Chapter 713: Perfected Yang Release Breathing

Waking up in the morning, Obito instinctively headed towards the Training Ground after washing up and eating breakfast.

After a few steps, Obito stopped. He suddenly remembered that he was no longer Izumo Kamizuki’s captain, and he no longer needed to wake up early for the Training Ground.

So Obito returned home and read in his study for a while.

Perhaps he was a bit restless after just waking up, as Obito found it hard to concentrate on reading.

Obito scratched his head and patiently continued to read.

It wasn’t until Obito felt he had read long enough that he checked the time, only to realize that only two hours had passed.

“I should still go train. My Flying Thunder God Technique isn’t proficient yet,” Obito thought, feeling his current state of mind wasn’t suitable for reading, so he went to the South Border Forest.

Muzuki often took them to train in the South Border Forest, so his disciples had developed this habit.

Even when Muzuki wasn’t around, if they wanted to train, most would choose to go to the South Border Forest.

However, to Obito’s surprise, he only saw Kakashi in the South Border Forest and not Might Guy.

As if sensing Obito’s confusion, Kakashi explained, “Guy has been sparring with Teacher Chen recently, so he hasn’t been coming here much.”

Although Teacher Chen’s strength was not as great as Might Guy’s current strength, his taijutsu skill was still one of the best in the Ninja World.

“What about you? Why are you training here today? Isn’t your squad training today?” Kakashi asked.

“Their captain has recovered, so I’m no longer their captain,” Obito replied truthfully.

After a brief exchange, Kakashi continued his sword training, and Obito began his own.

Whoosh! Whoosh!!

Obito pulled several Kunai from his Ninja tool pouch, quickly threw them in all directions, and then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to continuously flash between the various Flying Thunder God Kunai.

Compared to Muzuki and Minato’s Flying Thunder God Technique, his was still slower.

It might be fine against weaker Ninja or those unaware of his abilities, but against strong opponents, it was somewhat insufficient.

Obito had seen Fourth Raikage Ay in action. His speed was such that even Obito’s Sharingan before its evolution struggled to keep up. At short distances, it was no less impressive than Minato Namikaze’s Flying Thunder God Technique.

Whoosh! Whoosh!!

Obito’s figure continuously flickered through the forest until his Chakra was nearly depleted, at which point he stopped.

“I wonder if they’ll still practice Shave properly after I leave.”

Perhaps because he was also practicing Body Flicker Technique, Obito thought of the Shave he had recently taught them during his break.

He felt that Shave’s multi-burst was quite practical; its speed was much faster than ordinary Body Flicker Technique, but it put more pressure on the legs.

Thinking of the Body Flicker Technique he taught them, Obito then thought of the other abilities he had taught them.

“Captain Ryoshio must be very surprised to see how much they’ve improved.”

A proud smile couldn’t help but appear on Obito’s face. Compared to when he first took over Anko’s squad, Anko’s squad had made considerable progress in all aspects.

Unbeknownst to him, Obito’s Chakra had fully recovered, so he began training in Fire Release again.

“I should have bought some dango for Anko yesterday.”

Perhaps because Anko also trained in Fire Release, Obito suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to treat Anko to dango yesterday.

Given his earning ability, buying dango was naturally no big deal.

So, Obito’s initial plan was to take the whole squad for snacks and a break halfway through their afternoon training.

But he got too engrossed in training and forgot.

At noon, Obito, with low stamina and Chakra, stopped training and asked Kakashi, “Want to go for lunch?”

Kakashi nodded in agreement.

Then the two found a nearby restaurant for lunch.

“I see you’re quite enjoying being a captain. Why aren’t you continuing? If you applied to Teacher Muzuki, even if not to remain Anko’s captain, becoming a captain of another squad should be no problem, right?”

Kakashi asked while they waited for their food.

“How can you be so sure of what I’m thinking? Why can’t it be that I find being a captain too tiring and don’t want to do it anymore?” Obito asked.

Kakashi replied with a speechless expression, “Weren’t you constantly worrying about their training when you were training just now?”

Obito had been muttering to himself, so it would have been difficult for Kakashi not to know.

Obito scratched his head awkwardly, realizing he had spoken aloud without meaning to.

“How to put it? I wouldn’t say I enjoy it, but I do really like the feeling of being a captain,” Obito began to explain.

