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  A melee was immi!

  Konan's hands moved with lightning speed, f seals. "Paper Release: Thousand Paper Shuriken!"

  A torrent of paper shot forth, transf into a deadly storm of senbon needles, seemingly ign Shinnō's safety as it rained down indiscriminately.

  tless paper needles, interspersed with a staggering number of explosive tags, erupted from her paper wings, instantly suppressing the Sunagakure Shinobi guards below, their cries of agony eg across the ndscape.

  Shinnō—sprang into a, knog aside several Suna Genin who stood in his way before charging directly at Gojo Kaigetsu, ung a deadly assault.

  Shinnō's speed was impressive, but it wasn't enough to outpace the ever-vigint Might Guy.

  Might Guy khis wasn't some training exercise in the Academy. There was no referee here to call out "3, 2, 1, begin!"

  This was a battle to the death—Either the advisor die, or their enemies did.

  As a fellow Taijutsu user, Guy could sehat this muscle-bound oppo was strong—someone he o go all-out against, to burn his Youth to its fullest!

  "Eight Gates Release! Sixth Gate: Gate of Joy, Open!"

  Without hesitation, Might Guy instantly opened six gates, his chakra skyrocketing as his aura surged. Green steam erupted from his body.

  In Might Guy's perception, Shinnō charged towards him like an unstoppable mountain.

  Faced with su adversary, Guy didn't show a hint of fear. Instead, he was thrilled as he struck a pose, ready to meet Shinnō head-on.

  Uchiha Shisui wasn't about to stand idly by. He took a deep breath and rapidly formed hand seals.

  "Shadow e Jutsu!"

  Shisui opted to create a shadow e first, and then, in jun with his e, unleashed a fire jutsu to suppuy's attack.

  "Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu!"

  "Fire Release: Dragon Fme Release Song Teique!"

  Both Shisui and his e used Fire Release jutsu, sealing off Shinnō's possible escape routes.

  The enemy owerful, but Shisui was fident that through the bonds of friendship, they could prevail.

  "Iing."

  Shinnō was intrigued. This kid in green spandex—he was actually a user of the Eight Gates, just like him?

  Shinnō licked his lips, his eyes gleaming with a bloodthirsty light.

  Now things were getting iing. He decided to switch targets, prioritizing the destru of this you Gates user.

  To Shisui's surprise, Shinnō didn't even try to dodge, allowing his Great Fireball and Dragon Fme Song Teique to strike him directly. His charred muscles twisted and turned, rapidly healing at a visible rate.

  "Kid—Fire jutsu alone won't kill me!"

  "Eight Gates Release! Gate of Joy, Open!"

  Shinnō's chakra began to run wild, his muscles bulging even further, making him look like a small giant.

  He threw a straight punch, and Guy responded in kind, their fists colliding with a resounding crack.

  The force of the impact sent both their knuckles crag, the sound of bone fracturing clear and sharp.

  Guy grunted, enduring the pain, and rapidly threw a barrage of punches. "M Peacock!"

  Extremely fast taijutsu strikes created fri with the air, igniting into fmes. The shockwaves and the fiery aura bloomed in the air like a peacock's tail, striking Shinnō without mercy.

  bined with Shisui's Dragon Fme and Great Fireball, the sealed pace was filled with thick, bck smoke.

  "Will that work?"

  Might Guy backed away, his eyes wide like saucers, staring ily at the ter of the smoke.

  "Eight Gates Release! Seventh Gate: Gate of Wonder, Open!"

  "WATCH OUT!!!"

  Shisui's three-tomoe Sharingan spun rapidly.

  He barely had time tuy!!

  Before the smoke cleared, Shinnō burst out like a demon, moving at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye, smming into the on-guard Guy and sending him crashing into a distant wall.

  "Guh!"

  "Guy-san!" Shisui shouted anxiously, seeing the situation was dire. "Flicker Style!"

  Shisui formed hand seals, moving so fast that he seemed to create multiple afterimages of himself.

  The afterimages and Shisui's real body all wielded kunai, charging towards Shinnō.

  "Hmph—Pointless struggle!" Shinnō didn't even try to dodge, taking a punch from each afterimage.

  To his surprise, wheruck back, the afterimages didn't dissipate into smoke like shadow es.

  'Is this genjutsu?!'

  Whoosh!

