Over the years, Might Duy had endured countless jeers and disdainful looks. Most of the people who had graduated alongside him had since become Chunin or Jonin, while he remained a useless Genin.
Whenever he thought back to when he was ten, bitterness filled Might Duy's heart.
No matter how hard he tried back then, he couldn't keep up with his peers. Though he hated admitting it, the truth was cruel: he couldn't learn ninjutsu, and he wasn't good at Taijutsu either.
But Might Duy had never considered giving up. He firmly believed that effort never lied! As long as he kept working hard, he would surely reap the rewards!
Years passed. While training by moving rocks outdoors, he happened to notice that something seemed to be trapped beneath a massive boulder.
After several days of effort, he finally managed to move the boulder. When he picked up the scroll buried beneath it and opened it, his heart suddenly raced. Four bold characters were written across the scroll: "Eight Inner Gates"!
According to the scroll, the Eight Inner Gates were a Taijutsu technique—and a forbidden one—that temporarily granted tremendous power by releasing the pathways that restricted chakra within the body.
Specifically, the Eight Inner Gates could allow the user to gain strength dozens of times greater than their own in an instant. The discovery left Might Duy thrilled. It was as if he'd found a chance to change his fate through hard work.
But mastering the Eight Inner Gates wasn't easy. It required countless trials, tempering the body to its limits and surpassing one's own boundaries. Only when the body could withstand the tremendous strain of opening the Eight Inner Gates could one truly claim to have mastered them.
Might Duy knew his youth wasn't over. If he kept working