"Silly child. Eat your meal. If you do not eat or drink, you yourself will not be able to hold on. How will you wait for him to wake up then. You must live well in his place first."
Asuka said softly as she patted her head.
Hearing Asuka's words, Kushina wiped her tears and nodded heavily. Although she had no appetite now, she still ate the breakfast Asuka had prepared for her.
After finishing the meal, she continued to keep watch over the corpse. Asuka, however, did not stay to watch over the corpse as before. Instead, after washing the dishes, she planned to go out.
Before going out, she went to find that female Anbu operative again.
"This place no longer needs you to guard it. You can go back and report to the Third Hokage. Also, tell him not to send anyone else to disturb us again."
The female Anbu operative fell silent for a moment upon hearing this, then nodded and said, "I will go and request instructions from the Hokage. If you are fine, then my mission can indeed be concluded."
"I am fine." Asuka smiled and nodded.
After saying this, Asuka went to the Konoha cemetery. She then directly used a large amount of cash to buy two adjacent burial plots.
Her son was dead. She did not believe in such nonsense talk about resurrection. She felt that Konoha had deceived her son, using the name of a forbidden technique that promised revival to trick her son into actively seeking death.
Ryun's corpse had already begun to bloat and smell. As his mother, she wanted to do one last thing for him. That was to help him choose a good burial plot, and also choose one for herself.
Under the influence of a large amount of money, the cemetery authorities found a place for her in less than half a day and settled all the procedures. It was ready for 'occupancy' at any time.
After resolving the matter of the burial plot, Asuka hurried to an organization specifically handling funeral affairs for the dead. She spent a large sum of money to have them arrange her son's funeral.
After doing these things, she went to the grocery market again and bought some ingredients that she and Kushina liked to eat, planning to make a sumptuous feast.
By the time she finished handling a large pile of chores and returned home, the sun was already setting in the west. Asuka busied herself in the kitchen for a long time again, and finally successfully made a sumptuous dinner.
"Nana, come over and eat quickly. I made your favorite things to eat."
Asuka held Kushina's hand and pulled her to the dining table without any discussion.
Kushina felt that Asuka auntie was very 'unusual' today. She seemed to have returned to her former gentle and considerate self, as if Ryun's death could no longer affect her.
Although Kushina did not know why Asuka auntie had suddenly changed, it was something worth being happy about that she could recover like this.
After all, she also regarded Asuka auntie as her own mother. Asuka had always been very doting on her. Kushina certainly hoped that she could forget the sadness and troubles, cheer up soon, and live well.
Asuka kept putting food into her bowl, quickly piling up the rice and dishes in the bowl in front of her.
Seeing that Kushina was not interested and was holding her chopsticks without moving, Asuka spoke with a very serious expression.
"Nana, promise auntie that you will eat well, live well, and not let auntie worry, okay."
Hearing this serious statement, Kushina was obviously stunned. She found that she seemed to have made Asuka auntie unhappy.
Except for the last time when she and Ryun jointly deceived Asuka, this gentle mother had almost never been so serious with her like this.
"Okay."
Kushina was afraid that Asuka would no longer like her, so she could only nod heavily and obey the instructions to eat properly.
"Nana, I heard from Ryun that you came from Uzushiogakure, right. You are temporarily living in the Senju clan territory, in the estate of the First Hokage."
Asuka looked very satisfied seeing her eat, so she took the initiative to chat with her, although Kushina did not have much desire to talk.
"Yes, I came from an outside village. I am temporarily living at Grandma Mito's house." Kushina answered truthfully.
"Mm, then how about you live here with us in the future. This place will be your home from now on." Asuka took the initiative to invite her to live at their home, planning to give this not very big little home to this child.
In her eyes, after that Grandma Mito passed away, Kushina might not necessarily be able to continue living in that place. She could not just watch Kushina have nowhere to settle down. It would be best if the child was willing to stay at home.
"!!!"
Kushina was extremely surprised to hear this. She thought Asuka meant living together with her, acknowledging her as her own child, even acknowledging her status as her daughter-in-law.
"This has always been my home."
Kushina did not refuse Asuka's suggestion. Instead, she forced out a smile.
Living at Ryun's home permanently was something Kushina had been looking forward to all along. The Senju clan territory was only a temporary place to live after all. Especially after Mito Uzumaki passed away, that estate would also become Sister Tsunade's property.
"Right, right, auntie is confused."
Hearing Kushina's answer, Asuka laughed very happily. Her appetite also seemed to become much better, and she ate until she was full in one go.
There was one dish in the sumptuous dinner that Kushina particularly liked to eat. Asuka put a lot of it into her bowl, but she herself did not even touch it.
Just after finishing dinner, Kushina felt her head was a little dizzy, and she was also very sleepy. In a short while, she uncontrollably fell limp to the ground.
Seeing this scene, Asuka could not help but let out a bitter laugh. She then carried her to the bed and personally covered her with a quilt.
After dealing with Kushina, she tidied up the kitchen and washed all the dishes.
After doing this, she took a hot bath, put on a set of brand new clothes, and applied some nice makeup for herself.
After dressing up her own image, she sat in the living room, picked up a pen and paper, and wrote a voluntary property transfer will. She also wrote a long suicide letter for Kushina.
The general content of the suicide letter was to let Kushina live well, to live well in place of Ryun and her.
After finishing a series of chores, the time was nearly 10 PM. Asuka took a small knife from the kitchen, brought a basin of warm water, and then directly opened the lid of Ryun's coffin.
"Stinky son, you are really good at lying. You promised to provide for me in my old age. You promised to let me hold two grandchildren in three years. Not only did you lie to me, you also deceived Kushina. This time, no matter what, I must tear up that lying stinky mouth of yours."
Asuka said as she reached out and gently pinched his cheek.
"I have chosen the burial plot for you. Your father's grave is still within the Uchiha clan territory. I cannot intervene in that. You said before that you wanted to get the body out, but you just happened to run into the war.
It is a pity that our family of three cannot be together, but there is no way around it. Compared to him, mom still wants to be with her stinky son. Although you are very good at lying, you can always make me happy. This is much better than your dull father."
"I have also found people to handle the funeral affairs. Mom will soon be able to accompany you in the Pure Land. The only pitiful and regrettable one is Kushina. How good it would have been if you could have lived and married her. It is a pity you let her down. I am worried about her, but I also have no way.
I hope she can live well. It would be even better if she could find someone else to marry. Meeting a big liar like you is her bad luck."
Asuka held the corpse with one hand while talking to herself. Her other hand, with its wrist slit, was immersed in the warm water.
As time passed, blood quickly dyed the warm water in the basin red.
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