Chapter 96 - 96 (2/2)

Ryo left his mind and opened his eyes to look at this family of three.

The woman seemed like a civilian, with no sign of Shinobi level Chakra. However, the red-haired man was different. Ryo felt a huge amount of Chakra out of him.

Ryo didn't want to make this take too long, just saying directly to him: ”Hey! You're from the Uzumaki clan, no?”

The man blinked, and then jumped to protect the woman and child with his body, keeping a firm eye on Ryo.”

”Fear not! I'm not malicious! My name is Ryo Yamanaka, one of Konoha's Ninjas!” The man's face stayed full of hostility, so Ryo went and took out his forehead protector from his pocket.

Since the forehead protector wasn't enough to get him to loosen his guard completely, Ryo cut straight to the chase saying: ”I don't know if you know Kushina Uzumaki. I'm a disciple of her.”

Hearing Kushina's name, the man's eyes lit up and he finally said: ”A disciple of Kushina you say? Do you have any proof?”

Ryo smiled and showed the lot the various Uzumaki seals he learned from her.

Seeing that, the man confirmed Ryo's identity and was completely relieved.

”My name is Shinshiro, this is my wife Kano, and my daughter Kotori.” The man introduced his family to Ryo.

”Hello!” Ryo and the other two greeted each other. The girl wasn't afraid at all. During all that conversation, she was looking at Ryo with a curious eye.

”Hey, Onii-san, you know Kushina oba san?” The little girl asked Ryo.

”Sorry, this kid is not sensible. But I also would like to know about how Kushina is doing.” Said Shinshiro.

”I don't what's the relationship between Shinshiro san and my teacher?” The young girl's words made Ryo speculate the relationship between them. Still, Out of Caution, he asked one more question.

”Kushina is my cousin, my uncle's daughter. She was received by Konoha back when she was 7, and I've never seen her ever since. Kotori heard from me that she had a relative, an aunt, named Kushina.” Shinshiro explained.

Ryo nodded, and told the family everything he knew that wasn't classified.

”Haha, I never thought that with all the years that had passed, Kushina would still have that character. That's the same as her when she was a child!” Said Shinshiro, laughing.

After chatting for a while, Ryo remembered why he came to this ship:”Shinshiro san, in fact, I came to your boat to ask for help!”

”Today, you've helped me a lot! Ask me whatever you want!”

”You didn't need my help, I just moved unnecessarily.” Ryo shook his head helplessly. Shinshiro's massive Chakra stores were a dozen times more than necessary to crush that mist Ninja.

”But still, I do need this favor. Would you please help me with my team to get to the Wave Country?”

”Absolutely, no problem! We were just going there.” Shinshiro agreed really quickly.

With his agreement, Ryo left and returned with Maan Uchiha, Ming Hyuga and the rest of his team, and they immediately left off to the Wave country.