Chapter 197 - 197 (1/2)

Ryo placed Korin on the ground as she peeked curiously at Minato.

Just how fast could a man be? Minato was the 1st one she ever witnessed who was even faster than Ryo.

”Korin, come to Ne-san!” Kushina had no boundaries in dealing with Korin, and she opened her arms wide for her.

During the time both spent in the Wind Country, the two got very familiar to each other. As soon as Korin heard Kushina's call, she jumped into her arms.

Korin twisted around in Kushina's arms, looking for a comfortable position, and her small front paws ended up on her c_h_e_s_t.

Minato's face changed, and he, already having a hunch that Korin is rather intelligent, said a low voice: ”Ryo, what's the gender of your cat?”

”Korin is a girl! Why did you suddenly ask me that question?” Ryo didn't pay attention to Korin's paw, and was oblivious to Minato's concerns.

Ryo's answer relieved Minato, and he just said calmly: ”It's just that your cat is so cute! So I wanted to know!”

”Cute? I think you've been deceived by her appearance, Ni-san!” Ryo said with a smile.

”Confused by her appearance? What do you mean?” Minato looked back at the cat, and felt that she looked very harmless! Therefore, he was puzzled by Ryo's words.

That, along with his fighting experience, made his judgment of threat levels very accurate.

He could only sense weak Chakra fluctuations from Korin's body, ones that shouldn't pose a threat at all.

”Korin, show Minato Ni-san!” Ryo did not answer directly, and turned to Korin, who nodded and jumped from Kushina's arms, running into the woods dozens of meters away.

”Begin!” As soon as Ryo said that, Korin began to regain her Chakra from within his seal.

In the blink of an eye, a small mountain sized beast appeared out of thin air.

Minato looked at the behemoth in awe: ”Did… did that cat just turn into the suspected Biju that the Hyuga had detected?”

Ryo nodded saying: ”Yes, he must have spotted Korin.”

Minato couldn't even speak for a while, but being the man about to become Hokage soon, he was capable of easily holding back his emotions.

”Ryo, what is she? What's going on?”

IT wasn't until Ryo told Minato of what he had previously told Kushina that he finally understood.

”Ryo, is she still a Biju?” Minato pointed at Korin.

”She is a different life form, but her power and Chakra are that of a Biju.”

”So that's the case. Well then, why did you keep it a secret? Why didn't you tell the Hokage?” Minato went on to ask.

”You don't know why, Ni san? Don't you trust me and Ne san?” Ryo asked.

”Ryo, that's actually really smart of you! Thank you!”