The Eight Gates, an S-rank forbidden technique!
Each gate that opens removes one layer of the human body's limitations, granting the practitioner a unique effect.
Among them, the effects of the first three gates are—
The Gate of Opening: Removes the brain's limitations to achieve 100% physical capability, overloading the body's energy consumption to enhance attack power and speed. Once opened, allows use of the "Front Lotus."
The Gate of Healing: Removes physical fatigue limitations, overloading the body to recover stamina, offsetting the fatigue caused by the energy consumption rate of the Gate of Opening.
The Gate of Life: Further enhances attack and speed; the body begins to flush red with blood—the final safe zone of the Eight Gates. The body begins to emit green energy. Once opened, allows use of the "Reverse Lotus."
After opening the first gate,
Hyūga Yu felt his mind instantly become crystal clear. Immediately after, all the blocked body meridians that had previously obstructed Yu from refining more chakra burst wide open!
But this didn't mean the physical defect that had plagued Hyūga Yu for years had disappeared.
On the contrary, this was the wailing and alarm transmitted back from his body!
Physical energy and spiritual energy combined frantically together with unprecedented fluidity, transforming into the most basic units of "stamina."
Then, from "stamina" they were refined into a "massive" amount of chakra that surged madly through the meridians all over Hyūga Yu's body!
Hyūga Yu's chakra level skyrocketed wildly,
From Genin Level 2 to Genin Level 3, from Genin Level 3 to Genin Level 4,
All the way to Genin Level 5!
Arriving simultaneously was a mental fatigue caused by the body's overloaded operation,
"Hiss... hah..."
Just from the initial opening, Hyūga Yu felt an unbearable exhaustion and drowsiness.
Although his body had undergone long periods of arduous training, it was still a considerable distance from being able to open the Eight Gates.
Using medical ninjutsu to forcibly open the Eight Gates at this point would only make the side effects more pronounced.
Hyūga Yu gritted his teeth, glaring with his Byakugan, enduring the exhaustion as he examined himself internally, estimating he could maintain this state for about half an hour.
But in this state, his attention and focus would decline sharply—something extremely fatal in ninja combat.
Thus,
The chakra scalpel's second strike—
Hyūga Yu once again raised the pale blue blade in his hand, his face fierce as he slashed toward his own forehead!
The Gate of Opening was in the left brain, responsible for limiting the self's linear, sequential management of the body.
The second gate, the Gate of Healing, was in the right brain, responsible for limiting the self's non-linear, holistic, and emotional expression management of the body, while also controlling part of the brain's amygdala.
One slash down, using the same method,
By severing and creating new meridians to deceive the brain and the forbidden technique's formula, achieving the effect of forcibly opening the pressure points,
"Second gate, Gate of Healing, open!"
The second gate opened.
All previous discomfort completely vanished. His brain operated with extremely fast and exceptionally clear logical thinking, somewhat similar to the brain development in Lucy progressing from 10% to the 20%-30% level.
Physical functions, judgment, strength, speed, and cognitive abilities all showed extremely significant improvements.
At this moment, Hyūga Yu couldn't help but admire—being able to make taijutsu ninja fight in berserker mode with their brains intact, combining a ninja's agility with a berserker's violence, the person who developed the Eight Gates was simply a genius.
But even strengthened to this degree,
For the opponent Hyūga Yu was about to face, it still wasn't enough!
Thus,
Hyūga Yu struck the third blow with his chakra scalpel that was on the verge of collapse.
"Third gate, Gate of Life, open!"
"Boom!"
Green energy waves erupted from beneath Hyūga Yu's feet out of nowhere, causing his long black hair to whip about without wind, like a demon!
"Crack!"
The tree branch he was standing on suddenly snapped, unable to bear Hyūga Yu's suddenly increased weight.
This stemmed from chakra's characteristic of possessing weight. At this moment, after opening the third gate, high-density green chakra began surging across Hyūga Yu's body surface. This high-density chakra caused his weight to instantly skyrocket to 500 kilograms!
In this state, every punch Hyūga Yu threw would cause damage calculated in tons.
And this form's maintenance time was—
Five minutes!
"Inhale... exhale...!"
Heavily expelling a white stream from his nostrils,
Hyūga Yu suddenly opened his bulging Byakugan, his face fierce as he raised his head, looking eastward!
Then,
He gripped the hilt of the ninja sword Hyūga Natsu had given him at his waist, twisted his toes and stomped the ground,
"Bang!"
The ground cracked, dust exploded,
Like a bullet screaming forth, Hyūga Yu's speed instantly broke the sound barrier, creating a sonic boom. His entire being shot forward like a ferocious green beast!
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
Each step crossed hundreds of meters. With each step, he drew closer to that battlefield waiting for him!
On the other side, the eastern part of the unnamed forest,
Hyūga Natsu looked at Ao of the Hidden Mist and another jōnin blocking her path, her expression darkening slightly.
She was absolutely certain that at this moment, Hyūga Yu must be on his way here.
Her original plan was to create an accident before Hyūga Yu arrived and kill Hyūga Genkō, exploiting his feeble ninja experience, and extract his Byakugan.
Finally, as this year's belated Valentine's Day gift, she would present it to her Lion.
But now...
Just as she was about to begin this step, she encountered a small accident.
Ao of the Hidden Mist.
This person was a newly promoted jōnin within the Hidden Mist Village, highly valued by the Hidden Mist elder advisor Genshi. He had been parachuted into the Hidden Mist reconnaissance squad as squad leader.
But his specialty wasn't reconnaissance and sensing—it was taijutsu and Water Release. What made this person even more famous was his cunning, fox-like ninja style.
The disguise Hyūga Genkō had left behind completely failed to deceive him, instead adding variables to their escape.
Upon seeing these two,
Hyūga Genkō, who had just been speaking sweet words, instantly stiffened. He turned his head somewhat awkwardly and rigidly to look at Hyūga Natsu,
A flash of ruthlessness passed through his eyes!
"Natsu... you, you'll protect me, right?"
He asked this way, yet his hand couldn't help but hide in his sleeve, ready to form hand seals at any moment.
Seeing this,
Hyūga Natsu's smile froze for a moment. Then she put away her smile, her face grave as she said in a low voice:
"Don't worry."
"Young Master Genkō, I will protect you. Flee in that direction—that's the road back to the Leaf Village."
As she spoke, Hyūga Natsu pointed out a direction for Hyūga Genkō, secretly whispering:
"I'll hold off that sensing ninja. This blue-haired one doesn't have sensing abilities, so even if he chases you, don't be afraid. You yourself possess jōnin-level strength. As long as you escape the sensing ninja's detection range, you'll definitely return home safely."
"Is... is that so?"
Hyūga Genkō gave a dry laugh without showing his emotions, his gaze sweeping across the faces of the two people blocking them, which were full of mockery.
The next instant,
He raised both hands, rapidly forming the Boar-Dog-Ram seals.
"Poof!"
Enormous smoke generated by chakra suddenly erupted.
In the smoke, two Hyūga Natsus now appeared in place!
The "Hyūga Natsu" that Hyūga Genkō had transformed into suddenly moved close to the real Hyūga Natsu, both hands still forming the Ram seal of the Caged Bird technique.
The final seal of the Transformation Technique and the seal of the Caged Bird were the same.
Using a sinister, cold voice that completely tore off his disguise, he threatened in a shrill tone:
"Now, you run in the other direction immediately, or else I'll take your life!"
"You—"
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