Before the Giant Centipede could catch up, Yugito quickly ran toward the deep-sea area. After running about a hundred meters, she felt safe and stopped to rest.
Exhausted, Yugito was drenched in sweat. Her chest heaved violently, and glistening beads of sweat slid down along her collarbones...
Minato blushed and said, "I'm sorry you had to go through all that..."
Yugito panted heavily. Her pretty face was flushed as well as she stammered, "Y-you... your... thing... touched me..."
Minato lowered his head and saw that his own thing had indeed reached Yugito's waist. He adjusted himself and moved it aside, smiling as he said, "Sorry, I accidentally grabbed you just now! It's fine now..."
Yugito swallowed, her face alternating between red and pale as scorching sweat ran down from her hair. That brat is acting so naturally. He seems so indifferent, but I...
Yugito wanted to shake Minato off, but she could not stand on the water, which would be inconvenient. Yet letting him take advantage of her so passively seemed even less worthwhile. In the end, Yugito decided to put him down. This was the deep sea; the Giant Centipede should not come here...
"Hey, that monster can't get over here, right?"
Minato gave an "Oh," then casually spun around and jumped down. Yugito glanced sideways and noticed a cheap-looking thing hanging from Minato's waist. It seemed he had just put it on. No wonder Namikaze Minato had acted so naturally...
Yugito could not help but chuckle. She turned around, giving Minato her back without saying a word.
Minato asked, "What are you laughing at?"
Yugito thought, I was clearly the one overthinking things. If I told him just now, wouldn't that have been a huge loss? Really... this is a little embarrassing...
When Minato saw that she was