Those elderly ninja were not within Torifu's considerations.
"Dan has worked diligently for so many years, and he's extremely strong too. He counts as one."
That left only the final slot. Mito had made it clear before that she did not want to become a Six Paths Level ninja, nor did she like fighting and killing.
As for her lifespan, Hashirama would help her resolve that issue, so there was no need for her to become a Six Paths Level ninja.
"Leave the last one for Sakumo?"
Torifu thought it over. Sakumo's strength was about the same as Dan's, so looking at it that way, it really could work.
"Good. The five slots are decided, then. That's an important step forward."
That said, these five slots were not set in stone. Aside from the five of them, if someone else reached the peak of Kage-level first, then after an assessment, Torifu might provide the breakthrough method to them first.
Of course, it would not be free. They would have to pay a certain price.
Torifu would not deliberately make things difficult for them either. It would just be a token price.
Otherwise, becoming Six Paths Level would be far too easy and simple. In the future, even more people would feel that as long as they became peak Kage-level, breaking through to Six Paths Level was only natural.
That would not be good. After all, this Realm-Breaking Qi was something Torifu had saved up bit by bit.
If he gave it to someone to help them break through, only for them to think it was only right and proper, that would be rather troublesome.
Torifu did not want to be taken for a fool, so having them pay a little price in exchange for Realm-Breaking Qi was relatively reasonable.
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