After talking with Hao Shuai just now, the Third Hokage had already decided that Hao Shuai was a naive, inexperienced young man with no hidden agenda.
All that remained was to determine whether Hao Shuai was strong enough.
Hao Shuai could tell the Third Hokage was doubtful, so he took the initiative. "Lord Hokage, if you want to verify that I'm qualified to teach taijutsu, you can find a taijutsu expert to spar with me."
"A spar?" The Third Hokage stroked his mustache, deciding Hao Shuai had a point. He immediately agreed. "That works. Let's put you to the test."
With that, the Third Hokage summoned a ninja and whispered something to him. Then he said to Hao Shuai, "Come on. Let's head to the training ground."
Hao Shuai knew at once that there was a chance he'd get the job. Excited, he followed the Third Hokage toward the training ground.
By the time Hao Shuai and the Third Hokage arrived, a young man was already waiting there, slightly out of breath.
One look at the signature bowl cut, green jumpsuit, thick eyebrows, and resolute face, and Hao Shuai immediately recognized the opponent the Third Hokage had chosen for him.
He was Might Guy, known as "Konoha's Proud Blue Beast." A taijutsu specialist, he had trained his skills to the utmost limit.
Hao Shuai had actually suspected the Third Hokage would choose Might Guy.
After all, when it came to taijutsu alone, no one in Konoha could compare with the man who would open all Eight Gates in a fit of rage, nearly kick his way to the end of the story, and earn Madara's praise: "In terms of taijutsu, I, Madara, would call you the strongest."
How did that doggerel go? "At dawn, the Peacock; by day, the Tiger.