Neji thus began his path of breaking the traditional rules of the Hyuga Clan.
In ten years or so, he might just end up like Xiao Huohuo, carrying a ruler on his back as he marched back to attack the Hyuga.
Should I get Neji a slightly larger ninja blade?
Forget it, he's still better suited for punching.
Watching Neji, who was barely over a year old, already practicing Gentle Fist stances, Kazan decided a ninja blade was not suitable for him.
Kazan paid the toddler no more mind, shot up into the sky to break through the clouds, and stood high above them.
And then.
The chakra of the Nine-Tails surged out from his body like ocean waves.
It was immensely vast, because this was the complete Nine-Tails, not the one split into yin and yang halves by the Fourth Hokage in the original timeline.
Well, not entirely complete either, as one tail remained sealed within Kushina.
The surging chakra dyed Kazan's sacred naval garments and Justice Cloak entirely in gold.
Hum~
He hovered above Konoha like a tiny, brilliant sun, glowing dazzlingly with golden flames wrapping around his entire body while his cloak fluttered wildly behind him, making the word justice appear even more blinding.
Many people raised their heads and witnessed this sight.
"Is that... the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode?" Hiruzen Sarutobi gazed into the distance.
That dazzling gold was precisely the symbol of erupting into the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.
He had witnessed it before from the first Nine-Tails Jinchuriki; Mito Uzumaki's strength had been unexpected, capable of forcibly drawing upon the Nine-Tails' chakra for her own use.
No, it was not entirely the same, either.
The Nine-Tails chakra Kazan was erupting at this moment was far more powerful, its chakra fluctuations resembling waves crashing against the edge