Bang bang bang...
The winter weather changed unpredictably.
It started snowing heavily in the early morning, and by the time morning arrived, the world outside the window had turned white.
Gojo Yoru rarely slept in today, skipping his early morning exercise.
Just when he was indulging in this rare laziness, loud knocking on the door pulled him out of his dreams.
At the same time, the faint shouting of a girl could be heard, audible throughout the entire small Western-style house.
"Yoru, you bastard! You actually stood me up! Open the door quickly!"
Suppressing the urge to pour a basin of cold water down from above, Gojo Yoru got up and went downstairs to open the door.
However, when he opened the door, the grumpiness from waking up instantly vanished.
Looking at the girl in front of him, Gojo Yoru said with an amused expression, "Why are you dressed like that?"
"If you dare to laugh, I'll beat you up!" Uzumaki Kushina raised her small pink fist, also gloved, and warned Gojo Yoru fiercely.
Her small face was completely red; it was unclear whether it was from the cold or shyness.
Uzumaki Kushina's long red hair was tied into a cute bun today, and her heavy winter clothes were entirely red.
Combined with her small round face red from the cold, she looked exactly like a walking tomato.
For a moment, Gojo Yoru didn't know if Tsunade was pranking Uzumaki Kushina or if she dressed like this on purpose.
After all, without the bullying from the original work, Uzumaki Kushina didn't dislike the nickname "Tomato." Gojo Yoru had called her Tomato many times and even frankly admitted that tomatoes were among the foods he liked.
Seeing Gojo Yoru scrutinizing her with a playful smile, Uzumaki Kushina's gaze dodged a bit, but she didn't want to lose her imposing manner in front of him. So she stiffened her neck and questioned indignantly, "You haven't answered me yet. Why did you stand me up today?"
"What do you mean stand you up?" Gojo Yoru looked confused. "Did I have any appointment with you?"
"You bastard! You tacitly agreed yesterday to let me train with you. Why didn't you go to the usual place today?" Uzumaki Kushina gritted her teeth. "You made me wait there like a fool for two hours. I almost froze into an ice sculpture."
Gojo Yoru: "(⊙ˍ⊙)"
Looking at Uzumaki Kushina, who didn't seem to be lying, Gojo Yoru was stunned for several seconds before squeezing out a sentence: "Are you an idiot?"
"What did you say?!"
Looking at the girl baring her teeth like a puppy, Gojo Yoru was 100% certain that Uzumaki Naruto in the original work inherited her idiot genes.
"Come in first."
Helplessly covering his forehead, Gojo Yoru couldn't be bothered to retort. He reached out and pulled Uzumaki Kushina into the house.
Taking a pair of slippers from the shoe cabinet and throwing them on the floor, Gojo Yoru walked towards the second floor.
"Come up after changing your shoes."
"Huh?"
Uzumaki Kushina brushed the snowflakes off her body and noticed something wrong as soon as she put on the slippers.
Looking down at the shoes that fit perfectly, Uzumaki Kushina's eyes darted around, and then she opened the shoe cabinet.
When she saw only two pairs of adult-sized slippers left in the cabinet, the corners of her lips couldn't help but curl up, and the little grievance in her heart instantly vanished.
It was replaced by a sweetness like honey.
"You even prepared slippers for me, yet you never said a word. What an awkward guy," Uzumaki Kushina muttered, feigning arrogance. "Only I can tolerate your personality, so be secretly grateful."
After speaking, Uzumaki Kushina walked up to the second floor with brisk steps.
When she arrived in the living room and saw Gojo Yoru boiling water, her mood improved even more.
"Sit down and wait a moment. I'll go wash up." Leaving this sentence, Gojo Yoru returned to his room.
Uzumaki Kushina sat on the sofa, looking around curiously. She found the interior design of the small Western-style house quite novel.
Because Uzumaki Kushina's home in the Land of Whirlpools, and the place she was currently staying at, were both traditional buildings symbolizing status.
In this world, only nobles and people with extremely high social status were qualified to live in and build such traditional buildings.
Ordinary people could only live in ordinary houses.
A small Western-style house was already the pinnacle for ordinary people.
This fully affirmed the value of the Jonin status of the Gojo couple.
Gojo Yoru didn't make Uzumaki Kushina wait long; he soon came out of his room.
Pouring a cup of hot water and placing it in front of Uzumaki Kushina, Gojo Yoru sat opposite her and finally spoke, "If you don't see me there in the future, just come directly to my house to find me. Don't wait there foolishly."
At this point, Gojo Yoru said with amusement, "Besides, even children know not to go out on snowy days. What were you thinking?"
"Of course I know that." Uzumaki Kushina looked at Gojo Yoru with a hint of disdain in her eyes. "I just didn't expect that you, a training maniac whose brain is filled with nothing but training, would actually have a day of laziness."
Gojo Yoru's smile froze slightly, and a rare look of embarrassment appeared on his face.
Put that way, it was indeed his fault!
After formally bidding farewell to the past yesterday, Gojo Yoru didn't plan to live that monotonous robotic life anymore.
So, the morning exercise record he had kept rain or shine since he was three years old ended today.
Along with the record, Uzumaki Kushina's stereotype of him also ended.
"Cough, cough..."
Gojo Yoru coughed lightly, then feigned seriousness to change the topic: "Sometimes training doesn't need to be outdoors; it can be done at home too."
After speaking, Gojo Yoru got up again and returned to his room.
A moment later, he came out carrying several bags.
These bags were full of balloons.
"Why did you bring out so many balloons?" Uzumaki Kushina looked puzzled. "Don't tell me you want to use these balloons for training?"
"Correct."
The corners of Gojo Yoru's mouth rose slightly. Looking at Uzumaki Kushina, he said meaningfully, "This vacation, I'll teach you a Ninjutsu I developed."
On the first day of starting his brand new life, Gojo Yoru did something willful.
He couldn't be bothered to calculate the progress of his strategy and wait for or create the right timing. He did what came to mind and prepared to teach the Rasengan to Uzumaki Kushina.
As for what accidents might happen afterward, Gojo Yoru didn't care.
Anyway, no matter what happened, it wouldn't harm him.
More than half a year had passed, and Uzumaki Mito hadn't sent any Senju clansmen integrated into Konoha to warn him, nor had Sarutobi Hiruzen sent anyone to stop him from approaching Uzumaki Kushina.
This meant that Gojo Yoru had already gained their approval.
Even if he was still in the observation period, they were already Gojo Yoru's invisible backers.
In front of these two mountains, Shimura Danzo, whose wings were not yet fully fledged, could only envy and crave Gojo Yoru, the civilian genius, even if he noticed him.
Therefore, apart from needing to temporarily hide his space-time ability, Gojo Yoru could be open about other aspects of his training, including nurturing Uzumaki Kushina.