Creak~
Shiraha pushed open the palace doors with all his strength.
Before them lay an empty, spacious hall. Kushina stood not far from the entrance.
Shiraha walked up to Kushina and saw her standing there in a daze, covering her face.
"Kushina, what's wrong?! You're not hurt, are you?"
Shiraha asked worriedly.
"Don't mind her. She's swooning over someone!" Kurama in the Sealing Space couldn't help mocking her. Shiraha could not hear it, but Kushina could.
"Huh?" Kushina snapped back to her senses and waved her hands repeatedly. "I'm fine, I'm fine!"
"Why is your face so red?" Shiraha was a little puzzled. Her entire face was flushed, even the tips of her ears red.
"Maybe it's hot?"
Kushina's eyes darted about, and she sounded unconvincing.
Shiraha's heart stirred, and he asked, "Did you go through a desire illusion too? Did several people appear before you?!"
"What several people?" Kushina froze at his words and blurted out, "There was only you. Ah!"
Realizing she had let something slip, Kushina immediately covered her face.
Shiraha: "."
Wait!
Kushina suddenly came to her senses. She looked Shiraha over with a scrutinizing gaze. "You said several people just now? Besides me, who else was in your illusion?"
"There were lots of people! Tsunade-sensei, Orochimaru-sensei, Nawaki, Hideto, Chiho, Captain Minami, Nonō-group leader, Shizuko-neechan... They all chose me to be king. What's wrong?"
Shiraha answered naturally, without so much as a blush.
"Nothing strange happened?" Kushina instantly lost her nerve, her voice growing quieter and quieter.
"Something strange?" Shiraha looked confused as he eyed her suspiciously. "Kushina, don't tell me you're always thinking about unhealthy things, so after your desires were amplified, you..."
"No! Absolutely not!" Kushina said with a red face, sounding thoroughly righteous. "Let's go see the White Snake Sage!"
With that, Kushina