- And now Daddy's going to show you some more cool tricks," I rolled my eyes, but nodded as the doppelganger shrouded himself in barely perceptible clouds of henge and appeared to be dressed the same way, distracting Tsumi's attention by carrying her out of the room.
And I got a chance to freshen up, brush my teeth, and deal with the tangled mess of hair that had rolled into several icicles during my active night and sleep.
- Hare Jizo! - A few hand seals and a wave of chakra runs through my scarlet hair, making it hard as steel and wrapping me in a protective cocoon.
I stop the chakra and my hair returns to its former appearance, but it's already clean, combed literally hair to hair, so the only thing left to do is to gather it into a tight ponytail at the back of my head and fix it with a stylish steel clip, given to me not so long ago by Setsura for my birthday. It's very handy for tidying up my hair, and there's a reason I switched from Jiraiya's Rasengan to this Jigoku jutsu.
The Akamichi Kalan has a similar one, except it's tailored to their body transformation and not adapted for normal users, but the sannin was definitely inspired by it and developed his own version, much more convenient to use for defense. A bit of tweaking to direct manipulation and it would be a real eye candy, especially with my chakra. Too bad I hadn't gotten around to it yet.
After finishing my morning ritual, I hurried into the kitchen.
- Good morning," I said to Saya.
- Good morning," she nodded, pointing to the table with a full bowl of porridge and a couple of sandwiches beside it. "Sit down and eat, or Katsumi-chan will take me away for the day, so I'll have to eat at some diner.
- Thank you, Ma," I didn't refuse, raiding the food.
She was well aware of her granddaughter's character, so she had prepared herself for this eventuality by putting a food scroll next to me, where she would probably put a lot of delicious things she had prepared herself.
Since the arrival of Linley and the baby, Saya had been working hard to hone her culinary talents, and almost every week she had something new and interesting to enjoy. Linley kept up with her, and the judges were me and my daughter. I don't know the reasons for this behavior, but I really like the result.
After eating, I hugged Ma, noting with displeasure the small, almost imperceptible wrinkles that began to appear in the corners of her eyes, and hurried outside. Nothing, one experiment is coming to its final stage and if everything works out, very soon everything will be completely different.
- Dad's ready," he announced as he stepped outside, "where shall we go - the clan's playground or Konoha's?
And there the clone was faithfully playing a magician, blowing small streams of fire from his mouth, creating moving figures of pure chakra and throwing lightning from hand to hand. All in all, entertaining the child to the fullest.
Given the regular need to distract Tsumi for a while, I had long ago drawn up a program of performance with slight changes and gradual addition of new things, sometimes so entertaining and small guests of my daughter that dropped by the house.
The only option was to be able to finish something before the little red-haired tyrant demanded my full attention. Kami bless the jutsu of the kage bunshin and the creator of her Second, upon whom the lion's share of tasks could be delegated.
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