Nagato Kagutsuchi: The Dawn
Ch. 52 - Early Training
"Nagato, if you have fully recovered, grandfather will train you but for now grandfather wants to see grandfather train Litha and if you feel bored then do some fine breathing!" Hyogoro's grandfather advised Nagato who was caught doing push-ups with one hand so that Grandpa Hyogoro scolded the unhealed young man for breaking bones in his left hand and left leg.
"I'm tired of waiting, damn my left hand how many more heals?!" nagato's inner self was upset that she could not follow the training with Litha.
When Grandpa Hyogoro was training Litha, Nagato did a smooth and basic breathing to fill his free time, and it did not feel like two weeks had passed, nagato's left hand can be moved even though for him there is still pain in between his bones, but that is not a reason for him not to practice.
Azai, Kuina and Serlin continued to practice controlling the aura of her body in order to extract and manipulate the aura as they pleased, Kuina was already able to use Tenkai even though the girl always failed to control it continuously, azai and Serlin were still trying to control the aura coming out of their bodies.
On the other hand, Grandpa Hyogoro invited Litha and Nagato to go to the tenth layer forest which was quite far from the middle of Grandpa Hyogoro's forest residence, although it was still included in the safe zone, the tenth layer of the forest was also quite dangerous because of the many ferocious beasts and poison herbs present there, they both followed Grandpa Hyogoro who went with the two of them to guide the path towards the tenth layer forest.
Hyogoro's grandfather steps into the forest, Litha and Nagato follow him from behind, at first both Litha and Nagato could follow Grandpa Hyogoro without any difficulty but after entering the second and third layer the speed of Grandpa Hyogoro's soundless footsteps grew even faster to the distance between Grandpa Hyogoro and Litha and Nagato was getting away.
Seeing Grandpa Hyogoro who was getting farther and more invisible, Nagato tried to feel the presence of living things around him, while processing breathing but the existence of Grandpa Hyogoro was not felt.
"Nagato, I'm tired!" litha said with a breath of breath.
"I didn't hear a sound when Grandpa Hyogoro ran even in my eyes he looked like he was walking, how could he be like that?!" reply Nagato who stopped in front of Litha while frowning his forehead as they were both left behind by Grandpa Hyogoro.
"I can't burden Nagato, I've decided this!" inner Litha who looked at Nagato's back from behind.
Nagato was a little annoyed that his strength was still not strong enough and was still weak but he had no choice but to try.
"Come, Nagato!" Litha again invited Nagato to run after his breathing returned to normal.
Nagato ran beside Litha and followed the rhythm of the little girl's speed and harmonized it, one thing that makes Nagato a little confused is that the lightning that always surrounds his body when he processes the smooth breathing is now not out of his body.
Litha and Nagato continued to enter the fifth layer of the Cakrawyuha Forest and headed towards the sixth layer, but they both had yet to see Grandpa Hyogoro whose existence was somewhere.
"Naagato! I feel like there's someone up ahead!" litha shouted beside Nagato while looking intently at a person who looked blurry in his eyes due to the distance he saw quite far away.
Nagato frowned because he could not see what Litha saw.
"Isn't that ... " Nagato narrowed his eyes when the person Litha meant was a stranger to the two of them.
The meadow was in the tenth layer, Grandpa Hyogoro intended to take the two of them there, while now Grandpa Hyogoro was in the seventh layer, when he looked back, looking back, Hyogoro's grandfather only realized because Litha and Nagato were no longer behind him, then Grandpa Hyogoro paused while waiting for Litha and Nagato followed and then he said "You two, you two, can't it move faster?" Hyogoro's grandfather looked back at Litha and Nagato who were overwhelmed chasing after him.
"Am I this weak!" inner Nagato while trying to catch his breath back.
"Grandfather is too fast, isn't this too much!" sahut Litha who saw Grandpa Hyogoro was looking at himself and Nagato who were overwhelmed chasing after Grandpa Hyogoro.
"Didn't you two ask me to be your teacher, remember there is no free science in the world, even if it's free you have to go through the trials to learn this science!" Grandpa Hyogoro smiled as he stepped his legs back and left the two of them.
"Don't underestimate me!" Nagato was upset about his weak-looking self then he ran after Grandpa Hyogoro with hasty steps and irregular breathing. Litha tried to follow Nagato from behind.
When Nagato and Litha almost reached the tenth layer, the two of them stopped to catch their breath.
"Dragon-."
Unfinished Litha spoke Nagato's name, the little girl realized that there was one red-colored light that shot rapidly towards the sky that stretched across the night sky, when the red light reached a high place, there was a loud explosive sound coupled with a bright light, after which it began to disappear, there was a message of fire in the sky aimed at Litha and Nagato.
"From Grandpa!" said Litha who was reading the fire message.
"Tenth layer? Meadow, we both already remember the way home?!"
Nagato's eyes widened as he read the fire messages addressed to him and Litha, messages from Grandpa Hyogoro telling him to find his own way home and return to the middle of the forest where they lived, the message also reminded that never underestimate the Cakrawyuha Forest.
The moon illuminated the Cakrawyuha Forest with its moonlight, Litha and Nagato were confident enough that they both remembered the way back to Grandfather Hyogoro's residence in the middle of the Cakrawyuha Forest.
