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  “Lord Fourth! Gojo Kaigetsu rep as ordered!”

  “Enter.”

  Gojo Kaigetsu strode into the Hokage’s office, where only two people were present. Danzo, a familiar face, had already set sail for Kirigakure on a Konoha-built bck warship, serving as Konoha's ambassador and taking full charge of Mist affairs. Only Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane remained in Konoha, holding down the fort.

  Homura mahe vilge's finances and infrastructure development, while Koharu oversaw kunoichi rights, such as newborn care.

  However, much of Homura’s authority had been delegated to Gojo Kaigetsu, leaving him subtly sidelined with little more than infrastructure development under his trol.

  This had resulted in Homura’s increasing displeasure tojo Kaigetsu, stantly seeking opportuo criticize and attack him.

  And now, he had found another such opportunity.

  “Lord Fourth, may I ask why I’ve been summoned?”

  Minato offered his usual wry smile, gng towards Homura, who sat beside him, scowling and adjusting his gsses.

  “Oh, Elder Homura, is something the matter?”

  “Gojo Kaigetsu! As a Konoha elder, not only do you fail to set a good example, but you also knowingly break the w, damaging our vilge’s training grounds!”

  “My goodness, is that so?” Gojo Kaigetsu feigned surprise.

  “Yesterday afternoon, Training Ground 32. Don’t tell me you weren’t responsible.”

  “It seems I was indeed involved. So what?”

  ‘Tch-How dare the gatekeeper pin? Once we’re out of here, I’ll strip him of his rank insignia and give them to Pakkun.’ Gojo Kaigetsu grumbled internally, readily admitting his involvement without any excuses, which left Homura feeling like he’d punched cotton.

  “You will pehe vilge for the damages and submit a written apology. You are suspended until you have thhly reflected on your as!”

  “pensation is fine; I have plenty of money. As for the report and refle, let's skip those.”

  Gojo Kaigetsu plopped down onto a chair, striking his signature ied triangle pose. “And Elder Homura, do you think you’re Elder Danzo? You 't order me around and suspend me.

  “I only ao one person, and that’s Lord Fourth!”

  “You… I…”

  Homura’s face darkened, his finger pointing at Gojo Kaigetsu as he sputtered, uo form a cohereence.

  Everyone in Konoha khat Gojo Kaigetsu and the Fourth Hokage were practically two peas in a pod. Asking Minato to punish him? It was harder than asking Hiruzen to discipline Danzo.

  “A siraining ground costs ten million ryō to struct. Where would you, with your elder's sary, get the money for pensation?!”

  “The Gojo family is quite well-off. It's an iance from my parents who emigrated to Konoha.”

  “It’s just oraining ground, right? I’ll pay for two… no, three! Triple the damages, is that enough?”

  Money was just a worldly possession.

  Thanks to the royalties from his literary… endeavojo Kaigetsu raked in nearly ten million ryō every month. Coupled with the profits from “Iki” sitting untouched in the publishing house's at, he wasn’t short on funds. Among Konoha’s public officials, Gojo Kaigetsu was the wealthiest.

  “This isn’t about money! Just because you’re rich doesn’t mean you do whatever you want! What kind of attitude is this?!”

  Knowing this tactic wouldn't work on the sdrel, Homura redirected his attack towards Minato. “Lord Fourth, are you really not going to punish Advisojo?”

  “An ordinary person damaging a training ground would not only be fined but also imprisoned by the Military Police Force, depending on the severity. If wealth allows oo act with impunity, then no vilger will o abide by Konoha’s ws!”

  “Just step on something, toss down some cash, and all is fiven?”

  “He hasn't just trampled oraining ground; he’s spped Konoha in the face, spped your face, Lord Fourth.”

  Homura’s words erupted like a Great Fireball Jutsu, leaving Gojo Kaigetsu momentarily stunned.

  This old geezer had clearly been diligently honing his rhetoric. At this rate, he'd be ready fraduate school soon.

  The boween Minato and Gojo Kaigetsu couldn't be broken by such words, but as Hokage, Minato bore the responsibility of a judge.

