The woman had seen the man's face before, but the man's habit of wearing a mask even in a closed room felt strange to her.
The masked man did not respond, remaining silent and slightly stiff. In his mind, he muttered, "There's no way I'm going to admit it... just because it looks cool?" A awkward smile crept behind the man's mask.
Then the masked man changed the subject with a tone full of curiosity. "But how can this clone body develop so quickly?" he asked, staring at the body in the tube, which appeared to have reached a pre-teen human physical form.
The woman immediately answered enthusiastically. "Ah, about that! According to the research we've conducted, this all happens because of the extraordinary cells you provided. I don't know what that strange white creature is, but it seems to have a unique cellular structure. These cells accelerate the development of the clone body to reach the desired biological age."
The woman's eyes sparkled, as if she enjoyed every word she spoke. However, the masked man remained silent, his gaze shifting back to the glass tube. He wondered in his heart whether this experiment would truly yield the expected results or lead to unforeseen consequences.
As you might have guessed, the masked man present was Aoki.
Meanwhile, the woman standing next to Aoki, with short red hair and gray eyes, who continuously uttered various scientific terms that Aoki found difficult to understand, was Akarin Uzumaki.
Yes, that's right! As you guessed, this woman is the mother of Karin Uzumaki.
Perhaps some of you are still confused about how this could happen?
Allow me to explain a bit further. After establishing the Oni restaurant, Aoki instructed Kurisu to find a woman with short red hair. Soon after, the woman in question was found—Akarin was in a remote village.
After fleeing from Uzushio years ago, Akarin, Karin's mother, continued to wander alone, struggling to survive in a world full of dangers.
It is truly surprising how a woman could survive alone for so long, especially considering that when Uzushio was destroyed, Akarin was only about fourteen or fifteen years old.
From the available information, it is clear that Akarin, Karin's mother, is much older than Kushina, Naruto's mother. If we look at the age range, Akarin is estimated to be around 29 to 35 years old when Karin was about six years old.
This suggests that Akarin likely gave birth to Karin when she was around 29 years old. This means Akarin was probably pregnant at the age of 28 or 29 and most likely gave birth to Karin at 29.
Meanwhile, if we look at Kushina's age, she gave birth to Naruto at around 24 or 25 years old. Thus, Akarin is about 4 or 5 years older than Kushina. Based on the ages of Akarin and Kushina, Akarin may have become a mother at the age of 29, while Kushina became a mother at a younger age, around 24 or 25.
Interestingly, Kushina went to Konoha at around the age of nine, and Uzushio was destroyed while Kushina was already in Konoha, which means she was around nine or ten years old.
Therefore, if Akarin is five years older than Kushina, then when Akarin fled from Uzushio, she was around fourteen or fifteen years old.
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