"From a young age, Hozuki Gengetsu displayed a ninjutsu talent far beyond ordinary people. Precisely because of that, he became the person his two brothers most wanted to kill. However, someone stepped in at that time and took Hozuki Gengetsu under his wing!"
With Izuna's explanation, Mingye suddenly thought of someone. He had only seen one or two scenes involving the first-generation Kage in the later parts of the manga, but he had to admit that those who became the first generation were absolutely incomparable to those who merely inherited the title of Kage. The first generation had to bear the heaviest initial burden and fight on the front lines, for they were the spiritual leaders of a village, the very embodiment of the spirit that allowed a village to be founded. They could not lose, because once they did, their village might collapse in an instant.
"Byakuren!"
Izuna nodded as he activated his Three Tomoe Sharingan to observe the surroundings, then continued his explanation.
"That's right! Byakuren has always kept his whereabouts hidden, but his Water Release is incomparably powerful. He can even split the sea apart in an instant. In the Land of Water, no one can match him. Unfortunately, the ninjas of the Land of Water never fight people one-on-one!"
Mingye scoffed. One-on-one, one-on-one—he truly could not understand why so many people in ancient times loved fighting alone. The advantage of numbers went completely unused. If you could not win a one-on-one fight, did you not know how to bury your enemy beneath sheer numbers? Besides, in the current Naruto world, he had even seen telephones. They were only landlines, but that still proved this world was definitely not purely ancient. So why did everyone still worship such a brainless thing as one-on-one combat?
"Heh! One-on-one combat