"Do you know the coldest place in the world? It's wherever you're not."
"Do you know why I fell for you? Because I'm completely immune to your charm."
...
Following Shindai's instructions through the earbuds, Minato repeated every word Shindai said.
Obito and the other two, peering from behind the wall, began wearing increasingly puzzled expressions, whispering complaints one after another.
"There's no doubt these words were forced upon sensei by Shindai. Sensei would never say something like this on his own."
"It started out okay at first, but then he just kept going! Now it's so cheesy it's making me want to puke."
"What an idiot—doesn't Shindai understand the law of reversal when extremes meet?"
Kushina, who had initially felt touched, then found it odd, now appeared completely unfazed, watching Minato ramble on with narrowed eyes.
Minato also noticed Kushina's gaze and chuckled nervously. "K-Kushina, what's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"
Suddenly, Kushina stretched out her hands and cupped Minato's face.
Now it was Minato's turn to freeze.
Meanwhile, Shindai grew anxious next door.
"Are they about to kiss?! No way! According to my plan, we should still have about a dozen more romantic lines—lines I'd lovingly saved up—to build up the mood before letting Lord Minato make the first move!"
"Now Kushina took initiative, ruining all of my future plans!"
Shindai gritted his teeth and told Minato urgently, "Lord Minato, slap Kushina's hand away! Lord Minato! Lord Minato! Hey, don't fall for the beauty trap! This is a conspiracy!"
Right now, Minato couldn't even hear Shindai's voice—he only saw Kushina reflected in his eyes.
As Shindai anxiously waited, Minato stood stunned, and Obito et al. watched expectantly, Kushina suddenly did something no one could have predicted.
The hands that had been cupping Minato's face suddenly reached for his ear, pulling out the earbud Shindai had hidden there.
At this moment,
Both Shindai and Minato felt their worlds collapsing.
Obito, Kakashi, and Rin Nohara all felt Shindai and Minato's worlds crumbling.
Looking at the earbud in her hand, Kushina's eye twitched visibly. "I knew something was off—that wasn't like you at all just now. You totally changed personality. 'Let me pin you against the wall,' and all those previous lines..."
Watching Kushina's hair already starting to float ominously, Minato's heart dropped like a stone. If he didn't say something right away, he was doomed!
Minato struggled to speak clearly: "L-Let me explain... I can explain..."
Kushina smiled at him. "Oh? Then please explain."
"Uh... uh..."
Minato Namikaze felt his scalp tingle. If he revealed the truth, he would be betraying Shindai.
After all, Shindai meant well. Minato just couldn't bring himself to betray him like that.
"Got you three red-handed! Breaking Minato-sama's door and peeking through the window—what kind of prank were you up to this time!"
Minato and Kushina Uzumaki looked toward the window at the same time.
Shindai stood there with a self-righteous expression, pointing at Obito, Kakashi, and Rin Nohara.
Obito, Kakashi, and Rin were all shocked. That jerk Shindai was trying to pin his own misdeeds on them!
Shindai had no choice—if he didn't act now, he'd be the one in trouble.
Once he beat up Obito and the others, there'd be no way for them to punish him afterward.
Shindai peered through the window at Kushina inside and gave her a kiss-up smile: "Onee-sama Kushina Uzumaki, I've caught these troublemakers. They're all yours."
Obito tried to speak, but Shindai quickly covered his mouth.
Shindai glared at Obito: "You even try to speak!"
Rin also tried to speak, but Shindai covered her mouth too.
Now glaring at both of them, Shindai warned: "Don't speak out of turn, or I'll have Onee-sama Kushina Uzumaki punish you too!"
With both hands occupied, Shindai couldn't cover Kakashi's mouth anymore.
Just as Kakashi opened his mouth, Shindai shouted: "[Deadly Scissor Kick]!"
Shindai locked his legs around Kakashi's neck like a vice, silencing him completely.
"Onee-sama Kushina Uzumaki, I've subdued all three of them for you! No need to thank me—it's just what I'm here for!"
Minato stood frozen like a statue watching Shindai.
What on earth was Shindai up to?
This must be a frame job… yeah, definitely a frame job!
But soon Shindai's expression turned terrified.
Because Kushina Uzumaki was walking toward the window, holding his Third Eye in her hand.
Kushina smiled at Shindai: "You look so righteous, huh? Do you think I'm stupid? Spotting those earbuds told me it was you. After all, only someone like you could pull off something like this."
Kushina crushed the Third Eye in her hand, letting the Iron Sand Body trickle between her fingers and fall to the floor.
Shindai turned to run, but Kushina smashed the window, grabbed him by the collar, and yanked him into the room.
Kushina slammed Shindai next to Minato, then grabbed each of Obito, Kakashi, and Rin by the scruff of their necks, slamming them next to Minato one after another.
Everyone let out a nervous gulp as they watched Kushina Uzumaki standing there, her hair whipping around her head, her expression terrifyingly fierce.
Obito tried to explain, "Lady Kushina, it's not our fault!"
Kushina rubbed her wrist and 'gently' smiled, "Not your fault? Since you three were peeking, that means you're all in on it too. None of you are getting off the hook!"
Half an hour later.
Minato Namikaze, Shindai, and Obito sat obediently on the sofa.
All five of them—including Minato Namikaze, Kushina, Obito, Kakashi, and Shindai—had big bumps on their heads.
Shindai had the most lumps because when Kushina punched Shindai, the other three joined in.
Kushina warned Shindai, "If you ever try to corrupt Minato again, you'll have hell to pay!"
Shindai muttered quietly, "Lord Minato is already an adult. How can I, just a kid, possibly influence him? The fact that Lord Minato agreed means he wanted to do it too. I was only trying to help you two out. After all, at first you seemed happy about it, Sister Kushina, and kept giving opportunities. Now who are you trying to fool?"
Minato Namikaze was extremely embarrassed. Why did you have to say the truth? Right now, the most important thing is to just agree with Kushina, or you'll get beaten up again.
Kushina glared angrily at Shindai, "What did you say? Speak louder!"
Shindai closed his eyes tightly and shouted, "I said I'm sorry! I won't dare next time!"
Kushina "humphed," "Good that you realized your mistake. Don't let it happen again. Feel free to go home now."
Shindai and the other three sneaked out of Minato Namikaze's house shamefully.
Now only Minato Namikaze and Kushina remained inside the living room.
Minato Namikaze stood up from the sofa and apologized to Kushina, "Sorry, Kushina, I..."
"You idiot."
"Huh?"
Kushina looked straight into Minato's eyes, "I said you're a huge idiot."
Suddenly, Kushina grabbed Minato's collar, stood on tiptoe, and kissed him on the lips.
Minato's eyes widened instantly. When he regained his senses, he immediately took control, actively wrapping his arms around Kushina and kissing her back.
Meanwhile, outside the shattered window where Kushina had attacked, four nosy faces were peeking through slyly.
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