A Journey Through the Universes - Chapter 153: Green Meadows

– Almost there! – Guy said happily, despite his fatigue, as he led Tetsuya down the street – Dad is hardly at home right now, but we can wait. He always comes back for lunch to make me something to eat. –

– Nothing, I don’t mind waiting. Tetsuya replied that he was hiding his appearance under the reincarnation technique

Now Tetsuya and baby Guy were walking along the street of the sleeping area, which was located on the outskirts of the village.

But even this place stood out from the entire sleeping area. There was the cheapest housing here, and there was also the Inuzuka clan nearby, or rather aviaries with their dogs, which did not add freshness to the air in this place.

– And here is our house! – Guy pointed his finger at a small house

Tetsuya looked around him and was surprised at how much this house did not fit the local atmosphere.

The house was clean and tidy. Bright painting, clean windows, perfect roof. Everything was so good that Tetsuya couldn’t even find a stud sticking out or an inappropriate hole.

The house was like a new one, and its brightness stood out sharply against the background of a dark and gray street.

Tetsuya mentally chuckled, not without pleasure, looking around the building – “This is about how I imagined a man’s house, inside which spring blooms forever.” Your father looks after the house perfectly, Guy. –

The kid grinned – Aha! But I’m helping him too! Every month, Dad takes a day off and inspects the house. Somewhere it tints, where it knocks, and somewhere you have to change the material to a new one. Come in! –

Inside, the house turned out to match its appearance. Everything is cleaned up, everything is in its place. Bright colors combined with old, but perfectly preserved furniture, involuntarily produced a cozy family atmosphere, where everyone is happy despite relative poverty.

– While my father is away, let me take a little tour! Guy raised his hand

– OK. Tetsuya shrugged his shoulders

– This is the bathroom. Here we bathe, and also here Dad washes clothes that accumulate over a week. –

A modest room with a rather large deep wooden bathroom, although it is better to call it a bucket. Several metal basins…

– We don’t have warm water, so Dad, if you need to bathe or wash, heats it in a basin and dilutes it to the desired temperature with cold. –

– Does he wash with his hands? –

– Yes. We don’t have money for a typewriter, but Dad doesn’t want to spend money on laundry, he saves money. –

– I see. –

– This is the kitchen. Here Dad cooks and right there we eat. –

A few cabinets, a sink, an old stove…

– Don’t you have a stove? And a refrigerator? –

– No. – Guy smiled kindly, waving his hand – It’s all expensive. He buys the products immediately after the missions and exactly as much as he needs. When something needs to be heated or the house warmed up, the father melts the stove with firewood. He cooks on it, and he takes firewood from the forest… Although I said I was already big enough to go into the forest and collect them with him! –

Tetsuya nodded thoughtfully – “D-rank missions are paid out of the ordinary badly, and it is not honorable to perform them, especially among Shinobi. In fact, a shinobi who performs only missions of this rank is not even a shinobi, but a simple handyman in the eyes of society and the ninjas themselves.”He just cares about you. –

– I understand, but… but I want him to work less… –

– And this? Tetsuya looked towards the two doors that were next to each other

– My and Dad’s rooms. I won’t show Dad’s, but mine, yes. – opening the door, Guy showed his small but cozy room – Here’s my bed. These are my dumbbells, they’re only ten kilos, but I’m not rushing my father to buy new ones. –

– Your place is clean. Tetsuya smiled

– Of course! I always clean the room! I would clean the house completely, but Dad doesn’t want that… –

“It looks like Father doesn’t want you to help him…” Tetsuya tilted his head

– Yes, Dad says that I am a child and should not help him fulfill his parental duties. He says that his job is to create good conditions for my development and training, and my job is just training and studying. –

Tetsuya shifted his gaze to a photograph of a woman that was neatly placed in a purple frame. Tetsuya already guessed who it was…

– This is Mom… – Guy said calmly somehow – I’ve never seen her live… Never talked to her… I’ve never heard her voice, but I still miss her for some reason… It’s weird, right? –

– No. – Tetsuya smiled, patting Guy on the head – Not strange. –

The woman in the photo had a happy expression on her face. A sweet smile graced her face, as did a small mole next to her right eye.

