Konoha: The seal art teacher of the ninja school

In the evening, Senju Mansion.

A red-haired woman was lying leisurely on a rocking chair under the pomegranate tree in the courtyard, squinting her eyes to admire the afterglow of the setting sun. She also held a round fan in her hand and shook it from time to time.

Time seems to have frozen in this courtyard, quiet and peaceful.

This woman looked to be only twenty years old. Her bright red hair was tied into a pair of buns, with a purple diamond-shaped mark on the center of her forehead. She was wearing the traditional white dress of the Uzumaki clan.

Although she still looks young and beautiful, she has a temperament that has gone through many vicissitudes of life, which people dare not look down upon.

"Grandma Mito, Grandma Mito..."

Just then, a shout of joy came from outside the door, breaking the tranquility of the courtyard.

A figure with the same long bright red hair hurriedly ran in carrying a large box of things.

Obviously, this red-haired woman known as "Grandma Mito" is the widow of the first Hokage, the current Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki, and Konoha's sea-fixing needle - Uzumaki Mito.

After hearing the girl's call, Uzumaki Mito's slightly squinted eyes slowly opened, and when he saw the other person's appearance, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.

"It's Kushina, what? Did you get into trouble again?"

Although time has not left any traces on her body, Mito is actually already very old at this time, and her mentality is gradually showing her age.

As her relatives grew up and passed away, the one she loved most now was Kushina, who was not directly related to her by blood.

Part of the reason is because the child Kushina is of her own race and bears the same fate as her.

But more importantly, she truly fell in love with this strong and optimistic girl after spending time together day and night.

Although she lived an ostracized life in the village, Kushina still did not give up and worked hard to prove herself every day.

She even said something like "I am the woman who wants to become Hokage!"

However, this child also inherited the reckless temper inherited from the Uzumaki clan.

She never submits to other people's provocations and always strikes hard, so she often gets into trouble.

Either he beat up a member of the Sarutobi clan today, or he beats up the young clan leader of the Shimura clan tomorrow, which gave Mito a lot of headaches.

So when Mito saw Kushina hurriedly looking for him, he habitually thought that she was in trouble again.

But this time she obviously didn't guess correctly.

Kushina put the box in her hand on the stone table aside and pouted dissatisfiedly:

"I'm not talking about getting into trouble! Grandma, don't you remember? I went to school as a teaching assistant today. This is what you arranged for me, grandma!"

Mito tilted his head and thought for a while, and finally remembered that there seemed to be such a thing.

The cause of the matter was that not long ago she caught a cold and fell ill.

Although it seemed like a small thing, it was like a big earthquake to the whole of Konoha.

After all, the Uzumaki clan has always been known for their strong vitality and rarely get sick.

"The Uzumaki clan doesn't catch colds" and "Idiots don't catch colds" are both "common sense" widely circulated in the ninja world.

So this also means a cruel fact.

Mito is old.

Even though you still look young, your body's functions have begun to decline.

Apparently the chakra in the Yin Seal was no longer enough to keep her body in optimal condition.

Although Mito said it was no big deal.

He was even quite surprised to catch a cold for the first time in his life, jokingly saying that he was very happy to finally get rid of the title of "idiot".

However, Konoha's senior officials were not as optimistic as she was.

After all, in addition to being the wife of the First Hokage, Mito also has the identity of a Jinchuuriki.

In her belly is the ultimate weapon capable of destroying a country - the nine-tailed demon fox.

It can be said that the peaceful situation that the ninja world barely maintains today is largely due to the nuclear deterrent effect brought by these tailed beasts.

Moreover, there have been undercurrents surging in the ninja world recently, and there have been constant frictions at the borders of various countries.

Many people can see that a war sweeping the entire ninja world is brewing...

Therefore, whether it was Mito's aging and inability to suppress it that caused the Nine-Tails to break the seal, or whether Mito died with the Nine-Tails, these are consequences that Konoha cannot bear.

If it weren't for Mito's special status, Konoha might have already replaced the jinchūriki.

However, from that day on, Konoha was still prepared to replace the Jinchuriki at any time.

As the number one candidate for the second Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki, Uzumaki Kushina was naturally completely imprisoned in the village.

The depression of not being able to leave the village, the impending death of Mito's grandmother, and the fear that he will become the Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tails...

These heavy burdens were placed on the thin shoulders of the fifteen-year-old girl at the same time, making poor Kushina increasingly restless.

The frequency of beatings among the disciples of the major ninja clans has also increased significantly...

In order to distract Kushina and avoid getting into trouble, Mito began to pay attention to finding something for Kushina to do.

After all, work is the cure-all.

Although she had found several jobs for her before, it was a pity that Kushina could not last long in any of them.

Until yesterday, when Lake Biwa came to ask her for some opinions on the sealing arts class.

Mito learned from her the interesting deeds of the new sealing arts teacher and the surge in enrollment for the sealing arts class.

