"Lord Shunichi, have you finished training?" Karin's eyes lit up when she saw Uchiha Shunichi appear at the laboratory entrance, where she had been waiting.
"Yeah. What are you doing here? Aren't you teaching Yakumo?" Uchiha Shunichi had grown accustomed to leaving things to others and often assigned Karin the task of teaching Yakumo Kurama.
"She's practicing right now. She's already learned a lot of genjutsu. I've taught her everything I can, and I don't know that much genjutsu myself..." Karin reported reluctantly.
She had no desire to teach that woman, but she couldn't refuse a task Uchiha Shunichi had given her.
"All right, let's leave it at that! There isn't much going on lately, so you could work on your own strength too. Is there any ninjutsu you want to learn?" Uchiha Shunichi asked after a moment's thought.
Karin shook her head. She didn't want to train at all.
Seeing this, Uchiha Shunichi reminded her, "It's still better to be stronger yourself. If you run into danger one day, I won't necessarily come to save you."
His own strength had increased considerably, and Uchiha Shunichi didn't want Karin to fall too far behind. This woman had never shown any interest in training. He had no idea how she had become so strong.
"I don't need you to save me, Lord Shunichi. If that day ever comes, I'll take the enemy down with me. Whatever else the Uzumaki Clan lacked, we had plenty of ways to die together with our enemies. Back then..." Halfway through, Karin's voice suddenly faded.
She hadn't even been born when the Uzumaki Clan disappeared.
Although her mother had told her many stories about the Uzumaki Clan when she was little, there really wasn't much to be proud of in a ninja clan that had already