A comic book journey to see the Eye of Antiquity

"It is said..."

After studying the Eight Gates, Yang Lei withdrew his Byakugan and glanced at Kakashi discreetly out of the corner of his eye, thinking to himself, "Might Guy can open the Seventh Gate now? Are these two really the so-called 'lifelong rivals'? Is the gap between them really that big?"

It's not that Yang Lei looks down on Kakashi, it's just that Kakashi has too many flaws.

First, there's the problem of insufficient endurance. Because the Sharingan consumes too much energy and cannot be turned off freely, it's like Kakashi has a debuff that constantly drains his chakra, leaving him with very little usable chakra.

Secondly, there's the issue of physical strength. Kakashi isn't very strong, and his body isn't very resistant to blows. The only thing he can barely manage is speed. When he uses Lightning Blade, he can even cut through lightning; otherwise, he wouldn't have named the ninjutsu he developed Lightning Blade.

Finally, what's most criticized is Kakashi's lack of focus. This guy is too lazy. Since he knows that the Sharingan is both a burden and an asset to him, why can't he train it more?

In the original story, Kakashi should have already awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, although it's only in one eye. Years ago, when he killed Rin Nohara, he and Obito Uchiha awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan together.

Years have passed, but Kakashi has never used the Mangekyou Sharingan again. It seems that he himself was unaware that his Sharingan had evolved to the Mangekyou level. It wasn't until the story entered Shippuden that he finally began to develop his Sharingan. And this guy even said that he seemed to have awakened it because he was hit by Itachi Uchiha's Tsukuyomi. It's really something to think about and want to complain.

Brother, if Itachi's Tsukuyomi could really stimulate the evolution of the Sharingan, he should have helped Sasuke achieve his goal long ago. Why bother guiding Sasuke's growth with all that effort? In the end, he almost led Sasuke astray. Tsk tsk.

I have a feeling you're thinking about something not so good.

Kakashi glanced at Mitek, who had already secured the situation and was binding six rogue ninjas with ropes. Mitek had just pulled a book called 'Make-Out Paradise' from his ninja tool pouch. Suddenly, he turned to Yang Lei and muttered, "Are you cursing me in your heart?"

"no."

Yang Lei quickly waved his hand, embarrassed to admit that he wasn't scolding him, but just looking down on him.

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"very good."

Kakashi was easily fooled. It wasn't that he was naive; it was mainly because everyone had just gone through a life-or-death crisis, and Yang Lei was the biggest contributor. He couldn't and didn't want to argue about it.

"What will they do?"

Asma, who was standing nearby, ran out to protect her godson. She pointed at the six rogue ninja that Metaka was struggling to drag back and asked a question, thus changing the subject.

Although Miteke can now control the Seven Gates, he still can't withstand the enormous drain on his chakra. Not only is his chakra almost completely depleted, but he also has very little stamina left. In particular, his bones are protesting, making him tremble with every step he takes. At this moment, he also has to drag six adults who are tightly bound by him, making his journey extremely difficult.

"You saw it but didn't go to help."

Kakashi rolled his eyes with his right eye, which was the only one sticking out.

Why aren't you going?

Asuma lit a cigarette for himself, crossed his arms, and glanced sideways at Kakashi.

As mentioned before, the two teams came out together this time because they thought it was just a simple little mission, but they didn't expect to encounter something big, so they didn't decide who would be the team leader in advance.

In other words, they are both Jonin. Although Kakashi's seniority is higher than Asuma's, they are the same age. Asuma will not give in to Kakashi. Why should I go if you don't go? You're tired, but I'm not having an easy time either.

"Then let them all stay here."

Kakashi shrugged one last time, making a gesture that seemed to say, "Let's just wait and see."

"Who's afraid of who?"

Asma was not going to back down, and the two of them turned around and started arguing amongst themselves.

"It's just helping Teacher Kai out, let's go."

At this moment, seeing that the battle was over, several ninjas, unwilling to be left out, jumped out and made their presence known. Lee and Naruto took the lead, wanting to help Might Guy. After all, although he had been trying to come back, he was actually still going in circles, because the energy from opening the Seven Gates was too great.

"What a bunch of idiots."

