I Have No Regrets In My Life

The auditions were slowly coming to an end, and the Imperial Trial Combination was finally going to open up the battle for the top one hundred and twenty-eight.

It was also from this stage that the weaklings attempting to fish in troubled waters would not appear.

What will be presented to the crowd will be the strongest fighting against the strongest.

This was an absolute no-go area for ninjas below jonin.

And this... was also the battle that Maito Gai was about to participate in.

Honestly, Maito Gai was a bit nervous.

Because of the unlimited age, it was true that those great masters who had been famous for many years would appear in this competition.

Even, it will come across... Kage.

Even Hokage.

In order to win, there is no excuse for making a despicable move. But if it was Godaime, it shouldn't be like what Kakashi said, using the subway to directly create him flying... right?

In Maito Gai's impression, Godaime had always been a great person who treated him well.

But for some reason, his reputation outside had always been very bad... Perhaps, this was the sadness of a good person.

In any case, Maito Gai knew that this was perhaps the biggest challenge of his life.

But while nervous, he was also incredibly excited.

Because...

"This is youth!"

Youth is something that is sometimes sour and sometimes harsh anyway.

Gai went to his father's picture and burned incense for his long deceased father.

"Father, please watch over me from the Pure Land! -

"I'm trying to do the same today!"

After saying so, Gai began to eat the various high-grade nutrients Godaime sent over.

At first, Gai refused.

Because even the jellyfish-brained Gai knew that these things were expensive.

Even if he knew that these supplements made at great expense were very effective and could make his workouts more efficient, Gai rarely bought them - it was a price that even a jonin like him would not be able to resist a toothache.

But Godaime Hokage had said that the poison had to be eaten, and so did the meat. A good rest, a good workout, and a good study were the only way to be truly youthful.

So Gai accepted these strangely expensive supplements.

Godaime was right, this was youth.

After finishing his breakfast, Gai meditated and rested for a while before running towards the outside of Konoha.

The next ones that appeared in front of Gai were all truly strong, and Gai wasn't going to slack off in any way. Therefore, before the battle started, he wanted to adjust his condition to the best.

Let's warm up by running a hundred laps around Konoha first.

Following the previously established route, Gai ran in earnest.

However, before he could finish a lap, he saw several members of the Hokage Guard gathered around under the shade of a tree.

One of the guard members was sitting on the ground with a difficult look on his face, while a companion who knew a little bit of medical ninjutsu was giving him emergency treatment.

Gai immediately stopped.

"What's wrong? What happened? Why is he hurt? Is there an enemy?"

"Ah, it's Gai!" A colleague of the guards pretended to be startled, then said in a stick-reading voice, "There's no enemy, it's because there was a bit of chaos around the arena earlier, and a few of us went out to stop it, so..."

There was a mess around the arena?

And how could every member of the Hokage Guards be injured when they were arguably the best of their age and usually still acted as a group?

Gai tensed up at once and asked at the injured companion.

"Did you run into some difficult expert?"

This time Konoha organized the Imperial Trial Combination scale in the end is still a bit big, attracted a lot of strong people at the same time, but also inevitably attracted some unsuspecting people...

"It doesn't count..." A fellow guard said with a straight face and seemed to be extremely difficult, "Actually, that person didn't want to fight. He just had a slight conflict with others. We went out to stop him. Accidentally... Hey, Gai, do you know the conflict between kekkei genkai ninjas and ordinary ninjas that has been making a lot of noise recently?"

"So it's because of that?"

Although Kai was drunk on daily cultivation and paid little attention to other things. But the daily Konoha Daily, which was delivered to his door every day, he would still read it when he went to the restroom - because there would always be a lot of youthful inspirational short stories on it.

In the Konoha daily newspaper, there had been an incident mentioned about a kekkei genkai ninja discriminating against ordinary ninjas during the audition process.

It wouldn't have been a big deal, there had always been plenty of proud kekkei genkai ninja, and it was not unusual for them to occasionally say things behind their backs that looked down on ordinary ninja.