  In a moment of carelessness, Shisui's razor-sharp kunai pierced Shinnō's heart.

  To ensure he was dead, Shisui viciously twisted the kunai a full 180 degrees. But…

  BOOOOMMMMM!

  Another powerful palm smmed into the log Shisui had used as a Substitution Jutsu, sending splinters flying.

  "Close one—What kind of monster is this guy? Why won't he die?"

  'Stay calm, Shisui! Observe your oppo!'

  The three-tomoe Sharingan focused on Shinnō's heart, which was now twisting with grotesque muscle movements. He observed the strange chakra flowing within Shinnō's body…

  Meanwhile, Might Guy painfully extricated himself from the wall, wiping the blood from his mouth. His eyes burned even brighter as his body began to emit a blue steam, the result of his sweat evaporating.

  "It's time to use that teique Gojo-sama taught me! This is the moment to make my youth burn even brighter!"

  "Konoha's Gree is no more! The Blue Beast has arrived!"

  "Transformation!"

  Oher side of the battlefield.

  Gojo Kaigetsu, following the principle of "a Hokage stays out of team fights," blended into the smoke caused by the collision of fire and paper, casually approag Hiruzen, who was in the process of breaking the Ryūmyaku seal.

  'What is Shinnō's role, anyway?'

  'Is he qualified to fight on par with young Shisui and Might Guy? He's just a free XP delivery boy!'

  Gojo Kaigetsu thought Shinnō was just on fodder.

  The might of one's full-power, is another matter. For example, a certain Might Guy who almost ehe series with a single kick.

  But opening the Eighth Gate without any buffs? That was just suicide.

  And acc to the inal timeline, even when Might Duy opehe Eighth Gate, he only mao kill four of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.

  Of course, it ossible that Might Duy was just a Genin, while Might Guy was a Jonin when he did it. The power levels were different.

  Either way, that was irrelevant to Gojo Kaigetsu.

  All he knew was that Might Guy had almost destroyed a training ground during their sparring session. If he fought like that in Konoha, it would cause major losses.

  So, Gojo Kaigetsu decided to keep Might Guy around, to protect him.

  "This teique—perhaps it be used for mining?"

  Gojo Kaigetsu thought about it. The Eight Gates was really strong, but the side effects were too great.

  "Hmm, I o think of a way to solve the drawbacks of the Eight Gates…"

  "Fet it, I'll talk to Tsunade about it ter. She's a mediinja. She should know."

  Gojo Kaigetsu shook his head.

  He had more pressing matters to deal with.

  The Ryūmyaku was within reach.

  He could se. This power was her from the God Tree nor was it Natural Energy.

  "A ype of chakra~" Gojo Kaigetsu licked his lips, not avoiding anyone as he walked forward, calling out, "Everyone, be careful! obyl-style chakra, the Ryūmyaku, is about to explode!"

  Predictably—the se became chaotic, but some people still caught the key information - the Ryūmyaku was about to explode!

  Konan—who was still unleashing an endless barrage of paper attacks, paused after unleashing o, extra-rge, multi-yered paper shuriken to block Baki's path.

  She fpped her paper wings and swooped down towards the Ryūmyaku seal.

  "Lord Hiruzen, I have succeeded!" A purple glow spread along the Ryūmyaku seal, f twisted, serpentine lihat crawled up Hiruzen's arm, all the way to his face.

  "No!!!"

  Baki's anguished and furious roar echoed through the chamber.

  The dazzling Ryūmyaku chakra erupted.

  Having been sealed for decades, the Ryūmyaku's chakra burst forth like a volo, engulfing Hiruzen, Konan, and Gojo Kaigetsu.

  Everything around them was instantly swallowed by the light.

  A gentle breeze blew, as if nothing had happened.

  Only the Ryūmyaku's opening, now devoid of any chakra fluctuations, remained, like sand flowing into the desert.

  In that moment, Baki felt like his heart had been shattered.

  The en-year development pn for Sunagakure, gone, just like that…

  Objectively speaking, this was not a matter ht . It was simply a matter of perspective.

  Then, a Sunagakure ninja rushed in.

  It was Kare, the Jonio request reinforts.

  "Kazekage-sama! Akasuna no Sasori has attacked the prison! He's summohe One Hundred Puppets and the Third Kazekage puppet! He's trying to take the Oail jinchuriki! ōtani-buchō is—holding him off. Please, hurry!"

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