Chapter 320 Rewards for S-level Evaluation

Muzuki’s words stirred excitement among the Ninja Academy students present.

The special training for Genin would announce specific teaching subjects, but not for the Ninja Academy.

So they had thought this special training would be similar to previous ones, focusing on basic Ninjutsu and Taijutsu, but they never expected there would also be Chakra Nature Transformation classes.

Although the Ninja Academy does not teach Chakra Nature Transformation, the Ninja Academy systematically teaches some theoretical knowledge related to Chakra, which includes content about Nature Transformation.

Simply put, they knew such a thing existed, and that it was a prerequisite for learning the Five Great Ninjutsu, but that was the extent of their knowledge; they knew nothing more.

“With so many students, there must be people with all five Chakra natures. How is he going to teach?” Nara Shiosui looked around and saw that Muzuki was the only teacher, feeling a bit confused.

He had thought there would be five teachers, each teaching a different Nature Transformation, and at most Muzuki, as the person in charge of the special training, would teach a few more subjects, but it looked like Muzuki was the only teacher.

“Could it be that he has mastered all five Chakra Nature Transformations, and all of them to a level sufficient for teaching?” Nara Shiosui had a guess, but then he shook his head, denying it.

Even if Muzuki had mastered all five natures, one person couldn’t teach so many people. Nara Shiosui quickly estimated there might be seven hundred people here.

He thought it was probably because formal classes wouldn’t start today, so the other teachers hadn’t come yet.

Not to mention Nara Shiosui, who was attending the special training for the first time; if Asuma, Raido Namiashi, and Kurenai Yuhi hadn’t heavily praised Muzuki’s grand display of using five-nature Ninjutsu, Raido Namiashi, who had attended a previous special training, would probably have thought the same as them. Both skillfully mastering five natures and one person teaching seven hundred people seemed a bit outrageous.

“First, there will be a group test. Next, I will group and teach you according to your comprehensive strength,” Muzuki said, forming hand signs and using Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu to create fifteen Shadow Clones.

There were too many students; if he tested them one by one, just the testing might take the entire day.

Because he was going to teach Nature Transformation, Muzuki also bought a large number of Chakra test papers to test the students’ attributes.

Although the number of students increased, Muzuki had no intention of increasing the number of groups, sticking to the three groups: A, B, and C.

This was because if the groups were too finely divided, the teaching difficulty would actually increase. To allow as many students as possible to benefit from the teaching skill’s buff, three groups were most suitable. Fewer than three groups would result in too large a skill gap among students, while more than three groups would make it difficult for Muzuki to manage.

Because in addition to the three groups, he also needed to divide them by Chakra nature, teaching separately during Chakra Nature Transformation training.

Due to the large number of students, even with fifteen Shadow Clones plus Muzuki’s main body conducting the tests, it took two hours to collect all the records.

Muzuki first dispelled the Shadow Clones to sort out the memories, then created two more Shadow Clones to handle the grouping work.

“Next is the C Group roster. Please, students whose names are called, come to my side,” a Shadow Clone said, walking up to the students after completing the list.

“Kotetsu Hagane, Izumo Kamizuki, Anko Mitarashi…”

“Ah, why am I still in C Group this time? That shouldn’t be right,” Anko scratched her hair. She remembered that at the end of the last special training, Muzuki had said she had B Group strength. How could her strength have improved over a year only to be demoted?

“Hehe, let’s go. All that bragging usually doesn’t help. In Teacher Muzuki’s eyes, you’re at the same level as us,” Kotetsu Hagane chuckled.

Although he also wished to be directly assigned to B Group, his mood instantly brightened upon hearing Anko was also in C Group.

His own setback was regrettable, but his friend’s setback couldn’t help but be amusing.

“I support you, Anko, to prove with your strength that Teacher Muzuki’s grouping was wrong,” Izumo Kamizuki egged her on.

“Why don’t you go? Do you think I’m stupid?” Anko rolled her eyes at Izumo Kamizuki. She chose to believe Teacher Muzuki’s judgment was correct.

Facts proved Anko’s belief was right, because next, students from the previous special training’s B Group, and even A Group, were also assigned to C Group.

“Yūgao Uzuki, Gekkō Hayate…”

As Muzuki continued to call out names, most of the students currently enrolled were assigned to C Group.

“The grouping requirements are higher this time; even you were assigned to C Group,” Yūgao Uzuki realized that this special training might be even stricter than the last.

“That’s good. This way we’ll be in the same group. Actually, it doesn’t matter which group you’re in; Teacher Muzuki teaches diligently in all of them,” Gekkō Hayate said with a smile.

