When they were outside the Hokage Tower, Kaito held Mirei tightly by the hand.
She was clearly terrified.
Her small hands were trembling slightly, and her face was visibly pale.
"Are you okay, Mirei?" he asked softly.
Mirei nodded slowly as she tightened her grip on his arm, refusing to let go.
She said, "Yes. I just... I don't like that man, Kaito."
Danzo's cold gaze had left a deep, uncomfortable shadow in her heart.
He had looked at her not like a person, but like a disposable tool or an insect.
Kaito smiled warmly and gently rubbed her hair.
He said, "It's okay. I'm right here. He won't do anything to you with me watching over you."
After thoroughly comforting Mirei and letting her catch her breath, they both walked back toward the Senju Compound.
"Hey! Are you guys coming from the Hokage Office?"
When Kaito looked up, he could see the face of a young boy around his age calling out to him frantically.
"Nawaki..."
Nawaki jumped down from a nearby stone wall and ran over to them.
He asked, "What happened? You two don't look very good. Did the old man scold you?"
Kaito shook his head.
"Something bad. Either way, Nawaki, you have to be extremely careful in the next stage of the Chūnin Exam. Do you understand?"
Nawaki gave Kaito a weird, highly confused look.
He laughed out loud and patted his chest proudly.
He said, "Why is that? I'm completely fine on my own. Nothing could ever scratch this future Hokage! Hahaha..."
Kaito simply sighed in heavy defeat.
This hot-headed punk would definitely end up dead because of his carefree nature.
The Forest of Death was definitely no playground, especially with foreign assassins actively lurking around looking for targets.
Kaito pointed his thumb behind Nawaki and said, "I'm going inside. You might want to get going too. Your sister is coming home soon."
Nawaki's confident, arrogant face instantly went pale.
"Gah! That blood-sucker! I'm leaving, see ya Kaito, Mirei!"
Nawaki ran away as fast as his legs could carry him, kicking up a cloud of dust.
He didn't seem to like Tsunade very much right now.
Perhaps her massive betting debts had negatively affected his daily life and allowance?
After much consideration, Kaito thought deeply as he walked through the compound's courtyard.
He needed to teach Mirei something genuinely strong.
If only the system's overpowered rewards could be shared with others, it would be so convenient.
But since he couldn't just hand her Infinity or the Eight Inner Gates, he had to rely on his own wits.
Kaito suddenly stopped walking and looked at her seriously.
"Mirei, I want to teach you something. It is a very powerful Jutsu and requires a lot of hard training. Do you want to learn it?"
When Kaito said this, Mirei's initially gloomy and scared face suddenly brightened up.
Her dark eyes sparkled with pure determination.
"Yes! Teach me, Kaito. I want to be strong enough to protect myself."
With his Six Eyes fully activated, Kaito looked deep into Mirei's core chakra network.
He was instantly stunned by what he saw.
He could clearly see that Mirei possessed all Five Chakra Natures buried deep within her!
This was incredibly rare.
Most elite Shinobi would only have two or three elemental affinities at best, even after decades of intense training.
Perhaps her deep emotional attachment to Kaito and the stress of her Sharingan awakening had forcefully stimulated her latent potentials.
Kaito immediately led her to the private Senju training ground at the back of the estate.
He had initially thought to simply teach her how to properly control all of these basic elements.
But then, a crazy, highly ambitious idea formed in his mind.
Why not make her manipulate them into a brand new Kekkei Genkai?
Despite his own lack of knowledge regarding many complex Jutsu, he could always figure it out using his ocular ability.
The Six Eyes could flawlessly deconstruct and reconstruct chakra on a sub-atomic level.
"Sit down cross-legged, Mirei. Close your eyes and focus purely on your breathing," Kaito instructed.
Mirei obediently sat on the soft green grass, folding her hands in her lap.
Kaito stood directly behind her and gently placed his palm flat against her upper back.
"I am going to guide your chakra. Do not resist it, no matter how weird it feels," Kaito said softly.
"Okay..." Mirei whispered
She felt a sudden warm sensation entering her body.
Kaito's bright blue eyes glowed intensely, analyzing the microscopic flow of her energy.
He carefully isolated two specific elemental natures inside Mirei's vast Chakra pathways: Fire and Wind.
Fire was her natural Uchiha affinity, highly destructive but very common.
Wind was sharp, cutting, and naturally fueled the flames to greater heights.
Kaito pushed his own precise chakra into her network, acting as an invisible, microscopic needle.
He forcefully dragged the crimson Fire Chakra from her stomach and the pale green Wind Chakra from her lungs.
With terrifying control, he smashed the two conflicting natures together at her core.
He wove them into a tight, highly unstable spiral.
"Ghk!"
Mirei grunted in sudden pain as an intense, scorching heat flared inside her chest.
"Hold on. Memorize this exact feeling, Mirei. Memorize exactly how the two energies fuse together," Kaito commanded strictly.
He perfectly balanced the volatile mixture, preventing the raw energy from burning her from the inside out.
Suddenly, a bizarre, dry aura erupted from Mirei's body.
The fresh green grass around her instantly withered, turned brown, and crumbled to dry ash from the sheer ambient heat alone.
It wasn't just regular fire; it was something far more terrifying.
Kaito slowly pulled his hand back, panting slightly from the extreme mental focus required to stabilize a Kekkei Genkai.
"Open your eyes, Mirei. Try channeling that new, fused energy directly to your hand," Kaito said.
Mirei opened her eyes, her Single-Tomoe Sharingan spinning wildly in excitement.
She held out her right palm and focused entirely on the new, burning sensation in her core.
Fwoosh!
A floating, glowing orb of concentrated, blinding orange-white heat materialized instantly in the palm of her hand.
It looked exactly like a miniature, blazing sun.
"What... What is this?" Mirei gasped.
She could feel the terrifying destructive power contained within the small, floating orb.
"This is Scorch Release," Kaito smirked confidently.
"I forcefully combined your Fire and Wind natures to create an entirely new Kekkei Genkai specifically for you."
Mirei stared at the scorching orb in sheer, unadulterated disbelief.
"If you hit an enemy with this Jutsu, the extreme heat will instantly evaporate all the moisture inside their body, turning them into a dried mummy in seconds," Kaito explained calmly.
Mirei swallowed hard. The raw power was absolutely devastating.
With this Scorch Release, any foreign assassin lurking in the Forest of Death would instantly regret targeting her.
"Thank you, Kaito! I will practice this all night and master it no matter what!" Mirei beamed with excitement, the fear of Danzo was completely forgotten.
Kaito nodded in deep satisfaction.
Now, he didn't have to worry about her safety as much during the exam.