When the school bell rang, the players streamed out of the school gate in small groups.
In the past, there would be quite a few parents picking up their children at this time… but that had nothing to do with the players.
The Reincarnation System had uniformly assigned them the identity of 'orphans', so the last time they transmigrated, whether it was Makoto, Yukino, or Hachiman, they all went straight back to the orphanage after school.
But today was diffTomoyat.
Many players saw familiar faces among the crowd of parents picking up children.
"Mom——!"
The Aizono sisters exclaimed in unison, running towards a graceful figure in the crowd.
That was their mother, Aizono Kayoko.
Unlike her daughters, who had turned into eight-year-old girls, Kayoko's appearance was no diffTomoyat from in the real world… still a beautiful woman who looked to be only around thirty, just wearing clothes in the style of the Naruto World.
"Marina! Airi!"
Aizono Kayoko opened her arms and tightly hugged her two daughters.
Seeing Makoto walking over, her eyes reddened, and she cried tears of joy. "Makoto! You're here too... thank goodness, thank goodness!"
When she first transmigrated and heard the Reincarnation System's rules, she had been scared out of her wits.
Before she could even recover, people from Konoha came to her door, saying they had found her children and asking her to come pick them up from school.
And then she really saw her daughters... and Makoto.
Her nerves, which had been tense all day, finally relaxed.
She hadn't seen them for a month in the real world, and she never expected to reunite with them in another world.
The Aizono sisters wTomoya't the only ones who saw their parents.
"Mom——!"
Eriri threw herself into the arms of a beautiful woman who looked ninety percent like her but had purple hair and wore a kimono.
Sawamura Sayuri… her mother.
"Oh my, it's been how many years since Eriri clung to me like this?" Sayuri hugged her daughter tightly with a smile.
Although she was the mother of a high school student, she herself was also a seasoned anime fan, so she accepted the whole 'transmigration' thing much more readily than Kayoko.
"Mom!"
Ran, pulling Sonoko along, hopped happily over to Kisaki Eri.
Her parents had been separated for ten years, and she had always lived with her unreliable father… if it wTomoya't for her, she really didn't know how her dad would manage his life.
Eri, who wore glasses and exuded a dual aura of cool elegance and intellect, looked at her daughter, who had turned back into an elementary school student.
For a rare moment, her maternal instincts overflowed, and she crouched down to pull the loli version of Ran into her arms.
"Mother, Father."
Haruno and Yukino walked shoulder to shoulder up to the Yukinoshita couple and bowed their heads in greeting.
From the way they addressed them, it was clear… their relationship with their parents wasn't as casual as the previous families.
"It's good that you two are safe." The Yukinoshita Family's head showed a gentle smile.
The style of this couple right now was completely opposite to that in the real world.
The Yukinoshita Family's head wasn't wearing a custom suit, and Mrs. Yukinoshita wasn't wearing her high-grade silk kimono.
Both were dressed as commoners… but even so, it couldn't hide the almost innate aristocratic aura that Mrs. Yukinoshita possessed.
Compared to her husband's easygoing nature, Mrs. Yukinoshita as the mother merely gave a faint "Mm."
Then she walked straight over to Makoto.
"Makoto-kun, is this the source of your power?"
Yukino clenched her fists, her eyes growing increasingly cold.
'I had to become stronger.'
Makoto smiled: "Madam, would you like to try it as well?"
As he spoke, he casually glanced at the 'motherly love and filial piety' scenes around him, once again sighing in his heart, 'These anime mothers really didn't show their age at all.'
And it wasn't just his imagination... he felt like the mothers were prettier than the daughters?
The corner of Mrs. Yukinoshita's mouth curled up slightly: "Makoto-kun, you're joking."
Although she had only transmigrated a day ago, like her eldest daughter Haruno, she had already gathered quite a bit of information through various channels.
A forty-year-old wanting to become a Ninja?
Were you joking?
Utaha, Yumiko, and others who didn't see their parents in the crowd all showed disappointment in their eyes.
"Let's go back and digest the situation first today,"
Makoto said to Mrs. Yukinoshita. "There will be plenty of time to talk later."
This time's dungeon mission was the [Konoha Crush Plan], and Naruto and Sasuke were only eight years old this year… which meant they would be staying in this world for a full four or five years.
Mrs. Yukinoshita nodded slightly, placed her hands together over her lower abdomen, and gracefully bowed: "Then we'll take our leave first."
With that, she led her husband and two daughters away.
"Makoto!"
Kayoko tugged at Makoto's sleeve. "You should live with us. You probably don't have to worry about the police or anything here, right..."
Makoto raised an eyebrow: "Auntie Kayoko has a house in this world?"
Kayoko nodded and pointed towards Konoha's main gate. "It's not big, but the four of us can squeeze in."
Makoto couldn't help but remark in his heart, 'The Reincarnation System was surprisingly considerate, even arranging a house.'
On the other side, Eriri, who had learned from Sawamura Sayuri that the system had also given her mother a house, showed a flash of joy on her face.
Finally, she didn't have to squeeze into the orphanage.
She awkwardly looked at Utaha and Megumi, cleared her throat, and said: "Well... if you're willing to help my mom with the housework, I suppose I could let you stay."
A classic Tsundere remark.
Normally, Utaha would definitely have retorted.
But at this moment, this literary girl uncharacteristically politely bowed to Sayuri: "Then we'll be intruding, Auntie."
If they could avoid the orphanage, who would want to squeeze in with a bunch of boys?
Megumi followed suit, thanking Sayuri.
Eriri's gaze turned to Aki Tomoya, who looked like he wanted to say something but hesitated—
"Sorry, Tomoya,"
Sayuri spoke first, her tone gentle but firm. "Our house is quite small. Housing four people is already the limit."
Tomoya's smile froze on his face, then turned bitter. "Is that so... what a shame."
Helpless, he could only follow Kazuya, Hachiman, and the others towards the orphanage.
Yui, Chizuru, and others whose mothers hadn't come were looking conflicted.
"We're going to live with these boys?" Yumiko didn't hide the disgust on her face.
As a veteran player, Chizuru had also had Makoto and Hachiman as two boys when she lived in the orphanage before.
But there were fewer people then, and they were far apart, so it was barely acceptable.
But now with so many people transmigrating… there was no doubt they would have physical contact with the opposite sex.
Even if their bodies had turned into elementary school students, their minds were still high schoolers after all.
Hearing Yumiko's words, Makoto's eyes lit up slightly.
He called out to Yukino, who had already walked some distance away:
"Hey～ you who firmly believe in your own absolute justice, aren't you going to help them?"