"I'm only telling you this so you understand—without my interference, you and Minato will die."
Evan's voice was low, almost casual.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
Kushina's lips curled in disdain.
"Just you?"
"If even Minato can't handle the enemy, what makes you think you can?"
"Flying Thunder God is powerful, yes," Evan said with a faint smirk,
"but Minato struggles against large beasts.
Kushina-nee… you know that, don't you?"
Large beasts?
Kushina's heart tightened.
The Nine-Tails?
Meaning—
the Nine-Tails will break free.
She frowned in thought, refusing to surrender:
"If it's just the Nine-Tails, the Third is still here.
Konoha can handle it."
Evan snorted.
"And what if there's another enemy?"
Kushina's eyes widened.
"Who?"
"Hm…"
Evan shook his head calmly.
"The rest is paid content."
"You—!"
Kushina's teeth ground audibly.
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"You're coming back with me.
You're telling Minato and the elders everything!"
She shoved him—
But he didn't move an inch.
"Heh. You say it, so I obey?
Why?"
"Fine! Then I'll tell them myself!"
She tried to slip past him, marching toward the Hokage's office—
"You won't help anything.
You don't know the enemy.
You don't know their method."
His quiet words froze her mid-step.
Kushina turned slowly, trembling with anger.
[Kushina hatred value +2000]
"What do you want?!"
"Look at you, Kushina-nee.
Why are you rushing?"
Evan tilted his head with a feigned innocence.
"Shouldn't you show me… a gesture of sincerity?
Otherwise, why should I care?
It's not my life on the line."
"You— What kind of 'gesture'?"
Kushina felt her pulse spike in unease.
"I want…"
Evan stepped forward.
Kushina instinctively backed away—
Until her back hit the wall again.
He leaned in, one arm braced beside her head, his voice barely above a whisper:
"I want to taste what Kushina-nee is like."
His words brushed her ear like a cold wind.
She felt a jolt of heat and fury rise up her spine.
Before she could think, she swung her hand to slap him—
[Kushina hatred value +5000]
—but Evan caught her wrist easily.
"Careful now," he said lightly.
"You wouldn't want to hurt little Naruto, would you?"
"You— you shameless, disgraceful excuse for a Konoha ninja!"
Kushina's chest heaved violently with anger.
She tried to draw chakra—
—but suddenly her limbs went weak.
A numbing sensation spread through her body, and she felt her chakra points seal shut.
Evan withdrew his hand.
To him, using his Six Meridian Divine Sword technique to block chakra points was effortless—
and far more effective than even the Hyūga's Gentle Fist.
"What… what did you do to me?!"
Kushina was horrified.
She was a jōnin—
yet she couldn't even resist.
"Your strength… what level have you reached…?
Kage-level?
But you're still a teenager—!"
While she spiraled in shock, Evan reached out calmly and wrapped an arm around her waist—
steadying her swollen, pregnant body—
while his other hand rested gently against her rounded abdomen.
"Y-you… you beast!
What are you trying to do?!"
She trembled violently.
She didn't dare move recklessly with Naruto inside her.
[Kushina hatred value +10000]
"Kushina-nee," Evan murmured with a wicked smile,
"you smell like warm milk lately.
I find myself… wanting a taste."
Kushina stiffened, face burning with fury and humiliation.
"You—!
Your squad leaders and teammates—
if they knew their sacrifice created someone like you,
they'd crawl back as vengeful spirits to devour you!"
Evan laughed softly.
"Oh, I'm so scared."
He leaned a bit closer.
"But Kushina-nee doesn't know, does she?
My rigid team captain and my arrogant teammates…
I killed them myself."
Kushina forgot everything else.
Her breath caught.
"You… you're saying—"
Her voice shook.
"T-the jōnin leading your squad… and your teammates…
you… killed them?"
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Evan shrugged innocently.
"Of course.
I told them Konoha abandoned us.
Told them to flee on their own."
"They refused.
Started preaching 'Will of Fire' and 'the Flame of Konoha never dies.'"
"And they demanded I die with them."
"So I had no choice but to kill them first."
Kushina's lips trembled uncontrollably.
"Evan…
are you… still human?"
[Kushina hatred value +10000]
Evan exhaled softly, brushing a hand along her trembling back.
"Of course I'm human.
And because I have human emotions…
I have desires.
I admire you, Kushina-nee."
His voice dipped to a murmur:
"And I want to know what you taste like."
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