Chapter 223: Everyone’s Changes

“I’m back.”

Might Guy shouted with full vigor as he reached his doorstep.

“Welcome home, did you have a youthful day today?” Might Duy asked as he heard Might Guy’s voice.

“Of course.” Might Guy smiled brightly and gave himself a thumbs up, “I completed all my recovery training perfectly today.”

“Hahaha, as expected of my son!” Might Duy laughed proudly.

“Come quickly and eat. To help you recover quickly, I’ve prepared a feast for you today.”

Might Guy walked to the dining table curiously and took a look. The table was filled with various meats and a medicinal soup brewed from precious herbs.

“This meal must have cost a lot of money,” Might Guy couldn’t help but say.

He felt that the cost of this meal might be equivalent to a month’s expenses before.

“Nothing is more important than a healthy and strong body. Now that I’m a Chunin, I can earn more money. Guy, just eat your fill,” Might Duy said grandly.

His situation was different now. Before, he was not only a Genin, but also had a bad reputation, which resulted in very few missions he could take.

Because of his demonstrated strength and promotion to Chunin, Hiruzen Sarutobi specifically allowed him to undertake B-Rank Missions and below alone.

A B-Rank Mission with the lowest commission was at least eighty thousand ryo before tax, and could go up to two hundred thousand ryo.

“I will not let Father down!” Might Guy showed a serious expression towards the table full of food, and then began to eat rapidly.

Although the food Might Duy cooked wasn’t as delicious as Muzuki’s, which could make one hallucinate, it was still food Might Guy never tired of.

Towards the end, Might Guy stopped eating rice and instead ate a mouthful of medicinal soup with a mouthful of meat. Finally, with two satisfied burps, all the dishes on the table were cleared.

“Oh, right, the mission commission was distributed today. I don’t have anywhere to spend money, so I’ll give it to you, Dad, to use,” Might Guy said, handing Might Duy one hundred and ten thousand ryo.

“Guy, you are truly too sensible. You must have suffered a lot before,” Might Duy couldn’t help but sigh.

He had always felt somewhat indebted to Might Guy. Unlike other children with Ninja parents, the help he could give Might Guy was very limited, and the only Eight Gates he knew was an extremely dangerous forbidden Jutsu.

“I don’t think there’s any suffering, and isn’t it slowly getting better?” Might Guy said with a smile.

“Yes, youth is about looking forward!” Might Duy didn’t sigh too much, laughing and agreeing.

“This mission was also thanks to Father and Muzuki Sensei’s Eight Gates, which gave me the power to protect my comrades,” Might Guy began to recount his experience from the previous mission.

“It was originally just a normal C-Rank Mission, but we encountered a group of very strong Cloud Ninja on the way. I activated the Second Gate of Eight Gates and together with my comrades, we defeated the Jonin enemy.”

“You actually defeated a Jonin enemy? That’s quite remarkable, even if it was a combined effort.” Might Duy showed a surprised expression listening to Might Guy’s description.

Jonin are the elites of each village. They can only be promoted after meeting the requirements in terms of strength, merit, and various other aspects.

“I am proud of you!” The emotional Might Duy hugged Might Guy, crying tears of joy.

He had full confidence in Might Guy, but he didn’t expect Might Guy to embark on the path of becoming an excellent Ninja so quickly. One should know that he himself had not yet defeated a Jonin.

“It’s all thanks to you, Father, and Muzuki Sensei. Without you, I wouldn’t have this power,” Might Guy said seriously.

“No, most of it is thanks to your efforts and Muzuki Sensei’s excellent guidance. I only contributed a little,” Might Duy corrected him.

He knew that Might Guy’s current strength was mainly due to Muzuki’s guidance and Might Guy’s own efforts, and had little to do with him.

“Guy, if you have the chance in the future, you must repay Muzuki Sensei’s kindness. Youth should also be about loyalty and righteousness,” Might Duy said with a serious expression.

“Of course, I will never forget Muzuki Sensei’s kindness to me!” Might Guy said emotionally, tears streaming down his face.

He hadn’t forgotten that he was still a dead last in his third year. Without Muzuki’s help, he wouldn’t have been able to reach this point in such a short time.

…

After dinner, Obito went to Rin Nohara’s house to invite Rin out to play.

“Hello, Uncle and Auntie.” Obito smiled and greeted them as he entered.

“Oh, it’s little Obito. Are you here to play with Rin? I’ll call her down.” Rin Nohara’s family knew this little boy who often played with Rin Nohara.

“Rin, little Obito is here to play with you, come down quickly.”

Hearing the voice, Rin Nohara quickly came downstairs.

“I heard there’s some kind of event recently. Rin, do you want to go together?” Obito chuckled and invited Rin Nohara.

“Sure, you must be tired from your last mission, so you should relax properly,” Rin Nohara said with a smile, accepting the invitation.

“Let’s go find Kakashi and Guy too, maybe they also want to go out and play,” Rin Nohara continued.

