A New Day Begins with a Whim

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Winter weather changed without warning.

Heavy snow had begun falling before dawn, and by morning, the world outside the window had turned white.

Gojo Yoru unusually slept in today and did not get up early to train.

Just as he was enjoying this rare bit of laziness, thunderous knocking dragged him from his dreams.

At the same time, he could vaguely hear a girl's shouts, loud enough to echo through the entire little Western-style house.

"Yoru, you bastard! You stood me up! Open the door already!"

Suppressing the urge to dump a basin of cold water downstairs, Gojo Yoru got up and went to answer the door.

But the moment he opened it, the little bit of irritation he felt from being woken up vanished.

Looking at the girl before him, Gojo Yoru said with an amused expression, "Why are you dressed like that?"

"If you dare laugh, I'll beat you up!" Uzumaki Kushina raised her little pink fist, which was also covered by a glove, and viciously warned Gojo Yoru.

Her little face was bright red, though it was impossible to tell whether it was from the cold or embarrassment.

Uzumaki Kushina's long red hair had been tied into an adorable bun today, while her thick winter clothes were entirely red as well.

Together with her little round face, reddened from the cold, she looked just like a walking human tomato.

For a moment, Gojo Yoru could not tell whether Tsunade had played a prank on Uzumaki Kushina or whether she had dressed this way on purpose.

After all, without the bullying from the Original Work, Uzumaki Kushina did not dislike being called a tomato. Gojo Yoru had called her that several times himself, and had even frankly admitted that tomatoes were among his favorite foods.

Seeing Gojo Yoru study her with that teasing smile, Uzumaki Kushina's gaze darted away. But unwilling to lose face before him, she lifted her chin and demanded indignantly, "You still haven't answered me. Why did you stand me up today?"

"What do you mean, stood you up?" Gojo Yoru asked with a puzzled look. "Did we make any plans?"

"You bastard! You clearly allowed me to train with you yesterday, so why didn't you go to our usual spot today?" Uzumaki Kushina gritted her teeth. "I waited there like an idiot for two hours. I was practically about to freeze into an ice sculpture."

Gojo Yoru: "(⊙ˍ⊙)"

Looking at Uzumaki Kushina, who did not seem to be lying, Gojo Yoru stared blankly for several seconds before finally squeezing out one sentence. "Are you an idiot?"

"What did you say?!"

Watching the girl bare her teeth like an angry puppy, Gojo Yoru became one hundred percent certain that Uzumaki Naruto had inherited his idiot genes from her in the Original Work.

"Come inside first."

Rubbing his forehead helplessly, Gojo Yoru could not be bothered to tease her anymore. He simply reached out and pulled Uzumaki Kushina into the house.

He took out a pair of slippers from the shoe cabinet and tossed them onto the floor before heading upstairs.

"Come up after you change your shoes."

"Huh?"

Uzumaki Kushina brushed the snow off herself, and as soon as she put on the slippers, she noticed something was off.

Looking down at the perfectly fitting shoes, her eyes shifted slightly before she opened the shoe cabinet.

When she saw that there were only two pairs of adult slippers left inside, the corners of her lips immediately curled upward. The little grievance in her heart instantly disappeared.

In its place was a honey-like sweetness.

"He clearly even prepared slippers for me, but he never says a word. What a stubborn guy," Uzumaki Kushina muttered in a deliberately haughty tone. "I'm the only one who can put up with your personality. You should count yourself lucky."

After saying that, Uzumaki Kushina happily headed upstairs.

When she entered the living room and saw Gojo Yoru boiling water, her mood improved even further.

"Sit and wait for a moment. I'm going to wash up," Gojo Yoru said before returning to his room.

Sitting on the sofa, Uzumaki Kushina curiously looked around. She found the interior design of the little Western-style house incredibly novel.

The house Uzumaki Kushina had lived in within the Land of Whirlpools, as well as the place where she was currently staying, were both traditional buildings that symbolized status.

In this world, only nobles and people with extremely high social standing were qualified to live in and construct such traditional buildings.

Ordinary people could only live in ordinary houses.

A little Western-style house was already the pinnacle for ordinary people.

That alone was enough to prove the value of the Gojo couple's elite jonin status.

Gojo Yoru did not make Uzumaki Kushina wait long before he emerged from his room.

After pouring a cup of hot water and placing it in front of Uzumaki Kushina, Gojo Yoru sat across from her and finally said, "If I'm not at our usual spot in the future, just come to my house and find me. Don't wait there like an idiot."

Then, with an amused look, Gojo Yoru added, "Besides, even children know not to go outside 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 a training maniac like you, someone who only ever thinks about training, to have a lazy day too."

Gojo Yoru's smile stiffened slightly, and a rare look of embarrassment appeared on his face.

Put that way, it really was his fault!

After formally bidding farewell to his past yesterday, Gojo Yoru no longer intended to live that monotonous, robotic life.

Thus, the streak of morning training he had maintained without fail since the age of three ended today.

Along with that streak, Uzumaki Kushina's fixed impression of him also came to an end.

"Cough, cough..."

Gojo Yoru coughed lightly, then deliberately changed the subject with a serious expression. "Training does not always have to be done outside. You can train at home too."

After saying that, Gojo Yoru got up and returned to his room.

Before long, he came back carrying several bags.

The bags were filled with balloons.

"Why did you bring out so many balloons?" Uzumaki Kushina asked, her eyes full of confusion. "Don't tell me you want to train with those?"

"That's right."

The corners of Gojo Yoru's lips rose as he looked at Uzumaki Kushina meaningfully. "This vacation, I'm going to teach you a ninjutsu I developed."

On the first day of his new life, Gojo Yoru did something impulsive.

He could not be bothered to calculate his progress with her or wait for and create the right opportunity anymore. He would do what he wanted when he wanted, and he was going to teach Uzumaki Kushina the Rasengan.

Gojo Yoru did not care what unexpected consequences might come afterward.

No matter what happened, it would not harm him anyway.

Several months had passed, yet Uzumaki Mito had not sent any Senju clan members who had integrated into Konoha to warn Gojo Yoru. Sarutobi Hiruzen had not sent anyone to stop him from approaching Uzumaki Kushina either.

That meant Gojo Yoru had already gained their approval.

Even if he was still under observation, they had already become his invisible backers.

Before those two towering figures, even if Shimura Danzō noticed Gojo Yoru, this civilian genius whose wings had yet to fully grow, all he could do was envy and covet him.

Therefore, aside from temporarily concealing his Space-Time ability, Gojo Yoru could loosen his restraints in every other aspect of training, including nurturing Uzumaki Kushina.