C-Rank Mission, Baiyun Town

"I understand, Senior. You researched the Eight Gates yourself through secluded training without intending to create it, so you also improved the Activation Technique by instinct. Coupled with your multiple uses of the Gate of Opening, the chakra locks loosened, leading to this."

The Eight Gates are the body's chakra locks.

The more the Eight Gates are practiced, the fewer side effects there are. At Might Duy's level, he could easily open below the Sixth Gate, but he hadn't mastered it well and didn't train it.

Therefore.

His body became so powerful that it would unconsciously open some chakra locks.

It wasn't a full-power state, but he possessed some of its characteristics.

This is something others cannot learn.

At least Kyoichi finds it difficult to master, because he can currently only open up to the Third Gate in the Eight Gates, and cannot directly open the Gate of Life, let alone unintentionally break through the Gate of Opening.

Moreover.

Kyoichi's chakra control is extremely strong, so such a thing is impossible.

"So, is it good or bad?"

Might Duy was a little confused.

"It's very suitable for you and Guy. Ordinary Jonin cannot learn it."

Kyoichi didn't reject it.

He could also achieve Might Duy's improvements, but it wasn't very good. This level of Activation Technique still required too much physical fitness, and many Jonin couldn't learn it.

However.

To research a weaker breathing Activation Technique would likely require a deep understanding of cells and medicine, and currently Kyoichi only has a superficial understanding of Medical Ninjutsu and cells.

It's a shame Tsunade isn't in Konoha.

Kyoichi thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps you can think of it this way: Senior, if you suppress the Activation Technique to a level that doesn't affect opening the gates, perhaps that would be enough."

"Uh, it can be like that?"

Might Duy was stunned for a moment.

It seemed...

to make sense?

It seemed very simple, why hadn't he thought of it?

He became excited, clenched his fist, and roared, "Very good, burn my youth!"

After roaring, Might Duy slipped away.

Kyoichi's mouth twitched, unsure of what to say for a moment.

As expected.

Like father, like son!

However.

Might Duy's Activation Technique was quite interesting, automatically opening a part of the "Gate of Opening."

The Gate of Opening is a limitation of the brain.

Opening the Eight Gates allows one to exert 100% of their body's potential, increasing speed and strength.

Opening parts of it results in slightly lower consumption and side effects, but combined with the Activation Technique, it allows one to exert almost full power in a more conventional way, which can be very effective at times.

He could try practicing it.

For the next few days, his main body would practice taijutsu, striving to reach the Sixth Gate as soon as possible.

As for the Seven Heavenly Breathing Methods.

He would wait until he finds Tsunade later and learns more Medical Ninjutsu.

From now on, the focus would still be on cultivation.

The team had just been formed, and everyone was honing their skills and guiding their subordinates. Kyoichi still maintained his pace of three missions a day, but he would guide a different person each day.

Kurenai Yuhi, Asuma, and Shisui would rotate.

It was simple for Asuma and Shisui.

One taught Wind Style, the other taught swordsmanship.

But for Kurenai Yuhi...

He only knew two Genjutsu, and they were types Kurenai Yuhi was unlikely to master. He knew even fewer Medical Ninjutsu, only the Mystical Palm Technique. Furthermore, Medical Ninjutsu requires a lot of knowledge accumulation and cannot be achieved overnight.

So.

Currently, the only thing he could teach her seemed to be the Body Flicker Technique.

The improved version.

But Kurenai Yuhi was willing to learn and work hard, and that was enough.

And.

Every day of teaching came with rewards.

After more than ten days, although he hadn't learned any powerful ninjutsu, he had learned a few less important ones, like Great Breakthrough and Hell Viewing Technique.

What surprised Kyoichi the most was his swordsmanship proficiency.

While it wasn't much, it at least saved him months of arduous Shadow Clone training.

But...

"Lord Kyoichi, Lord Third said that the points accumulated from D-rank missions before have been cleared. The current amount isn't much, so I really can't give you three."

"Really none left?"

"There's only one. If you want it, take it."

The Chunin distributing missions refused to budge.

There were missions.

But not many. With a bunch of Genin returning to the village and the frantic clearing over the past ten days, where would so many missions be?

"Teacher, why don't we just take one?"

Kurenai Yuhi advised.

Genin teams could usually only take one mission. It had already been difficult enough to take three D-rank missions consecutively these past few days.

Kyoichi browsed the mission list.

After training for these ten days, Kurenai Yuhi and the other two had grown considerably. There wasn't much room for progress in D-rank missions anymore. Since he could only take one...

"Teramoto, in that case, I'll take this C-rank mission."

Kyoichi pointed at the mission list.

Assist in road construction.

Of course.

Unlike the Great Naruto Bridge in the Land of Waves, these road construction missions were entirely due to war damage. Now that the war was over, they were paying to help repair and restore the trade routes—

Mainly to guard against bandits.

"A C-rank mission? This involves..."

Teramoto didn't dare to approve it.

But.

"Hm?"

Kyoichi slammed the Thunder God Sword onto the table, startling him.

Damn it.

Just because you're a Jonin, huh?

He stared for a few seconds, then mustered his courage to continue, "Rookie teams cannot take missions above C-rank."

"It's fine, we're strong enough. Besides, those rules were for peacetime. The rule about graduating at 12 is gone now, so why bother with those? Hurry up and give it to me."

Kyoichi was speechless.

It had only been less than a month of peace, and they were bringing back the old rules. They didn't care about them during graduation.

"This..."

"Ahem, give it to him. However, Kyoichi, things are still a bit chaotic outside, so be careful. Yes, give him this mission."

The Third Hokage appeared.

He pointed at one of the missions—assist in the recovery of Baiyun Town.

Baiyun Town?

Kyoichi had some impression of it. It was in the western part of the Land of Fire. Although it wasn't a battlefield, it was relatively close to the Mount Kikyo area.

"Alright, thank you, Lord Hokage."

Kyoichi accepted the mission, but he was pondering what the Third Hokage was thinking.

He didn't think agreeing to give him a C-rank mission was a big deal. After all, wartime was different from peacetime. Although there was a brief peace now, who knew when war might break out again?

Konoha was too weak right now!

But.

The Third Hokage had assigned him a mission.

It was strange!

However, he didn't say much more. After receiving the mission, Asuma and Kurenai Yuhi smiled.

Shisui, on the other hand, had the Uchiha police force and could usually patrol outside Konoha. He didn't have many strong feelings about going out on missions.

"Be careful. You can take your time in Baiyun Town and patrol the surroundings."

The Third Hokage seemed to imply something.

Kyoichi waved his hand, received the village exit permit, and then walked out.

After leaving the village.

"Everyone, don't forget to train on the road. Do you still remember the taijutsu and Body Flicker Technique secrets I told you before?"

"We remember."

The three replied simultaneously.

The next moment, Kyoichi used Body Flicker to travel, and the other three quickly followed.

Now that it had only been a short while since the war, the Land of Fire was relatively safe internally. There were no bandits or robbers on the road, so there was no need to worry about safety.

Furthermore.

Kyoichi was fast. After traveling a stretch, he would use Chakra Sensing to scan the surroundings, completely unafraid of any sneak attacks--

He wished someone would seek death so he could train Shisui and the other two's response capabilities.

Unfortunately, no one did.

However, Baiyun Town was definitely strange.