Uzumaki Mito is a Big Sister!

Uchiha Kurohane praised Kushina Uzumaki's long red hair in a direct and undisguised manner.

This caused a powerful tremor in the young girl's heart.

Kushina Uzumaki had always felt ashamed of her unique hair color.

Especially after arriving in Konoha, she had been subjected to a great deal of ridicule.

Her classmates all mocked her, calling her a "little tomato" and a "red-headed freak."

Kushina Uzumaki's self-esteem had been severely damaged.

Even when facing Uchiha Kurohane, who had stepped in to help her, she worried deep down that he might actually dislike her red hair.

She never expected him to say outright that he liked it.

Kushina Uzumaki felt a sense of being acknowledged at last, as if she had finally found salvation.

However, her heart had been wounded too deeply, leaving behind psychological scars that made her afraid to believe it was true.

Thinking that Uchiha Kurohane was merely joking, she shyly changed the subject.

"Th-that, it's getting late, let's start our training."

Uchiha Kurohane asked curiously.

"What kind of powerful ninjutsu are you going to train in?"

Kushina Uzumaki put her hands on her hips, lifted her little chin, and said proudly.

"Don't be scared when I tell you, it's a forbidden technique called the Multi-Shadow Clone Technique."

"Do you know what a forbidden technique is? It's a ninjutsu that ordinary people are prohibited from learning, but I'm not an ordinary person, so I can learn it."

Kushina Uzumaki's answer was exactly as Uchiha Kurohane had guessed.

In the original story, Tsunade once said that Naruto's fighting style was very similar to his mother's.

At that time, Naruto only knew the Rasengan and the Multi-Shadow Clone Technique.

The Rasengan was created later by Namikaze Minato for Kushina Uzumaki; that ninjutsu did not exist yet.

Essentially, it was the Multi-Shadow Clone Technique.

The Multi-Shadow Clone Technique was a highly versatile ninjutsu; besides being used in combat, it was also very useful in daily life.

For instance, one could use the Multi-Shadow Clone Technique to do homework.

Perhaps because it was a time of war, students were sent to the battlefield as soon as they graduated.

To help students adapt quickly to combat, the Ninja Academy assigned a massive amount of homework. Uchiha Kurohane had always wished he could learn the Multi-Shadow Clone Technique while rushing to finish his assignments.

But now that he had Kushina to help him copy his homework, he no longer needed the Multi-Shadow Clone Technique for that.

On the other hand, his Kekkei Genkai, Yatagarasu, treated his clones as crows.

Uchiha Kurohane could not only swap positions with his clones but also gain their sensory input and field of vision.

Coupled with the massive chakra he had gained from Kushina Uzumaki, the Multi-Shadow Clone Technique was incredibly useful to him.

"I want to learn this ninjutsu too; teach me."

When Kushina Uzumaki heard this, she lifted her chin even higher, and her flat chest puffed out completely.

"Heehee~ You want to learn? Let me think about it."

Seeing her smug expression, Uchiha Kurohane couldn't help but raise his fist and tap her on the head.

"You're my little sidekick; if I tell you to teach me, you teach me. What's there to think about?"

Kushina Uzumaki rubbed her head where she had been tapped, looking aggrieved.

She had intended to teach Uchiha Kurohane all along, but she just wanted to show off and act cool.

She hadn't expected this little brother to be so overbearing as to actually hit her on the head.

What if she got hit and became stupid?

Afraid of being hit into stupidity, Kushina Uzumaki didn't dare to stall any longer and agreed immediately.

"Fine, fine, I'll teach you."

Just then, a mature and sexy female voice came from behind.

"Absolutely not. The Multi-Shadow Clone Technique isn't something just anyone can learn. This ninjutsu is extremely dangerous; you cannot teach him."

It turned out that Uzumaki Mito had been secretly following them to check on Kushina Uzumaki's training progress, and she had overheard the conversation between her and Uchiha Kurohane.

Kushina Uzumaki was startled to realize Uzumaki Mito was there. Her body jolted, and the momentum caused her red hair, which usually covered her backside, to fly up over her head.

