Jiraiya did not know what to say for a moment.
He was truly shocked by Mito's strength.
A village of several thousand people, facing the siege of several thousand ninja—even a Kage might not have been able to escape unscathed, right?
Yet Mito had directly razed their village to the ground. Every single ninja had died!
Jiraiya simply could not believe it.
But when he raced back to Kusagakure at top speed, the enormous crater before his eyes told him it was all real.
Flames were still continuously rising from certain parts of the crater.
"Too terrifying, too terrifying! I absolutely must not provoke Lady Mito in the future!"
After Mito returned, she stroked Karin's head. "Don't worry, child. Grandmother has already killed all the bad people. No one will hurt you anymore."
Gang corrected her wording. "This child is only a few years old. She should probably call you Great-grandmother."
Mito held her forehead and laughed. "Ah, I forgot. She should call me Great-grandmother."
Both Ria and Karin clearly found it hard to believe.
Karin raised her little face toward Mito and saw an incomparably kind and gentle smile.
At that moment, Karin could no longer hold back. She threw her arms around Mito and broke down in tears.
Heaven knew what the mother and daughter had gone through, or what kind of persecution those beastly ninja had inflicted upon them.
Seeing her daughter sob uncontrollably, Ria also fell to her knees and wept.
"Lady Mito, thank you for saving our lives. I truly never thought I would one day see you again."
Mito hurriedly helped her up. "What are you doing? Failing to protect you was my responsibility as an elder. And now you are thanking me? Does that not shame me?"
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