Gai himself had been under a great deal of pressure as a child because of his extreme favoritism.

Before, Gai didn't care about this matter, but now it seems...

"What a time, if you think you're better than you are, you can obviously go to the arena and compete!"

"Gai, you're always like this... This time it's not the so-called right or wrong, it's clearly someone who's intentionally stirring up conflict to make us fight."

"Ah, it's like this..."

Gai was indeed not good at this. It took him several seconds to react to something that others could see at a glance.

"Then what should we do now?"

"Hokage-sama means to wait and see what happens, after all, too many people have been invited this time and the Daimyo are watching us..."

Gai didn't know many things, but the least that Kai could hear was that Godaime didn't want to start another fight at this time.

It was indeed a very steady approach.

Just a little bit not quite like Godaime... last time the Land of Snow provoked Konoha, he was ready to blast the krill industry of the Land of Snow, clearly a probe leopard manic old brother's appearance, can only say that fortunately the Kazehana Sosetsu ran away in time, otherwise...

"I understand! Want me to carry you to the infirmary?"

"No, it's okay, we can just go by ourselves... You take care!"

The companions added one last inexplicable sentence and then slipped away quickly.

Gai didn't quite understand what they meant, but didn't think deeply about it, and only after finishing today's laps did Gai arrive at the arena as usual to prepare for today's match.

Ever since the arena was built, it had been incredibly lively.

But today seemed to be a bit more lively.

Some of the spectators who had arrived early were gathered at the entrance, and apart from a few discussing who was stronger or weaker and how they were ranked, as always, many were discussing other things.

Gai probably listened to an earful and realized that what was being talked about was surprisingly between the Kekkei genkai Clan and ordinary ninjas.

"Ah, that guy won again... How many consecutive victories is this his? This guy is really strong, isn't he? It's just that his mouth stinks a bit."

"What do you mean his mouth stinks, he's just telling the truth. Isn't it only natural that a ninja with a kekkei genkai is inherently stronger than an ordinary ninja?"

"That's why I hate him the most, isn't it just that he was born into a kekkei genkai clan? If I were just like him, I could just beat him too..."

"Aaaaaaahhhh, why is the air so acidic all of a sudden? Is someone using the Acid Release - ha, it's someone who's jealous! Why don't you say you're the son of a Daimyo?"

"You're sick! You seek death!"

"Come and hit me if you don't."

The crowd was loud and violent from time to time. Although the surrounding Konoha ninjas would always be the first to arrive and rite these less polite guys out, Gai still felt that huge smell of resentment and gunpowder.

Whether people wanted to admit it or not, this kekkei genkai thing could really boost the fighting strength of the ninja in a big way.

There were even precedents of untrained small children easily killing large numbers of strong adult men with their bloodlines without being able to use their powers at all.

And when the ninja can successfully use this power...

When Gai thought about it, really most of those masters in Konoha had kekkei genkai.

Although there are also top masters like the Sandaime and the Yondaime, as well as the Sannin, who don't have kekkei genkai...

Ah, it hurts to grow a brain.

Gai scratched his head and stopped thinking about these things.

He wasn't good at them in the first place, but he was sure that Godaime would be able to solve this problem perfectly.

After making his way through the crowd, Gai didn't go to the lounge to wait for the match to begin, but instead walked over to the viewing platform in the arena, ready to watch the others fight for a while first.

It was a habit of his.

But there seemed to be some unrest in the arena today as well.

The spectators were similarly discussing something about kekkei genkai and ordinary ninjas.

"No matter how you look at it, it's true that kekkei genkai ninjas are still stronger..."

"Yeah yeah yeah."

"Hmph, it's just that the starting point is higher. If we work hard, we can also surpass it..."

"But what if people are also working hard - even harder than you?"

"...This."

"If you can't beat them, just join them. ...Anyway, my father is already preparing for me to marry a kekkei genkai clan."

"Don't you have a boyfriend?"

