"Dong dong!"

"Kushina, a Jonin."

"I am coming."

Chapter 292 Minato Namikaze: Something's not right!

"You're here? Come in, come in!" The door opened, and Kushina Uzumaki, wearing an apron, welcomed Seiun Kamitsuki into her home.

Upon entering, Shenyue Xingyun was startled.

The room, which was originally quite spacious, was now filled with bags, each containing fresh fruits, vegetables, and meat.

"This is too much!" Shenyue Xingyun exclaimed.

"I was afraid it wouldn't be enough, so I prepared a little extra," Kushina Uzumaki said. "Nebula Jonin... like Mikoto, shall I just call you Nebula?"

"You can just call me Kushina."

Shingetsu Seiun: "Alright, I'll still call you Kushina Jonin."

Kushina Uzumaki: "Whatever."

"How do you like the materials I prepared? If there are no problems, shall we begin?"

“Okay.” Shenyue Xingyun nodded.

“Kushina, if you just want to cook some ordinary dishes at home, we can just learn how to do it. But since you want to systematically improve your cooking skills, it’s not that simple.”

"I need to start by teaching you the most basic theory."

Do you know what the prerequisite is for making the most delicious dish?

Kushina Uzumaki: "What is it?"

Shingetsu Nebula: "It is about having love."

Uzumaki Kushina: "?"

"for example?"

Shingetsu Nebula: "For example, when you're cooking, you can think of your loved one."

"Of course, I don't mean that you should think of Lord Minato when you're chopping bones, but rather that when you're cooking, you should imagine the happiness your loved one will feel after tasting the delicious food."

"That feeling of anticipation and joy that springs from within is one of the secrets to making a delicious dish."

Kushina Uzumaki nodded, then her gaze shifted as if she had suddenly thought of something, and she asked, "What were you thinking about when you were cooking at Misaka's house yesterday?"

Shingetsu Seiun: "Kushina, the Jonin, this has nothing to do with the course content."

"Come on, let me continue teaching you the differences in heat control and seasonings..."

In the Fourth Hokage's residence, the two began a serious teaching session.

Shenyue Xingyun taught very seriously.

Because Kushina Uzumaki was genuinely trying to learn cooking, Shinzuki Seiun, while doing so to complete his own mission, also tried his best to teach Kushina Uzumaki the cooking skills he had acquired through a lottery, using the simplest and most understandable methods possible, in order to express his gratitude.

Progress...is not going very smoothly.

Because mastering something takes time and effort. The same applies to cooking.

Kushina Uzumaki is the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. Since she cannot go out on missions, she usually spends most of her time at home preparing meals for Minato Namikaze. Therefore, her goal is not simply to learn one or two dishes, but to improve her culinary skills in all aspects.

Achieving this will not be easy.

Shenyue Xingyun needs to start teaching from the basics, including the effects of heat control and knife skills on different ingredients, the flavors that seasonings can bring out under different conditions, and their functions.

Therefore, Kushina Uzumaki was having some difficulty learning.

After several days, she felt that she still had a hard time making a good meal, and she was somewhat disappointed.

"Nebula, am I too stupid?"

In response, Shingetsu Seiun smiled and comforted her, "Kushina Jonin, you've done very well."

"Keep it up! I believe that your cooking skills will definitely improve rapidly in no time."

"...I'll trust you this once." Kushina Uzumaki felt a little better after that.

During breaks in teaching, she would occasionally glance at Shen Yuexingyun's face. Seeing that the latter was always very patient, she couldn't help but feel a lot of goodwill towards him.

'He's very patient~'

'Even though I'm not very smart, I've never been impatient or lost my temper. This guy... is really quite likable.'

Shingetsu Seiun had no idea what Uzumaki Kushina was thinking; if she did, she would have laughed out loud.

Although he himself is not an impatient person, he was extremely patient when it came to teaching Kushina Uzumaki.

If Kushina Uzumaki were truly intelligent and could learn to cook so easily, how could she have made Minato Namikaze feel threatened and uneasy, prompting him to visit home more often?

So even if Kushina Uzumaki learns quickly, he would still patiently teach her, no matter how slow or clumsy she is.

More than ten days later.

