Chapter 158 Kakashi is about to join the team

On Friday morning, Muzuki went to the Ninja Academy.

Today was the day to release grades; he had to hand out student test papers, and then there were some meetings to attend.

Muzuki was in a good mood today; shortly after waking up, he received his exam rewards.

“Disciple Uchiha Shisui diligently cultivated and achieved a perfect score in the academic assessment, receiving rewards: Chakra + 300, Ninjutsu Proficiency Scroll.”

“Disciple Uchiha Obito diligently cultivated and achieved an excellent score in the academic assessment, receiving rewards: Chakra + 250.”

“Disciple Might Guy diligently cultivated and achieved a good score in the academic assessment, receiving rewards: Chakra + 200.”

A total increase of seven hundred and fifty Chakra points brought him closer to his small goal of fifty thousand Chakra.

“Name: Hayate Mugetsu”

“Chakra: 30500”

Currently, Muzuki’s Chakra had reached the level of 12.2 small units.

Muzuki was quite satisfied with this because Obito and Might Guy’s cultivation tasks had not yet been settled, and this growth rate was largely thanks to Shisui’s rapid increase in Chakra after activating his Sharingan.

This semester, his improvement had been immense; from the end of special training until now, his Chakra had increased by nearly fifteen thousand points. It’s worth noting that in the previous semester, from the first day until the end of special training, it only increased by about ten thousand points, even though the time was over a month shorter, but the Chakra increase was much greater.

There were multiple reasons for such a significant increase, such as sacrificing Ninjutsu for Chakra in class rewards, his body’s natural Chakra growth speeding up, and his disciples beginning to develop.

Muzuki felt that this growth rate should be stable for a semester. Although Shisui’s Chakra growth rate was returning to normal from its surge, it was still much faster than before he had the Sharingan, and Obito and Might Guy’s strength was also continuously improving, so they should be able to complete their goals before graduation.

If he could maintain the growth rate, Muzuki hoped to achieve his goal of twenty small units, or fifty thousand Chakra, by the time Obito graduated. Even if he didn’t reach fifty thousand, it wouldn’t be far off.

“Teacher Muzuki, I made great progress this time, scoring eighty-three points! Can I get a reward?” Anko started to share her good news with Muzuki as soon as she entered the classroom.

“An improvement of five points is considered ‘great progress,’ is it?” Muzuki tapped Anko’s head.

“Hehe, this is my best theoretical score ever,” Anko chuckled.

“Here, eat this,” Muzuki said, handing Anko a serving of dango.

In fact, Muzuki would give students something to eat regardless of their scores. Spending a little money to gain a lot of goodwill, Muzuki thought it was a good deal.

The first meeting was a summary conference, followed by awards for excellent teachers and the like.

Muzuki’s position as an excellent teacher was naturally unshakable; his Class 1, Grade 1 was already considered a ‘divine class’ by other teachers.

After the general conference, there was a smaller meeting, attended only by teachers holding important positions.

The smaller meeting mainly discussed future teaching work, as well as summer special training, interns, and the large class pilot program.

“In this final exam, the four classes led by Teacher Kangzhi saw their theoretical average score increase by three points. For theoretical subjects, the effect of large classes and small classes is almost the same,” a teacher said after reviewing the data.

There were eight classes in the first grade in total; Muzuki led four and Kono Kangzhi led four. Due to Muzuki’s exceptional personal ability, the scores of the classes he led were not used for comparison.

After the discussion, the teachers decided that large classes could be extended to other grades.

After the meeting, as Muzuki was preparing to leave, he learned that the Sandaime had summoned him, so he went to the Principal’s Office.

Although the Principal’s Office was often empty, it was regularly cleaned. When Muzuki entered, he found it looked just as it had the first time he visited.

The Sandaime was not sitting in the office chair but at a tea table not far from the door.

“Muzuki, you’re here. Come and sit,” Hiruzen Sarutobi said with a chuckle, taking the pipe from his mouth.

“Sandaime-sama,” Muzuki put on a polite facade, then sat on the chair beside him as Hiruzen Sarutobi indicated.

“I thought it would be great if you, Muzuki, could be as outstanding every semester as you were in the first, but I didn’t expect you to continue surprising me. Your Class 1, Grade 1’s combat performance has made significant breakthroughs again, and their strength far exceeds other classes of the same year,” Hiruzen Sarutobi said.

“It seems I still underestimated your strength, Muzuki. If this continues, Class 1, Grade 1 won’t be compared to other classes of the same year, but to classes in higher grades.”

“It’s mainly because the students are very cooperative,” Muzuki humbly replied.

Excessive humility can lead to being underestimated, but his achievements were undeniable. His humility would only make people feel he was a modest person.

“Muzuki, is there any Ninjutsu you’d like to learn? Any elemental Ninjutsu or Sealing Technique would be fine,” Hiruzen Sarutobi asked, stroking his small beard.

Muzuki’s position couldn’t be elevated for the time being because Hiruzen Sarutobi was already planning to promote Muzuki to Vice Head of the Teacher Class next semester.

Any further promotion would mean becoming the Head of the Teacher Class, but that position was held by a veteran who was among the first graduates of the Ninja Academy and had performed some meritorious deeds in the Second Shinobi World War.

Muzuki’s current achievements were far from enough to replace him.

Since his position couldn’t be raised, the only option was to reward him with Ninjutsu, so Hiruzen Sarutobi let Muzuki choose for himself.

“I want to learn Sealing Technique,” Muzuki said after thinking for a moment.

He hadn’t yet obtained any Sealing Technique through the system, so it would be good if Sarutobi was willing to provide one.

“No problem, I’ll have someone deliver it to your home in a few days,” Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded.

This was within his expectations; Sealing Technique was harder to learn than ordinary Ninjutsu.

“Kakashi’s matter, I’ll trouble you to put more effort into it, Muzuki,” Hiruzen Sarutobi said finally.

He couldn’t bear to see a Ninja genius like Kakashi continue to sink.

“I will do my best,” Muzuki said seriously.

With an S-potential person brought before him, he definitely had to get a hold of Kakashi.

He had kept his fourth disciple slot unused precisely for such an opportunity.

Although there were many geniuses in the Ninja World, according to his system, the earlier he took a disciple, the better. Those who had already grown up couldn’t maximize his benefits.

Eight-year-old Kakashi was very suitable. Shisui’s age was actually a bit young; if not for the existence of the Sharingan, Muzuki would have to spend a lot of time waiting for Shisui to develop.

…

On Monday, just as Kakashi was contemplating whether to wander around the village or read novels at home, he suddenly remembered that Hiruzen Sarutobi had found him another team.

“Training Ground 22,” Kakashi muttered, recalling what Hiruzen Sarutobi had told him as he headed to the Training Ground.

“New team…” Kakashi remembered the expression on his instructor’s face in front of the Hokage Office earlier. He hoped this time the instructor and teammates would be more mature.

There were too many bugs in the bedroom. I had a fierce bug-killing session today. Since the computer is in the bedroom, there might not be many updates today.