.....
It can only be said that this name is very suitable for the Might clan...
Sora remembers that in the original work, the Eight Gates technique requires an extremely strong physical constitution as a foundation, and breathing techniques are the key to controlling the flow of chakra.
So this Youth Breathing Method mentioned by Might Duy is most likely the prerequisite training for the Eight Gates technique!
"That's enough for today." Might Duy looked at the sky. The sun had completely set, and the village street lamps had already turned on.
"Guy, we should go for our last run!"
"Yes! Father!" Guy turned to Sora and asked, "Are you coming tomorrow?"
"Of course." Sora nodded. "By the way, Guy, who do you think is stronger between the two of us?"
Guy said without hesitation, "Of course you are stronger! But I will definitely catch up!"
Sora's eyes shifted, and he said with a smile, "That's not certain. I am the man who will become Konoha's Azure Blue Beast!"
"Azure Blue Beast?"
"That is... uh, the strongest taijutsu ninja." Sora quickly explained.
Might Duy suddenly burst into tears, hugging Guy: "Well said! Guy, we must redouble our efforts! We cannot lose to the younger generation!"
"Yes! Father! This is youth!" Guy also said with tears streaming down his face.
"..."
On the way back to the orphanage, Sora walked and analyzed:
"Might Duy should already have mastered the Eight Gates technique now, probably able to open up to six gates."
"But this secret technique, he definitely hasn't reached the point where he can casually teach it to others. After all, in the original work, this move was left for Guy."
"But it's fine. As long as I continue training with them, I will eventually gain recognition."
"And..."
Sora clenched his fist, feeling the power flowing within his body.
"The recovery power brought by the Azure Dragon Fruit might offset some of the side effects of the Eight Gates technique. If that can really be achieved, it would be a perfect match!"
Opening the Eight Gates injures the body! The Zoan fruit allows the body to recover quickly!
As long as you don't open the Gate of Death, and keep up with nutrition, isn't this just the Eight Gates without injury plus rapid fruit development! A proper perpetual motion machine!
Thinking of this, Sora's footsteps couldn't help but become a bit lighter.
It was already late at night when he returned to the orphanage. Sora went to the kitchen to prepare tonight's extra meal.
"Hmm? Sister, are you only having dinner now?"
Sora entered the kitchen and saw Nonō was also in the kitchen, but usually at this time, Nonō should have already finished taking care of the other orphans and be in her own room.
"Yes, I had some matters today and came back late. The other children were taken care of by Ichiro."
Ichiro's full name is Miyamoto Ichiro. He is one of only three orphans older than Sora in the orphanage. Miyamoto Ichiro is two years older than Sora and is now a third-year student at the ninja academy. There are two other older orphans who are currently on missions outside the village.
"Matters? Can I help?" Sora replied upon hearing this.
"Ara~ It's not very troublesome. I've already resolved it." Nonō said with a smile on her face.
"Alright."
It can only be said that Nonō is indeed a professional spy in the ninja world. Sora couldn't detect a hint of anything else from her facial expression. But Sora, who had traveled through time, could still sense that the trouble Nonō mentioned was not a small matter.
"Could it be 'Root'?"
Back in his room, Sora recalled the original work. Although Nonō withdrew from 'Root' midway, Danzo obviously wouldn't easily let a capable subordinate retire early, especially one who knew many secrets!
In the original work, after Nonō left 'Root', she became the director of Konoha's orphanage. Danzo used the orphanage's funding as a threat to force her to carry out missions again.
At the same time, Danzo replaced the photographs, making Nonō unable to recognize the grown-up Yakushi Kabuto.
In the end, during a mission, Nonō mistakenly attacked Kabuto, who was disguised as an Iwa ninja, as an enemy, and was instead killed by Kabuto's chakra scalpel! Her age at death was 31!
"31 years old?"
"There should be enough time. It seems I need to obtain the Eight Gates technique as soon as possible!"
Although Sora comforted himself in his heart, he clearly understood that because of a time-traveling butterfly like himself, even a random flap of wings could eventually cause great changes!
The same was true for Nonō. Therefore, Sora did not dare to be sure that the current Nonō could also live to be 31 years old.
...
On a weekend morning, the sound of "Hei Ha" rose and fell by the river.
"Guy! Put in more effort! Youth does not allow slackening!"
"Yes! Father!"
By the river, Guy was doing push-ups, sweat pouring down his face, while Might Duy kept giving a thumbs up and cheering frantically on the side.
Sora, wearing a large jacket, was also training nearby. Under the jacket, his body was tightly wrapped in layers of bandages. Except for his head and height, he looked almost like the Second Tsuchikage, 'Mu'.
This was a fabric specially ordered by Sora from a clothing store. It had extremely strong elasticity and could also slightly defend against some ninjutsu, unlike last time when it got charred upon encountering a Great Fireball.
But precisely because of the high performance of this fabric, and because Sora used it as bandages, buying enough material to make two sets of clothes, it cost Sora a full 200,000 ryo!
You should know that the reward for a B-rank mission, which can only be taken by Chunin and Tokubetsu Jonin, is between 80,000 and 200,000 ryo. That is to say, the bandages wrapped around Sora's body were equivalent to almost two B-rank missions!
Sora was a complete pauper. In the end, he had no choice but to borrow 150,000 ryo from Nonō and 50,000 ryo from Kurenai. Sora still remembered the teasing, sarcastic smile on Kurenai's mother's face at that time.
"So young and already bearing so much pressure."
"But it's been two weeks. I've finally grasped the basics of this breathing method."
Two weeks had passed since he started training with Might Guy and his father. Sora secretly sighed at the difficulty of cultivating this 'Youth Breathing Method'.
But according to what Might Duy said, Guy took over two months to grasp the basics back then, and Might Duy himself took over four months. Sora could be called a once-in-a-century taijutsu prodigy!
Sora attributed this to the physical enhancement from the Azure Dragon Fruit.
Suddenly, a cold voice rang out: "Are you Sora?"
The three people training stopped their movements simultaneously.
Sora turned to look and saw an Uchiha boy around twelve years old standing not far away.
"Chunin?"
In the Naruto world, Genin have no uniforms but generally wear forehead protectors. Chunin wear special uniforms like high collars, and Jonin wear green flak jackets.
Ninja of higher levels mostly choose their favorite clothes as they please, like Konoha's Sannin!
They are already above ordinary Jonin and are powerful figures famous throughout the entire ninja world. They don't need to be identified by their clothes.
The boy in front wore a black high-collar short-sleeved shirt, dark blue ninja pants, and a Konoha forehead protector tied on his left arm. A standard Uchiha Chunin outfit.
But what was most eye-catching was that in the boy's crimson eyes, a black tomoe slowly rotated.
"That's me." Sora stood up, patting the dirt off his hands. "What's the matter?"
"Uchiha Takumi, Ryota's older brother."
Uchiha Takumi crossed his arms, his gaze sharp as he said, "I heard you bullied my younger brother during the practical combat assessment some time ago?"
"Uchiha Takumi?"