章 2: The So-Called Life Starts From Learning to Hold an Umbrella for Oneself or Others!

"Why did you give your umbrella to him?" Umibozu was puzzled.

"Because I already have someone who can hold an umbrella for me?" Kouka asked with a smile. Then she turned her head to the window and took a puff of the pipe in her hand. "His life starts from learning to hold an umbrella for himself or others."

...

Kawaki had already been in this place called Earth for a month. Kawaki gradually learned that the country he was in was called Japan, and now there was war everywhere.

However, Kawaki was not interested in these things. What he wanted to know the most now was what the [life] that Kouka asked him to find was. Therefore, Kawaki did not stop. When he caught someone, he asked what it was.

However, most people did not care about him when they saw that he was a child. They smiled and asked him to leave. There were very few people who replied to him with different purposes. Kawaki also gradually knew that [A Person] was not a simple creature. He also gradually knew that [A Person's Life] was not something delicious or specific.

Today, as usual, Kawaki carried a much taller umbrella than himself. He caught passers-by and asked them what [A Life] was, but as usual, few people answered him.

Kawaki walked for a while. The sky slowly began to rain. The pedestrians on the road gradually became fewer and fewer. Soon, there was no one in the range of Kawaki's eyes. The rain was getting heavier and heavier. Seeing this, Kawaki had to hold up the umbrella.

"It seems that today's luck is really good," a smiling and gentle-sounding man's voice sounded behind Jiang Cheng, "Not only did I pick up a [ghoul], but also a lost [little rabbit].".

Kawaki turned around and saw a long-haired man with a smile on his face leading a silver-haired boy with a sword in his arms.

"It seems that it is not just a simple [Little Rabbit]." Yoshida Shouyou continued, "I heard that there was a child carrying an umbrella who always asked people passing by what [life] was. It seems that it is you."

"It's all wet." Kawaki pointed at the two of them.

"Then can we hold your umbrella together?" Yoshida Shouyou said with a smile.

Kawaki lowered his head and thought quietly for a while. Then he raised his head and nodded seriously because he did not feel any danger from this man.

Then Yoshida Shouyou pulled the silver-haired child to Kawaki. Yoshida Shouyou bent down and stretched out his hand. Kawaki understood what he meant and handed the umbrella to him without hesitation.

"Since you handed the umbrella to me, the answer of [life] you want to know has begun." Yoshida Shouyou took the umbrella with one hand and touched Kawaki's head with the other.

Kawaki tilted his head and seemed to be confused.

At this time, Yoshida Shouyou continued, "If you want to know what the so-called [life] is, come with us. One day, you will understand what the so-called [life] is."

After Shouyou finished speaking, he held the umbrella and walked forward. The silver-haired natural curly boy with a sword followed him and looked back at Kawaki from time to time.

After thinking for a few seconds, Kawaki made up his mind and followed.

Just like this, an adult and two children held the same umbrella and gradually disappeared in the rain...

.....

"What is your name?" The silver-haired, naturally curly-haired boy spoke first.

"Kawaki."

This was the first time Kawaki had interacted with a child of his age.

"Kawaki? What a simple name…. My name is Sakata Gintoki. How old are you?" the silver-haired youth said nonchalantly.

"Seven years old," Kawaki replied seriously.

"Seven years old? Sigh, just like me. Do you have any interest? Manga, game names, and the like." Gintoki continued to ask.

This question immediately caught Kawaki off guard. Kawaki thought for a moment, but could not come up with an answer.

"Don't tell me you're not even interested?" Gintoki seemed to have seen something strange.

"Life. This is something that I am interested in." Kawaki raised his little face and replied with a straight face.

"Pfft! What kind of interest is that? Didn't anyone tell you that the so-called [life] isn't an item?"

"I know. I asked a lot of people, and some people were willing to answer me, but the answers of those who were willing to answer were different. Why is that?" Kawaki still asked seriously.

Shouyou listened to the conversation between the two little ones behind him and smiled quietly, but he did not say anything.

"But I think I should teach you something. For example, if someone asks you about your interest, you can answer it like this." Gintoki waved at Kawaki and winked.

Kawaki understood and leaned over. Then, Gintoki whispered something into Kawaki's ear.

"Search, I understand."

After listening, Kawaki had a look of understanding on his face.

"Yo, now the exercise is over." Gintoki nodded with gratification, "Kawaki, may I ask what your interest is?"

