Click.
Might Guy, who had changed into a green tight suit, walked out of his house with a steamed bun in his mouth.
The slightly warming sunlight fell on his cheeks.
Might Guy, who was always full of vitality, couldn’t help but groan and stretch.
The flowers planted along the street had already bloomed gorgeously, just a glance at them could make one’s mood much better.
“Sure enough, the morning is the absolutely wonderful moment for youth to bloom!”
Might Guy took a deep breath, stuffed the steamed bun into his mouth in two or three bites, and shouted loudly and indistinctly: “Facing Konoha’s morning sun, let sweat and petals fly together!”
Saying that, his whole body swung his two legs and ran towards the commercial district, kicking up a cloud of dust.
But halfway there, he found that more and more people were walking in the opposite direction.
The originally very wide and empty road began to become somewhat crowded.
“Huh?”
Might Guy stopped, scratched his head, exerted a little force with his feet, and leaped to a high place.
He shaded his forehead with his hand to block the sunlight and looked at the flow of people on other streets in the distance.
The hurrying crowds gathered like a tide of ants, walking in groups of three or five towards the direction of the Konoha village entrance.
“What, what happened here?”
Seeing this scene, Might Guy was inevitably a bit curious, but after only a moment of hesitation, he continued to walk against the flow of people towards the Hyuga clan compound.
Time passed quickly, two months went by in the blink of an eye.
The interior of Konoha remained peaceful and harmonious during this time.
The public was completely oblivious to the border conflicts of the Land of Fire.
It wasn’t until the Konoha higher-ups released the news that Hidden Cloud was coming to Konoha to sign an alliance treaty that the public was suddenly shocked, and then pleasantly surprised, amazed that their Third Hokage had secretly accomplished such a great feat.
Calling it an “alliance treaty” sounded nice, but in reality, wasn’t it just them coming to cling to a powerful backer?
Faced with the submission of an old enemy from the Great Ninja War, all the citizens of Konoha felt deeply honored.
However, a minor Chunin with no background like Might Guy naturally didn’t know what was happening at the border.
Addicted to training every day, he was also unaware of the news about Hidden Cloud coming to Konoha to sign the alliance treaty.
He only knew that Yun Chuan Hyuga, his training partner, had completely lost contact during these two months.
Every time he went to the Hyuga clan to look for Yun Chuan Hyuga, he would always be stopped by a branch family member with a complex expression.
They would inform him with uncharacteristically polite, even courteous attitudes, that Yun Chuan Hyuga was undergoing closed-door training and to come back in two months.
Closed-door training?
How can one train taijutsu behind closed doors?
Might Guy knew very well that Yun Chuan Hyuga’s effort and self-discipline were not inferior to his own.
Therefore, his first reaction upon hearing this was that the guy was lying to him.
However, the complex expression of that Hyuga branch family member didn’t look like a disguise, which also made Might Guy wonder if something had happened internally within the Hyuga clan.
Now, two months had passed since that day.
“Yun Chuan should finally open his doors and receive guests today.”
Because Kakashi joined the Anbu and was busy off his feet every day, and Yun Chuan Hyuga, his only training partner, was also absent, Might Guy was dying of boredom training alone these two months.
Seeing that the agreed time had arrived, he was naturally eager to go looking for him.
And when Might Guy ran to the Hyuga clan compound, the person on duty today actually happened to be that same branch family member who was taught a lesson by Yun Chuan Hyuga back then.
This time, not only did the other party not stop him, nor did they give him cold looks, but politely let him in.
The attitude has changed!
The attitude really changed!
That kid Yun Chuan must have secretly done something big!
“Yun—Chuan——!”
Might Guy ran excitedly towards Yun Chuan Hyuga’s courtyard and shouted loudly: “Don’t pretend you can’t hear me, you bastard!
Let me see what progress you’ve made these two months.
Today I will absolutely make you yell ‘As expected of Senior Guy’!”
Every time he came before, there was a barrier around Yun Chuan Hyuga’s courtyard, but now the barrier was gone.
In his excitement, Might Guy didn’t even care about etiquette.