“Next is the list of B Group students.” After the C Group list was finished, another Shadow Clone walked to the side and began to call out the names of the B Group members.

“Asakawa Miken, Nakamori Gōichi…”

Most of the B Group students were Genin who had just graduated this year, meaning they had learned a bit about Nature Transformation but weren’t very proficient.

When all the B Group students had been called away, Muzuki didn’t need to call out the A Group student list anymore; he could just take the remaining ones away directly.

“This is great; I’m in A Group again this time,” Shiranui Genma said, patting Ebisu’s shoulder.

“Mmm,” Ebisu nodded. This was indeed great. In the previous special training, he was initially assigned to B Group and only moved to A Group later due to good performance in tests. Starting directly in A Group this time was truly comfortable.

“Morning practice will be Chakra Nature Transformation, and afternoon practice will be Taijutsu,” Muzuki announced the A Group’s schedule for the day.

The A Group curriculum did not include tree climbing or water walking, because most students assigned to A Group this time had no problems with Chakra control.

Nara Shiosui was a bit bewildered. This was not what he had expected; Muzuki just started teaching directly, by himself.

Just as Nara Shiosui thought Muzuki would first teach a specific nature, Muzuki moved.

Muzuki again created six Shadow Clones. One Shadow Clone stood beside Muzuki, while the remaining five Shadow Clones flashed to different positions not far away and used Ninjutsu.

“Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!”

The first Shadow Clone quickly formed hand signs and exhaled a large burst of flames. The wildly dancing flames instantly incinerated several large trees.

“Wind Release: Cyclone!”

Immediately after, the second Shadow Clone formed hand signs and used Wind Release.

Under the powerful wind force of the Cyclone, the flames of the Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet continuously expanded, gradually forming a large sea of fire.

Due to the intense fire, the flame temperature was very high, and the A Group students could clearly feel it getting hotter.

“Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!”

Just as the fire continued to expand, the third Shadow Clone moved, exhaling a torrent of water like a giant wave, extinguishing the flames.

However, due to the excessive amount of water, even after the flames were extinguished, a large volume of water remained, about to rush towards the A Group students.

Some A Group students became agitated. Being hit by this water wouldn’t cause injury, but it would definitely be embarrassing.

Some A Group students began to retreat backward, while Asuma stood still like a mountain, unmoving. He believed Muzuki’s Ninjutsu demonstration would not affect the students.

“Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!”

As Asuma expected, the fourth Shadow Clone immediately used Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall to block the large amount of water. Then, the fifth Shadow Clone used Purple Lightning to break through one of the Earth Release: Earth Flow Walls, directing the water away from the students.

Muzuki’s actions stunned the A Group students. Five Shadow Clones separately released five different elemental Ninjutsu, and they all seemed quite powerful.

“This is truly exaggerated. While being strong in Taijutsu, he also possesses such a level of Ninjutsu,” Ebisu said, adjusting his sunglasses with his left hand, marveling inwardly.

He had witnessed the Taijutsu battle between Muzuki and Teacher Chen; watching as Genin, they were at risk of being blown away by the aftershocks. It was truly terrifying.

Muzuki, who could contend equally with Konoha’s strongest Teacher Chen in Taijutsu, could also simultaneously use five different elemental Ninjutsu. This truly exceeded Ebisu’s imagination.

This was a complete five Chakra Nature Transformations. As a good student, Ebisu knew what this meant: no matter what Ninjutsu the opponent specialized in, Muzuki could use a Ninjutsu that countered them.

Not all A Group students were familiar with Muzuki; many of them came to try it out because of Muzuki’s achievements on the battlefield.

At this moment, a single thought arose in the minds of those students: This was the right place to come; the teacher truly has strength.

“If you want to cultivate the Five Great Chakra Nature Transformations, go to the Shadow Clone using the corresponding Ninjutsu. If you want guidance on Yin Release or other content, come to me,” the Shadow Clone next to Muzuki said.

Not all Ninja cultivate the Five Great Natures. Some Ninja with inherited secret techniques focus more on cultivating those secret techniques, and there are also special talents like Kurenai Yuhi who primarily practice Genjutsu. Muzuki did not overlook this small group of people.

Nara Shiosui’s entire team walked towards the Shadow Clone next to Muzuki’s main body; they all practiced secret techniques. Kurenai Yuhi waved to her teammates and also walked over.

Ebisu walked towards the Shadow Clone using Fire Release, Asuma walked towards the Wind Release Shadow Clone, and soon the A Group students had made their choices and began training under the guidance of the Shadow Clones.

Then, Muzuki created five more Shadow Clones in B Group to guide the B Group students in Nature Transformation training.

