.
And unfortunately, the promise to take Kurama to a movie was made during that ti.
Faced with Naruto’s righteous outburst, Kurama stood frozen, his raging chakra gradually calming down, leaving only a sharp, doubtful gaze as if questioning his own intelligence.
"I... got scamd?"
The fox was completely done.
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