A New Day Begins with Willfulness

Thump, thump, thump...

Winter weather changed on a dime.

It had started snowing heavily in the early hours, and by morning, the world outside the window had turned white.

Gojo Yoru was rare in sleeping in today, skipping his usual early morning workout.

Just as he was enjoying this rare moment of laziness, a thunderous knocking yanked him from his dreams.

At the same time, a girl's shouting faintly reached his ears, echoing through the entire small Western-style house.

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"Yoru, you bastard, you stood me up! Open the door right now!"

Biting back the urge to dump a basin of cold water downstairs, Gojo Yoru got up and went to open the door.

But when he swung it open, the little bit of morning irritation in his heart vanished instantly.

Looking at the girl before him, Gojo Yoru couldn't help but smirk. "Why are you dressed like that?"

"If you dare laugh, I'll punch you!" Uzumaki Kushina raised her little pink fist, also gloved, and threatened him fiercely.

Her flushed face—whether from the cold or embarrassment, it was hard to tell.

Today, Uzumaki Kushina's long red hair was tied into a cute bun, and her heavy winter outfit was entirely red as well.

Paired with her round, reddened face, she looked like nothing less than a walking tomato.

For a moment, Gojo Yoru couldn't tell if this was Tsunade's prank on Uzumaki Kushina, or if Kushina had deliberately dressed this way.

Since there was no bullying from the Original Work, Uzumaki Kushina didn't mind the nickname "tomato," and Gojo Yoru had called her that many times, even admitting that tomatoes were one of his favorite foods.

Seeing Gojo Yoru sizing her up with an amused grin, Uzumaki Kushina's gaze wavered, but she didn't want to lose face in front of him. So she stiffened her neck and demanded angrily, "You haven't answered me yet! Why did you stand me up today?"

"Stand you up?" Gojo Yoru looked puzzled. "Did we have some kind of agreement?"

"You bastard! You clearly nodded along yesterday when I said we'd train together, so why didn't you show up at the usual spot today?" Uzumaki Kushina gritted her teeth. "I waited there like an idiot for two hours, almost freezing into an ice sculpture."

Gojo Yoru: "(⊙ˍ⊙)"

Staring at Uzumaki Kushina, who didn't seem to be lying, Gojo Yoru was frozen for several seconds before finally squeezing out, "Are you an idiot?"

"What did you say?!"

Watching the girl bare her teeth like an angry puppy, Gojo Yoru was a hundred percent sure that Uzumaki Naruto in the Original Work had inherited her idiot genes.

"Come inside first."

Helplessly rubbing his forehead, Gojo Yoru couldn't be bothered to argue and simply reached out to pull Uzumaki Kushina into the house.

He took a pair of slippers from the shoe cabinet and tossed them on the floor, then headed upstairs.

"Change your shoes and come up."

"Huh?"

Uzumaki Kushina brushed the snow off herself and had just slipped into the slippers when she noticed something off.

Looking down at the shoes, which fit her perfectly, her eyes darted around before she opened the shoe cabinet.

When she saw that only two pairs of adult-sized slippers remained inside, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but lift, and the little grievance in her heart instantly melted away.

In its place came a sweetness like honey.

"He even has slippers ready for me, but never says a word. What a stubborn guy," Uzumaki Kushina muttered to herself with feigned tsundere pride. "Only someone like me could put up with your personality. You'd better be grateful."

With that, she bounded cheerfully up the stairs.

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

"Sit down and wait a bit. I'll go wash up." Gojo Yoru left that one sentence and went back to his room.

Uzumaki Kushina sat on the sofa, curiously looking around, fascinated by the interior design of the small Western-style house.

Back in the Land of Whirlpools, her home and the place she was currently staying at were both traditional buildings that symbolized status.

In this world, only nobles and those of extremely high social standing were qualified to live in or build such traditional structures.

Ordinary people could only live in ordinary houses.

A small Western-style house was already the peak of what commoners could achieve.

This fully affirmed the elite jonin status of the Gojo couple.

Gojo Yoru didn't keep Uzumaki Kushina waiting long. He soon came out of his room.

He poured a cup of hot water and set it in front of Uzumaki Kushina, then sat across from her and finally spoke. "From now on, if you don't see me there, just come straight to my house. Don't wait around like an idiot."

At that, he added with a wry smile, "Besides, even kids know not to go out in a snowstorm. What were you thinking?"

"Of course I know that." Uzumaki Kushina shot him a look of disdain. "I just never thought that you, a training maniac with nothing but training on your mind, would actually have a lazy day."

Gojo Yoru's smile faltered slightly, a rare look of embarrassment crossing his face.

If you put it that way, it really was his fault!

After formally saying goodbye to the past yesterday, Gojo Yoru had decided he no longer wanted to live that monotonous, robotic life.

So the morning training that had continued without fail since age three came to an end today as well.

Along with that record, Uzumaki Kushina's stereotypes also came to an end.

"Ahem..."

Gojo Yoru cleared his throat, then put on a serious expression to change the subject. "Training doesn't always have to be done outdoors. It can be done at home too."

After speaking, Gojo Yoru got up again and returned to his room.

In no time, he came out holding several bags.

Inside those bags were all balloons.

"What are you bringing out so many balloons for?" Uzumaki Kushina asked, her eyes full of confusion. "Don't tell me you're planning to train with these balloons?"

"That's right."

Gojo Yoru's lips curled slightly as he looked at Uzumaki Kushina meaningfully. "This vacation, I'll teach you a jutsu I developed myself."

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

He couldn't be bothered to calculate the progress of his approach or wait for and create some opportunity. He acted on impulse, deciding to teach Uzumaki Kushina the Rasengan.

Whatever consequences might follow, Gojo Yoru no longer cared.

After all, no matter what happened, it wouldn't harm him.

Several months had passed, and Uzumaki Mito hadn't sent any Senju clansmen integrated into Konoha to warn Gojo Yoru. Sarutobi Hiruzen hadn't sent anyone to stop him from getting close to Uzumaki Kushina either.

This meant that Gojo Yoru had already earned their approval.

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

Before these two great mountains, Shimura Danzō, whose wings had yet to fully grow, could only envy and covet even if he noticed Gojo Yoru, a civilian genius.

So, aside from still needing to conceal his Space-Time abilities for now, Gojo Yoru could open up in other areas of training—including cultivating Uzumaki Kushina.