Mito Uzumaki came into the dark bedroom and looked at the figure huddled under the blanket, she pressed her lips together and went to the window, opened the curtains, letting in the daylight.
- How long do you intend to suffer here? - she asked her ward.
The blanket stirred and a head as bald as a billiard ball without a single hair popped out from under it, glaring angrily at the intruder.
- Till your hair grows back! - Kushina snarled.
- Ryo-kun came by the other day to congratulate you on your promotion," the older Uzumaki sighed, rolling her eyes irritably, "for the second time.
- I'm not here! Especially not for him! - The now bald kunoichi hid under the blanket again. - It was his student who disfigured me like that! - She said angrily through the fabric.
- It's your own fault, you should have thought with your head instead of your ass," was her reply, 'by the way, an iryonin of his level can grow your hair in a couple of days,' she remarked to her mentee, but only got an angry sniffle in response.
Mito's eyelid began to twitch, a behavior that had been the norm for Kushina ever since the rest of the hair on her head had been shaved off, because after the fire, there was nothing left to save and the formidable kunoichi was getting tired of it.
- Emergencies call for emergencies," she muttered, tearing the blanket off the young kunoichi in one motion and effortlessly yanking her into the air by her bare feet to a deafening screech.
The golden chains swaddled the girl in a tight cocoon, denying her the ability to kick, and Mito squinted at her.
- I didn't raise you enough, and I spoiled you too much, and it looks like someone needs a beating to come to his senses," she muttered, applying a chakra blocking seal to her ward with a single touch, "We'll be training for the next four hours, just you, me, and taijutsu.
And ignoring the girl's eyes wide open in fear, she dragged her to the underground training ground.
Here is the end of volume 4 of the story of Red Nara. The publication of volume 5 will begin later.
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