Everyone soon reached Itō Yuying's side. Looking at the shrunken Nine-Tails, they all understood that he and Itō Yuying had reached a preliminary understanding.
They all breathed a small sigh of relief.
Nine-Tails looked at everyone present and curled his lip in disdain. Without saying a word, he ran toward the mountains behind Konoha.
Tobirama Senju asked, "How did your talk go?"
Itō Yuying said casually, "Mm, pretty well. Nine-Tails is quite easy to talk to."
Everyone's faces darkened. We might have believed you if we hadn't seen you beating him up from a distance.
Tobirama Senju pretended to cough. "Good. Since that's settled, let's head back!"
Carrying the deceased Mito Uzumaki in her arms, Tsunade returned to Konoha with everyone.
A light rain fell over Konoha that day. The gloomy sky weighed even more heavily on everyone's spirits.
At the Senju cemetery, everyone wore black and held white flowers. One by one, they approached Mito Uzumaki's grave.
White flowers were laid there in neat rows.
Tsunade had already cried herself unconscious several times.
Itō Yuying and Itō Junichi supported Tsunade as she bowed in thanks to the Ninja who came to pay their respects.
Had another few months passed?
"Mr. Sasuke, I miss Mom and Xiaokui," Boruto Uzumaki said listlessly, resting his cheeks in his hands.
Sasuke looked at the distant sky. "Hang in there a little longer! I feel like he'll come out soon. We won't let him escape this time."
"Mm... all right," Boruto replied weakly.
Korin Tower.
Korin was planting Senzu Beans when he saw Itō Yuying appear nearby.
He straightened up, wiping the sweat off his face with one hand and pounding his lower back with the other.
"What brought you here today, meow...?" he asked.
"I'm planning to bring Junichi and the other little