Wake Up, Don't Let Them Live

"Kimura-senpai, although those guys were driven off by your words, they don't look like the type to let it go. This is going to be troublesome."

"It's fine, leave it to Lee."

"Yes, leave it to me! Takuya."

Kimura Takuya patted Lee on the shoulder to show his confidence, and Lee felt quite encouraged.

Nearby, Ino pouted in annoyance as she watched Choji finish off her homemade bento.

But the moment Takuya looked over, she immediately greeted him with a smile.

Shikamaru, meanwhile, looked at the bushy-browed Lee and couldn't see anything impressive about him at all.

Yet, he saw how much Kimura Takuya seemed to trust him.

"Are you sure? Those guys are planning to retaliate against you this afternoon, right?"

"No problem. The afternoon is for the taijutsu assessment; after the basic physical fitness test, it's student sparring."

"We can challenge anyone freely, so Lee just needs to challenge all five of them. That will make them behave. And after graduation, we won't have many chances to run into them anyway."

After finishing his sentence, Kimura Takuya yawned, looking as if he hadn't slept well and was craving a nap.

"Takuya-kun, you go ahead and rest. We'll come back this afternoon to watch your exam and cheer you on!"

Not wanting to disturb Takuya's rest, Ino dragged the Shika-Cho duo away.

Shikamaru complained about how hard it was to get a day off only to be dragged back in the afternoon, calling it a huge hassle.

In truth, he was quite curious about the real strength of Takuya and Lee.

He just refused to admit it out loud, using the complaint as a convenient excuse to show up later.

Choji shook his bento box upside down.

He was finished, but not full; he would have to bring more snacks this afternoon!

Seeing the three of them leave, Kimura Takuya, who had been yawning as if ready for a nap, sat upright.

His expression showed no trace of sleepiness.

Graduation was almost here.

He needed to plan a few things out clearly.

He was in the same year as Lee and Tenten, graduating a year ahead of the protagonists, Naruto and Sasuke.

In other words, there was still one year until the plot officially began.

There was a little over a year until Orochimaru's attack during the Chunin Exams.

And only five years until the Fourth Shinobi World War.

Surpassing the "cheat-code" characters before then would be difficult.

But it wasn't impossible; at the very least, his current actual chakra reserves were already on par with a Jonin.

As for ninjutsu.

Aside from the Three Basic Jutsu, he had medical ninjutsu and a few auxiliary techniques he had developed himself.

Other than that, there was only the Rasengan—a seal-less jutsu with a simple principle that could be learned as long as one had sufficient chakra control and understood the mechanics.

To Kimura Takuya, it was as simple as one-two-three.

However, Kimura Takuya personally felt the original version of this jutsu was quite lackluster.

If you're already close enough to land a hit, what's the difference between stabbing someone with a knife or stabbing them with a ball of chakra?

Konohamaru's take on the Rasengan was actually more interesting.

A ball is meant to be thrown; holding it in your hand makes it too easy to hurt yourself while trying to hurt the enemy.

Currently, regarding his development of the Rasengan, Kimura Takuya had mastered, including but not limited to:

The standard Rasengan.

The Big Ball Rasengan.

The long-range Rasengan.

The single-handed rapid-fire long-range Rasengan.

The dual-handed rapid-fire long-range Rasengan.

And a defensive Rasengan that enveloped his entire body, developed by simulating the so-called absolute defense, Eight Trigrams Palms: Heavenly Spin.

But since these were all based on the Rasengan, using them rashly would be impossible to explain.

So, he had to wait for an opportunity to watch the Heavenly Spin and "comprehend" the Spiral Protection Shield.

Then, by shrinking the Spiral Protection Shield, he would "comprehend" the single-handed Rasengan, and gradually "comprehend" the Big Ball Rasengan, the long-range Rasengan, and the rapid-fire versions.

A perfect technological line for his ninjutsu could then be established.