"...It can only be an ex-boyfriend."

"Are you... even willing to do that?"

"What else can we do? They really are just stronger... If only someone could stand up and make their father change his mind."

"But everyone just thinks that the kekkei genkai ninja are stronger."

The audience's discussion was really not amusing.

Gai looked along with the conversation of the voices and realized that they were two young teenage girls wearing the forehead protector of a certain small shinobi village.

The young girls were pretty, but their faces were filled with sadness.

Gai was tempted to go up to the two and cheer them on, but he quickly remembered the advice of his teammates - it was the time of the Konoh Trial Combination, so don't do anything extra in case you make some unanticipated trouble that Godaime wouldn't be able to clean up.

"It shouldn't be like this..."

Gai clenched his fists, a fire burning in his chest for some reason.

He was very uncomfortable in his heart, he just felt bad, but he couldn't say it out loud.

Seeing that Gai's face looked different, the two female shinobi who were originally chatting exchanged glances and disappeared in an instant.

When Gai looked up again, where to find them.

"Gone away? ...I can't do anything."

Gai was helpless, he wanted to do something, but the person who spoke was gone, what could he do.

Helplessly, Gai could only huff and puff and wait for the next battle.

Not too different from the previous auditions, after entering the rematch, each battle started separately so as not to affect each other.

And the first one to appear today was a strange guy covered in white and wearing a straitjacket.

The one who fought against him was a middle-aged uncle dressed as a Kusa-nin.

Most of the people in the arena began to cheer for the Kusa-nin.

Even though Kusa-nin was from the Kusagakure, because of the current relationship between the Kusagakure and the Land of Fire... anyway, as long as it didn't happen to be a match against a ninja from the Land of Fire, the people of the Land of Fire were willing to cheer for Kusa-nin.

With the referee's order, the two sides immediately fought.

Honestly speaking, even though it was a small ninja village, this Kusa-nin who came out was still very good at fighting. Perhaps it was because of the recent financial abundance, he was even able to perform a few very subtle jutsu.

With something like a hiden, naturally no one would sell it. But if the price is right, it is also possible to ask some jutsu masters to improve their jutsu for themselves, such as reducing a few seals or something....

This Kusa-nin was very old and didn't know many jutsu, but because the arrangement was very delicate, the strength shown was actually not weak.

Gai secretly speculated in his mind that within twenty moves, there was really no way for himself to win against him - unless he opened the Eight Gates.

However, the Eight Gates Released Formation was physically harmful, and it was a must-kill technique that he had reserved exclusively for Kakashi, and could not be used easily.

Gai stared at Kusa-nin, thinking that win or lose, this should be a great fight.

However... the battle ended after only one round.

"Kusa-nin, don't get close to him! It's too dangerous!"

"Quickly avoid it! Get out of the way!"

"Fight!"

Although the spectators were not participating in the battle, because they had been watching the battle, they had likewise accumulated a lot of intelligence and were seeing clearly.

Seeing the Kusa-nin charging towards the other side, the spectators immediately began to remind them.

Unfortunately...

"It's too late."

"Kekkei genkai-less guys like you should know the gap between us - realize it!"

The Kusa-nin had obviously used some kind of jutsu, yet the white guy didn't care about that at all. Just by raising his hand, he absorbed all of Kusa-nin's jutsu.

Seeing this, Kusa-nin was shocked and subconsciously tried to retreat, but his opponent's next attack had already arrived.

"Dark Release: Judgement!"

The white guy raised his hand, and the Kusa-nin's chakura that he had just absorbed immediately spewed out and rushed towards its owner.

The Kusa-nin couldn't dodge in time and was hit by his own full force attack, his body instantly became riddled with holes.

Although he didn't die, his battle power was greatly reduced.

However that wasn't all.

"Storm Release Secret Technique: Demon Dragon Storm!"

The Kusa-nin was rushed into the sky by his own chakra, and the white guy raised his hand once again. Countless gusts of wind in the sky dome immediately acted, and by the looks of it, it was simply going to tear Kusa-nin apart on the spot.

