Why Is There Someone Everywhere?

But A-Bai, who had just been mentioned, came over at the sound. "I think I heard someone calling my name? What's going on?"

A-Bai flapped her snow-white wings and landed on the roof across from Torikaze and Kushina.

Her soft, slender feathers draped naturally downward, making her almost indistinguishable from the legendary divine bird, the Phoenix.

"Nothing. We were just saying you should keep an eye on Kushina's belly. If no one's home, we'll have to rely on you."

A-Bai nodded. "Of course. I've been keeping an eye on Kushina every day for a long time already, but human pregnancies seem to be different from birds'..."

Torikaze gave A-Bai a helpless look. This bird looked incredibly imposing, but she was actually rather foolish.

"You saw Chisato when she was pregnant. How could you forget now?"

A-Bai argued, "It's been eleven years! How could I possibly remember clearly?"

With that, she fled as though escaping for her life.

As one of the elders of the Cloud Clan Grounds, A-Bai was deeply respected there.

Other than Torikaze, almost no one teased A-Bai.

For an Old Hen to truly turn into a divine bird resembling a Phoenix over time was shocking enough.

"Big Brother, look, you've upset A-Bai and chased her away. Who's going to look after me then?"

Kushina teased.

Torikaze waved a hand. "It's fine. There's Minato. His Flying Thunder God can bring him to your side in an instant. We probably won't even need A-Bai."

At the mention of Minato, Kushina's face reddened. That guy was about to become the Fourth Hokage.

And somehow, she had become the Hokage's wife. Was this what it meant to marry the right man?

She had gone straight from a Special Jonin to the highest position in Konoha.

"Once he becomes Hokage, he'll probably