I woke up in my room with severe pain all over my body. My chest was tight thanks to the effort I put into it during the taijutsu battle and the blue fire ninjutsu that caused slight damage to the lungs. My leg muscles ache from the fierce kicks I threw at Kakashi throughout the entire test. My arms and wrists seem to have dozens of bone microfractures.
Karin was lying on my side and her skin looked pale. She must have used medical ninjutsu on me with Haku's help. They were both experts at it anyway. I sincerely regret not having gone with all my perks to this test. If I had taken Maki, I could have used fuinjutsu in the form of chains and even though it causes some questions from the hokage and the village elders, there wouldn't be much they could do to harm me other than keep an eye on me more actively.
Well, anyway, I need to know what the outcome of the trial is. We pass? We lost? I had doubts about that. I also wanted to know what the case with team seven is about. Did they pass as in the canon? I doubted Kakashi would be such a bastard as to send his teacher's son back to the academy, but I don't think I should rely on my metaknowledge after all...
I got up with difficulty, but I was silent enough not to wake the sleepy cute redhead and headed towards Haku's quarters. The Akashi complex was one of the largest in the village and had dozens of circular buildings we called courtyards. They were rooms with their own backyard and gardens and a circular fence to ensure privacy. Each of my shinkki had their own courtyards on the property.
Of course, we had the mansion too, which is where I lived with Mikami-nii. Saya stayed with Karin most of the time, but she used to sleep with me. Haku and Kimimaru had their separate houses and seemed quite satisfied with the arrangement.
Arriving at Haku's yard, I knocked twice before entering. His garden always surprised me. Flowers of all kinds were arranged at the front of the building separated by color, following an incredibly charming gradient pattern. The scent of herbs grown there was also quite strong, but since most herbs were for tea, the scent was deliciously soothing.
I entered the room and found him already sitting on a mat with a set of tea prepared properly.
"Ryu-Sama came to ask about the results of the trial?" Haku said with an open smile on his cute face.
"Yes."
"Well, we all did. And I say this about team 7 as well. Kakashi said the test was about teamwork and since we had worked together from the beginning, picking up the bells was irrelevant."
"I see." I say as I take the cup of tea Haku offered me. Jasmine tea. My favorite.
"Are you better, young master?" Haku looked worried about me, but I just smiled and nodded in response, enjoying the taste of the tea placidly. Now, I needed a way to speed up my development and I thought of more extreme forms of training. Haku would be startled by all the thoughts I suddenly started having, but the feeling of helplessness when I fought Kakashi was pretty clear in my mind. If he didn't underestimate our strength, there would be no chance of beating him. If you could call it a victory, it wasn't even a real fight. He just defended and tried to get us into genjutsu in the end. No attack jutsu was launched against us.
That made me angry. Very angry. I also already had an idea of why Kakashi took aim at me. I believe he wanted to make sure I didn't get arrogant in my own strength like he did when I was a genin years ago. What he doesn't seem to understand is that I had no reason to feel arrogant. I was a god, yes, it was a fact, but all my power was due to my luck before being reborn in this world. My power could be taken away by the same people who gave it to me and it made me angry. Why would I train so hard if not for that?
Of course, there were many strange things about my situation. I mean, why me? Why did that being give me the chance to reincarnate here? There must be a reason, right? I really didn't want to think about one of those cliché situations where an overpowered divine being is born and is eventually forced to reincarnate as an ordinary mortal only to be reincarnated with powers and unlock previously sealed abilities. That would be very appealing, but if not, why not? What does this being gain by helping me?
Well, I don't need to worry about that right now. I'll fix it when the troubled situation comes my way. Now I need to get stronger.
Kakashi shouldn't have excited me... now I'd be even more troublesome.
I had already figured out a way to increase my strength.
The answer was... Gay-San's hachimon tonko.