“Seeing my teammates constantly improve and get better under my guidance, and truly feeling that I’ve become a guide for others, brings me a considerable sense of accomplishment.”

Obito genuinely felt very happy being Anko’s captain.

Even if sometimes Obito stayed up late thinking about their training plans, when he saw his plans working and Anko and the others making tangible progress,

In that moment, Obito felt everything was worth it.

“But currently, my abilities are not enough to properly serve as a captain or teacher.”

Muzuki had given Obito opportunities before.

As long as Obito had the idea, whether it was leading graduating Genin or any other team, Obito could quickly take on the role.

At that time, Obito was really tempted. He really wanted to become a Jonin leader for graduating Genin, to guide those graduating Genin just as Teacher Muzuki had guided him, Kakashi, and Rin Nohara.

However, after careful consideration, Obito still chose to continue improving himself rather than serving as a captain.

Although Anko and the others often praised Obito’s abilities, Obito always knew that compared to Teacher Muzuki, what he had done was still far from enough.

Everything he had done for Anko and the others was merely an imitation of Teacher Muzuki, and a clumsy one at that.

Obito wasn’t a perfectionist who needed everything to be flawless, but when it came to education, Obito truly didn’t want to be perfunctory.

He was Teacher Muzuki’s disciple. Teacher Muzuki taught with utmost seriousness, even for classes he temporarily substituted.

As Teacher Muzuki’s disciple, how could he, for a moment’s gratification, take on the role of a true guiding teacher when his abilities were insufficient? Wouldn’t that be a betrayal of Teacher Muzuki’s teachings?

“It seems you really have grown, Obito,” Kakashi remarked with a sigh.

To be able to think and make such a decision, Obito was indeed no longer the Obito who used to resist reading even when he failed exams.

Kakashi’s praise surprised Obito a little. So, this Guy Kakashi could also speak like a human.

“Of course, after all, I’m going to be Hokage, so how could I stand still?” Obito said confidently.

“This level alone isn’t enough to be Hokage; you’re still far from it.”

Obito retracted his previous thought; Kakashi was just acting more human today.

“When I become Hokage, I’ll make you regret that,” Obito thought to himself.

The more Kakashi doubted him, the more he would strive to become Hokage and show Kakashi his true power… 【Disciple Uchiha Shisui’s strength increase has driven the Police Force reform, changing extreme ideologies within the clan, and taking a big step towards resolving the conflict between the Uchiha and Konoha, earning a progress reward — Chakra +4000, Limited Random Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Genjutsu Perfect Scroll, Yin Release Chakra Comprehension Boost】

At night, Muzuki’s main body was in his room in the Main urban area researching Breathing Technique when the system suddenly popped up with Shisui’s life mission completion message.

Muzuki put down the documents in his hand and opened the panel to check the rewards.

Since deepening the Police Force reform, Shisui’s life mission progress had been steadily increasing, and it was within Muzuki’s expectations for it to now exceed seventy percent.

However, Muzuki felt that it would likely be impossible to reach eighty percent progress reward in the short term.

Everything that could be done had been done; the rest was a slow process that couldn’t be rushed.

Muzuki quickly scanned all the rewards.

Shisui’s seventy percent life mission achievement rewards were not much different from Obito’s, except for the attribute of the Chakra comprehension.

Finally, Muzuki’s gaze lingered on the Perfect Scroll. This was a good item, one that even had a considerable effect on the current Muzuki.

After all, he still had some key skills that were only at the proficient level, not yet perfected.

Muzuki opened the Perfect Scroll, and a large number of abilities he had mastered popped up for him to choose from.

However, to Muzuki’s regret, Sage Mode did not appear among them. Clearly, Sage Mode was not within the upgradeable range of this scroll.

He thought for a moment and first selected Azure Flame, Flying Thunder God Technique, Limitless, and Yang Release Breathing as the four skills.

These four skills would all receive decent improvements when upgraded, so any one of them would be acceptable.

As for the last skill, after careful consideration, Muzuki chose the recently developed Balanced Breathing.

Balanced Breathing had great potential, but its development required a lot of time.

If the system directly boosted it to the perfect level, there might be unexpected gains.

After Muzuki confirmed the skills, a simple large roulette appeared on the system panel, with each skill occupying twenty percent of the roulette’s area.

Muzuki clicked confirm, and the pointer on the roulette immediately spun rapidly, then began to slow down as time passed.

