Chapter 100 : Sand Village!!

"Eight Inner Gates is a secret Taijutsu technique!" 

"It can unlock the body's limitations and make your strength increase!" 

"There are eight special chakra points in the body. I call them the Opening Gate, Rest Gate, Life Gate, Pain Gate, Closing Gate, Joy Gate, Shock Gate, and the Gate of Death!"

"You need to use a special technique to open these points!"

"However," 

"The stronger your body, the more gates you can open. But I must remind you, for now, the most you can open is the Life Gate. Opening more will cause harm to your body!"

Next, Might Guy began to teach Eight Gates! 

The method for impacting these chakra points is somewhat unusual, but the Eight Gates technique places a heavy strain on the body. If your body is strong enough, even opening seven gates won't harm you!

But it does consume your life force!

"You, are you going on a mission?" Genya looked at Might Guy with serious eyes. He knew that if Might Guy didn't feel this mission was dangerous, he wouldn't have passed on the Eight Gates technique so easily.

Unless he felt the mission was truly dangerous.

"I'm going to the Hidden Cloud Village for a mission, and there might be some risks!" Might Guy thought seriously for a moment, his expression grave.

The Hidden Cloud and the Konoha already have conflicts. This mission could result in casualties. As a ninja of Konoha, he must be ready to sacrifice for the village when the time comes.

Genya and the others were all geniuses in Taijutsu. He didn't want his father's legacy, the Eight Gates, to be lost!

Everyone carefully wrote down the training method for the Eight Gates, nodding seriously.

"Don't worry, you'll return safely from this mission!" Genya looked at Might Guy and answered seriously.

"I hope so," Might Guy nodded seriously in return, before continuing to teach them.

They practiced the Eight Gates all day. Everyone was serious about their training, but only Genya, Hayashi, and Hikari could perform the technique. Neji still couldn't manage it.

In the following days, everyone continued their intense training!

One day, Genya invited Naruto to his house for a feast. Since he was leaving, it was time to extract some of the Nine-Tails' chakra!

This mission would take an unknown amount of time, and he didn't know when he would return!

In the mental space, Genya stood calmly in front of the sealing gate, his expression calm.

"Kurama, we meet again!" Genya's eyes were fixed on the Nine-Tails, who seemed to have been waiting for this moment. A smile appeared on his face.

"You brat. You still know how to come?" The Nine-Tails sounded a bit annoyed, as it always knew that when Genya came, he would absorb its chakra. 

Did he think the Nine-Tails was just some tool? 

Ridiculous. 

Despite that, it actually liked this kid.

"This time, I'm going to finish telling you the story!" Genya looked at the Nine-Tails with a faint smile on his lips, and as he spoke, he released black flames.

I have to admit!

This time, Genya spoke for a long while. Eventually, the Nine-Tails' mental state started to weaken, and it collapsed onto the water's surface. Only then did Genya withdraw the black flames.

"Kid, are you planning to leave for a long time?" The Nine-Tails, a little exhausted, looked at Genya with a hint of nostalgia in its voice.

"Mm, I might be gone for a while!" Genya nodded. This time, he would be gone for at least half a month. He intended to use this time away to improve his strength as much as possible.

"Hmph!" The Nine-Tails responded with a hint of pride in its voice, "Go ahead, I won't miss you!"

After saying that, it closed its eyes, as if to hide its own unease.

Seven days passed in the blink of an eye!

Genya and Shin, along with the Uchiha merchant caravan, left Konoha and headed towards the Hidden Sand Village in the Land of Wind. 

This time, only Genya and Shin, who had reached the level of Jonin, were going. 

The rest of the group consisted mostly of Chunin. The plan was simple—if Genya showed his strength during the trip, he could use genjutsu to hypnotize the others.

In the Hokage's office...

"Did Uchiha Kinya really send Genya to the Land of Wind? Doesn't he worry about his son getting into trouble?" Sarutobi Hiruzen furrowed his brow, his old, wrinkled face filled with disbelief.

Uchiha Kinya actually sent someone?

"This trip to the Land of Wind is a trade with the Kazekage there. There won't be any danger on the way, or else Uchiha Kinya wouldn't have sent Genya," explained Sarutoni Eisuke, noticing the puzzled look on the Third Hokage's face. He quickly added, "Also, there's a Elite Jōnin, Uchiha Shin, accompanying them, so the risk is minimal!"

Hmph!

The Third Hokage nodded, but then a cold gleam flashed in his eyes. "Since that's the case, let's give him some trouble. The monstrous son of Uchiha Kinya. If he dies, it probably won't cause much of an uproar, right?"

"Recently, this kid has caused some trouble with the Uchiha Police Force, and it's not been well received!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen said, then turned his attention to Sarutobi Eisuke. "Go prepare everything. Make sure this looks like an attack by the Land of Wind's bandit groups—don't involve us!"

"Yes!" Sarutobi Eisuke nodded and then left.

Genya and his group escorted the cargo toward the Land of Wind. Along the way, he would occasionally step out to hunt wild beasts to enhance his chakra. 

After these days, he felt that the fourth tomoe of his Sharingan was about to awaken.

The journey was peaceful for the most part.

In the heart of the Land of Wind, amidst the vast desert, yellow sand stretched endlessly. Occasionally, small villages would appear around oases, and finally, they arrived at Sunagakure, the Hidden Sand Village.

It was almost entirely a settlement of sand, and Genya couldn't help but wonder how the people of Sunagakure survived in such an environment.

When the merchant caravan arrived at Sunagakure, Sand ninja approached to meet with Uchiha Shin. Genya, feeling a bit bored, wandered around the village with two Chūnin, curious about what made Sunagakure unique in the Land of Wind.

As they aimlessly strolled, occasionally observing their surroundings, something suddenly caught his eye.

Under the Kazekage's building, there was a lone child playing with sand. The child scooped up a handful of sand, letting it slip through his fingers.

This repetitive, lonely motion continued.

The child appeared to be around Genya's age, with striking red hair and large eyes, accompanied by dark circles under his eyes.

Nearby, there were a group of children his age playing with a ball, but they deliberately avoided the lonely child. 

It was as though the child was a curse, and everyone around him kept their distance. 

He had seen this kind of reaction before with Naruto—people avoiding him as if he were a plague!

"Gaara!" 

Genya looked at the lonely child, who was about the same age as him. A smile appeared on his face as he stepped forward toward Gaara.

About a hundred meters behind Gaara, a yellow-haired ninja saw Genya walking toward him and wanted to stop him. However, after a brief hesitation, he decided to step back!

Gaara hadn't spoken to anyone in a long time, and talking to someone would help him relax, loosening the tension in his heart.

Though the ninja stepped back, he continued to watch Gaara closely.

Genya walked up to Gaara, who was playing with sand. He looked at Gaara and asked, "Who are you? Why are you playing with sand all alone?"

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