"Let me go!" Kushina, now with two pairs of transparent wings and wrapped in a couple of cloth strips, shouted angrily as Shishou held her in his hand.
Tsk tsk, she really has become a Spitfire now, Shishou thought, amused. Kushina, now the size of Shishou's finger, with her long red hair, truly looked like a fierce little sprite.
[Sprite Insect Kushina (Common): A special insect species reborn from a soul egg, fused with sprite bloodline from the soul egg. It possesses ninjutsu affinity and nature affinity. It cannot evolve, but can grow through training. Once its strength meets the conditions for advancement, it can gain additional abilities. Extremely rare!!!]
[Note: The soul egg produced by the Nine Nether Linger Worm contains various bloodline powers from other worlds. Rebirth through this egg has a very small chance of gaining a certain bloodline power from another world.]
Sprite bloodline, ninjutsu affinity, nature affinity, self-advancement to gain additional abilities.
Extremely rare!!!
Looking at the system's notification again, Shishou couldn't help but take a deep breath. Anything rated as "extremely rare" by the system was never ordinary. Even though Kushina was currently rated as common due to her low strength, her potential was undoubtedly limitless.
Moreover, Kushina as a little sprite was incredibly cute!
Watching Kushina trying to bite his finger, Shishou laughed heartily. "You pervert, let me go!" Kushina, feeling creeped out by Shishou's laughter, shouted. Due to her tiny body, Shishou looked like a giant to her.
"Alright." Shishou, after some more playful pinching, released Kushina and opened the underground barrier, spreading his palm. Kushina, gaining her freedom, quickly flew away and hid. In her current state, she couldn't even defeat a large insect, let alone this obnoxious guy. If she didn't want to be captured and toyed with, hiding was her best option.
Even though she used to be hot-tempered, that was when she had the strength to back it up. In her current situation, hiding was the wisest choice.
Seeing Kushina's behavior, Shishou chuckled and continued organizing the basement. He had left Kushina's soul egg in the basement for a while due to certain reasons. He had estimated the time and returned just as she was hatching.
"You know hiding is useless, right?" Shishou called out while organizing. "You're already bonded to me. No matter where you hide, I can find you. And you won't escape my grasp."
Kushina, hearing this from atop a chandelier, sighed. She really had no way to deal with Shishou in her current state. Remembering their initial meeting in the consciousness space, Kushina asked, "You seem to know a lot about me. Why did you save me? And why did you give me this body?"
Shishou turned to her with a smile. "Why did I save you? That's a silly question. I saved you so you could be my woman."
Kushina, as expected, was instantly furious. "Go to hell!" she shouted, grabbing another 'rock' and hurling it at him. She was Minato Namikaze's wife, after all, and couldn't fathom the idea of being someone else's woman.
Effortlessly swatting away the tiny stone, Shishou chuckled and let a phosphorescent insect mimic a butterfly, which then fluttered towards Kushina. With her current strength, even a dragonfly would be too much for her to handle; a butterfly was more suitable.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!" Kushina formed the hand seals, and a tiny fireball shot towards the butterfly, which easily dodged. "Ah!" she screamed, flying into an empty bottle to hide. The butterfly created by Shishou was palm-sized, while she was only finger-sized, making it an impossible fight. Moreover, having just been reborn, she was still adapting to her new body and couldn't use much chakra for ninjutsu.
"You pervert, I am the Fourth Hokage's wife!" Kushina yelled from inside the bottle. "Even if I die in here, I won't be your woman!"
"Minato is dead, and you are still alive," Shishou said, sitting at his desk, thinking about how to acquire the Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchuriki from Nagato. Nagato had transplanted Hashirama's cells, making him even stronger. With both Hashirama's power and Uchiha Madara's Rinnegan, Nagato might have new abilities.
While Shishou could suppress Nagato in a duel, if Nagato decided to escape, Shishou couldn't stop him, similar to how Nagato couldn't stop Shishou with his Flying Thunder God technique. So, forcefully taking them wouldn't work.
Thinking of this, Shishou considered teaching Konan a lesson. Her non-cooperation was complicating things. However, Konan might also be the key. If he could fully win her over, it might be easier to have her steal the Four-Tails and Five-Tails.
Shishou pondered over the situation with the Tailed Beasts while Kushina thought about her deceased husband, the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze. The basement was silent, with only the sound of breathing.
After a while, Kushina, snapping out of her memories, glared at Shishou. "Even if Minato is dead, I will never be your woman. Don't even think about it!"
Hearing this, Shishou looked at her and said, "So, you don't want to see Naruto?"