  He believed that as the highest judge, he o adhere to the following principles in resolving internal disputes: never act impulsively; never misjudge any wrongdoing; ensure all judgments are fair and just!

  Only then could he earn everyone's resped work together to steer the vilge towards positive development.

  He cleared his throat:

  “Ahem, Advisojarding the report of you damaging Training Ground 32 yesterday afternoon… what exactly were you doing there with in Might Guy?”

  Frankly, Minato didn’t believe his friend would damage vilge property without reason. There had to be an expnation.

  But…

  His friend excelled in cultural and internal affairs, and even his mistakes often had positive sequences. However, Minato couldn't fathom why he would damage a training ground.

  “Sigh… it seems I ’t hide it any lojo Kaigetsu shook his head, feigning disappoi. “Actually, I was trying to save young Guy.”

  “Save in Might Guy…?”

  “As everyone knows, I’m just an ordinary in. Even if I wao, I wouldn’t be capable of causing that level of damage to the training ground. Even with your prejudice, you have to admit that, Elder Homura.”

  Homura hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly, aowledging Gojo Kaigetsu’s words.

  A in might be able to use a few powerful jutsu, but the extent of the damage to the training ground clearly poio a Jonin, specifically one profit iructive teiques.

  “Actually, Might Guy did all the damage. I had nothing to do with it. I was giving him special training, and he lost trol, destroying the grounds.”

  “I couldn't bear the thought of him shouldering a debt of ten million ryō at such a young age, so I chose to take the bme. Isn’t that saving him?”

  “Might Guy did it all? Do you even hear yourself, Advisojo?” Homura questioned. “Might Guy is just a in, and he’s currently hospitalized. Acc to the mediinja, his elbow is swollen and red, as if bitten by a Bck Mamba ninja snake.”

  “Who else was at the training grouerday afternoon? Who are you c for?”

  Gojo Kaigetsu responded with a question of his own: “Elder Homura, do you know who Guy’s father is?”

  “Might Guy’s father…” Homura pondered for a moment. “Might Duy.”

  “And Might Duy’s history?”

  “An unremarkable Genin, but during the Kirigakure invasion, he unleashed astonishing power, single-handedly sying four of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, ging the tide of the war. A hero of Konoha.”

  As he spoke, realization dawned on Homura. He blurted out, “The Eight Gates! You mean Might Guy has traihe Eight Gates to the point where he enhance himself to Jonin level?!”

  The Eight Gates was a forbidden jutsu from the Scroll of Seals. Throughout Konoha, perhaps only Might Duy had a recorded instance of using it in actual bat. Due to the scarcity of users and those with the aptitude for it, few in the vilge paid it much attention, himself included.

  There were records of Might Guy training in the Eight Gates during his Ninja Academy graduation, but no one had witnessed him using it. Over time, the matter had been fotten. Now that it was brought up again… Might Guy's ered Homura’s field of vision.

  Surprise flickered in Minato’s eyes as well.

  Had Might Duy’s son also Enhahe Eight Gates to such a high level?

  “How many gates he open?” Homura asked urgently, temporarily setting aside his animosity tojo Kaigetsu.

  Might Duy, a mere Genin, had used the Eight Gates to fight seven and kill four elite Jonin of Kirigakure wielding legendary swords. Now, Might Guy was a certified Konoha in. What astonishing power could he unleash?

  For those in high positions like him, it was a matter of pg all the vilge's bat power on the chessboard, engaging in a strategic game against the leaders of other vilges.

  If another ninja war erupted, Might Guy could be used as a secret on, like his father, to unleash a devastating surprise attad eliminate enemies.

  As fht Guy's ultimate fate, that was outside Homura's sideration.

  “That’s a secret.”

  “A secret? Don’t I, as a Konoha elder, have the right to know?”

  “The right to know?” Gojo Kaigetsu chuckled coldly, ret without hesitation. “Let me guess what you're thinking, Elder Homura. You want to Keep Might Guy as an explosive tag, to detonate himself and take out the most dangerous enemies, sihe Eight Gates, once exposed, will be anticipated and guarded against.”