-No way, he definitely can't block it! It's going to die!

No one expected that in the first fight after the auditions, someone would go straight for the kill. Even the referee froze for a moment, unable to follow in time.

Seeing that the Kusa-nin was about to perish on the spot, Gai subconsciously jumped out and rushed into that riotous chakra turbulence.

"...Hmph, not self-conscious."

The white guy saw this, but he didn't even show the slightest sign of retracting.

"Woo..."

Just in the nick of time, a huge tail wrapped with a massive amount of dark chakra suddenly stretched out from underneath the sand, only to see this dark giant tail violently sweeping across, it sucked up all the wind blades in the sky.

After swallowing these wind blades cleanly, this dark giant tail then returned back under the sand.

This scene was so bizarre that even the white guy was startled and did not pursue.

Although... it was very sudden, such an important match would definitely have a defense device.

What people couldn't be sure of was what this thing was.

Gai hurriedly seized the opportunity and rolled out of the ring with the Kusa-nin.

Being knocked out of the range of the sand was the equivalent of automatically admitting defeat. However, Gai felt that now was not the time to be concerned about the question of victory or defeat.

"Thank you..." The Kusa-nin was also frightened, but he still thanked Gai repeatedly, "Thank you, if it wasn't for you, I, Pala A, would be finished..."

T/N: In Chinese, 'jia, yi, bing, ding' often stand for passerby 'A, B, C, D'

Pala A... What the hell kind of name is this... How is it the same as if it was crudely made out and specialized in deceiving people...

Gai was wondering in his mind, but even he knew that spitting out someone's name was a rude thing to do.

So he just hemmed and hawed and giggled twice, and after putting down his Pala A, he then looked at the white guy.

The white guy not only didn't retreat, but instead forced his way up.

"What does that look... mean? Want to die?"

"You clearly won just now, why did you have to kill him!"

"Ah? Did I kill anyone just now? I was just crushing a bug... just like you."

Gai realized that this person had an extremely bad attitude. Strength aside, this man's taijutu was really top notch.

His fists hardened at once.

This was the ring, not a place to divide life and death. Since we have already divided the winners and losers...

Just as Gai wanted to punch back, the referee came over.

"This guy... I have to give you a red card warning! -

"If there's a next time, I'm going to eliminate you outright!"

Although the rule is that you can't kill people, but how dangerous it is for experts to compete with each other, sometimes it is true that you can't collect your moves, that's why there is a red card system.

Yet even so, the white guy's attitude was so weary that it could simply be said that he didn't care at all.

"Whatever you guys want. -

"Anyway, guys like you guys will just come up with a whole bunch of rules to restrict a strong person like me... But that's what you guys should do, after all, compared to me who possesses a strong kekkei genkai, you guys are indeed uncharacteristically weak. -

"You can't just cry when you see me, right?"

...Why is this person's speech so infuriating!

"In any case, please follow the rules... Private fights are prohibited here!"

This latter sentence was obviously addressed to Gai.

Gai's blood pressure was stretched to the extreme at this point, almost about to burst, but he was still pulled away by the referee.

As a Konoha ninja, it was natural that he could not challenge the rules of Konoha.

With indignation in his chest, Gai took the Kusa-nin into the infirmary before making his way back to the front row, ready to continue watching the others fight - especially the white thing.

Gai couldn't remember his opponent's name, only the impression that he was white through and through.

He believed that any jutsu or kekkei genkai had a weakness. As long as he continued to observe... However, good grief, the next battle was between him and Gai?

"A continuous battle?"

"There's such a thing?"

"He just won a fight, shouldn't he be advancing a round?"

The audience murmured about this.

The referee also looked helpless.

"As you can see, just now when I drew the opposing players, there seems to be something wrong... In everyone's common witness, let's re-draw, shall we..."

The audience didn't have much to say.

But the white thing and Gai chose to reject it at the same time.

"No need, just him."

