Chapter 239 Two Jinchūriki

“Muzuki, I’m sorry, but I have to leave.” Minato apologized to Muzuki and bid him farewell. He had originally wanted to chat with Muzuki for a while, but the sudden situation required him to act.

Before Muzuki could respond, Minato disappeared from Muzuki’s sight with a Flying Thunder God.

“What’s going on? He just vanished. I can’t even tell where he went.” Obito looked around but couldn’t see Minato’s figure, saying with a puzzled expression.

Normally, even if someone was too fast to see, you could still sense their movement due to their extreme speed. But Obito felt as if Minato had simply disappeared into thin air.

“It should be a Space-Time Ninjutsu,” Muzuki explained to Obito.

“You can think of it as a very powerful Body Flicker Technique.”

Although Flying Thunder God had other wonderful uses besides rapid movement, Muzuki simplified it for Obito to better understand.

“He seems like a very strong person. As expected of someone Teacher Muzuki acknowledges as powerful.” Although Obito didn’t fully understand Muzuki’s words, he sensed Minato’s strength.

He recalled Muzuki saying that Minato was very powerful when they first met.

Obito felt that if Muzuki, whose strength was above a Raikage Candidate, said Minato was very powerful, then Minato’s strength must be immense, perhaps even comparable to Muzuki’s.

“So fast!” Kakashi also showed a surprised expression when he saw Minato disappear.

“Teacher Muzuki, how should we act now?” Might Guy looked at Muzuki and asked.

Normally, they would also need to join the war when they saw the signal, but their specific actions still depended on Muzuki’s arrangements.

“Help the village comrades defeat the enemy while ensuring your own safety,” Muzuki thought for a moment and replied.

The highest-level alert signal had already gone up. Although they were only here for a C-Rank Mission, they had to join the battle now.

“Although it’s unexpected, it’s also a rare opportunity to show my strength,” Muzuki planned his next actions in his mind.

Muzuki had the idea of gradually revealing his strength, because in this Ninja world, strength speaks. The stronger your recognized power among the public, the more convenient your actions will be.

If it weren’t for his exceptional teaching abilities that led to his promotion to Special Jonin, none of the special training, large classes, or intern programs would have been possible. An ordinary teacher wouldn’t have the authority to propose these, and even if they did, they wouldn’t be taken seriously.

Of course, displaying immense power without reason, unless one is powerful enough to ignore everything, will only invite suspicion and danger.

To make his strength more justifiable, Muzuki had been laying various groundwork. For example, he had shown strong Sealing Technique talent to Minato and Kushina.

When teaching Asuma, Muzuki not only demonstrated proficient Water Release and Fire Release but also established his persona as a quick learner, going from not knowing Wind Release at first to being able to skillfully use powerful B-rank Wind Release Ninjutsu.

His Root background further added to the rationality of Muzuki’s strength, as Root was even darker than Anbu.

Normally, due to Root’s special nature, Danzo needed to have a sufficient understanding of his subordinates’ strength, because Root missions were directly issued by Danzo, unlike ordinary Ninja who accepted commissions. Without understanding his subordinates’ capabilities, he couldn’t assign missions effectively.

So Danzo established a rule that Root members had to undergo a capability test annually, so he could gain a better understanding of his subordinates.

However, members like Muzuki, who were cultivated in violation of rules, could not be brought into the open. For secrecy, members like Muzuki, who were not officially on the roster, were tested once every two years.

And now Muzuki had been taken out of Root by Hiruzen Sarutobi for half a year, which meant that Danzo’s intelligence on Muzuki was from two and a half years ago. As long as Muzuki didn’t become too ridiculously strong, even if Danzo found out, he would only be slightly surprised.

Because from Danzo’s perspective, Muzuki was in his golden period of strength growth. Two and a half years was enough time for Muzuki to grow a lot, and he might even have received training from Hiruzen Sarutobi after leaving Root.

Hiruzen Sarutobi considered him a Root elite, an unsung genius Ninja, and he also had a sufficient blank period on Danzo’s side. It could be said that Muzuki considered all influences from both the light and dark sides of Konoha.

“As Kakashi said, this time we still have to fight.” Obito stretched his body, ready for battle at any moment.

Kakashi couldn’t refute Obito. After four consecutive incidents, and this time the highest alert level war broke out, he himself was a bit unconfident.

“Go, protect our comrades, and defeat our enemies.” Muzuki silently activated his Byakugan and led his disciples to support the distant battlefield.

Even though Muzuki was no longer the novice he was when he first transmigrated, having witnessed the deaths of over ten people and personally killed Ninja, the brutality of war still slightly surprised Muzuki.

The ground was messy, with various severed limbs, broken stones, and splintered wood. Red blood stained the soil, and Ninja, usually a rare sight, lay scattered on the ground, both Konoha and Iwagakure Ninja.

Whether young, youthful, or middle-aged, everyone was fighting and killing each other. They might not have known each other before this battle, but on this battlefield, because of their different headbands, they fought as if they had deep-seated grudges.