In Minato Namikaze's home, as the sound of cooking fumes gradually subsided, a rich aroma wafted through the kitchen.

Kushina Uzumaki, suppressing her excitement, carefully plated the food from the pot, then handed a pair of chopsticks to Shinzuki Seiun, saying expectantly, "Seiun, try it."

Shenyue Xingyun picked up her chopsticks, took some food, and put it in her mouth.

Under Kushina's tense gaze, he tasted it and then nodded.

"very good."

"very good."

Kushina's eyes lit up, and she picked up another pair of chopsticks to taste the food herself.

A few seconds later, she waved excitedly.

"Yes!"

"awesome!"

Although she didn't feel the same surge of emotion as when she first tasted the food from Shenyue Xingyun, the taste in her mouth now was still far superior to what she had experienced before.

And all of this is because of the Divine Moon Nebula before our eyes.

It was thanks to the other party's patient and tireless teaching that her skill level improved so much over this period of time.

I'll definitely show off to Misaka in a while!

With anticipation in her heart, Kushina Uzumaki looked at Seiun Kamitsuki with gratitude: "Seiun, thank you so much."

"It's nothing." Shenyue Xingyun waved her hand. "But don't be arrogant. You still have a lot to learn."

Kushina Uzumaki nodded repeatedly: "Yes, I know."

"Then let's continue."

“No problem.” Shenyue Xingyun continued with the rest of the lesson.

At the same time, he was also thinking.

In terms of learning culinary skills, Kushina Uzumaki is already on the right track, and it's uncertain how long this reason will sustain his stay with her.

If possible, he hoped to find other things that connected him to Kushina Uzumaki.

As if by divine intervention, the Divine Moon Nebula was indeed found within two days.

"Kushina, do you usually knit sweaters?" One day, Shingetsu Seiun saw a half-finished sweater that Uzumaki Kushina had left on the sofa and suddenly remembered that Uzumaki Kushina seemed to have a lot of these kinds of clothes at home, and she herself was always wearing different styles of sweaters.

Kushina Uzumaki replied, "Yes."

"When I'm bored, I like to knit sweaters and study different stitches."

"The water gate in my house and my sweater were both knitted by me."

Shingetsu Seiun exclaimed, "Lord Minato is truly blessed to have a wife like you."

As he spoke, he picked up a sweater from the sofa, looked at the fairly fine stitches, and suddenly shook his head slightly.

Kushina Uzumaki noticed his movement and asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

Shenyue Xingyun seemed to hesitate for a moment, then said, "It's alright."

"It's around the shoulders and neckline; if we used a backstitch, it would be done much better."

Upon hearing this, Kushina Uzumaki's eyes widened immediately: "You know how to knit sweaters?"

"real or fake?!"

Shenyue Xingyun glanced at the 'Knitting Mastery (Lv2)' skill she had won in the lottery, and nodded calmly: "I know a little bit about it."

Kushina Uzumaki, as if she had discovered a new continent, excitedly moved closer.

"Explain in detail how the return needle is used here."

Shenyue Xingyun: "You won't understand just by talking." After thinking for a moment, she simply took the half-knitted sweater in her hand, unraveled the nearest yarn, and started knitting.

"It's actually very simple. Just control the stitches and knit back without turning the needle. You need to wrap the yarn around the needle to hide the gaps."

"The difficulty lies in mastering the tightness of the winding and the subsequent unwinding. With your skill level, you can get it with more practice."

As he spoke, his hands never stopped moving. In no time, the neckline of the sweater was almost finished, and it was visibly much better than what Kushina Uzumaki had knitted before.

"The best!~" Kushina Uzumaki exclaimed in genuine amazement.

For the first time, she discovered that there were men with such superb acupuncture skills.

"Nebula!" she exclaimed excitedly, "I want to learn this!"

She felt a little embarrassed after saying it.

"Can...can you teach me?"

"Please, please, I really want to learn. If you teach me, I'll consider it a favor I owe you."

Shenyue Xingyun smiled kindly: "Of course, no problem."

In addition to teaching cooking, Shinzuki Seiun also began to take time to teach Uzumaki Kushina how to knit.

With the two items combined, he anticipated having significantly more time to spend with Kushina Uzumaki, greatly increasing the probability of completing the mission.

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