"Is that so?"
Kushina, while covering her forehead and her plump butt, looked somewhat regretfully at the lifelike "Lady Tsunade."
The life-size Tsunade figurine, she really wanted one so badly.
Even if not used to spice things up for her husband, just placing it at home and changing its clothes daily would also be a beautiful decoration.
"Husband, what exactly is your relationship with Lady Tsunade? How come there's such a realistic puppet here?", After leaving the Hokage Building following Uchiha Kage, Kushina suddenly seemed to think of something and curiously asked.
'The teacher is not letting me play, could it be because of possessiveness?'
'Could it be that the teacher also has something with Lady Tsunade?'
'Speaking of which, the teacher said he is over fifty years old in this timeline. Calculating the time, isn't that just about the same age as Lady Tsunade?'
"Kids don't need to know so much about adults' affairs."
After confirming that Kushina could really be taken in and out of other NPC scenes with him, Uchiha Kage now wanted to test non-NPC scenes too.
"I'm already this big, maybe even bigger than Mikoto, and you still say I'm a kid?"
"Bigger than Mikoto where? Clearly there's a... cough cough Anyway, I don't want to talk about those old stories."
Since talking about "bigger," might as well let Kushina and Mikoto compare sizes later.
Also to let this troublesome Kushina quiet down a bit.
Uchiha Kage led Kushina to the front of Mikoto's room.
"This seems like the place Mikoto lives, could it be that Mikoto is inside? Is the Mikoto here also a puppet?"
'Wait a second, could there be another puppet just as lifelike as me?'
'This space...'
Kushina couldn't help but think curiously in her heart.
'Geez, my husband obviously already have me, a real person to play with, so why still mess with puppets?'
"Not a puppet."
Uchiha Kage first sorted out his emotions, then pushed open the door and walked in.
Since Mikoto said she would "today" tell him everything, he had to come over.
And bringing Kushina along would be a bit more convincing.
However...
The bloodbath he never worried about before, could it really happen today?
Before entering Mikoto's room, Uchiha Kage glanced again at Kushina standing beside him, seemingly lost in thought.
'Speaking of which, Kushina already knew about Mikoto's existence, yet she doesn't seem jealous?'
'She didn't even ask about it all along.'
'Could it be just because they're best friends, so she doesn't mind?'
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"Kushina? You're here too?"
Today, Uchiha Mikoto seemed to have encountered something good, her whole being radiated a kind of happiness.
Until she saw that behind her man, another woman actually followed in.
She hadn't even thought about the possibility that Kushina might come with Uchiha Kage. Blocking Uchiha Kage with her body, Mikoto started thinking about how to shoo this "uninvited guest" away.
But the next second, she froze because of something Kushina said.
"Husband, who is she?", Kushina found Mikoto's secretive look amusing.
So she grabbed Uchiha Kage's arm in one move, then like a rightful wife questioning the mistress, she questioned Uchiha Mikoto.
"Husband?", Hearing this word jump out from Kushina's mouth, Uchiha Mikoto was struck like by lightning.
Especially noticing how Kushina, without a shred of shyness, actively hugged Uchiha Kage's arm, even rubbing her whole body against her man...
"You two..."
'Is this still the Kushina I know?'
Usually, although Kushina was bold, fiery, and loved teasing people, she had never seen her be this intimate with any man.
"Don't pretend you don't know each other, aren't you two best sisters?", Uchiha Kage lightly knocked Kushina's forehead.
Then he complicatedly explained to Uchiha Mikoto today's events, including why Kushina appeared together with him.
"Ugh... husband just loves bullying me," Kushina pretended to cry while rolling her eyes and glaring at her still-dumbfounded best friend.
"No wonder every time I invite you shopping you ignore me. Turns out you're hiding here stealing my man!"
"You're the one! I invited you out at night and you never agreed either, turns out you and Kage already..."
After accepting reality, Mikoto finally regained her composure.
She also recalled the moments spent with Kushina before.
This girl refusing to go out at night, probably like herself, was waiting for Kage to appear...
And no wonder every time when talking about the one she liked, she always beat around the bush, exactly like herself.
