That night, Kushina lay quietly in bed.
The bedroom was completely silent—so quiet that she could even clearly hear her own heartbeat.
Recalling her experiences over the recent period of time, she found it difficult to fall asleep for a while.
Kushina knew she was special.
Even among the Uzumaki Clan, where everyone was a major Chakra powerhouse, she was the most special one.
Despite being from the same Uzumaki Clan, her Chakra was more abundant than others, its quality was higher, and it also possessed extremely strong suppression power!
Kushina felt that this might be the reason she was chosen to be sent to Konoha.
But she didn't know the specific reason.
She only knew that she would live in Konoha in the future and become a part of it.
Back when she was still with her clan, Kushina had heard that Konoha was a solid ally of Uzushiogakure, as well as the largest and most prosperous Ninja village in the Ninja World.
This made her feel some anticipation, though within that anticipation, there was also a hint of anxiety.
She was worried about being laughed at as a country bumpkin, worried that her verbal tic would be mocked, and worried about being bullied in this foreign land.
But fortunately... none of those things happened.
Sister Tsunade, who was responsible for taking care of her, had a passionate yet gentle personality and was said to be the granddaughter of the First Hokage.
Her younger brother Nawaki, although he didn't seem very bright, was equally passionate and straightforward.
And then there was that boy named Minato Namikaze... his cooking was really delicious!
Mhm, and he was very gentle too!
This is great!
It's truly great not to be rejected!
Kushina closed her eyes, clutching her quilt as she rolled around twice on the bed, a trace of a smile on her lips.
She had to go to school tomorrow... Just the thought of possibly making new friends tomorrow made Kushina so excited she couldn't sleep. Fortunately, sleepiness comes quickly to children, allowing her to enter her dreams in time.
Early the next morning, Kushina got up early, only to find that Minato was already preparing breakfast.
"Good morning."
Seeing Kushina get up, Minato said good morning. "It's still early; you could have slept a bit longer."
"I... I don't have the habit of sleeping in!"
This was the first time the two of them were alone together, so Kushina couldn't help but feel a bit nervous, and in her haste, she said something she didn't mean.
In fact, she absolutely loved sleeping in!
"I see."
Seemingly seeing through her insincerity, Minato gave a light chuckle. "Then how about helping me out?"
Perhaps because she felt a sense of belonging by being needed, Kushina's eyes lit up. "Sure, sure! What do you want me to do?"
"Help me boil a few eggs and heat two boxes of milk."
Minato took the eggs and milk out of the refrigerator and put a pot on to boil. "Put the eggs in once the water boils, take them out after eight minutes, and after turning off the heat, just drop the milk boxes into the hot water to soak."
"No problem, leave it to me!"
Kushina was full of energy. Seeing Minato standing in front of the cutting board rubbing something, she leaned over curiously. "What are you making?"
"Lunch bentos."
Minato held out his hand, revealing a round rice ball covered in Seaweed flakes.
"Today's lunch bento is Pork belly rice balls, using the Charcoal-grilled pork belly left over from last night."
"Do you have to prepare so many things every day?"
Kushina found it somewhat incredible; she hadn't expected Minato to even prepare bentos.
"Actually, most of the time, I leave it to my Clones, but the workload isn't much today, so I'm doing it on a whim."
Minato smiled; he wasn't stupid.
The drawback of the Wood Clone is that it must contact the main body to synchronize information.
But this also means that without synchronizing information, the Wood Clone's fatigue will not transfer to the main body.
So the first thing Minato did every day when he got up was to create a Wood Clone to make the bentos, then leisurely wash up and hum a song while making breakfast.
After finishing the bentos, the Wood Clone would consciously go to the courtyard and turn into a large tree or a wooden stake for the Shadow Clone to use for Cultivate; it was a true tool.
Soon, breakfast was ready, and a tired, heavy set of footsteps came from the living room.
"Ha— Good morning."
Tsunade yawned as she came into the kitchen, her gaze pausing for a moment on the two of them.
For some reason, when she saw Kushina standing next to Minato, she suddenly felt a wave of annoyance for no apparent reason.
"Tch!"
"???"
The two in the kitchen were completely bewildered.
Did she just click her tongue?
What happened?
Until Tsunade walked into the bathroom with a pout, Kushina looked at Minato in confusion. "What's wrong with Sister Tsunade?"
"I don't know..."
Minato shook his head blankly; it was also his first time seeing Tsunade like this. Normally, Tsunade's attitude toward him was incredibly good.
Could it be her period?
Thinking of this, a flash of realization crossed Minato's eyes.
Yes, that must be it!
After breakfast, Tsunade took the three of them to school and personally escorted Kushina to the teacher's office.
Minato arrived at the classroom, and as soon as he entered, girls immediately surrounded him.
"Good morning, Minato-kun~"
"Good morning."
"Hey, hey, Minato, does my new dress look good?"
"It suits you very well..."
Minato greeted everyone politely. "Listen everyone, a friend of mine will be transferring to our class today. I hope everyone can get along well."
"Minato-kun's friend? Boy or girl?" Koyou Kaoru asked subconsciously.
"A girl."
"Eh—"
Several girls immediately made ambiguous sounds that seemed to contain hidden hostility, but no one wanted to embarrass Minato.
"Then let's hope we can get along well~"
"Yeah, after all, she's Minato's friend."
Minato nodded and smiled, sat in the back row by the window, and casually placed his textbook on the adjacent seat to save it for Kushina.
Seeing this, the girls who were eyeing the seat next to him like hawks had no choice but to give up helplessly.
"Tsk, that kid is always showing off like that."
In the first row near the door, Kōta looked toward Minato, his tone annoyed.
Perhaps because he was so popular with the girls, Minato's popularity among the boys had never been very good. Except for Shinnosuke and a few other boys, the other boys always seemed to have hidden hostility in their eyes when they looked at him.
After all, boys have jealousy too, and their aggressiveness in this regard is even stronger.
"What can we do? The guy is strong. Even Shinnosuke is no match for him."
Tetsuo's tone was helpless. In the Taijutsu combat classes over the past two months, no one had ever been a match for Minato. Therefore, even if people were annoyed, no one would easily provoke him.
"Hey! Yukio, what do you say?"
Kōta nudged the boy with large-framed glasses on his right.
The boy pushed up his glasses, and his lips curled. "No matter how strong that guy is, he's still just one person, right?"
Kōta and Tetsuo looked at each other, and then the three of them huddled together, letting out a malicious chuckle.
Soon, the school bell rang.
The students in the class returned to their seats, and Iruka Umino brought Kushina into the classroom.
Kushina looked past her classmates, nervously searching for Minato's figure, until she saw Minato sitting in the back row waving at her, and only then did she quietly breathe a sigh of relief.
Iruka Umino spoke up. "Alright, let me introduce everyone. This is the student transferring to our school today..."
"I... I'm Uzumaki Kushina, dattebane!"
Perhaps because she was too nervous, before Iruka Umino could finish, Kushina braced herself and shouted loudly, accidentally letting out her verbal tic 'dattebane'.
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