As Minato Namikaze introduced each other, the stiff atmosphere became slightly more lively. Lei Luo gradually turned his attention to the red-haired girl in front of him and looked at her unconsciously:
With a petite height of 1.23 meters, long red hair hanging down to her waist, she wears a traditional light yellow jacket draped over her shoulders, paired with light blue shorts. This outfit makes Kushina feel like a vigorous girl.
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On her face that still had a little bit of baby fat, a pair of dark blue eyes hung just right on it, painting her face in an extremely attractive way.
For Uzumaki Kushina, the famous Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki in later generations, and the mother of the protagonist Naruto Uzumaki, Lei Luo has naturally "admired the name" for a long time.
Being able to get to know him by chance during this mission was beyond his expectation.
After all, when he first accepted this task, because he was thinking about other things, he did ignore the fact that the so-called "Jinchuuriki candidate" was actually Uzumaki Kushina.
In fact, he only realized this situation after he met Namikaze Minato by chance and remembered this plot in time.
Now, while recalling the scenes about Kushina in the animation of the previous life, and comparing it with the real person in front of him, Lei Luo couldn't help but feel a sense of intimacy.
Just after the fight, it was good to have a beautiful woman dangling in front of his eyes. Even if he didn't think anything wrong about Kushina, this did not prevent Lei Luo from using her to adjust his irritable mentality.
Therefore, Lei Luo decided not to think about the series of troubles related to the Third Raikage, but calmed down, unconsciously stretched out his hand, and said hello to Kushina with a smile:
"Hello."
When Lei Luo was sizing up Kushina, Kushina was also sizing up Lei Luo, but compared to the former whose eyes were calm, the latter's mood was obviously less calm.
In fact, when she first saw Railo and heard his name from Namikaze Minato, Kushina had a vague guess about Lei Luo's identity.
Subsequently, what the Third Raikage said undoubtedly verified her guess: Lei Luo was indeed the ace fighting force belonging to "that" secret department, and he was also one of the top masters in the Leaf Village, Juekage.
As for what it meant for a ninja of Juekage's level to appear here, Kushina realized at this moment: it meant that the village had never given up on her, and had never looked down upon her as an outsider.
Ever since she came to Konoha Village as a child, Kushina has actually always had a repulsive mentality towards this place where she has lived for a long time because of some encounters in the ninja school.
But now, within only half a day after she was kidnapped by the Kumo ninja, both Namikaze Minato and Lei Luo came to rescue her.
The meaning behind this was immediately understood by Kushina: if the appearance of Namikaze Minato was because of the friendship between classmates at that time, it represented the bond she had formed in Konoha.
Then Lei Luo's appearance undoubtedly represents Konoha's overall stance towards her.
After all, given the other party's strength and status, if the top management hadn't spoken...
Kushina really couldn't think of any reason why Lei Luo, a stranger to her, would go out of her way to rescue her, a little "outsider" who came from Uzushio Village, except for this reason.
It's nonsense to fight to the death with a terrifying enemy like the Third Raikage.
After clarifying the cause and effect of all this, Kushina's long-standing depression in her heart was unknowingly relieved. Even Lei Luo's various "scary actions" in the battle were consciously forgotten by her.
Lost.
"Hello."
Luoluo reached out her hand generously and shook Lei Luo's hand. Although Kushina felt that the other party's way of greeting was a bit strange, it did not prevent her from developing a good impression of Lei Luo in her heart.
Of course, for Kushina, this good feeling only stops at the extent of saving her, and is essentially different from the good feeling between herself and Namikaze Minato.
On the other side, after Lei Luo shook hands with Kushina, he no longer paid attention to the other party, but turned his attention back to Namikaze Minato:
"Minato." He greeted the other party first, and after Namikaze Minato turned his attention, Lei Luo asked in a questioning tone:
"Would you mind chatting alone?"
Sensing that Lei Luo's expression was more solemn, Namikaze Minato quickly realized that the so-called "chat" was probably not a trivial matter.
Giving Kushina a comforting look, Namikaze Minato quietly shook the former's palm, then turned around and seriously replied to Lei Luo: "No problem, Lei Luo-senpai."
Time passed a few minutes later, and Kushina wisely found a place to rest under the shade of a tree not far away. Only Lei Luo and Namikaze Minato were left standing opposite each other.
After briefly glancing at the red figure below, Lei Luo retracted his gaze, looked at Namikaze Minato with a slightly expectant look, and asked unabashedly: "Minato, are you interested in working under me?"
Hearing Lei Luo's question, Namikaze Minato was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect that the first sentence he spoke was a straightforward solicitation.
After a short period of contact with Lei Luo, Namikaze Minato had some understanding of the former's character, so he was not surprised by Lei Luo's straightforward words.
But, working under Lei Luo?
With Lei Luo's status and his ability to defeat the Third Raikage head-on, the weight of what the other party said was naturally completely different from that of others, and there was no room for Namikaze Minato not to think about it seriously.
Because of this, Namikaze Minato did not give a hasty reply, but changed the topic:
"Senior Lei Luo, before answering your question, please allow me to ask you a few questions."
"Not sure if this is possible?"
Noticing the serious look on Namikaze Minato's face, it was obvious that this question was very important to him. Lei Luo was not in a hurry and said directly: "You can ask."
Hearing Lei Luo's agreement, Namikaze Minato couldn't help but take a deep breath, as if to calm his nervous mind. After a moment, he raised his head, stared at Lei Luo and asked:
"First of all, the first question...Senior Lei Luo, you called me by my name when you first saw me."
"I guess we've never met before, right?"
Seeing that Lei Luo did not deny it, but just nodded slightly, Namikaze Minato lowered his head and thought for a while, and then continued: "In other words, you should have paid attention to me for a long time, right?"
Namikaze Minato was undoubtedly overthinking, Lei Luo had so many things to deal with every day.
He has so many ninjutsu to practice and so many difficult enemies to kill, so where can he have time to pay attention to some students in the ninja school?
Even though Namikaze Minato is now wearing a forehead protector and is already a genuine genin, if it weren't for the chance encounter during this mission, Lei Luo would really have no interest in finding out about a genin.