The Strange Situation
At Kushina's house, Shiro and Minato were sitting to the side, watching the two of them chat. It had been an hour since they returned from the Third Hokage's place, and their mouths hadn't stopped talking.
Shiro and Minato dared not disturb them, nor did they dare leave; they could only stand there dumbfounded and watch.
Actually, the Third Hokage didn't explain much; it just played the emotional card and expressed sympathy for Kazuki's plight.
Of course, the Third Hokage also knew that after so many Kazuki of wandering outside, mere words of comfort would not be enough, so he also allocated a piece of land for her.
The location is quite good; whether you run it yourself or rent it out, you can make a decent profit. In addition, he also arranged a place for Kazuki to stay near Kushina's house.
He won over two people at the same time, killing two birds with one stone.
They also said they would arrange a ninja instructor for her to learn about ninjas.
The treatment was quite good, and the benefits weren't excessive, showing sincerity without causing resentment.
The most valuable thing the Third Hokage left was that piece of land. However, that piece of land was originally intended for the Uzumaki Clan. It's just that after the war in the Land of Whirlpools ended, they never heard from the remaining Uzumaki Clan people.
At the same time, Kushina, being alone, did not want to live in such a large place, and therefore did not accept the land.
However, this place was originally reserved for them, and the village always avoided this area when making plans, so this can be considered a formal handover.
After that, there was nothing more for them to do. Their identities and such had already been prepared before Kazuki arrived in the village, so there was no need to prepare them now.
Therefore, after explaining the matter to Kazuki, Kushina and the others waited for Shiro and the others to hand over the mission at the foot of the Hokage Office Building.
There wasn't much to hand over; I just gave a general overview of the mission. Of course, the part about fighting the Tailed Beast was omitted; I only mentioned that Takigakure sent out Jinchuriki.
Apart from that, Nakamura and the others reported the facts truthfully. Afterwards, Shiro, Shikaki, and Taichi came out, leaving only the Third Hokage and Nakamura inside to continue their discussion.
After all, although Shiro and the others have some talent and are quite capable, they are still lacking in experience and are not qualified to participate in this matter.
After that, Shiro came over with Kushina and the others. He also told Taichi to have a meal together the next day as a way of thanking them for saving Kazuki.
Although this was Shiro's mission, both Kushina and Minato knew that the mission was very difficult, and their best course of action was to kill Kazuki.
And no one would object to this; it perfectly aligns with the principles of ninjas—as long as the enemy doesn't get their hands on it, that's fine. But they still brought Kazuki back unharmed, which is clearly a great favor.
Furthermore, when Shiro and the others were reporting their mission, Kushina also learned about Kazuki's two abilities, which made her even more grateful to Taichi others.
She could imagine the kind of suffering Kazuki, who possessed this constitution, would face after being captured by them.
Therefore, treating them to a meal was already a small Nakamura. However, they couldn't think of anything the three of them urgently needed, so they could only keep their gratitude in their hearts.
After parting ways with Taichi and the others, Shiro and Minato spent another half hour showing Kazuki around, introducing her to the surroundings, and then chatted for another half hour at Kushina's house.
It's easy to imagine how much suffering Shiro and Minato endured.
"Kazuki, what Ninjutsu do you know?"
Upon hearing this, Shiro and Minato immediately perked up! Finally, there was a topic they could join in the conversation!
It's really upsetting to keep hearing other people say it.
"Me? I only know Mind's Eye of the Kagura," Kazuki said, looking down dejectedly.
"How could that be? Your clan should have a lot of Chakra, and you can also use advanced Sensory Ninjutsu like Mind's Eye of the Kagura, so your talent should be quite good." Minato frowned upon hearing Kazuki's words.
"Because I've been hiding all these years, my mother hasn't had time to teach me, and besides, I'm not very talented. Apart from Mind's Eye of the Kagura, I don't even know the simplest Clone Technique."
"That shouldn't be the case. I've seen your Mind's Eye of the Kagura; it requires a high level of Chakra control. Logically, since you can use Mind's Eye of the Kagura, the Clone Technique should be very easy for you."
"Just talking won't do any good. Let's go to the training ground and see for ourselves, Minato." Kushina pulled Kazuki to her feet and said to Minato.
Upon hearing Kushina's words, Shiro had just gotten up and was about to open the door when he saw Minato respond and then Body Flicker Technique behind the two of them, placing his hands on their shoulders.
With a "whoosh!", the person vanished.
Shiro remained in the position he had just stood up, and said blankly, "This... you're not taking me?"
No sooner had he finished speaking than Minato appeared behind Shiro in an instant, and then the two of them vanished.
In the blink of an eye, Minato and Shiro appeared beside a lake, where Kazuki and Kushina were already waiting.
"Tsk, Minato- kun, this is the perfect tool for lazy people! You don't have to walk anywhere, it's fast and convenient, so great." Shiro said enviously as he looked around.
If Shiro also possessed this skill, he wouldn't have to worry so much about the Magecraft Workshop. He could simply fly to a corner to improve his attributes. Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned, and Shiro didn't have that talent.
Even Shiro was like this, let alone Kazuki, who hadn't been exposed to much Ninjutsu. She was looking at Minato with envy.
However, she also knew that such Ninjutsu was beyond the reach of a novice like her who couldn't even control her Chakra smoothly, so she could only admire it from afar.
Seeing their reaction, Minato simply smiled and said, "Alright, give it a try. Use the Clone Technique, and we'll help you see where the problem is."
Upon hearing this, Shiro also withdrew his gaze from surveying the surroundings. This should be the place where Minato and Kushina usually trained, and the most obvious trace was those deep pits.
However, apart from the deep pit, there wasn't much else to see. In terms of scenery, it wasn't as good as the Hokage Rock. Therefore, Shiro's gaze only lingered on the deep pit for a moment before he turned to watch Kazuki's demonstration.
Upon hearing Minato's words, Kushina also moved aside, leaving her seat for Kazuki so as not to disturb her.
With her eyes closed, Kazuki felt the gazes of the three people, took a deep breath, and began to Hand Seals!
"Clone Technique!"
Unfortunately, with a "bang," nothing but smoke appeared, making it even worse than Naruto in the original story. At least Naruto had a gray form, unlike her, who had nothing but smoke.
As the smoke cleared, Kazuki's disappointed expression was revealed.
However, Shiro and Minato's expressions were somewhat...