Naruto: Naruto's Uchiha girlfriend is too arrogant

Chapter 301 Frozen Time

"Mother……"

The call escaped Naruto's throat uncontrollably. He had no idea what was going on, but the moment he was tightly embraced by this strange yet familiar red-haired woman, a torrent of emotions—unfamiliar yet incredibly warm—that he had never truly experienced before surged and overwhelmed his entire heart.

It was a kind of maternal love that he had only glimpsed in his dreams or in others, but had never belonged to him...

"Hmm...it's me..." Hearing this call, even though her reanimated body couldn't shed real tears, Kushina's voice was filled with tears and tenderness, "It's Mom..."

She simply continued to hold her child in her arms even tighter with her slightly trembling arms. The immense regret she felt before her death at not being able to witness her child's growth seemed to be somewhat compensated for at this moment.

A profound love and an even deeper guilt for missing out on his entire childhood intertwined and filled her soul.

Satsuki, who had been standing to the side, had already stood up, her brows furrowed. Given her usual personality, if she saw a strange woman suddenly hug Naruto, her reaction would definitely be very intense and ruthless.

However, when the red-haired woman uttered her first words, the intense emotions contained in her words stunned Zuo Yue instantly.

Satsuki felt a sense of familiarity.

It wasn't until Naruto called out "Mom" that Satsuki suddenly realized what that familiar feeling was—unconditional maternal love.

But... Naruto's mother?!

Satsuki was filled with immense confusion and bewilderment. Wasn't Naruto an orphan since childhood? She had grown up with Naruto, but she had never met his parents, nor had anyone ever mentioned their identities or names; it was as if they didn't exist at all.

And... isn't this woman in front of me a little... too young?

The red-haired woman who was tightly hugging Naruto looked to be no more than twenty years old. Judging from Naruto's current age, the two of them did not look like mother and son at all; they were more like siblings.

What exactly is going on?

Thinking of this, doubts welled up in her heart. Satsuki immediately stepped forward and, while Kushina was still immersed in the sobs and excitement of their reunion, reached out and separated the two tightly.

Kushina looked up blankly, her gaze filled with confusion and helplessness, as she looked at the black-haired girl who had interrupted their mother-son embrace—the very girl she had secretly followed that afternoon, the one who dared to confront the entire village for Naruto and speak out vehemently in his defense.

Why would she still be at Naruto's house at this hour?

"Wait? You said... you're Naruto's mother?"

Seeing the wary look in Satsuki's eyes, Kushina carefully examined the exquisitely beautiful, aloof black-haired girl before her... She was so protective of Naruto, and she was still at his house at this hour... Could it be?!

A thought that stirred her mind surfaced, and Kushina immediately suppressed her excitement, striving to present her most gentle side as she introduced herself. "Hello, nice to meet you. I'm Naruto's mother, Uzumaki Kushina."

He looked younger than that woman… Zuo Yue looked at the other person’s face, which looked to be no more than twenty years old, and her doubts deepened. Just as she was about to ask more questions, Naruto spoke up.

"Hmm... Satsuki," Naruto's voice carried a complex yet certain tone, his gaze towards Kushina filled with indescribable emotions, "Although it does seem strange, she is indeed my mother... there's no mistake."

Hearing her son's confident tone, Kushina's last trace of uncertainty vanished. So, even when she was controlled and fighting Naruto, he recognized her?

Was it a resonance deep in their blood? Or a natural intuition between mother and son? However, she didn't care at all how Naruto recognized her; as long as the recognition at this moment was real, that was enough.

Although the Naruto she saw at the end of the battle seemed slightly more mature than he is now—this world's Naruto knew about balanced nutrition and developed better than the original. So at least he wasn't the shortest one in Team 7 anymore.

Kushina had prepared herself for a detailed interrogation and a lot of explaining. However, to her surprise, after Naruto confirmed it himself, Satsuki's face showed extreme astonishment for a moment, but the doubt in his eyes quickly vanished!

She... just believed it like that?

Immediately afterwards, when Satsuki looked at Kushina again, the surprise in her eyes faded, replaced by a more obvious dissatisfaction, even with... reproach.

"...So..." Satsuki's voice lowered, "Why...why haven't you been by Naruto's side all these years?"

Every time Satsuki recalls the isolation and cold treatment Naruto suffered in the village, she can't help but feel angry and heartbroken.

At this moment, although she realized that the woman in front of her might take away some of Naruto's attention, her deeper, stronger wish was for Naruto to have a happy childhood surrounded by maternal love. This question was asked for Naruto.

Kushina already knew about Naruto's childhood experiences from what she had seen and heard that afternoon, so she naturally understood the reason behind Sasuke's questioning and his deep desire to protect him.

She looked at Satsuki, her eyes dimming slightly, and replied in a bitter tone, "Because... I died the day Naruto was born. So, my age and appearance are forever frozen at the moment my life ended."

She admired the even more shocked expression on Satsuki's face after hearing the answer, and then she made a jaw-dropping move. She raised her right hand and, under the watchful eyes of Satsuki and Naruto, snapped off one of her fingers with a "crack"!

However, the expected splatter of blood did not appear. The broken finger quickly turned into fine dust, dissipating into the air.

At the severed finger site, a new finger is rapidly growing from the dust at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it will be restored to its original state in the blink of an eye.

"See? I only temporarily 'returned' to this world today because of some forbidden technique... but this isn't a true resurrection. In this state, I can't even feel pain."

Through their conversation and observation, Kushina had discerned from Satsuki's features and Naruto's way of addressing her who this beautiful and distinctive girl was. Uchiha clan… Satsuki… Could this be Mikoto's youngest daughter?!

This was a huge surprise for Kushina. She remembered very clearly that when she was pregnant with Naruto, she had visited Uchiha Mikoto, who had just given birth, and had seen the tiny Sasuke still in swaddling clothes.

Because she and Mikoto were so close, they even made a pact that if she gave birth to a boy, they would arrange a marriage between their children...

Unexpectedly... this is how our fate has continued...

Having finally explained the most basic situation, Kushina no longer hesitated, stepped into the room, and reached out again to gently and affectionately embrace the still somewhat dazed girl once more.

"...Mom has so many things she wants to tell you."