"Elder Yang Zheng, what's everyone doing here?"
"Oh, Kushina. You're out with the children?"
"Hahaha, I brought Naruto to take a look at the academy today." A smile rested on Kushina's mature, charming face as she held Little Xiang, who was licking a dumpling. Looking at Elder Yang Zheng, she said, "Naruto will be starting school soon, and I'll be taking up a position as well."
She had always been optimistic, cheerful, and positive. The past few years had only been difficult because of her serious illness and her worries about Naruto. Now that Naruto was by her side and the two of them were living happily here—
She had her own clansmen here and had made new close friends. Naruto had inherited her personality and was just as optimistic and cheerful. Gradually... she had regained her old smile.
Besides, life here was... honestly, even easier and freer than when she had lived in Konoha. When Grandma Mito had still been alive, she could run around wherever she wanted. But after becoming a Jinchuriki, the village had watched her far more closely.
The only thing that gave her a headache was Naruto constantly asking who his father was. But over in Konoha... after Minato's sacrifice, even the face on Hokage Rock had been insulted by the villagers. She did not want Naruto to grow up surrounded by hatred at such a young age, so she had never known how to explain it.
Looking at Little Xiang in her arms and Naruto quietly licking his dumpling beside her, a faint smile appeared on her face. "Since it's still early, we came out for a stroll. It's a pity Fusang had to clean, and Kana had work. Otherwise, I was planning to bring everyone out together!"
"What wonderful children!" Uzumaki Yangzheng nodded