Chapter 218 Unexpected Gains

Disciple Uchiha Obito’s trust level has increased. Current trust level: 4.

Disciple Uchiha Obito’s emotions were too intense, activating his Six Paths bloodline and awakening a two-tomoe Sharingan. His strength increased, and he received a reward: Byakugan purity increased.

Disciple Uchiha Obito’s Chakra +500. Master-Disciple feedback granted Chakra +2000.

Obito’s outburst directly brought Muzuki a series of system notifications.

When Muzuki’s Byakugan purity increased, Muzuki found that he could see further and his observational skills were stronger.

Although the Byakugan does not have levels like one-tomoe or two-tomoe, not all Byakugan users have the same level of ability. The Byakugan’s abilities can also be improved through training, and purity is also one of the influencing factors.

Muzuki was quite satisfied with this. The Byakugan is indeed a very convenient ability, and when combined with the Transparent World, it can play a significant role in combat.

In addition to the Byakugan’s improvement, the Chakra boost from Obito’s Sharingan awakening also gave Muzuki a wave of satisfaction, directly returning two thousand points of Chakra.

Although Kakashi and Might Guy did not trigger system notifications, Muzuki could see that they had both made considerable progress. Perhaps with a bit more training, they would trigger improvement rewards.

Seeing his disciples break through and defeat their enemies, Muzuki decided not to linger with Fourth Raikage Ay.

“Water Release: Hidden Mist Technique!”

After forming hand signs and exhaling a large amount of dense mist, Muzuki directly unleashed Thunder Breathing and disappeared from in front of Fourth Raikage Ay and the others, rushing towards the forest.

His objective had been achieved, and he didn’t have much Chakra left. It was safest to take his disciples and return to Konoha as quickly as possible.

The dense mist obscured Fourth Raikage Ay and the others’ vision. Fourth Raikage Ay frowned, feeling that Muzuki’s identity was even stranger.

“Isn’t this a Water Release Ninjutsu from Hidden Mist? Could he actually be a Hidden Mist Ninja disguised as a Sunagakure Ninja? Does Hidden Mist also want a piece of the pie?” Fourth Raikage Ay constantly speculated in his mind.

Kakashi and the others were not particularly far from him. With the extreme speed of Thunder Breathing, Muzuki appeared before them just as their battle ended and they hadn’t even had a chance to say much.

“Muzuki-sensei!” Seeing Muzuki’s figure, Obito excitedly rushed forward and hugged Muzuki.

Then Obito asked with a worried expression, “Muzuki-sensei, are you okay? Did you defeat those Kumogakure Ninja?”

Might Guy, seeing Muzuki completely unharmed, also squeezed out his last bit of strength to stand up, slowly walked towards Muzuki, gave Muzuki a thumbs-up, and let out a heartfelt laugh:

“As expected of Muzuki-sensei! You can overcome even the strongest enemies!”

Kakashi flashed over to support Might Guy, looking at Muzuki. Obito and Might Guy had already said everything that needed to be said.

“I’m fine. Although I wouldn’t say I completely defeated them, I did gain a slight upper hand. You can trust your sensei more. I told you I would come find you,” Muzuki said with a smile.

Then Muzuki sealed the Kumogakure Jonin whose body had been severed into a scroll, and also finished off the unconscious Kumogakure Chunin by beheading him and sealing him into a scroll, then used the Summoning Technique to summon Kurohane.

“Summoning Technique!”

A puff of white smoke flashed, and a giant black eagle appeared before the several people.

“Hurry up, it’s very dangerous here. We’ll go back to Konoha first,” Muzuki said quickly.

The three of them had just experienced a brutal life-and-death struggle, knew it was not the time for idle talk, and quickly jumped onto the giant eagle’s back.

“Kurohane, fly in that direction.” To prevent this Nin-Beast, which he hadn’t raised for long, from not knowing the way, Muzuki specifically pointed the way manually.

Kurohane let out a loud eagle cry to respond to Muzuki, then directly flapped its wings and took off, flying towards Konoha.

On the spacious eagle’s back, Muzuki used Mystical Palm Technique to heal his disciples.

Among the three, Obito was the least injured, with only some scrapes and bruises from falling. Next was Kakashi, who had been cut in the left leg. The most serious was Might Guy, whose right leg muscles were severely injured, and he was suffering from extreme fatigue due to overexertion.

“Guy, you shouldn’t do any intense training for the next week. I’ll arrange special rehabilitation training for you,” Muzuki said.

“I have to rest for a week!” Might Guy couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise.

Slap!

Muzuki brought his two fingers together and tapped Might Guy’s head, saying, “This is already the shortest duration. Do you want to haggle with your sensei?”

Might Guy’s action had put too much strain on his body. Using a Breathing Technique to forcibly open the Eight Gates was like pulling himself up by his bootstraps, and he actually managed it.

