After Uzumaki Mina entered Kushina's home, she discovered that Kushina had a lover staying with her—a man named Minato Namikaze, who was cooking in the kitchen.
Kushina had a lot she wanted to talk about with Mina, so she brought Mina to her room. After Minato brought them tea and snacks and told them when lunch would be ready, he went downstairs to take care of other things.
"Roughly, your life is really wonderful, Kushina."
Uzumaki Mina said this with some envy in her heart. A life like this was almost perfect, wasn't it?
"It's terrible. I'm completely living under surveillance now. They drew a circle around me and only let me live inside it. I haven't gone out in a long time."
Kushina swept her hand around, indicating that the barrier enclosing her life was extremely small.
"This kind of life is suffocating. When I was little, I was almost abducted by Kumogakure. Thankfully, Minato rescued me. After that, I couldn't go out anymore. Life is so miserable now, Mina. I even had to ask someone to pass on a message just to see you."
"Is... is that so? It's not too bad."
Uzumaki Mina gave an awkward laugh. When she had come upstairs just now, she had taken a look around. The house had two floors and was quite spacious, with complete furnishings and decorations.
It was much better than her tiny room in Kusagakure.
As for treatment, things had been awful for her in Kusagakure too. She had basically been under confinement at all times. If she hadn't revealed her sensing ability, she still wouldn't know whether she could have left Kusagakure.
She might not have been allowed to go on missions at all, and she would never have met Lord Yoichi. She would have spent the