My Anime Girlfriends

“Okay, I promise you, but you have to promise me three things,” Kusanagi Shizuru said.

"What? No way, you agreed to my request so easily? Uncle Kusanagi Shizuru, you're too easygoing," I thought to myself. Even after hearing his request, I didn't think I was at a disadvantage, so I immediately agreed.

After I agreed, Kusanagi Shizuru said, "Then from now on you will live in Kusanagi Castle. Kyo, have someone arrange a room for this young man." After saying that, he turned and went into the house.

Chapter 42 Ultimate Power Challenge

Time flies, and I've been in Kusanagi Castle for almost half a year. Today, as usual, I'm meditating in my training room, with Kusanagi Shizuru beside me. During this time, Kusanagi Shizuru has generously taught me all the Kusanagi techniques he knows, and I've mastered them all, achieving a thorough understanding. Kusanagi Shizuru couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement. Seeing my progress, the previously somewhat complacent Kusanagi Kyo has become even more diligent in his training!

Just as I closed my eyes to meditate, I felt a powerful force suddenly surge within me. The name of this force appeared in my mind: 'Ultimate Power'. Feeling the power within me, I smiled slightly and instantly contained all the power within myself.

However, Kusanagi Shizuru, who was sitting not far from me, had a different expression. Although the time I unleashed my power was very short, he still clearly felt it and unleashed the power of his peak Absolute Domain in an instant. The power that was originally difficult to grow was also slowly increasing. Because I completely withdrew my power, he returned to his previous state, and the fine wooden floor beneath him had already sunk deep and was covered with scale-like cracks.

"Master Shizuru, what's wrong?" I opened my eyes and asked Kusanagi Shizuru, who had a surprised look on his face.

"It's nothing, I just had a sudden realization!" Kusanagi Shizuru immediately regained his composure and looked at me slowly.

"Well then, congratulations...congratulations!" I said hastily with a smile.

"Uh-huh!" Kusanagi Shizuru nodded somewhat awkwardly.

Seeing his expression, I gave a slight bow and said, "By the way, Master Chai Zhou, I think it's time for me to take my leave!"

"Hmm...so fast!" Kusanagi Shizuru couldn't help but ask after hearing what I said.

"Because I promised Xiaowu that I would go back to see her once a year!" I said with a smile.

Hearing me say that, Kusanagi Shizuru asked in confusion, "Mai? Are you talking about Hanzo's granddaughter?"

“Yes!” I nodded immediately.

Hearing me say that, Chai Zhou fell into reminiscence, and then slowly asked, "You two shouldn't be that much different in age, right?"

I nodded and said, "Xiao Wu is three years younger than me!" As I said this, I couldn't help but think of Xiao Wu's cute face and smiled.

Seeing my reaction, Kusanagi Shizuru smiled slightly and said, "In that case, let me make the arrangements for you!"

"No need! I can tidy up myself," I said immediately.

Seeing my reaction, Kusanagi Shizuru took a gold card out of his pocket and handed it to me, saying, "In that case, please accept this!"

"What is this?" I asked, puzzled.

"With this card, you can spend freely anywhere in the world, and all the expenses will be paid by my Kusanagi Group!" Kusanagi Shizuru said with a relaxed expression.

"Well... thank you!" After thanking him, I took the card from his hand and casually stuffed it into my pocket.

"Come visit here whenever you have time. You haven't left the city in the past six months!"

"must!"

After saying goodbye to Kyo Kusanagi, I went to my room, packed my few belongings, and left the majestic Kusanagi Castle with my black travel bag on my back.

Three days later at noon, I looked at the wooden gate with the sign "Shiranui-ryu" on it and couldn't help but sigh. The distance that should have taken only a few hours to fly took me three days. Why am I so directionally challenged in this life? I should have asked Master Chai Zhou to send someone to sail it.

When I tried to push open the door, I found it was locked from the inside, which puzzled me. Why was it locked for no reason? So I knocked a few times, and soon a young man opened the door a crack, just big enough for one person to pass through. Seeing my travel-worn appearance, he cautiously asked, "Are you here to challenge or to learn?"

Hearing him ask that, I couldn't help but laugh and ask, "Is there a difference?"

“If you want a challenge, come tomorrow! My master is currently accepting challenges from others!” the boy said.

"Oh, what if it's through apprenticeship?" I asked with a smile.

"Please come in!" the young man said hastily, making room for me to pass.

After I went inside, I immediately smiled and said, "Thank you. By the way... what's your name?"

Hearing my question, the boy immediately perked up and said excitedly, "My name is Naruto Uzumaki, and my wish is to become Hokage... no... to become the strongest person in the Shiranui school!"

“Uzumaki Naruto? I feel like I’ve heard that name somewhere before!” I asked in a puzzled voice.

