But before she could truly lose her temper, her gaze fell on the other girl's red hair. Sensing that familiar chakra, Kushina froze on the spot. She looked at Reina, then at Uchiha Yan, her voice filled with excitement. "Who is she? She's one of my clan, isn't she?"
"Are you Kushina?"
Before Uchiha Yan could say anything, Uzumaki Reina's eyes had already reddened, and she spoke in a trembling voice.
After all these years, she had finally—finally—met another relative from her clan.
Kushina froze, then carefully examined Reina's face. After a long while, she tentatively asked, "You're Reina, Uncle Jin Yang's daughter, right?"
"Mm!"
Reina nodded hard. She could no longer hold back her tears, and they came streaming down her face. She plunged into Kushina's arms and hugged her tightly.
Kushina held her, her own eyes stinging. She gently stroked Reina's hair, her voice carrying both a smile and a sob. "I never thought that after all these years, I'd still get to meet another member of my clan. I thought I was the only one left of the Uzumaki Clan."
"Reina, what exactly happened back then?"
The question struck Reina right where it hurt. Sobbing, she recounted everything that had happened in those days--
The Whirlpool Country had suddenly come under attack from multiple forces. Konoha's reinforcements had been delayed, and the country had fallen, leaving families destroyed. The clan's elders and seniors had fought to the death to hold back the enemy, buying time for the younger ones to escape.
"Do you know if any other clan members escaped?"
The more Kushina heard, the angrier and sadder she became. Her resentment toward Konoha's higher-ups grew deeper and deeper. But what she cared about more was the whereabouts of her clansmen.
"Mm!"
Reina nodded hard and wiped