"Her name is Uesugi Yuri. I want her to come along with me."
Mito paused at that, considered it for a moment, then nodded. "Yes, that's fine."
"Oh, yes!" Hearing her agree, Kushina was delighted, her joy written all over her face. "That's great!"
Mito smiled faintly at the little girl's excitement.
Suddenly, her expression sharpened, and she glanced toward a rooftop a short distance behind her.
Strange. I keep feeling as though someone is watching me...
Not daring to take any chances, she quietly gathered chakra within her and activated the Mind's Eye of the Kagura, probing her surroundings.
Strangely, however, the Mind's Eye of the Kagura detected nothing unusual nearby.
Aside from the people coming and going in the street, there was nothing out of the ordinary.
I must have imagined it!
She shook her head to herself, then stopped using the Mind's Eye of the Kagura and returned her attention to the present.
She looked Kushina up and down, then took her hand and continued onward.
"Come on, Kushina. The Konoha shinobi have arrived in the Land of Whirlpools. I'll take you to meet them now."
On a nearby rooftop, Nai Hyuga let out a heavy breath.
Then she glanced at the little white mouse standing beside her on the roof.
"Huff, huff-"
She patted her chest and sighed, still shaken. "Thank goodness Xiao You knows a sealing jutsu that conceals our presence. Otherwise, we'd have been in trouble."
"Ugh... whew... I'm exhausted." Xiao You panted loudly, the golden light radiating from her body instantly dimming.
After recovering, she gave the person beside her a hostile look. "Nai Hyuga, just what are you trying to do?"
"Sneaking around like this-if I hadn't learned a sealing jutsu that conceals our presence, we'd really have been discovered today."
Nai