27 26 - Kage

Clans were the best way to recruit soldiers for the kingdom, so the best Clans were always looked after by the King, to define the talents of the kingdoms every year tournaments were run in the royal capital.

This tournament was free for everyone to participate, the winners gained prestige and support from the Kingdom, it consisted of individual fights where up to 7 members of a Clan could participate, there were also group fights among other missions that the King would decide.

This was also the way in which the King decided who the Lords and nobles of the Kingdom would be, of course, positions like that of the green leaf lord would not be given to the winners, only those of confidence could receive this position.

All the Kings of the Crimson kingdom had to be at least Grandmaster, there were several political reasons behind this, but it was believed that this was the minimum necessary to master some secret jutsu.

Karou searched for the jutsus of those worlds, there were mediocre jutsus like the Fist of the wild boar, the strong fist executed by Karou was a basic jutsu, even though it already had several times more power. Higher quality jutsus also made a difference in a fight.

This was the highest award given by the King, more powerful jutsus and compatible with those of low level. Karou was not very interested in this award, but the prestige would help him to make the Clan grow, the support with materials would make his ninjas stronger. Besides, Karou needed to participate in order to maintain his rights as leader of a clan.

It was Karou's knowledge that strength decided everything in this world, but it was absolute strength, it was not enough to be stronger than a single person, an example of this was the very first patriarch of the Crimson Clan who was the Clan of the royal family.

Before the crimson kingdom did not exist, during the Great War period, empires could not manage the small kingdoms, which also fought among themselves, the head of the crimson family was only a great master, but alone he was able to face an army of hundreds of people with levels between the Grand Master to the Captain, in addition to the thousands of ordinary soldiers, then he took control of half the territories of the surrounding kingdoms and a small Clan evolved into a level 8 Kingdom.

Even so, he had absolute strength, nothing could oppose him, so there were no revolts or complaints from the nobles, whenever something like this happened it was quickly destroyed.

Analyzing his own strength Karou believed he could face up to 100 people at the fighter level alone, his physique was at the height of a Great apprentice, that was in Karous's physical mind that was what made a person absolute in his strength.

The physique that Karou said was the state of his own body compared to the beasts, his body was nourished by the Chakra through training, an apprentice who learned a Ninjutsu like the boar's fist that made it possible to reach the strength to kill an apprentice beast, would never succeed to kill a Great Apprentice level beast because of the physique. If someone at the apprentice physic level attacked a monster at the apprentice level the chances of killing would be lower than that of killing a monster at the apprentice level, but there would still be a chance.

At this point Karou decided to completely ignore the power levels for a momentary explosion, he would classify people only by their physique, thanks to the Sharingan karou was able to see people's Physics.

The physical was a junction between, Muscle strength, reaction speed and Complete Defense. Someone with no reaction speed, even with great Ninjutsu skills, would not be very effective against moving targets. Someone without a strong defense would easily lose against those low level. Those with weak muscle strength would be terrible at Taijutsu, have horrible Chakra control, get tired quickly and probably would not be able to use 100% of what their reserves provide.

The physique was the main thing for a ninja, that was what made ninjas with large Chakra reserves just punching bags and made ninjas with low Chakra level living legends. A good example of a ninja who reconciled his power with his low Chakra was Kakashi.

Karou would never underestimate those with low levels, but neither would he overestimate those with higher levels, everything was very complex and difficult to understand, but right now what mattered to Karou was absolute power.

With absolute power he would not depend on governments, would not be accused of crimes he did not commit and until he proved to be a threat, no one would harm him, Karou wanted to increase his physique to the maximum.

Karou had a lot of things to do and he couldn't decide what to do first, he was very happy to have good Chakra reserves that would make it a lot easier, his clones would also do his training several times faster.

Karou got up from the bed and walked slowly to his closet, wearing his normal clothes that were similar to Neji's he leaves the room, there were not many sounds in the House of the Clan, Karou walked through the training yards and countless rooms, but he didn't see one. only living soul.

The Karou clan could accommodate more than 10,000 members, now there was not even a tenth of that number, so the place seemed quite empty, Karou continued his walk until he met Katherine who trained with a wooden sword.

- Ah ... You woke up, hello sir great patriarch. - Katherine said in a tone of mockery holding the laughter. - How was it to lose to a little girl?

- It was the same feeling I had when I tied with you, by the way, if I drew fighting against you, practically you lost to her. - Karou said smiling, returning the attack.

- I am also a girl, I have no problem losing to one, you who should be sad about that, great patriarch. Katherine's tongue was still sharp.

- I can't win against you in arguments, I give up ... I came to bring you your sword. - Said Karou giving up trying to reply.

- My sword? I hope they're good.

- They are very good, maybe the best in the world ...

After passing through the hunting ground, Karou discovered what the titles were for, the titles gave Karou extra points, the system said these points were low, but the amount was incredible, it was not even close to what is needed for high-level strains like from Naruto or Sasuke, or to buy one of the jewelry, but it was enough to get one of them.

One of the 7 swords of the seven swordsmen of the mist. Karou accessed the system and spent all the points on buying one of the swords in the fog, so the price of the others doubled, but Karou expected that.

As if by magic, the Chakra gathered in the air to form twin swords, its main feature being protrusions on the end of the two swords and two other protrusions on the opposite side near the base.

- This is Kiba, is considered the best sword in the world, also known as the Lightning Sword. I entrust you with it. - Karou made a short speech showing his knowledge and passion for Naruto.

Katherine was surprised by the appearance of the blades, her extinction made her want those swords, when she touched them Katherine felt that it was what she needed, the swords filled the void. Katherine then cut down and the energy crackled on the blade.

Katherine then looked at the young man in front of her, now she took him seriously, very seriously.

- Who are you? How did you create these swords? - She asked.

- It's a secret, I hope you keep what you know for yourself. - Karou said with a small mysterious smile.

- How do you not know that I will betray you and run away with these swords? Katherine asked.

- As I said, I trust you. - Said Karou.

- I didn't plan to run away with them, but you shouldn't trust that easily, it can be seen as a weakness ... - Katherine said.

- I said I trust you, but I didn't say I didn't have a security measure. - With a snap of his fingers the swords were nothing more than points in the system, Karou discovered that everything he bought from the system could be returned, including bequests, but it was complicated to return bequests.

Katherine felt nervous because she no longer had her swords, her hands itched with nervousness.

- Please give me back! - Katherine showed her fragile side almost begging.

- I can't, let me go. I am weak I will fall if I continue to hold on. - Karou could only buy the swords again after at least an hour.

So Katherine beat up Karou a little, thinking he was just teasing her, but after a while she realized it wasn't quite like that.

- Damn Patriarch.

- It's not my fault...

- I can't call you patriarch, is there no other name you can use? Katherine asked.

- Another name? I was also thinking about it, Patriarch is very bad, makes me look like an old man ... Invent something to call me.

- Something to call you? How about Kage? Katherine asked.

- Kage ... why? - Karou thought it was a great coincidence.

- You use that jutsu that you call the Clone of the Shadows, besides being very mysterious, I think the name is perfect.

- It's truly perfect, call me Kage ...

(Note: Kage means shadow)