After training all afternoon, Kyoichi didn’t talk much. He only offered advice when Might Guy asked questions, and Might Duy initially focused on push-ups but eventually joihe training session.
“Kyoichi-sensei, we train together again tomorrow?”
“I have csses iernoon tomorrow, but I’ll be training in the m. You joihen,” Kyoichi replied.
“Yes, sir!”
“Thank you so much, Kyoichi-sensei! Guy, see? There are teachers who don’t look down on you. This is what youth is all about!”
“Father!”
Might Duy’s eyes welled up with tears, and the two embraced and cried together once again.
Although it was just taijutsu, it held a different meaning for them.
Previously, no one paid attention to them, but now Kyoiot only didn’t disdain them but also willingly shared the taijutsu teiques he had “researched,” even expining the principles of power and chakra utilization.
Even if they might not use it all, the gesture deeply moved them.
Kyoichi was at a loss for words.
This father-and-son duo...
Weird. Yet admirable.
Might Duy, mocked as a perpetual genin, trained i aually mastered the Eight Gates. Most importantly, his resolve was one of prote.
In the end, Duy fulfilled his promise.
He opehe Eight Gates, saving Guy and the other two young shinobi while killing four of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
A true embodiment of the Will of Fire.
And Might Guy? He almost kicked his way to ending the story.
“Guy!”
“Father!”
“Ugh…” Kyoichi turned a silently.
Before departing, he g his system panel, where a prompt appeared.
[Taijutsu Lesson plete.]
[Evaluation: Good.]
[Reward Options:
1. Eight Gates – Gate of Life;
2. Seven Heavens Breathihod– Third Activation (choose one).]
Rewards?
Kyoichi was surprised.
Was this because Might Duy was among those he taught?
He couldn’t be sure, but he for further observation. For now, the choice was more pressing.
Both options were powerful.
The Eight Gates? He admired the manga’s depi of its devastating power. However, the initial gates were retively easy to learn, and he could always master them ter.
The Seven Heavens Breathihod, oher hand, was a uaijutsu developed by Shira. It was exclusive to him, and sidering his young age, it was doubtful anyone else in the ninja world knew of it.
In essehis was one of a kind!
With that realization, Kyoichi made his decision.
“System, I choose the Seven Heavens Breathihod.”
[Reward Cimed Successfully.]
In an instant, the teique’s methods and principles—from the first activation to the third—flooded his mind.
He adjusted his breathing acc to the first activation’s rhythm, and sooiced a subtle transformation.
Of course, teiques like this, which stimute cellur activity, came with the potential downside of shortening lifespan. However, Kyoichi’s Senju bloodline endowed him with enhanced vitality.
Even Tsunade’s Strength of a Hueique, which also ed life force for rapid healing, left her full of energy after repeated use.
Besides, if needed, he could always transpnt Hashirama Cells to replenish his life force.
With these siderations, Kyoichi felt fident in his decision.
“Once I get closer to Duy and Guy, I might even trade for the Eight Gates. Perfect!”
He silently praised his own fht.
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The m, Kyoichi rose early to train, leaving even his shadow e surprised at his itment.
This guy was serious!
Outside, he soon ran into Might Duy and Guy.
They traiogether for the m, though Kyoichi received no system rewards sihere wasn’t much teag involved. Still, the father-son duo’s attitude toward him visibly shifted.
Duy even offered to introduce him to his iic green jumpsuit.
Naturally, Kyoichi refused ht.
It was too ugly.
Wearing that to school would surely make him the ughingstock of both teachers and students, wiping out any hard-earned respe an instant.
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Meanwhile, elsewhere in the vilge...
“Kanda Kyoichi? Fugaku, this guy must’ve bee by the Third Hokage. He’s definitely up to no good!”
“Shisui’s been skipping csses tely and has a bad reputation.”
“Fugaku, you o discipline him. Otherwise, even the Uchiha’s prodigies will end up wasted.”
With the war over, the Uchiha ’s shinobi had beguurning to the vilge. Many elders who were displeased with Shisui’s ret behaviathered at Fugaku’s house to voice their s.
From a young age, Shisui had been held in high regard. His enrollment in the Academy was rgely symbolic. The Uchiha intended for him to study there briefly before applying for early graduation and joining the ’s police force for training.
A team led by a jonin? It couldn’t pare to the bes of training under one’s own .
However, Shisui’s ret as deviated from their expectations.
The room buzzed with pints, while Fugaku sat silently, his brow furrowed. He wao sh out but owerless to do so.
These elders were highly respected within the , and even as head, Fugaku found himself strained by their authority.
After a deep breath, he finally spoke. “Regardless of whether Kanda Kyoichi is w for the Third Hokage, would any of you care t this matter to him?”
The room fell silent.
Talk to the Third Hokage?
How?
Hiruzen might seem approachable, but his diplomacy was sharp as a knife, and Danzo lurked in the shadows. None of the elders were willing to front him directly.
The atmosphere grew tense.
Fugaku sighed. “I’ll talk to Shisui myself. Please, everyone, go home if there’s nothing else.”
In truth, Fugaku had gleaned plenty of information about Kyoichi.
A desdant of the Senju .
Rumored to have awakened his bloodline.
His strength had grown signifitly i months, and the Third Hokage eveioned sidering him for a jonin promotion.
This strongly suggested that Kanda Kyoichi was favored by the Third Hokage.
front him?
Fugaku could only sigh helplessly. He g his toddler son, Itachi, who was learning to walk, before leaving for the Academy to che Shisui.
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At the Academy...
All the students stood iraining ground.
The Three Basic Teique tests had just cluded, and most students demonstrated profit mastery.
For many, their shortings stemmed from a ck of exposure to these teiques, not a ck of talent. With guidance from heirs like Asuma, they had quickly caught up.
Now, it was time for Kyoichi to fulfill his promise and teach them the Body Flicker Jutsu.
“The Body Flicker Jutsu is cssified as a D-rank jutsu but remains useful even at the jonin level,” he expined.
“The difference lies iion. Mastery depends oails.”
“In this css, the best at the Body Flicker Jutsu is Shisui. Shisui, e demonstrate for us.”
At this point, Shisui wasn’t yet known as “Shisui of the Body Flicker,” but his talent ieique already stood out, surpassing even older students in mixed csses.
Kyoichi signaled for Shisui to step forward. Then...
Whoosh!
In a swift gust of wind, Kyoichi reappeared at another spot, leaving the students awestruck.
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