Chapter 528: Rock Lee's Body Has a Problem
Tsunade gave Ino a look, as if to ask, Do you want to have a go?
Ino quickly shook her head, indicating she had no intention of fighting.
There was no point in winning or losing this kind of battle.
Ino estimated that she could handle Might Guy below the seventh gate, which was Teacher Guy's ceiling under normal circumstances. To increase his power any further, he would have to open the eighth gate at the cost of his life. If she were to face a Might Guy with his eighth gate open, what would Ino do?
Declare, "I, Ino Yamanaka, acknowledge you as the strongest?"
The thought of that scene was just too embarrassing. A village sparring match wouldn't go to such life-threatening lengths. There was no need to win or lose.
Might Guy deactivated his Eight Gates state and, as if nothing had happened, helped up Neji, who was drenched in sweat.
Inside the hospital, they conducted a comprehensive physical examination on Might Guy.
The Cell Activation Technique was effective, but if its effect on the dark doctor Shinnō was an 'A', then its effect on the beastly Might Guy was a 'B' at best.
Teacher Guy's body was simply too formidable. The power boost he received from the Eight Gates was far greater than Shinnō's. With greater power came a greater burden, which weakened the effect of the cell activation.
Minato Namikaze held Might Guy in high regard. Upon learning that the Cell Activation Technique was effective, he immediately had Tsunade, Ino, and Might Guy put aside their current work to focus entirely on researching the combination of the technique with the Eight Inner Gates.
But having Might Guy learn the Cell Activation Technique himself?
Unlike his father, Might Duy, and his student, Rock Lee, who were completely incapable of ninjutsu and could only focus on taijutsu, Teacher Guy did know some ninjutsu; he just wasn't proficient.
His ninjutsu skills were average, but his taijutsu was earth-shattering. Asking him to form hand signs with his carrot-like fingers was less effective than having him poke an enemy to death.
Teacher Guy knew ninjutsu and could form hand signs, but expecting him to master the Cell Activation Technique in a short amount of time was an impossible mission.
Time was limited now. Ino estimated that even after the Infinite Tsukuyomi was over, it would be questionable whether he could even understand the terminology used by medical-nin, let alone master the technique.
Even if Naruto learned the Earth-Style Wall, Teacher Guy still wouldn't be able to learn the Cell Activation Technique.
So, what was the solution? Ino's answer was still cybernetics: install an implant to store the cell-activating chakra.
Tsunade felt it was inappropriate. Might Guy's strength lay in his meticulously trained body. Rashly adding foreign objects would seriously affect the speed and power of his Eight Gates.
Taking inspiration from the Akimichi clan's Three-Colored Pills, Tsunade believed they could set aside Shinnō's chakra-based cell activation. Might Guy couldn't learn it, but he could eat it.
They could use medicine to create an effect similar to cell activation. As he progressed through the Eight Gates, he would take different colored pills.
Watching Sasuke turn green from eating Sakura's "love-filled" pills every day was enough to know that Ino was not very skilled at concocting medicine. The effects were one thing, but the taste was certainly not good.
This task could only be entrusted to Tsunade.
The village gave all four members of Team Guy a vacation, exempting them from their daily duties to accompany Might Guy in his training.
Opening different gates placed different burdens on the body, and the required medicine also varied. Combat was the best way to determine the specific values.
"Teacher Guy! I'm here! Leaf Hurricane!"
"Lee! Let your youth blossom completely!"
The master and disciple completely ignored Ino, Tsunade, and Neji around them, entering their own world of passionate fervor.
During the Chunin Exams, Rock Lee had reached the level of opening the fifth gate. In the three years since, he had undergone countless arduous trials and could now smoothly open the sixth gate.
But his sixth gate was fundamentally different from Guy's. To prevent his beloved student from losing confidence, Teacher Guy would always shout loudly and open his own sixth gate, then engage in a fierce battle with his student, all while actually holding back his true strength.
Both the discerning Tsunade and Ino could see this.
Tsunade watched the passionate master and disciple, her brow furrowed in a deep frown.
"Teacher, what's wrong? Is there a problem with Lee?" Ino asked.
Might Guy was as strong as a robot. He didn't understand Yin-Yang Release, possessed none of the powers of Creation of All Things, and had no connection to Indra or Ashura. But he had walked another path to its absolute extreme. His body would be fine. The one with the problem had to be Lee.
Tsunade hesitated for a moment but decided to tell the truth.
If she hadn't seen it, it would be one thing. But now that she had, as the most outstanding doctor of her time, she had to intervene.
She said to Ino, "If this young man named Rock Lee continues to train like this, it will be very dangerous. The long-term weight training and such high-intensity combat are putting too great a burden on his internal organs, bones, and muscles. It would be best to have someone persuade him to accept some treatment and to stop some of his high-intensity exercises."
Ino immediately turned to look at Tenten.
Tenten had a bitter expression and shook her head slightly. "Lee is very hardworking. For the sake of his dream, he would give up everything. He won't listen to us."
Did Rock Lee not know how vast the gap was between him and Might Guy? He probably did.
Might Guy had trained his taijutsu to the absolute limit. Rock Lee's aptitude was genuinely not as good as Guy's. To catch up to his teacher, he could only train even harder. But the human body has its limits. Continuing to train like this would only destroy his own body.
Rock Lee's life trajectory was very clear. The Chunin Exams were his moment of glory, where he thrashed Sasuke and even gained the upper hand against Gaara for a time. But three years later, his body's potential was exhausted, and breaking through his limits became extremely difficult. Through immense hardship, he barely managed to open the sixth gate. By the time he was thirty, he was completely mediocre.
Tsunade spoke firmly. "This young ninja must stop his high-intensity training. I'll go to Minato and have him issue an order in his capacity as Hokage."
Ino scratched her head. Tsunade didn't understand the mindset of these "Azure Beasts." A Hokage's order would be useless.
If you told him not to jump rope, he'd switch to push-ups. If you told him to stop doing push-ups, he'd go swimming. If you said he couldn't do any of that, he'd run around the entire village on his hands.
Even if you tied him up, he'd probably still open his mouth and diligently exercise his jaw muscles against the air.
Ino stopped Tsunade and once again turned to look at Tenten.
Tenten, with her hair in buns, had a pained look on her face. "Honestly, I also hope that Team Guy can live out their lives peacefully and healthily. I want everyone to live happily, without sickness or disaster. If someone has to die... it's best if I die first. Then I won't know anything. I really don't want to be the one laying flowers on their graves... Fine, fine, I'll go and talk to him again."
Her persuasion yielded no results. Lee said to her face that he would pay attention to his body, but the moment he turned around, he added more weights and continued to train fiercely.
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