"What did you say? He refused?"

  'How dare he refuse the order of me, the Hokage.'

  "What exactly did he say?"

  Kakashi truthfully reyed the words.

  Hearing Uchiha Ryosuke's original words, the Third Hokage's anger surged. He silently cursed the wicked Uchiha cn, actually wanting to ruin his pns.

  But he still suppressed the anger in his heart. This boy's identity had long been investigated.

  He was the only grandson of the Uchiha cn's great elder. If something happened to him, the Uchiha cn would surely oppose it.

  After all, that great elder was highly respected.

  And now, it was a crucial time to negotiate peace with the Hidden Cloud Vilge, so the retionship with the Uchiha cn must not deteriorate further.

  He had to think of a strategy.

  He said, "Since he wants to interact, let him interact. Tell him he is not allowed to reveal Naruto's identity as the son of the Fourth Hokage. Otherwise, it will expose Naruto to the revenge of the Fourth Hokage's former enemies."

  With this guarantee, the vilgers would continue to detest Naruto, and he could maintain his benevolent image in front of Naruto, indoctrinating him with the Will of Fire.

  As long as he treated Naruto better than Uchiha Ryosuke, he could naturally win Naruto over.

  Children are the easiest to influence, and he was confident in this. This was his specialty.

  Kakashi responded affirmatively and then disappeared from the office. He went back to the small forest and once again found Ryosuke, conveying the Third Hokage's decision.

  Ryosuke nodded in agreement.

  He hadn't expected that with a slightly firmer attitude, the Third Hokage would back down.

  Maybe it really was because the negotiations with the Hidden Cloud Vilge were about to happen.

  No matter the reason, as long as he was not stopped from interacting with Naruto, it was enough.

  He smiled and looked at Kakashi.

  "Tell the Third Hokage that I will keep it a secret."

  Perhaps there really were some of the Fourth Hokage's enemies pnning to assassinate Naruto.

  Although Ryosuke believed that exposing Naruto's status as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki had already made him extremely dangerous.

  Because the tailed beasts were enormous assets to their vilges, especially the strongest of them all, the Nine-Tails.

  How could other vilges not have thoughts about this?

  Naruto was still a child. Capturing him, no matter the cost, would be worth it.

  After all, controlling the Nine-Tails and creating a new Jinchuriki would provide an enormous military advantage.

  Though controlling the Nine-Tails wasn't an easy task, there were plenty of factions willing to try.

  Seeing Ryosuke agree, Kakashi couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

  He immediately returned to report to the Third Hokage.

  ———

  In the blink of an eye, more than two months passed.

  During this time, the Konoha high-ups made no moves against the Uchiha cn.

  Ryosuke was also able to focus on improving his strength.

  Especially in improving his physical attributes every day. When he wasn't sparring with Guy, he would train alone using Saitama's training method from One Punch Man.

  This also allowed him to enhance his physical attributes.

  Currently, in terms of pure taijutsu, his strength had completely reached the Jonin level.

  Thanks to his sparring with Guy, he was now dominant in their matches, and Guy, in terms of taijutsu alone, was undoubtedly at the Jonin level.

  Though perhaps only at the standard Jonin level.

  Ryosuke wasn't entirely sure what his exact level was now. He just felt that he was no longer a weakling.

  He could even open four gates of the Eight Gates Formation. Over the two months, thanks to his tolerance for pain, he had successfully trained up to this level.

  Opening the Third Gate (Life Gate) and the Fourth Gate (Pain Gate) was far more painful than the earlier gates.

  This was because these gates were located along the spine.

  Opening these two gates made Ryosuke feel as if his back was about to explode and even made him afraid to walk.

  Fortunately, he could recover fully after a night's rest. This was all thanks to the system.

  Otherwise, no matter how much he could endure pain, he wouldn't dare to engage in such body-breaking training.

  After all, for others, such reckless training would not only risk a fractured spine but even complete physical colpse.

  This was why even the most resilient taijutsu users took up to 20 years to master the Eight Gates Formation.

  Ryosuke's rapid growth in strength was something Guy had been observing all along.

  He was utterly astounded. Guy considered himself no match for Ryosuke's ability to endure suffering.

  After all, it had taken him seven to eight years to train up to four gates and another two to three years to reach the next gate.

  Yet Ryosuke was only one gate away from catching up to him. While deeply impressed by Ryosuke's rapid progress, he felt no jealousy.

  In fact, even ninjas who were prone to envy would not feel jealousy if they witnessed Ryosuke's training firsthand.

  Because his progress was purely the result of an almost suicidal level of determination.

  No other ninja could emute that, so naturally, there was no room for envy—only amazement.

  Moreover, Guy understood Ryosuke's unique physical constitution. Despite such grueling training, Ryosuke could recover fully by the next day.

  His physical constitution was extraordinarily robust, perfectly suited for taijutsu.

  Hard work was the only secret to mastering taijutsu—provided one's body could endure it. And Ryosuke undoubtedly met both conditions, so his growing strength came as no surprise.

  One morning, as usual, Ryosuke headed to the small forest on the edge of the cn's grounds to train.

  One set of Saitama's routine was no longer enough to make his body fatigued, thus contributing to his physical attribute growth.

  But this was easily resolved—he simply did a second set.

  Though it took longer, as long as it improved his attributes, nothing else mattered.

  While he was training, a cn member slowly approached the forest. The visitor was Uchiha Idaka.

  Although the Eighth Elder had previously advised him to avoid Ryosuke—Ciming that Ryosuke was dangerous, even more radical than the cn's hardliners, practically a madman aiming to annihite all of Konoha's upper echelons—

  The Uchiha cn's three great talents included Ryosuke, who firmly stood with the cn, albeit with extreme ideas.

  But Idaka couldn't resist his curiosity about Ryosuke's current strength after two months.

  If Ryosuke had indeed made another breakthrough in these two months, then his previously outndish ideas might no longer seem so absurd. They could potentially become a reality.

  Moreover, he, Uchiha Idaka, also wanted to test whether the so-called Eight Gates Formation was really that magical.

  Training to fully open the Eight Gates could actually grant strength dozens of times greater than that of a Kage-level ninja.

  If he could have such strength, even if it meant dying, he would be willing, as long as it could revive the Uchiha cn.

  Of course, the Eighth Elder had once told him not to think about this technique, as the difficulty of training it was extremely high.

  But Idaka, without trying, was still unwilling to give up.

  Otherwise, his heart would continue to itch.

  The cn did not possess the training method for this technique, but he knew the people who could use it were Might Guy and Uchiha Ryosuke.

  Between these two, whom should he choose to ask for guidance?

  Although he no longer underestimated Might Guy, there was no doubt that Uchiha Ryosuke was his own cnsman, so he would naturally still choose his own cnsman.

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