"I'm fine with it, no need to change it!"

The referee looked at the white thing in a difficult situation.

"You have indeed advanced just now and fought continuously..."

"It doesn't matter, for this kind of mongrel without blood succession, I don't need to rest for how many I kill."

The white thing was strong, but with such an arrogant attitude, even the other kekkei genkai ninja were a bit overwhelmed.

A certain Hyuuga clan member couldn't even help but stand up and distinguish.

"It's not that we kekkei genkai ninjas are all like this... it's that only this guy is like this!"

The sensitive Hyuuga had sensed a certain anger gathering.

Someone was deliberately gathering people's anger against kekkei genkai ninjas.

If a non-kekkei genkai ninja with popularity was killed by a kekkei genkai ninja in a crucial battle...

The great clans of Konoha had begun to sense that something was wrong.

But the white thing still had that indifferent look.

"I said, I don't care! That guy across the street, if you're in such a hurry to reincarnate, let's get started."

"Fine!"

The referee was still in a bit of a bind, but neither of the two were refusing on their own, so after consulting Hokage, she had no choice but to call it a start.

"I wasn't supposed to ... for the sake of my hotdog, whatever you guys want!"

And so, with the crowd watching, the two ninjas jumped into the center of the ring.

Dong dong dong...

In previous battles, Gai had already been on the stage many times, and he was very familiar with everything on the stage.

But this time, he still felt... excited and thrilled to be on the stage.

His heart beat crazily at a rate that almost paralyzed him away.

He looked up into the distance, where the curtain tents of the great names of the five great countries had already been erected.

Closer, there were three Kages who had already arrived.

Hokage, Kazekage, Tsuchikage, and their personal guards... Very rarely, even Tsunade-sama sat next to Hokage...

"Hey, you guys, what are you looking at? The match has already started!"

With the white thing's wry smile, the referee simultaneously announced the start of the match.

Unlike the previous defensive counterattacks, this time the white thing's strikes could be said to be black and vicious.

Only what he used this time wasn't Demon Dragon Storm, but... Storm Release: Thunder Cloud Inner Wave!

A massive amount of thunderclouds were quickly born in the arena, and then struck down furiously without a head.

-Can't fight it, then dodge!

Gai usually wasn't good at brainstorming things, yet when it came to combat, he had a beastly precision.

Realizing the power of his opponent's Ninjutsu, Gai's mood immediately returned to ice-like clarity.

Without hesitation, he activated the Eight Gates and began to dodge continuously through the dense lightning and slowly approached his opponent.

Unlike those true geniuses, Gai didn't know too many jutsu, so he focused all of his time and energy on the Eight Gates.

The Eight Gates was very damaging to the body, but the boost was really quite amazing.

"Eight Gates Released Formation, open!"

Visible to the naked eye, Gai's speed and strength began to increase.

This was the Eight Gates to achieve the goal of utilizing 100% of the body's ability, overloading the body's energy to boost attack and speed.

"Oh... it's the Eight Gates... interesting guy, so how about this?"

The white thing sneered and accelerated the speed of the thunderbolt's fall. Gai couldn't and could only continue to accelerate.

"Second Gate, Kyuumon (Gate of Healing), open!"

The second limitation of the body was lifted by Gai.

Kyuumon, lifting the restriction of physical fatigue, overloading the body's energy by squeezing it to restore physical strength, counteracting the fatigue caused by the rate of energy depletion of the open door.

Gai's speed was already quite fast, yet the white thing never stopped.

Thunder continued to fall like a god's might. Its speed was so fast that the sound of thunder could not even be heard until after it was struck.

As a last resort, Gai once again opened the third gate.

"Seimon (Gate of Life), open!"

Gai's body, began to turn red, and green chakra began to overflow from his body surface.

However this was not a good thing.

Because the Seimon of was the last safe zone of the Eight Gates, opening the power behind it again, even if he could survive, it could still put a huge strain on his body.

"Only the third gate? If that's the case, but you can't defeat me, little mongrel."

