"Once again, sorry about Naoki. He's just stupid and extremely unprofessional," Hitomi said, sitting down on a comfortable chair.
"No worries, Hitomi-san. You don't need to apologize for others," Kenshin replied with a smile, gazing into her magnificent white eyes. Only yesterday he had noticed a small headband styled as a hair tie on her forehead. Few knew this, but Kenshin was well aware of the Hyuga clan's "branch" family—essentially slaves to the main branch, marked with a slave seal on the forehead.
"Alright," Hitomi said with a warm smile and continued: "How are your arms? Anything bothering you?"
"The right one barely hurts anymore, but the left still throbs from time to time—nothing compared to before you started treating me. You truly have outstanding skills, Hitomi-san," Kenshin declared, never taking his eyes from her beautiful white ones.
"What a flatterer you are, Nakayama-kun. Aren't you ashamed to shamelessly flatter an old woman?" Hitomi laughed, covering her mouth with her hand. Though she'd been flattered countless times, compliments from this young man made her stone heart tremble.
"It's not flattery—pure truth. Besides, Hitomi-san, you're not old at all. Your beauty outshines most young girls by far," he said with a smile, then inwardly scolded himself for rushing.
Hearing his words, Hitomi's smile froze. A fraction of a second later she looked away and changed the subject.
"Time to begin," she said, taking his left hand.
For the rest of the session Hitomi was cold and strictly professional, only answering questions without initiating conversation. By the middle Kenshin decided he had completely ruined the fragile relationship with this magnificent woman and stopped pestering her.
"Thank you, Hitomi-san. As always, you're amazing," Kenshin said. Rising from the chair, he stepped toward the door.
"See you tomorrow, Nakayama-kun," Hitomi said, attempting a smile.
Kenshin barely restrained his own smile, nodded, and left the room, taking a deep breath.
"Not all is lost yet…" he thought and continued down the corridor where Ichiro was waiting.
*****
After returning home, Kenshin fell into the hands of a powerful kunoichi who could no longer wait and was gently mounted by the beauty Kasumi. She was very tender and affectionate, so their lovemaking lasted about half an hour, after which the black-haired beauty squealed and received a long-awaited portion of seed into her womb.
After tender, love-filled sex, Kenshin lay with Kasumi for half an hour before heading to his workshop to try sensing psionic energy. During the enemy's attack he had suddenly managed to infuse some of that energy into his arms, giving them some protection. At first he thought it was simple telekinesis, but after rethinking the moment he concluded it was something different.
Until evening he tried every possible way to detect psionics and finally succeeded. When the runes glowed faintly red, Kenshin's eyes widened in shock and he lost concentration. Calming his pounding heart, he tried again and succeeded on the fifth attempt.
He couldn't contain his excitement and involuntarily lifted a pile of tools and papers into the air. Noticing this, he tried to regain composure and became calm again after a minute. Over the past few weeks his telekinesis had grown strong enough to lift thirty kilograms, and the ability was only getting stronger.
All evening until deep into the night he experimented with merging psionics and formations—trial and error, replacing nodes, redesigning structures, inventing various workarounds. He desperately lacked knowledge, so progress was slow.
The next morning Kenshin again took Ichiro and went to the outpost, where Hyuga Hitomi greeted him warmly. Yesterday's "offense" was completely gone, which made Kenshin immensely happy.
Hitomi even made him tea, and they talked very warmly. Kenshin loved conversing with such a beautiful, refined, and intelligent woman, and Hitomi's soul rejoiced talking with him.
Kenshin indirectly learned that she was unmarried and childless, which pleased him a little. He didn't pry for details and simply complimented her. After the session he lingered ten minutes, drank another cup of tea, and admired the mature woman's beauty. She in turn never took her eyes off his face and smiled sweetly.
Upon arriving home, Aya and Natsumi caught Kenshin and refused to let him go to the workshop until he made both of them pregnant. He sighed heavily and spent an hour and a half fulfilling his duty—lying on the bed, gritting his teeth because he couldn't touch his beauties with his hands.
*****
The following days were copies of the previous ones. Every morning Kenshin went to Hitomi's sessions and gradually improved their relationship. He never stopped complimenting her beauty, and on the fourth day she couldn't take it anymore and declared that since he considered her young and beautiful, he must treat her as a peer and switch to informal "you." He was very pleased with his progress and happily agreed. Each session lasted longer and longer; Kenshin stayed in her office for an hour, enjoying pleasant conversation and good tea.
On day 234, Eighteenth came of age and awakened his chakra that same evening. His stats were slightly lower than Fifteenth's at awakening but still delighted Kenshin immensely.
Name: Eighteenth
Age: 20 years
Talent Level: 33
Chakra Quality: 3
Chakra Amount: 3450
Chakra Control: 43%
Shadow Authority Lv. 1
*****
Eighteenth was immediately sent to the gym and began training under his mother's strict guidance. Kasumi's personality completely changed in the gym—from loving mom to terrifying panther, constantly nipping at her cubs. Fifteenth and Eighteenth returned from training covered in bruises; for Fifteenth it was routine, but Eighteenth nearly cried from offense—only to receive a light slap and an order not to be a crybaby.
Kasumi justified her harsh approach by saying training must be serious, not a game. After training she turned back into a loving mom and personally treated their bruises.