Chapter 75: Physical Challenge and Summer Special Training (Seeking Follow-up Reading)

“There are two stages to the Body Flicker Technique challenge. The first is the forest sprint. I’ve set up a large number of traps and mechanisms in a certain area of the forest. One point will be deducted for each trap you fall into or mechanism that hits you. If three points are deducted, the challenge is considered a failure.”

“There are three chances,” Obito felt that the challenge Muzuki mentioned wasn’t too difficult.

Setting up traps was also one of the courses a Ninja had to learn, and Obito was not unfamiliar with it.

“Furthermore, I will send a Shadow Clone, slightly slower than you, to follow behind you. If you are too slow and get caught by the Shadow Clone, it also counts as a failure,” Muzuki added.

If one walked slowly step by step, it would naturally be easy to avoid the traps, but with someone chasing from behind, it might not be so simple.

“And Muzuki Sensei’s Shadow Clone is chasing from behind,” Obito suddenly felt it wasn’t that simple anymore.

“As long as you can maintain your speed, the Shadow Clone won’t catch you,” Muzuki said with a smile.

“Then Muzuki Sensei, please take me to try the challenge,” Obito wanted to try it first.

“Okay, I’ll give you the challenge fee first,” Muzuki took out three test papers and said, “There are about a hundred questions here. Consider it the fee to start the challenge.”

“Huh?” Obito stared blankly at the test papers Muzuki handed over. It was actually a paid challenge, but why was Muzuki paying him?

“Muzuki Sensei, I don’t think this is right. How can a boss give money to a customer? Why don’t I give you three test papers as the challenge fee?” Obito, already feeling dizzy from seeing the three test papers, began to babble incoherently.

Snap!

Muzuki tapped the disoriented Obito with two fingers held together and chuckled:

“Do you think it doesn’t take time for me, your Sensei, to set up the venue? If I don’t give you some compensation, and you don’t pass it once and keep pestering me to challenge, I’ll be exhausted from setting up traps.”

Obito’s mind cleared up instantly after being tapped, and he gave an embarrassed, simple smile. He felt that Muzuki made a lot of sense.

“Muzuki Sensei, you’ve worked hard,” Obito stood on a stone and massaged Muzuki’s shoulders.

“However, I think the numbers one hundred and three are both very bad. Two is actually very good. How about we discuss it and only do two questions? I promise not to trouble Muzuki Sensei too much.”

“Use more force,” Muzuki prompted.

“Then what about the questions?” Obito’s face lit up.

“Easy to say. If you really like the number two, then let’s change it to two hundred and fifty questions,” Muzuki revealed a benevolent smile.

“Uh, actually, I really like three and one hundred too,” Obito immediately performed a rapid change of expression, quickly changing his tune.

“Stop being a smart aleck. I’ll take you to the challenge location,” Muzuki grabbed Obito and used the Body Flicker Technique to quickly transport him to the challenge site.

Obito looked around for a while but didn’t find anything different about this area compared to other parts of the forest, except that the trees were a bit thicker.

“You just need to keep heading east to reach the finish line. My Shadow Clone will start moving three seconds after you depart,” Muzuki pointed in a direction and said.

Hearing Muzuki’s words, Obito nodded, took a deep breath, and ran out at full speed, anxiously looking back at the Shadow Clone as he ran.

However, not looking where you’re going while running has serious consequences.

Obito stepped directly into a snare trap set by Muzuki and was hung upside down from a tree.

“One point deducted,” Muzuki’s warm voice reached Obito’s ears.

“One more thing, if you don’t get out of the trap quickly, the Shadow Clone is about to start moving.”

Hearing Muzuki’s words, at that moment, Obito remembered the entrance fee of one hundred questions. He absolutely could not fall at the doorstep like this; those were three whole test papers!

Obito exerted his abdominal strength, performed an inverted crunch, directly grabbed the rope, then burned it off, and then sprinted wildly towards the east.

After suffering a setback, Obito paid extra attention to the ground conditions. He wouldn’t step on any place that seemed even slightly unnatural.

“It seems that as long as I’m serious, this challenge isn’t difficult,” Obito smiled after running for a minute without falling into any more traps.

But the next moment, Obito couldn’t smile anymore. Although he hadn’t touched anything, several thick logs suddenly swung towards him, moving back and forth rapidly like a swing.

Obito finally understood why Muzuki had said he couldn’t have completed it back then.

It was also because Obito had gotten used to Kakashi using the Body Flicker Technique to kick him, which improved his reaction speed. If it had been him a month ago, he would have been directly knocked flying by the logs.

Although Obito could avoid the attacks from the mechanisms, his speed slowed down, and he was caught by the pursuing Shadow Clone, failing the challenge.

“I should have just let myself get hit. It would have only cost one point,” Obito was a bit frustrated. He could have been faster just now.

“Why can’t you make yourself faster and react quicker, thereby passing through the mechanism area more quickly?” Muzuki reminded him.

His challenge wasn’t meant to train Obito’s ability to take a beating.

The challenge to obtain the Body Flicker Technique was to train Obito’s adaptive abilities so that he could cultivate the Body Flicker Technique better later.

“If only I knew the Body Flicker Technique, I could definitely flash past all the mechanisms in an instant and get through,” Obito concluded after thinking.

“Go cultivate quickly,” Muzuki indicated that his idea was good, but he shouldn’t think that way next time.

Since it was Saturday, Muzuki went to Asuma’s house in the afternoon, ready to begin this week’s training with Asuma.

“Sandaime-sama,” Muzuki noticed Hiruzen Sarutobi was at home, so he greeted him.

When Muzuki arrived, Hiruzen Sarutobi was sitting in a chair in the living room, constantly puffing smoke, seemingly contemplating something.

“You’re here to take Asuma for training, aren’t you? He’s waiting for you in the backyard,” Hiruzen Sarutobi took the pipe from his mouth and responded with a smile.

Suddenly, Hiruzen Sarutobi recalled Muzuki’s absurd results from yesterday and abruptly asked, “Muzuki, if a great war breaks out in the Ninja World and Konoha is also drawn into it, what would you do?”

Muzuki thought for a moment and replied with a smile, “As a Sensei, I would conduct special training for my students to enhance their strength, doing my best to strengthen the Village’s power. As a Konoha Ninja, I am willing to fight for the Village!”

Based on the news of the Third Kazekage’s disappearance yesterday, combined with his own demonstrated abilities, Muzuki vaguely guessed Hiruzen Sarutobi’s thoughts.

Not only did Muzuki not mind the Sandaime’s thoughts, but he even worried that he was overthinking it and deliberately guided the Sandaime to continue speaking in the direction he wanted.

Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded. He was very satisfied with Muzuki’s answer.

Then, Hiruzen Sarutobi informed Muzuki about the Third Kazekage’s disappearance and that war would soon break out.

“I think we can gather the Fourth Grade students who are about to graduate for special summer training to enhance their strength, and excellent students from other grades can also join,” Muzuki offered his suggestion.

In this way, Obito and the others could have more intense training, and he could continue to earn rewards for teaching.

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