As for the C Group students, Muzuki did not have them immediately begin Nature Transformation training. Instead, he first reviewed the theoretical knowledge related to Nature Transformation, and then proceeded with Chakra control training.

Most of the C Group students were Ninja Academy students who had not participated in special training before. Many of them couldn’t even complete tree climbing, and only a small portion had mastered water walking, so Muzuki wasn’t in a hurry to teach them Nature Transformation.

Moreover, Muzuki did not intend to teach Nature Transformation to all three groups simultaneously within one day. Simply put, he was worried his body wouldn’t be able to handle creating too many Shadow Clones.

He didn’t have Uzumaki physique; being able to create so many was due to his increased Chakra reserves, coupled with the Breathing Technique enhancing his body.

Most of the time, the Shadow Clones were teaching, while Muzuki’s main body moved between different natures and different groups to provide guidance, trying to ensure his main body’s teaching skill reached as many people as possible.

Because two hours were spent on grouping, the morning class quickly ended.

When Muzuki announced dismissal, many A Group and B Group students showed expressions of wanting more.

There’s no harm in comparison; they were also learning Nature Transformation, but they felt their guiding teachers were too far behind Muzuki.

“I think Teacher Tanaka should also come and learn. They’re both Jonin, so why is there such a huge difference?”

“Haha, I’ll go back and tell Teacher Tanaka exactly that.”

“Let’s not do that. He’s a Jonin, he probably wouldn’t feel comfortable coming.”

In just two and a half hours, the students unfamiliar with Muzuki formed their initial impression of him: he knew many Ninjutsu and was very good at teaching.

“Midori thinks this place is good; we can keep coming here in the future,” Inuzuka Midori approved of Muzuki.

Although Muzuki didn’t know the Inuzuka clan’s Medical Ninjutsu, Muzuki was very knowledgeable about Taijutsu, which allowed Inuzuka Midori to gain good progress in Taijutsu.

Nara Shiosui nodded. He was also training Taijutsu today; he would definitely seek out family elders to learn Yin Release.

“If I can always be taught by Teacher Muzuki, I should at least be able to become a Jonin, right?” Ebisu compared Teacher Chen and Muzuki, strongly wanting to switch allegiance to Muzuki.

It wasn’t that Teacher Chen was bad, but that Muzuki was too outstanding.

When the class ended, Muzuki immediately dispelled all his Shadow Clones. As a large amount of fatigue and memories flooded into Muzuki’s mind, he exhaled slightly, realizing that teaching this way was indeed very tiring.

Then Muzuki opened his system panel and took a look, but there was no class reward.

“Was the grouping time too long, leading to insufficient class time?” Muzuki wondered.

He wasn’t flustered. For him, a change was a good thing. After all, even if he lost two introductory Ninjutsu, it was fine. If there was a higher-level reward, then he would gain a lot.

There was an hour and a half for rest at noon, and training resumed after two in the afternoon.

The students skillfully walked to their respective group areas to receive guidance from the Muzukis.

In the afternoon, Muzuki first had the A and B groups practice Taijutsu for a while before starting Chakra Nature Transformation practice, while C Group continued with Chakra control. Students who had already mastered tree climbing and water walking practiced Taijutsu.

When the time reached 6:30 PM, the day’s training officially ended.

After dismissal, the students didn’t rush to leave but discussed their gains for the day, and Muzuki finally saw the system message.

“Completed a high-quality lecture.”

“Evaluation: S”

“Rewards: Fire Release Chakra Nature Transformation +10, Earth Release Chakra Nature Transformation +40, Lightning Release Chakra Nature Transformation +45, Wind Release Chakra Nature Transformation +10, Water Release Chakra Nature Transformation +20, Chakra Control ability slightly increased.”

Looking at the long list of rewards, Muzuki fell into thought. This was somewhat unexpected; an S-rank evaluation seemed to give rewards based on the teaching content.

“But why did the proficiency for Fire Release Nature Transformation increase by the same amount as Wind Release?” Muzuki had a question in his mind. The number of students learning Fire Release Chakra Nature Transformation was much greater than Wind Release; it was the attribute with the most students.

Muzuki thought about it carefully and quickly understood the reason. His Fire Release Chakra Nature Transformation had already reached the perfect level, so it was obviously very difficult to increase proficiency at that level. However, the Earth Release and Lightning Release attributes had not even reached the proficient level, so they gained more.

Muzuki then looked further down. This was his first time receiving an S-rank evaluation, so there should be another S-rank evaluation reward.

This chapter is 4k words, there will be another chapter later, but the word count is uncertain.