Revising the Eight Gates Released Formation, Making Taijutsu Universal Throughout the Village!

"Old man, how are you feeling now?"

At the abandoned target range, Yoru watched Ōnoki frantically test his new body and let out a lazy yawn.

"Good! Better than ever!"

Ōnoki slammed a heavy punch into the ground, smashing out a stone pit half a meter deep. His face flushed red with excitement.

"I feel like I could punch a bull to death now!"

"Alright, alright, stop showing off."

Yoru waved a hand, cutting off the old man's self-congratulation.

"You may be back at full health, but what about the ordinary ninja in the village?"

Yoru pointed at the Stone Village patrol force conducting its routine rounds in the distance.

"No matter how strong the top-tier fighters are, there are only a handful of them."

"In a real war, what matters is the survival rate of the cannon fodder below."

Ōnoki's excitement instantly faded by more than half. He sighed with a troubled expression.

"You're right, kid."

"Our Stone Village ninja excel at Earth Release, but taijutsu and speed have always been our weak points."

"Once someone gets close, we're like clumsy turtles. The casualty rate just won't come down."

"So we need to strap rocket boosters onto those clumsy turtles."

A "kind" smile curled at the corner of Yoru's lips.

In his mind appeared that passionate, thick-browed Leaf Village man in a green jumpsuit, the one who talked about "youth" every day.

The Eight Gates Released Formation.

This forbidden taijutsu, considered the strongest in the ninja world and also the most suicidal, had always been treated by Leaf Village as a treasured secret.

Ordinary people had never even heard of it, much less learned it.

But to Yoru, who possessed a max-level Sage Body and understood the human body's meridians and acupoints like the back of his hand—

So-called