After leaving the Hokage Building, Mu Yue returned to his home in the Main City Area.
He created a Shadow Clone to clean the house, then used Observation Haki to search for Kushina's location.
Before leaving the battlefield, Minato had written a letter and asked him to deliver it to Kushina along the way.
"Not bad luck." Mu Yue discovered that Kushina was on the Shopping Street.
If Kushina had not been outside but inside the Uzumaki Sealing Jutsu residence, finding her would have been slightly more troublesome.
Not only was Kushina the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, she was also a Jinchuriki currently training to master tailed beast power. Where she lived was classified above all else and could not be visited casually.
Even with Mu Yue's considerable status in the Anbu, he would first have needed to submit an application to Hiruzen Sarutobi through the Anbu before going there.
But if Kushina was out shopping, things were much simpler. Mu Yue could simply run into her by chance.
After all, Konoha's Main City Area was only so big. Running into each other was hardly strange, as though he ran into Kushina every day.
Keeping track of Kushina's position in real time with Observation Haki, Mu Yue strolled like an ordinary person and slowly approached where she was.
"This light red dress feels pretty nice. It matches our hair color really well."
When Mu Yue arrived at the Shopping Street, Kushina was picking out clothes in a clothing store. Worth mentioning was that Kushina was not shopping alone. Beside her was Uzumaki Hualing, whom Mu Yue had previously brought back from the Land of Grass.
"Kushina, Hualing, long time no see." Mu Yue put on a surprised expression and raised a hand in greeting.
Hearing the familiar voice, Kushina put down the