The white thing laughed so loudly that it even took the initiative to let go of the thunder curtain, allowing Gai a chance to get closer.

Gai didn't understand why he was fighting such a wave, but the opportunity was rare, so Gai still flew forward and kicked him straight in the chest with a big kick.

No, at this time, Gai's speed is even faster than when he opened three gates... This is the fourth gate, Shomon (Gate of Pain)!

Has begun to become berserk chakra wrapped Gai's left foot ruthlessly stepped on the white thing's chest, this time the white thing also had to be a little more serious, hastily back to block.

But...

Boom!

Gai kicked his opponent heavily in the chest, but it was like stepping on steel. The opponent's body wasn't doing anything yet, but his foot bones were cracking.

"How about it, how does the Steel Release feel? Is there no way to get out of the way?"

Gai was about to reply when his left foot was already grabbed by his opponent's palm.

The chakra that was constantly gushing out slammed to a halt, and Gai felt his chakra instantly enter a black hole that he could no longer connect to.

And after losing the chakra boost, his left foot was weakened for a moment. Instead, his opponent seized the opportunity and flung Gai fiercely to the ground.

Boom!

Gai's eyes went black, but for him, it wasn't unbearable.

In order to strengthen his resistance to blows, Gai had done more and more excessive training.

But what really hurt him was not that one heavy blow, but the chakra that... invaded his body along with that one heavy blow.

That was the chakra that belonged to Gai.

What had just happened to Kusa-nin had once again happened to him, Gai.

He was hurt by his own chakra.

On this side, Gai's brain was buzzing, and on the other side, someone in the audience had already exclaimed in shock.

"Did he just... use another kekkei genkai? Does he have three kekkei genkai on him? Or is it some unique jutsu?"

A single kekkei genkai was not rare.

Having two kekkei genkai at the same time was special, and often gave off strange effects - just like Terumi Mei.

But three would be...

Gai also realized that things were bad, and he opened the fifth gate without hesitation.

Tomon (Gate of Limit).

More and more violent streams of chakra erupted from Gai, filling the chakra gap for him while giving Gai the power to fight back once again.

Such was the power of the Tomon, as so much chakra had been added in a short period of time that he was able to lift the ground and even travel through the air just by the pressure of the wind as he moved.

But the white thing didn't panic.

He use the fourth kekkei genkai.

"Swift Release."

Gai kicked out dozens of kicks in a flash, his furious kicking technique leaving a series of residual images in the air. However, the white thing's speed wasn't slow at all, and after using Swift Release, he actually retreated from Gai's attacks with ease.

"What an unprecedented opponent..."

Gai wasn't lacking in experience in fighting ninjas with kekkei genkai.

For example, Kakashi.

But with four kekkei genkai ninjas at the same time... especially since his opponent could attack and defend, attacking and defending at the same time, Gai didn't stand a chance.

"This guy... no wonder you're so arrogant!"

"No, it's not arrogance, it's just something that is taken for granted."

The white thing put one of its hands behind its back with an air of calmness.

"Many people aren't willing to admit one thing, and that is that they are weak, much less the protagonist of this world. -

"You were born only to be our food. -

"Why do you need to be dropped on your head to realize that? Let's skip this stage, shall we. -

"Realizing this reality is actually good for you and me - the so-called efforts and struggles are nothing more than excuses to make yourselves feel better, excuses to excuse yourselves... because from the very beginning, we have stood at your end."

Gai didn't pay any attention to the white thing's nonsense.

Because at this moment, there was only one feeling left in his heart - to blast this white thing in front of him down hard!

"Keimon (Gate of View)! -

"Morning Peacock!"

Without hesitation, Gai opened the sixth gate.

The berserk chakra began to shake the atmosphere of the entire arena as if it had ignited. Gai continuously swung his fist forward, the chakra and the air friction wildly, even forming a huge and blazing fireball as a result.

This was the Morning Peacock.

