At this moment, Might Duy stood in a horse stance, hands on his waist, fingers clenched into fists, his body drawn inward.
A perfectly standard charging posture.
"Open! Rest! Life! Open!"
Green energy surged out from Might Duy's body.
But no one was overly surprised, as they had already witnessed this when Yahiko was thrown earlier.
"Fourth Gate of Pain! Open!"
Might Duy's muscles visibly swelled, and the tide of energy around him became even more turbulent.
"Nē-san. Does Konoha have this kind of Taijutsu?"
"No!"
This time, Chiyo wasn't messing around, but answered Ebizō's question very seriously.
Because Might Duy's current strength was already close to stepping over the threshold of the Kage Level, she was also extremely shocked.
"Buzz, buzz, buzz~" The sand and stones on the ground began to tremble slightly.
"Fifth Gate of Limit! Open!"
A powerful wave of air centered on Might Duy blew outwards, scattering sand and stones.
Everyone behind him covered their eyes to prevent sand from getting in.
But this was only the first wave. With the opening of the Sixth Gate of View, an air current ten times stronger than the last, carrying sand and stones, slammed toward the crowd once more.
Many of the weaker nurses were cut by the flying sand and stones.
But this was far from over.
A tremendous roar erupted.
"Seventh Gate of Wonder! Aaaahhhh~~~ Open~~~~"
Everyone saw the green energy wave quietly dissipate.
Just as everyone felt confused, a blue wave of air suddenly surged from Might Duy's body and shot straight into the sky.
Following closely was an even stronger air current, which blew many lightweight people into the air.
Roka Uzumaki, who was standing at the very front, sensed an intense feeling of danger the moment the green air current vanished, and quickly summoned chains to protect herself, Ebizō, and Chiyo.
The chains formed a sphere, and she finally plunged four chains into the earth, thus avoiding the fate of being blown away.
Roka Uzumaki only deactivated the chains once she sensed that the outside had calmed down.
Immediately following was Ebizō's exclamation of shock.
"Oh my god! Is this still a Taijutsu Ninja?! Konoha doesn't even try to stop someone like this!"
"Mhm! It truly is terrifying."
They saw that their surroundings were now empty; behind them was a sand dune over three meters high.
Oh! Everyone else was buried.
The coconut trees not far away were uprooted, and some Kappa were pinned beneath them.
Furthermore, a deep pit more than twenty meters wide had appeared on the beach in front of them.
Blue air currents were still spraying upward from the bottom of the pit.
"Duy-sensei, how do you feel?"
Ebizō leaned over the edge of the pit and spoke to Might Duy, who was still posing below.
Immediately, he saw Might Duy give him a thumbs-up.
Only then did he speak.
"Ah! Extremely good! This is the first time I've opened the Gate of Wonder, and the burden is much smaller than I imagined! The old me definitely wouldn't have had this level of strength."
"Eh? Was Duy-sensei not as strong before as he is now?"
As an excellent intelligence chief, Ebizō quickly grasped the information in Might Duy's words and asked in return.
"That's right! Before, opening the Sixth Gate was already a stretch for me. Opening the Seventh Gate was far out of reach."
"Then, Duy-sensei..."
"I have to thank Kazekage-sama for the treatment he gave me, as well as the constant supply of medicines along the way."
"So that's how it is."
Hearing Might Duy's words, Ebizō let out a long sigh of relief.
Thankfully, he could only open the Sixth Gate initially, so his strength was acceptable... Bullshit!
Just the Sixth Gate alone looked absolutely terrifying.
So Konoha really is overflowing with talent?
They look down on even this level of skill?
"Is it convenient to ask if Duy-sensei recently transferred from Konoha to Sunagakure?"
"That's right!"
"Konoha just let Duy-sensei leave so easily? Didn't they try to stop him at all?"
"No?"
"!!!"
"Then, is it convenient to ask what rank Duy-sensei belonged to among the Konoha Ninja?"
"Me? I'm just a Perpetual Genin. No Ninja in Konoha was willing to take me on missions."
Ebizō: "???!!!"
What did he just say?
Perpetual what Ninja?
What Genin?
Konoha's Genin are this capable?
Which Ninja Village has Genin at this level?
Just as expected!
Kazekage-sama was right.
Konoha is far too powerful.
Sunagakure still needs to develop!
Soon, the other Kappa also broke free from where they were buried, and as they looked at the scene on the beach, the sounds of shock and surprise were endless.
Among them, Yahiko was the most excited and relieved.
Relieved because he was thankful for Duy-sensei's restraint earlier.
Excited because he was about to see Kōmei act as a pilot—oh! And Nagato too!
Yahiko turned his head to look at Nagato, who was frozen stiff beside him, then patted his shoulder and comforted him with a laugh.
"Nagato! You still have a little time, so eat whatever you want! Pfft~ Hahahaha~~~"
Might Duy jumped out of the deep pit and walked toward Ebizō.
Startled, Ebizō quickly backed away.
He frantically wondered if he had ever offended the man; why else would he walk toward him when there were so many people nearby?
Seriously, given the aura Might Duy was currently displaying...
If he accidentally touched him, would he survive unscathed?
Fortunately, things did not go as Ebizō expected.
Might Duy was merely picking up the fishing rod that lay in front of Ebizō.
The fishing rod had been stuck in the ground before, but this was Might Duy's first time opening the Seventh Gate.
Thus, he hadn't anticipated the commotion would be so huge, and the fishing rod had been blown away.
Might Duy, having picked up the rod again, was ready to get busy with the real business.
After all... he couldn't let down his students' youthful expectations of him!!!
"Hey! Students on the sea cliff, are you ready?"
Might Duy shouted loudly, but received no response from the sea cliff.
For a moment, the atmosphere was awkward.
Just as Might Duy was preparing to go check, Yahiko stepped forward.
"Duy-sensei! Kōmei Uzumaki must be too excited after seeing Duy-sensei's true Youth. I'll go check for you right now; just watch for my signal here."
Having finished speaking, he ran toward the sea cliff without looking back, interspersed with sounds of "hehehe" laughter.
On the sea cliff.
At this moment, Kōmei Uzumaki's entire body had gone weak.
The people on the beach, being close, had their eyes obscured by the sandstorm and couldn't clearly see what truly happened.
But he had seen it all clearly from his vantage point.
Have you ever seen a blue wave of air shooting straight into the sky?
It scattered the clouds!!!
Is it terrifying?
Terrifying!
Don't be scared, because there's something even more terrifying... which is that he's about to come and throw you!!!
Was it that he didn't want to answer Might Duy's shout just now?
Could he answer?
If he answered, would he still be alive?
He just wanted to live!