Chapter 336 Betrayal of Another Self
Chapter 336 Betrayal of Another Self
At this dinner table, Kushina and Satsuki were the only two people unaware of the true identities of these two guests. They couldn't understand why their private affairs would elicit such a strong reaction from these two strangers.
In reality, both Sasuke and Boruto were directly involved. After a brief moment of shock, Boruto was the first to recover. He stammered as he asked for confirmation.
"Um! What do you mean by 'arranged marriage'? We haven't misunderstood anything, have we?"
Boruto still clung to a sliver of hope that he had misunderstood. But Mikoto patiently continued to explain.
"It means exactly what it says. To be more specific, it refers to an arranged marriage between a boy and a girl when they are very young. If neither child objects in the future, they can become husband and wife."
"Mother……!"
Hearing her mother explain her marriage in such detail to outsiders, Satsuki blushed and shyly tugged at Mikoto's arm, trying to stop her from continuing.
"Now that everything has been said," Mikoto said, maintaining her elegant smile, "what are everyone's opinions?"
She was the first to express her stance: "I really love Naruto. Therefore, I'm very happy to be another mother to Naruto."
"Yes, yes! Me too!" Kushina immediately chimed in cheerfully, "It was so great that we made that promise! I wholeheartedly agree!"
Fugaku Uchiha remained silent for a moment, then spoke calmly.
"I have no objection."
Uchiha Sasuke originally thought that he had reached his limit in the blow he had suffered today—the shame of discovering that he existed as a woman in this parallel universe was so strong that he wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into immediately.
In his turbulent life, he experienced the despair of his people being slaughtered, the sorrow of being betrayed by his loved ones, and the anger of learning the truth; he tasted all kinds of negative emotions. But the embarrassment and shame he felt now were unprecedented for him.
Deep down, Sasuke felt a ridiculous dizziness. He looked at "Uchiha Satsuki," who resembled him but was clearly a woman, and then at Naruto, who was so familiar to him from his memories. He felt a suffocating sense of temporal and spatial distortion.
"...I think...should I reconsider?"
Sasuke's mind was in complete chaos, but he could only manage to squeeze out this weak and feeble objection.
"Is that so?" Mikoto turned to look gently at her daughter. "Then, Satsuki, do you agree to this agreement?"
Zuo Yue already had the answer in her heart—she wholeheartedly agreed to the marriage. In fact, if someone were to cancel this arranged marriage now under the pretext of "respecting her personal wishes," she would definitely be the first to stand up and vehemently oppose it. Her hesitation at this moment was purely because there were strangers present, making her ashamed to express her true feelings.
"Eh? This... Shall we talk about it now..." Satsuki's voice trailed off.
"Hmm? Don't you want to, Satsuki?" Mikoto deliberately dragged out her words.
"No! I...agree..." Satsuki hurriedly denied, secretly glancing at Naruto, her heart beating faster involuntarily.
"I see," Mikoto pressed, clearly enjoying the moment, "So, do you like Naruto?"
"Wh...what?!"
Zuo Yue's eyes widened in disbelief that her mother would ask such a blunt question in front of so many people. She felt both ashamed and embarrassed, as well as at a loss for words.
"Don't you like it? Satsuki doesn't need to force herself." Mikoto was clearly teasing her daughter and future "son" on purpose.
"I don't dislike it..." Satsuki turned her face away, her ear tips already burning red.
"You don't dislike it, but you don't like it either?" Mikoto pressed on relentlessly, a gentle smile still playing on her lips.
"……like."
Under her mother's relentless questioning, Zuo Yue finally gave up resisting. She lowered her head and uttered the words that had been hidden in her heart for so long in an almost inaudible voice.
After saying that, she felt like she was on fire.
"boom!"
The dining table shook violently. Sasuke, unable to withstand the successive mental shocks, collapsed onto the table, looking extremely weak.
Hearing his "self" from another world confess to Naruto so bluntly almost overwhelmed his sanity with the absurdity of it all.
"Sa...Master! Are you alright?!" Boruto exclaimed in alarm. It was the first time he had ever seen Sasuke Uchiha in such a distraught state, and he quickly went forward to help him up.
Sasuke barely managed to grab Boruto's wrist and struggled to lift his head. "Sorry, I'm sorry... I'm full, I'll have to leave for a bit." He had only one thought in his mind: he had to escape this suffocating situation immediately. With that, he pulled Boruto along and stood up, heading straight for the door.
Boruto, still surprised, could only look back longingly at the unfinished special burger before being reluctantly dragged away.
"What...what's going on with that person?" Kushina asked, puzzled, completely unable to understand why her family's private affairs would cause such a blow to an outsider.
Naruto remembered that there was indeed such a childhood betrothal agreement... but he didn't expect that Uchiha Sasuke would witness this moment and cause such a huge impact.
At that moment, Naruto suddenly realized that almost everyone's eyes were focused on him, clearly waiting for his response. To be honest, according to his understanding, Uchiha Satsuki was originally a girl... and Naruto himself didn't realize that if Satsuki could see the bond level, the number would be terrifying.
"I...agree...do I need to say anything else?" Naruto scratched his face a little embarrassedly.
"Yes! That's enough!" Mikoto said happily, without pressing her for answers like she had with Satsuki. She looked at the young couple before her, her heart filled with satisfaction.
"Well then, once you're both adults, you can confirm your relationship and then choose when to hold your wedding."
"Mom!" Mikoto's blunt words made Satsuki's head almost steam.
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