Many in Konoha would call this woman cute, which is very good for anime reality. Back on earth, in Tetsui’s home world, this woman would have competed with the looks of top models.

– Well, that’s it. Come on, I’ll make us some tea. Guy said, and with a smile, he went to the stove and began shoving firewood into it

When the guy tried to light them, Tetsuya stretched out his hand and an orange flame played on his index finger, which quickly ignited the firewood

– Cool… and convenient. – the guy was impressed

– A~a? Don’t you want to use only taijutsu anymore? Uzumaki sneered insidiously

– No way! – Guy jumped up – I will prove to the world that it is possible to become the greatest Shinobi using only taijutsu! –

“Aren’t you going to use ninjutsu and genjutsu even after I cure you?” –

– yes! This is my way! Guy said loudly and gave a thumbs–up

– OK. Tetsuya spread his hands – I don’t mind. –

Some time later

– Guy! I’m home! Maito Dai shouted, taking off his shoes

– Father, we’re in the kitchen! –

– We? – Dai froze, and then smiled and opening the door to the kitchen, asked – Do we have guests? –

The words had not yet completely left Dai’s mouth, as his eyes caught on the face of a red-haired guy with a lazy smile

–T-tetsuya-sama! – he exclaimed, comically bulging his eyes and tearing off his mouth

–Ha, ha, ha! Guy laughed and ran up to his father, took the bag from his hands, which threatened to fall out of the hands of the frozen man

“You were right, apprentice. Tetsuya nodded with amusement in his eyes – He’s really quite funny surprised. –

– A student…? Dai added softly

– Yes. From today on, your son is my disciple. And let’s switch to “you”, it will be more convenient for us. –

Dai slowly walked over and fell into a chair – How is the student? –

– Simple. Tetsuya spread his hands – He had been waiting under the gates of my residence since the morning, and then, when I decided to accept him, he expressed to me his desire to become a disciple of the Shinobi God. So I agreed. –

Dai was even more embarrassed – And you agreed? Just like that? –

– Yes. Tetsuya nodded, grinning, “It’s that simple. –

– Kami… – put his palm to his forehead

Tetsuya froze for a moment and squinted and said, “You almost can’t control the chakra, right? –

– And? – the man turned sharply to face Uzumaki – Yes, it is so. Even just walking on walls or trees is an impossible task for me. –

“And with all this, you are able to use the kinjutsu of the Eight Heavenly Gates, up to the seventh gate of the Miracle. –

Dai was surprised – there’s nothing to hide from you, Tetsuya-sama. –

– I asked for you. Uzumaki waved his hand

– Don’t ask for the impossible. Just not so fast, at least. – Dai shook his head

– Okay… hmm. Your chakra coils have much more serious defects than Guy’s. Your coils are barely enough to pump the chakra through the body and internal organs… Their strength is barely enough to keep you alive… it’s amazing how you’re able to open the gates at all. Tetsuya said with surprise, a wide admiring grin involuntarily formed on his face

When Tetsuya came to his senses, he quickly hid this grin and concluded with a smart look – You should have been born already dead, but fate had plans for you, and you were destined to trample the earth for an indefinite time. “And your name literally means to die… okay, it’s not that funny anymore.” –

Banishing this pun from his mind, Tetsuya continued, “Interestingly, because of this defect, the power of the Eight Gates suffers … at best, you can release fifty percent of their power, and Guy will be able to release eighty percent… But after I cure you, you will be able to unleash the full power of the technique. –

– what? Treatment? – Dai was confused

– Yes, treatment. –

– But… but it’s impossible… I was at the Iryenins’… –

“They’re not me. – Uzumaki shrugged his shoulders – But before the treatment, I’ll cook us a lunch from the products that you bought. – Tetsuya grinned at the end

Some time later

–That was great, Tetsuya-sama. Dai said, patting his stomach

– Sensei, I didn’t know that you cook so delicious! Guy smiled from ear to ear

– If you follow my standards, you will receive some goodies as a reward, how do you like this arrangement, huh? Tetsuya smiled slyly

– Yes~ ah! – Guy raised his fist in the air – If I run five hundred laps around the academy, the food is mine, but if not, then I will walk three hundred laps around the academy on my hands! –

