Chapter 364 New Teaching Rewards

“This Body Flicker Technique is called Shunpo, and its characteristic is that it can stack bursts to enhance movement speed,” Muzuki began to explain.

After all, it was a modified version, and the name Soru really felt out of place in Naruto, so Muzuki named the weakened Soru as Shunpo.

Although Shunpo wasn’t very ‘Naruto-like’ either, Muzuki couldn’t think of a better name. He couldn’t very well call it Mu Body Flicker or Yue Body Flicker; that would be a bit too pretentious.

“It is precisely because of the stacked bursts that the pressure on the legs is much greater than with a normal Body Flicker Technique,” Muzuki reminded again.

The Ninja below listened, somewhat confused by “stacked bursts.”

They were very clear about concentrating Chakra and then bursting it; that was the process for a normal Body Flicker Technique. But they had never heard the term “stacked bursts.”

Muzuki also knew it would be difficult to understand just by talking, so he picked up a large leaf with his left hand and three smaller leaves with his right. Then, he ignited the large leaf in his left hand with Fire Release Chakra and said, “This is a normal Body Flicker Technique.”

Immediately after, Muzuki quickly ignited the leaves in his right hand with Fire Release Chakra. Although a single leaf was smaller than the large leaf in his left hand, the fire produced by the three leaves burning together was much larger than that of the single large leaf.

Muzuki slightly raised his right hand and said, “And this is Shunpo!”

Muzuki’s vivid explanation instantly gave the Ninja below a general understanding of the development concept behind Shunpo.

Of course, they only understood the development concept; they still didn’t understand the underlying principles. However, no one thought there was a problem, as this was clearly a very advanced Chakra control technique that couldn’t be explained in a few words.

Next, Muzuki began formal instruction. He first explained Chakra control in detail, then demonstrated it step by step, so meticulously that the Ninja felt like they were being spoon-fed.

This surprised and delighted many Ninja. Generally, such large-group instruction of dozens of people was rarely taught so meticulously. Only one-on-three or one-on-one guidance would be taught this way.

If Muzuki’s impression on them on the first day was that of a powerful young Ninja with a promising future, then on the second day, Muzuki’s impression was that of a diligent and highly capable teacher.

Those who attended Muzuki’s class for the first time were always pleasantly surprised. With the system’s ability buffs combined with Muzuki’s experiences in his previous life, he was truly unique in the world when it came to teaching.

Although Sarutobi Shinji was a bit older than Muzuki, he could now genuinely call Muzuki “Teacher Muzuki” because Muzuki truly put his utmost effort into teaching. All thirty Ninja were individually guided by Muzuki, and Muzuki hardly rested during the teaching process.

When the day’s instruction ended, Muzuki saw the teaching settlement appear on his system panel, just as he had hoped.

【Completed one intermediate lecture, initiating settlement】

【Evaluation: A】

【Reward: Shadow Imitation Technique】

【First time completing intermediate class instruction, gained skill — Enlightenment】

【Enlightenment — Allows one to enter a forty-eight-hour Enlightenment state (weekly usage count is total disciple slots plus one, effect cannot be stacked, usage count cannot be accumulated)】

【Enlightenment State: Clear mind, increased comprehension (cannot re-enter Enlightenment state for five days after the state ends)】

“As expected, it’s also related to the strength of the students in the class,” Muzuki thought, nodding as he looked at the lines of black text on the panel.

The description of this course was significantly different from before; from the literal description, it was clearly a higher level.

The rewards were also different. Muzuki had never obtained any Ninjutsu related to secret techniques from his previous classes, whether large or small. Now it seemed that the reward pool for regular classes simply didn’t include secret techniques.

However, Muzuki’s focus wasn’t on the Shadow Imitation Technique, because although it was a secret technique, its stat points were mostly allocated to support. Muzuki was more interested in the skill called Enlightenment.

This unpretentious name was clearly not a Ninjutsu, but rather a skill similar to those of a chef or professor.

The status of the professor skill was beyond doubt; it had contributed significantly to his disciples’ current growth.

Although the chef skill was just a life skill, it was unexpectedly practical and had played a considerable role on many occasions.

After reading the description of the Enlightenment skill, Muzuki immediately felt that this was a skill specifically prepared for his disciples and himself.

Enlightenment was different from Professor; Enlightenment had a usage limit, and the number of uses was exactly the total number of disciple slots plus one. That extra one was clearly for him, the teacher.

