[Red Comet: 555, we're having rabbit for dinner tonight. I feel so sorry for them. It's all your fault, Natsuhiko!]
[White Demon: ?]
Ten minutes later...
[Red Comet: I'm at the table. The rabbit heads look a bit scary. It's all your fault, Natsuhiko!]
[White Demon: ??]
One minute later...
[Red Comet: The rabbit meat is so delicious...]
[White Demon: ???]
[White Demon: Do you know the eighteen ways to cook rabbit?]
At this moment, in the dining room of the Senju residence, Kushina was gobbling up rabbit meat and occasionally recommending it to Mito.
"Grandma, this braised rabbit meat is so delicious; you should try it too!"
"..."
Seeing Kushina's voracious eating, Mito's forehead couldn't help but drop a few black lines.
Why does this girl look completely different from before?
Just a moment ago, she was trembling as she picked up a small piece of rabbit meat with a sorrowful expression, but now she's devouring it, gnawing on two rabbit heads at once.
Is this rabbit meat really that good?
Curious, Mito picked up a piece with her chopsticks and put it in her mouth...
And so, Kushina's rabbit-eating journey gained a new competitor.
Fortunately, Natsuhiko had previously taught her how to type by condensing chakra into runes and injecting them into a bracelet so she could chat with Natsuhiko without delaying her and Mito's competition for the rabbit meat.
But Mito soon noticed that although Kushina's mouth and hands were busy, her eyes occasionally seemed to stare into space, and she would giggle foolishly.
If a cell phone were placed in front of Kushina, the parents from Natsuhiko's previous life would surely be familiar with this sight.
It's just a kid eating while playing on their phone.
It's time to discipline the kid.
Unfortunately, Kushina's way of "playing on her phone" was too discreet for Mito to notice immediately.
She even wondered if this little girl was finally starting to fall in love.
But it wasn't long before Mito, with her Kaguya Mind's Eye ability, sensed something unusual.
It was the bracelet on Kushina's left wrist, which seemed to be constantly emitting faint chakra waves.
"What's this?"
Mito raised an eyebrow.
Kushina, unaware, continued eating and chatting with Natsuhiko about the eighteen ways to cook rabbit.
Suddenly, the virtual scroll in front of her disappeared.
Kushina's first reaction was that the bracelet might be broken.
But when she looked at her wrist, she found the bracelet was gone.
Kushina's mouth formed an 'O' in surprise as she frantically looked around.
She then saw her grandmother, Mito, examining something across the table.
Upon closer inspection, wasn't that her bracelet?
Seeing her grandmother about to try it on, Kushina thought of the chat logs with Natsuhiko being seen by her grandmother and felt embarrassed. It was like having her diary read by a parent.
So she quickly shouted, "Grandma, that's mine!"
She stood up and lunged forward.
But the next moment, she was bound by chains formed from chakra, unable to move.
Adamantine Sealing Chains!
"Let Grandma have a look. It won't hurt."
With five chains extending from her back, Mito smiled and slowly inserted her hand into the bracelet, injecting chakra.
No! My precious!!
Kushina couldn't bear to watch, closing her eyes and blushing, feeling as if she was being NTRed by her grandmother in front of everyone.
After a while, without hearing her grandmother's laughter, she opened her eyes slightly and saw her grandmother had taken off the bracelet with a regretful expression.
"It even has a binding function. What a pity."
Hearing this, Kushina felt relieved.
Then she felt the chains loosen and retract back into Mito.
But this time, she didn't dare move recklessly, cautiously approaching Mito.
"Grandma Mito, can I have it back now?" she asked pitifully.
"Let me study it a bit more. The runes and circuits on it are quite interesting. By the way, what's this thing used for that makes you treasure it so much?" Mito asked while fiddling with the bracelet.
Thinking it over, Kushina felt there was nothing to hide and proudly placed her hands on her hips, saying:
"This is Natsuhiko's latest invention. It's called a communication bracelet, and its purpose is..."
Kushina repeated what Natsuhiko had told her.
"Long-distance communication, the Dark Tower, using chakra to connect everyone for peace..."
Mito repeatedly muttered the keywords Kushina had just mentioned, her eyes sparkling.
To be honest, the training suit had already made Mito not underestimate Natsuhiko's sealing technique expertise.
Unexpectedly, within less than two months, she was once again shocked by Natsuhiko.
If the duelling disk was just an amusing toy in her eyes and the training suit a treasure that could enhance a ninja's strength, then the concept of the communication bracelet and the Dark Tower was an artefact that could change the entire ninja world's landscape!
Even just from Kushina's parrot-like recitation, it wasn't hard for her to deduce that if Natsuhiko's concept could be realised, the future would be an era of magnificent runes!
As a master of sealing techniques, how could she not be excited and yearn for such a future?
At this thought, Mito felt a strong sense of regret.
After all, she probably wouldn't be able to witness that era's arrival...
Having come to terms with life and death, seeing death as just another great adventure, she couldn't help but want to ask the heavens for another five hundred years.
But soon, she smiled with both helplessness and relief.
Even if she looked young on the outside, she couldn't hide the fact that she was already an elder who had lived through the Warring States period and the ninja village era.
As a remnant of the old era, the new era no longer had a place for her...
In fact, her existence might even hinder the arrival of the new era.
Oh well.
Moreover, if she didn't go to the Pure Land to find Hashirama soon, she worried that he and Madara, being together for too long, might forget about her, his rightful wife. (wha…)
Although she wouldn't be able to see that era herself, she could still contribute to it...
So Mito looked at Kushina, who was staring blankly at the bracelet and asked:
"Kushina, do you know if Natsuhiko has a formal teacher?"
"Ah?" Kushina snapped out of her daze and thought for a moment, "I don't think he does."
"No teacher, huh? Could this really be fate..." Mito murmured.
After all, while Natsuhiko had unique sealing technique talent and creative ideas, he also needed to improve.
That was a lack of knowledge.
This was the main reason why, despite being a special jonin, he had to go to the ninja school to teach.
Mito's knowledge, accumulated over a thousand years by the Uzumaki clan, could perfectly complement this shortcoming.
She even felt a bit excited, imagining the sparks that would fly from their combination.
At the same time, she had always regretted that her sealing techniques couldn't be fully passed down.
Though Kushina had good talent in sealing techniques, her little brain wasn't sharp enough—good at maintaining but not innovating.
Tsunade focused on medical ninjutsu and couldn't inherit her mantle either.
But Natsuhiko was different. Whether in age, talent, or creativity, he was top-notch.
The only regret was that he wasn't a Uzumaki.
But that wasn't impossible to solve...
If Natsuhiko and Kushina were together, wouldn't that be perfect?
So Mito once again looked at Kushina.
She saw the little girl, and seeing her in a daze, she couldn't resist her greed. She was gnawing on the rabbit's head again, her mouth covered in oil.
When she noticed Mito looking at her, she gave a sheepish smile.
"..."
Mito fell into deep thought.
Hmm, now there was just one problem left.
How can this little golden pig Natsuhiko be willing to go for Kushina, this scruffy cabbage?
(End of Chapter)
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