New Semester

Even Satoru was seeing the Eight Gates Formation open to the third gate for the first time.

This speed and power could easily defeat most Chunin!

This was the legendary forbidden Taijutsu, the third gate of the Eight Gates Formation, the Reverse Lotus—

Not many people could successfully dodge under such a barrage of attacks, let alone fight back.

Not only that, but this was only the third gate, and Might Guy clearly had mastery over it.

According to him, it was possible for him to open the fourth or even fifth gate in his current limit state.

How strong would Guy be with five gates open?

Meanwhile, Choza and the others had their doubts completely cleared and began to admire Might Guy.

"I can't practice Ninjutsu or Genjutsu, so I can only practice Taijutsu, and this is the forbidden art within Taijutsu—the Eight Gates Formation."

The green light around Might Guy dissipated, and he began to pant heavily, clearly having expended a lot of stamina with that last attack.

"Brother Guy! Can I also practice this Taijutsu?"

Seemingly ignoring the word "forbidden art" by instinct, Choza asked with shining eyes.

"I regret to say..."

Might Guy smiled and shook his head, briefly explaining the principles of the Eight Gates Formation to the four of them:

"The Eight Gates Formation is the last path for someone like me who can only practice Taijutsu, and it's a path of desperate survival."

"It's a forbidden art that causes great damage to the body. If you don't specialize in Taijutsu training, you won't be able to train your body to a strength sufficient to bear the opening of the gates."

"Furthermore, opening the gates causes Chakra within the body to surge, making it impossible to use Ninjutsu. It would be harmful and useless to you."

"You only need to train your bodies with Taijutsu. Learning this would be a waste of your talent."

"Oh..."

Choza and the other two nodded in disappointment.

However, the three of them quickly cheered up. With such a strong Taijutsu practitioner guiding them, their own Taijutsu training would surely be outstanding.

Satoru also nodded gently. The drawbacks of the Eight Gates Formation were just as he understood them, so now was not the time to practice it.

Instead, Might Guy's special physique piqued Satoru's interest.

Unlike Guy, Guy could still use some Ninjutsu, he just wasn't proficient.

Might Guy couldn't use any Ninjutsu at all. He was like the legendary "Absolute Magic Body," capable of generating Chakra but completely unable to convert it into techniques.

This kind of physique was also rare, making Satoru think of the Arcane Body Tempering technique he was practicing.

However, Satoru didn't yet have the ability to temper others, but perhaps this was a priority research direction for the near future. But for now...

As Might Guy said, it was better to focus on basic training.

With the Taijutsu techniques guided by Might Guy, combined with the Arcane Body Tempering technique, Satoru was confident that even in close combat, he wouldn't be easily suppressed.

"Now, youngsters! It's time to show your youthful passion!"

"Starting now, feel the charm of hard work and sweat!"

Might Guy clearly quickly got into character.

Perhaps it was his first time "guiding" children, and Might Guy easily brought Satoru and the other three back to his own childhood memories:

"First, three hundred push-ups on your fists!"

Facing the four with ashen faces, Might Guy flashed a dazzling smile and gave a thumbs-up:

"If you fail midway, you have to start all over again!"

"Huh?!!"

The days of being relentlessly trained by Might Guy passed quickly.

Satoru also truly understood why Might Guy was so strong and how brutal the training for the Eight Gates Formation was.

Because this level of training was still far from meeting the requirements to open the first gate.

Of course, they were too young, their bodies hadn't started developing yet, and excessive training would damage their foundation.

Might Guy trained alone when he was young without guidance, which also caused some irreversible damage to his body.

Satoru and the others were just building a foundation and learning Taijutsu combat techniques, so they didn't have these concerns.

Combined with the Arcane Body Tempering technique, Satoru could clearly feel his physical strength increasing slightly every day.

Although the degree was very slight, over time, it was a huge improvement.

During this period, Satoru put aside his research on other magic and carefully studied the Body Tempering technique using the powerful artifact, The Book of Medivh.

This involved the application of the Enchantment school within the nine major schools of Arcane magic.

Satoru's signature spells—Create Food and Create Water—were the most famous applications of the Conjuration school among the nine schools.

Spells like Fireball and Flame Strike belonged to the Transmutation school, which manipulated natural elements.

Transformation is a famous application of the Alteration school, and other high-end applications of this school include teleportation and time magic. Quite incredible, isn't it…

The Enchanting school, as its name suggests, involves attaching magical power to an item or a person, and it also includes Dispel Magic, which removes magical effects.

Body Tempering is a variation of this, with more famous applications including the creation and remote control of magical weapons—the "divine artifacts" belonging to that fellow Kai are prime examples.

The Book of Medivh truly lives up to its reputation as the most comprehensive magic book spanning two worlds. Although the content Satoru can currently access is limited, only about 15%, it's more than enough for his magical level to advance by leaps and bounds.

Especially after Satoru learned the buffing magic, Arcane Intellect, photographic memory became a basic skill.

Through sharing hardships during this period, the four-person team's friendship quickly solidified, and Satoru couldn't really treat them as mere brats—

The children of ninjas, especially the children of Konoha, are truly precocious.

Their outlook, mindset, and perspective were on a completely different level compared to children of the same age in the peaceful world of his previous life.

The major clans seemed to be passing on the tense atmosphere of the great nations to these new generations. A subtle sense of urgency, which Satoru keenly perceived, had gradually begun to envelop all of Konoha.

Time quickly passed, and it was April.

Satoru and his peers finished their first year of study and advanced to their second year.

Naturally, a new batch of first-year students arrived at the Ninja Academy to receive the Third Hokage's "Will of Fire" education.

This time, Satoru found a somewhat striking name on the enrollment list.

The first name: Minato Namikaze.

The future "Yellow Flash," the man carved into the Hokage Rock, the Fourth Hokage—a character with immensely high popularity both in life and death, one of the "keywords."

"Fourth Hokage was quite cute as a child…"

Satoru sat in the classroom, having actually cast the divination-type spell "Mage Eye." It was somewhat similar to the Eagle Eye technique used by hunters, but the principles were different.

Casting Mage Eye required concentration and immobility, which suited his current state perfectly. The children on the school plaza, who were receiving education from the Third Hokage, were all within Satoru's sight.

This covert "observation technique" was explicitly marked as "prohibited for peeping" in the spellbook…

This spell was one of Archmage Khadgar's proudest creations. Medivh's understanding of Khadgar's gossipy nature seemed quite profound.

Honestly, Minato was much more handsome than his son Naruto.

And he could suppress the red hair of the Uzumaki bloodline… The last person to achieve such a feat was the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, wasn't it?

As for the other half of the name that caught his attention…

It was more of a surname.

Nono Yakushi, a little girl only five years old.

It wasn't unheard of to enroll at five years old. On one hand, it indicated this little girl's exceptional ninja talent, and on the other hand, she should be much more mature mentally than her peers.

"Hmm, she's a calm little girl…"