Yugito blinked at Shin Uchiha and asked in confusion:
"Huh? That redhead is a jinchūriki like me?"
Shin Uchiha smiled faintly and tapped Yugito's dainty nose, reminding her:
"Don't get mischievous. Don't bully her just because she's new. If you rile her up, even I'll have a headache on my hands."
Indeed, although Kushina seemed like a docile little cat around Shin Uchiha, losing her home and family as a child had long since given her a prickly disposition.
At that moment, Yugito looked as though she had found something fun. She immediately sank into her inner world and called out to the Two-Tails:
"Matatabi, little Matatabi, come take a look! My husband caught another jinchūriki. See if you recognize her!"
Hearing Yugito's words, Matatabi manifested, swished her tails listlessly, and said:
"Yugito, don't be silly. Haven't I told you? All of us tailed beasts know one another. If that person really is a jinchūriki, of course I'd recognize the beast inside her. I can tell who it is just from the scent of her chakra."
Hearing Matatabi's answer, Yugito suddenly seemed to remember something. She covered her mouth and gave an embarrassed little laugh.
"I misspoke. I should have said that the tailed beast inside her has already been extracted. That's why I came to ask whether you could still smell it."
The Two-Tails was briefly stunned by Yugito's words. Once she recovered, she immediately asked:
"Yugito, you're not lying to me? That jinchūriki is still alive after having her tailed beast extracted?"
Yugito nodded and said:
"That's what my husband told me, anyway. But he wouldn't lie to me, would he?"
After hearing that, the Two-Tails muttered to herself:
"If that lord said it, it must be true. That means the Shinobi World has already found a way