Chapter 231 The Possibility of Breathing Method

“I’m sorry, Muzuki-sensei, I’m not in good form today,” Uchiha Shisui said apologetically.

He felt he was letting Muzuki’s careful guidance down.

Muzuki smiled and said, “It’s fine. Everyone has days when they’re not at their best.”

“But you seem to have something on your mind. Would you like to tell me?” Muzuki looked into Uchiha Shisui’s eyes.

Looking at Muzuki, Uchiha Shisui could deeply feel Muzuki’s concern for him.

“Ever since I mastered the Breathing Technique, I haven’t made much progress, and Obito doesn’t seem to have this problem. So I thought carefully about the step where I first comprehended the flame, and it seems my heart doesn’t have the same fiery passion as Obito’s.”

Facing Muzuki, Uchiha Shisui had no intention of hiding anything and spoke of his thoughts from yesterday.

“Perhaps Flame Breathing isn’t very suitable for me.”

Muzuki placed his hand on Uchiha Shisui’s head, ruffled his hair, and then said with a smile:

“I’m quite sure you are suitable for practicing Flame Breathing.”

Obito is so suited to Flame Breathing, but when he hadn’t yet started, he actually wasn’t that far ahead of Uchiha Shisui, at most only a dozen points of proficiency. This is enough to show that Uchiha Shisui’s compatibility with Flame Breathing is not low.

The reason Obito can now lead by nearly ninety points of proficiency is due to multiple factors. On one hand, Obito’s compatibility is indeed maximized, and on the other hand, Obito can go on missions with him and engage in real combat, leading to faster progress.

It’s not that Muzuki is belittling Obito, but at the very beginning, Uchiha Shisui and Obito’s training efficiency truly showed the difference between a genius and a dead-last. The results Uchiha Shisui achieved in one day of learning Ninjutsu might take Obito ten days or even more.

Actually, when he was first taken as a disciple, Uchiha Shisui wasn’t particularly strong, as he was only six years old and had just started training. But while training with Muzuki, the gap between Uchiha Shisui and Might Guy and Obito grew wider and wider. This situation continued for quite a long time.

Given this premise, it’s easy to understand Uchiha Shisui’s feelings. His speed in cultivating an important forbidden Ninjutsu was not as good as the dead-last he used to easily surpass, and his strength was slowly being caught up to.

Uchiha Shisui was indeed relatively precocious, calmer and stronger than his peers, but he was still a six-year-old child. In Muzuki’s previous life, children of this age usually just started first grade. In such a situation, it’s normal to doubt oneself.

However, with the Breathing Technique, one absolutely cannot doubt oneself. Once one questions and denies oneself, the power of the breathing will weaken.

This is also why Muzuki felt that the Breathing Technique had a bit of Yin Release in it; this thing really leans a bit towards the idealistic and spiritual.

This is also why Obito and Might Guy are always able to break through the Breathing Technique in battle, because they both have extremely strong confidence in themselves, and their beliefs will not waver.

Fortunately, Muzuki discovered it early enough, otherwise, with Obito’s rapid progress, Uchiha Shisui’s distrust in his Breathing Technique would certainly have increased.

“Obito’s heart of passion is indeed strong enough, but your heart may not be without a burning flame,” Muzuki said earnestly.

“Uchiha Shisui, don’t you have things you want to do? Don’t you have dreams? Recall the dreams in your heart.”

“Dreams…” Muzuki’s words made Uchiha Shisui fall into reminiscence.

Although he was an orphan, Uchiha Shisui’s life was never associated with poverty.

Because his father was an excellent Jonin of the Uchiha Clan, and his grandfather, Uchiha Kagami, almost became a high-ranking official of Konoha. He was a very famous elite Jonin in Konoha. If Uchiha Shisui wanted to live a life of idleness, he could live a life of abundance simply by relying on his inheritance.

Clearly, Uchiha Shisui did not choose to live a life of idleness; he chose to become a genius Ninja.

Uchiha Shisui heard many people talk about his grandfather, saying that his grandfather was a genius Ninja, who, at a young age, possessed strength that even the Second Hokage valued. Some said his grandfather was a successor of The Will of Fire, dedicating his life to Konoha. Some said his grandfather was a great Uchiha, and if it weren’t for an accident, the Uchiha’s situation would have changed greatly.

The reason he wanted to become a Ninja was somewhat related to his grandfather.

After learning the history of the Uchiha Clan and feeling the Konoha Village villagers’ rejection of the Uchiha Clan, Uchiha Shisui resolved to become a Ninja like his grandfather and complete what he had left unfinished.

Everyone has two eyes and one nose. Why should they reject the Uchiha? Uchiha Shisui wanted to change this situation.

“I want to change the current situation of the Uchiha. Everyone in Konoha can live together in harmony!” Uchiha Shisui looked up and said, staring directly into Muzuki’s eyes.

“Isn’t that great? Just work towards that goal, and I can feel the flame burning within you,” Muzuki said with a smile, pointing his finger at Uchiha Shisui’s chest.

“Uchiha Shisui, you are a very kind and righteous person. Remember your feelings at this moment, and don’t doubt your dreams.”

Muzuki couldn’t say what the original Uchiha Shisui was like, but the current Uchiha Shisui here is very righteous and kind, only these two characteristics are a bit introverted, not as direct as Obito’s expression.

“Do you think you can’t achieve your dream?”

“No!” Uchiha Shisui replied firmly.

Before, he might have hesitated, wondering if he could really accomplish what his grandfather, whom everyone praised, couldn’t.

But now, Uchiha Shisui would only give a positive answer, because he had the help of Muzuki-sensei.

“Enter Total Concentration Breathing. I’m going to attack!” Muzuki suddenly said, then put his two fingers together and struck towards Uchiha Shisui.

Uchiha Shisui immediately concentrated his breathing to dodge, not even having time to activate his Sharingan.

“I succeeded…” Uchiha Shisui showed a surprised expression, looking at the fingers less than a centimeter from him.

Just a short while ago, he couldn’t even dodge Muzuki’s attack even with his Sharingan activated.

“Yes, you successfully dodged my attack, but this isn’t special training time, so dodging it won’t reduce the number of questions,” Muzuki said with a smile, retracting his hand.

“It’s fine,” Uchiha Shisui’s voice was still filled with surprise.

His Breathing Technique had finally broken through. Even if he had to do a hundred more questions, he would be happy.

Uchiha Shisui thought about it, a hundred seemed a bit much, those questions weren’t simple. So, even if he had to add twenty more questions, he would still be very happy.

“The Breathing Technique is not something that cannot be changed. If one day you have a better idea, you can modify the Breathing Technique. What suits you best is the best, but you still need to be firm in your dreams and beliefs,” Muzuki said with a serious expression.

Uchiha Shisui indeed had compatibility with Flame Breathing, but whether it was the most suitable was hard to say. There was a high possibility that the Breathing Technique could be modified according to one’s own abilities.

“Thank you for your guidance, Muzuki-sensei. I will stay firm in my beliefs,” Uchiha Shisui firmly etched Muzuki’s words into his mind and thanked him.

“Go train,” Muzuki said with a smile. Generally, the training effect after a pep talk is very good.

Uchiha Shisui, full of motivation, nodded and quickly devoted himself entirely to training.

…

By February twentieth, because four out of his five disciples were still Ninja Academy students and needed to take exams, Muzuki simply gave them all a holiday, including Kakashi.

Muzuki also went to the Ninja Academy, a place he hadn’t set foot in for a long time.

Ever since he started taking on interns, his main body hadn’t been to the school.