Seeing the door unlocked, he understood and walked straight in.
But the moment he entered the house, it felt like passing through a thin membrane, and he suddenly felt the hairs on his body stand up.
It wasn’t because he felt some inexplicable killing intent, but because the air seemed to be permeated with invisible electrical charges, which made the hair and fine hairs on the surface of his body stand up slightly.
“This is…”
Feeling the faint numbing sensation coming from his body surface, Might Guy also couldn’t help but freeze for a moment.
He frowned and walked quietly towards Yun Chuan’s training room.
The closer he got, the stronger the feeling became.
Until he pushed open that door, what caught his eye was the slightly blurred air.
Zzt-zzt!
All the conductive equipment in the room had been moved away.
Yun Chuan Hyuga, sitting cross-legged in the center of the room, was bare-chested with well-defined muscles.
Tiny blue electric arcs flickered on his body surface and all around him, wandering like countless slender blue snakes extending in the air.
Seeming to hear the sound of Might Guy walking into the room, Yun Chuan Hyuga, whose eyes were closed, slowly opened them, and a blue light flashed across his pure white eyes.
Under Might Guy’s shocked and doubtful gaze, the electric arcs lingering around him began to converge, sinking into that body like a tamed swarm of snakes.
“Senior Guy, are we going to train?” Yun Chuan Hyuga asked.
“…”
Hearing this, Might Guy came back to his senses, staring blankly at Yun Chuan Hyuga’s body.
The power hidden within was almost visible to the naked eye.
“Yun Chuan, you’re actually using Lightning Style chakra to temper your physique?” A look of disbelief gradually surfaced on his face, and he blurted out instinctively, “Are you crazy, kid?”
The effect of Lightning Style chakra being able to temper the body was no secret in the ninja world.
After all, the ones best at this were the Hidden Cloud.
The Third Raikage possessed the titles of “Strongest Shield” and “Strongest Spear,” and the Fourth Raikage even had the prestigious name of “Blue Lightning” because of his speed.
But not just anyone can use Lightning Style chakra to temper their body.
Proficiently mastering the change in nature and the change in form of Lightning Style chakra is enough to stump many people, and it requires a complete understanding of the complex meridian system inside one’s own body.
Why are most Lightning Style ninjutsu long-range release types?
Why are there so few Lightning Style ninjutsu suitable for Chunin and Genin to practice?
It’s because Lightning Style chakra is not as stable as Earth Style chakra; it can even be said to be the most unstable among the five chakra natures.
To use ninjutsu, one must circulate chakra within the body’s meridian system.
The violent-natured Lightning Style chakra is very difficult to control.
Even a slight mistake during this process will heavily damage one’s own body…
Thinking of this, Might Guy froze again, suddenly realizing that Yun Chuan Hyuga, who possessed the Byakugan and could see the internal meridian system, seemed to truly be the best candidate to use this method to temper his body?
“This…”
For a moment, he opened his mouth but couldn’t speak, falling into a brief silence.
One could imagine that Yun Chuan Hyuga, tempering his physique with Lightning Style chakra, would surely make leaps and bounds in his Eight Inner Gates training in the future.
And this method of training was completely beyond reach for a guy like him who had almost no talent for ninjutsu.
However, this depressing thought only appeared for a fleeting moment before it was replaced by a boiling, burning fighting spirit and hot blood in his heart.
The look Might Guy gave Yun Chuan Hyuga changed again and again, and finally gradually turned into the gaze he normally used to look at Kakashi.
“Yun Chuan.” His eyes burned fiercely as he gave a thumbs up, grinned revealing shiny white teeth, and said earnestly, “Congratulations.”
There was no jealousy or sourness in his words, only sincere joy for his friend and himself.
He was happy for Yun Chuan Hyuga’s progress, and also happy for gaining another opponent.
Yes.
At this moment, Yun Chuan Hyuga was no longer the kindred spirit who needed to huddle together for warmth in his heart, nor was he the junior who needed sympathy, appreciation, and guidance.
But, just like that guy Kakashi, a truly valued opponent and best friend.
(END CHAPTER)