Watching Naruto and Sakura leave the Hokage's office, Tsunade looked at Kai with surprise and said: "I didn't expect you to be no worse than the old man in this regard."
Kai smiled and said softly: "Naruto is a truly exceptional ninja."
"Yes, he is." Tsunade nodded in agreement, then her expression grew serious as she looked at Kai: "According to intelligence Jiraiya obtained, the organization Uchiha Itachi belongs to is called 'Akatsuki'—a very dangerous terrorist organization. Do you know anything about this group?"
"I know them fairly well," Kai nodded.
Tsunade frowned and asked: "How about it, Kai? Are you confident you can handle them?"
"Just a bunch of rabble," Kai's eyes flashed with disdain, then he looked at Tsunade with mock anger: "What? Don't you trust your man?"
Hearing Kai's words, a blush appeared on Tsunade's face. Suddenly remembering something, she glared at Kai angrily: "You still haven't explained the situation with Kurenai Yūhi to me!"
Thud! Damn it!
Kai's heart tightened, but seeing Tsunade's flushed cheeks and graceful figure, he steeled himself, suddenly walked up to Tsunade, and pinned her against the wall...
As the sun gradually set in the west, the battle between the two finally subsided. Fortunately, Kai had previously set up a barrier in the Hokage's office—otherwise, this commotion would have long since alerted the ninja guards outside.
The defeated Tsunade no longer mentioned Kurenai's matter. She just looked at Kai and asked: "Kai, why don't you resolve the 'Akatsuki' organization sooner?"
Kai shook his head: "Sister Tsunade, the ninja world is far more complex than you imagine. Only by playing the long game can we eliminate them all in one decisive strike." As he spoke, Kai's gaze became profound, as if penetrating through time to see the resurrected Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
Tsunade opened her mouth, about to continue questioning, but then felt relieved. Her eyes gazed at Kai with deep affection—with this man standing before her, what was there to fear?
Seeing Tsunade's gaze fixed on him, Kai's heart stirred again, and another great battle ensued.
Training Ground 44: Forest of Death
The place in all of Konoha with the most abundant natural energy. Kai calmed his mind and sat cross-legged on the ground.
Gate of Opening, Gate of Healing, Gate of Life, Gate of Pain, Gate of Limit, Gate of View, Gate of Wonder!
Kai opened seven gates in succession. His chakra, already at Six Paths level, became absolutely terrifying after the Eight Gates amplification!
Just the aura of this chakra alone made all the fierce beasts in the Forest of Death tremble with fear!
Not far away, within Konoha Village.
Hokage's Office
Tsunade suddenly started, quickly looking toward the Forest of Death. After a moment, she recognized the familiar feeling of this aura, and her face showed a proud expression.
Then, remembering something, she commanded the empty room: "Immediately warn all villagers and ninja in the village—without my orders, no one is allowed to enter Training Ground 44!"
"Yes, Lady Hokage!"
An ANBU ninja suddenly appeared, responded, then disappeared again.
Third Hokage's Residence
Hiruzen Sarutobi could naturally sense this aura. His face showed relief, grateful that no matter what, he had never forced Kai to oppose Konoha.
Hyūga Clan Compound
Hiashi Hyūga watched Hinata practicing Gentle Fist in the courtyard, worry flashing in his eyes.
Suddenly sensing this terrifying aura, his expression changed dramatically. His Byakugan activated instantly. After detecting who this chakra aura belonged to, he immediately closed his Byakugan.
Looking at Hinata again, he silently made a decision.
Sitting cross-legged on the ground, Kai's eyes flashed with solemnity as he suddenly shouted: "Gate of Death, open!"
That's right—everything Kai had done was to open the eighth gate! The Gate of Death!
From Jūgo, Kai had formed a hypothesis: since Jūgo could enter Sage Transformation at any time with all eight gates fully open, could he maintain permanent Sage Mode after opening all eight gates?!
The power of Sage Mode was undeniable. Even for Six Paths-level Kai, it still had irreplaceable value.
As a ninja, the most fundamental power utilized is chakra—Kai was no exception. Sage Mode fundamentally changes the nature of chakra.
From chakra to Senjutsu Chakra!
The same ninja technique, when released using Senjutsu Chakra versus ordinary chakra, has a power difference of at least three times.
This was equivalent to increasing Kai's combat power by more than three times!
Not to mention the supremely terrifying taijutsu brought by opening all eight gates! Might Guy had nearly kicked Six Paths Madara to death with one kick.
The most dangerous aspect of opening the Gate of Death was the loss of life force, but this wasn't a problem for Kai.
Kai had mastered Yin-Yang Release, and the essence of Yang Release was the manipulation and use of life force. Preventing life force from flowing out through the Gate of Death was certainly achievable.
The moment the Gate of Death opened, Kai felt the tremendous life force in his body about to surge outward, but it was immediately and easily controlled by Kai using Yang Release.
Immediately after, dense natural energy from the outside world poured into Kai's body, and a feeling of controlling heaven and earth arose spontaneously in Kai's heart.
Permanent Sage Mode!
Activated!
The chakra in Kai's body instantly transformed entirely into Senjutsu Chakra!
Kagura Mind's Eye!
His mental power spread outward along the natural energy between heaven and earth, instantly covering an area with a radius of over a thousand kilometers, encompassing nearly half the ninja world in Kai's consciousness!
With permanent Sage Mode activated, there was no need to remain in the Forest of Death. Concealing the terrifying chakra aura on his body, Kai used Divine Descent to leave directly and returned home.
Before he could rest, knocking sounds arose, and someone called out: "Is Kai-kun home?"
"Hm? Hiashi Hyūga—what's he doing here?"
Kai was somewhat puzzled but didn't think much about it. He got up to open the door and saw Hiashi standing outside, with a small head poking out from behind him, face flushed red.
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