"What is this?"
Tenten was full of surprise. The extraordinary experience she had imagined did not occur; instead, a very mysterious power surged into her body.
She wanted to say something more, but the next second, she lost consciousness, and the bloodline feedback officially began.
[You are about to feedback the bloodline power of Nojuro Tenten to her mother, Tenten. Confirm the operation?]
Ryun mentally murmured "Yes."
[Ding, your favorability level with the kunoichi Tenten is 3: You like each other. You have obtained 3 random enhancement attempts, with a maximum of 5 random enhancements.]
[Random enhancement in progress - Enhancement complete. Tenten's Strength attribute among the eight ninja attributes has been enhanced from 7 points to 8 points, and her Spirit attribute has been enhanced from 8 points to 9 points. Her low-level Mind's Eye Mirrors talent has been upgraded to intermediate level.]
[Bloodline power infusion begins, duration ten minutes.]
Tenten's enhancement did not bring any surprises, and Ryun had no complaints about this either.
All of this at present was just groundwork; the real period of explosive growth for Ryun would only come after the Chūnin Exams.
Ryun simply held Tenten like this, waiting patiently.
After a long while, Tenten opened her eyes.
Without needing Ryun to explain, she already understood everything.
"So this is the power our daughter gave back to me?"
"Tenten..."
Tenten murmured to herself, and tears actually welled up in the corners of her eyes and fell.
Ryun kissed her tenderly, helping Tenten wipe away the tears. Only then did Tenten look at Ryun with a mix of shyness and annoyance, saying, "You bastard, you make me both cry and laugh. What exactly do you want from me?"
"I want you to be my wife, to bear me a cute and beautiful daughter, and for us to be together forever."
"One of your wives, you mean!"
Tenten was still somewhat angry. Looking at Ryun's face, which made her so irritated, she opened her mouth and bit down on Ryun's nose. She only let go after hearing Ryun yelp in pain.
She looked at Ryun triumphantly, as if she were a general returning home in victory. But in reality, she was secretly staring at Ryun's lips; that was where she really wanted to bite.
"Considering how hard you've worked, and for the sake of our unborn child, I'll forgive you this time."
"But you have to promise me you won't do that kind of thing with Anko anymore!"
Ryun nodded, but then a pained expression appeared on his face as he said, "But what if she forces me?"
"Then—then the few of us will join forces to stop her!"
Tenten knew that it was unlikely she would ever reach the level of intimacy with Ryun that he had with Anko; Ryun's rejection of Ino and Sakura was the best proof.
But they couldn't just let Anko have all the benefits!
"Cough, I have no objection."
Ryun quickly nodded in agreement, knowing full well that Anko wasn't one to quietly obey orders; she would definitely sneak around.
Only then did Tenten breathe a sigh of relief. She leaned softly into Ryun's embrace, inhaling his scent, enjoying the moment of love that belonged solely to her and Ryun.
Her hand rested on her own belly, as if a small life was there, a life named Nojuro Tenten.
"Oh, right, it's time to implant the True Spirit Seal for me, isn't it?"
Tenten finally remembered the crucial point and quickly sat up straight.
"Also, Ryun, do you think this True Spirit Seal could be related to our child?"
"It couldn't possibly be related—" Ryun instinctively denied it, but then became uncertain.
No matter how he simulated, the names of his children were always fixed. He was utterly perplexed by this; could it really be related to the True Spirit Seal?
"Better not to overthink it. Our child will be born in the future, and her name will only be Nojuro Tenten. As for the True Spirit Seal, let's just treat it as an ordinary sealing technique."
Tenten nodded, a little disappointed. She truly wanted to see her children soon.
Ryun naturally understood what Tenten was thinking. Although Tenten seemed to have been single the longest, her maternal instincts were among the strongest of the girls, something Ryun had already experienced in his simulations.
So he decided to change the subject: "Alright, now that you've received power from our daughter, shouldn't we start training?"
"There's still a lot I want to teach you."
"What, what? Bring it on, let me see!"
"First, is Strange Power."
Ryun picked up a kunai and, using the method of Strange Power, threw it out. In an instant, the kunai broke the sound barrier, blasting a large crater into the ground.