Oh no, Grandma saw Kurohane-kun!

In this situation, won't she misunderstand that we're on a date?

What should I do?

While Kushina Uzumaki stood there in a panicked daze, Uchiha Kurohane turned to inspect the newcomer.

A mature woman dressed in a white kimono with a dignified expression was walking slowly toward him.

The woman had long red hair just like Kushina Uzumaki, but she had styled it into two large buns, creating a classic bun hairstyle.

Hanging beneath each of the two buns was a rectangular white paper charm inscribed with runes; though the style was eccentric, it possessed an ancient, solemn air, radiating an aura of natural, unforced authority.

This appearance was identical to that of Mito Uzumaki from the Hokage series.

However, her actual appearance completely exceeded Uchiha Kurohane's expectations.

Whether in the manga or the anime, the Mito Uzumaki who met Kushina Uzumaki was incredibly aged, looking like an old woman of eighty.

Yet the woman standing before Uchiha Kurohane now looked remarkably young, her beautiful face showing absolutely no traces left by the passage of time.

Her skin was as smooth as if it had been soaked in milk.

Her full breasts were even more striking, standing proud and firm as if defying gravity.

With her stunning face and fiery figure, she looked very young, at most around thirty years old.

Could this woman really be Mito Uzumaki?

Uchiha Kurohane asked immediately.

"Auntie, who are you?"

Mito Uzumaki walked elegantly up to Uchiha Kurohane, pursing her red lips into a faint, mature smile.

"My name is Mito Uzumaki. Like Kushina, I am of the Uzumaki Clan; you could consider me her mother-in-law."

She really was Mito Uzumaki!

Mito Uzumaki wasn't the old crone from the original work, but had transformed into a sexy, mature woman?

Uchiha Kurohane looked at the light purple diamond-shaped mark on her forehead; it was the Strength of a Hundred Seal, just like Tsunade's.

In the original work, Mito Uzumaki did indeed have the Strength of a Hundred Seal on her forehead.

And according to the descriptions in the original, Mito Uzumaki could easily suppress the Nine-Tails, so her strength must be immense.

Coupled with the special bloodline of the Uzumaki Clan, she should have been able to master the Strength of a Hundred to restore her body to its most youthful state.

It was impossible that a civilian ninja like Haruno Sakura could master the Strength of a Hundred in three years, while Mito Uzumaki couldn't learn it after all those years, right?

That made no sense!

Another point that didn't add up was that Kushina Uzumaki's forehead lacked the Strength of a Hundred Seal.

This was very strange.

According to the original, the Strength of a Hundred Seal was formed by accumulating chakra refined over time on the forehead; once the accumulated chakra exceeded a massive threshold, the seal would manifest.

For instance, Haruno Sakura suddenly surpassed that limit during the Fourth Shinobi World War, causing the seal to appear on her forehead, which then allowed her to use the Strength of a Hundred.

Kushina Uzumaki possessed powerful chakra from the start and could also suppress the Nine-Tails, so why didn't she have the seal?

Could it be that she was a fake member of the Uzumaki Clan, and like Shizune, was unable to learn the Strength of a Hundred Seal?

One could only say that because the Hokage series ran for so long, the settings were secretly modified many times, resulting in a large number of inexplicable bugs.

There was another classic example: if Naruto Uzumaki was Minato's son, how could Kakashi have no feelings for him at all?

Regardless, it was reasonable that the Mito of this world had mastered the Strength of a Hundred to maintain her youth.

There was another question: in the original work, Mito and Kushina were actually not related by blood.

Based on what Mito Uzumaki had just said, she and Kushina were indeed not blood relatives, so that point had not changed.

What Uchiha Kurohane was curious about now was the blood relationship between Mito and another person—Tsunade.

In the original work and the official guidebooks, neither Tsunade nor Nawaki had a surname.

Logically speaking, even if they had some reason not to use Senju as their surname, they could have used Uzumaki.

This was too strange.