"Of course, it's a Beep-" However, before Kawaki could say the last few words, he was punched in the head by Shouyou.

"Ouch ouch ouch!" The two little ones covered their heads and said at the same time.

"Gintoki, don't teach Kawaki those things that you don't have!" Although Shouyou still had a smile on his face, the veins on his face were twitching. "And Kawaki, don't let others define your [life]. Be it your interest or the things you like or hate. These are all your [life]."

"Yes, sir!" Gintoki said.

"I understand!" Kawaki said.

Just like that, the three of them continued on their way. Along the way, the three of them walked and stopped. As for the man called Shouyou, Kawaki felt a warm feeling like Kouka from him for some reason. Unconsciously, he wanted to trust him.

....

One month, two months, three months... The three of them never stopped. Just like this, both Gintoki and Kawaki asked Shouyou where the destination of the journey was. However, Shouyou always had a smile on his face. "The journey of" life "has no end."

Kawaki learned a lot, such as some common sense of life and learning to ridicule from Gintoki. Kawaki knew that there was a person named "warrior" in this country, and Shouyou was a "warrior".

...

A year later.

"From today on, let's settle down here!"

One day, Shouyou suddenly said this.

"What are you suddenly saying? Didn't you say that there is no end to the journey of life?" Gintoki crazily ridiculed.

"Yes, yes, yes. This is the second point I want to say. In life, we must learn to stop and enjoy the beautiful scenery." As Shouyou spoke, he looked at the group of children playing around the farmland under the setting sun.

"It doesn't matter to me. It's up to you. What about you, Kawaki?" Gintoki stood there with his hands behind his back and said indifferently. He then looked at Kawaki, who was still carrying the light blue umbrella on his back.

"Me too," Kawaki replied.

After a year, Kawaki's appearance had changed a lot. He had grown taller and more handsome. His hair had originally grown longer and longer, but it had been simply trimmed by Shouyou. Moreover, he had tied a single ponytail.

Gintoki ridiculed him more than once. If there were a cross scar on his face, then it would be a proper Rurouni Kenshin.

In fact, during the journey of a year, Kawaki had also learned how to fight from Gintoki. Although compared to Gintoki, Kawaki was stronger, and his physical fitness was ridiculously strong, he was always fooled by some of Gintoki's tricks.

For example, while fighting, Gintoki suddenly pointed behind Kawaki and said, "There's a plane over there!"

The result was… obvious.

However, Kawaki gradually became smarter. Airplanes and spaceships could no longer fool him. Now, Gintoki needed to be at least a UFO or a meteorite level to attract Kawaki's attention.

"What kind of intelligence is this? I can't tell at all."

Gintoki once secretly asked Shouyou about Kawaki's body, but Shouyou did not give Gintoki an accurate answer. He only said that Kawaki was an endangered species in the universe and was in danger that he might be the only one left.

At the same time, Gintoki found that Kawaki was different from ordinary people. In the middle of every month, Kawaki would fall into a deep sleep. Every time he slept, it would be one to three days. During this time, Shouyou carried Kawaki on his back. —-Shouyou once told Gintoki that this was the habit of Kawaki's race.

Other than that, Gintoki also found that it was like a coincidence. Whenever Kawaki fell asleep, his and Shouyou's luck would become especially good. For example, when they were hungry, a' food magazine 'would suddenly appear on the road.

....

[Foreign Voice: Shouldn't there be food? Does a food magazine appear to cause a ruckus? Is this really called good luck? Won't it make your stomachs even hungrier?! Could it be that if you want plum blossoms to quench your thirst, you can just ask for them??? Besides, is it really good for an author to write like this? Won't the readers be angry?]

[Author: Everyone, please wait a moment. This external voice looks like it has malfunctioned. I will fix it a little. ]

Just like that, on a dark and windy night, in the room where the author was in, the screams of a certain [Foreign Voice] could be heard in a radius of ten miles.

A certain author lit a cigarette after lighting it up and looked at [Foreign Voice], who was hugging the quilt and sobbing, and said, "Come on, have you become smarter this time?"

[Foreign Voice: *Hearing the sound, he stopped sobbing immediately and nodded heavily*]

...

Just like that, in this remote countryside, a private school named "Matsushita Village School" was born. As time passed, the reputation of Matsushita Village School gradually spread around.

It is said that a warrior with two children opened a private school. He did not accept any money and personally educated the children of poor families. And this warrior is the Yoshida Shouyou of Matsushita Village School...