Although the improvement was significant, the aftermath was like falling from the sky, causing great damage to the body. If it weren’t for the cultivation elixir, Might Guy’s injuries would normally require more than a month of recovery.

“Youth also needs a balance of work and rest!” Might Guy immediately corrected himself.

“Muzuki-sensei, who exactly was that big black Guy? You said even your strength only gained a slight upper hand,” Obito asked curiously.

After fighting the Kumogakure Jonin, Obito realized how difficult Jonin were to deal with, and Muzuki could easily defeat a Jonin, meaning his strength was another level higher.

“The son of the Third Raikage. If nothing unexpected happens, he should be the next Raikage,” Muzuki replied.

In fact, at this point in time, Fourth Raikage Ay already had a considerable reputation, but Kakashi had been a Ninja for a relatively short time, and Obito and the others hadn’t even become Ninja yet, which was why they didn’t recognize Fourth Raikage Ay.

“Ah, the next Raikage! Doesn’t that mean Muzuki-sensei, you gained an advantage in a fight against the Raikage?” Obito said with a shocked expression.

Although Muzuki-sensei was omnipotent in his heart, Obito was still very surprised to hear such explosive news.

Even if he was only a Raikage Candidate, he was still a Kage, an incredibly formidable Ninja.

“So he was a Raikage Candidate. No wonder he had that expression.” Kakashi nodded inwardly. He had always believed Muzuki’s strength was unfathomable, but since the enemy was a Raikage Candidate, it was no wonder Muzuki was so cautious at first.

“Your leap in logic is too big. Although his strength is good, he’s still a long way from the Third Raikage,” Muzuki said with a smile, rubbing Obito’s head.

If he had encountered the Third Raikage this time, Muzuki wouldn’t even want to fight and would have just run away directly.

“Muzuki-sensei, you didn’t see it, but we teamed up and defeated a Kumogakure Jonin!” After Muzuki finished talking about his opponent, Obito couldn’t help but blurt out their achievement.

Muzuki smiled and made a listening gesture.

“That Guy was really hard to deal with. The three of us ganging up on him still struggled to take him down. Luckily, I activated my Sharingan…” As he spoke, Obito activated his Sharingan, his eyes turning blood-red.

Perhaps because Kakashi had helped block a sword strike, Obito didn’t mention Kakashi’s momentary thought of giving up, only saying that Kakashi was injured and couldn’t move.

“You all performed very well. Defeating a Jonin is not easy. If you told others, they might even think you’re exaggerating,” Muzuki praised with a chuckle.

This was indeed an unimaginable feat. One must know that apart from Might Guy, Obito and Kakashi weren’t even nine years old yet.

Although it was a combined effort to kill a Jonin, it was still an incredibly shocking achievement. This was a Jonin, and according to his stats, that Kumogakure Jonin was one of the more capable ones among Jonin.

If Might Guy and the other two were assigned to the same team after graduation, Muzuki felt that their Jonin instructor would be utterly shocked during the bell test. If it were a Jonin with ordinary strength, they would even be taught a lesson by their students.

However, given their strength and performance, Muzuki felt that even if it wasn’t Minato, it wouldn’t be an ordinary Jonin.

“No matter what others say, it cannot change the fact that our youth is burning brighter and brighter!” Might Guy said with a passionate expression.

Although he was the most severely injured, Might Guy did not regret his actions. On the contrary, he was very happy because he had used his own strength to protect what he wanted to protect, and he had achieved a true victory.

Muzuki glanced at his disciples’ current stats. Might Guy’s Rock Breathing proficiency had reached 40 points in the introductory level, Obito’s Flame Breathing proficiency had reached 130 points in the introductory level, and Kakashi’s Thunder Breathing was at 54 points in the uninitiated level. All of them had made considerable progress.

In addition to the visible progress in skill proficiency on their stats, there was also invisible progress, such as combat experience.

Apart from Kakashi, Might Guy and Obito actually didn’t have much combat experience. This bitter battle was a thorough training session for their weakness in combat experience.

“When I get back, I really need to let Rin see my Sharingan.” Obito, completely relaxed, began to think about what he would do after returning to Konoha.

This time, he had defeated a Jonin! Obito seemed to already see Rin Nohara’s surprised and adoring expression.

“And I’ll challenge Kakashi,” Obito thought of an even more important matter.

This time, with the Sharingan, even if Kakashi had mastered some Thunder Breathing, Obito wasn’t afraid. He could see through the Kumogakure Jonin’s movements, so how could he be afraid of Kakashi?

Kakashi held a very special place in Obito’s heart. Kakashi was the genius he admired during his dead-last days, and also his good friend. Obito was truly happy when he found himself slowly catching up to Kakashi.