"I am openly and righteously with my husband, you're the one already married, yet still..."
"I told you long ago my husband was someone else, and also, can you stop calling my husband 'husband'?"
Today's good mood was totally ruined by the suddenly intruding Kushina...
Mikoto, refusing to be outdone, slapped off the hand her best friend had holding onto Uchiha Kage's arm.
"I'll call him! Why can't I call him? I've been with Kage since childhood, you latecomer stealing-cat homewrecker!"
"I..."
'Knew him that early?'
Mikoto was a bit at a loss because of Kushina's declaration, and could only look at Uchiha Kage with questioning eyes.
"Today is the first time I met Kushina," Uchiha Kage gave Mikoto a reassuring look.
"Husband, can you not tear me down? Or do you actually like Mikoto more?", Kushina looked at Uchiha Kage resentfully for helping Mikoto instead of herself.
"That's right, today's our first meeting, so of course, I like Mikoto more now."
"You, you even ate my... husband, you're so heartless!", Kushina puffed up her cheeks and turned her head away angrily.
But she also knew Uchiha Kage's personality.
When he should tell the truth, he says nothing; when he should lie, he tells all the truth.
But it didn't matter. From now on, she could be with her husband every day. In the end, she would definitely win.
"Ate... what?", Mikoto, hearing Uchiha Kage say he liked her more, finally regained her ruined good mood.
But she was still a bit curious about what "good thing" happened between Kushina and her man today.
"Something you don't have right now."
Kushina first glanced at the area where Mikoto used to be on par with her, but now lagged a little behind, then playfully winked at her and raised her chest with her hand, emphasizing some facts.
"I don't have..."
Mikoto followed Kushina's gaze, then quickly understood.
"Kage, I didn't hear very clearly earlier... can you tell me again what happened 'today'?"
'It seems I heard... something about Kushina having a child?'
"Sure."
Uchiha Kage had to explain again.
He especially emphasized how that "Mikoto" earlier acted a bit strangely.
Wanting to use that to probe if the current Mikoto knew some inside story.
But unfortunately, Mikoto showed no reaction.
"So that's how it is...", Turns out Kushina, like her, encountered a time-traveling Uchiha Kage.
The difference being, before Uchiha Kage and Kushina met for the first time, Kushina had already encountered a slightly further future version of Uchiha Kage.
And even had a child...
"But, it's still Sasuke, not a daughter?", Rather than caring about her future self, Mikoto cared more about the child in her belly.
Touching her still flat stomach, Mikoto sighed faintly.
'The future really isn't that easy to change?'
"Kage..."
Originally a day to be cherished as a beautiful memory, yet it got all messed up by Kushina.
However, seeing Uchiha Kage repeatedly explaining that today was the first time he met Kushina, Mikoto let it go.
"I have good news to tell you."
"What good news?"
Kushina suddenly interrupted again.
Seeing Uchiha Mikoto stroking her belly with a blissful expression, Kushina quickly realized something, then placed her hand on it.
"Ah! You're pregnant too!"
Using Palm Sage Technique to probe for a while, Kushina confirmed Mikoto was indeed pregnant.
"What?"
Uchiha Kage pushed the noisy Kushina aside, then hurriedly and carefully looked into Mikoto's eyes.
"Yes, we... calculating the time, it should've been from the first time... just only recently... I found out after going to the hospital."
Mikoto shyly and nervously, yet blissfully, looked at her lover.
The only thing slightly disappointing was, the unborn baby would probably still be Sasuke, not the daughter she hoped for.
"I'm going to be a dad again... cough I mean, again... no, Mikoto, thank you for your hard work."
Though he couldn't count how many times he "suddenly became a dad" already, Uchiha Kage was still somewhat tongue-tied by the shock.
He didn't know how to describe his feelings.
So the wedding night's first time... directly hit the jackpot...
"Pfft, you're so cute, Kage...", Seeing Uchiha Kage's strange and nervous look, Mikoto finally showed a completely carefree, joyful smile.
"But the doctor said, it's best if we wait one more month before we..."
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