Kushina was led by the maid and walked straight to the big bed. She suddenly had an indescribable feeling in her heart, as if it was directed at the person lying on the bed.
"Do you sense my chakra?" Just as Kushina was stunned, a faint laugh came from the bed. It sounded like an old woman. Approaching the bed, another maid pulled open the curtain hanging in front of the bed. In front of Kushina appeared an old woman with a kind smile.
Although everything about her seemed very old, her eyes had a sharp gaze, as if she could see through people at a glance.
Kushina slightly widened her eyes and looked at her. The old woman had long hair, all gray, and it was now scattered on the bed, but it was not difficult to imagine how beautiful her face was when she was young.
"Who are you?" Kushina asked the old woman, feeling an indescribable emotion in her chest. It was obviously the first time they met, but she didn't feel strange at all; instead, she felt a sense of intimacy.
The old woman stared at her with a kind smile and said, "I am a member of the Uzumaki clan just like you."
After hearing the answer, there was not much surprise, and Kushina's face just trembled slightly. This emotion was beyond her own expectations, and she was shocked immediately.
As if knowing her thoughts, the old woman waved her hand, signaling the maid next to Kushina to step back, and then waved her hand again, signaling Kushina to come closer. Kushina felt that she could not refute anything the old woman said and subconsciously walked to her side.
The old woman stretched out her extremely wrinkled hand, which still showed signs of once being slender, and grabbed Kushina's hand.
"I've said it before, we are all from the Uzumaki clan, so we have the same chakra signature. You can sense my chakra, so it's not strange for you to feel this familiarity," the old woman explained with a smile, just like a grandmother treating her granddaughter.
Kushina nodded after hearing this and soon, the strange expression on her face disappeared. She regained her usual energetic spirit and asked, "Grandma, when did you come to Konoha?"
She was found by Konoha's people from the border of the Fire Country more than a year ago and brought to Konoha. Since the Grandma in front of her was also a member of the Uzumaki clan, Kushina was most concerned about this question.
After hearing this, the old woman showed some reminiscence, then replied, "I don't remember the details, but it was about 30 years ago."
"Ah?" Kushina was startled. Although she was not good at theoretical knowledge, she still knew some common sense about Konoha. Konoha had only been established for more than 30 years.
In this case, it meant that the Grandma in front of her was brought here around that time. From the moment she entered the door, the environment she lived in seemed even less free than her own, because Kushina had seen at least dozens of guards.
"Hehe," the old woman laughed, then held Kushina's hand and said, "I know you have too many questions in your mind now—why you were brought here, and even why you came to the Konoha Ninja Village. Although I can't tell you all the answers now, you should be able to feel that after coming here, everyone is not as malicious to you as outside."
Kushina used to live on the border of the Land of Fire, which was not so peaceful. There were often bandits or people with malicious intent. Although there were troops stationed at the border of the Land of Fire, they never cared.
There were more than just Kushina in the Uzumaki tribe scattered in that village, but Kushina had no relatives, or she didn't know whether her relatives were alive or not. She didn't even know who they were, and if they stood in front of her, she might not recognize them.
Compared to those days, although she was subject to some restrictions in Konoha, as the Grandma said, the people here had no ill will towards her. Although there were some fights in the ninja school, even so, they all became good friends. What's more, there was an existence that shone on her like a little sun.
With these, Kushina already felt very happy. She didn't want to lose them. She wanted to protect this place that she had come to regard as her home. So her dream was to be the Hokage!
"Yeah," Kushina nodded immediately, with a smile on her face. The old woman in front of her couldn't help but be stunned. She knew everything about this child. It was also she who facilitated Kushina's coming here, and in the near future, she might destroy this happy face.
She knew very well what a child like Kushina cherished most. She knew even more clearly that when she took on the heavy burden instead of herself, all this would be far away from her.
But she would not hesitate at all because it was for the man she loved deeply. He risked everything, even his brothers and his life, to protect this village, and would never allow any accidents to happen.
"Grandma, my name is Uzumaki Kushina, what's yours?" Kushina tilted her head and asked. She had no relatives, and since the old woman in front of her was from the Uzumaki clan like her, she was also her relative.
"Uzumaki Mito," the Grandma laughed, but when Kushina heard it, the expression on her face instantly became extremely shocked. She looked shocked and said, "You are the legendary female ninja of the Uzumaki clan, the wife of the First Hokage, Uzumaki Mito!"
Although the Uzumaki clan was no longer there, Kushina knew a lot about the history of her clan. The Uzumaki clan and the Senju clan were once distant relatives. When the Uzumaki clan was not extinct, the two clans often intermarried with each other.
The most legendary name among them was Uzumaki Mito. Her husband's name was known to everyone. Even in the ninja world today, he was worshipped as a god as in legend. It is said that those who have seen his power think that he is as powerful as the ancestor of ninja, the Six Paths Sage. The God of Ninja, the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju!
Thinking back to everything she saw after entering here, no wonder the courtyard, corridors, and even the layout of the house are related to trees. This is probably Mito commemorating her deceased husband because the power of the First Hokage is precisely the bloodline limit that no one can use except him. Wood Release!
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