However, in the face of the rain of fireballs sweeping down from the sky, the white thing still acted incomparably calm. Only to see him raise his hand and absorb that one huge fireball extremely calmly on one side, while on the other side, he maintained his Swift Release and dodged continuously with lightning speed.

The faster Gai fought, the faster he dodged.

Even though Gai was so powerful for a while, he was unable to take down his opponent.

While the daimyo and the ordinary spectators only found the scene unusually good to watch, Kage and the daimayo behind them realized what the problem was.

"Too young, fighting too recklessly, shouldn't have fought like that. Nowadays, his attacks seem to be wild, but they are all blocked one by one by his opponent. Should have utilized the advantage of the Eight Gate's strong explosive power to engage the opponent in close combat instead..."

"Close combat? How do you fight in close quarters? The opponent obviously has two kinds of kekkei genkai that increase speed and defense, and how are you sure that the opponent only has these two kinds? What if he has more, more deadly kekkei genkai... Nowadays, battle tactics, pulling away and gauging his limits is the way to go."

"But the Eight Gate recluse pressure on the body... and this player seems to have been provocative, but the proportion is extremely good, the control of chakra is also... such an expert, why have I never seen? Even if it's a rouge ninja, it should be a hefty one."

The rookies looked at the scene, the experts looked at the basics. As soon as the white thing struck, they could see how strong the opponent was - this was simply a Kage-class expert who had somehow managed to come here to fry cannon foddlers.

Elite jonin might have weaknesses, but they also had their own set of killing combat techniques.

The Kage rank, on the other hand, basically covered up all their weaknesses, turning them into deathless powerhouses.

What really puzzled the expert group was that such a strong person shouldn't have no reputation to suddenly appear right...

"It can't be another Konoha's rouge ninja..."

"Even if it's Konoha's rouge ninja, then who is it... There's no reason for it."

Everyone didn't think that this person was out of their village, their first thought was Konoha - but they still couldn't figure out who it was.

Tsunade somewhat tried to speak, but was forced down by a pat on the shoulder from Makoto beside her.

In any case, the situation on the field was extremely unfavorable for Gai.

The white thing had been deliberately provoking Gai's emotions, and it was true that Gai wasn't falling for it, yet with his extremely old and basic skills, he was still draining Gai's power little by little.

Even Godaime Hokage couldn't help but sigh.

"It's still too early... If it's twelve years later, or fifteen years later, Gai would have blown his brains out... This age group, it's still a bit of a stretch..."

Gai similarly realized the problem, at his current age, he wasn't able to maintain the Six Gates state for long.

But the anger in his heart wasn't willing to let him just admit defeat to the obnoxious white thing.

So he clenched his teeth together and chose to engage in a close combat.

This was undoubtedly quite dangerous, because no one knew how many more kekkei genkai... the white thing had but at this point Gai had no choice.

"Come on!"

Gai accelerated violently and moved forward again.

This time, the white thing chose to actively avoid - he can't catch my punch!

Gai thought so in his heart, however, when he tried to bully his way forward again, he just collided with a huge summoning beast that had been summoned out.

Boom!

Gai took a step back, while the psychic beast was completely smashed out. Its entire body was slammed into the wall, and after twitching twice, it was no longer silent.

In this encounter, Gai won big. But... this was just the white thing's move to stall for time.

Taking advantage of this moment when Gai was slightly stalled, the white thing began to frantically cast ninjutsu.

Wave after wave of extremely powerful Storm Release, like no money at all, crazily smashed into Gai's body.

Gai is very strong, even if you include those seniors together, Gai is also a first-class taijutsu expert.

But... fighting does not just have taijutsu.

Truly powerful ninjas were necessarily all hexagonal fighters without any weaknesses.

Even Onoki, who looked so pulled that he would even flash his back during the release of his jutsu, was himself accomplished in taijutsu - it was time and injuries that ultimately destroyed Onoki and filled his body with weaknesses, not the fact that he himself possessed those weaknesses.

