"Uncle Grass!"
After arriving at a harbor in the Land of Waves by ship, Tamura Hiroshi waved at Jinin Akebino, who had come to welcome them. They were already quite familiar with each other.
Jinin Akebino first nodded at the boy who had greeted him, then looked toward Yozuki A, who was leading the group.
"A, congratulations on becoming a Kage-level Expert."
He had a very good impression of the Raikage's Son, who suited his temperament perfectly.
They were both straightforward and hearty people, and both were skilled in Taijutsu and swordsmanship. They had plenty of common topics to discuss.
They had exchanged quite a bit the last time they were in Konoha and had even eaten together, so their relationship was fairly good.
He simply had not expected that, upon meeting again, the other man would already have become a Kage-level Expert while he was still stuck at the Elite Jonin level.
That was talent—something one could only envy.
The classification of Kage Level came from the work of a great literary master. It had spread widely throughout the Ninja World and had gained recognition from all the major ninja villages.
The sign of reaching Kage Level was the transformation of one's chakra. It became more active, higher in quality, and easier to control. This was a qualitative change that could only be achieved after developing one's nature transformation to a certain level, not merely an increase in strength.
He was stuck at that qualitative transformation of chakra. Breaking through that bottleneck was extremely difficult.
Even the disciple of the Third had broken through by borrowing the chakra of the Three-Tails.
Fortunately, he had become part of the Tailed Beast Clone Jinchuriki plan. Soon, he would be able to break through with the help of Tailed Beast Chakra.
Although