And Kushina's thoughts were also very simple!
It's that this son, Naruto, was really too foolish. Since he wasn't actually born to her, but to a parallel-world version of her, then Kushina didn't really want to acknowledge him as her son!
As she said, being an aunt is fine… an aunt can look after a nephew.
But being a mother? Kushina suspected she would die from frustration.
Hearing Kushina's words, not only Naruto, but the others couldn't sit still either.
"No, Kushina, why?" Jiraiya took a step forward, asking incredulously: "Isn't Naruto a piece of flesh that came from your body?"
"That's right, Kushina!" Tsunade held the same attitude.
Beside them, looking at Kushina, Kakashi felt an overwhelming sense of unfamiliarity!
Even Hiashi was the same. Among family relationships, the Hyuga could be considered the coldest.
But even he wouldn't disown his daughter… he would just treat her poorly.
However, facing everyone's puzzled gazes, Kushina's expression remained unchanged.
Kushina replied leisurely: "He is indeed, 'my' son. He is indeed, a piece of flesh that came from 'my' body."
"But, he is indeed not my son!" Kushina looked at everyone: "Though it's a bit of a tongue-twister, you should be able to understand what I mean this way, right?"
Hearing Kushina's words, everyone finally understood what Kushina had been emphasizing with 'my'.
Of course, they wouldn't think in the direction of Kushina being from another world.
In everyone's view, Kushina had been resurrected, but this wasn't her previous body, that's why she thought this way.
At the same time, Kushina's attitude reminded everyone of a paradox.
That is, suppose there's a ship. Every time it sails, one part breaks, and when it returns, that part is replaced. Eventually, every single part of it has been replaced with a new one.
So, is such a ship still the original ship?
If you say no, yet they have the same name. If you say yes, yet they share nothing in common!
Clearly-
This is what Kushina thought.
But, even so, everyone still found Kushina very perplexing.
"So what, Kushina? I believe the heritage of the name is more important than anything!"
"Naruto is the son of Uzumaki Kushina and Namikaze Minato. No one can change that. As long as you consider yourself Uzumaki Kushina, you are his mother!" Jiraiya said agitatedly.
However, Kushina clearly didn't quite agree with Jiraiya's words.
"Hmph! But I came to Sora with a clean slate! I am not Namikaze Minato's person, I am Sora's person!"
"And Naruto..." Kushina glanced at Naruto with disdain.
"I really don't want to admit that he was born from me!" Kushina explained her reasoning: "Too foolish, too meek!"
"If I had been here since childhood, being called a demon fox, drinking expired milk, eating expired instant noodles, I would have released the Nine-Tails and leveled Konoha Village long ago!"
"But what about him?" Kushina pointed at the flustered Naruto: "In his heart, you really can't see even a hint of darkness!"
As she spoke, Kushina also felt helpless: "I don't understand what kind of masochist could grow up in such an environment and still harbor love for Konoha!"
"Are the Third's brainwashing techniques too superb? Or did he fall under an Uchiha's Genjutsu, having his mind altered?"
"Naruto truly doesn't seem like a normal person! He doesn't resemble me, nor Minato. So I really don't want to acknowledge this son!"
Looking at Naruto, Kushina said: "Naruto, I'm very curious, what is your heart made of?"
"Why is it that no matter how others hurt you, you always respond with smiles and enthusiasm? Don't you ever feel anger? Don't you ever feel sadness? Don't you ever feel hatred?"
"Yes, in education, we always teach children not to be blinded by hatred, not to let anger cloud their judgment, and not to give up on themselves because of sadness!"
"But that's based on the premise that the child's mind is originally normal. The purpose of saying these things is to help the child stay normal."
"But unfortunately!" Kushina shook her head: "Naruto, you are clearly outside the range of normality!"
Hearing Kushina's words, Naruto fell silent. Fragments of the past flashed before his eyes.
In the past, no one had ever told him he should seek revenge, that he should feel anger.
At the same time, there was always something pressing down on him, making it so that he only needed a tiny bit of light, and he was willing to give even greater light in return.
But now, under the explanation of Kushina, his biological mother, Naruto was beginning to wake up.
If Konoha really was as Kushina described, embezzling the inheritance left by his parents while relentlessly persecuting him...
Then in that case, his anger was justified, his hatred was justified, and even wanting to destroy everything was justified!
Crack!
At this moment, something in Naruto's mind shattered!