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Chapter 419 Danzo's Thoughts

[The real battle between Guy and Kisame began with the recapture of the One-Tailed Beast.]

At that time, Kisame and Itachi used their clone technique, Elephant Shadow Clone Jutsu, to block Konoha's rescue of Gaara, while Guy's team was directly confronting Kisame.

Using his superior physical skills, Guy initially overwhelmed Kisame with sheer power. After being tricked by Samehada, he even showcased a unique and unconventional fighting technique: Guy's nunchaku style.

Throughout the entire Naruto series, only Might Guy has ever used nunchucks as a weapon.

After suppressing Kisame with nunchaku techniques for a period of time, Kisame seized the opportunity to trap Tenten and the others, and then frantically summoned sharks. This situation was beyond what Guy, in his normal state, could handle.

[So Might Guy obediently opened the gates, and the Eight Gates technique finally revealed its power for the first time.]

[Even in his fifth-gate form, Kai can shake a shark to its core; in his sixth-gate form, he can drain all the water from its body; and his final special move, Morning Peacock, is incredibly cool.]

Although it was ultimately defeated by a clone of an elephant, it left the audience with endless speculation. If the sixth gate is this powerful, won't the seventh and eighth gates be incredibly strong?

According to Might Dai, the Eight Gates was a technique he had painstakingly mastered after twenty years of training as a genin, and it was the only ultimate ninjutsu he could ever teach Guy.

This technique can forcibly open eight valves that control chakra flow, granting a brief burst of power. However, because it suppresses the valves' natural protective mechanisms, it places a tremendous burden on the body.

To master this technique, one must train their basic physical attributes to an inhuman level.

[Just look at the weight Rock Lee was carrying in his normal state during the Chunin Exams, and you'll understand.]

On the light screen, Xiao Li stood on a high place, his arms outstretched as he untied the weights strapped to his legs.

Below, the candidates participating in the Chunin Exams were all disdainful, thinking that it was just a few weights, so what if they were untied?

Then, as the weight hit the ground, a loud explosion erupted, and they realized just how heavy the weight that Xiao Li had so easily handled really was.

"This weight is indeed a bit exaggerated."

In the second timeline, Hiruzen Sarutobi stared at the thick smoke on the light screen and snorted coldly.

With his current physical condition, carrying this weight should be no problem for him.

But how old is the young Li on the screen?

She was only about thirteen or fourteen years old.

Anyway, when he was thirteen or fourteen, he definitely wasn't as physically fit as Xiao Li.

Not to mention him, even his friends, not one of them, can't match Xiao Li's physique.

Unlike Hiruzen Sarutobi's exclamation, Danzo Shimura saw the immense benefits involved.

He approached Tobirama and whispered, "Teacher, I have an idea."

"Speak."

"Teacher, look, since the Eight Gates are so powerful, can we start training a unit that can use the Eight Gates from a young age?"

Upon hearing this, Tobirama gave Danzo a strange look.

Danzo was still in a state of excitement and did not notice Tobirama's gaze.

"Teacher, you know the power of opening all eight gates. Although it will cost you your life, we have the art of resurrection. Although you will have to start training the Eight Gates Formation all over again after being resurrected, with the foundation you have, you will definitely be able to learn it again quickly. Then, we will have a continuous supply of Eight Gates troops."

Danzo

"Um?"

Have you ever thought about this question?

"Teacher, please speak."

"If the Eight Gates technique is so easy to master, why is it that after defeating the final boss, only Might Guy, Might Guy, and Rock Lee know this forbidden technique?" (Tobirama didn't know that Kakashi also knew it.)

"I know the Eight Gates Formation is difficult to learn, but I believe that as long as there are enough people, someone will eventually be able to learn it."

Danzo's meaning was clear: he believed that the reason only three people knew the Eight Gates was because the technique was not made public, resulting in very few ninjas learning it.

If the conditions are relaxed and a large number of ninjas are allowed to learn, there will definitely be someone who will be able to successfully master it.

"That makes sense, but I don't think it's necessary."

"what?"

Seeing Danzo's puzzled look, Tobirama pointed to Madara and Hashirama and continued, "In terms of combat strength, with Madara and our older brother here, we don't lack top-tier combat power."

"But."

"I understand what you mean. Not everything requires Madara and my older brother to get involved. Some minor matters can be handled by the Eight Gates ninja, right?"

"Yes, that's what I mean."

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"Have you calculated how many resources are needed to train a single Eight Gates ninja?"

"Uh, I haven't actually calculated that."

Danzo's idea was just a flash of inspiration; he hadn't really considered the resources required to train the Eight Gates ninjas.

"Training taijutsu ninjas is very resource-intensive. Not to mention the large amount of meat they consume, they also need secret medicines that can repair bodily damage. Even so, they may not be able to train to the point where they can open all eight gates. If they can't open the final eight gates, wouldn't all the resources spent on training them be wasted?"

"this."

"That's why I said there's no need to specifically train Eight Gates ninjas. If you're interested, you can try it out on your own."

"Do it myself? I think I'll pass."

At this point, Danzo had already given up.

I originally thought the Eight Gates Army was a good idea, which would allow me to defeat Hiruzen in front of Tobirama-sensei, but I didn't expect that Tobirama-sensei would reject it in just a few words.

Why is it so difficult for me, Danzo Shimura, to become Hokage?

[Starting from the sixth gate, after special training, the seventh and eighth gates of the Eight Inner Gates can activate unique specific skills, all of which are genuine physical techniques.]

This completely baffled Kisame, because his specialty is absorbing chakra, which Guy could effectively counter from an attribute standpoint.

[For example, in the final battle between Kisame and Guy, Naruto had just mastered the Golden Nine-Tails technique and used his sensory abilities to force Kisame to retreat.]

Kisame was originally extremely weak, so capturing him should have been easy. However, don't forget that he can instantly recover using Samehada.

Most importantly, the battlefield was Turtle Island, surrounded by the sea, which would have significantly boosted the combat power of a top-tier Water Release ninja.

[Faced with Kisame's desperate escape, Guy immediately opened the Sixth Gate in hot pursuit, using his beloved summoning turtle as a springboard. However, things took a turn for the worse when he caught up. Due to the seawater, Kisame's water-style techniques had become significantly more powerful and had a much wider range. The information he had stolen had already been buried by the sharks.]

[Who knew Kai was no ordinary person? After failing to hit the peacock with his gunfire, he directly opened the seventh gate. In this state, he produces blue sweat, which, through the evaporation of his own heat, creates a unique blue gas.]

This led Kisame to mistake it for chakra, resulting in Kisame specifically using the Great Shark Bullet Technique, which could absorb chakra while simultaneously clashing with the energy blast, a move that, from a purely rational perspective, was both helpless and invincible.

[Who would have thought that Kai would deploy a creature resembling Andy Lau, which looked like a tiger materialized from chakra, but was actually a beast-like air cannon created by striking the air with superhuman physical skills.]

In a mere instant, it wiped out Kisame's sharks completely; its power and range almost covered the entire Turtle Island.

(End of this chapter)