Kazan had no idea that Utatane Koharu wanted him to head to the battlefield against the Mist Ninja.
Even if he had known, he would not have cared.
She was nothing but a rotten leaf on the verge of decay. Why bother with her?
Kazan knew the state of the Third Shinobi World War perfectly well.
Not because he could predict everything, but because whenever reports arrived from the front, Hiruzen Sarutobi sent ANBU to inform him.
The old man clearly was not willing to give up so easily on having Kazan succeed him as Hokage.
Kazan had refrained from beating the visiting ANBU to death. After "seeing them off," he devoted himself to mastering the two secret techniques: the Added-Weight Rock Technique and the Light-Weight Rock Technique.
He was already strong enough, his body meeting the requirements to activate the Eight Gates Released Formation.
But the Eight Gates Released Formation gained its power by burning away the user's life. Had Naruto not arrived in time, Guy would have returned to dust after delivering that world-shaking kick.
"Yang Release chakra... or, to put it simply, Six Paths level power."
"Only by reaching the Six Paths level can I guarantee that I won't die after activating the Eight Gates Released Formation."
But that was an unsolvable dilemma.
If he had already reached the Six Paths level, would he really still need the Eight Gates Released Formation?
In the official lore, Kaguya Otsutsuki's Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack was hailed as the ultimate Taijutsu, combining flawless offense and defense.
The Eight Gates Released Formation, meanwhile, was labeled extraordinary Taijutsu.
In terms of sheer destructive power, Night Guy might have been superior, having distorted space itself along with the Six Paths Staff.
The Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack had certainly been impressive too, shattering countless