The man standing at the top of the ninja world

Uzumaki Mito's funeral was held a few days later and was extremely grand.

Her identity as the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki is one of the most important secrets in Konoha, and only a few people know about it. Therefore, Uzumaki Mito is not ostracized and disliked by ordinary villagers like other Jinchuuriki.

But in addition to the identity of the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki, she also has another identity, that is, the wife of the first Hokage. This identity is known to everyone in the entire ninja world. It has been decades since Konoha was established, and there are no more ninjas left in the village era. not much.

As the wife of the first Hokage, Uzumaki Mito is undoubtedly the most important one. She is respected by the majority of Konoha villagers. In addition to ninjas, there are many ordinary villagers who spontaneously participated in Uzumaki Mito's funeral.

After the funeral, the Third Hokage did not immediately send Nagato, Tsunade, Uzumaki Kushina, Konan, and Yahiko to do new tasks, but gave them a long vacation.

The reason for this is that the Third Hokage was worried that the five of them had not yet gotten over the sadness of Uzumaki Mito's death, and that they would have an accident due to emotional problems during the mission. This kind of thing has not happened in history. .

In addition to Nagato and the other five, Jiraiya, Namikaze Minato, and Haruno Zhao were all idle because they were teammates with the five of them.

In addition, after the death of Mito Uzumaki, the dozen ANBU ninjas disguised as servants in the Senju clan were also taken back by the Third Hokage. These people were sent to the Senju clan by him to take care of the elderly Mito Uzumaki. Come on, now that Uzumaki Mito has passed away, there is no reason to stay in the Senju clan.

A dozen elite ninjas are a huge force even among the entire ANBU.

In the early morning, Nagato, Uzumaki Kushina, Konan, and Yahiko walked out of the house and walked into the forest.

After Uzumaki Mito's funeral, they rested for a few days, and then began to practice hard again, and changed the training location back to the original clearing in the forest.

Although there was a lot of free space at home and a dedicated training ground, staying at home and getting emotional would remind them of Uzumaki Mito, so they eventually changed the location.

Time passed little by little, and in the afternoon, Uzumaki Kushina stopped practicing, looked at the three of Nagato, and said a little lonely: "Nagato, Konan, Yahiko, I am a little tired, so I will go back first."

"I know, you go back first." Nagato nodded. He saw that Uzumaki Kushina was in a bad mood, and he understood it very well.

Among the four of them, in terms of strength, Uzumaki Kushina is weaker than him, Konan, and Yahiko. Although she was rejected by classmates before and lived an unhappy life, compared with the three of them wandering alone. Still too far behind.

Moreover, Uzumaki Kushina is also the most dependent on Uzumaki Mito among the four of them. In the past few days, she often misses Uzumaki Mito and is so sad that she cannot continue to practice. Nagato and the other three do not find it strange.

After bidding farewell to the three Nagatos, Uzumaki Kushina returned home alone and found that Tsunade was not at home. There was a note on the table in the hall, left by Tsunade, saying that she had gone out to drink.

Uzumaki Kushina was not surprised. Her own grandmother passed away. Although Tsunade appeared to be much calmer than the four of them, her mood was probably worse than the four of them. However, she was an adult, so she couldn't suppress her emotions. Just show it.

But her emotions also need to be vented, so Tsunade often goes to the hotel to get drunk recently, and doesn't come back home drunk until very late.

Uzumaki Kushina stayed in her room for a while, then walked into Uzumaki Mito's room, sat on the bed, hugged the photo of Uzumaki Mito and the five of them that was placed by the bedside, and whispered Sobbed.

"Wind Escape Vacuum Jade."

Namikaze Minato was practicing Wind Release at his home. His chakra was not outstanding, so it was completely exhausted very quickly. He sat on the ground and closed his eyes to start refining chakra.

After a while, he restored his chakra and opened his eyes, but instead of continuing to practice, he began to think of something, or rather a person, Uzumaki Kushina.

What is Kushina doing now?

No matter what she is doing, she must be very sad. After all, Mito-sama is her closest relative.

Namikaze Minato thought in his heart, he also attended the funeral of Uzumaki Mito, and saw with his own eyes how sad Uzumaki Kushina cried at that time, and he also had the experience of his relatives leaving him, so he was able to express his feelings towards Uzumaki Kushina. Nai feels the same way.

He is very concerned about Uzumaki Kushina's mood, because he likes Uzumaki Kushina very much. He has been very fond of Uzumaki Kushina since the first time they met at the ninja school.

But what troubles Namikaze Minato is that Uzumaki Kushina not only dislikes him, but also kind of hates him.

As for the reason, he himself probably knows it. It should be because when Uzumaki Kushina was bullied by that genin not long after she came to Konoha, he only watched from behind but did not go forward to help. That time Their relationship had become sour, and he had never been able to find any chance to make amends.

Do you want to go visit Kushina?

Such thoughts arose in Namikaze Minato's mind, but he hesitated a little. He and Uzumaki Kushina were just ordinary classmates and not teammates. Would it be too abrupt to go there so rashly?

But, I really want to see her.

In the dilemma, Namikaze Minato's mind suddenly flashed back to the scene that happened when the Senju clan was stationed before.

