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Twenty Times of Uzumaki Kushina

Chapter 2

Kushina proves more than a handful to deal with, even as a toddler. Especially as a toddler.

Her caretakers from the branch family are in hot pursuit as they chase her around the compound. How does she run so fast with those stubby legs?!

"Kushina, get back here for your bath!" they call, their voices pitifully desperate.

Little Kushina just giggles before making a ridiculously sharp turn. Unfortunately for her pair of ragged caretakers, it had rained the previous night, turning the usually grassy courtyard into a veritable muddy swamp.

With a cry, they slip and fall into the biggest heap of mud in the entire yard. Their clothes now sport mother earth more intimately than either of them have ever wanted, to the point that they'd have to marry soap and a scrub later in the day.

Spitting and cursing their luck, they pick themselves up only to see little Kushina standing at the edge of the swamp, giggling mockingly.

They stare in confusion.

Kushina stops and blinks with a look that's a bit too innocent.

They seethe. She planned this!

A wide grin spits her cherub face and her eyes are alight with mischief.

It didn't matter that she wasn't even two, she had definitely planned this!

"KUSHINA!" they howl.

The chubby toddler yelps and waddles away, two mud monsters in relentless pursuit.

It takes them a grand total of five hours of impromptu mudbaths, unruly animals, and angry shopkeepers to finally catch the child. It doesn't help that she's been butt-naked the entire time.

The scolding that the poor caretakers receive from Arashi-sama that day is nothing short of awe-inspiring.

In the middle of it, however, Kushina bursts into the room, once again wearing only her birthday suit, in an effort to avoid a second bath.

The two caretakers only look at each other while Arashi bellows at his daughter to sit still! Of course, the little monster ignores him entirely and plunges the orderly room into absolute chaos.

After that, it's decided.

Kushina isn't a handful; she's a little demon in disguise.