Yang Lei watched the six genin's retreating figures and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh inwardly. Didn't he see that Asuma and Kakashi were deliberately making a scene? It wasn't that the two of them were having a conflict; they were actually teasing Metacritic.

(PS: I'm so tired, it's almost 3 AM. I'm wondering whether to take a nap or keep writing and finish tomorrow morning's chapter... Don't expect me to add more chapters, I really can't...)

0119 Cruel and Dark...

With the help of six genin, Miteke finally returned with the six captured jonin.

"Why don't you guys come and help?"

Upon returning, Miteke glared angrily at Kakashi and Asuma. Who was he working so hard for? And they just stood there watching the show. It was outrageous.

"Cough cough."

Kakashi and Asuma coughed and tried to chuckle to change the subject, but they couldn't find an excuse in the face of Metacritic's piercing gaze.

"Uncle Asuma, Kakashi-sensei, and Might Guy-sensei."

Finally, Yang Lei couldn't stand it anymore and raised his hand to provoke a commotion. He asked the Jonin, "How are they going to deal with this? Are they going to bring them back to the village? I think it would be better to just kill them all at once."

"Gah."

The six rogue ninjas were startled. They had been badly beaten by Mitekai before, but now it seemed that what he had just done was nothing. After all, they were still alive. This kid was too ruthless, trying to kill them right from the start.

Matt Ke was also startled, looking Yang Lei up and down with a strange expression. Sensitive to his surroundings, he could smell a dangerous aura and a strong smell of blood on Yang Lei, as well as a lingering murderous intent.

"Is this child Asma's son?"

Maiteke knew a little about Yang Lei from 947, and turned to Asma, asking, "How did you raise your child? He has such a fierce and ruthless spirit at such a young age; he's bound to achieve great things in the future."

It turns out Matt Ke was praising Yang Lei; I thought he was going to criticize him.

Actually, thinking about it, it makes sense. This is the world of ninjas. If you study it in detail and dig deeper, it can be as dark as it gets, and the reality can be as cruel as it gets.

First, let's talk about the dark side. The biggest leader of the dark side has to be Black Zetsu. He not only turned the two sons of the Sage of Six Paths into enemies, but also caused the Uchiha and Senju clans to hate each other for countless years and fight for countless years. It was only because of the eccentric Hashirama Senju that they emerged, otherwise, who knows how many more years they would have fought.

After Black Zetsu came Madara Uchiha. In order to make Obito Uchiha work for him, he controlled the people of Kirigakure to kidnap Rin Nohara, then sealed the Three-Tails into her body, and set up a jutsu that would cause the Three-Tails to go berserk whenever she returned to Konoha. At that time, Kirigakure could take advantage of the chaos in Konoha to launch a surprise attack.

It was because Rin Nohara didn't want her village to be ravaged that she willingly died at Kakashi's hands, causing Obito, who was still living in the light, to turn dark. Taking advantage of his master's wife Kushina Uzumaki's weakened state while giving birth to Naruto, Obito released Kurama, the Nine-Tails, thus destroying countless families, and even killing the Fourth Hokage and his wife.

That's not all. Whether it was Obito's doing or Madara Uchiha's plan, Nagato could have had a wonderful childhood. However, for some reason, Konoha ninjas broke into his house and killed Nagato's parents, causing Nagato to awaken the Rinnegan that someone had secretly given him.

Some might say this is nonsense, that the ninjas of Konoha were not arranged by Madara Uchiha or Obito, since they had all defected at that time.

That just shows how naive you are. Since Nagato was chosen by Madara Uchiha, how could he possibly let him fall into the mortal realm?

Having discussed these important figures who sparked the Fourth Shinobi World War, let's talk about the people of Konoha. First, there's the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju. Who do you think first established the Anbu? It was the Second Hokage of Konoha who first formed this special operations force.

I won't go into the details of what the Dark Side's purpose is, but let's talk about the dark things Tobirama Senju did.

When did the Uchiha clan begin to be ostracized by the village? Some people think it was because the Nine-Tails was released, which led to suspicion of the Uchiha clan, who possessed the Sharingan bloodline limit, and thus they were increasingly ostracized.

Wrong, terribly wrong.

In fact, the Uchiha clan has been ostracized ever since Madara Uchiha defected. This is because Hashirama Senju died after the battle with Madara Uchiha at the Valley of the End. The village chief was killed by his own people. How would the villagers view the Uchiha clan?