Hearing me say that, the boy actually pulled out a copy of "Naruto" from his training clothes, handed it to me, and said with a smile, "Really? Hehehe... Then you must not have read this manga! My name is the same as the protagonist's!" As he spoke, he fell into a daydream.

Seeing him like that, a bead of sweat immediately appeared on my forehead, and I smiled and said, "Haha... What a coincidence!"

Then, under Naruto's 'leadership', I arrived at the training ground. I saw that the ground was full of all sorts of people. Some of them were wearing Shiranui-ryu training uniforms and standing on one side. Most of these people were teenagers. The people standing on the other side were either dressed in strange clothes or had ferocious expressions. They must have come with ill intentions. My master, Shiranui Hanzo, was standing in the middle of the group. Not far behind him were two other boys. One was Mai, whom I hadn't seen for a year, and the other was a boy with blond hair wearing a white training uniform.

A challenger who looked more like a villain in both stature and appearance stepped forward first and said, "Today it's my turn to challenge you, old man! I want to see if your so-called ninjutsu is really that powerful!"

After he finished speaking, my master, Hanzo Shiranui, immediately said, "What young people learn is their own choice; I have not forced them to!"

The burly man immediately retorted, "You old codger, how dare you say that? If it weren't for your disciple, what's-his-name Tian, ​​drawing that bullshit ninja manga, my dojo wouldn't have declined day by day, and my disciples wouldn't have gone off to learn that bullshit ninjutsu! Today I'm going to prove that ninjutsu is only that powerful in manga! Die, you stinking old man!" With that, he charged towards Hanzo Shiranui.

Seeing this, I couldn't help but shout, "Wait a minute!"

"Who is it?" the burly man who had been stopped shouted angrily.

As he turned his head, I walked directly past him to stand in front of him, bowed to Hanzo Shiranui, and said, "Master, I'm back!"

"Xiao Tian...you're back! Are you alright?" Shiranui Hanzo said with a slightly excited expression. After all, he had always been very good to me, even treating me like his grandson.

"Yes, Master! Leave the rest to me!" I nodded and said.

Seeing my reaction, Hanzo smiled and nodded, saying, "Alright, I'll teach you!"

"Brother Tian!" Mai Shiranui, standing behind Hanzo Shiranui, immediately shouted happily.

“Xiao Wu…” I said immediately with a smile.

"Die!!" Just as I was about to give Xiaowu a warm hug, the sweaty guy standing behind me, holding back his anger, raised his fist and charged over.

To everyone's astonishment, I made the hand seals for activating the 'Shadow Clone' ninjutsu. Then, another version of myself suddenly appeared behind me, and a ball of flame instantly appeared in 'my' hands, unleashing a 'Demon Burn' attack on the charging giant.

"Ah...!" The sweaty man screamed and flew away instantly after being hit. His body was surrounded by flames, and he quickly suffered minor burns. If the challengers hadn't done their best to put out the fire, the consequences would have been just that simple.

As soon as 'I' finished speaking, it disappeared, leaving me standing there in the hand seal pose.

Almost all the boys stared at me with bright eyes, muttering, "Shadow clones!!"

Seeing this effect, I lowered my hands, which were still forming hand seals, and said to the remaining challengers, "Don't waste time... come at me all at once!" In my mind, I thought, "I could easily achieve the clone effect with my footwork and speed, but it would be difficult to add the 'Oni-yaki' move, since I would have to make two completely different poses. However, I have achieved the effect I wanted."

Chapter 43 Fiancée

After finally managing to shoo away my group of boys (who seemed to be fourteen years old themselves), I found Mai Shiranui hiding in her room. However, she was very indifferent and completely ignored me. When she saw me come in, she immediately snorted and turned her face away. I immediately asked in confusion, "Mai, what's wrong? Are you unhappy that I'm back?"

"Hmph!" Mai Shiranui said again.

Seeing her like this, I smiled slightly, took a bell made of rubies and connected by red silk thread from my pocket, placed it in front of her and shook it gently, saying, "Alright, this is what I bought for Xiaowu!" As I spoke, I gently shook the bell in my hand.

As the crisp sound rang out, Mai Shiranui's gaze was immediately drawn to me. She looked at the item in my hand with her bright eyes and asked me excitedly, "Brother Tian, ​​is this really for me?" As she spoke, she looked at the bell in my hand with longing eyes, her attitude completely different from before.

"Of course!" I nodded and said.

"Thank you, Brother Tian!" Mai Shiranui immediately jumped up to me happily, hugged my neck, and clung to me.

Holding Mai Shiranui's unusually small body in my arms, and sensing the change in her attitude, I smiled slightly and asked, "Mai, can you tell me now what happened to you before? Why was the teacher ignoring me?"

Upon hearing my question, Mai Shiranui immediately pouted her cute little lips and said, "Who called you Brother Tian? He got into a fight with someone and ignored me as soon as he came back."

