Chapter 104: Students’ Progress (550,000 more, please subscribe and vote)

“That’s good. The Breathing Technique is very difficult to learn, and the learning process is not easy either,” Muzuki said with a serious expression.

Although Flame Breathing is a bit easier to learn than Rock Breathing, that’s only relatively speaking; its actual difficulty is still extremely high.

The significance of the Breathing Technique surpasses any Ninjutsu or Taijutsu he had taught before.

After demonstrating the power of Fire Release under Flame Breathing, Muzuki officially began teaching the two the practice of Flame Breathing.

“Stand straight, relax your upper body, stabilize your lower body, breathe with your abdomen, and let oxygen enter your body, entering your Chakra points and meridians.”

The difference between Flame Breathing and Rock Breathing emerged here. Rock Breathing primarily focuses on strengthening overall physical power, with other aspects being secondary, while Flame Breathing emphasizes interaction with Chakra to enhance the power of Fire Release.

“Hoo hoo hoo!” Obito opened his mouth wide, inhaling air deeply.

Thump!

Muzuki tapped Obito’s head with two fingers together, then lightly chopped Obito’s abdomen with a hand blade and said:

“Pay attention to using your abdomen, not just opening your mouth and randomly inhaling. You need to pay attention to rhythm and technique.”

“Huh?” Obito was a bit bewildered. He hadn’t expected breathing to be so difficult.

Even Shisui, who usually mastered Ninjutsu quickly, encountered difficulties with the Breathing Technique and couldn’t grasp the knack.

However, all of this was within Muzuki’s expectations; even good talent has its limits.

During the allotted time, Muzuki shuttled back and forth, teaching for an hour here before moving to the other side, repeating the cycle.

After a morning passed, the proficiency of the Breathing Technique for all three disciples was still zero, making Muzuki deeply aware of the difficulty of the Breathing Technique.

At noon, Muzuki returned to his home in the Leaf Village Main District, found and organized the students’ strength test data, and then took them with him when it was tutoring time.

Perhaps because Muzuki mentioned sending the data, or perhaps because Hiruzen Sarutobi wasn’t busy recently, Muzuki saw Hiruzen Sarutobi again.

“Hokage-sama,” Muzuki greeted Hiruzen Sarutobi, then handed over the organized data.

“This is the data from the students’ strength tests,” Muzuki explained.

“Hmm, thank you, Muzuki,” Hiruzen Sarutobi said with a smile, taking out the data and flipping through it.

The data was organized by Muzuki, with the scores from the initial group test at the beginning of the special training at the top, followed by the weekly strength test scores.

The score sheet also had scoring standards marked; for example, Group C and Group B used the scoring standards for Fourth Grade students, while Group A used the scoring standards for graduating Ninja.

The Sandaime briefly reviewed it. From the data, it showed that after three weeks of special training, all students had made significant progress.

If Muzuki hadn’t falsified the data, then this special training was undoubtedly a very successful one, and it also proved Muzuki’s teaching ability.

This time it wasn’t just one class; the special training included all Fourth Grade students, excellent students from Grades 1 to 3, and a small number of graduating Genin, with a total student count exceeding three hundred.

“Muzuki, you’ve done very well. You’ve worked hard,” Hiruzen Sarutobi praised.

“The students also trained diligently; it’s not just my credit,” Muzuki said modestly.

Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded in satisfaction, then said with a chuckle, “I will come to observe your final test for this special training. I hope it won’t disturb you?”

“Not at all. If the Hokage-sama were to come, the students would surely be very excited,” Muzuki said with a smile.

This was the truth. Although Hiruzen Sarutobi had a poor reputation in his previous life, Hiruzen Sarutobi was quite popular in Konoha, after all, he had been Hokage for decades.

After finishing his report to his highest superior, Muzuki took Asuma to train.

“Sigh, Teacher Muzuki really shouldn’t let the old man come,” Asuma sighed during a break.

If Hiruzen Sarutobi came, his (Asuma Sarutobi’s) good results would be useless, because he was the Third Hokage’s son, so good results were expected.

“Asuma, have you forgotten what I told you before?”

“Don’t care about others’ opinions. You don’t live for others, but for yourself,” Muzuki began his motivational talk.

After being filled with various inspirational words, Asuma recovered his state and trained even more diligently.

…

On Monday, Muzuki informed the summer special training students that the Third Hokage would be coming to observe their final exam.

The students immediately erupted in excitement; this was the Third Hokage, after all.

If you randomly asked ten students at the Ninja Academy about their dreams, eight out of ten would dream of becoming Hokage. Having the opportunity to interact with the current Hokage naturally made them very excited.

“Even the Sandaime will be coming, Izumo, this is a great opportunity for us to become famous in Konoha,” Kotetsu Hagane said excitedly.

“Indeed, if we can make the Sandaime remember our names, we’ll be able to rise quickly in the future!” Izumo Kamizuki nodded, equally excited.

“You two should just give up. One of you was eliminated in the first round, the other in the second. Even if the Hokage-sama comes, he won’t notice you,” Anko scoffed, feeling that it was quite unrealistic even for her.

“A great figure like the Sandaime will surely see that Izumo and I are unpolished gems. Someone like you, who only knows how to use brute force, will never understand,” Kotetsu Hagane, who was eliminated in the first round, retorted.

Izumo Kamizuki nodded in agreement.

“Then I’ll let you two unpolished gems know the power of brute force!” Anko directly launched a heavy punch, sending the two fleeing in disarray.

Upon hearing this news, Kurenai Yuhi trained even more diligently, wanting to improve her strength as much as possible, so as not to be easily defeated by in-school students again like last time.

After Obito learned the news, he immediately began to fantasize about the future.

“If the Sandaime sees my excellent performance, he wouldn’t praise me for having the potential to become Hokage, would he? Hahaha…” Obito laughed loudly, ignoring the gazes of those around him.

“Oh no, it would be terrible if Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki start talking nonsense again.” Ebisu felt he should remind his two subordinates before the exam.

If such news reached the Hokage’s ears, his Ninja career would end before it even began.

“Everyone, quiet down and continue training. Let the Hokage-sama see your progress,” Muzuki said with a gentle smile, secretly nodding as he saw all the students’ spirits roused.

Although the summer special training was not long, only five weeks, the actual training time was considerable, requiring over forty hours of training per week. Based on the experience of Class 1, Grade 1, Muzuki felt he could trigger a reward for improvement.

Muzuki’s only concern was barely missing the trigger, so he tried his best to make everyone train diligently.

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