"Lord Ninja..."
As the only adult in the Kusagakure trio, Momo-hime held herself together through sheer will and introduced herself to the other party.
"I'm Momo-hime. This is my child, Karin, and this is Ryūzetsu."
Karin and Ryūzetsu were about the same age, except one had red hair and the other white.
Having suddenly been brought to the unfamiliar village of Konoha, the two little girls huddled beside Momo-hime, the adult, like two trembling quails.
Tsunade shifted her gaze from the two frightened girls to Momo-hime.
Her eyes were sharp, and she immediately spotted the bite marks of various sizes on Momo-hime, from her hands to her neck, and even her ankles.
If there were already so many bite marks on her exposed skin, just how many marks were hidden beneath Momo-hime's clothes...
Tsunade truly dared not even imagine it.
Those ninja from Kusagakure-no, those scum! Just how had they treated this poor woman?
Naturally, Kushina Uzumaki could see everything Tsunade could.
Looking at the injured Momo-hime still putting on a strong front, Kushina Uzumaki felt a sting in her nose.
Especially after hearing Momo-hime's introduction, the sorrow in her heart grew even stronger.
Momo-hime had made it perfectly clear.
Her name was "Momo-hime," and her daughter's name was "Karin."
A surname?
None!
They were descendants of the Uzumaki Clan, yet they did not even have their clan's surname.
How tragic was that?
But Kushina Uzumaki also understood why.
In the shinobi world, the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Jutsu and vitality were both renowned!
Especially after the Land of Whirlpools fell and the Uzumaki Clan was destroyed.
Practically every single ninja of the Uzumaki Clan had become a prized catch in the eyes of other ninja villages.
Momo-hime and Karin had not taken the surname "Uzumaki" simply because they wanted to