Chapter 157 Steady Obito (4k)

“Examinee No. 1, Rin Nohara, and Examinee No. 3, Might Guy, prepare for the exam,” the proctor announced.

Muzuki knew immediately that Rin Nohara’s practical exam had ended.

It would have been better if Rin Nohara had faced Obito, but facing Might Guy, she was sure to be mercilessly crushed.

Rin Nohara currently relied entirely on Taijutsu for combat, and Might Guy was best at Taijutsu, so there was no way she could win.

“Rin Nohara won against Uchiha Tekka so easily. Could she actually have a chance to beat Might Guy?”

“Now that you mention it, it’s really possible. Might Guy also rose suddenly like that before. Maybe Rin Nohara will be the same this time.”

Perhaps because Rin Nohara’s previous battle was too clean and decisive, the Fourth Grade students held high expectations for her.

“Rin, you can do it!” Obito didn’t say too much; he clearly understood the difference in their strengths.

“Mhm.” Rin Nohara nodded and walked into the arena.

“Guy, you must use your full strength. I want to see the gap between us,” Rin Nohara said seriously.

“Burning youth means giving your all in every battle!” Might Guy gave Rin Nohara a thumbs-up before forming the Confrontation Seal.

“Begin!”

Just as Rin Nohara was about to replicate her previous battle, she suddenly realized that Might Guy was already charging towards her. Might Guy’s speed was even faster than hers!

“Leaf Whirlwind!”

Might Guy kicked out a whirlwind kick towards Rin Nohara at extreme speed.

Whoosh!

In a moment of crisis, Rin Nohara used Soru to narrowly dodge Might Guy’s kick.

But before Rin Nohara could figure out how to attack next, Might Guy instantly flashed and appeared in front of Rin Nohara, unleashing a punch.

Rin Nohara had no choice but to condense Chakra in her hands and quickly throw a punch as well.

Bang!!

The airflow generated by the collision of their immense forces blew Rin Nohara’s brown short hair back.

The next moment, Rin Nohara instantly couldn’t maintain her stance and continuously retreated several meters.

“So much power, he’s not an opponent,” Rin Nohara judged, feeling her numb arm.

She was very surprised in her heart, not expecting Might Guy’s pure physical strength to be so exaggerated.

Rin Nohara’s strongest power couldn’t contend with Might Guy using a Breathing Technique, which already sealed her defeat.

Then, Might Guy attacked with his full strength as he said, a series of swift and fierce attacks leaving Rin Nohara no room to retaliate.

“This… she’s actually being suppressed by Might Guy like this.” The students watching below looked dejected.

They had thought Rin Nohara could break Obito and Might Guy’s monopoly on the top two spots, but they didn’t expect her to be no match at all.

This made them fall into contemplation: Was Uchiha Tekka not as strong as imagined, or was Might Guy even stronger than they had anticipated?

“Might Guy wins!” When Rin Nohara lost her ability to fight, the proctor announced Might Guy’s victory.

“Rin, are you okay?” Obito quickly helped Rin Nohara off the field, asking with concern.

“I’m fine, but Guy is really strong. It seems I still have a long way to go to catch up to you two,” Rin Nohara replied.

“If you keep going like this, you’ll definitely catch up,” Obito encouraged her.

He believed that under Muzuki’s guidance, Rin Nohara would eventually catch up to them, after all, he and Might Guy weren’t that strong at first either.

“What a pity. If she were in any other class, this strength would definitely get her into the Grade Level Practical Exam,” Ueda Aya said regretfully after giving Rin Nohara a high score.

In her opinion, with Might Guy and Uchiha Obito as two great mountains, no one else would have a chance.

“I don’t know what kind of luck Ikegaya has; how does his class keep producing excellent students?” Ueda Aya grumbled inwardly.

She didn’t think that Might Guy, Uchiha Obito, and Rin Nohara becoming stronger was Ikeya Yu’s credit. If Ikeya Yu truly had that level of skill, he would have been an excellent teacher long ago; how could he have ended up like this?

She just felt that Ikeya Yu was lucky to have taken over a very promising class.

As the class practical exam on the second day was nearing its end, Might Guy and Obito finally met in the last match.

“Guy, I’m sorry, but I’ll be taking this victory. I’ll avenge Rin!” Obito was full of confidence.

Through previous battles and by watching Might Guy and Shisui fight, Obito was convinced that his strength had surpassed Might Guy’s by a considerable margin.

“Haha, then come on! Let’s burn our youth together!” Might Guy was brimming with fighting spirit.

“Begin!”

“Rock Breathing, Total Concentration Breathing!” Might Guy instantly changed his breathing rhythm, directly entering the Total Concentration Breathing state, enhancing his entire body’s abilities, and charging directly towards Obito.

“Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!” Obito also immediately changed his breathing rhythm, flashed backward, formed hand seals, and spewed a huge fireball forward.

Although Great Fireball Technique was a C-rank Fire Release, its power was considerable. Might Guy dared not take it head-on and flashed to his rear side.

Seeing Might Guy so cautious, Obito shook his head regretfully. If Might Guy had dared to rush in aggressively from the side, he would have immediately used Phoenix Sage Flower Claw Crimson.

Obito immediately swapped his Kunai for Shuriken and threw them at the running Might Guy.

However, with Might Guy exerting his full power, none of Obito’s Shuriken hit their mark; they all missed.

In the first exchange, both sides expended some Chakra and stamina, temporarily maintaining a balance.

Due to their long-term training together, both knew each other’s information and were cautious of one another.

Might Guy defended against Obito’s incredibly swift Fire Release from Flame Breathing, while Obito defended against Might Guy’s immense power from Rock Breathing.

After a minute of stalemate, Might Guy felt he had found an opening in Obito, and instantly burst forward, charging.

“Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Flower Claw Crimson!”

Obito quickly completed a one-handed hand seal and then swiftly threw flaming Kunai.

But Might Guy had anticipated this, quickly flashed to dodge, and then fiercely kicked out a whirlwind kick towards Obito.

Just as Might Guy thought he was about to win, he saw Obito smile.

“Flame Breathing, Total Concentration Breathing!” Obito steadily caught Might Guy’s rapidly incoming kick, and then a large amount of flames erupted from his palm.

Although his leg was enhanced with Chakra and his body strengthened by the Breathing Technique, Might Guy still felt the pain brought by the high temperature.

“How did Obito’s strength and speed suddenly increase again?” Might Guy wondered, thinking Obito shouldn’t have been able to catch it just now.

At this moment, Obito was incredibly smug. Only after truly mastering it did he realize that his previous Total Concentration Breathing was not concentrated enough. The Total Concentration Breathing after mastery was the true Total Concentration Breathing, and the increase in power was not just a little.

The significant boost also came with a terrifying consumption of stamina and Chakra. After mastering it, he could only use his full-power Total Concentration Breathing once; it was impossible to use it a second time, and maintaining normal breathing was already his absolute limit.

Although the amplification was greater, based on Obito’s observation of Might Guy and Shisui’s battles, even with mastered Total Concentration Breathing, his strength would at most be on par with Might Guy’s, unable to suppress him.

With strength at most on par and even greater consumption, and his Taijutsu experience not being as good as Might Guy’s, Obito hadn’t considered winning against Might Guy through Taijutsu by relying on the Breathing Technique.

But he could use the power of Total Concentration Breathing to catch Might Guy off guard. Just now, Obito deliberately revealed a weakness to make Might Guy eager to attack him.

Striking while the iron was hot, Obito mercilessly launched a fierce flame assault. Might Guy, even using Rock Breathing to its limit, couldn’t withstand Obito’s offensive and quickly lost the battle.

Muzuki nodded; this was within his expectations.

After all, Obito’s Breathing Technique was so much further ahead in progress. The only way he could lose to Might Guy was if Obito himself messed up and Might Guy performed exceptionally well.

“Uchiha Obito wins!” the proctor announced.

“I finally got first place in the class!” Obito couldn’t help but pump his fist in celebration.

It was strange to say, he had already taken first place in his grade once, but this was his first time taking first place in his class.

Obito felt that it was truly not easy for him. He was at a slight disadvantage when fighting Might Guy because Fire Release Ninjutsu had great power, and if he wasn’t careful, something bad could happen. He felt somewhat constrained when fighting.

“I’ll win tomorrow’s battle steadily like this and get double first place!” Obito secretly told himself.

In the last exam, he also had an advantage, but he got careless during the class practical exam and Might Guy won, which led to the embarrassing situation of getting first in the grade but not first in the class.

This time, Obito decided to fight calmly like Shisui, never being careless even if he had the advantage in strength, and steadily winning the battle.

“Obito, you performed very well this time, you’re amazing,” Rin Nohara praised him seriously.

“Hehe, Rin, you’ll also become like me someday,” Obito said with a slight blush on his small face, smiling.

“Indeed, you performed excellently. You didn’t waste the Breathing Technique you learned first,” Muzuki praised with a smile.

Obito felt the world was so beautiful. Receiving praise from both Rin Nohara and Muzuki, was there anything happier in the world than this?

After the exam, Muzuki took his disciples back to the South Border Forest. First, he helped Might Guy with some treatment, and then began teaching Obito new Ninjutsu.

