"Ding!"
"Might Guy dealt 1000 critical damage to you!"
"Ding!"
"Might Guy dealt 2000 critical damage to you!"
Kairen burst into loud laughter, his face full of madness.
"Exhilarating! Exhilarating! It's been a long time since I've felt this good!"
Guy punched Kairen in the face, directly shattering the bones of Kairen's face.
But Kairen still wore a fanatical expression, his face filled with pathological excitement.
He was arrogant and domineering, laughing wildly toward the sky: "Amazing!"
The powerful Ōtsutsuki Sage Body activated, instantly repairing the wounds on Kairen's body.
Looking at Guy again, his clothes were torn apart, revealing dry, charred skin. His entire body was burning, beginning to carbonize.
Kairen said to Guy: "Guy, you don't have much time left, do you?"
Guy naturally knew this. He took a deep breath, stepped forward with one foot, placed both hands on the ground, and assumed the prelude stance of Night Guy.
At this moment, Guy thought of many things, but what ultimately remained was the moment when Might Duy faced the Seven Ninja Swordsmen alone.
Father, your youth bloomed at that moment, and I—
"This moment is when I uphold my ninja way!"
A red dragon ignited on Guy's body, rising violently, carrying the momentum to shake mountains and rivers as it charged toward Kairen.
Kairen took a deep breath, thick flames igniting around his body, as he stared at Guy with fanatic excitement.
"Come! Guy."
"Among all those who have fought me, your taijutsu is the strongest. I, Moku Kairen, acknowledge you as the strongest."
"Ahhh—"
Guy charged forward with the red dragon. At that moment, he seemed to become the setting sun itself, becoming the red light that illuminated the darkness.
All the spectators clenched their fists. This seemed like a hope capable of shaking the heavens.
Rock Lee gritted his teeth: "Guy-sensei, go!"
"Guy-senpai, go!"
"Go!"
Everyone was blessing Guy, praying that he could slay Kairen.
Before dawn arrived, this streak of red light illuminated the world.
"Night Guy!"
Guy's kick struck forward, carrying such immense impact that even the air itself collapsed under the pressure.
Kairen seemed to be compressed into a small space, unable to use any techniques at all.
This kick seemed to carry over a hundred years of power.
Kairen blocked. In an instant, Guy's Night Guy shattered Kairen's arm bones, then pierced straight through his entire body.
Then like a blender, it tore apart flesh and blood, directly kicking Kairen into a cloud of ash.
"Ding!"
"Might Guy used Night Guy to kill you. Experience +10000!"
...
The sun's radiance rose from the earth, and the first ray of dawn shone upon Guy's charred red body.
Guy knelt weakly on the ground. His heart was beating slowly, stretching longer and longer, as if reaching its end.
"…Fa…Father, I…I did it!" Guy murmured.
Everyone's eyes frantically searched for Kairen's figure. In heaven and earth, there was no trace of him.
Many people were excited. This demon, this source of chaos, had finally been destroyed.
And on the spot, a grave had appeared. On the gravestone hung Kairen's portrait.
[Tsunade: Great fortune, this guy has finally been eliminated.]
[Mei Terumi: What a pity for this handsome young man.]
[Obito: Now it's all over. He even has a gravestone.]
[Tsunade: Wait—where did that grave come from?!]
Kairen crawled out of the grave pile, waved toward the light screen, and smiled mischievously.
Might Guy had failed!
The joy that had just risen in everyone's hearts dissipated again. They all sighed at how ridiculously tough his life was.
Kairen turned off the light screen and looked at Guy kneeling before him. The light in the other's eyes had dimmed, his body still smoking, completely carbonized.
Guy did not make a sound of disappointment. Instead, he said with difficulty in admiration: "You…you're very strong. Unfortunately… I can only fight once!"
Kairen placed one hand on Guy's head. Endless Wood Release chakra flowed into his body.
"From now on… become my lackey!"
...
Shikamaru and the others walked with their heads lowered through Iwagakure's underground passage. No one spoke.
Everyone was silent, immersed in an atmosphere of sorrow.
Guy had used his life to buy them time. No one felt good about it.
"Woof!"
A dog's bark rang out, followed by dozens more. Torches lit up out of thin air, illuminating Shikamaru and the others hiding in the darkness.
Shikamaru's heart sank. As expected, Moku Kairen would not let them leave so easily.
...
"Woof!"
Shikamaru looked ahead. Akamaru stood there, with dozens of dogs behind him, along with a massive creature—the Four-Tails.
Shikamaru was somewhat confused: "Akamaru, what are you trying to do?"
Akamaru: "Woof! Woof! Woof!"
The Four-Tails helped translate: "He wants to take your heads to atone for his crimes. Sorry, everyone."
Ino cursed angrily: "Damn it, Akamaru, you actually betrayed us!"
"Woof!"
Akamaru barked, signaling the Four-Tails to capture them.
The massive Four-Tails pounced forward, instantly subduing Shikamaru and the others.
Reluctance appeared in Akamaru's dog eyes, but as he lowered his head and looked at his own balls, determination instantly filled his heart.
Sorry, fellow villagers. I can't lose my balls.
Perhaps he himself hadn't realized it, but his personality had become more dog-like than before.
It seemed staying by Kairen's side for too long had that effect.
...
After Guy was revived, he jumped around full of vitality, unable to believe that he could open the Gate of Death and still come back to life, and without any aftereffects.
He asked Kairen: "Why? Why did you revive me?"
Kairen leaned against a rock and said casually: "Because fighting you felt amazing. You're a good opponent. After opening the Gate of Death, you could barely fight me. So I gave you another life."
Guy scratched his head: "Oh! How should I repay you?"
He was a simple-minded person. Since the other party revived him and helped him, Guy naturally felt he should repay him.
Kairen originally wanted Guy to join his forces, but after thinking about it, Guy's personality didn't suit the Kairen Empire.
Too straightforward. Too serious.
"Forget it. Go back. Return to your village! I don't need your repayment."
Guy shook his head: "No. You helped me so much. I must repay you."
Kairen spread his hands: "No! I don't need your repayment."
"That still won't do. My father said you can't accept things for free. I must find a way to repay you."
"Then I want Kakashi's head. Go bring it to me!"
Guy hesitated: "This—"
Kairen waved his hand: "Go home already!"
Guy said: "Wouldn't this—"
Kairen suddenly flashed forward and struck Guy's neck with a hand chop.
"Why are you so long-winded? Come, Pangolin, quickly send him back to Konoha."
A Pangolin crawled out of the ground, nodded, accepted Kairen's mission, then grabbed Guy and ran toward Konoha.
Kairen stood up, hands on his hips, looking at the red sun, thinking to himself that today would be a comfortable, beautiful day.