Was that... Sasuke?
In the shelter beside the houses along this remote arched road, Chiba, who had been hurrying along at high speed, suddenly halted and stopped in a shadowed corner. His gaze could not help but turn toward the center of the road, where a beautiful woman had bowed to Biwako Sarutobi, cried out in surprise, and drawn Kushina's attention.
Though he was hidden in the darkness, Chiba noticed the lovely baby in the beautiful woman's arms.
And this scene was exceedingly familiar.
He knew this beautiful woman as well. She was none other than Mikoto Uchiha.
This scene was clearly one of the few depictions from the original work of the time before the Night of the Nine-Tails.
In the original work, after this scene, the narrative jumped directly to Kushina giving birth, without explaining what happened in between.
However, according to the original work, since nothing had been mentioned, nothing had likely gone wrong here.
At the same time, with that one glance, Chiba knew that the child Mikoto Uchiha was holding had to be Sasuke.
"Wh... what is it, Chi..."
At this moment, the young Anbu Ninja who had been leading the way noticed that Chiba had stopped. He returned and slipped into the shadows as well, lowering his voice as he asked.
But before he could finish, Chiba raised a hand to stop him.
Is... there a problem?
After being stopped by Chiba, the young Anbu Ninja could not help looking outside as well. He saw only that Kushina, the person they were escorting on this mission, was talking with the Uchiha Clan head's wife and playing with the child. Even Lady Biwako had been drawn over, leaving him faintly puzzled.
Though they should not have stopped to do such things while in the middle