Chapter 42: 42
"Huh…? Where is this…?"
Tatsumi seemed to be walking on a road alone. He seems to have seen a very beautiful flower…
'It is not very clear because of the mist.'
"It's weird… I remember that I should have been knocked unconscious in bed by Tsunade…?"
'There is a wide river in front of me. There is a long bridge over the river.'
Lotus flowers are blooming on the dim river water, and a group of butterflies are flying.
"It's so beautiful that it doesn't look like it is in this world…"
Tatsumi couldn't help but mumble to himself.
Tatsumi suddenly saw a stone tablet on the foot of the bridge with two words written on it - Naihe Bridge. (Gate to underworld)
"wa, not good! If I don't go back, I will really die!?"
Aren't these the River Lethe and Yomi road! (Like the River of Styx)
"That means I am dying!?"
"Go back me! Come on!" Tatsumi shouted at himself.
Suddenly, a voice came from across the river.
"This is nothing terrifying. This is a good place. There are many beautiful women." The other person kept talking.
"Everything to eat here is delicious, everywhere you go is fun!"
"Are you talking to me?" Tatsumi stopped.
Someone on the other side whom he doesn't know is beckoning to Tatsumi!
'Speaking of which, take a closer look at the person on the far right. Isn't he the First Hokage?'
'No way! It's dangerous to listen to them!'
'Looking more closely, there is a man wearing clothes with the Uchiha clan emblem on his back who is somewhat similar to me - must be Uchiha Kagami.'
'A gathering of people who died! I have to be nice and say goodbye early–'
"Don't be afraid, my child. This is a very nice place." Kagami said
"ha ha ha Don't be afraid, young ninja. Don't worry about coming here…" First Hokage smiled.
"Aiya, Tatsumi. It's really good here. Everyday all is very joyful and joyful—" Second Hokage (UK it is wrong when Tobirama talks to an Uchiha gently)
"Really, really? Is it okay? You don't lie?" Tatsumi asked
"Ah. Of course. It's really fun. It feels much more comfortable here than at home! All of the people here are talented ones and they are all ver nice."
"…"
"Farewell, everyone! I will not forget you!"
Tatsumi quickened his pace and turned around to escape.
'I will live on your part…!'
...….
Tatsumi suddenly eyes opened.
"Are you alive?"
Tatsumi woke up and found himself lying in a strange room.
"Tatsumi, you are awake! Very good…Simulating the heart with Lightning-Style seems to be very effective."
Tsunade canceled her hand's lightning and showed a relieved expression.
'Just now…it was…Lightning-Style, right?'
'...cracking a joke, right? Had my life really just reached the boundary between life and death?'
"Don't you know any Medical-Ninjutsu that could have healed me, Lady Tsunade?"
Tatsumi gnashing his teeth said.
"That…ah…that, your heart just seemed to stop for a while, only for a while though. My Medical-Ninjutsu can't cure to that level." Tsunade said while touching his 'HEAD'.
"By the way, I used this method for the first time. I didn't expect it to be successful. Humans are really amazing creatures."
"-_-"
'Kunai, where is my kunai!' Tatsumi started to look in his ninja pouch.
"Hey, Tatsumi, just talk, don't touch Kunai. Ah, Kushina had fainted after that." Tsunade's voice sounded.
He saw Kushina in front of him. Kushina's long red hair was scattered on the bed like silk. She was asleep on the other side of the bed.
Tatsumi extended his hand and picked up a fallen red hair from Kushina's shoulder. There was a faint scent of cherry blossoms in the hair.
"En?"
Kushina, who was lying next to the bed, seemed to be awakened by Tatsumi's movements.
She lifted her head in a daze, rubbing her eyes. She found that Tatsumi in front of her had woken up.
"Well, you are awake!" Kushina said in surprise. There was a strange tone in her words.
"I'm sorry! I misunderstood you." Kushina suddenly stood up in a hurry, and even apologized to Tatsumi.
"It's okay, it's okay. It was my fault, I threw the mini Explosive Tag on the bed and scared you." Tatsumi waved his hand.
"ha ha. That mini Explosive Tag is quite interesting. At that time, it really shocked me. I thought I was really going to die." Kushina rubbed the back of her head.
She looked rejuvenated. Now Kushina doesn't have the cry and helplessness in her voice she had previously.
"Hello. My name is Uzumaki Kushina. I come from Uzushiogakure." Kushina's voice suddenly became low.
Tatsumi looked at Kushina, and remembered her act of putting kunai under her pillow.
'It seems that Uzushiogakure has been destroyed and Kushina has been living in the Land of Whirlpool all these years, everyday spent in miserable wars.' (IK it wasn't but lets assume)
'Maybe she witnessed the demise of Uzushiogakure, that is why she feels so insecure.'
Tatsumi immediately changed the subject.
"My name is Uchiha Tatsumi. Hello, Uzumaki Kushina. Just call me Tatsumi."
Kushina nodded.
"You can also call me Kushina. We are friends now." Kushina said.
'The friendship between children is something easy to make.' Tatsumi thought.
'Speaking of which, I don't seem to see the silhouette of that person.'
"Well, moving on, what about the teacher? Where did she go? Was she caught for attempted murder?"
Tatsumi's eyes narrowed and began to look for Tsunade.
"Sister Tsunade, well, she told me to tell you that she knew she was wrong. She went to the guard to surrender." Kushina said.
'Turn herself in? I'd rather believe that Kaguya Otsutsuki was knocking at my door.'
"Where did she really go?" Tatsumi asked.
"She said she wanted to take advantage of her luck, which was currently very good. She wants to go and gamble some more."
"Tatsumi, what do you mean to gamble?" Kushina asked. Of course, she, who has been displaced during the war, doesn't know what this means.'
"That's…to abduct a child." Tatsumi said.
Kushina showed a frightened expression.
Tatsumi looked at the room. The layout of this room is similar to that which was given to Tatsumi.
'It's just that there are more girl things here, it should be Kushina's.'
"Kushina, is this your room?" Tatsumi asked.
"That's right."
"What about my room?"
"Your room is no longer available. There is a hole in the wall. Tsunade, sister punched you, and then your body punched the wall through."
"That said, you are really lucky to survive."
"Then Kushina, how did you get into my room?" Tatsumi asked the question he cared about the most.
Kushina's Face was red at this time, like a tomato.
"Because… because these rooms were all the same looking, the layout inside was also confusing. I came to Konoha today only. Then I got l-lost when I came back from m-meeting Grandma Mito. Then I mistakenly w-went into your r-r-room."
"So this was it huh?"
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