His mouth twitched violently.
He said sullenly, "Young Master, I think I'll just help you with your training first."
Gotoh wouldn't dare dig a hole and bury the young master of the main family, not even if he had ten times the courage.
Letting Illumi remain unconscious was already the greatest loyalty he could show Sean.
"Heh. Fine." Sean casually took off his training suit and tossed it over Illumi.
A small thing like burned skin was just child's play for his stupid little brother, who slept in holes he dug himself.
But this 100,000-volt stun baton... it packed a punch!
"Come!" With a sharp shout, Sean tensed all the muscles in his body.
"Zzzzt" Electric light flashed. Gotoh said in a deep voice, "Be careful, Young Master."
He jabbed with the baton—
"Hiss" Sean sucked in a breath on the spot, feeling as if all the meridians in his body were numb.
Fortunately, thanks to his previous electro-therapy experiences, Sean immediately circulated his "Nin-Taijutsu," guiding the current to flow along his limbs and trunk.
About ten minutes passed before he successfully subdued it.
He let out a satisfied breath.
"Very good. I can feel that my body is much lighter and clearer now than it was a few days ago."
Finishing the electro-therapy, the young man spread his hands. Blue electric arcs lingered between his fingers, as obedient as little snakes.
Noticing this scene, Gotoh couldn't help but be amazed, even though he had been mentally prepared.
Especially right after witnessing the power of the 100,000-volt stun baton...
The young butler glanced quietly at Illumi. The stupid little brother was lying there with his eyes still open, as if he had died with lingering regrets.
"Alright, next up is 'Expansion'."
Sean clenched his fist, extinguishing the electric snakes, and silently recited in his mind: "Expansion!"
His aura moved with his will, rapidly surging. In an instant, the ten-meter giant reappeared.
With a flare of his nostrils, he exhaled two streams of air.
It startled Gotoh!
"Young Master, are you... alright?" Gotoh was dumbfounded, staring blankly up at Sean. 'Good thing this basement is big enough, otherwise... the entire Zoldyck estate might have been pierced through!'
"What could be wrong with me?" Sean grinned, opening his arms. "I'm feeling extremely good right now!"
With that, Sean rolled his neck, got down on the floor, and the entire basement seemed to tremble with him. The vibration made the soles of Gotoh's feet go numb...
'I can't stay here.' The young butler was sharp. He swallowed hard, dashed over to grab Illumi, and rushed out of the basement.
With no one to hold him back, Sean completely let go and began his daily "Ten Thousand Swings"—
Which was to say, ten thousand "Grateful Push-ups."
"Thud... thud... thud..."
"One... two... three..."
"One day... two days... three days..."
In the blink of an eye, a week passed. A rumor that Kukuroo Mountain was about to experience an earthquake spread throughout the Zoldyck estate.
The rumors were vivid and detailed.
Even Maha, who never left his rocking chair, heard about it.
The old man caught Sean one day after his training finished and couldn't help but say, "I'm telling you, brat, can you be a little quieter?"
"Even if I can take it, the castle I worked so hard to build can't."
'If word got out that my house was torn down by my own grandson, how could I, Maha, ever show my face again?'
"My fault?" Sean spread his hands innocently. "Grandpa, sometimes instead of blaming others, you should look for the reason in yourself first."
"After all these years, whether the castle collapses or not, whether you cut corners when building it... don't you know better than I do?"
'Damn it!' Maha's eyes widened. "I seriously suspect you're trying to PUA me!"
"Oh? You even know the word 'PUA'. I thought all you knew was how to read H-manga." Sean ignored the veins popping on Maha's bald head, opened the fridge, and chugged a bottle of Coke.
Soon, the bottle was empty. Sean let out a satisfied burp and glanced at Maha, amused. "Relax. It won't happen again."
"Oh?" The old man was surprised. He thought Sean would continue to do as he pleased. He raised an eyebrow. "Not training anymore?"
Sean smiled without a word, tossing the empty bottle into the trash. It wasn't that he wasn't training, but that it was no longer necessary!
It proved his previous hypothesis was correct: "Nin-Taijutsu" combined with "Expansion Jutsu," plus "Purity of Heart," could really further increase training efficiency.
In just one week, his weak point, "Speed," had shot up as if on a rocket. Today, it finally broke the "200" mark!
He had reached the standard to cultivate the first of the "Eight Gates Released Formation," the "Opening" Gate!
"'Sage', open my status panel."
[YES]
[SEAN ZOLDYCK]
[AGE: 10.]
[STRENGTH: 251→301]
[SPEED: 151→201]
[AURA AMOUNT: 201→251]
[ITEM: KAKASHI'S SHARINGAN (PENDING DEVELOPMENT)]
[SKILL: EIGHT GATES RELEASED FORMATION (PENDING CULTIVATION)]
[CURRENT READER FEEDBACK VALUE: 60 POINTS.]
[OVERALL RATING: E+]
[REMARK: DETECTED HOST'S CURRENT "STRENGTH," "SPEED," AND "AURA" HAVE REACHED THE STANDARD.]
[BEGIN CULTIVATION OF "EIGHT GATES RELEASED FORMATION"?]
'Is that even a question?'
"I've been waiting for this day for a long time."
Sean took a deep breath, never having felt such anticipation!
It just so happened that Pot Shadow Ninja had reached the Chunin Exams, where Rock Lee opened the "Eight Gates" for the first time against Gaara. 'Shouldn't I learn it to join in the excitement?'
[UNDERSTOOD]
A speck of white light bloomed and immediately sank into Sean's mind.
The familiar scene reappeared, far clearer than the first time Sean had received the "Eight Gates."
In the vast white sea of consciousness, a man with thick eyebrows, a bowl cut, and dressed all in green walked out of the void.
He looked Sean up and down, then grinned, revealing a set of white teeth. "Young man from another world, did you work hard today?"
"Of course!"
Sean was confident and calm, proudly giving himself a thumbs-up. "I've achieved what I have today entirely through my own hard work, Guy-sensei, don't you think?"
Guy paused, then put his hands on his hips and laughed loudly. "That's right! A youth of hard work is the best!"
"Watch closely, young man!"
"First of the 'Eight Gates'—the 'Opening Gate'... Open!"
"Thump" His heart beat violently!
His blood boiled in response!
The skin on his body suddenly tightened!
Azure "aura" roared out from every pore, clawing at the air!
In an instant—
Sean's aura changed!
Two blood-red flame clouds crept onto his handsome face!
His thick, shiny black hair suddenly shot back, flying upward against gravity!
When he opened his eyes again, two beams of electricity shot out, as if to shatter any obstacle in front of him!
"'Eight Gates'... 'Eight Gates'. Is this what it feels like to double my combat power?"
Sean had never felt so powerful. He clenched his fists, and the air cracked, letting out a muffled "boom" like thunder!
It shook Maha, almost knocking him out of his rocking chair.
"Brat, are you crazy, startling people like that?"
The old man impatiently looked up from his H-manga, took one look, and his breath caught!