"W-what is it?"
For some reason, Kushina felt a little guilty. Her eyes darted around, and she did not dare look Jingyi in the eye, afraid he would see through her.
"I said, get them over here already! Don't think I don't know you went to discuss going out with your little girlfriends!!!"
Jingyi's puppets were everywhere in Konoha. How could he not know that Kushina had secretly gone to see Mikoto Uchiha and Mie Hyuga?
She had gone to find them the night before they were supposed to leave and whispered with them for ages. What else could it have been for, other than asking them to come along?
To show off?
Not a chance.
With Kushina's personality, she had definitely gone looking for companions.
"Cough, cough!!!"
The moment he said that, Kushina choked.
She coughed nonstop, her little face turning red as her watery eyes stared at Jingyi in disbelief, as if asking, How did you know?
That was right. For this trip—ah, no, this mission—Kushina had decided to bring Mikoto Uchiha and Mie Hyuga along.
She had not told anyone about it, yet Jingyi had still noticed.
"My puppets are everywhere in Konoha. How do you think I knew?"
Jingyi could not help laughing as he raised a hand and flicked Kushina on the forehead.
"Besides, your identity is special. My puppets have always been following you. Even if you've become a Perfect Jinchūriki, without enough combat experience, you'll be easily taken advantage of by enemies. How could I feel at ease letting you run around everywhere?"
Kushina might have been insanely powerful on paper, but that was all it was.
If she actually fought, the little girl would definitely suffer losses everywhere.
If she ran into shinobi skilled at dirty tricks and scheming, she would be