Even after obtaining the Rinnegan, Uchiha Madara gave the impression of being extremely senile at the very end of his life, struggling to even sit up.

The cultivation in this world did not add to longevity.

The fact that a ninja of this age was still alive and even able to go to war was in itself proof of strength.

Gai was really too paranoid.

Although it wasn't as extreme as the Lee that came out later, this biased to the point of abnormal addition still greatly narrowed the width of Gai's development.

There was a reason why Gai had never been able to win against Kakashi in various messy challenges.

After a series of crazy storm release, the entire scene was pitted.

"Whoosh, whoosh..."

Performing several large jutsu in one breath, the white thing was also a bit strained.

And not to mention Gai, who had taken the brunt of the blow, the whole thing had been beaten to a blackened state. Although he hadn't collapsed yet, anyone could feel how vulnerable he was.

The chakra leaking out of the eight gates protected Gai well, but this overdrawn power has a limit after all...

"You lost, talentless man. -

"From the very beginning, you lost... So what if you tried, the end is actually still the same. -

"So admit it. -

"It's not difficult. This is you... the you who lost your dreams, the you who lies, the you who cares about others' gazes, the you who wishes to stand above others, the you who wishes to follow others, and the... unfortunate you who likes others. -

"Say it, you're weak, you can't beat anyone, you're just inherently inferior to me. -

"It's comforting to be deflated."

It was not clear if the white thing was saying this to Gai or to himself.

What responded to him, however, was Gai's determined refusal.

"I know! -

"I know! -

"I know it all!"

Water ran down Gai's face, while some sort of powerful chakra, once again, began to vibrate from within him.

It was as if a giant dragon had once again begun to try to soar to the heavens after centuries of hibernation.

"From a very young age, I knew that I don't have the talent for this... I can't do it! -

"No matter how hard I try, my grades will always be the worst!"

"There's always something that no matter how hard I try, I can't do!"

"But..."

From the distance, came the sound of Green Fruit's music.

Makoto was the first to stand up.

The way he suddenly stood up was so abrupt that the bystanders thought he had something to say and all looked at him.

However, Makoto didn't say anything, just basked in the sound of the song and looked straight at Gai.

He didn't say anything, but Gai had definitely felt that attention.

The Yondaime Kazekage sitting next to Makoto looked at Makoto, then at Gai, and similarly stood up.

The next in line was Kitsuchi.

The three Kages stood up together, and the group of jonin behind them naturally followed suit.

Immediately after that, was the audience.

No one spoke at the scene, only the passionate song echoed continuously.

But strangely enough, people were feeling a certain inexplicable atmosphere.

The one in front of me is a green fruit.

But... he is wanting to change.

He is trying to open a forbidden door.

Makoto kicked Tsunade next to him.

Tsunade rolled her eyes at him, then shouted in a stick-reading tone.

"Gai, don't ever open the seventh gate! You can't take it now, you'll die!"

Unable to defeat his enemy no matter what, Gai's first reaction was to open the forbidden seventh gate.

Kyomon (Gate of Wonder).

It was only a hair's breadth away from the eighth gate of certain death.

Even if it wasn't yet the Shimon (Gate of Death), its cost was bound to be incomparably grueling.

However...

More and more powerful chakra burned within his body.

He sensed something long sought after.

Ah, the price... Gai knew, of course.

Wasn't it only natural that great power often meant a great price?

Gai would never forget that it was his father who had forced open the Shimon, despite himself, in order to save the still young ones.

Death is really scary.

But for Gai, he was more afraid of one thing - failing his youth before dying!

In his last moments, he remembered his father's words.

"Always remember this, if you are a man, choose a way of life that you won't regret. -

"What is truly important to you. No matter if it's painful or sad, you have to try and try again, even if you lose your life, you have to use these hands to protect to the end!"

Now, it was that time!

The blue chakra stream blew away the flying ash from Gai's body and began to boil like lava.

The Eight Gates Released Formation, the seventh gate, Kyomon!

"Daytime Tiger!"