Chapter 325
"Kushina."
Hearing Sora's words, Kushina's entire body stiffened.
Her pleading gaze turned to Sora, not wanting to appear before Minato in her current state.
But Sora's attitude remained unchanged.
"Alright, come over. What, are you feeling embarrassed to appear before Minato because you're not properly dressed?"
Sora said with a teasing smile: "Don't worry, Minato is known throughout the Ninja World as a gentleman. He won't peek at you!"
"Right, Minato!" Sora looked at Minato.
"Yes, Soul King-sama!" Minato didn't raise his head, speaking with it still bowed.
In fact, to demonstrate his loyalty, Minato lowered his head even further!
Then, pointing at Minato, Sora looked at Kushina, signaling her to look.
And Kushina did look.
Looking at the current Minato, Kushina walked forward with complicated emotions.
Though she still wanted to escape, it seemed Minato had been modified very thoroughly by Sora, greatly reducing Kushina's sense of shame.
Subsequently, within Minato's line of sight, a pair of slipper-clad, crystal-clear porcelain-like feet appeared in his field of view.
Slightly above the ankles beside the feet, floated the thin, cicada-wing-like bathrobe that clung to her.
Clearly, Kushina's current appearance was a beautiful scene he had never seen before.
But Minato couldn't raise his head. He had no such thoughts. The flames in his heart would appear only to be extinguished immediately.
At the same time, looking at Kushina, Sora beckoned again: "Why are you standing? Come sit!"
His meaning was very clear.
"..."
Kushina bit her lip and walked over to sit before Sora.
Then, watching Kushina, who was clearly somewhat restless while being 'nailed' in place, Sora finally got to the main topic.
"In the great desert of the Land of Wind, there is a small country called Roran. Within Roran lies a powerful force capable of traversing time and space!"
"In my memory, Konoha once handled a mission in response to Roran's request for aid, and it was Minato who handled it."
"But now Minato has no such memory. I think he might have used some kind of memory-related seal. Can you check for me?"
Sora explained.
"There's actually something like that?" Hearing about Minato's past, Kushina was very surprised.
A power to traverse time and space… no matter where, that was a precious thing!
"Alright, let me take a look. I remember the clan's sealing formulas related to memory… they should be easy to check."
Kushina nodded, but then looked at Sora with a troubled expression: "Then, can you... release me? I need to go over to check!"
Kushina's voice held a note of pleading and lacked confidence.
"Heh!" Sora smiled slightly, changed his sitting posture, and under Kushina's uncomfortable gaze, directly beckoned to Minato: "Why would you go over there? You are the Soul King's consort. Minato can come here!"
Subsequently, in Kushina's horrified gaze, her pupils nearly contracting to pinpoints, Minato stood up and walked over.
And during Minato's approach, Sora immediately felt the change.
It seemed Kushina still had feelings for Minato. That was natural, but for Sora, it was an insignificant matter.
As long as Kushina and the others could make him happy, that was fine. The ones who truly held a place in Sora's heart were still just those few people.
At the same time, the distance between them was short.
Under Kushina's relieved gaze, Minato walked over. However, from start to finish, his head remained firmly bowed, looking at his own toes, never raising it to glance at her once!
This made Kushina feel much better, and her tensed body relaxed.
Then, Minato arrived before the throne, once again went down on one knee, and extended his head beside Kushina's feet.
With Chakra mixed with Reiatsu wrapped around her hand, Kushina reached out and began probing Minato.
A moment later, after struggling to block out the interference from Sora, Kushina's probe finally ended.
She opened her eyes strangely and looked at Sora: "Hah... stop... there's nothing!"
"Nothing? What do you mean nothing?" Sora asked curiously.
"I mean... um... Mi... Namikaze Minato... doesn't have... uh... any memory seal!"
"Sora, it seems he really hasn't experienced... the... Roran mission you mentioned!" Kushina said in broken phrases.
"I see... he really hasn't experienced it!"
Hearing Kushina's words, Sora began to think.
Then, he waved his hand, signaling Minato to leave directly.
Finally, within the Soul King's great hall, only Kushina and the maids offered by the various great Ninja Villages remained.
But just at the moment Kushina sighed in relief, before her breath could fully return, Sora waved his hand again. A figure materialized before the two.
"Third Hokage-sama!"
Looking at Hiruzen before her, Kushina was very surprised.