On Sunday, Mu Yue gave his students the day off. Earlier, through the ninja who had delivered the meals, he had arranged his next meeting with Kushina for the weekend.
They had agreed to meet at nine in the morning.
Mu Yue arrived at the designated location ten minutes early. It had nothing to do with who he was meeting; it was simply his own habit. He liked arriving a little ahead of time.
With those extra ten minutes, even if something unexpected happened, he would not be late.
Of course, this was Konoha, where getting around depended entirely on one's own two legs. There were no cars, so traffic jams were impossible. Otherwise, Mu Yue might have left himself even more buffer time.
When Mu Yue arrived, he did not see Kushina. About five minutes later, he spotted her hurrying over.
"Eh, Mu Yue, you're already here? Don't tell me I'm late?" Kushina looked slightly surprised when she saw Mu Yue already standing there.
She had thought that, as the teacher, she ought to arrive first, so she had planned to come early. Yet Mu Yue had still beaten her here.
Could my clock be broken? Kushina scratched her head.
"You're not late. You're even a little earlier than our scheduled time, but I arrived a bit before you did," Mu Yue said with a smile.
While he had a habit of arriving early himself, he never expected others to do the same. He only hoped the people accompanying him would not be late.
"Ahem. Student Mu Yue, you're quite diligent. You'd better be just as diligent when we start studying," Kushina said, clearing her throat twice as she got into character.
"I'm a very strict teacher. Even Minato gets punished if he doesn't study properly," Kushina said, trying