"Hey, hey! What's with that disgusted and disdainful look on your face!"
Kushina, reeking of alcohol, reluctantly lowered her arms that were guarding her chest.
Even though she's usually a tomboy, she's still a beautiful girl with a great figure and looks, okay!
Is it really appropriate to make such a face?
"How much did you drink?"
Yamanaka Kei skipped Kushina's question directly.
Looking at the messy living room, he was speechless beyond words.
The originally empty and clean coffee table was now covered with instant ramen containers with only broth left and scattered sake bottles.
The sofa and floor were covered with open magazines and casually placed ninjutsu scrolls.
Several cute-looking puppet dolls that he usually used to practice ninjutsu were also thrown aside after being ravaged.
"J-just a little bit~"
Kushina also noticed the messy living room at this time.
Most of her hazy drunkenness immediately sobered up, and she shrank her neck, standing in place and cautiously peeking at Yamanaka Kei's expression.
She muttered to herself, she didn't do anything special today, so how did the living room become such a mess?
"...In the future, no matter what troubles you, drink less alcohol. It's not good for your health."
Seeing Kushina's uneasy expression, Yamanaka Kei's words changed to concern at the last moment.
Having known each other for many years, he knew Kushina's personality better than anyone else.
This girl usually doesn't drink at all. She drank so much today, probably because something unacceptable happened in the afternoon after the conflict with Shimura Danzo in the morning.
He formed the Boar Seal with one hand.
Yamanaka Kei used the advanced Mind Transfer Puppet Clone Technique, which was an advancement of the Mind Transfer Clone Technique and Mind Transfer Puppet Technique.
Five small humanoid puppets, each a little over a foot tall, did a carp jump and stood up from the ground, busily cleaning up the messy living room.
The originally dirty coffee table was quickly cleaned.
Those magazines and scrolls that were thrown around were also sorted and put back in their original places.
Barefoot, Kushina ran around, following the puppets to clean up.
Her diligent appearance made people think she was really hardworking.
"Alright, alright, tell me, what do you want me to do?"
Yamanaka Kei looked at Kushina, who was acting cute and trying to please him with a smile on her face, and was really helpless with her.
"Hehehe~ Kei-kun~ Let's discuss something, can you lend me eight million ryo~"
Kushina's tone and demeanor were extremely well-behaved, and her coy appearance showed no trace of the Red Hot-Blooded Habanero from the daytime.
"Wait, you just collected the rent in July, and it hasn't even been three months yet. Did you spend it all?"
Yamanaka Kei heard about borrowing money and looked incredulous.
Back then, when Mito Uzumaki passed away, she left Kushina an extremely rich inheritance.
Just the dozen or so shops on Konoha's commercial street alone could guarantee her a life of luxury for a long time with the rent collected each year.
How did this girl manage to squander it all to the point where she needs to borrow money?
"I... I lent it to Tsunade-nee-san."
"That gambling addict... you really have courage!"
"I couldn't help it, Tsunade-nee-san cried and said she had no food to eat, no clothes to wear, and was about to die..."
"You believed her when she said that?"
"Aiya~ Kei-kun~ That bad guy Shimura Danzo is just inhuman! He said the damage to the Jonin Waiting Station had nothing to do with him and wanted me to bear all the reconstruction costs. The Third Hokage is also biased towards him..."
Kushina adopted a tearful tone, glossed over the matter of lending money to Tsunade, and began to constantly accuse the culprit, Shimura Danzo.
Even the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi caught a lot of flak.
Her tone made it seem like the collapse of the Jonin Waiting Station today had nothing to do with her.
"Alright, alright, it's just eight million, right?"
"If you could give me a little more, it would be even better so I can have some money for food."
"You, you, after collecting the rent in the future, remember to save some as an emergency fund. You also need to plan your usual expenses. Also, when you encounter people who want to borrow money from you in the future, you must first judge whether they are borrowing for legitimate reasons..."
Yamanaka Kei got up from the sofa with a helpless expression.
While speaking, he took out two deposit slips from the Fire Country Bank from a hidden compartment in the study.
Kushina obediently knelt in front of the coffee table.
Perhaps it was the alcohol talking.
Listening to the nagging and instructions in her ear, she couldn't help but think of Grandma Mito Uzumaki.
She dazedly accepted the two deposit slips, each with five million.
Yamanaka Kei saw her blank look, waved his hand in front of her eyes, and instructed again.
"Keep the extra two million to eat well and buy some pretty clothes. If you encounter a situation similar to today in the future, don't take it out on yourself. As the old saying goes, it's better to torment others than to make things difficult for yourself..."
Yamanaka Kei had only just started nagging when he saw large teardrops in Kushina's eyes, falling down her cheeks.
He, who had never been good at handling this kind of situation, quickly pulled out a tissue from the tissue box and handed it over.
Looking at Kushina crying with pear blossoms in the rain.
Yamanaka Kei sighed and racked his brains to think of a way to comfort her.
"If you really feel aggrieved, why don't we quietly give Danzo a good beating? I'm quite familiar with Root's combat methods. If it's inconvenient for you to come forward, I can secretly help you clean him up..."
"Waaaaah~~~ Kei, wuu wuu waaaaah~~~ I miss Grandma Mito~~~"
Kushina Uzumaki, who had originally been silently shedding tears, completely broke down after being comforted by Yamanaka Kei.
The grievances in her heart and the longing for her loved ones burst out all at once.
She raised her small face and cried loudly.
Snot mixed with tears, turning her face into a mess.
Ever since Mito Uzumaki-grandma left, she hadn't heard these caring words for a very, very long time.
Because of her identity as the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki.
She couldn't freely leave the village to carry out missions, nor could she live as freely as a normal ninja.
Every day, she had to endure those almost ubiquitous gazes of disgust and fear.
Even some of the higher-ups in the village, led by Shimura Danzo, would target her from time to time.
The Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi would only comfort her with a few words after the fact.
What he said the most was always to tell her to be more mature, and that they were always doing it for the village.
But it was clearly them who were causing trouble all along. If they were really doing it for the village, why didn't they restrain themselves a little?
"...Shall I accompany you to the Senju Old Residence for a look?"
Yamanaka Kei asked tentatively.
Kushina Uzumaki shook her head, wiping away the surging tears as she asked.
"Kei, did you use some kind of ninjutsu to deal with Danzo today?"
"Huh? No, why do you say that?"
Yamanaka Kei was slightly startled, but he didn't show it on his face, skillfully starting to play dumb.
"Hmph! Liar! You can fool others, but you can't fool me, you know~ I sensed it! When Danzo left, there was a fleeting malice on your body."
Kushina Uzumaki's face was covered in tears and snot, but her eyes were curved into crescents as she smiled.
"...Hurry up and wipe it off, crying and laughing, you look awful."
Yamanaka Kei's eyes twitched slightly, and he finally didn't deny it anymore, pulling out a tissue and directly smearing it on Kushina Uzumaki's face.
"Hehe~ Kei, it's so good to know you, you know~"
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