Obito really wanted to say they didn’t, but what came out was: “Okay, let’s go ask them.”

At Obito’s suggestion, they first went to Might Guy’s house.

“Play? You Guys have fun, I need to do my recovery training.” Might Guy rejected their invitation.

“Then I wish you a speedy recovery, Guy,” Rin Nohara said softly.

“Thanks for the support!” Might Guy gave Rin Nohara a thumbs up and continued his training.

“How about we just go play? I feel like Kakashi probably needs to train too,” Obito seized the opportunity to say.

“Obito, that’s not good. How would you know what they think if you don’t even ask?” Rin Nohara chuckled, shaking her finger at Obito.

Obito looked closely and found Rin Nohara’s eyes to be so deep and clear, making his heart pound.

“Obito, what are you looking at?” Seeing Obito suddenly spacing out, Rin Nohara leaned closer curiously to check on him.

Rin Nohara’s face got closer and closer, and Obito felt more and more attracted to that sparkling clarity.

When he could clearly see himself in Rin Nohara’s eyes, Obito snapped out of it, quickly backed away, and said with a slight blush: “Too close, Rin, why did you suddenly get so close?”

“It’s because you were spacing out, Obito, and not listening to me. It’s only right that you got startled,” Rin Nohara put her hands on her hips, her lips slightly curved, with a hint of playful triumph in her smile.

Finally, the two still went to Kakashi’s house.

When they arrived, Kakashi was in the yard, training to improve his reaction time.

“See, I told you Kakashi would be training. Rin, let’s go.” Seeing Kakashi training, a glint flashed in Obito’s eyes.

“Since we’re already here, how can we leave without even asking?” Rin Nohara looked helplessly at Obito, who was eager to leave.

Kakashi noticed them, stopped, and asked: “What’s wrong? Is something the matter?”

“Didn’t you just complete a very tiring mission recently? I think everyone could gather and play games to relax a bit,” Rin Nohara explained with a smile.

Because he wanted to solve his Thunderclap Flash problem early, Kakashi originally intended to refuse, but Obito spoke first.

“Kakashi, I know you, you’re going to train, right? We won’t disturb you, we’ll leave right away,” Obito said with a ‘I understand you’ look.

Kakashi changed his mind. Obito didn’t want him to go, so he decided he would go. So Kakashi said faintly: “Then let’s go play together.”

“Rin, you heard him, right? Kakashi refused,” Obito quickly said to Rin Nohara.

Rin Nohara mimicked Muzuki, bringing her index and middle fingers together to tap Obito’s forehead, then said:

“Obito, you need to listen carefully to what people say. Where did Kakashi refuse? He agreed.”

“Huh?” Obito was a bit dumbfounded. According to Kakashi’s habit, this shouldn’t be the case.

“Kakashi, are you sure you want to stop training and come play with us?” Obito couldn’t help but ask again.

“I’m sure. Didn’t Muzuki Sensei also say that training should be balanced with rest?” Kakashi answered affirmatively.

Watching Obito’s depressed expression, Kakashi felt a surge of pleasure in his heart, and the mood of losing the battle during the day instantly improved.

“Don’t train properly, you deserve to be defeated by me,” Obito muttered to himself while walking.

He finally had a chance to be alone with Rin Nohara, and it was ruined just like that.

Then the group went to the street where the event was held to play.

Because of the resentment in his heart, Obito’s main goal in the subsequent activities was: I can be uncomfortable, but Kakashi absolutely cannot be comfortable.

At a large goldfish scooping stall, the three competed to see who could scoop more goldfish.

At first, they were each scooping their own in earnest, but then Obito saw Rin Nohara often observing how Kakashi was scooping, so his dissatisfaction erupted. Wherever Kakashi scooped, he would follow and snatch.

If Muzuki hadn’t forbidden him from using his Sharingan outside, Obito would have been ready to activate his Sharingan to scoop goldfish.

With Obito’s obstruction, Kakashi, who was initially in the lead, slowly fell behind, and in the end, Rin Nohara won.

Next, the three went to a Shuriken target practice stall where they could win prizes.

This time too, all three participated. Obito used Uchiha Shuriken throwing techniques, deflecting Kakashi’s Shuriken while making his own Shuriken hit the target.

Feeling Obito’s malice, Kakashi also didn’t hold back. His Shuriken throwing was not bad either, and in their head-to-head competition, both their Shuriken missed.

“You two, why do you have to compete like this even when playing games?” Rin Nohara showed a helpless smile.

“Muzuki Sensei said that occasional competition is beneficial for strength improvement,” Obito brought up Muzuki.

“That’s true,” Kakashi said faintly.

Next, Obito and Kakashi competed in everything, making Rin Nohara feel like she was superfluous.

“It really is as Muzuki Sensei said, they’re enjoying it,” Rin Nohara watched the two constantly bickering and competing in various ways, yet never showing annoyance, and couldn’t help but smile.

3k, today 7k. Keep up the good work tomorrow.