Chapter 166: Another meeting between Jiu Xing and Kushina (Subscription Request)
The dazzling sunlight made Uzumaki Kushina a little dazed, and Namikaze Minato's words seemed to echo in her ears.

Namikaze Minato, even if he would rather die than let Menma come back...

Because Minato Namikaze knew that he was spared before because of the face he and Kushina had given to Konoha over the years.

Now that he has escaped, Minato Namikaze's crime is unforgivable.

Once Menma comes back, what awaits him is definitely the extraction of the Nine-Tails and the replacement of the Jinchūriki.

"Kushina-senpai, are you ready?"

The cold words sounded behind Uzumaki Kushina.

Kushina wiped the tears from her face, forced a smile, looked at Haruno Sakura who appeared behind her and said:

"Well, let's go."

"That kid Jiu Xing wants to see me, and it just so happens that I miss him too."

Haruno Sakura looked at Uzumaki Kushina who couldn't hide her pain and couldn't help but sighed:

"Aunt Kushina, this is all for Konoha."

"It's heartbreaking, but the village cannot lose the Kyuubi."

"Oh, I know, I know..."

“This is all for the village…”

Haruno Sakura really doesn't know how to comfort people. Kushina's heart couldn't help but feel sad again after hearing her words.

Haruno Sakura looked at Kushina's visibly sad expression and knew that she had said the wrong thing, so she couldn't help but shut her mouth.

"Sasuke, Xiangling, let's go."

Haruno Sakura looked at her two companions behind her and waved.

With Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Karing catching up, there is one more person in Sakura's team this time.

Kingdom of Wind

Loulan Dragon Vein
Because Kushina had the experience of crossing a dragon vein once before, she turned into countless fluorescent lights and disappeared before their eyes in front of Haruno Sakura and the other two who were somewhat confused.

Her words were still in the air:

"I'm leaving first, we'll meet up at Konoha."

Uzumaki Kushina did not tell Haruno Sakura how they could use the dragon veins to come directly to their counterparts. In her opinion, the three children in the other Konoha had not been born yet, and if this method was used rashly, there might be some uncertainties.

And she also needed to get rid of Haruno Sakura and the other two, and meet Jiuxing and Menma as soon as possible to ask Jiuxing what she was thinking.

"Come on, Menma, try my craft talisman and see if it suits your taste."

Kaoru brought a bowl of still steaming ramen to Menma Uzumaki and looked at him with a smile.

Uzumaki Menma looked at the Naruto roll in the ramen bowl with disdain and said stiffly:

"I hate Naruto roll."

Xun looked at Menma with some surprise. This could be said to be the best attitude Menma had shown her in recent times.

I saw Xun, who was standing by with a smile on her face, with her arms folded on her chest and an unhappy look on her face, looking at Uzumaki Menma with a bowl of ramen in front of her, and picked up the chopsticks from the bowl of ramen in front of her and ate all the Naruto roll in front of Uzumaki Menma.

"In this way, there will be no Naruto scroll."

Kaoru looked at Menma Uzumaki as if he was coaxing a child.

"You've already eaten. I won't eat this bowl."

However, Uzumaki Menma turned his head away with a look of disdain.

"That's enough, you bastard!"

"Don't push yourself too far!"

A "well" character appeared on Jiu Xing's forehead, and he spoke while suppressing his anger.

"What's wrong with me?"

"If you don't like something, then you don't like it. Is there anything wrong with not wanting to eat something that others have eaten?"

Uzumaki Menma said with an annoyed look on his face.

"Good good!"

"You don't like to eat, right?"

"I'll let you taste your dear old father's iron fist, which is as big as a casserole!"

As he said that, Jiu Xing jumped up, leaped over the dining table flexibly, and knocked Uzumaki Menma to the ground!

"Hey!"

"Are you sick?"

"If you don't agree, you'll start fighting!"

"Can you please be reasonable?"

Uzumaki Menma struggled to resist Kyuuki's various joint techniques, but now that his chakra was completely sealed, he was no match for Kyuuki.

However, within just a few moves, Uzumaki Menma was subdued by Kyuuki and put in a cross armbar.

"It hurts, it hurts, let me go!"

"asshole!"

Uzumaki Menma lay on the ground in a mess and slapped the ground vigorously.

"Do you want to eat the Naruto roll?!"

Jiu Xing insisted.

He had finally figured out that this guy would only respond to tough measures and that indulging him would only encourage his arrogance. He would have to deal a heavy hand to him when necessary.

"Eat, eat, eat. Isn't it okay for me to eat?"

"Let me go!"

Uzumaki Menma had a distorted expression on his face.

Is this bastard really his mother's alter ego?
He beat him as hard as he could. Even though his chakra was sealed, this guy still shamelessly used physical techniques involving chakra to beat him.

Even his own mother, Kushina, could only give him a few punches.

"Jiu, Jiu Xing, why don't you let go first..."

Xun looked at the two people struggling on the ground, and a drop of cold sweat flowed down his forehead.

However, as soon as she finished speaking, countless purple fluorescent lights appeared next to Jiu Xing, and in the confused eyes of the three people, those purple fluorescent lights gathered into a figure.

Then a beautiful middle-aged woman with red hair appeared in front of the three people.

"Uh-huh?"

Kushina was thinking about saying something to Jiu Xing, but the scene in front of her made her speechless.

