[The real fight between Guy and Kisame began during the battle to reclaim the One-Tail.]
[At that time, Kisame and Itachi used Shapeshifting Technique to stop Konoha's rescue of Gaara, while Guy happened to face Kisame.]
[With his taijutsu advantage, Guy immediately overwhelmed Kisame with brute strength. After Kisame used Samehada on him once, Guy showed a unique and alternative fighting style — the Guy-style nunchaku technique.]
[Looking through the entire Naruto series, Guy is the only one who uses nunchaku as a weapon.]
[After using the nunchaku to suppress Kisame for a while, Kisame seized the chance to trap Tenten and others, then crazily summoned sharks. In this situation, Guy in his normal state couldn't handle it anymore.]
[So, Might Guy obediently opened the gates, and the Eight Gates technique finally showed its sharp edge.]
[Even just with the Fifth Gate open, Guy could shatter the sharks with a shockwave, and in the Sixth Gate form, he drained all the water. His final special move, Morning Peacock, was insanely cool.]
[Though in the end, he only defeated a Shapeshifting Technique, it left the audience with endless imagination. If the Sixth Gate was already this awesome, then what about the Seventh and Eighth Gates? They must be godlike!]
[According to Might Duy, the Eight Gates is a secret technique he barely mastered after twenty years of hard training as a Genin. It's the only ultimate Taijutsu he could teach Guy in his lifetime.]
[This technique forcibly opens eight Chakra Points controlling chakra flow, granting a short burst of explosive power, but suppressing the valves also greatly burdens the body.]
[To train this technique, one must raise their physical foundation to an inhuman level.]
[Look at how heavy Lee's normal training weights were during the Chunin Exams to understand this.]
On the screen, Lee stood at a high place, spreading both hands to drop the weights tied to his legs.
Below, the candidates participating in the Chunin Exams looked down on it, thinking it was just a few weights strapped on. Even if they were untied, what difference would it make?
Then, as the weights hit the ground, a loud explosion sound erupted. Only then did they realize how heavy the weights that Lee handled so easily really were.
"This weight is indeed a bit exaggerated,"
In the Second Hokage's timeline, Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the thick smoke rising on the screen and snorted coldly.
With his current physical condition, carrying such heavy weights wouldn't be a problem at all.
But how old was Lee on the screen?
Only about thirteen or fourteen years old.
When he was thirteen or fourteen, he definitely didn't have Lee's physical condition.
Not to mention himself, even his comrades, one or none of them could match Lee's body.
Unlike Sarutobi's sigh, Danzo Shimura saw a great advantage in this.
He came over to Tobirama's side and whispered, "Teacher, I have an idea."
"Go ahead."
"Teacher, look. Since the power of the Eight Gates is so strong, can't we start training a unit that uses the Eight Gates from a young age?"
Hearing this, Tobirama looked at Danzo strangely.
Danzō was still in an excited state and didn't notice Tobirama's gaze.
"You know the power of opening all Eight Gates, Sensei. Although it costs a life, we have the resurrection technique. Even though after being revived, one has to start training the Eight Gates again, with the previous foundation, the revived person will definitely relearn it quickly. By then, we will have an endless supply of Eight Gates ninjas."
"Danzō."
"Hm?"
"Have you ever thought about one question?"
"Sensei, please say it."
"If the Eight Gates technique was so easy to master, why is it that after defeating all the final bosses, only Might Duy, Might Guy, and Rock Lee know this forbidden technique?" (Tobirama didn't know Kakashi also could use it.)
"Uh, I know the Eight Gates is hard to train, but I think as long as the base number is large enough, there will always be people who can learn it."
Danzō's meaning was clear: he believed the reason only three people knew the Eight Gates was because the technique wasn't public, so very few ninja learned it.
If the conditions were relaxed and many ninja were allowed to learn it, definitely someone would be able to succeed in training.
"That's true, but I think it's unnecessary."
"Huh?"
Seeing Danzō's confused expression, Tobirama pointed at the Six Paths Madara and the Six Paths Hashirama and continued, "In terms of combat power, with Madara and Big Brother here, we are not lacking the top-tier fighters."
"But…"
"I understand what you mean. Not everything needs Madara or Brother to handle. Some small matters can be dealt with by the Eight Gates ninjas. That's what you mean, right?"
"Yeah, that's exactly what I mean."
"Have you ever calculated how many resources it takes to train an Eight Gates ninja?"
"Uh, I actually haven't done that."
Danzo had the idea on a whim, but he never really considered the resource consumption problem involved in training Eight Gates ninjas.
"Training taijutsu ninjas consumes a lot of resources. Aside from the massive amount of meat they need, there are also secret medicines required to repair body damage. Even so, they might not reach the level to open all the gates. If they can't open the final gate, wouldn't all the resources spent be wasted?"
"Well…"
"That's why I say, there's no need to specially train Eight Gates ninjas. If you're interested, you can work on it privately."
"Me, do it myself? Then maybe not."
At this point, Danzo was already discouraged.
He originally thought the Eight Gates squad was a great idea — it could help him surpass Hiruzen, but he didn't expect Hiruzen to dismiss it with just a few words.
I, Shimura Danzo, want to be Hokage. Why is it so hard?
[Starting from the Sixth Gate, after special training, the Seventh and Eighth Gates of the Eight Gates Technique can unlock unique special abilities, and they are all genuine taijutsu skills.]
[This also completely messed up Kisame, because his trait is absorbing chakra, and Guy can forcibly counter him just based on their attributes.]
[For example, the final battle between Kisame himself and Guy—at that time, Naruto had just mastered the Nine-Tails' Golden Cloak and used his sensory skills to force Kisame to retreat.]
[Kisame was extremely weak at that point, so capturing him should have been easy. But don't forget, this guy could instantly recover using his Samehada.]
[Most importantly, the battlefield was Turtle Island, surrounded by the sea. As an elite water-style ninja, Kisame's power would increase many times over.]
[Facing Kisame who was fleeing at full speed, Guy didn't hesitate and opened the Sixth Gate to chase him fiercely, even using his beloved summoning turtle as a stepping stone. But when he caught up, things got tricky—because of the seawater, Kisame's water techniques had greatly increased in power and range, and the intelligence he stole had long been buried by the sharks.]
[Unexpectedly, Guy was no ordinary man. After failing to hit with his Peacock Strike, he directly opened the Seventh Gate. In this state, blue sweat would appear, and through the evaporation of his body heat, special blue gas was created.]
[This made Kisame mistakenly think it was chakra. In the final fight, Kisame released his Giant Shark Bullet Technique, which could attack while absorbing chakra. Logically speaking, it was simply unbeatable and hopeless.]
[Who would've thought, Guy released a "Daytime Tiger"—which looked like a chakra-formed tiger but was actually a beast-shaped air cannon created by his incredible taijutsu hitting the air.]
[In just a moment, it completely wiped out Kisame's sharks, with power and range almost covering the whole Turtle Island.]
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