"Litha, haven't we crossed this road!" Nagato pointed at the tree he had seen and was marked for having been passed but the two of them just continued to twist without direction and aim like they were lost in a labyrinth ready to pounce on them. The more it enters the new layer, the more difficult it will be to get out of the Cakrawyuha Forest which will be the place where Litha and Nagato grow.
"Nagato, are we lost!" suhut Litha because the little girl felt something was strange, then the two of them returned to the vast grassland where they met Grandpa Hyogoro.
"It looks like we're lost!" Nagato closed both eyes with his right palm, as he did not expect to be a person who did not know the direction.
Litha sat down to calm herself down, as the two of them were thinking of a way to return, suddenly there were dozens of Vast Beasts eating animals inhabiting the safe zone layer passing in front of the two of them.
"Nagato, isn't this a safe zone?!" Litha stood up then increased her vigilance as dozens of Green Wolf Beast were passing by leisurely in front of her.
Hyogoro's grandfather who gave the exam to the two of them also didn't realize something like this would come. Because according to him the tenth layer of the forest is a safe place and there will be no Beast that comes to the layer.
Dozens of Green Wolves stared at Litha and Nagato, then the Beast tried to attack them both by biting.
"The Wolf ... "
Nagato dodged every bite attack of tens of Green Wolves as hard as he could in addition to being three times larger than his body, the mouth of the Green Wolf could let out a dense ball-shaped wind.
Nagato held onto Litha's hand and pulled her to run as hard as he could when dozens of wolves started chasing after her, while speeding up his footsteps without her noticing herself getting into the eleventh layer of the forest.
"My sword?" Nagato recalled his sword he was staying at Grandpa Hyogoro's house, a situation that was beyond Nagato and Litha's expectations.
"Nagato, how's this?" Litha was afraid because she had also just started training and did not expect to be dealing directly with a situation like this.
"Litha, there'll definitely be a way out!" Nagato thought for a moment while not lowering his guard in the slightest as dozens of Green Wolves drew closer to him.
"Litha, can you make a fire?!" nagato asked Litha calmly.
"Can, with wood, right?" reply Litha while looking at Nagato who was clasping her hands.
"Yes" Nagato replied briefly then himself trying to distract the Green Wolf.
Litha retreated a few steps back to pick up the dry wood, the dried leaves and some dry twigs that had fallen on the ground.
"I'll distract them, in the meantime you'll have to make a fire!" nagato orders Litha to go forward and try to attack dozens of Beast and lure them to chase after him.
"Successful!" Nagato continued to run through some trees with lots of dry wood and dry twigs for him to take and collect in one place in the Grassland.
"They keep chasing me, I should have been looking for an easier way to defeat them!" nagato Inner who kept running gathered some dry wood, after a lot of dry wood had gathered, Nagato glanced at Litha who was trying to make a fire by swiping between wood and wood.
Nagato realized such a way required so much energy that part of him felt guilty to Litha for having told the little girl to make fire.
"I will buy time until the fire is lit!" inner Nagato who was dealing with dozens of Green Wolf Beast.
Nagato stared coldly at the wolf in front of him, trying to find a gap but was unable to find the gap.
Nagato remained silent for a while, while breathing in, he remained calm and looked at the green wolf that surrounded him and glanced at Litha who was still trying to start a fire.
"Do I have to run away with Litha when Grandpa Hyogoro gives me this test?" His breathing began to disorganize thinking about the number of Beast Flesh he was facing, Nagato frowned and raised his eyebrows, his facial expression actually looked angry, his eyes were colder than usual.
The night passed and Nagato was still facing off against dozens of Green Wolves, seeing Nagato who was silent dozens of Green Wolves let out a dense wind from his mouth that shot rapidly towards Nagato.
"Damn! Am I this weak!" Nagato cursed in his heart for being helpless against the Green Wolf and he just kept dodging and escaping.
Nagato glanced at Litha who had already lit the fire quickly Nagato hit the head of one of the Green Wolves hard enough then he picked up a log and ran towards Litha to burn the log.
"Quickly you run first anti I'll catch up with you!" Nagato set fire to a log and ran slowly towards the Green Wolf.
"Naagato ... " Litha was still confused by Nagato's actions.
Nagato was in the middle of the pile of wood he had gathered, with a burning log that he was holding, Nagato smiled faintly as dozens of Green Wolves surrounded him.
The Green Wolf that Nagato struck let out a dense wind towards him, Nagato dodged the attack and threw the burning log into the dense wind, causing the fire to quickly spread and burn the Green Wolf behind Nagato.
The burning Green Wolf retaliated against the attack of one of the Green Wolves which let out a dense wind towards it until the two of them fought each other.
Nagato did not miss the opportunity, so he took the burning wood and threw it at the pile of dry wood he had collected, quickly spreading the fire around the Green Wolf.
It had not been able to realize what had just happened that a huge fire spread and spread rapidly in the Grasslands to make dozens of Green Wolves burn, Nagato quickly held Litha's hand and took the little girl away from the fire.
Litha frowned because according to the little girl the way Nagato was quite sadistic and damaged the habitat of the Cakrawyuha Forest. When the fire grew bigger arrived - suddenly the Semar Pouch plant released water with a rush that flowed from its pocket to be able to extinguish the fire that burned the Grassland.
Nagato and Litha were surprised to see the pile of burnt Green Wolf corpses clearly visible, but what made them even more surprised was the Pouch of Semar that was able to bring out water that was like heavy rain so easily.