Sure enough...
She had moved here!
The bright but no longer warm sunlight was sliced by the leaves into shafts of light that slanted down, casting speckles across Chiba's clothes. At this moment, Chiba finally let out a complete sigh of relief.
Reflected in his eyes was a simple house not far beneath the tree. By the standards of his previous life, it would have been a small apartment.
And this apartment was the residence of the current Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze.
There was already someone inside the apartment. Although Minato Namikaze was still busy with official duties and rarely came home—nor was he home now—someone was already cleaning this small apartment that belonged to him.
A beautiful woman.
It was exactly as Chiba had expected. Kushina had moved back, into Minato Namikaze's home.
In other words, Minato Namikaze and Kushina had reconciled.
Even if Chiba did nothing, even if he had forgotten all about it and never worried over it, the bond between Minato Namikaze and Kushina was deep, and their love was sincere. In the end, they had still gotten back together.
And seeing the smile on Kushina's lips, Chiba seemed to be infected by that happiness as well, a faint smile rising at the corners of his mouth.
Then I don't need to worry about this anymore. Time to head back!
I still haven't done my taijutsu training.
Having seen this, Chiba had no intention of lingering. He silently rose to his feet, then leaped down from the tree and flashed away.
Just over half an hour earlier that morning, he had woken up early. He simply could not stop worrying about Kushina, since he could not be certain that his deduction was one hundred percent correct.
So early in the morning, he had cautiously stationed himself