Hatake Sakumo felt that "close" was not a word to throw around lightly. If they could say that, the relationship must really be close. But how could Teacher Kazemori have a relationship with a woman—presumably—from Kumogakure Ninja Village? Leaving that aside, they had even said it in front of Teacher Kazemori Masaki's wife. He wondered what expression she was wearing.
Tsunade, Hatake Sakumo, and Heizo Hattori could not help turning their eyes toward Satomi. To their surprise, she looked perfectly calm, without a trace of anger. Instead, she asked gently, "Who is your teacher?"
"Sora. I don't know if you know her," the brown-skinned boy replied.
Hatake Sakumo and the others naturally had no idea who Sora was, but Satomi knew. Back then, Kazemori Masaki had captured Sora himself. When Konoha and Kumogakure exchanged prisoners, Kazemori Masaki had told her that Sora was Kumogakure Ninja Village's representative. She still remembered what Sora looked like: a pretty girl with blond hair and fair skin.
The idea that Kazemori Masaki and Sora had some sort of relationship did seem plausible. During the Shinobi World War, the two had opportunities to interact. After the Shinobi World War, however, Kazemori Masaki should no longer have had any contact with Sora. Neither national boundaries nor those between shinobi villages would have allowed it.
Thus, Satomi felt there might be some misunderstanding. Perhaps Sora had developed feelings for Kazemori Masaki during the Shinobi World War, leading the three children before her to get the wrong idea. She did not believe for a moment that Kazemori Masaki had actively pursued Sora. They were husband and wife, and aside from his missions away from home, she knew practically everything he did. There was no way he could have been in contact with Sora.
Rather than worry about Sora,