"Mikoto, I'll leave Kaguya in your care for a while."
Hyuga Wuye carefully handed the Kaguya in his arms over to Uchiha Mikoto.
"Wuye... you..."
Mikoto hesitated before saying, "Be careful..."
"The one who needs to be careful might not be me..."
Wuye bit his finger and, with a bang, summoned a Slug clone.
"I'm feeling a little too violent right now. This is a good chance to let it out..."
He lowered his head and told the Slug, "Tell Tsunade to dismiss the clone by her side, then stay with my sister. If anything happens, reverse summon me immediately."
"Yes, Master."
The Slug nodded its feelers, transforming into a stream of blue-white liquid that wrapped around the Kaguya Uchiha Mikoto was holding.
"Notify the clone in Konoha and summon me back."
Then the reverse summoning activated, and Hyuga Wuye instantly returned to Konoha.
"Hm?"
He suddenly froze as a soft, scorching body crashed into his arms.
"Kushina?"
Wuye hurriedly caught the girl with fiery red hair.
"Why are you here?" he asked.
"This is my home!"
Kushina grinned and looped her arms around his neck. "I tied the Slug to my room, so I'll know the moment you come back."
"Mm."
Hyuga Wuye buried his face in her flame-like hair and took a deep breath.
"Wuye, did things go smoothly on the front lines?"
Kushina leaned against him, feeling so warm all over that she could barely muster any strength. "The Slug said you rushed back from the Kumogakure Village battlefield earlier, then immediately went to the Land of Water. Did something happen?"
Hyuga Wuye fell silent for a moment, then gently released her. "Kushina, I have something urgent to deal with. The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of Kirigakure Village should already be near the village."
"Wuye, you..."
Kushina instinctively