【Limited Random Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Genjutsu Perfect Scroll consumed, obtained skill — Yang Release Breathing (Perfected)】

As the pointer stopped in the Yang Release Breathing area, a flood of Yang Release Breathing training memories rushed into Muzuki’s mind.

Muzuki’s mastery of Yang Release Breathing rapidly improved, and along with it, his Yang Release Chakra Nature Transformation also saw a significant boost.

“Perfected Yang Release Breathing, huh? Not bad,” Muzuki nodded inwardly.

This was a relatively good outcome. The more proficient Breathing Techniques he had, the closer he was to Sun Breathing.

Moreover, Yang Release Breathing was a skill that was weak in the early stages but strong in the later stages. The system directly boosting it to perfected level immediately brought it to its powerful phase.

“My Enlightenment skill will refresh tomorrow. After two more days of learning at Mount Myōboku, Sage Mode should be close to proficient level,” Muzuki opened his panel and glanced at his skill proficiency.

【Name: Hayate Mugetsu】

【Skills: Sage Mode (Proficient: 2800/3000)…】

As Muzuki had initially predicted, in a little over two months, his Sage Mode was already close to proficient.

Judging solely by Muzuki’s training speed, Muzuki could indeed be considered a senjutsu genius. After all, Jiraiya had trained in senjutsu for so long, and he was currently only at the proficient level, with significantly less proficiency than Muzuki.

However, Muzuki was very self-aware; he couldn’t compare himself to ordinary Ninja of the Ninja World.

In addition to the boost from skills like Enlightenment, Muzuki also had the evolved Byakugan. Both his hardware and software were incomparable to ordinary people.

The next day, with the help of Fukasaku, Muzuki once again went to Mount Myōboku to learn senjutsu.

Before two days had passed, in the afternoon of the second day, halfway through the learning session, Muzuki gained an understanding from Fukasaku’s words. His Sage Mode proficiency reached three thousand points at the proficient level, upgrading to proficient.

“So this is what it means to merge with nature,” Muzuki felt he had gained a lot today.

Merging with nature was a necessary requirement for Sage Mode, but when learning it, how should one put it, Muzuki only knew how to do it, but didn’t fully understand the underlying principles.

To use a not-so-apt analogy, he didn’t know how a refrigerator worked, but he knew how to use it, and could still use it.

After Sage Mode upgraded to proficient, Muzuki gradually understood its principles and grasped some of the essence of Sage Mode.

Then Muzuki told Fukasaku what he had just understood.

“Little Muyue, your comprehension is simply that of a born senjutsu prodigy. Now, Little Muyue, you’re more than capable of teaching Sage Mode at Mount Myōboku,” Fukasaku couldn’t help but praise him.

Whenever it thought Muzuki was already talented enough, Muzuki would always bring it new surprises.

It was no exaggeration to say that Muzuki’s understanding of senjutsu could now rank among the top ten in Mount Myōboku.

Many frogs that were hundreds of years old only knew how to use natural energy to synthesize senjutsu, without Muzuki’s level of understanding.

“I still need to learn a lot from you,” Muzuki said with a smile.

Fukasaku’s Sage Mode was at the proficient level with over ten thousand proficiency points. He had just entered the proficient level, and there was still much knowledge he could learn.

“How rare. If Little Jiraiya had your dedication to learning, his Sage Mode might have advanced even further,” Fukasaku sighed, stroking his beard.

Before Muzuki came to Mount Myōboku, Fukasaku’s most recognized human in the past few centuries was Jiraiya.

Now, Fukasaku just wanted to say that teaching a disciple should be like teaching Muzuki.

A Ninja who could perfectly use Sage Mode and was still diligently studying its principles, Fukasaku had truly never seen before.

Ninja who came to Mount Myōboku to learn senjutsu in the past were basically satisfied as long as they could use it to enhance their strength, and they didn’t care about principles or essence.

Muzuki smiled faintly and didn’t respond, instead continuing to ask about his questions regarding Sage Mode, trying to make the most of the Enlightenment skill’s duration.

When Muzuki finished his two days of learning and returned to Konoha, he began to integrate the knowledge he had acquired, secluding himself in his bedroom to meditate and ponder, attempting to devise a senjutsu Breathing Technique.

“Still not enough…” Muzuki realized that his accumulation in senjutsu was still lacking considerably.