Hearing her say that, I realized that the little girl was jealous. I quickly smiled and said, "Oh, I see. I'm sorry, Xiao Wu! Brother Tian promises... it won't happen again!"

"Really?" Xiao Wu pouted and asked me.

"I promise!" I said with a smile.

"Brother Tian, ​​this is so nice!" Mai Shiranui hugged me happily when she heard me say that.

After I put down 'Koala' Mai Shiranui, I asked, "By the way, Mai, who was that blond disciple standing behind Master today?"

Hearing my question, Mai Shiranui thought for a moment and said, "Well... his name is Andy, and he's the same age as Tian-gege. Grandpa said he has good talent, so he made him his disciple. But he's far inferior to Tian-gege!" As she spoke, she looked at me with eyes that said, "Tian-gege is the best."

Seeing her like that, I immediately laughed and said, "Hehe...you little rascal!"

at dusk

"Master, I've arrived!" I said, bowing to Hanzo Shiranui as I led Mai Shiranui into the quiet room where only Hanzo Shiranui was present.

After I finished speaking, Shiranui Hanzo said, "Well, Xiaotian, I called you here... to find out about your training progress recently, and also to introduce you to a junior brother!" As he spoke, he called out to the side, "Andy!" As soon as he finished speaking, the door on the right side of the quiet room was opened, and Andy came out.

"My name is Andy Berg, nice to meet you!"

"My name is Dong Tian, ​​and I am your senior brother. Please take care of me!"

"I want to challenge my senior brother!" Andy said to me with a serious expression.

"A challenge? No need!" I laughed.

After I finished speaking, Andy clenched his fist tightly and said seriously, "You must!" As he spoke, he couldn't help but think of the amazing 'shadow clone' technique that I used to defeat all the challengers at noon.

Seeing his expression, I sighed softly and asked, "Then... tell me, can you use the power of the Absolute Domain?"

When I asked him that, Andy paused for a moment and muttered, "Absolute Territory?" He then shook his head weakly.

Seeing him shake his head, I said calmly, "You've already seen my martial arts skills, so do you still think you can beat me with just your few immature Bajiquan moves?" After saying that, I unleashed a powerful aura, causing Andy to stumble back several steps and fall to the ground, his face turning pale rapidly.

As I withdrew my aura, Andy was already sweating profusely with his hands on the ground, breathing heavily. I calmly said, "Two years. I'll give you two years. If you still can't withstand my aura after two years, then I'll clean up the mess for my master."

As I finished speaking, Andy's tears flowed involuntarily. He couldn't help but think about why he had come here. He had been so eager to become stronger, yet he couldn't even withstand the aura of others, let alone take revenge. Thinking of this, he suddenly stood up, looked at me, and shouted, "Two years from now, I will not only withstand your aura, but one day... I will defeat you!" After saying that, he ran out.

After Andy left, I bowed slightly to Hanzo Shiranui and said, "Master, please forgive my behavior just now!"

Shiranui Hanzo nodded slightly and said, "It's alright, I know you're doing this for his own good. By the way, Xiaotian, tell me what you've been doing this past year? And what's the deal with that ninja manga?"

"Thank you, Master! After I left the Shiranui-ryu, I first went to the Kyokugen-ryu... That's how I learned the Kusanagi-ryu style of kung fu and returned here!" After Shiranui Hanzo finished speaking, I slowly recounted my experiences over the past year, which made Shiranui Hanzo nod happily.

After I finished speaking, Hanzo Shiranui looked at me and said, "Xiao Tian, ​​your master wants to arrange a marriage for you. I wonder if you will agree!"

Hearing Hanzo Shiranui say this, I couldn't help but look at him and ask in confusion, "Engaged?"

“Yes!” Hanzo Shiranui nodded and said.

"But... I'm only fourteen!" I couldn't help but feign innocence when I saw how certain he was.

"It's okay, it will grow up!" Hanzo Shiranui said with a smile.

Seeing the smiling Shiranui Hanzo, I thought to myself, since I am his most valued disciple, this marriage shouldn't be with a woman from another sect. It's most likely Shiranui Mai. With that thought, I lowered my head and said, "I'll leave it to Master to decide!"

Upon hearing this, Shiranui Hanzo immediately said happily, "Alright, then Xiaotian, I want you to marry my granddaughter Xiaowu, do you agree?"

Hearing Hanzo's words, I turned my gaze to Mai Shiranui beside me. She was looking down, a shy expression on her face, her small hands fidgeting with the hem of her clothes. Sensing my gaze, she immediately lowered her head even further. Seeing this, I smiled slightly and deliberately spoke hesitantly, "Master, this… Mai, although we grew up together, how can I marry her…?"

Sensing my hesitation, Mai Shiranui immediately looked at me with a worried expression, her face filled with sadness, as if she was afraid I wouldn't agree. It was hard to believe she was only an 11-year-old girl.

Under her worried gaze, I spoke up: "Well... although I'm willing... will Xiaowu agree?"