“What I’m going to teach you next is the Dust Cloud Technique. This technique has good effects whether for retreating or launching an attack,” Muzuki introduced to Obito.

Obito had now mastered four offensive Fire Release techniques, so Muzuki chose to teach Obito a functional Fire Release.

“Fire Release: Dust Cloud Technique!” Muzuki condensed Chakra in his throat and then exhaled high-temperature flames and scorching dust forward.

As there were large trees nearby, Muzuki controlled the power of the Ninjutsu, not creating too many flames, focusing mainly on the dust.

Obito instantly lost sight of Muzuki. Under the thick dust, he couldn’t see anything inside.

After a simple demonstration for Obito, Muzuki canceled the Ninjutsu.

“But what if I can’t see either when I use this Ninjutsu?” Obito asked, scratching his head.

“Two choices. One is to only use it for retreat, use it and run. The second is to undergo special training to enable yourself to locate by sound, launching surprise attacks amidst dense dust,” Muzuki said.

Obito decided to learn it first; this Ninjutsu looked quite powerful.

【You taught your disciple Fire Release: Dust Cloud Technique. Due to the disciple’s immense gratitude, a critical reward was triggered, granting you the Ninjutsu Fire Release: Secret Technique: Great Fire Technique (Proficient).】

There was a small critical hit, but the reward was somewhat ordinary.

Muzuki would never use this Ninjutsu in a normal setting, because this Fire Release was a secret technique of the Sarutobi Clan, a Fire Release secret technique only mastered by Ninja of the Sarutobi Clan.

On the third day of the Grade Level Practical Exam, Muzuki chose the Fourth Grade arena.

There wasn’t much to see in the first year; Shisui was completely dominating, and Anko was very stable for second place as long as she didn’t encounter Shisui.

As for the Fourth Grade, Obito still had a chance of stumbling, after all, it was Obito.

On the third day, Obito and Might Guy met in the four-to-two elimination round. Obito, perhaps having learned from past lessons, didn’t become careless even after winning yesterday. He steadily and surely won the battle, defeating Might Guy once again.

“Now, Obito is definitely first again,” the watching students believed this match was the final starting early.

Because the winner of the other four-to-two battle was Hyuga Homura, the former first-place student who was easily defeated by Might Guy in the previous exam.

As many students expected, Obito easily defeated Hyuga Homura; the intensity of the battle was nowhere near that of the four-to-two elimination round.

The current Obito didn’t need to use too many Ninjutsu against Hyuga Homura. One Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique to force his movement, then a reckless charge with Flame Breathing was enough. Hyuga Homura couldn’t parry him at all.

“The first place in this semester’s Grade Level Practical Exam is Uchiha Obito!” The proctor announced Obito’s victory, also signaling the complete end of the final exam.

With the exam over, for the students, it naturally meant vacation. However, the Fourth Grade students wouldn’t enjoy a very long vacation; they would have to participate in special training or internships after four days of rest.

Muzuki also decided to give Obito, Might Guy, and Rin Nohara a short break, letting them rest for a few days.

“Obito and Guy, remember to gather at the Training Ground I mentioned next Monday. Everyone can rest well during this period,” Muzuki announced a general holiday.

“We’ll start taking on missions next Monday, huh?” Obito was somewhat expectant.

“Today is only Wednesday, there’s so much rest time,” Rin Nohara, who had been training daily since becoming Muzuki’s disciple, felt these few days of vacation were very long.

“Burning youth should mean training every day!” Might Guy didn’t plan to rest; he would go to the South Border Forest to train as usual tomorrow.

“Muzuki-sensei, will you still be in the forest these days?” Shisui asked.

“Yes, if any of you can’t sit still, you can come find me,” Muzuki said with a gentle smile.

“I still feel there are some parts of the Breathing Technique I don’t understand. I’ll trouble you then, Muzuki-sensei,” Shisui said.

Student holidays also meant teacher holidays. Shisui felt he was encroaching on Muzuki’s holiday, so he used the word “trouble.”

“It’s a teacher’s duty to clear up students’ doubts. There’s no such thing as trouble or not trouble. If you have any questions, you must ask me promptly,” Muzuki said with a warm smile.

“For a teacher, the improvement of students’ strength is the most gratifying thing.”

Both Shisui and Might Guy were going to continue training, which made Obito feel a bit embarrassed. If he didn’t go, wouldn’t that mean he was the laziest among Muzuki’s disciples?

“Obito, are you going to share your good news about winning with Kakashi tonight?”

“To cope with the upcoming Ninja life, it is indeed necessary to undergo more training,” Obito said with a serious expression.

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