"Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu."
"Fire Style: Intelligent Hard Work."
"Fire Style: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet."
"Amaterasu."
"Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation."
"Fire Style: Great Fire Destruction."
[REMINDER.]
[TRAIT [FIRE] UNLOCKED.]
[CONGRATULATIONS HOST, NEN ABILITY HAS BROKEN ITS LIMIT AGAIN]
[HOST: SEAN ZOLDYCK]
[CURRENT NEN ABILITY LEVEL: DOUBLE LIMIT BREAK]
"Success!"
"Hahaha, good job, boy!"
"I didn't expect you to actually master all the Fire Style jutsu!"
In the roiling sea of clouds within the consciousness space, Guy, sporting a watermelon haircut and his signature green jumpsuit, laughed heartily as he put his arm around Sean, looking even more excited than Sean himself, who had just broken his Nen limit again.
"I really have to thank you, Guy-sensei, for all your hard work training with me during this time." Sean waved his hand, dissipating the black flames of Amaterasu that were wrapped around Guy, and thanked him sincerely, "Without you, I couldn't have improved so quickly."
Guy flashed a bright white smile and gave Sean a thumbs-up. "Youth needs a roaring fire to burn!"
'Mangekyo Sharingan, Wind Style Master, Fire Style Master, plus a physical constitution strong enough to open the first five of the Eight Gates.'
Guy released Sean, placing both hands on his shoulders, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion. "Sean, you are the most talented child I have ever seen!"
"Even Sasuke and Naruto don't compare to you!"
"Keep it up! I believe in you! Defeat your father and put a perfect end to your youth!"
'It's been three years. It's time to settle this.'
"Guy-sensei, six days left." Sean grinned, holding up six fingers to Guy. "In six days, you'll see."
Guy slapped Sean's shoulder hard, laughing loudly. "Hahaha! When the time comes, kick him hard for me! Let him have a taste of the Primary Lotus!"
"Absolutely!" Sean winked at Guy. "If I can land a kick on his face, I'm sure Dad will never forget it for the rest of his life."
"Hahaha, you kid..." Guy laughed until he cried. After a moment, he rubbed his eyes and said, "It's a pity about Neji. If he were still alive and knew someone like you existed in another world, I'm sure his eyeballs would pop out in shock."
"Haha, no, that's wrong. He doesn't have eyeballs, only the whites of his eyes..."
'Neji?' "Sensei, you knew all along?" Sean asked after a moment of silence.
Guy gave a soft "Mm," his laughter fading until it disappeared, replaced by a long sigh. "You deliberately avoided telling me, so I figured it wouldn't be a good outcome... Sean." Guy paused, looking deeply at Sean. "I don't want to know how Neji died. I just want to know... did he die with his eyes closed?"
Sean took a deep breath and nodded solemnly at Guy. "He protected the people he was meant to protect, and he guarded Konoha's future. In the future..."
"Guy-sensei, if you want to see him, you can come to me anytime. I can pull him from the Pure Land."
"That won't be necessary." Guy waved his hand at Sean, breaking into a smile. "I'll just go find him in the Pure Land myself. After all, I'm going to die sooner or later, too."
After speaking, Guy patted Sean's shoulder. "I'll be looking forward to your performance in six days."
"You've already mastered the first five of the Eight Gates. Next time we meet... it will be Night Guy!"
'Night Guy?' "But aren't there still 'Morning Peacock,' 'Daytime Tiger,' and 'Evening Elephant,' Sensei?"
Guy shook his head. With his back to Sean, he slowly walked into the depths of the sea of clouds. "A boy's youth burns too hot. I can feel it. The next time we meet, with your physical condition, you'll be strong enough to withstand Night Guy. Perhaps... that will also be the last time we meet."
The sea of clouds surged, gradually swallowing Guy's figure. Sean watched him leave, feeling reluctant, yet serene... but more than anything... admiring.
