Chapter 90.1- One Thousand Hands
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“No, not like that” I muttered, turning to the seal that my newest apprentice had been banging her head against for a day now. It was relatively complex, but not so complex that it should have given her any trouble to understand. In fact, if understanding was the issue then I would have ended the apprenticeship immediately and sent Inoken an apology and a bottle of sake.
No, she understood the seal perfectly. She could explain it better than most journeymen seal users. The issue was replication. Because this girl could understand seals with a natural intuition greater than anyone I had ever seen, but it didn’t matter because her handwriting was utter shit.
“Kushina?” I called for the only other occupant of my office.
“Yes, Shori-nee”
“Please help her with this. I have an appointment now” I said. The clock said I was about a few minutes late, but with teleportation, arriving was going to be no real issue.
“Yes Shori-nee” The redhead said, and I nodded before leaving in a flicker of space.
“How can someone with the power to teleport somehow manage to be late everywhere?” Uraume’s voice was what greeted me at my arrival at the Hokage training grounds.
“Prior commitments, I apologise” I said, waving it off.
“And you know the rest of us have commitments of our own, Shorirama” Ohh, she was calling me by my name not cousin this time. She was not pleased.
“You don’t need to be here, you know? In fact, I distinctly remember telling you that your presence would not be needed for this.” I said with a shrug as I began to stretch.
“If even Shikahime, Toshiro, Inoken, and I cannot convince you to abandon this path, then I might as well be here to watch what happens to make sure nothing goes wrong.” She said.