Although he only had four disciples on his system panel, the total number of disciple slots was five, with one still unused. Therefore, the Enlightenment skill on Muzuki’s panel showed six remaining uses.

After returning home, Muzuki immediately applied Enlightenment to himself. After use, the Enlightenment skill entered a refresh countdown. After seven days, the Enlightenment skill’s usage count would revert to six, regardless of how many uses were left before the refresh, unless Muzuki’s disciple slots changed.

After using the skill, Muzuki didn’t feel much change in his body, only that he seemed a bit more awake.

Then, Muzuki immediately took out the Flying Thunder God scroll and began to study. He wanted to see if he could make progress with the buff applied.

However, Muzuki studied diligently for two hours and then consulted Minato for another two hours but still had no breakthrough. His proficiency still hadn’t moved past zero.

Muzuki had three thoughts on this: first, that the Enlightenment skill’s effect was mediocre; second, that he truly had no spatial-temporal talent whatsoever, and the Enlightenment skill couldn’t create something from nothing, so it couldn’t force talent where there was none.

The third thought was a combination of the first two: the Enlightenment effect wasn’t particularly strong, and his spatial-temporal talent was so bad it was almost nonexistent.

To confirm his thoughts, Muzuki intensely studied Sealing Technique for another three hours.

Once he started studying, he couldn’t stop. Although it was already late at night, Muzuki found himself unable to quit because he had just solved a small difficulty that had plagued him for a week, a minor hurdle he encountered while improving the Yin Seal.

“The increase in learning ability from the Enlightenment state is not low,” Muzuki thought as he exhaled and drank some hot tea.

He had estimated that this difficult point would take him at least five more days to solve, but he had solved it in three hours today. This didn’t mean three hours in Enlightenment state equaled five days without it, but it did, to some extent, prove the effectiveness of the Enlightenment state.

Muzuki studied until 3 AM before finally lying down to sleep. He felt this buff was a bit unintelligent; it would be great if he could pause it, otherwise, the time spent sleeping was directly wasted.

It was only because Muzuki was usually quite busy; otherwise, he really wanted to pull two all-nighters to study Sealing Technique. With his current physical condition, two all-nighters wouldn’t have much impact.

But if he pulled two all-nighters in addition to high-intensity work, it could lead to a decline in his condition. The Anbu Root training required a lot of his energy, and then he also had to teach his disciples via Shadow Clone.

Compared to those few hours of Enlightenment state, Muzuki preferred to always maintain his peak condition, in case something unexpected happened.

The Enlightenment state was available two days a week, but some unexpected events, if not successfully prevented, would be very difficult to reverse.

Muzuki woke up promptly at 7:30 AM, quickly ate breakfast, and then his main body headed to the Training Ground to begin the third day of instruction.

While teaching, Muzuki noticed something unusual: after half a day of class, he realized his understanding of Soru had deepened.

Muzuki understood the principle of teaching and learning from each other, but the effect hadn’t been this obvious before. Clearly, it was the work of the Enlightenment state again.

The Ninja undergoing training didn’t understand what was happening to Muzuki; they only felt that Muzuki’s condition was even better than yesterday, and his explanations were clearer and easier to understand.

【Completed one intermediate lecture】

【Evaluation: A】

【Reward: Inuzuka Style Medical Ninjutsu】

Seeing today’s reward, Muzuki could basically confirm that the rewards for intermediate lectures were various rare secret techniques.

A large amount of memory poured into Muzuki’s mind, and much knowledge about Medical Ninjutsu appeared in his thoughts.

The Inuzuka clan’s Medical Ninjutsu primarily mimicked Ninja dogs, and in terms of Chakra Nature Transformation, it was classified as Yang Release. However, Medical Ninjutsu was mostly based on Taijutsu output, strengthening the body through Medical Ninjutsu and then using powerful Taijutsu.

After obtaining Medical Ninjutsu, Muzuki found it to be a relatively comprehensive secret technique. With the buff of Medical Ninjutsu, Muzuki could achieve a sense of smell tens of thousands of times stronger than an ordinary person, even being able to detect the strength of Chakra. This single effect alone could be considered a sensory Ninjutsu.

Muzuki had some research interest in both the Nara clan’s Shadow Secret Technique and the Inuzuka clan’s Medical Ninjutsu, because these Yin Release and Yang Release secret techniques were indeed more profound than the five basic Nature Transformations.

For example, with Medical Ninjutsu, could one develop a Medical Ninjutsu that simulated mythical animals?

The next day, Muzuki woke up at 6:50 AM and headed to the South Border Forest.

