Obito froze for a moment, his body instinctively pulling back a little, then suddenly realized, 'Isn't my reaction a bit too much?"
He first glanced at the Naruko in Minato's arms, then looked up at his teacher, "I… can I?"
Minato smiled gently, "Of course you can."
Without further hesitation, Obito slowly stepped forward, took Naruko from Minato's arms, and began to gently rock her.
Naruko started crying even louder, making Kushina burst into laughter, "Sounds like she's a lively little girl."
"I just hope, when Naruto is born in the future, she won't bully her little brother too much as his Kushina-nee."
At that moment, Rin came back to her senses and reminded him, "She just got born, babies get cold easily. Obito, you should give her back to Mistress."
Obito said awkwardly, "Alright."
He carried Naruko over to Kushina.
But Kushina suddenly remembered something, "Afraid of the cold, huh? That's fine, I already prepared for that."
She pointed to the table not far away, where she had been tinkering around in boredom during her stay in the Kamui space, creating a few small things.
"Obito, tear open the papers on the table and stick them onto Naruko. She won't feel cold anymore."
Obito blinked, a bit curious, and walked over with Naruko in his arms, only to see a pile of papers that looked exactly like explosive tags.
Unpleasant memories immediately surfaced, and his brow twitched violently on the spot.
"Kushina-nee, you're telling me to stick explosive tags on Naruko? Well, sure, she definitely won't feel cold after that, but I think I'll be going up to heaven right after her!"
Kushina laughed and scolded him, "Who told you those are explosive tags? They just look like them! They're actually heat talismans I made using part of the explosive tag's design."
"The raw materials are indeed explosive tags, but they don't have any explosive properties. They only emit a continuous, gentle warmth, great for keeping warm."
Obito exhaled in relief, but couldn't help muttering, "Still, they look way too deceiving, don't you think?"
Kushina replied, "I just haven't had time to redesign them yet! Don't judge by appearances. They're perfectly safe. Do you really think I'd harm my own child?"
"Obito, stop being such a worrywart. Naruko's already getting chilly, hurry up and stick them on!"
Unable to argue with her, Obito nervously approached the so-called "explosive tags" and carefully picked one up.
He noticed it was made of two papers joined together. Familiar with sealing formulas, he easily figured out which one was the core layer and tore that part off.
Immediately, the tag began to emit an intense white light, so much like the start of an explosion that it made his heart jump.
Startled, Obito reflexively tossed Naruko toward Minato and shouted, "Minato-sensei, catch her!"
Minato reacted almost as quickly as he did, catching Naruko in a flash and turning to shield her completely.
They hadn't used any teleportation or space-time ninjutsu because they still had complete faith in Kushina's mastery of sealing arts. Even so, the tag's sound and effects were so close to an actual explosion that they couldn't help reacting instinctively.
However, when the white light faded, the "explosive tag" remained perfectly intact, only now it radiated a steady, soothing warmth. Just holding it made one feel pleasantly comfortable.
Obito finally relaxed and turned to Kushina with a helpless expression, "Kushina-nee, seriously, what was that all about?"
Kushina laughed heartily, "Obito, Minato, don't mind the details. I did say it was based on explosive tags, didn't I? A few similarities are only natural."
Three metaphorical black lines popped up on Minato and Obito's foreheads. After that little fiasco, Obito had completely lost interest in sticking any "tags" on Naruko, so he handed the paper back to Minato.
"Minato-sensei, you'd better do it yourself."
Minato sighed helplessly, then, still a bit nervous, gently placed the tag on Naruko's little body.
The baby, who had been crying loudly, immediately quieted down. A short while later, she even let out a few cheerful "giggling" sounds.
Seeing how well Kushina's "explosive tag" worked, Minato stopped caring how scary it looked and went back to the table to tear off a few more, sticking them on Naruko one by one.
Warmth quickly enveloped the baby, and Naruko soon closed her eyes, peacefully drifting to sleep.
At that moment, Rin suggested, "Master, Mistress, and Obito, this warming charm seems great for babies! Actually, adults could use it too."
"How about… we give it a name?"
Minato agreed immediately, "Good idea. Calling it an 'explosive tag' just sounds wrong. So, what should we name it?"
Rin's eyes lit up, "How about 'Warm Baby'?"
Kushina nodded at once, "Warm Baby, huh? That's a lovely name. I've decided, these tags will be called 'Warm Babies' from now on!"
"Maybe I can even sell them as a product and earn a bit of formula money for my kids."
Obito couldn't help saying, "Kushina-nee, with that design, I can guarantee no parent in the world will dare buy it."
Kushina replied, "That's just the appearance, it's easy to fix. So, Obito, what do you say? Want to help me with this business?"
In truth, since they still had nearly ninety trillion ryo in wealth, and the chakra converter royalties were still flowing in, none of them were exactly short on money.
But having money didn't mean they didn't want to do something meaningful. For such a practical, helpful invention, no one thought it was too trivial.
Obito suddenly had an idea, "Kushina-nee, give me the production technique for these Warm Babies. I'll teach it to Konan. That way, we'll never run out, and you can even see the power of six trillion Warm Babies."
Kushina laughed, "That girl in Akatsuki who's obsessed with nail polish, right? Good thing my husband never joined, if he started wearing nail polish too, that'd be way too weird."
"But sure, go ahead and teach her. She really does look like the purest girl in your whole Akatsuki group."
Obito grinned, "Is that so? Well then, Kushina-nee, Minato-sensei, better get ready. In another year or two, Konan and Yahiko are getting married. I want you both to come to the wedding."
Minato seemed to recall something. His earlier happy expression turned slightly awkward.
He looked at Obito, uncertain, "Is that… really a good idea?"
"Obito, have you… been talking behind my back lately?"
"Why is it that everywhere outside Konoha, people keep saying the biggest schemer in the ninja world is Namikaze Minato?"
"Obito, tell me honestly, are you the one spreading those rumors?"
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