That day, Uzumaki Mito accidentally fell down, and the ANBU ninjas came to notify the Third Hokage. He was also in the Hokage's office at the time, so he followed everyone to the Senju Clan's headquarters.

Namikaze Minato has nothing to do with Uzumaki Mito, so he doesn't care about Uzumaki Mito as much as others, but pays more attention to Uzumaki Kushina, and he noticed that when Uzumaki Mito let Uzumaki Kushina into the house, Uzumaki Kushina suddenly became very strange, as if she was very scared, and she got better after being comforted by Nagato.

At that time, Namikaze Minato wanted to rush forward to hold Kushina Uzumaki's hand instead of Nagato and comfort Kushina Uzumaki, but in the end he did nothing.

He had no choice but to know nothing about the situation. He didn't even know why Uzumaki Kushina suddenly became so scared. It was even his own speculation that Uzumaki Kushina was scared.

Maybe Uzumaki Kushina is not afraid at all, but just worried about Uzumaki Mito. Since both Nagato and Uzumaki Kushina are members of the Uzumaki clan, it is reasonable for them to go in together.

However, even though he thought so, after Nagato and Uzumaki Kushina walked into Uzumaki Mito's room together, Namikaze Minato felt inexplicably disappointed in his heart, as if he had missed an important opportunity.

Recalling the regretful mood at that time, Namikaze Minato no longer hesitated. At least this time, he must not miss it again. Even if there is no chance to comfort Kushina, it would be good to go and see her.

Because he was teammates with Yahiko and Konan, he had been to the Senju Clan's camp many times and was very familiar with the route. Not long after, the house of the Senju Clan appeared in his sight. The door was open and it looked long. Door they should be at home.

After walking a few steps, Namikaze Minato stopped. In the open space in front of him, several long red hairs lay quietly.

He was stunned for a moment, and then determined that this should be Uzumaki Kushina's hair. Although Nagato also had red hair, Nagato's hair was short and could not be so long.

Why did Uzumaki Kushina's hair fall here for no reason? Namikaze Minato felt a little strange, but he didn't think much about it. Maybe Uzumaki Kushina pulled out a few hairs at random to play with.

He walked through the door and walked towards the main house. A few minutes later, he walked into the courtyard of the main house and immediately froze.

Lying quietly in the yard were two ANBU ninjas wearing uniforms and animal masks. There was a large amount of blood under their bodies, and they had obviously been dead for a long time.

Namikaze Minato looked at this scene in astonishment. What was going on? Why did the ANBU ninjas die here?

"Kushina, Yahiko, Konan, Nagato, Tsunade-sama." After coming back to his senses, he started shouting the names of the five people, but there was no response. Namikaze Minato went into the main room again to look. Still not finding anyone, he was finally sure that there should be no one here except him.

A guess naturally appeared in his mind. An enemy attacked here and killed these two ninjas.

However, if this is the case, where are Nagato and the others who live here now?

Suddenly, Namikaze Minato remembered the long red hair he saw outside just now. He thought it was just Uzumaki Kushina, but now that he thought about it, maybe it was not that simple.

His heart tightened, and he rushed out of the Senju Clan camp, ran to the strands of red hair, looked at it a few times, then searched nearby, and finally found a few strands of red hair outside the nearby forest.

Uzumaki Kushina is in danger

If this was just an uncertain guess at the beginning, now Minato Namikaze is almost certain that it is not surprising to lose a few hairs by chance, but it is impossible to lose so many hairs in different places.

An enemy broke into the Senju Clan's camp, killed two ANBU ninjas, and then captured Uzumaki Kushina, and these hairs were the clues left behind by Uzumaki Kushina.

These hairs extend all the way into the forest, which means that the enemies who kidnapped Kushina Uzumaki escaped from the forest. This is normal, because the enemy cannot go out through the main entrance, so the forest is their only choice.

Namikaze Minato speculated in his mind, and at the same time he could conclude that the only person kidnapped was probably Uzumaki Kushina.

Just now in the hall, he saw the note left by Tsunade and knew that Tsunade was not at home.

And he knew very well the strength of Nagato, Konan, Yahiko, and Uzumaki Kushina. With the four of them together, plus the two ANBU ninjas, even Kage-level masters might not be able to do it without causing other people to attack. Defeat them while the ninjas are paying attention.

In addition, there is only Uzumaki Kushina's hair here, so it is likely that only Uzumaki Kushina was captured.

Why did those unknown enemies kidnap Uzumaki Kushina? Namikaze Minato didn't know the reason, and he didn't want to know it now. His mind was now full of how to save Uzumaki Kushina.

Should I inform Lord Hokage first? Such a thought flashed through Minato Namikaze's mind, but he immediately denied it. No, it's too late. No one knows when Uzumaki Kushina was kidnapped. She must rescue her immediately. If she is one minute late, Uzumaki Kushina will be in more danger.

Namikaze Minato clenched his long red hair tightly. For some reason, he suddenly remembered the battle between Uzumaki Kushina and that genin.

If he had not stood idly by and helped Uzumaki Kushina, then Uzumaki Kushina would definitely not hate him. Not only would she not hate him, but she might even become a good friend with him.

Kushina, this time, I will no longer be just a spectator, I will definitely save you.

Namikaze Minato's eyes suddenly became sharp. He picked up the red hair scattered on the ground and jumped into the forest.