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To express his apology, Guy actually invited Colt, Tenten, and Lee for dinner.
At Colt's suggestion, they went to a restaurant specializing in sukiyaki.
Might Guy was very happy.
In Konoha, there weren't many ninjas who could compete with him in taijutsu.
Except for Kakashi, there were only a few Anbu captains.
But Kakashi always fooled around with him; out of their 500+ duels, more than half were decided by rock-paper-scissors. As for the Anbu, they were usually busy with their own tasks.
Today was one of the rare opportunities for Guy to use his full strength. Of course, the [Eight Gates] didn't count.
At dinner, Guy and Colt continued discussing taijutsu.
The two chatted while eating, mainly Guy talking and Colt listening.
Perhaps in terms of technique subtlety, Colt's skills were even better.
But Guy was a ninja specializing in taijutsu, and much of his experience and skills were what Colt needed.
Lee listened attentively, eager to take notes.
While Tenten rolled her eyes; the team was full of training maniacs, and now there was another one. This made her feel a little out of place, so she could only eat on her own.
"By the way, shouldn't there be another person on your team? Why didn't we see him today?" Colt asked casually. In fact, he had agreed to Guy's invitation partly to meet Neji.
The Hyuga prodigy's attitude towards Hinata wasn't very friendly, and Colt wanted to have a chat with him.
"You mean Neji? He's been practicing an advanced clan technique recently. I can't help much with that, so I let him train freely," Guy explained, unknowingly revealing information about Neji.
'Secret technique?' Colt thought to himself.
Neji was indeed a genius, having discovered one of the Hyuga clan's secret techniques on his own. It could be said that at this stage, he was the strongest among the Konoha 12.
Lee was no match for him yet. After all, with the horror of the [Gentle Fist], Lee might have his chakra points blocked before he could even open the [Eight Gates].
It was worth noting that Lee wasn't without chakra.
He simply couldn't perform ninjutsu, but he still had chakra, albeit without an elemental nature.
The meal didn't end until very late, mainly because Guy was too talkative and wouldn't let Colt leave.
Guy only reluctantly let Colt go when the restaurant was about to close. Even then, he still wanted to make plans for their next meeting.
"Guy-sensei, I'm going on a mission outside the village tomorrow. I'll be sure to meet up with you some other time," Colt said, trying to politely extricate himself from Guy's enthusiastic plans.
This wasn't just an excuse; he had already made plans with Kosuke for a mission the next day.
He had spent over 3 million ryo to buy dozens of 'feathers', which had wiped out the small fortune Colt had accumulated over the years.
According to his plan, the follow-up was simply a bottomless pit.
So, Colt couldn't wait to complete an S-rank mission to catch up with the money needed for the chakra ninja gear.
As for [Kaminari], if it broke, it could be reforged.
But [Raijin No Ken] had been so useless that he didn't even give Colt this chance.
It felt a bit wrong to dismantle the complete it.
After all, it was an artifact and a relic of the Second Hokage. If Tsunade asked him for it in the future, he'd be really embarrassed not to give it.
Back home, Colt took out the special feathers from the wooden box and infused them with chakra.
Activating [Ten No Shiso], all the feathers floated in mid-air, revolving around his body. Colt felt that he could pass chakra to the feathers at any time through his dōjutsu transfer with little loss.
That being the case, what about chakra nature transformation? Could he transform the chakra after it reached the feathers?
The [Mangekyō Sharingan] in his right eye spun rapidly, and Colt found that the consumption rate of his dōjutsu power increased greatly.
At the same time, the dozens of feathers began to change. Some became extremely hot and turned red, others had a slight buzzing around them, while the rest crackled with electricity.
It was clear that the chakra attached to the feathers had undergone a natural transformation.
Taking out a kunai, Colt controlled a wind-natured feather and chopped straight down. Although there was a bit of obvious resistance, the kunai was cut in response.
The proficiency of his dōjutsu technique was insufficient, and the chakra nature transformation hadn't reached its ultimate form. Colt silently reflected on these shortcomings.
According to his vision, these feathers would become the lethal weapon he'd use with his [Mangekyō Sharingan].
The sharpness of the weapon itself, coupled with ultimate chakra control, would make each feather no less deadly than a single ninjutsu. In other words, each feather was like a remote-controlled weapon.
And Colt himself had enough chakra, enough dōjutsu power, and could control many feathers. To put it in perspective, if two feathers were equal to one Asuma-level ninja, then a thousand feathers would be at least equal to 500 Asumas. When used together with [Sukunahikona], it could be said to be invincible against the vast majority of enemies.
He was already building a matching ninjutsu in his mind.
"I'll call it [Thousand Flowing Feathers]!" He imagined standing still in the future, with thousands of flying feathers continuously harvesting the lives of enemies.
Shaking his head, Colt drove the fantasy out of his mind. Dreams were beautiful, but reality was cruel.
It was just 80 million ryo, yet he couldn't afford it.
However, there was still work to be done. Reaching out and grabbing a feather, Colt imprinted his own [Flying Thunder God] mark on it. That's why he specifically asked for the feathers to be palm-sized. If they were smaller, it would affect the depiction of the [Flying Thunder God] seal.
He would mark all feathers with the [Flying Thunder God] seal.
Being the future sixth Hokage, he was serious about his preparations.