Kairen glided a few times and arrived at the Konoha Orphanage.
Up in the sky, Kushina saw a huge building with all kinds of playground facilities.
She grew curious:
"What's that? What's that?"
Kairen looked down, then replied:
"That's the playground I made at the orphanage with Wood Release!"
"Playground?!" Kushina's childlike heart burst out:
"Let me down right now, I want to play! I want to play!"
Kairen was speechless:
"Isn't riding on me fun enough?!"
Kairen dove slowly like a great eagle descending from the heavens, then turned into a puff of white smoke and landed on the ground, catching Kushina in a princess carry.
Kushina punched Kairen once and jumped down:
"Don't be so rude to me!"
Kairen nodded hard:
"Yes! Yes! Yes! Whatever Kushina-san says is right."
Kushina clapped her hands, smiling proudly:
"Of course it is!"
A group of kids from the orphanage saw the two appear and rushed over, finally recognizing Kairen, someone they were familiar with.
"Kairen-san!"
"Kairen-san!"
They shouted excitedly, swarming toward him.
In the blink of an eye, one kid was on Kairen's back, one on each shoulder, and two clinging to his thighs.
"Kairen-san!" Jinrei hung onto Kairen's shoulder, her cute face full of smiles.
Kairen sighed helplessly:
"You all get down first, Kairen-san can't even walk."
Jinrei and Akikawa hopped down, huddling around Kairen.
Kushina walked over, then picked up a cute little girl and said to Kairen:
"So these are the kids from the Konoha Orphanage? They're so adorable!"
"You are also very pretty, especially your beautiful red hair."
"Your mouth is so sweet!"
Kairen rubbed Jinrei's head and asked:
"Where's your director? Is she inside?"
Jinrei shook her head. The director had gone out to buy things.
Going out to "buy things" actually meant going on an Anbu mission. Kairen understood instantly.
He sighed. He had been slacking off and fishing for a peaceful day; apparently Yakushi Nono doing the same was impossible.
Jinrei tugged Kairen's sleeve:
"Kairen-san, where are the pandas? Can you let them come play with us?"
Kairen nodded, bit his finger, squeezed some blood onto the ground, and formed a seal:
"Summoning Technique!"
Kairen had discovered a feature of the reincarnation curse seal planted on Wolon and Fenchu—he could use Summoning Technique to summon the hosts of the parasite seals.
When he first realized this trick, the first thing he thought of was loneliness at night—one summoning and the problem was solved.
This was called Wife Summoning Technique.
Kushina's curiosity was piqued; she really wanted to know what Kairen's summoned beasts were!
With a bang, two panda cubs appeared—one sitting, one lying down—each slowly munching on bamboo shoots.
"Mm~?"
Fenchu looked confused—how did he suddenly end up here?
"HAHAHAHA…" Kushina laughed so hard she bent over, Kairen wanting to support her from behind.
Kairen stared at her:
"What are you laughing at?"
Kushina said:
"I didn't expect your summoned beasts to be these two little fluffballs. What kind of combat power do they even have? Are you trying to make me die of laughter?"
Kairen pouted. Wolon and Fenchu had his reincarnation curse seals on them; once activated, their power would reach Chūnin level.
And they hadn't even been trained yet. These days, Smart Kairen was training their skills; after some time, he could release them with a Master Ball.
"Wolon and Fenchu."
Jinrei and the others stared at the two panda babies with hearts full of affection, one by one approaching Wolon and Fenchu.
Kushina walked up next to Kairen, saying:
"Take me to see your playground."
"Alright, alright!" Kairen said, about to undo his belt.
Then his extremely mature mind realized—this wasn't that kind of playground, it was the one above.
He withdrew his hand and took Kushina to try all sorts of facilities.
The first stop was the roller coaster—Kushina's first time. Kairen originally thought she would cling to him in fear and beg Kairen-san to comfort her.
But Kushina was a kunoichi stronger than a Jōnin; how could she lack such basic composure? Kairen's sinister plan failed.
No matter—round two!
The second stop was the Ferris wheel. Slow, gentle, and no chance to take advantage.
The third stop, Kairen went full devious.
They went to ride bumper cars; Kairen created a shadow clone to replace himself and transformed into Kushina's bumper car.
As dusk approached, Kushina stretched lazily and laughed:
"Today was amazing!"
Kairen was covered in Kushina's scent and nodded:
"It was absolutely fantastic!"
After spending the whole day playing, it was time for Kushina to go home. She patted Kairen's shoulder:
"Carry me home!"
Kairen pouted:
"You really treat me like your mount!"
"You're faster!"
"What? You say I'm fast?! Your man Minato has Flying Thunder God and is even faster!"
"But you can fly! Minato can't take me flying!"
"That's true. I, Moku Kairen, can take you flying."
Kairen said goodbye to Jinrei and the others, then picked up Wolon and Fenchu.
The two chubby pandas had been squished by so many people that their black-and-white fur had turned gray.
Kairen produced a bamboo shoot and waved it near their noses. Wolon and Fenchu instantly revived and began squeaking as they tried to snatch it.
"Chirp—"
With a puff of white smoke, Kairen spread his wings, cutting through the sky, carrying Kushina and the two panda cubs into the air.
Kushina rode on Kairen's back, feeling refreshed. The entire Konoha village lay beneath them, a rare sight.
After all, Kairen was the only one who dared fly over the village all day long; even the Anbu didn't dare interfere.
In the air, Kairen suddenly said to Kushina:
"Tonight, call Obito and Minato to come to the Senju Clan."
"For what?"
"Tsunade-san became the Hokage's assistant. Of course we're holding a banquet to celebrate!"
"Banquet? Great! I love banquets!"
"Yeah! I love banquets too. Only after getting drunk can people be truly honest with each other!"
Kairen flew over Kushina's house. Kushina jumped down and snatched away the two panda cubs.
"Since we're going to your house tonight, I'm borrowing these two little pandas first!"
"Mm~"
Kairen flew helplessly toward the Senju Clan, ignoring the two panda cubs crying miserably as Kushina squished them.