Most importantly, Tobirama Senju never trusted the Uchiha clan and made many preparations to guard against them during his time in power. As a result, the Konoha leadership would never treat the Uchiha clan well.

It was because they were constantly ostracized, especially after the Nine-Tails went berserk during the triggering incident, that the Uchiha clan finally realized that there was truly no place for them in Konoha. They also wanted too much, which led to the Uchiha massacre.

If Tobirama Senju hadn't been on guard, if Obito Uchiha hadn't set off the Nine-Tails, and if the Uchiha clan's ambitions had been smaller, would any of this have happened?

Therefore, the Naruto world is truly filled with darkness. If you think that's not enough, then let me mention one more person: Danzo.

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This old bastard is also a leading figure in the dark side; in fact, his role in the dark is no less significant than that of Uchiha Madara.

First of all, the Third Hokage originally wanted Itachi and Shisui to resolve the Uchiha clan's ambitions peacefully. However, Danzo intervened and suddenly stole one of Shisui's eyes, making it impossible for him to use genjutsu to control the radical clan members. It was also Danzo who threatened Itachi, forcing him to kill his own clan.

Because if Itachi hadn't done this, Danzo said he would have had to take action, and that would have killed everyone. Itachi had no choice but to take action in order to preserve the Uchiha clan's bloodline, namely his beloved younger brother Sasuke. He also took the initiative to bear all the blame so that the village wouldn't be branded as ostracizing the talented and eliminating dissidents.

Besides the Uchiha clan massacre, Danzo also caused trouble in the Land of Rain, turning what should have been a peaceful Akatsuki organization into a terrorist organization that wanted to destroy and rebuild the world.

There's also Orochimaru's forbidden and taboo research, his assassination attempt on the Third Hokage, and his collusion with Orochimaru even after Orochimaru's defection. They even maintained contact with each other until Shippuden. The sins committed by Danzo alone are dark enough.

Besides these, there are countless dark things. Now let's take a closer look at some of the topics related to cruelty.

First, there is the cruelty of human nature. Apart from Kumogakure, the attitudes of other hidden villages towards the Jinchūriki of the Tailed Beasts are basically the same.

Naruto of Konoha, Gaara of Sunagakure, Rōshi of Iwagakure, and Yagura of Kirigakure—either didn't have a good childhood, were rogue ninja, or were hated and feared by their villages. In the beginning, which one of them was ever recognized?

Even Killer Bee, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki who was trusted and loved by the villagers, was actually hated by them at the beginning.

Then there's the cruelty in their actions.

As mentioned before, Zabuza's genin graduation exam was cruel. It involved pairing up classmates of the same grade for a duel, with the survivor becoming a ninja and the loser dying.

And then there's the Red Sand Scorpion's puppet-making technique, Hidan's bloodthirsty personality and behavior, the rogue ninja's unbridled and reckless actions, and the mountain bandits... Aren't they all cruel?

0120 Yang Lei's Politeness

The Naruto world is actually cruel and dark. Didn't you see that when Yang Lei found out he had transmigrated into the Naruto world, his first thought was to be prepared to die in this world one day?

Another question: Did Yang Lei really only go to train hard because he was looked down upon by Hyuga Hiashi, and because Hyuga Hiashi wouldn't let him get close to Hinata?

Didn't Yang Lei start training before he even entered the ninja academy?

Hiashi Hyuga's attitude only served as a stimulus. The real reason that made Yang Lei willing to work hard and bury himself in training was not anything else, but because he knew that this world was cruel. Therefore, he wanted to obtain great strength, not only to live longer and more freely, but also to protect the people he cared about.

So, even Yang Lei knows what the Naruto world is really like. How could Miteke, this native Jonin, be so naive? Therefore, he not only didn't think there was anything wrong with Yang Lei's strong killing intent, but also thought that he would definitely achieve something great when he grew up.

"Asma, tell me how you raised your son."

Metcal was no longer angry about being deliberately left out. He ran to Asma and pestered him, wanting to ask for the scriptures and to know how Asma educated Yang Lei.

"Hey."

Yang Lei, standing to the side, was both amused and exasperated, thinking to himself, "Brother, could you please add the pronoun 'adopted son' before 'son'? He's an adopted son, not a biological son, okay?"