It was with this feeling that Obito would get particularly angry when he saw Kakashi slack off and give up. That was the genius Kakashi he was chasing after!

“This time, it’s your turn to chase me!” As soon as he thought of Kakashi being defeated by him, Obito’s lips couldn’t help but curl upwards, and his body involuntarily trembled.

“Stop smiling foolishly and shaking like that,” Kakashi said with a dark expression. Kurohane wasn’t particularly large, so although the four of them weren’t sitting pressed against each other, they were quite close.

“Who’s smiling foolishly? You hateful Kakashi, I’ll make you pay when we get back to Konoha.” Obito’s smile became a little more restrained as he glared at Kakashi.

“Whether you’re foolish or not, just ask Guy,” Kakashi said indifferently.

“Guy, you be the judge. I trust what you say.” Obito looked at Might Guy.

Might Guy glanced at Kakashi, then at Obito, recalled Obito’s smile just now, and then said with a serious expression:

“Obito, you really did smile a little foolishly just now.”

As he spoke, Might Guy even used his thumb and forefinger to make a small gesture.

“Ah, Guy, you too…” Obito’s eyes widened. He hadn’t expected his good brother, who had just fought strenuously alongside him against the enemy, to backstab him.

“Just a little bit,” Might Guy said against his conscience.

“How much benefit did Kakashi give you?” Obito showed a pained expression. He absolutely refused to admit that his smile could be foolish.

“If you don’t believe me, you can ask Muzuki-sensei.” Seeing Obito’s reaction, Kakashi showed a hint of a smile.

“Muzuki-sensei, I trust you the most.” Obito looked at Muzuki with expectant eyes.

Muzuki looked up at the sky. Indeed, sitting on a Nin-Beast and flying through the sky to admire the scenery was quite nice.

Silence spoke volumes. Although Muzuki didn’t say anything, it seemed everyone got the answer, and Obito didn’t press the matter further.

After flying into the Land of Fire for some time, Muzuki had Kurohane land, then took his disciples to hunt and eat a hot meal.

The four people and one bird feasted heartily.

After eating and drinking their fill, Muzuki didn’t waste Obito’s current high spirits and began to teach Obito Genjutsu.

You taught your disciple Demonic Illusion: Tree Binding Death. Due to the disciple’s immense gratitude, a super critical reward was granted: Fire Release Chakra Nature Transformation (Perfect Grade).

A large amount of Fire Release cultivation memories continuously appeared in Muzuki’s mind. His understanding of fire reached a whole new level.

Another big reward burst, and Muzuki smiled. In his opinion, the Perfect Grade Fire Release Nature Transformation was no worse than his other two Perfect Grade skills.

It made the upper limit of Muzuki’s Fire Release extremely high. Even Fire Release Ninjutsu with low proficiency could have impressive power under the enhancement of Perfect Grade Nature Transformation, and it added more possibilities to fire. Previously, Muzuki didn’t understand flames like Amaterasu, but after receiving the Perfect Grade Nature Transformation memories, he understood some of it.

“With emotions this high this time, I probably won’t get a Perfect Grade skill on his birthday,” Muzuki thought.

The rewards from this mission exceeded Muzuki’s expectations. He originally just wanted to solve Kakashi’s problem and stimulate Obito to awaken his Sharingan, but he didn’t expect the trust level to go up directly as well.

His disciples made a lot of progress in this mission, but Muzuki’s strength improved even more, and Obito’s cultivation mission was also about to be settled.

Although Obito’s trigger was late, his settlement was also late. Muzuki felt that the reward should not be much different from Might Guy’s, which would be another two thousand Chakra and a Master Grade skill.

“Don’t tell anyone about encountering the Raikage Candidate. Just say we only encountered a Jonin and a Chunin.” Before returning to Konoha, Muzuki reminded them.

He didn’t want his efforts to disguise himself to be exposed by his disciples’ unintentional words.

“Why, Muzuki-sensei? You didn’t lose?” Obito asked with a puzzled expression. If he had achieved such a feat, he would spread it throughout Konoha the day he returned, and then throughout the Land of Fire the next day.

“Muzuki-sensei probably doesn’t want to become famous,” Kakashi speculated. With such a battle record, Muzuki would instantly become famous if it spread.

“I temporarily don’t want others to know my strength,” Muzuki nodded in agreement.

After coordinating the details of this mission with his three disciples, Muzuki led them back to Konoha.

This chapter is 4k. I don’t know if it’s eye strain or something else, but my eyes feel swollen. I have to rest after writing for a bit. I can only say I’ll do my best today.

Also, I’d like to recommend a friend’s King of Fighters fan fiction.

Title: Controlling Time from King of Fighters

It’s a very rare fan fiction. If you’re interested, you can check it out.