Soon, as time passed, Takeru awoke from his training and found it was already 11:30. Hinatsuru had also long since shifted from meditation to sleep.
Seeing her asleep, Takeru thought for a moment, then directly carried her back to a room.
Takeru's home had only three rooms: a master bedroom, a guest room, and a study.
The master bedroom was naturally Takeru and Miu's room. The guest room was currently occupied by Karin and Miki. As for the study, it also served as a storage room.
Besides being used by Takeru to set up a fixed teleportation point, there was no extra space for a bed, so only two rooms were habitable.
This was also why Takeru had previously considered changing residences. If more guests came later, Takeru could only have them stay in the living room, which would be somewhat impolite...
"Brother, will she also stay in our room?" Seeing Takeru pick up Hinatsuru, Miu, who had also woken up, directly asked.
"Mhmm, we can't let her sleep on the sofa, right?" Hearing her words, Takeru said helplessly.
"..." Hearing Takeru say this, Miu couldn't think of anything to refute.
"Alright, you should rest early too. There's hard training tomorrow." Looking at Miu, Takeru spoke gently.
"I understand." Hearing Takeru say this, Miu could only nod.
Soon, after placing Hinatsuru on the bed, Takeru also lay down directly. Takeru naturally wouldn't have any special thoughts about nine-year-old Hinatsuru. In Takeru's view, Hinatsuru was similar to Miu… both were like his younger sisters.
Then, Takeru closed his eyes and directly entered training state.
The next morning, Hinatsuru woke up in a daze. After a night's rest, she felt her spirit had recovered very well. Most importantly, she had slept very soundly last night, so she rested well.
Suddenly, upon waking, Hinatsuru sensed something off. This place seemed somewhat unfamiliar, and she didn't remember having such a big body pillow.
With this doubt, Hinatsuru slowly raised her head and soon saw Takeru's face. Seeing this, yesterday's memories quickly revived.
Yesterday, to see Takeru again, she had packed her luggage alone and came from Kanagawa to Chiba Prefecture.
Then, she waited several hours at Takeru's doorstep before he returned. Finally, she became Takeru's disciple and gained her mother's consent to stay with Takeru.
Last night, after Takeru taught her the Chakra Extraction Technique, she had tried to extract it and unconsciously fallen asleep. Now, waking up, she found herself right beside Takeru.
What exactly happened in between? And seeing herself affectionately holding Takeru, Hinatsuru's face uncontrollably turned bright red.
However, feeling Takeru's warm body temperature and the special aura he emitted, she was reluctant to leave. Instead, she directly closed her eyes and snuggled closer to Takeru.
As she kept rubbing against Takeru, Hinatsuru's complexion became even more flushed, and the ahoge on her head gently quivered.
Due to Hinatsuru's movements, Takeru also awoke. First sensing his training gains from the night, Takeru nodded satisfactorily, then noticed the two little lolis tightly clinging to him.
However, compared to Miu, Takeru realized Hinatsuru seemed to be awake.
"Ai." Thinking this, Takeru gently called out.
Hearing Takeru's voice, Hinatsuru's body stiffened, feeling nervous and at a loss as if caught doing something wrong.
"What's wrong? Your face seems a bit red." Sensing Hinatsuru's flushed face, Takeru gently brushed aside her bangs and placed the back of his hand on her forehead. It seemed there wasn't any problem.
"Alright, Hinatsuru, since you're awake, let's go for morning exercise together." Confirming there was no issue, Takeru spoke directly.
"Mhmm." Hearing Takeru's words, this time Hinatsuru couldn't continue pretending not to hear.
Soon, the two got up, went to the bathroom to wash up. Because Takeru kept many spares of toothbrushes and such at home, there was no need to go out and buy them.
As Takeru and Hinatsuru were washing up in the bathroom, Karin and Miki also soon woke up.
"Morning, Karin, Miki." Looking at them, Takeru greeted them with a light laugh.
"Takeru, Ai, morning!" Hearing Takeru's greeting, they quickly responded.
"Karin, Miki, trouble you for breakfast. I'll take Ai for a morning run." Looking at them, Takeru said with a light laugh.
"I understand." Hearing this, they nodded understandingly.
Hinatsuru, hearing Takeru would take her for a morning run, didn't say much. Obediently changing into the training clothes Takeru prepared for her, she followed Takeru downstairs.
"Ai, if nothing unexpected happens, you'll be living here for quite a while. So today, we'll do a morning run, and I'll by the way help you get familiar with the surroundings." Looking at Hinatsuru, Takeru spoke directly.
"Yes." Hearing Takeru say this, Hinatsuru realized Takeru taking her for a morning run also had this purpose. Understanding, she quickly nodded.
Soon, after Takeru and Hinatsuru warmed up a bit, they began running.
While running, Takeru constantly corrected Hinatsuru's running posture. As time passed, Takeru, using a slow jog, showed Hinatsuru around the vicinity of the apartment.
Along the way, many neighbors seeing Takeru continuously greeted him. Especially because Karin and Miki had saved many people before, and knowing they were staying at Takeru's home, everyone was even more enthusiastic towards Takeru.
However, these neighbors were quite reasonable. Although surprised Karin and Miki weren't ordinary, they didn't rashly come to disturb.
When Takeru and Hinatsuru returned home, about an hour had passed. Takeru and Hinatsuru had explored the surrounding area.
During this, Takeru had used the Healing Magic on Hinatsuru once, otherwise, she would have given up long ago.
Now back home, Hinatsuru was exhausted. Seeing this, Takeru treated her again.
"We're back!" Opening the door, Takeru called inside.
"Onii-chan, you went for a morning run?" Looking at Takeru and Hinatsuru, who was still slightly panting, Miu said in surprise.
"Mhmm, by the way letting Ai get familiar with the surroundings." Taking Hinatsuru to the bathroom, Takeru washed his face and hands.
For Takeru, the earlier exercise amount wasn't even a warm-up, even with the special weights on.
It couldn't be helped. As his base attributes kept increasing, many simple exercises naturally couldn't continue to improve Takeru.
In comparison, for Takeru now, training Chakra or Nen were more effective in driving his attribute improvement.
After enjoying breakfast, Ebina, Rikka, Hinata, and the others soon arrived at Takeru's home.
As for Rikka, after experiencing the benefits of Takeru's Healing Magic, she had told her family yesterday she would come again today.
It's worth mentioning that although Hinata and the others had only trained for three or four days, under Takeru's high-intensity training, super powerful healing, and nutritional supplements from mutated animals, Ebina, Hinata, and the others' base attributes had slightly improved, and they also looked more energetic.
"Alright, change clothes. Training is about to start. And there will be one more member today." Looking at them, Takeru spoke gently.
Naturally, they knew Takeru meant Hinatsuru.
Soon, after arriving in the forest again, high-intensity training quickly began.
Compared to others, Takeru also arranged new training items for Miki and Rikka. Both had used Chakra Extraction Technique Scrolls, and after several days of extraction, they had gained a bit of Chakra. So Takeru had them do basic Chakra Training… tree climbing.
At first, they naturally kept falling. Through failure, their Chakra Control constantly improved.
As for Miu, Takeru taught her Nen Training: using Nen to change numbers and using Nen to wrap around a stone and hit another stone.
While everything was proceeding in an orderly manner, at noon, Takeru received a call from Ui.