Uchiha Jin fell silent at those words.
Minato Namikaze instinctively looked at the boy. He knew little about his students' lives at school.
He blamed himself for the deaths of Obito Uchiha and Rin Nohara.
Back then, he had been busy rushing between battlefields. By the time he learned what had happened, it was already too late.
Kakashi was the only one left of Team 7.
"We weren't particularly close."
Uchiha Jin did not want much contact with Kushina Uzumaki. She was Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, a weapon of war on the level of a nuclear weapon.
The village's higher-ups watched her twenty-four hours a day.
If he spent too long with her, people with ulterior motives would soon accuse the Uchiha Clan of plotting something.
He knew all too well how people smeared others behind their backs.
Seeing that he was about to leave, Kushina Uzumaki immediately grew displeased. She suddenly appeared in front of him and spread her arms to block his path.
"If you weren't particularly close, why did Rin mention you to me so often?"
Wasn't this Uchiha a little too cold?
She could not understand how Jin and Obito could have such different personalities when they were both members of the Uchiha Clan.
Although she had not interacted much with Obito Uchiha, he had been a warm, polite child who respected his elders and teachers.
Uchiha Jin, by contrast, radiated an unapproachable air.
If she remembered correctly, this boy was a year younger than Obito.
Uchiha Jin frowned at Kushina blocking his way. His gaze flickered the instant he heard her mention Rin.
"Kushina, stop this."
Seeing this, Minato Namikaze immediately stepped forward and tried to pull his girlfriend aside, giving the Uchiha an apologetic smile.
"Sorry, Jin..."
"Minato, stay out of this. I just want