After the birth of Keiji, Kenshin received the third level, and thought for a long time about where to invest his free skill point, and ultimately his choice fell on "Creating Formations", increasing the ability to the third level. At first, Kenshin did not feel any changes, but when he woke up the next morning, he found that his knowledge of the art of creating formations had improved slightly.
Kenshin now knew how to improve the effectiveness of many of the "old" formations. He finally learned how to create a primitive formation of protection from material influence, but he needed practice, so the next day after Keiji's birth, he devoted almost entirely to training in the application of new knowledge, trying to put the acquired knowledge into practice.
Ichiro trained his body hard almost all day. Aya took care of the baby and some daily chores, and little Keiji kept crawling around and putting into his mouth everything his little hands could reach.
That evening, Kenshin went to bed with his wife and young son, having spent the previous night in the "barracks" with Ichiro in the next bed. He was completely unaccustomed to sleeping alone, and it was hard for him to fall asleep without his beloved girl, so ten minutes later Kenshin was already sleeping like the dead, not paying attention to the restless Keiji, who tried to crawl on top of his dad and laugh loudly, splashing drool.
On the second day after Keiji was born, after breakfast, Kenshin called Ichiro to the gym and said: "You've probably heard a lot about shinobi and chakra." "Kenshin said, and after waiting for an interested nod, he continued: "Unfortunately, I myself am deprived of the ability to interact with chakra, so I won't be able to teach you anything specific, but I'll try to push you in the right direction." If it doesn't work out, then it's okay, we'll earn money for management and make you a shinobi! – Kenshin said with a laugh, and then ordered Ichiro to sit in the lotus position.
For the next fifteen minutes, Kenshin tried to remember everything he knew about chakra, urging Ichiro to concentrate, to comprehend the energy flowing within him, or to light an invisible fire inside his stomach. Ichiro did not understand how to do this, and the "training" stood still.
- Okay, sit and try to feel the chakra. Today you are freed from physical training, and if after six hours you don't feel anything, then we will discard the idea of independently comprehending the chakra. - Kenshin stated and then left the gym, heading outside, wanting to strengthen the old cover-up formation.
Having finished this matter in about three hours, with a grunt of satisfaction, Kenshin returned home, happy that now a random genin would not wander into his territory, but would intuitively choose a different path, or suddenly change his mind about going to this place. Unfortunately, the formation will not work for those genin who purposefully go to this area, but for ordinary people purposefully going to its territory - it deployed perfectly.
By lunchtime, Kenshin was sitting in the kitchen, drinking coffee, and playing a little with little Keiji sitting on Aya's lap.
"It worked, father!" "Suddenly he heard it through a telepathic connection, and almost spitting out his coffee, he quickly headed to the gym.
- Happened?! – Kenshin asked excitedly, approaching his son.
- Yes, it worked! For a long time I didn't feel anything, and then, as you said, in the abdominal area, I suddenly felt a small fire, it's still burning! – Ichiro declared enthusiastically.
- Well done! "Kenshin praised him and added: "Now try to direct the chakra throughout your body." I don't know how it all works, but there are invisible chakra channels in the body, try to influence your chakra and make it circulate throughout the body.
- Okay, I'll try now. – Ichiro said and concentrated on chakra control. For a long time, nothing worked for him, and Kenshin's enthusiasm subsided a little, but after half an hour, Ichiro suddenly jumped up and joyfully shouted: "It worked!"
- Ha-ha-ha, well done! Let's go have lunch and get back to training. You haven't eaten anything since this morning, your mother will skin me if she finds out that you're hungry! "Kenshin said with a laugh and took Ichiro to the kitchen.
- Aya, our son was finally able to sense chakra! – Kenshin said joyfully, entering the kitchen.
- What?! – The girl asked in surprise, and then her eyes shone, and she joyfully added: "God, Ichiro, baby, this is so great!"
- Well, mom! Stop calling me baby! – Ichiro was indignant and blushed.
- Oh, come on. For me you will always remain a little boy! – Aya answered with a laugh, being in a great mood.
After lunch, Ichiro returned to training on chakra circulation, and Kenshin went after the next hares and fish. Towards evening, the wine finally "ripe" and Kenshin planned to go to the city of Shukuba the next day, taking Ichiro with him.
After seven o'clock in the evening, Kenshin decided to check on Ichiro's progress and entered the gym.
- Well, how are you doing? – He asked his son.
- Hmm... I don't know, but it's already much easier for me to force chakra to circulate throughout my body. Besides, I seem to have become a little stronger... I don't know how to explain... - Ichiro muttered in a doubtful tone.
- Are you talking stronger? Come on, hit the bag.
Ichiro stood up, put on his gloves, and delivered a very quick blow to the bag, causing it to swing noticeably, even further than before.
- Hmm, it's true, your blow has become twenty percent stronger. Let's go, let's do some sparring, we need to test your strength in action. – Kenshin stated, picking up his helmet and gloves.
For about a minute, Kenshin withstood Ichiro's pressure, but then missed several blows. One of them was particularly accurate, and caused Kenshin to lose coordination and fall.
- Father! – Ichiro exclaimed, falling to his knees in front of him, helping him up.
"It's okay..." Kenshin muttered, waving away help. Then he rose to his feet and said: "You have become incredibly strong, and now I'm certainly not your rival." From now on, our sparring is meaningless.
Kenshin was greatly impressed by Ichiro's strength and speed. He believed that after a week, even the strongest boxers from his previous world would not be able to defeat this young man.
He wondered what caused Ichiro's physical characteristics to increase, and besides the obvious fact that chakra was to blame, Kenshin had only one guess.
"Perhaps the chakra somehow nourishes the muscles, making them stronger and stronger? The bastard Koga had extremely strong muscles, like those of a draft buffalo, almost made of steel..." Kenshin thought. He couldn't confirm his assumptions until he found a competent shinobi. He became more and more convinced that he needed to come up with a plan to seduce the kunoichi. He had one idea, but he could not decide on moral grounds.