Seeing this, Tenten was dumbfounded, then exclaimed with excitement, "I want to learn it, I want to learn it!"
Her biggest problem when fighting with ninja tools was insufficient power. Now, if her tools so much as grazed an opponent, they'd be dead or crippled.
Ryun naturally wouldn't be stingy, especially since Strange Power was essentially a form of chakra control.
With Tenten's current stats, learning this wasn't difficult; the only issue was that her current chakra reserves wouldn't allow her to use it as a standard attack method.
Of course, Tenten's talent was sufficient; her Spirit stat of 9 was even slightly higher than Ryun's, but it would obviously still take time to realize that talent. After that, Ryun also taught Tenten the manipulation technique for chakra threads.
For no other reason than to allow Tenten to manipulate her ninja tools using chakra threads at critical moments, achieving an unexpected effect.
This could only be considered a small trick, not a fundamental trump card.
The real trump card was still the Flying Thunder God Technique.
"Now, for the technique I'm about to teach you, pay close attention."
The next second, Ryun vanished from where he stood.
"Is this some kind of Body Flicker Technique?"
The moment Tenten's words fell, Ryun took Tenten and appeared in Kumogakure.
As Tenten watched in shock, a transformed Ryun flashed back and forth within Kumogakure, evading pursuit time and again.
Finally, he appeared in the Land of Waves, carrying the Six Paths Tools.
By this point, how could Tenten not understand?
Her face flushed with excitement, she clenched her fists and screamed incessantly, "Flying Thunder God, this is the Flying Thunder God Technique!"
"Ryun, you actually learned this! How did you learn it? Are you a descendant of the Fourth Hokage? Ah, no—how could a descendant of the Fourth Hokage be an orphan and get bullied by genin? Absolutely impossible!"
Ryun didn't let Tenten guess any longer. Instead, he picked her up, placed his hand on her belly, and the warm sensation instantly captivated Tenten.
"Could it be—"
Tenten hesitated, and Ryun nodded, saying, "You have talent in time-space sealing techniques, and our child has amplified our talents in this area. She will be a master of the Flying Thunder God in the future."
"That's why I've grasped this power, and now I'm going to let you learn to use it too."
Tenten was so happy she felt she might faint.
They hadn't even kissed yet, and now she was receiving a blessing from her future child. Didn't this mean she was definitely going to become this man's wife, with no possibility of refusal?
Of course... not that she would want to refuse anyway.
Tenten placed her hand over Ryun's, then whispered softly, "Thank you, Tenten."
"In the future, once Ryun and I get married, I'll make sure you come into this world as soon as possible."
"You can't wait, can you?"
Ryun teased, which earned him a gentle bite from Tenten.
Tenten bit Ryun's chin, applying pressure three times before letting go.
Ryun pretended it hurt, which made Tenten even more satisfied. She clapped her hands and said, "Come on, teach me the Flying Thunder God Technique quickly. I'm definitely going to learn it."
Ryun naturally shared everything he knew without reservation, but even by midnight, Tenten still hadn't managed to get started; just placing a Flying Thunder God mark was almost enough to make her tear her hair out.
"Why is this so difficult!"
"This is the Flying Thunder God Technique. If it were easy to learn, the Yellow Flash wouldn't be the only one in the ninja world."
Ryun smiled, not worried at all.
In fact, Tenten's learning speed wasn't slow; within ten days to half a month, she would be able to place a Flying Thunder God mark on her own.
In another month or two, she would probably be able to activate the technique by herself.
What currently limited her was her newly acquired talent; her own strength was still far from the point where she could fully realize it. What she needed was time to grow.
Ryun estimated that in about a year, Tenten would be able to use the Flying Thunder God in actual combat—of course, limited to teleportation.
And in two years, she would probably be able to use Flying Thunder God Guiding Thunder, the technique for teleporting objects.
By then, combining her ninja tool throwing skills with this technique would be enough to terrify many.
Of course, all of the above speculations were based on Tenten's current talent.
Once Ryun enhanced Tenten's talent further in the future, her progress would accelerate even more.
Tenten sighed, looking at Ryun with a somewhat aggrieved expression, mumbling, "Then when can you finally apply the True Spirit Seal for me..."
"Since you want it, let's begin now."