Back to the village

Tobirama Senju and the others returned to Konoha's camp, gave a few brief instructions, and prepared to leave.

Everyone was delighted to hear it. They had been away from home for so long that they were indeed feeling a little homesick. As soon as they heard they were returning to the village, they began packing. Watching the busy children, Tobirama Senju felt both gratified and sorry for them. They were all still children, and after such a long time away from the village, their families must have missed them terribly.

Once everyone had packed, they formed a circle around Itō Yuying. With a whoosh, they arrived at a training ground in Konoha. Looking at their familiar surroundings, everyone felt a little nostalgic. "All right, everyone, go home and find your mothers. See you tomorrow." Itō Yuying vanished first, followed by Tobirama Senju, and the others all headed home.

Arriving at his grandfather's door, Tobirama Senju knocked. "Who is it?" Yiteng Yue asked from inside. "Your wonderful grandson is back!" The door immediately swung open. "My grandson has finally come to see me!" Then he pulled Itō Yuying inside. "Yuying, come in! You haven't visited your grandfather in so long. He talks about you every day." "Haha, hello, Grandma. Now that I'm back, I won't be leaving the village on missions for a while."

"Oh... really? Wonderful!" Yiteng Yue grinned so broadly that his eyes disappeared. "Mm-hmm." Itō Yuying nodded in agreement. "Haha, this calls for a celebration! Wife, go buy some peanuts and edamame. I'm going to stay up chatting with my grandson by candlelight." "You're such a cheapskate. Yuying hardly ever comes back. At least get him some proper dishes." "Fine, I was being stingy. Get some seafood too." "Mm-hmm, that's more like it. Then I'll buy some fish! Some shrimp! Things like that." "There's hardly any meat on those. They're not worth it. Just get five jin of kelp so we can enjoy something fresh."

"Why did everything suddenly change? How did I become a worthless weed in your eyes?" Itō Yuying sang quietly! Then he took several thousand ryo from his pocket and said, "Grandma, spend it all on meat." "Oh my, how could we let you pay? Your grandfather was joking with you." "Yes, yes, my precious boy, how could we let you pay? Put that down. Buy some more meat, then. There's money under my mattress." Then he slipped Itō Yuying's money into his own pocket. "Don't you do this again." I really won't dare do this again, Itō Yuying thought.

They enjoyed a cheerful meal together. Yiteng Yue kept smiling foolishly at Itō Yuying, liking him more the longer he looked. Whether those several thousand ryo had anything to do with it was anyone's guess. Itō Yuying finally couldn't take the staring anymore and hurriedly found an excuse to go home.

On his way home, he looked at the shops around him and the vendors calling out their wares. Konoha was growing more and more prosperous. Itō Yuying made up his mind. I must protect this peace.

After returning home, he had a wonderful night's sleep. The next day, Itō Yuying got up bright and early, stretched luxuriously, and shouted "Ah!" a couple of times, brimming with energy. He washed up, ate breakfast, then flew to the training ground. Sure enough, Might Duy had already begun exercising. His current exercises no longer did much for Itō Yuying, so he planned to train in the Gravity Chamber he had obtained.

Itō Yuying took out a Hoi-Poi Capsule and tossed it onto an empty patch of ground. With a bang, a rectangular Gravity Chamber eight meters long and five meters tall appeared there. Might Duy ran over curiously and asked, "Yuying, what is this?" Itō Yuying explained the Gravity Chamber's function and benefits. Might Duy instantly reached a peak of excitement. "Th-then can I train inside?" "Well, you can, but your body isn't up to it yet. Once your bodies grow stronger, you'll be able to." Might Duy looked a little dejected. "All right, Duy, keep training hard for a few more years. I believe you'll definitely be the second person to come in."

"Yes, yes, I definitely will!" Then he shouted, "Youth! I'm going to run five laps around Konoha, then do three thousand kicks and five hundred push-ups!" His voice grew fainter and fainter. Itō Yuying hadn't quite caught up. "I was going to let you try it. Why did you run off?"