Yesterday, he had informed his disciples via Shadow Clone to come earlier in the morning.

He did this, of course, to put his disciples into the Enlightenment state. This skill wouldn’t accumulate uses if left unused, so it was better to use it sooner rather than later.

“Teacher Muzuki, is today a special day? Why do we have to be so early?” Obito asked with a yawn.

He hadn’t woken up this early in a long time. After all, he didn’t need to go to school, so waking up so early wasn’t looking for trouble?

“It’s not a special day. I just feel the weather has been quite nice these past few days, suitable for training,” Muzuki said with a gentle smile.

He certainly couldn’t reveal anything about the Enlightenment skill, so a simple explanation was fine. With his disciples’ current level of trust, they wouldn’t think much of it.

“The weather does seem quite nice. It’s very suitable for training Flame Breathing,” Obito said, looking up at the sky, feeling that Muzuki’s words made sense.

“Then I’ll have to adjust my training plan slightly,” Might Guy said, stroking his chin. At this time, he should still be running as a warm-up.

Kakashi looked calm; an earlier or later start made no big difference to him. Shisui’s thoughts were similar to Kakashi’s.

Shizune looked at the excited or indifferent people around her and felt a bit out of place.

Because Tsunade always had hangovers and woke up at noon, it had made Shizune’s waking time a bit later, usually around 8:30 AM. Suddenly waking up so early, she was truly a bit unaccustomed.

Although it was fine to arrive by 7 AM, Shizune also had to cook for herself and travel, which took a considerable amount of time.

“Is Lady Tsunade too lazy and influencing me?” Seeing everyone around her so diligent and hardworking, Shizune felt that something was wrong with her.

After explaining, Muzuki quickly applied the Enlightenment state to his disciples. Since the empty disciple slot was unused, Muzuki had an extra opportunity.

Muzuki thought for a moment and finally gave Enlightenment to Shizune.

Shizune would be learning from him for half a year anyway, so giving her one Enlightenment was fine. For the next extra Enlightenment opportunity, Muzuki decided to give it to Rin Nohara, then Rin Nohara again the third week, and Asuma the fourth week.

After Enlightenment, Muzuki guided Might Guy on Eight Gates for a while, then went to the Training Ground for the new day’s lesson.

Obito originally thought it was just an ordinary day until, after training for a while, a sudden Flash of inspiration struck him, and he suddenly understood the Flame Breathing problem he hadn’t been able to grasp recently.

Obito looked left and right, saw everything was as usual, then lowered his head with an excited expression and immediately threw himself into incredibly serious training.

“Kakashi, just you wait. Once I perfect Flame Breathing Chakra Mode, I’ll definitely beat you black and blue in front of Rin,” Obito thought, his fighting spirit ignited.

Swish!

Kakashi activated Transparent World and unleashed a fierce, incomparable lightning blade. The two-meter-tall boulder in front of him instantly exploded.

After this strike, Kakashi’s movements paused, and an expression of surprise appeared on his face.

Just now, he discovered that his Transparent World had undergone a slight change: his five senses had opened up further, giving him a bit of that feeling of Transparent World used in a desperate burst.

Kakashi knew this opportunity was rare and immediately focused intensely on his training.

Bang, bang, bang!!

Shisui continuously used Armament Haki and punched, breaking all the large trees around him in a short time. The roaring sound was incessant.

He felt he had grasped some trick that greatly increased his success rate. To verify his idea, Shisui continuously used Armament Haki, refining Chakra when it ran low, and immediately resuming training as soon as it recovered.

Although Kakashi had comprehended the powerful ability of Transparent World, Shisui felt that if he mastered Armament Haki, he might not be without a fighting chance.

“Haha, my dear friend, next time, the winner will definitely be me!” Might Guy suddenly laughed during his training.

He was confident he could master the Fourth Gate of Eight Gates within three days.

However, Might Guy wasn’t planning to challenge Kakashi as soon as he mastered the Fourth Gate; he wanted to master Golden Skyline before going.

“Does training early in the morning really have better results?” After training for a while, Shizune found her condition exceptionally good today, and she couldn’t help but wonder.

Shizune subconsciously glanced at Muzuki’s disciples and noticed that Obito and the others were exceptionally diligent. Obito and Might Guy were even laughing while training.

Shizune’s thought of resting instantly extinguished. Although she couldn’t train while laughing, she couldn’t fall too far behind either.

PS: The recent cold snap has been too severe, affecting my health somewhat, so updates have been irregular. I’m starting to recover now.