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(Sai) Aren't you going to eat?

Oh... it is only that...

Well... this just brings back some difficult memories for me...

Huh? Ahh!

[grunts]

Are you all right?

We're up against a strong taijutsu user.

Well I'm here now so just rest easy!

Huh?

Now let me see here... oh! Hi there!

I know you! You're Old Master Chen!

[gasp] The one who's known as the ultimate Taijutsu User!?

He fought the Leaf in the Third Great Ninja War. And died a hero.

Oh, so I'm famous now, am I? [chuckle]

Back then, I could only observe you from afar in battle..

But as a fellow Taijutsu User, it is a great honor to be able to fight you now.

Remember, I'm being controlled. I won't show you any mercy!

I'd like nothing better!

[attack yell] Great Leaf Hurricane!

All right! Great Leaf Hurricane!

[fighting grunts]

Leaf Gust!

Owwww!

[grunt]

(Thinking) He's so strong...

[munching] ...Hm?

It's Guy! He's... losing ground!

Lee..?

Sorry, I must go, but I will be right back!

You just stay here and rest for now, Sai!

[heavy breathing]

Hm! Here it comes! You're going to have to dodge this!

Is it that legendary technique..!?

Guy Sensei!!

I am here to assist you!

Lee!?

[gasp] Old Master Chen!

[chuckle] I guess that I really am famous, aren't I?

It is an honor to see you again.

Huh!?

I don't understand. He died before you were even born. So how could you have possibly met him?

The Old Master did not die when you think he did...

What!?

I remember...

If you are the real Master Chen, then I have a request!

Hm...

I beg of you, please! Teach me the Leaf Dragon God!

Never..!

ARGGHHHHH!

You're that brat from back then!

That is right. There is no way that I could ever forget you...

...or the Dragon's Eye!

Hm... Hmph!

Hmph. So I see that you are still a shinobi.

It is important that one ever give up on their dreams!

What is this!? What's goin' on here!?

You're his Sensei, are you?

Oh, that is right! I never told you about this part of my past, Guy Sensei.

Huh?

If I recall correctly, it happened soon after I had recovered from my serious injuries...

You guys! Take a look... I just stumbled upon it in the library.

Whoa..!

What's the Leaf Dragon God?

A secret technique created by someone called Old Master Chen.

[giggle] The words "secret technique" get me all amped up!

Let us go find this Master Chen and ask him to teach it to us!

Wait, we can't!

This scroll says that he was a hero from the Hidden Leaf who died in the Third Great Ninja War.

What!? He's dead!? Well that sucks.

It is okay! I am sure that everything about the Leaf Dragon God is written right here!

Oh no! It is gone!

I wanted to master this while Guy Sensei was away and show him how much stronger I had become!

Bushy Brows... I'll tell you what: Why don't you come and train with me?

Huh?

I need all that I can get! I gotta get stronger so that I can bring Sasuke back to the Village.

Thanks, Naruto.

You know, it seems this guy's grave isn't very far from here at all.

It is close by?

Naruto! Let us pay our respects at the hero's grave!

It will inspire us to train hard!

[confused gasps]

You bring rice balls here every day, Azami?

Yeah, it's my grandpa's grave.

She is the granddaughter of the deceased Master!

Huh? Hey! Do you know how to do the Leaf Dragon God?

Of course she doesn't, you guys!

Just ask him! He's not dead!

Huh!?

He comes by to eat the rice balls!

(Naruto) That's ridiculous.

What do you think she meant by that?

[munching]

Yum! These things are my favorite!

Who are you!?

Wait, is he Old Master Chen!?

No way! That's impossible!

He's a con man tricking Azami into bringing him rice balls!

What!? What is unforgivable!

[gasps]

I'm not sharing with you three!

No! You will not eat that!

Ahhh!

[gasps]

[whimper]

You've just ruined the one single thing that brings me happiness!

Leaf Dragon God!!!

[gasps] [screaming]

That was it! Leaf Dragon God...

Incredible! He was actually still alive?

And so... I believed I had a chance to learn the secret technique.

I went back to his grave again.

If you are the real Master Chen, then I have a request!

Hm?

I beg of you! Please!

Teach me the Leaf Dragon God.

I cannot use ninjutsu! That is why..!

I must hone my taijutsu skills!

You can't use ninjutsu, huh..?

No! I cannot! But I am trying my hardest to prove that I can still be a great shinobi with taijutsu alone!

You're doing your best despite your shortcoming, then..?

A shinobi without ninjutsu is no shinobi!

[gasps]

I will pound it into your body that you are not qualified to be a shinobi!

[frightened gasps]

[fighting grunts]

[scream]

[groan]

Bushy Brows! Lee!

I do not understand,,, What just happened!?

You are far too weak.

Forget about being a shinobi!

But that is--

How could you say something as cruel as that to him!?

Huh!? You of all people should know that! You are his sensei, after all...

Huh!?

It's absurd for a kid to risk his life to become a shinobi when he doesn't have the skills!

How did you know that?

Because your pupil told me himself!

[gasp]

You're gonna go see that old man, aren't you?

We'll come and keep you company.

Thank you so much!

But, I must ask... Please let me handle this on my own.

Huh?

He said I am not qualified. So I must show him by myself that I am and make him acknowledge my skills.

Lee... Bushy Brows...

This is how it is! I must go alone.

We kinda had a feeling you might say that...

Huh?

So, here... take this along with you.

Azami asked me to give it to you before you left!

Thank you both very much!

[sigh]

Well you certainly are persistent.

