"Lady Kushina Uzumaki, thank you very much for speaking up for me when I was promoted and appointed previously."
After the kunoichi left, Kakashi Hatake brought Yuhara before Kushina Uzumaki. He introduced Yuhara's identity, and then Yuhara spoke first.
Theoretically, Kushina Uzumaki no longer needed special protection from Anbu ninjas. She could protect herself. Moreover, after the Nine-Tails incident, Kushina Uzumaki had become even stronger in a certain sense... Controlling half of the Nine-Tails was far easier than controlling the whole beast. In the past, controlling the Nine-Tails' power had been like swinging a sledgehammer, but now it was like wielding a mace. Naturally, she could make it dance with impressive force.
When she saw Yuhara, Kushina Uzumaki smiled. She rose to her feet, gestured for Yuhara to sit, and only then sat back down.
"The person who should be thanking you is me. During the previous incident, you attacked the mysterious masked man, held back the Nine-Tails, and rescued Lady Biwako Sarutobi... If something had happened to Lady Biwako, I wouldn't have known how to face the Third Hokage."
See? This was what one called the art of speaking. Yuhara had not even realized he had done so many good deeds that night.
"No, my abilities are very limited. In fact, I didn't change anything..." Yuhara was telling the complete truth, but Kushina thought he was merely being modest.
"The Fourth Hokage mentioned you to me several times while he was alive. He said you were a particularly outstanding ninja.
Improving the quality of civilian ninjas, narrowing the gap between ordinary ninjas and ninja-clan ninjas, spreading techniques and formulas downward... These were all excellent ideas. Minato had originally planned to use them as the foundation of his policies as Hokage after the war ended and peace was restored. Unfortunately,