In the courtyard, many people were still focused on Mirai's incident.
He quickly crossed the corridor and arrived at Kushina's door. The moment he opened it, a figure rushed toward him and threw herself into his arms.
Kushina.
"Are you okay?"
From within his embrace came Kushina's choked voice. Though she had been somewhat frightened by the kidnapping, she was the first to worry about Mirai.
Mirai's heart could not help but warm, and the complicated emotions in his eyes suddenly vanished.
He stroked Kushina's long red hair, his eyes full of warmth.
"I'm fine. That bad guy who bullied you—I already taught him a lesson." Mirai smiled. He could feel Kushina's body trembling in his arms.
"So don't cry. You're the Red Hot-Blooded Habanero."
As Mirai spoke, Kushina hurriedly pulled her head from his embrace. Her large, watery eyes looked at him with a hint of resentment.
The two stared at each other. After a while, Kushina smiled through her tears and cried out angrily, "I was afraid I'd never see you again..."
"I know."
Mirai said as he wiped away her tears.
He knew Kushina was strong in both body and mind. She had not cried because she feared life and death.
She was afraid that she would never again see the people she cherished... the friends and loved ones she had so dearly gained!
"When did you get back?" Kushina asked, rubbing her still slightly reddened eyes.
"About an hour ago," Mirai replied.
After saying that, Mirai's expression grew grave. "How exactly were you captured by those people from Kumogakure and taken out of the village?"
He was deeply puzzled. In the current Konoha, let alone Yeyue Ling, even the Third Raikage would not have been able to enter so silently, capture Kushina, and escape without