Besides, did Asma educate him? How come he himself doesn't know?

"never mind."

Having lived in Konoha Village as Asuma's adopted son for several years, Yang Lei had grown accustomed to being someone else's son. Ignoring Asuma's pretentious and boastful talk, he turned to Kakashi and asked, "Kakashi-sensei, what do you think of my suggestion?"

Don't be fooled by Yang Lei's already impressive skills. Not only did he just steal and learn Miteke's Eight Gates Formation, and already know how to open seven of the gates, but he also single-handedly wiped out forty or fifty rogue ninjas, including six Jonin.

Of course, he didn't kill all six Jonin. Three of them had captured Kurenai Yuhi, and Yang Lei had no choice but to release them to prevent anything from happening to the young woman who might become his godmother.

Even so, even though Yang Lei's strength had reached near-Kage level, or even Kage level, he still maintained a polite demeanor when facing Asuma and Kakashi, or even when meeting Metacritic for the first time.

It doesn't mean that being powerful allows you to be arrogant and trample everyone except yourself underfoot.

Because of his background, Yang Lei has always felt that others owe him nothing. If you want to gain the goodwill of others, you must first express your own goodwill.

Especially when it comes to politeness, if you want to gain respect from others, you must first learn to respect them.

I've never heard of a true strong person standing on the backs of others.

For example, even disregarding his hidden methods, Yang Lei's current apparent strength far surpasses that of Kakashi and Asuma. At least he single-handedly wiped out the majority of the rogue ninja, while Kakashi and Asuma combined haven't even managed to defeat those six Jonin.

Furthermore, the ten rogue ninja squad that Asuma and Kakashi couldn't defeat was wiped out by Yang Lei, making the comparison of their strength crystal clear.

He still calls Kakashi "sensei" not because he has any connections with Kakashi, but out of politeness and respect. Kakashi is indeed the leader of the genin now, so it's perfectly normal for him to call him "sensei."

Even if he becomes a Chunin or Jonin in the future, he will still add "senpai" or "captain" when addressing Kakashi, as calling him by his first name is a bit impolite.

"Ask me."

Kakashi was very pleased with Yang Lei's politeness. This kid didn't look down on others just because he had become powerful. He was a good kid, and Kakashi was willing to face his problems.

Kakashi closed the book he had just opened. Seeing that Naruto and the other genin were also looking at him because of Yang Lei's question, he coughed and said, "It's best not to do that, because it's a bit inhumane. If word gets out, it will tarnish the reputation of our Konoha Village."

"That's very direct."

Naruto couldn't help but complain. Kakashi had explained things too clearly in order to explain to them, and it sounded a bit awkward because it was too pretentious and deliberate.

What you're saying is that as long as it doesn't get out, it's okay to do some inhumane things, right?

It could also be understood that they were being more humane because they were afraid of bringing shame to the village.

"Cough cough."

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Kakashi coughed and glared at Naruto, clearly annoyed. He wanted to give them a little explanation, a mini-lesson, so they would be more careful in the future and avoid being punished when they returned to the village for going too far.

If it's just a normal punishment, that's fine. But the real problem is that people might suspect that he has ulterior motives towards the village, which would be terrible. In fact, he might be taken away for a trial.

"I see."

Yang Lei shrugged noncommittally. He only mentioned it because he thought it was too troublesome to carry six unstable factors, and it would also be a good way to help Asuma and Kakashi out of a predicament. It wasn't that he was really bloodthirsty and had to kill them.

Even though the six of them were thoroughly beaten by Miteke and tied up tightly, for ninjas, if they weren't careful, they could escape, and it would be difficult to catch them again.

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What I'm really worried about is that if they try to escape, they might do something malicious, or even take the opportunity to attack the genin. It's terrifying for a jonin to assassinate a genin, and it's really unsettling.

Besides, don't forget that Yang Lei let three Jonin rogue ninjas go before. Who knows if they will come back to rescue their comrades? If the nine of them work together from the inside and outside, they could really catch the Konoha group off guard.

However, since Kakashi had already said that it was best not to kill them if possible, he didn't care. At worst, he would just spend more time around Hinata and Sakura and protect the two little girls.