Kushina was just as happy when she heard Karin say she was willing to stay in Konoha.
After all these years, she had finally met another descendant of the Uzumaki Clan!
The two emotional women nearly burst into tears and embraced each other at that moment.
For them, after Uzushio Village had been destroyed, their original home was gone.
Kushina had been luckier. Because she had been chosen as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, she had been brought to Konoha to live.
Konoha could be considered her second home.
Moreover, she had started a family in Konoha and made many friends.
To Kushina, her life was now perfect.
If there was anything lacking, it was that she had never encountered another member of the Uzumaki Clan.
But now that Karin had agreed to remain in Konoha, the last regret in Kushina's heart had finally been made up for!
Karin, however, was different.
Before today, her life had truly been a tragedy.
Ever since she could remember, her father had already been gone.
What Karin remembered most clearly from her childhood was wandering from place to place with her mother.
Until they were taken in by Kusagakure.
Just when Karin and her mother thought their suffering was finally about to end, they discovered that Kusagakure's ninjas had only regarded them as "mobile potions."
That was the only reason they had been allowed to stay in Kusagakure.
Later, Karin's mother had died under the unbearable burden.
Normally, it should have been Karin's turn to take over her mother's responsibility.
But Karin had still been young then, so it had been delayed until now.
If nothing unexpected happened, once the Chunin Exams ended and Karin returned to Kusagakure, she would immediately begin living the life her mother once had.
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