Konoha: I, Uchiha, am brimming with positive energy

Chapter 62 Kushina Comes to Find Us

"Mina, has anyone from Konoha been looking for you lately?"

After finishing the meal, Uchiha Yoichi started a conversation and asked, "Mina Uzumaki kept her head down during the meal, so we can't exactly talk about white stockings now."

"People from Konoha? I don't think there are any. Two people did ask me if I wanted to join Konoha, but I refused."

Mina Uzumaki shook her head. She learned medical ninjutsu quite quickly and had already performed five surgeries. Therefore, a medical ninja from Konoha Hospital asked her if she would like to become a medical ninja.

Mina Uzumaki is currently only learning from Kana Morimoto, and Kana Morimoto is only teaching Mina Uzumaki to repay a favor. Therefore, Mina Uzumaki is not a member of Konoha Hospital at all.

Even Tsunade couldn't persuade Mina Uzumaki, so how could anyone else possibly succeed?

"However, Dr. Morimoto seemed hesitant. She said she would only teach me for another half month at most, but she would do her best to teach me."

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Yoichi immediately sensed that someone was putting pressure on Morimoto Kana. It seemed that Koharu Utatane was in charge of medical matters in the village, but he wasn't sure if it was related to her.

"Minai, is half a month enough time for you to learn?"

"That should be enough. I feel that the most difficult part of medical ninjutsu is chakra control. As long as you can control your chakra precisely to the point that you can control every single cell, then you can use any medical ninjutsu. That's what Lady Tsunade said too, but I can't do that yet."

After finishing speaking, Mina Uzumaki thought for a moment and then continued, "Lady Tsunade said last time that I could ask her if I didn't understand something, but I haven't gone to see her yet. Dr. Morimoto has taught me enough to digest."

"That's good. Focus on your cultivation. Come find me anytime if you need anything."

Half a month is definitely not enough time, but judging from Mina's tone, she doesn't want to cause him any trouble; she'll ask Elder Kenji when she has some free time, as Elder Kenji's connections are definitely stronger than hers.

After Uchiha Yang finished speaking, he got up to go back to his house, but before he went back, he added, "Oh, right, I brought you a gift. It's on the table by the door."

The gift wasn't anything expensive; he had someone buy it for him on his way back to the pharmaceutical factory. It seemed to be a hair tie, but Uchiha Yoichi didn't look at it closely.

However, Mina was overjoyed upon hearing this, though she held back. After Uchiha Yoichi returned to the house, Mina quickly got up, ran to the door, picked up the gift box, and immediately chuckled.

The land of the Thousand Hands Clan.

Upon returning home, Tsunade, before even entering the house, suddenly noticed that the lights were still on. After a moment of surprise, she began to think about who was most likely to have come to her house.

Apart from Kushina, who lived here when she was a child, no one else would come to her house and turn on the lights when she wasn't there.

Upon entering the house, Tsunade saw that familiar figure. She skipped and hopped to the doorway, a spatula in hand, and exclaimed, "Tsunade-neechan, you're back!"

Upon smelling the aroma of food coming from inside the house, Tsunade said with a smile, "It's rare for Kushina to cook dinner for me. Is there something you need from me?"

"If Tsunade likes this, I'll come back and cook for you often from now on."

"Even if you say that, I'll have to think it over carefully when you beg me later."

After Tsunade finished speaking, she took off her shoes and walked towards the dining table with her bare white feet, without even changing into slippers.

Seeing the steaming food on the table, Tsunade was also a little hungry. If Kushina hadn't come to cook, she would have just cooked a bowl of ramen and eaten it.

After the rice was served, Tsunade began to eat heartily. She had been busy all afternoon and was indeed a bit hungry, so the food tasted especially delicious at that moment.

"Tsunade-nee, I heard another Uzumaki clan member has arrived in the village and is learning medical ninjutsu at the hospital?"

While Tsunade was eating, Kushina, resting her chin on her hand, suddenly asked a question.

Tsunade paused for a moment, then said, "Yes, that's true. Her chakra is very special, somewhat different from yours. She has the kind of physique that's naturally suited to be a medical ninja. I've seen her file; I think her name is now Uchiha Mina."

"Uchiha? She got married?"

Kushina was taken aback by what she heard. Then, she heard the name "Mina" and felt it sounded very familiar. She racked her brains for a moment before suddenly clapping her hands and saying...

"It's Mina. I remember now, we learned sealing techniques together from the elder when we were little, and then we lost contact."

Kushina's face showed disappointment. She had only been in Konoha for a short time when news of the destruction of the Land of Whirlpools came, and there had been no news about the Whirlpools since.

After finishing her meal, Tsunade wiped her mouth and said, "She's not married. However, Mina was saved by a brat from the Uchiha clan. Later, out of gratitude, she joined the Uchiha clan, so her name is Uchiha Mina. But I think it's just to appease Konoha. That brat still often calls her Mina Uzumaki."

"Kushina, did someone ask you to persuade Mina Uzumaki to join Konoha?"

Kushina nodded and said, "Minato mentioned it to me, but wouldn't joining Konoha be a good thing?"

"Don't worry about this. She's currently living in the Uchiha clan's territory, which is technically considered Konoha. Besides, given your current situation, it would be difficult for you to see her anyway. You should focus on your training."

Tsunade shook her head and said that the main problem was that Mina Uzumaki was very resistant to Konoha. If she could be persuaded, wouldn't her status as a disciple of the Sannin be more appealing?

When Kushina suddenly brought this up, Tsunade guessed that someone must have said it to her, probably trying to persuade Mina Uzumaki by appealing to their kinship.

After all, Mina's physique was even more suitable for being a medical ninja than her; the old man had mentioned this to her, but Tsunade was too lazy to get involved.

The last time she mentioned Lightning Release Chakra Mode, she was accused of being a snitch, and the Root and Uchiha even started fighting. She was already planning to leave Konoha, so getting involved in these things was just asking for trouble.

"Tsunade-neechan, can't I go see Mina?"

Kushina asked with some resentment. It wasn't that she was unwilling to persuade Mina Uzumaki to join Konoha, but rather that she was unwilling to have her childhood clansmen around her, yet she couldn't go and see them.

"She's either in the Uchiha clan's territory or in the hospital right now. Which of those places could you possibly go?"

After Tsunade finished speaking, she glanced at Kushina. Seeing her expression, she quickly added, "There's no way I'm going to see that old man. He'll definitely make demands of me, and there's no way I'll agree to that."

Jinchuriki have dedicated medical ninjas, and the Uchiha clan's territory is a forbidden zone for them. Moreover, Kushina is still in the process of training as a Jinchuriki and cannot fully control the power of the Tailed Beast, so she naturally wouldn't be allowed to run around.

Upon hearing this, Kushina slumped weakly onto the table, saying, "I finally ran into someone I knew from childhood, but even though we're in the same village, we can't even meet."

"A childhood acquaintance may not be an acquaintance now, Kushina, you."

Remembering the resistance in Mina's eyes, Tsunade changed her words and advised, "You should focus on your training."

"Waaah~"

Kushina was somewhat unwilling, so she lay on the table, her eyes darting back and forth, lost in thought.

(End of this chapter)