October

"Buuurp~~~~~~"

He was full.

Kazan let out a long burp. The cells that had nearly died came back to life.

"What on earth did you do to end up like that?"

Tsunade looked at him strangely.

He had looked several times worse than she did after releasing her Yin Seal and losing the vitality in her skin.

Even his cells had lost their vitality. He had nearly died.

"Training."

"Training nearly killed you?"

"Eight Gates Released Formation. I opened the Gate of Death."

"I see. The Gate of Death..."

???

Jiraiya and the others froze.

They had rushed over at once, stunned that he had somehow reduced himself to such a state.

And it turned out he had opened the Gate of Death.

"Eight Gates Released Formation... Gate of Death?"

Minato Namikaze seemed to be hearing of the technique for the first time.

"It's a Forbidden Technique that took Might Duy twenty years to complete."

"It unlocks the body's eight gates, drawing out its potential in exchange for power."

"Opening the Eighth Gate, the Gate of Death, can grant Chakra dozens of times beyond Kage Level. The price is death."

Hiruzen Sarutobi gave a brief explanation of the Eight Gates Released Formation.

Deep down, he thought it impossible. No one could survive opening the Gate of Death.

But that surge of blood-red energy had been real.

How had Kazan done it?

"Could it be... Life Return?!"

Remembering how frantically Kazan had eaten, Hiruzen Sarutobi saw a possibility.

"Kazan..."

"I know what you want to ask. Forget it. If Uncle Duy and Guy can't master Life Return, no one else stands a chance."

"And Life Return alone isn't enough. You also need Yang Release Chakra."

Kazan cut Hiruzen Sarutobi off and took a long swig of water.

"That thing almost killed