“This is war…” Obito stared blankly at the tragic scene before him, his tightly gripped Kunai loosening slightly.

The cruelty of war surpassed Obito’s imagination. In Obito’s mind, war was just a battle, only with more people.

The numerous corpses on the battlefield, the scattered human body parts everywhere, and the visible bloodstains all harshly stimulated Obito’s nerves.

This was the first time Obito had seen so many dead people. Just as Obito was stunneding, he noticed a Konoha Ninja not far from him about to be pierced by a Kunai.

“Watch out…” Obito instinctively called out a warning, but he didn’t notice several Shuriken rapidly flying towards him. By the time he realized, the Shuriken were already extremely close.

Clang! Clang!!

Muzuki pulled out a Kunai and quickly knocked down all the incoming Shuriken, then said to his disciples:

“In this kind of chaotic war, you must pay close attention to your surroundings and not get injured.”

He needed to show his strength and gain prestige, but he couldn’t lose sight of the bigger picture. For him, his disciples were the most important.

All three disciples nodded solemnly. At this moment, no words were needed; just looking at the tragic scene was enough to understand the danger of war.

Due to the signal being sent, Konoha Ninja continuously joined the battle.

Because of his Byakugan, Muzuki could see the entire situation and clearly discern the direction of the war. He could see the battles of low and mid-level Ninja, and as long as they weren’t too far, the battles of the strong couldn’t escape his Byakugan’s observation.

“Two Jinchuriki actually attacked together. No wonder they sent the highest-level alert signal.”

Seeing Jiraiya looking as if he was facing a formidable enemy, and then looking at the two Iwagakure Ninja emanating terrifying Chakra auras not far from him, Muzuki understood the top combat power of both sides in this battle.

Of course, Jiraiya had no intention of fighting two Jinchuriki alone. He was accompanied by several elite Jonin, including Minato.

The Jinchuriki on the Iwagakure side were also not acting alone; they were also accompanied by Iwagakure elites.

The distance was too great for Muzuki to hear what they were saying, but he could tell that the Iwagakure side was very arrogant, while Jiraiya was consciously separating their top combat zone from the ordinary Ninja battlefield.

“Are they worried about the Tailed Beast Ball?” Muzuki could guess Jiraiya’s thoughts.

Even if Jiraiya could activate Sage Mode, his Sage Art wasn’t strong enough to completely negate a Tailed Beast Ball. The aftershshocks of a Tailed Beast Ball alone could kill a bunch of mid-level Ninja.

The 360-degree Byakugan with no blind spots allowed Muzuki to clearly perceive everything around him. He temporarily ignored the top-level battlefield and focused on dealing with the Iwagakure Ninja around him.

Reputation is built through discussion. With so many Konoha Ninja and Iwagakure Ninja around him, as long as he displayed his strength, his name would be heard in other countries in the future.

All these thoughts flashed in an instant. From Obito’s perspective, Muzuki blocked the incoming Shuriken for him, and then immediately flashed to rescue a Konoha Chunin who was in danger.

“Thank you.” The rescued Konoha Chunin only managed to say two words before immediately rejoining the battle; there were too many Iwagakure Ninja on the scene.

Muzuki maintained his Rock Breathing state, holding a standard Kunai, and rapidly harvested the lives of every Iwagakure Ninja near him.

While all Breathing Techniques had their unique uses, whether it was the Flame Breathing’s enhancement of fire or the Thunder Breathing’s lightning and burst, they were all very practical. However, the Breathing Technique Muzuki most preferred to use daily was Rock Breathing.

Rock Breathing didn’t have the flashy effects of other Breathing Techniques, but its amplification of physical abilities was the strongest, and its training effect on the body was also the strongest.

Even Muzuki, who didn’t practice Taijutsu much, gradually developed the physique of a Taijutsu Ninja under the training of Rock Breathing’s Constant State. Even if he didn’t use any other abilities and only maintained the Rock Breathing state while using Taijutsu, Muzuki still possessed strength beyond that of an ordinary Jonin.

The Iwagakure Ninja Muzuki killed were insignificant to the entire war, but the Konoha Ninja around Muzuki noticed this seemingly extraordinary comrade.

“Such fast speed and strength.”

“Is this a newly promoted Jonin-sama? I don’t think I’ve seen him before.”

The Konoha Ninja rescued by Muzuki, and those whose pressure was reduced by Muzuki killing enemies, all realized Muzuki’s extraordinary strength. He could take down a group of Iwagakure Ninja just by using Taijutsu.

“Is there a Jonin-sama? There’s a difficult enemy over here.” Muzuki heard the call for help. He looked with his Byakugan and saw an Iwagakure Ninja with exposed arms rapidly inflicting heavy damage on several Konoha Ninja wearing Chunin vests.

Muzuki gave that Iwagakure Ninja an appraisal and found he had over five thousand Chakra, with skills only at the proficient level, and a passing score of two thousand five hundred for a Jonin. He immediately rushed over.

3k, I’ll try to write 10k today.