On the 173rd day, the girls finally gave birth and gave Kenshin the long-awaited tenth level. The son from Natsumi was named Eleventh, and from Aya — Twelfth. Both had a "talent level" of twenty units. But Kenshin was so shocked that he did not even congratulate the two moms on the birth of such wonderful babies and did not tell them the talent level.
Immediately after the birth of the twelfth, Kenshin received a notification and saw text before his eyes:
[Congratulations. You have reached the 10th level and unlocked the ability "Patriarch Mind"]
"What?! Patriarch Mind?" Kenshin mentally exclaimed and immediately opened the "status" window.
Name: Nakayama Kenshin
Age: 21
Level: 10
Class: Patriarch
Available: 1 skill point
Skills:
Harem Master (MAX)
Will of Patriarch (MAX)
Patriarch Mind (MAX)
Talented Offspring [Level 6]
Create Refuge [Level 2]
Formation Creation [Level 4]
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After a quick look at the status, he invested the free skill point into "Talented Offspring" and then found a brief description of the new ability and could not contain joyful surprise.
Patriarch Mind: — Grants the Patriarch absolute immunity to mind control and interference. Grants absolute memory as well as minor telekinesis abilities. Increases the radius of telepathic connection by 20 meters per level. Accelerates thinking and analysis speed as well as improves the Patriarch's telepathic abilities. Now telepathy is not limited only to descendants but can be applied to all intelligent beings within range.
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"Hm, I didn't even notice how my brain changed, and now for some reason I remember absolutely everything that happened to me after arriving in this world and almost nothing from my previous life… Damn, I even remember the smell of the old mattress in Aya's house and the sensation of stepping in bear shit when Natsumi and I were walking home…" Kenshin thought, belatedly noticing that the world around seemed to freeze, and after his sudden "distraction" no more than a second had passed.
"What a beautiful baby, Aya. Twelfth, don't cry, this is your mom…" Kenshin said, suddenly "returning" from his reverie.
"By the way, girls, this time you gave birth to wonderful children; both have a talent indicator of twenty units, guaranteed Chunin!" Kenshin congratulated both moms.
As soon as Natsumi and Aya heard this wonderful news, both kissed their children on their bald heads and pressed them to their breasts, after which the quiet sound of smacking sucking was heard.
Kenshin smiled and turned around, left the room, not wanting to distract the two moms from feeding, giving them a little rest, and headed to the gym to test the new ability.
As soon as he entered and looked at Sixth throwing shuriken, time around instantly slowed down, and Kenshin saw Sixth move his right shoulder and reach into a small vest pocket for another shuriken, slowly take it out, and even more slowly swing and throw.
When Kenshin focused on the flying shuriken, everything around slowed down even more, and all four sharp edges were visible on the flying shuriken. Kenshin noted with surprise that he could adjust the degree of "time slowing" up to quite large values. But the stronger he "slowed" time or "accelerated" perception, the more his brain strained, and after ten seconds of maximum "slowing" his head began to hurt, and he returned to standard perception, massaging his temples.
Seeing their father enter, Sixth, Fourth, and Seventh stopped their activities and approached him, respectfully greeting.
"Do not get distracted, continue training, I just came to watch." he said with a smile and patted Fourth on the back.
"Yes, father." Fourth said as the oldest and strongest of all the children present and turned around; the trio returned to their activities.
Kenshin increasingly got used to the unpleasant thought of differences in children's status. On one hand, he wanted to treat everyone equally, and on the other, he sensibly understood that it was simply impossible. With the increasing number of children, it would not be possible to devote even 5 minutes to each, but he was not going to be unfair.
He did not think that with such huge love of brothers for each other, they could develop dislike or hatred for their brothers, but in any case he intended to strictly suppress such antics and was not going to see "ugly ducklings" in his house; in his opinion, even the most untalented son deserved normal treatment and all the benefits of the hideout, be it the best food or blue sage decoctions.
Focusing on his thoughts, Kenshin suddenly felt strange fluctuations, like ethereal interference. Not understanding what was happening, he turned toward the "interference" and saw Tenth sitting against the wall, who had just entered.
Kenshin looked more closely at his son, and the "interference" gradually became more understandable, turning into strongly fragmented thoughts and experiences. It was difficult for him to filter the stream of random thoughts of his younger son, but he caught several main ones. The main thought was that Tenth considered himself a worthless son because Ninth, born at the same time as him, had already learned to concentrate chakra on his feet and walk on walls, while he still could not.
Suddenly Kenshin felt something strange, as if intuitively understanding what to do. He looked at Fourth doing push-ups from the floor, wearing chakra suppression bracers to keep his base physical form in ideal condition, thereby enhancing it from chakra nourishment.ding chakra.
"Fourth, come here" — he said via telepathic connection. With the current radius of telepathic connection, he could call any of the sons, but decided that Fourth would be more than enough for what he had in mind.
"Did something happen, father?" asked the approaching Fourth, seeing Tenth sitting on the bench, who was also looking at his father in surprise.
"Nothing. Sit next to Tenth and do not move." Kenshin commanded, and both sons complied without delay.
As soon as they sat down, Kenshin extended both hands and placed them on each of their heads. In theory, he could do this without touching, but he had absolutely no experience, so tactile contact for better perception of electromagnetic impulses in the brain was necessary.
"Fourth, your task is to think only about what you feel when concentrating chakra in your feet; during the whole process concentrate chakra and think only about that." Kenshin instructed him, then looked at Tenth and said:
"And your task is to assimilate the information. Relax your mind and go with the flow, do not be afraid, and focus on the sensations, try to remember what you feel. This will be useful to you."