With an idea, she asked Lake Biwa to arrange a job as a teaching assistant for Kushina.

Obviously it just happened yesterday, but Mito found that it took him a long time to remember it.

"Well, I'm getting old and my memory is no longer good."

Mito Uzumaki sighed with emotion.

However, paired with her young and beautiful appearance, she always feels like she is moaning for nothing.

Kushina knew that grandma was really a little sad, so she quickly walked behind Mito and lifted her back, while saying exaggeratedly:

"No way! Grandma is still very young! I don't know how many boys will be fascinated by her when she goes out for a walk."

Mito touched the Yin seal on his forehead, shook his head and said with a smile:

"Haha, don't talk about me, an old woman. Tell grandma, how was your first day as a teaching assistant? What did you do today?"

"I did a lot today!"

In order to divert her grandma's attention, Kushina spoke without thinking.

As a result, as soon as she said these words, the expression on her face froze instantly, and the hand that was beating Mito on the back stopped.

Because Kushina discovered at this time that although she did do a lot of things today, there were not many serious things among them!

It's not suitable to tell grandma at all.

"Huh? Why don't you speak?"

Hearing that her grandma was already urging her to continue, Kushina knew she couldn't delay any longer.

She didn't want to lie to her grandma, so she had to omit some "irrelevant" parts.

She stuttered and began to say:

"...At the beginning, I entered the sealing arts office...and then exchanged my sealing arts experiences with Teacher Xia Yan, who is in charge of teaching the sealing arts class,"

Although it was done while being suspended in mid-air.

"Then Teacher Xia Yan gave me a set of questions to complete, and after finishing them, he praised me for my solid foundation..."

Although I basically don’t know the following questions, I was almost driven crazy by the chicken and rabbit in the same cage problem.

"By the way," Kushina suddenly thought of something, "Grandma, what are we going to eat tonight?"

"Grandma doesn't know, but if you want to eat something, you can tell the cook first."

Mito was a little surprised why Kushina suddenly talked about eating, but he still answered truthfully.

"Then I want to eat chicken tonight..."

"…and rabbits!"

Let's put you in the same cage!

I want you to sit at the same table!

It seemed that that question had a big psychological impact on Kushina. Otherwise, the hatred in her heart would not be relieved.

It's a pity that Mito obviously can't understand Kushina's hard-core thoughts.

She turned her head and looked at the rabbit-eater with wide eyes: "Rabbits are so cute, how can you eat rabbits?"

"And you won't be able to find this thing for a while, right? Even if you find it, the cook won't be able to cook it."

"Emmmm... forget it, actually, I'm just talking."

Kushina felt a little uncomfortable with the look in Mito's grandmother's eyes, so she dismissed her sudden thought.

But she hasn't given up on the plan entirely.

By the way, Xia Yan has been to so many places and is well-informed. He may know how to eat rabbits. I will ask him if I have the opportunity in the future.

Kushina thought so, and at the urging of Grandma Mito, she continued to tell her "experience".

"...Finally, Teacher Xia Yan also taught me how to make the teaching aids that will be used in tomorrow's sealing class..."

Although I was addicted to playing cards, I didn't start working until school was over.

Kushina, who finally recounted the abridged version of her experience, couldn't help but wipe her sweat.

"It seems you had a very fulfilling day today!" Mito nodded happily.

It seems that this job will last a little longer.

"Ah? Yes, it is indeed very fulfilling." Kushina said with a guilty conscience.

In order to prevent Grandma Mito from asking for details, Kushina decided to change the topic first.

She clasped her hands together, pointed to the box on the stone table and said:

"Grandma, look, I have brought a lot of teaching aids back to make. Do you want to see them?"

Mito, who was smiling at first, frowned slightly after hearing Kushina's words.

"Why do you still have to do this after get off work? That sealing teacher is so good at asking people."

Although she wanted Kushina to focus on her career and downplay her worries, she never wanted to make her a workaholic.

"I remember his name is Xia Yan, right? Do you want me to tell Lake Bipa..."

"No!"

Kushina exclaimed, her voice echoing in the courtyard.

Mito turned to look at Kushina with surprise in his eyes.

Why was there such a big reaction all of a sudden?

Kushina was complaining in her heart, but on the surface she forced a smile and explained:

"Grandma, it's just my first day at work. It's hard for me to do this."

"And these were all brought back at my own request as a form of sealing practice."

"Oh?" Mito looked teasingly, "Why didn't I see you so active when I was learning sealing techniques before?"

Kushina murmured in a low voice: "If learning the sealing technique in the past could be so fun, I would definitely be so active every day."

"Fun?" Mito raised his eyebrows.

Although she is known as the most powerful sealing master in the world, she rarely associates sealing with the word "fun".

The little toy she made to coax little Kushina into learning the sealing technique was already the limit of what she could do.

"Then I'd like to see it."

Mito rarely felt a little competitive.