I will not ask you to teach me the Leaf Dragon God.

But, please! All I ask is that you attack me with that technique one more time...

Huh?

You told me that I am not qualified to be a shinobi...

I am sorry, but I cannot accept that. I will not accept it!

So I will try again to defeat your technique.

And if I do, you will acknowledge me as a shinobi!

Please, I beg you! Use your Leaf Dragon God against me!

Your tenacity has won me over. I will honor your request.

Huh?

Although I doubt that you will be able to see the truth of the Dragon's Eye.

Dragon's... Eye..?

Now I will make you see just how unqualified you are to be a shinobi!

I will show you! You will acknowledge me!

Leaf Dragon God!

Ahhhhh!

Ahhhhh!

[roar] Dynamic Entry!

[struggling grunts]

[screams]

[grunts]

[struggling groans]

Hm.

[groaning]

Huh..?

Eat and then go home. Give up on being a shinobi.

No, please! Just one more time!

The Dragon's Eye... And the tornado...

[gasp]

I have almost got it. I know I do!

[weary sigh]

I don't understand why you won't give up when you've been beaten so badly!

You're exactly like him...

Huh?

In any case, forget being a shinobi.

No! I can never, ever-- give up on my dream of being a shinobi. I will not!

I will become a shinobi! I will risk my whole life to achieve that!

[groan] I made a promise to Guy Sensei!

And you are trying to reject it! So I cannot lose to you!

Please! Just one more time..!

You must abandon your dream...

I say this only for your own sake!

Please-- wait!

And after that, I never once laid eyes on him again.

For Lee's sake, you told him to abandon his dream.

Someone who isn't able to perform ninjutsu would be nearly powerless in the dangerous world of shinobi.

Perhaps you're right that people like that shouldn't aim to become shinobi.

And when you told Lee to give up on being a shinobi, you weren't really wrong, I have to admit that.

[gasp] Guy Sensei!? How could--!?

However... that's something I will never accept!

Hm?

What you did was undeniably wrong!

Guy Sensei!

I thought for sure that you would understand me, but I guess that instead--

I'll prove to you both, teacher and pupil, that you're the ones who are wrong!

That's the lesson you're about to learn! Just you watch!

Now, you ready to show him, Lee!?

Yes, sir!

Huh?

Never once did I think this moment would come.

Primary Lotus!

[panting]

(Thinking) The Leaf Dragon God's true form is a tornado, so the Dragon's Eye is...

[grunt]

But it does not matter at all! I cannot test it even if I wanted to!

You will learn! Leaf Dragon God!

[roar]

What's the matter? Have you given up already?!

I told you before! That I will never give up!

Hiya!

(Master Chen) Ha! You call that dodging!?

[roar]

The Dragon's Eye... it's the eye of the tornado! That is it's weakness!

This is the end for the Leaf Dragon God!

One-man Primary Lotus!

What!? But how!?

[groaning]

But- but my... My Leaf Dragon God Technique...

How did... how can this be..?

And how is it possible that you didn't give up after everything you faced?

I once sustained severe injuries, and I was on the brink of giving up on all of my dreams...

[gasp]

But luckily... Guy Sensei said something to me then...

Listen, Lee. If you wish to be freed of this suffering, then you're going to need to come to a decision!

[gasp]

Do you mean, that I should be prepared to give up on my dreams?

No, because if you lose your dreams, you'll undergo pain far worse than this.

You know, the two of us really have quite a lot in common, Lee.

Without our ninja way to guide us, you and I would never survive.

[gasp]

Get the operation, Lee.

You've worked hard, Lee. There's no doubt in my mind your surgery will be a success.

You have the power to shape your own destiny!

And on the one in a million chance something goes wrong...

I will die right along with you!

Ever since the day I met you, my whole nindo has been to make you the most splendid ninja possible.

I promise!

[weepy]

Guy Sensei..!

I see... Well, good, then...

It appears that you've found yourself a fine teacher.

-Old Master! -Old Master!

[wheezing]

You know, I took on a pupil who was like you a long time ago.

And just like you, he was completely unable to use ninjutsu.

But he said he would become a shinobi using only taijutsu...

And through hard training he realized his dream.

He was to be initiated in the ways of the Leaf Dragon God, but then...

...The Third Great Ninja War broke out...

And my sole pupil was sent off to fight on the battlefield.

For him, being unable to use ninjutsu and genjutsu was a great weakness...

...and much to my regret, he was killed.

I allowed my pupil to become a shinobi without thinking of the consequences! I'm not qualified to be a master!

I was unable to forgive myself, so I abandoned my shinobi life, faked my own death, and put up a phony gravestone.

Oh, I see... So that's what happened then...

I hope you can forgive me.

I thought you would walk the same path as my pupil, and that's why I told you to give up your dream...

[weepy]

[chuckle] However, I'm confident that the two of you will do just fine.

Thank you, Master Chen!

And now it seems that the time has come for that grave to actually be of use to me.

[chuckle]

Old Master Chen! I will visit you again and bring you more rice balls!

(Shikamaru) Is he a reanimation?

(Yota) [sobbing]

(Shikamaru) Is he crying? He looks like a child!

(Yota) Shikamaru! Choji! Ino! It's me!

(Ino) Hold on, how does this kid know all of our names!?

(Choji) Yeah! I've never even seen him before!

(Shikamaru) Neither have I.

(Naruto) Next time on Naruto Shippuden: "Rain Followed by Snow, with Some Lightning."

(Shikamaru) No... we do know you!