– Guy! Your youth shines just dazzlingly! Dai exclaimed, giving his son a thumbs-up

– Yes, Father! – Guy replied in the same way

Grinning at such a connection between father and son, Tetsuya stood up and put his hands on their shoulders – It’s time to be treated. –

A moment later, the trio found themselves in Tetsuya’s hideout

There they were met by one of his clones – the seal is ready. –

– Great. – the original nodded

Meanwhile, the father and son finally recovered from the shock – Incredibly … – they whispered at the same time, looking at their hands, and then at the body. The Flying Thunder God’s technique made a good impression on them

– Have you moved away already? Then get into this seal, and we will begin. –

Still in shock, Dai and Guy slowly entered the print, without ceasing to turn their heads from side to side while they examined the laboratory and its decoration

The clone put his hands on the seal, and it lit up the laboratory with a crimson glow

– Do you feel it? –

– Yes. – father and son said at the same time looking at their bellies

– It won’t take long. After this… “operation” you can at least immediately use the chakra. –

They nodded and focused on the strange sensations in the stomach area.

Tetsuya, meanwhile, stood in the distance and looked at Dai with a sad look – “Yes, fate is extremely unfair. Born, in fact, a cripple and swimming against the current to become a Shinobi, through pain, tears, humiliation and bullying. Then the title of Eternal Genin and slave labor, for which they pay pennies, so also ridiculed by all Shinobi, except civilians, who loved to give these same D-rank missions … Then a ray of light, love, a wife who tragically dies during childbirth and becoming a single father. A little son, a lump of happiness and unhappiness at the same time, because he, one might say, took away his love… And even though it was a wife’s choice, it’s still hard, but Dai didn’t fall apart. There was no time, now he has a son who had to be raised and put on his feet… Poverty… Pathology that was passed from father to son… and with all this Guy has grown up and will grow up to be a great guy… And then, in the end, Dai will deliberately give up his life, saving Guy, opening the eighth gate and destroying a good handful of mist swordsmen… And he’s not a rebirth… and he doesn’t have any system…” –

Time passed slowly.

While Guy and Dai waited with bated breath for the end of the operation, Tetsuya, in turn, folded his arms on his chest, withdrew into himself, sometimes glancing at them…

Finally the seal went out. The clone has dissipated.

Dai, swallowing a viscous saliva, approached the wall of the shelter and slowly, with caution, began to walk along it to the top

Guy opened his mouth wide and opened his eyes as well, looked at it until he exploded with screams – It turned out! You did it! Dad, you’re walking on the walls! You use the chakra! – tears involuntarily flowed down Guy’s face – Now … now you will become a Chunin or even a Jonin! No one will dare to call my father an Eternal Genin anymore! –

Suddenly, Dai plopped down on the floor and laughed loudly while lying on the floor–Ha-ha-ha-ha! Unbelievable! –

Guy ran up to his father and hugged him – Father! –

– Guy! –

– Father, Youth is boiling in me! –

– This is my son! –

Tetsuya watched this with a smile until his rinnegan shockingly focused on the incredible illusion above the heads of the father and son. Green meadows with bright flowers and a large bright rainbow with a small mushroom rain that waters fresh green grass.

Tetsuya blinked in prostration, and the illusion disappeared as suddenly as it appeared. – “It’s fanciful…” –

Dai broke off his embrace with his son and ran up to Tetsuya and stood in the dogez pose – Thank you! Thank you so much, Tetsuya-sama! I will never forget what you have done for me and my son! –

– Get up. Tetsuya shook his head in displeasure – I don’t like it when people kneel in front of me, not to mention such a servile pose. –

But Dai stubbornly continued to be in the dogez pose and Tetsuya had no choice but to personally raise the man – Get up. Guy is my student now, so it’s fine. –

Dai didn’t have time to say a word, as Tetsuya continued, taking out and printing an envelope – Here. There is enough money here for a quiet and comfortable life for my student and his father, but for now no one should know that Guy is my student. It can get you into trouble or even endanger you if someone finds out. –

Dai wanted to refuse, but Tetsuya was faster – And before you hit the floor with your forehead again, I will quickly bring you home. –

In a few seconds Guy and Dai were at home and only an envelope full of banknotes and a perfectly responsive chakra told them that today was not their group madness.