'In terms of taijutsu alone, to be acknowledged by Madara as the strongest... Guy's insight is incredibly sharp.' 'Next time we meet, I'm certain I'll have achieved a triple limit break. And a triple limit break, referencing Silva's data, means the three major stats—'Strength,' 'Speed,' and 'Aura'—will definitely break six digits, ten thousand times that of a normal adult!'
'Handling the load of Night Guy with that level of power should be no problem.'
But alas, the future is the future, and the present is the present. After seeing Guy off, Sean's consciousness returned. He let out a soft breath and instructed "Sage" to open his status panel.
Omm...
A screen of light appeared, displaying the results of his three years of training before Sean's eyes.
[HOST: SEAN ZOLDYCK]
[BONE AGE: 13]
[STRENGTH: 54287 (NORMAL PERSON 10) REMARK: DOUBLE LIMIT BREAK]
[SPEED: 57892 (NORMAL PERSON 10) REMARK: DOUBLE LIMIT BREAK]
[AURA: 61254 (NORMAL PERSON 10) REMARK: DOUBLE LIMIT BREAK]
[CURRENT NEN ABILITY LEVEL: DOUBLE LIMIT BREAK]
[ITEMS: OROCHIMARU'S KUSANAGI SWORD, SEVERAL SHURIKEN, EXPLOSIVE TAGS]
[DŌJUTSU: TSUKUYOMI, AMATERASU, KAMUI (LOCKED), SUSANOO (LOCKED)]
[NINJUTSU: SEXY JUTSU, MULTI SHADOW CLONE JUTSU, "WIND STYLE" COMPLETE, "FIRE STYLE" COMPLETE, INO-SHIKA-CHO CLAN JUTSU COMPLETE]
[TAIJUTSU: NIN-TAIJUTSU, EIGHT GATES (CURRENT PROGRESS 5/8)]
[REMAINING READER FEEDBACK VALUE: 41500]
[COMPREHENSIVE STRENGTH RATING: C to C+]
"Not even C+?" Noticing the last entry, Sean raised an eyebrow. As if reading his mind, "Sage" popped up to add:
[CONSIDERING HOST'S CURRENT STRENGTH, AFTER ACTIVATING THE EIGHT GATES, YOU WILL MEET THE C+ RATING STANDARD]
[ADDITIONALLY, DETECTED THAT HOST IS ABOUT TO FACE SILVA ZOLDYCK. IT IS RECOMMENDED HOST UNLOCKS "DŌJUTSU—SUSANOO"]
[REMARK: "SUSANOO" IS FOR BOTH OFFENSE AND DEFENSE, AND CAN MAXIMALLY ENHANCE HOST'S COMBAT POWER. AFTER ACTIVATION, YOU WILL MEET THE B- RATING STANDARD]
"Oh? B-... Isn't that the same level as the Ant King's three Royal Guards—Pitou, Pouf, and Youpi?"
A flash went through Sean's eyes as he waved his hand, rejecting "Sage's" suggestion. "Now is not the time to transform and pilot a Gundam."
"So many eyes are watching. Unlocking it early means exposing it early. Better to save it as a surprise for Dad then."
The cold wind howled, swirling up mounds of snow.
Sean looked up at the mountain forest. Tap, tap, tap... Tsubone, holding a black umbrella and sporting Barbie-pink hair, approached slowly. As she drew near, she placed her right hand on her chest and bowed to Sean. "Young Master, it's time for lunch. The Master is already waiting in the dining room."
"A meal before the execution... I mean, fight?" Sean grinned. "I imagine it must be quite a feast."
Swish. Tsubone opened the black umbrella, shielding Sean from the wind and snow, and said in a low voice, "I wouldn't call it a feast, but it is all the Young Master's favorite foods."
"Heh, is that so?" The boy put his hands in his pockets, his gaze penetrating the dense mountain forest toward the distant old castle. He took the first step onto the snow. "Then we can't keep Dad waiting. Let's go."