Chapter 58

They sat for about half an hour, and all this time Kenshin was thinking about the situation. On the one hand, it was extremely dangerous, and on the other hand, great danger bordered on a huge opportunity.

In the end, he decided that he could not miss such an opportunity, and after dinner he sent the girls to the bedroom, and he gathered all his sons in the gym, standing them in one row.

- Ichiro, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth. Get a good night's sleep, tomorrow morning you have a combat mission. Kenshin commanded, folding his hands behind his back, pacing past the stunned sons.

- Everyone else – the safety of the home and mothers is on you. Is that clear? – He said, stopping abruptly, and turned to face them.

- Yes, Father! – Everyone answered in unison.

- I will inform you about the approximate plan tomorrow morning, as well as the specifics of the task. And now you are free! – He commanded, and everyone immediately went to their rooms.

Kenshin was surprised to notice the sons' tendency to discipline and obedience. Direct commands were not disputed, but only clarified and supplemented if they had something to say.

While everyone went to bed, Kenshin himself began to prepare for tomorrow's operation. First of all, he strengthened and strengthened several ropes, so that they would not break from raking huge stones from the rubble.

It took him only half an hour to strengthen the ropes, and he spent the rest of the night working on the already existing concept of an "exo-suit", which he himself dubbed it, because of similar properties.

In fact, the concept of this exo-suit was very primitive, and consisted in a tight one-piece suit, in the manner of a diver, on which multiple formations had to be applied, from strengthening to competent weight distribution.

And if he could do the strengthening of the suit in a few minutes, then there were small snags with the distribution of weight, especially competent. He spent half the night just sorting through the options for possible engineering solutions to the problem that arose, or simply crutches.

Some of the "crutches" could help lift a whole ton of weight, but they tried to break the formation and the suit, and then the spine of an inept and overly eager user.

Others, on the contrary, increased the carried weight by several tens of kilograms, but completely excluded the possibility of accidents that could lead to injury to the user.

Kenshin's task was to take the best of both options and create a formation with an acceptable amount of distributed weight, but without the risk of getting a spinal fracture.

By the very morning, he finally came up with a solution, and immediately jumped to the suit, wanting to put it into practice as soon as possible. He applied the key nodes of the formation with the help of telekinesis, but in those places where jewelry work was required, he had to work the old–fashioned way.

By eight in the morning, he finally finished, and immediately put on a suit, heading to the gym. According to his calculations, the suit could help him lift about three hundred kilograms, which would feel like sixty kilograms. The weight beyond three hundred kilograms had already ceased to "lighten", and if the user wanted to lift 340 kilograms, he had to be able to lift 100 kilograms. The suit in "extra" kilograms will no longer take any part, excluding the possibility of sudden malfunctions.

At least that's how it was conceived in theory. In order to test all this in practice, Kenshin pulled various barbells for about half an hour, checking the strength of the suit, and the smooth flow of energy in the nodes of the formation.

When all the measurements were taken, Kenshin breathed a sigh of relief, and fell on a long bench, leaning his back against the wall. He already had a sketch of a plan to rescue the trapped kunoichi, and for this he needed to play the role of "Prince charming"

He did not forget that all women treat him with friendliness by default, and decided that, coupled with the rescue from the trap, the effect would only increase, allowing him to get an extremely strong kunoichi at his disposal, without unnecessary problems.

At breakfast, Kenshin announced the purpose of the task, and brought his sons up to date on various aspects of the plans.

Plan A – assumed that the letter was not a fake, and the girl would accept help without resistance.

Plan B – assumed that the letter was still not a fake, but the girl would put up a little resistance, not wanting to go somewhere unknown with unknown people. In this case, it was prescribed to use the necessary force, without causing critical damage and even more murder.

Plan C – assumed that the letter was a fake, and then it was necessary to act according to the circumstances. If it was possible – to leave unnoticed, if not – the main thing is to save Kenshin.

Kenshin understood that it was not right to save his life by sacrificing the lives of his sons. However, he also understood that without him, their whole family would be doomed to death one way or another. Besides, like any person, he really wanted to live.

After breakfast, Kenshin told everyone to prepare the necessary equipment, and he went to take a nap. The sleepless night made itself felt. Besides, he felt that if they saved the girl a few hours later, it would be even better.

He absolutely did not want to interact with a strong kunoichi. No matter how cynical it might look, but an exhausted and tired kunoichi was preferable, at least to preserve the health of her sons.

At this moment in time, this girl was a stranger to him, whose life was worth much less than the life of any of his sons. And although he was sure that if she became his wife, sooner or later he would love her with all his heart, at the moment he did not feel any warm feelings for her.

After sleeping for six hours, Kenshin got up, took a shower, put on his exo-suit along with gloves, and the barely visible lines lit up with a pale blue light for half a second.

The sons were already ready, and worked out some points of interaction, divided into groups of 2 people according to the principle of age and growing up together. Ichiro was the only one without a partner, and served as a commander in the absence of his father.

After checking everything again, Kenshin took everyone outside, and they moved along the planned route.

- Kasumi did not give the exact coordinates of that place, only approximate. According to my calculations, it is seven kilometers east of our base. She reported that in the forest nearby there were traces of a battle, fallen trees, and loose earth. This should serve as a guide for the Konoha shinobi who will come to her aid.…

- The Fifth and Sixth can check the next few kilometers of forest. Ichiro suggested, and received approval from Kenshin.