"Ah... never mind. There'll be another chance." Itō Yuying entered the Gravity Chamber and considered it. Hmm! I'm still young. If it's too heavy, it might keep me from growing tall. Let's start with ten times gravity. He set the gravity and pressed start. The gravity rapidly bore down on him. "Oh my goodness!" With a bang, Itō Yuying was already flat on the floor, unable to get up. "S-so heavy!" Gritting his teeth, he tried to rise, but simply couldn't. Itō Yuying unleashed his Ki and slowly climbed to his feet, then pressed the switch. Once the gravity disappeared, he lay on the floor like a dead dog, sweat pouring off him. Only after recovering for quite a while did he slowly sit up. "My heavens, just ten times gravity left me like this. I'm a man who's mastered Instant Transmission. How can I fail to withstand even ten times gravity?"

At that moment, the system, which hadn't spoken for a long time, spoke up. "You're only so strong right now. How old are you, anyway? This Gravity Chamber affects every part of your body. It's not like wearing weights or dragging rocks weighing hundreds of jin as you usually do. Those only train a few areas, while the rest get no exercise at all. Besides, one times gravity here doesn't mean lifting something twice your own weight. It means the maximum weight you can lift. Enjoy the thrill of gravity throughout your body." "That's enough out of you, system." Then the system ignored him.

After resting a while, Itō Yuying walked out of the Gravity Chamber. Seeing that most of his friends had arrived and only Might Duy was still running laps, he used Instant Transmission to bring him over. Itō Yuying explained the Gravity Chamber's function again. When he said they couldn't go inside yet, everyone refused to accept it and insisted on trying. That was exactly what Itō Yuying wanted, so he readily took them inside.

"Let's warm up with twice gravity." The moment he pressed the switch, everyone except Itō Yuying dropped flat on the floor. Uchiha Hanyue, Hatake Sakumo, Orochimaru, Hyuga Yeyang, and Hatake Sakumo immediately bled from their mouths and noses, while traces of blood seeped out of the others as well. Frightened, Itō Yuying hurriedly switched it off. The pressure on their bodies eased, and they began taking great, ragged breaths. Jiraiya said shakily, "I feel like I'm going to die." The others agreed. The difference between the physiques of this world and the Dragon Ball world is far from small! Itō Yuying thought. (Ordinary people excluded.)

Once everyone had recovered a little, they hurriedly crawled outside, unwilling to spend another minute in there.

"Now you know why I wouldn't let you in! You just had to argue with me." Everyone apologized. "All right, hurry up and train properly! Once you can withstand one times gravity, you'll be ready to graduate." "Okay..." everyone answered weakly. "Mm, all right, go train!"

Itō Yuying went into the Gravity Chamber and set it to five times gravity. That was manageable; he could barely take a few steps. But he didn't lower it any further. He began moving step by step and holding a horse stance. Sweat had long since covered his entire body, dripping down drop by drop. Before long, a small puddle had formed on the floor.

His friends outside stared at Itō Yuying's pained expression, their mouths hanging open in astonishment. That was five times gravity!

Then everyone went off to train.

In the Hokage Building, Tobirama Senju listened to an Anbu's report. "A Gravity Chamber? Yuying has come up with something new again. That boy certainly has plenty of secrets. All right, understood. Go back to your work." "Yes." Then the Anbu left the office.

That evening, Tobirama Senju came to the training ground. "So this is the Gravity Chamber?" Tobirama Senju thought about Yuying.

During the day, Yuying had set it to five times gravity. Thinking that he could lift objects ten times his own weight, he wanted to select ten times gravity. But after another thought, he decided to keep things modest and start with eight times gravity, then increase it little by little afterward. He selected eight times gravity, and the gravity pinned Tobirama Senju firmly to the floor. He tried to push himself up with his hands, only to see his bones snap and pierce through his flesh. Tobirama Senju kept groaning in pain, unable even to make a sound.