Extreme Joy Gives Birth to Sorrow

Pain Adjustment Card!

Senju Kyogawa was so pleasantly stunned that he froze for a moment, then couldn't help but jump up, laughing silently.

Right now, Senju Kyogawa felt like roaring at the sky, wanting the whole world to share in his joy!

[It really is ask and you shall receive, hahaha!]

Kyogawa might truly be a lucky charm.

Senju Kyogawa thought that he would never fear Senju Butsuma's devilish training ever again!

In the days after obtaining the Pain Adjustment Card, Senju Kyogawa immediately dialed his pain sensitivity down to zero. Even Senju Butsuma was puzzled as to why Senju Kyogawa suddenly seemed fearless of pain, training himself to the point of death.

However, accidents always come when you least expect them.

During training, Senju Kyogawa lunged forward with a burst of force, aiming to collide with Senju Butsuma. Naturally, Senju Butsuma wouldn't just stand there waiting to be hit; his superior ninja instincts allowed him to dodge with ease.

However...

Senju Kyogawa accidentally failed to pull back his strength and slammed headfirst into a tree—the very tree that had been behind Senju Butsuma.

With a loud "Bang!", the birds in the tree scattered instantly, chirping as they circled in the sky.

The charge toward Senju Butsuma had been a self-destructive act performed while Kyogawa was not in his right mind, and he had used his full strength to collide.

Therefore, even though Senju Kyogawa couldn't feel pain, the impact still made him see stars, and he fainted.

The moment Senju Kyogawa hit the tree, cracks suddenly appeared at the point of impact, and a second later, the tree—which stood twice as tall as Senju Butsuma—came crashing down.

It fell in the direction of Senju Kyogawa.

Once Senju Butsuma reacted, he quickly grabbed Senju Kyogawa and dodged; otherwise, there would have been a "meat patty" on the ground.

At this moment, a hole had been gouged into the center of Senju Kyogawa's forehead, blood bubbling out and quickly soaking his entire face, making him look utterly miserable.

The medical staff who came to treat Senju Kyogawa couldn't help but sigh that he was truly courting death.

After receiving professional treatment, Senju Kyogawa quickly regained consciousness thanks to his excellent self-healing ability and physical fitness. Aside from still feeling a bit dizzy, he had no other discomfort.

[This must be a concussion.] Senju Kyogawa touched his heavily bandaged forehead with curiosity, thinking calmly despite the waves of nausea.

[It seems I can't set the pain sensitivity to zero in the future.]

After this ordeal, Senju Kyogawa finally understood how troublesome it was to completely lose the sense of pain.

During the time his pain sensation was gone, Senju Kyogawa clearly felt that he had suffered more and heavier injuries. Even though he couldn't feel the pain, these injuries occasionally caused him muscle weakness, which, to some extent, not only delayed his training but also affected his daily life.

As Senju Kyogawa thought this, he comforted Senju Hashirama, who was draped over him, crying his eyes out.

"Wuwuwu, how did Kyogawa get so badly hurt? Does it still hurt? Wuwuwu..."

Senju Hashirama held Senju Kyogawa tightly with his powerful arms, almost strangling him.

"Cough, cough, let, go!" Senju Kyogawa struggled to break free from Senju Hashirama's embrace. With the strength Senju Hashirama was using, anyone who didn't know better would think he was trying to commit murder.

Although hearing [Cuddle Points +6] felt really good, Kyogawa was more afraid of being strangled to death by Senju Hashirama.

Senju Hashirama, rejected by Kyogawa, became even more emo. He slumped over, and with his strange hairstyle, he looked like a depressed mushroom.

[Speaking of which, if I were strangled to death, would Senju Hashirama commit ritual suicide like in the Japanese dramas I watched in my past life?] Senju Kyogawa thought inappropriately.

Perhaps it was a side effect of the head injury, but Senju Kyogawa's thoughts were very nonsensical, his mind always drifting elsewhere while he was thinking about something.

Watching his silly eldest brother and his concussed younger brother, Senju Tobirama couldn't help but cover his face in his heart, feeling deeply that his responsibility as the second son of the Senju clan was immense.

Senju Tobirama chased away the other brothers who had come to visit and ordered Kyogawa to get some proper rest.

Without the disturbance of others, Senju Kyogawa could finally get a good night's sleep. He had to think about how to spend these wonderful few days without Senju Butsuma's training.

With longing for tomorrow, Senju Kyogawa finally fell into a peaceful sleep.

The dream was bizarre; Senju Kyogawa only felt as if he were drifting on the ocean, his feet never touching the ground.

Senju Kyogawa couldn't open his eyes, as if they were glued shut; only the sensation of weightlessness in his body was so clear.

Suddenly, Senju Kyogawa felt as if he were being held tightly in someone's arms, finally no longer weightless.

"Roar—" In his daze, Senju Kyogawa seemed to hear a beast roaring in anger. Even when he tried his best to open his eyes, he only saw a patch of orange-yellow and a ruin.

Senju Kyogawa woke up with a start, unable to help but grip the bedsheets beneath him. He had already forgotten the specific scenes in the dream, but the feeling of heartache still lingered in his heart.

Noticing some moisture on his face, Senju Kyogawa raised his hand to touch it and found his hand covered in tears.

[I cried? What kind of dream was it?] Senju Kyogawa wondered, but the more he tried to remember the content of the dream, the faster it seemed to fade away.

Soon, Senju Kyogawa couldn't remember the content of the dream at all, and even that trace of heartache vanished without a trace.

Senju Kyogawa stopped dwelling on the dream and fell into a deep sleep.

Time without training suddenly became very hard to endure; with nothing to do, Senju Kyogawa only felt bored.

His four older brothers were already official ninjas and had started going on missions, so Senju Kyogawa basically didn't see them during the day.

Not to mention them, the Senju compound was basically empty during the day. Most ninjas had gone out to take on missions, and those who remained were either young children training or people building and maintaining the compound.

During these days of recovery, Senju Kyogawa wandered aimlessly around the compound, but everyone there was so busy that they had no time to pay attention to him.

Perhaps it was because Senju Kyogawa had been so well-behaved during the few months since his release, never causing any trouble, that everyone who had yet to witness his strange flame abilities gradually let go of their prejudices and stopped being so repulsed by him.

However, whenever Senju Kyogawa drew near, they would still instinctively avoid any physical contact, leaving Senju Kyogawa, who was eager to farm some Cuddle Points, with no way to make a move.

That day, Senju Kyogawa was wandering aimlessly through the clan grounds as usual.

"Medical ninja! Someone get a medical ninja!" A panicked male voice suddenly reached Senju Kyogawa's ears, startling him out of his daze and causing him to stiffen.

Senju Kyogawa turned his head to look, only to see several men surrounding a person covered in blood.

It was clear that the injured person was in dire need of treatment, but unfortunately, the Senju clan's medical team had deployed in full force that morning, and not a single medical ninja remained within the clan grounds.

Senju Kyogawa clearly saw the expressions of despair that crossed the men's faces when they heard there were no medical ninjas left on duty in the compound.