My son was being pinned down by a boy who looked very similar to me, and there was a cute girl next to him who was looking embarrassed and trying to say something...

"Did I come at the wrong time?"

Kushina spoke after a bit of silence and hesitation.

"Mom, mom, save me!"

Uzumaki Menma shouted as if he saw his savior.

"Now you know how to call mom?!"

Jiu Xing grabbed Uzumaki Menma's ears and said with an unhappy look on his face.

"Why didn't you think about this day when you were cheating your father?!" Jiu Xing heard from this guy with his own ears how he used Minato Namikaze to escape from prison. This guy was able to deceive Minato Namikaze and must be an actor.

"Are you, Kaoru?"

Ignoring the fight between her useless son and Kuyuki on the ground, Kushina looked at Kaoru beside her and spoke uncertainly.

"Ok!"

"It's me! Sister Kushina!"

Kaoru looked at Kushina in front of him with some excitement.

"It's been a long time, Kaoru."

"You've grown up……"

A rare smile appeared on Kushina's slightly sad face.

She looked carefully at the blonde girl in front of her, as if she saw the shadow of Minato Namikaze in her.

"Well, long time no see, Sister Kushina."

Xun responded to Kushina with a smile, then looked at the two people still on the ground and said helplessly:

"Kyuyuki, please let go of Menma. Seriously, even Kushina-sister is here, and you're still making a fuss..."

After listening to Xun's words, Jiu Xing finally let go of Uzumaki Menma on the ground.

"You guy..."

Uzumaki Menma stood up from the ground, rubbed his locked hand, and looked at the guy who didn't know how to control his strength with an angry face.

however……

"Menma."

Kushina looked at her son calmly.

"whispering sound."

Menma Uzumaki turned his head away and ignored his mother.

"You're a fucking jerk!"

"Call mom!"

Jiu Xing grabbed Uzumaki Menma's ear and said without giving him any face.

"It hurts!"

"You guy!"

Menma Uzumaki tried his best to resist Kyuuki's domestic violence, but his resistance was ineffective.

After making sure that he was powerless to resist, he shouted reluctantly.

Kushina looked at her son in front of her with ripples in her eyes, wondering what he was thinking.

Ignoring Menma Uzumaki, Kushina looked directly at the counterpart she hadn't seen for many years and said:

"Jiu Xing, can we talk for a minute?"

"Well, of course."

Jiu Xing nodded silently.

If the distance between isotopes is too close, there will be a kind of telepathy.

From the moment Kushina appeared, Jiu Xing sensed her sadness as thick as ink.

On the rooftop
Kushina looked at the night view of another Konoha in front of her. She had no intention of appreciating the scenery of Konoha at the moment. She looked carefully at the tall boy in front of her who was already a head taller than her and said:

"Jiu Xing, you have grown up."

"You've grown a lot stronger, too. Fortunately, you didn't grow crooked."

Listening to Kushina's joking words, Jiu Xing also looked carefully at the woman in front of him.

However, after not seeing each other for a few years, Kushina, who is only in her forties, has some white hair in her beautiful red hair, many more wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, and there is an indelible sadness between her eyebrows.

This look of her is completely different from the cheerful Kushina in Kyuuki's memory.

She has had a hard life these years.

"Ah, compared to me, Kushina-nee seems..."

Jiu Xing didn't know what to say next. He could feel that the sadness in the woman's heart seemed to be drowning him.

It was just like when Kushina witnessed Kyuubi's rampage and couldn't help but feel the same pain.

Kushina's emotions also deeply affected him.

"I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Jiu Xing."

Kushina forced an ugly smile, as if she could sense the thoughts of the big boy in front of her, and said in a nonchalant manner:

"How are you and Kaoru?"

"It looks like they're already together?"

Listening to Kushina's familiar yet strange language habit, Jiu Xing leaned on the railing on the rooftop and nodded:
"Kaoru and I have been together since we were twelve."

Twelve years old?

Hearing this familiar age, Kushina couldn't help but think of herself and Minato Namikaze. The two of them had also been together since they were twelve years old, and had come together through all the ups and downs until now...

"Compared to me, Sister Kushina has changed a lot..."

Kushina was silent for a moment, unsure how to answer this question.

"Jiu Xing, I'm sorry..."

"I set a bad example for you..."

A tear fell from Kushina's eye.

She found that she didn't know when she started to cry.

She was obviously so strong when she was a child, just like Jiu Xing back then.

Naughty, mischievous, and playful.

No matter what happens, just laugh it off.

Kushina was about to wipe away her tears, but a hand wiped away the tear line on her cheek.

"Jiu Xing..."

Kushina pressed her forehead weakly against Kyuuki's chest, and the tears she could no longer hold back burst out.

Her son was wanted and her husband was imprisoned. She tried every means to support the family on her own, but found that no matter what she did, it was in vain.

Jiu Xing looked at the woman in front of him in silence. He didn't know how to comfort her.

He thought too simply. When facing this woman, he thought he could just let her go and fight with Sarutobi Hiruzen...

But the other party's sadness, grief, and despair, which he almost felt himself feel, almost suffocated him.

This has nothing to do with the strength. No matter how strong Jiu Xing becomes, he cannot sever this connection.

"Jiu Xing, don't move, I'll lean on you for a while..."

"Just for a moment..."

Kushina's words left Jiu Xing speechless and he could only stand there silently.

(End of this chapter)