Would Kushina Uzumaki fall for Junlin?
Yanbai found that rather strange.
Judging by her original fate, Kushina should not have liked "weak" men.
Ah... of course, Junlin was not weak at all. He was only pretending.
Had Kushina seen through him?
It would be perfectly normal if she had, wouldn't it?
Yanbai narrowed his eyes and reassessed Kushina.
In her original fate, the Land of Whirlpools had been destroyed, and Kushina, brought to Konoha, had been raised as a jinchūriki.
Without her own people to back her up, Kushina had been little more than a dependent living under someone else's roof in Konoha.
To keep others from bullying her, she had to show a forceful side, which was how she had earned the name "Red-Hot Habanero" at the Ninja Academy.
She armored herself with violence and constantly declared, "I'm going to be Hokage," so that no one would dare bully an outsider who had lost her "home."
And Kushina had ultimately chosen Minato not only because he had rescued her, but also because he made her feel safe.
Only great strength and a sincere willingness to risk his life standing against her enemies could win Kushina's heart. She needed a safe harbor.
So Kushina's dislike of "sissies" was only the surface of it.
Because a true sissy could never become strong.
But things had changed now. Thanks to Konoha, the Land of Whirlpools still clung to a half-dead existence.
Kushina's position in Konoha Shinobi Village was awkward, too. She was still living under someone else's roof, but her mindset was surely different from what it had been in her original fate. Yet one underlying instinct remained the same.
Kushina needed someone strong to protect her.
Publicly, Junlin was Yanbai's "son." He resembled Yanbai, frequently visited his office, addressed him as