"Wife!!! I have never done anything to let you down!!!" Minato Namikaze continued to shout in desperation, trying to explain himself. At the same time, Souta Kazuki received another system notification for successfully summoning Uzumaki Kushina.
[Congratulations to the host for successfully summoning the dead and obtaining the summoned beast Uzumaki Kushina! A random ability is being extracted for the host! Congratulations to the host for obtaining the sealing technique, the Diamond Seal! The Diamond Seal requires the blood of the Uzumaki clan to use it, and the host has been detected to have the Uzumaki bloodline! The host has automatically learned the Diamond Seal!]
The Diamond Seal was indeed a powerful technique, especially when it came to suppressing tailed beasts. Souta had previously heard Uzumaki Mito explain its principles, but he hadn't learned it at the time. He had also witnessed how Uzumaki Mito had once used it to bind Hashirama Senju himself, and now, Uzumaki Kushina was using the very same technique to restrain Minato Namikaze. The memories of the Nine-Tails suffering at the hands of this technique resurfaced in his mind—this was not something to be underestimated.
On the other side, after a long and frantic explanation from Minato Namikaze, Uzumaki Kushina finally understood what was going on. She realized that her husband hadn't betrayed her, and that she had truly been resurrected. The shock of it all was still hard to believe.
"Little Kushina..."
The familiar, gentle voice caught Kushina Uzumaki completely off guard. She turned her head in astonishment.
"Grandma Mito!!!"
"It's me, little Kushina..."
Overcome with emotion, Kushina rushed into Mito Uzumaki's embrace.
"Grandma Mito… you've become so young!"
"Hahahahahaha! Little Kushina, you're still as young as ever! But your personality hasn't changed at all. It looks like you've bullied Minato a lot over the years, haven't you?"
"No! How could I bully that fool Minato?!"
Minato Namikaze, scratching his head awkwardly, stepped forward with a goofy grin.
"Senior Mito! Kushina is really good! And she didn't bully me…"
After their heartfelt reunion, Uzumaki Kushina learned many things from Minato. She found out that her son, Naruto Uzumaki, had successfully graduated from the Ninja Academy. She also learned that the person who had resurrected her, Souta Kazuki, was a very good friend of her son.
"Thank you, little Souta! You've given me the opportunity to see Naruto again! I really don't know how to repay you for such kindness…"
"Sister Kushina, there's no need to be so formal! Naruto and I are very close, and I'm really happy to see his family reunited."
Minato Namikaze suddenly stepped forward again, still looking somewhat bewildered.
"Souta, your way of addressing people seems a bit off, doesn't it? You clearly call me Uncle Minato, but now you're calling Kushina 'Sister'… isn't there a weird generation gap here?!"
Bang!
Kushina's fist landed squarely on Minato's head.
"You're the only one who talks too much! What's the problem?! He calls you Uncle, so now I have to be called Aunt?! Am I that old?!"
"My wife is not old! My wife is not old at all!! Just call her Sister!!!"
"Humph!!!"
Uchiha Fugaku, who had been silently watching from the side, clenched his fists. Seeing Namikaze Minato reunited with his wife made him incredibly envious. When would his wife, Mikoto, be summoned?!
"Souta! Hurry up and perform the summoning again! I want Mikoto to appear! You don't understand—before she died, she had already awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan! She was a Hokage-level powerhouse! If luck is on our side, she might be the next one to be summoned!"
Souta Kazuki was taken aback by this revelation. He hadn't known that Uchiha Mikoto had unlocked the Mangekyō Sharingan before her death. It wasn't mentioned in the original records he had studied. However, the more he thought about it, the more sense it made.
The Uchiha clan's Sharingan evolved through pain and loss. Uchiha Mikoto, a prodigy of the Uchiha clan, had experienced immeasurable pain before she died. She had watched her son Itachi massacre the entire clan. She had witnessed her own child kill his parents. The emotional agony she must have endured was beyond comprehension.
If she had truly awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, then one question lingered in Souta's mind—where were Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto's Mangekyō Sharingan now?
That old vulture, Danzo, had stolen countless Sharingan from the fallen Uchiha. If he had found a pair of Mangekyō, he definitely would have used them. But in the records, Danzo had only been shown using Uchiha Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan.
That meant there was only one possibility—Uchiha Itachi had taken his parents' Mangekyō Sharingan.
If that was the case, then in the future, both Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto had the potential to awaken the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. After all, Uchiha Madara had unlocked his Eternal Mangekyō by fusing his brother's eyes. There was no reason why the same principle wouldn't work for them.
If they succeeded, their strength would increase dramatically. The difference between the regular Mangekyō and the Eternal Mangekyō was vast. With the Eternal Mangekyō, they wouldn't have to worry about blindness from overuse.
Seeing the anxious look on Uchiha Fugaku's face, Souta didn't hesitate any longer. He had already performed three golden summons, spending a total of 300 million ryo. Among the spirits he had summoned was Uchiha Izuna, a legendary warrior from the Warring States period.
That meant that Konoha had at least three deceased Hokage-level powerhouses still buried somewhere—Uchiha Mikoto, Uchiha Shisui, and Might Duy.
And there was still the possibility that some ancient warriors from the Warring States era remained undiscovered.
Without wasting another moment, Souta directly exchanged 200 million ryo for two more golden summoning attempts.
"System, can I use two golden summonings at once?"
[Yes! As long as the host has enough summonings, any number can be used together!]
"Alright! Then use both summoning chances right now!"