MSIN: Chapter 22

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"You can't let Kushina off the hook this time!"

"Right, she went a bit too far this time."

"And what's with that disciple of hers? Wasn't he supposed to be keeping Kushina in check? Why are they both causing trouble?"

"In any case, she must be severely punished this time. A Nine-Tailed Jinchūriki snooping around the Book of Seals? This is a dangerous thing."

"But she didn't take the Book of Seals with her, and she didn't make any copies. Technically speaking, she didn't cause any serious harm."

"Sarutobi, it's not about whether or not harm was caused, it's about Kushina's attitude. She so easily and carelessly touched the Book of Seals. That's the problem!"

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The Hokage and several advisors had a heated discussion about the shocking case that Kushina had committed. Their opinions on her punishment differed.

While he was quite angry at Kushina's actions, he still stood up for her during the debate, speaking favorably for her.

Here's a quick summary of the punishment handed down to Uzumaki Kushina and Shiraishi Haori: Four months of confinement.

If these four months of confinement were spent in Konoha's prison, then this punishment would be quite terrifying. If it were enemy-village ninjas, they would be finished within two weeks of entering Konoha's prison. The same went for Konoha's renegade ninjas. While Kushina and Haori's actions didn't make them renegades, they couldn't avoid suffering in prison.

However, the place of confinement was not the prison, but their own homes. For Haori, this was a negligible punishment. To him, being confined for four months was nothing.

But for Kushina, who was used to being free and crazy, this was a severe punishment.

The other advisors, besides the Hokage, were all upset about the punishment. They thought the Hokage's sentence was too lenient. But sadly, the Hokage insisted on his opinion.

This involved Konoha's decision-making principle, which is that when the Hokage is in office, these advisors only have the right to make suggestions.

The decision-making power lies in the Hokage's hands. Only when the Hokage's position is vacant do the advisors have a chance to exercise some of the Hokage's authority.

Of course, if you had to say their greatest right, it would be their considerable influence on the Hokage's election.

In short, in this matter of Kushina, they had to listen to the Hokage. They could be unhappy, but they couldn't interfere with the Hokage's decisions.

So Kushina and Haori's confinement began.

For Haori, his daily life consisted of refining chakra, practicing jutsu, studying sealing techniques, training taijutsu, eating, sleeping, and then another day would begin.

An ANBU ninja was responsible for monitoring him and delivering his meals every day.

One day, two days, three days…

Then a new year passed. While confined, Haori celebrated his twelfth birthday.

Then four months passed.

After four months, Kushina and Haori finally saw each other for the first time. It was also the first time they had seen a living person again after all this time, besides the ANBU ninjas.

"Teacher Kushina, I think you've gotten fairer. Hmm, your skin looks good." Haori made a sarcastic remark.

Of course she would be fair! She hadn't seen the sun in four months.

"Really? You still look kind of pale, like you did before. I don't know if I'm fair, but I feel like I'm a bit afraid of the sun now." As she spoke, Kushina raised her hand to shield her eyes from the sun.

Skin clear as crystal, afraid of the sun, powerful fighting ability… Wait, is this a change of setting? Kushina is not from the Uzumaki clan, but the Hyuga clan?

In any case, Kushina was finally free. And after being suppressed for so long, she was even harder to control…

She wanted to go to the front lines.

This time, nothing would stop her. She would leave Konoha for the battlefield.

The Hokage certainly wouldn't agree.

So Kushina wrote 50 petitions to the Hokage every day. She did this tirelessly.

The Hokage finally relented… Before Kushina got into any more trouble, he agreed to let her go to the front lines on a short-term mission.

Was this perhaps compensation for confining Kushina for so long?

In summary, after the Third Shinobi World War had been going on for several years, Kushina, through persistent requests, was finally sent to the front lines.

This demonstrates one point: Nothing can stop someone who's determined. As long as you persevere, you'll eventually achieve something. Of course, the result could be good or bad.

To ensure Kushina's safety, the Hokage assigned them a relatively simple mission this time. While it was an A-rank mission, it wasn't guaranteed to trigger combat. They would escort a team of medical ninjas to the Konoha's front-line command post against Sunagakure.

At this time, the battle between Konoha and Sunagakure was already leaning towards a victory. Perhaps Sunagakure was already thinking about how to gracefully withdraw from the war.

The trigger for the Third Shinobi World War was the disappearance of the Third Kazekage. However, this war was just a continuation of the Second Shinobi World War. The Kazekage incident was just an excuse and the trigger for the war.

The conflicts between the ninja villages were deeply rooted.

In the initial stages of the war, Sunagakure had invaded the Land of Fire. But Konoha quickly stabilized the situation and successfully pushed the battle lines back out of the country over the next few years. However, due to fighting on multiple fronts, Konoha didn't immediately launch a counterattack on the Land of Wind. Currently, the battlefields were located within the small country of the Land of Rivers, between the two.

On the front line, the two sides were intertwined, with clashes happening at any time. In terms of form, Konoha had already seized control of the battlefield.

Therefore, the Sunagakure front line was relatively safe among all the battlefields.

This medical team consisted of twenty medical ninjas, all non-combatant medical ninjas. Their fighting ability was basically negligible, so they needed a lot of guards. It wouldn't be possible for only Kushina and Haori to carry out this escort mission. Two people guarding twenty people wouldn't be an escort, it would be suicide.

Therefore, in addition to the teacher and student, there were sixteen ANBU ninjas in four teams for a total of eighteen guards.

But in reality, the primary mission of these ANBU ninjas was to guard Uzumaki Kushina. The secondary mission was to guard the medical ninjas. It was even explicitly stated in the mission that these twenty people could all be abandoned if necessary.

Therefore, these sixteen ANBU ninjas were more like guards and surveillance for Kushina than for the medical ninjas.

As for our protagonist, Haori, sorry, the ANBU wouldn't be paying any attention to him. On the battlefield, he'd have to rely on himself and survive on his own.

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