CHAPTER 280: MRS. KUSHINA, YOU’RE NOT... A MRS.?

Chapter 279: Mrs. Kushina, You’re Not... a Mrs.?

His nose bridge was straight, and his lips held a slight smile, giving him a sunny and warm feeling.

His chin was slightly pointed and well-defined, giving his face more dimension.

His temperament was unique, possessing both gentleness and masculinity. As he walked, his steps were steady, and his smile was like a spring breeze.

This handsome man with golden pupils, black hair, and a blue coat was striking in both appearance and demeanor. He was like a brilliant pearl, impossible to ignore in a crowd.

Kushina was somewhat shocked.

"You seem surprised?" Ren asked softly.

"Hmm, you’re so young!"

Kushina answered subconsciously, but immediately realized her impoliteness. It was too late.

Ren merely smiled faintly, not minding. "I just turned 18 this year, so I am indeed still young."

"However, you, Mrs., also look naturally beautiful. At only 24 years old, you are not much older than me. You’re still young and radiant."

It wasn’t just flattery; Kushina was indeed very beautiful, and her vibrant red hair was especially eye-catching.

"..."

Although pleased to be praised, Kushina still furrowed her brows. "Mrs.?"

Her voice was full of suspicion. "Why do you think I am a Mrs.?"

"Aren’t you?" Ren blinked innocently. Where did I go wrong? Kushina at 24 should be around the time Naruto was born, right?

"!!!"

Ren looked at her abdomen.

Confusion immediately welled up in his heart.

Why isn’t she pregnant?

He didn’t expect Kushina to pout and put her hands on her hips, looking a little angry. "I’m not a Mrs. at all! I don’t even have a boyfriend!"

"Huh?"

This left Ren completely bewildered.

Kushina, at 24, is still single? Where did Namikaze Minato go?

Ren subconsciously asked, "Do you know Namikaze Minato?"

"Namikaze Minato..."

Kushina felt like she had heard that name somewhere before. She pinched her chin, thinking hard.

Ren didn’t rush her, waiting quietly.

After a moment, Kushina looked up. "I once had a classmate named Namikaze Minato. He disappeared later, and it seems he hasn’t returned since."

"..."

Ren was frantically complaining in his mind. Damn this bizarre world! Namikaze Minato has disappeared, so Naruto hasn’t been born yet?

However, he immediately noticed something was wrong.

Naruto not being born... no matter how you look at it, this situation is strange through and through.

He knew that the real world would be different from what he imagined, but there should still be a general direction.

How could Naruto just be gone? And Minato wasn’t dead, but missing.

These bizarre circumstances made it hard not to think of Doomsday factors.

"How would someone from another world know Namikaze Minato?" Kushina frowned and asked. "Why are you asking about these things?"

Ren waved his hand. "Nothing, just asking casually. I apologize for my previous offense. Please don’t mind it, Ms. Kushina."

"Oh... I didn’t really mind," Kushina nodded.

Ren took the opportunity to say, "Since I’m here, I’ll first see what the problem is with your world."

With that said, the Sanctuary unfolded.

The power of the King of Chronos enveloped the world.

Kushina only felt a mysterious aura instantly envelop the handsome man before her—a feeling that couldn’t be described, seen through, or grasped.

In reality, Ren was probing the timeline of this planet. The situations of Kushina and Tsunade immediately made him think of a difference in the timeline. At Lv8, the King of Chronos was enough for him to easily check the timeline of this planet.

After a while, he spoke.

"Eh!"

Ren let out a soft exclamation. He realized that this planet was truly bizarre.

On this planet’s timeline—no, within this entire star system—the overall timeline had many empty sections.

They were parts cut out from the timeline by powerful temporal forces, something he was very familiar with.

He also discovered that the current time point where Kushina was located was one of these cut-off sections. The main timeline was not here.

However, when he tried to use the King of Chronos’s ability to re-gather the cut-off timelines back into the main one, he found that they remained unmoved.

"This is impossible, right?" Ren frowned.

With his current power, correcting this planet’s timeline should be easy. Why weren’t they moving?

Doomsday factors?

He could only guess that this might be a Doomsday factor. Kushina’s world had a 7-star Abnormal Doomsday and a 6-star Uncertainty Doomsday. He didn’t think a 6-star Doomsday could stop him, but a 7-star one shouldn’t have this kind of power either, unless some other powerful Time ability was helping it.

Ren-kun withdrew his gaze from the timeline, preparing to briefly explain the situation to Kushina.

However, with that glance, he noticed something unusual about her.

"Hmm? A nail?" Ren-kun murmured softly.

"What nail?"

Kushina, hearing him, looked herself over in confusion but saw nothing.

"Don’t move."

Ren-kun’s soft command made her stop. Then, under Kushina’s gaze, he strode quickly and instantly appeared before her.

"!!!"

Kushina’s lustrous eyes widened. They were now extremely close, so close she could feel his breath.

She was about to step back, but Ren-kun’s right hand suddenly grabbed her left wrist.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

Kushina was flustered. No matter how much strength she used, she couldn’t break free. She was known for her monstrous strength, yet she couldn’t break free from an 18-year-old boy’s hand. His grip was like an unmoving mountain.

"Don’t move. I found something on you. That thing might be the reason why you and Tsunade are in different times."

"Ah?"

Hearing that, Kushina could only stop moving for a moment.

Ren-kun’s left hand reached out, slowly approaching her chest.

"!!!"

Kushina’s expression was flustered. Although she didn’t have much confidence in her appearance, she didn’t want to be forced into anything.

Just as she was about to struggle, she saw a silvery-white light flicker at her chest. Then Ren-kun’s grasping hand seemed to have some kind of gravitational pull, drawing out a silvery-white ball of light.

Looking closely, it was a nail emitting a silvery-white light, with an overall transparent, gel-like texture.

Kushina remembered Ren-kun had just mentioned a nail.

Ren-kun took the nail and released Kushina’s hand, examining it carefully.

Kushina knew she had misunderstood him; he had no intention of molesting her, only retrieving this unknown object.

Realizing her mistake, Kushina was very embarrassed, her ears growing hot.

[Inorin Note:

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