However, Naruto could rely on a single sphere to carry him from start to finish because he had cheats; the power of his sphere could be increased infinitely.

The power of Naruto's sphere was directly proportional to the amount of chakra he poured into it. He could even manifest a Tailed Beast Bomb, and the Tailed Beast Bomb Rasenshuriken was even more absurd than a simple Tailed Beast Bomb.

But he did not have a tailed beast, nor did he want to become a jinchuriki.

Raising a tailed beast as a pet was fine, but keeping a pet in one's stomach as a power bank was just too strange, wasn't it?

When doing intimate things, wouldn't that be a live broadcast the whole time?

What kind of person could calmly "work" in front of others?

It was too perverted; just thinking about it was unacceptable.

Since he couldn't accept such a thing, yet still wanted to surpass these cheaters, there was only one way.

Eight Inner Gates Formation.

This forbidden technique.

The ultimate taijutsu secret, which created a legend of a mortal standing shoulder-to-shoulder with gods.

Might Guy relied on this secret technique, opening all eight gates and nearly kicking his way to the series finale.

Six Paths Madara called him the strongest.

A generation's emperor of taijutsu was born, and the name Emperor Guy came from this!

This was truly awesome.

Many viewers in his previous life even felt that if Kishimoto hadn't forbidden it, even Six Paths Madara wouldn't have survived.

Kimura Takuya confirmed his choice, and then an idea sprouted in his mind.

After combining it with his current situation, this idea became clearer and clearer, and the more he thought about it, the more possible it seemed!

What kind of idea?

Infinite Eight Gates!

When Emperor Guy fought Six Paths Madara, opening all eight gates was supposed to be a certain death sentence.

Decades of effort, gone in a flash, like a flower blooming for a single night.

Everyone thought he was beyond saving, but Naruto used Yang Release chakra to preserve Emperor Guy's life.

One had to know that at that moment, Emperor Guy's body had been burned to a crisp by the powerful chakra of the fully opened Eight Inner Gates Formation, yet he still survived.

If he leveled up his medical ninjutsu a bit more and added his own Immortality, wouldn't opening all eight gates be like child's play?

When the time came, once the eight gates were open, whoever came would die.

So you're the one called Uchiha Madara, right? Do you know how Obito died?

Just thinking about it made him excited.

It was decided: after graduation, he would first work at the hospital, then find an opportunity to approach Might Guy and obtain the cultivation method for the Eight Inner Gates Formation.

Approaching Lee was one of the preparations made for this.

Working at the hospital was the second, as taijutsu ninjas had a higher probability of getting injured.

As for wanting to be like Lee, gaining Guy's recognition through hard work and becoming his apprentice?

That was simply too absurd. He didn't actually have poor talent for ninjutsu; on the contrary, his talent was quite high.

In such a situation, spending a large amount of time on taijutsu training would be putting the cart before the horse, wouldn't it?

Kimura Takuya planned his future as time hurried by.

Soon, it was around two in the afternoon.

"Everyone gather and head to the playground; the taijutsu exam is about to begin."

"Yes, heading there now."

On the playground, the basic physical fitness assessment passed quickly, with everyone passing.

Aside from everyone easily breaking the 10-second mark in the 100-meter dash and the girls being able to smash a dozen bricks with a single punch, it was no different from the physical exams of his previous life.

One could only say that the enhancement of physical functions by chakra allowed this group of eleven or twelve-year-old children to far exceed the physical fitness of ordinary adults.

The combat segment began.

The Five Tigers mob was eager to move, preparing to come out and challenge others.

Kimura Takuya patted Lee on the shoulder, pouting his face and trying to make himself look a bit chubbier.

"Stop sleeping, wake up, this is the graduation exam. Get up there and don't let them live!"

"Huh? I'm not sleeping? It's just an exam; isn't it a bit excessive to beat them to death?"

"Sigh, no one understands my world. Might as well let it be destroyed."

Kimura Takuya lifted his foot and kicked Lee out.