  “Am I right, Elder Homura?”

  “And what if I am?”

  Homura’s face remained impassive. “Dying a meaningful death is our destiny as shinobi, and a key maion of the Will of Fire. Sacrifig oo nourish the new leaves.”

  “The greatest use of the Eight Gates is as a surprise attack. If he survives, it's his skill; if he doesn't, it's his destiny.”

  The eion of ninja were often stubbornly set in their ways.

  For the vilge, they would even sacrifice their entire , driving them to near extin. For the collective good of the vilge, they were willing to sacrifiy at any time, let alone a single oner like Might Guy.

  “You’re right, but Might Guy has been assigo my personal guard and will now only ao me, Gojo Kaigetsu. And as a member of my guard, I will apply for a special allowance for him.”

  Guy’s life was hard.

  Taijutsu specialists often faced various injuries that couldn't be treated with ventional medical methods. Especially someone like Guy, who trained in the Eight Gates. Every activation was like driving nails into his body, causing excruciating paihey fred up.

  Of course, there were solutions to the problems faced by Taijutsu specialists.

  Muscle supplements a medies, advanced mediinjutsu from the Konoha Hospital, and potentially even ice-based physiotherapy developed with the help of Haku…

  These all oney!

  Guy, a taijutsu fanatic who spent his days doing handstand ps around the vilge and thousands of push-ups, couldn't bance earning mohrough missions and training his body.

  Gojo Kaigetsu was kied. Guy's injured elbow wasn’t in vain. Gojo Kaigetsu decided to do something for this “ordinary person” who, in theory, would bee the sed stro in Konoha's future.

  “What?! A personal guard? Under your and? The Hokage Guard only ao the Hokage! You ’t just disregard the rules!”

  Homura was taken aback. In Konoha, only the Hokage was supposed to have a personal guard.

  The Hokage Guard was even more exclusive than the ANBU. Even within the ANBU, there were fas, with some still loyal to Hiruzen, and by extension, Danzo.

  If the Hokage disappeared, the vilge elders still had authority over the ANBU, even if it meant using a majority vote to exclude Gojo Kaigetsu.

  But the Hokage Guard was different.

  They received a gover stipend and only followed the Hokage's orders. If the Hokage disappeared, they acted indepely, prioritizing the Hokage's prote above all else. No one in Konoha had the authority to interfere with the Hokage Guard.

  If Might Guy were an ordinary ninja, Homura could issue orders as an elder. If he were an ANBU member, Homura could colborate with other elders to have Might Guy brought before them. But if Might Guy was a member of the Hokage Guard… it would be procedurally improper.

  Having reached the position of elder, Homura khe w best.

  “Lord Fourth, what’s going on? I wasn’t aware that new Hokage Guard members had been announced.”

  “Ahem…”

  Minato expined with a slightly embarrassed look. “It’s not the Hokage Guard, but rather, Advisojo’s Guard.”

  “What?!”

  “Why weren't we, the elders, informed of this? How an advisor have their own personal guard? This is akin to having a private army within the vilge! This is absolutely uable!”

  “Because I’m weak, Elder Homura.”

  Gojo Kaigetsu rested his head on his hand, expining leisurely. “With Kirigakure ag indepely, I must go to the front lio take and. As a in, I ck the ability to protect myself. If I die on the way to the front, wouldn't the Kirigakure operation be deemed a failure?”

  “Other vilges would then know that the highest-ranking Konoha officer killed in a was the Hokage’s advisor. How would that look for Konoha?”

  “That’s still no excuse! You could simply issue a mission to assemble ninjas to escort you, or deploy the ANBU…”

  “Issuing a mission would be perceived as the Hokage's advisor abusing his authority and exploiting ordinary ninjas, creating internal flict. Deploying ANBU into another vilge’s territory without their sent is tantamount to a decration of utting Konoha at risk.”

  Homura fumed. “Who would spread such rumors? I think you’re just trying to create a pretext for establishing your own private army!”

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