Chapter 264 The Unknown Third Person

“What was the meaning of me establishing the Ninja Academy? What was my original intention when I issued this policy? I…”

In his dream, Obito seemed to see a cold-faced, white-haired Ninja rapidly questioning him.

His body instinctively trembled, and Obito quickly woke up. Looking at the familiar ceiling, familiar desk, and familiar bookshelf, Obito finally relaxed.

He felt the dampness on his back and touched it to find that his back was already soaked with sweat. In the dream, he had indeed been questioned until he was drenched in sweat.

“It was too terrifying. Good thing the Second Hokage is already dead.” Obito’s expression softened. In reality, he wouldn’t be questioned like that by Senju Tobirama, because Senju Tobirama died before he was born.

But when Obito saw where the clock’s hour hand was pointing, Obito’s relaxed mood vanished, and his expression turned serious.

“Ten-thirty! I almost slept until noon!” Obito looked at the clock’s time in disbelief. He even suspected the clock was broken. He usually woke up before eight.

But when Obito opened the curtains, the warm sunlight outside gave him the answer.

The clock might be broken, but not that ridiculously broken. It certainly didn’t look like eight in the morning now.

“You’re up, dear. You must be very hungry, right? Do you want me to get you something to eat in advance?” his grandmother asked with a kind smile.

Hearing his grandmother’s words, and then looking at the dining table where breakfast should have been, Obito felt a bit sad in his heart. It really might be almost noon now.

However, Obito didn’t blame his grandmother for not waking him up, because he hadn’t told her about going to the Ninja Academy yesterday.

He felt that his grandmother must have seen how tired he was and couldn’t bear to disturb him. In this situation, Obito felt too embarrassed to bring it up.

“No need, Grandma. I have something to do and need to go out now.” Obito briefly explained to his grandmother, then rushed out the door.

“It should be fine to get the graduated Ninja’s information a bit later,” Obito comforted himself.

He didn’t know how to complain. He was late picking up his enrollment documents, and now he was late picking up his graduation documents. But in a way, it was a consistent ending.

Just as Obito walked out of his house, he ran into Rin Nohara, who was holding two documents.

“Even though you’ve gotten stronger, Obito, you’re still so unreliable,” Rin Nohara said with a helpless smile, walking up to Obito.

She still remembered how confidently Obito had promised yesterday, but he was late again today. His tendency to mess up at crucial moments hadn’t changed at all.

If she hadn’t already made plans with her female classmates, Rin Nohara would definitely have gotten up early to call Obito to go together.

“Hehe, Rin, you helped me get them again. Thank you so much.” Obito scratched his head and chuckled awkwardly, his tension replaced by a relaxed and pleasant mood.

He didn’t know why, but seeing Rin Nohara standing in front of him with a smile made everything seem simpler.

If reliability were ranked, Rin Nohara would be second to Obito. However, considering that the first was the omnipotent Muzuki Immortal, Rin Nohara’s second place had extremely high value.

“Make sure to keep them safe.” Rin Nohara handed the bag containing the documents to Obito.

“Mhm, mhm.” Obito chuckled and nodded rapidly.

“Oh, by the way, Rin, you must have seen the team assignments, right? Are we…” Obito’s face flushed slightly, feeling a bit embarrassed to directly ask a girl if she was on his team.

But his courage still won out, and Obito quickly continued to ask, “Were we assigned to the same team?”

“Team assignments, huh? It’s a bit of a shame.” Hearing Obito ask this question, Rin Nohara lowered her head slightly, her expression changing. Even her clear, bright eyes gradually lost their light, and her whole demeanor was like a sunny day turning into a gloomy, rainy one.

Listening to Rin Nohara’s words and observing her expression, Obito’s heart jumped into his throat. His previously relaxed mood also became heavy, like a sudden storm.

Although he had considered the possibility that he and Rin Nohara might not be assigned to the same team—after all, with forty people in a class, the probability of them being together wasn’t very high, and there was also the possibility of joining other class teams, which would make the probability even lower.

But when it actually happened, Obito found himself more upset than he had imagined.

He could make time to train with Muzuki, but would he also have to make time to play with Rin Nohara? Occasionally, it would be fine, but doing it every day would be troublesome for both of them.

“It’s okay, Rin. When you go on missions in the future, you must…”

“We were assigned together! We can continue training together and even go on missions together!” Rin Nohara interrupted Obito, smiling as she spoke.

Obito’s words stopped, his expression immediately shifting from sadness to disbelief, and then to overwhelming joy.

Just moments ago, he had felt cold even under the scorching summer sun, and ants passing by him would curse him in their minds. But now, he felt incredibly warm, as if his entire body was immersed in a hot spring. Every breath he took made him marvel at the beauty of life.

“Did I scare you? It’s your fault for being so late. Everyone else left. I waited for you at school for several hours and you were nowhere to be seen.” Rin Nohara tilted her head slightly, a hint of playful triumph in her smile.

“I am truly sorry!” Obito clasped his hands together and bowed to Rin Nohara in apology. This was indeed his fault.

“It’s alright, I forgive you. After all, you’re Obito. If one day you truly didn’t need my care at all, that would be truly surprising,” Rin Nohara said with a smile, seeing Obito apologize so formally.

She had just been joking with Obito and wasn’t actually angry. This was somewhat within her expectations, after all.

“Hehe, going on missions with Rin.” After apologizing, Obito’s face broke into a silly grin. His mind was now filled with images of himself heroically saving Rin Nohara, who would then look at him with adoration.

Because the happiness came so suddenly, Obito even wondered if he was still dreaming. He pinched himself, felt the pain from his flesh, and only then confirmed that his fantasy had come true.

“You did a great job, person who assigned the teams!” Obito praised the Ninja who assigned their teams in his heart. They had such great foresight to put him and Rin Nohara together among so many people.

If he knew who the person was, Obito would be willing to give them an award, the “Best Team Assigner of the Year.”

“Aren’t teams usually three people? Who’s our other teammate? Is it Guy?” Obito asked Rin Nohara curiously.

If it was Might Guy, Obito felt it would be quite good, because Might Guy was very strong and could help a lot in battle. Moreover, he felt that with Might Guy around, Rin Nohara’s attention would be more focused on him.

It wasn’t that he thought Might Guy looked bad, but Might Guy’s deathly green outfit was usually not appreciated by others.

“No,” Rin Nohara replied, shaking her head.

“Then who is it? Uchiha Tekka? Or Murai Ichiya?” Obito rattled off several names of students from their class, but Rin Nohara rejected them all.

“None of them? Then who is it? Could it be someone from another class?” Obito’s mind flashed through the names of other familiar faces from other classes.

“How should I put it? It’s someone who is surprising in every sense of the word,” Rin Nohara replied after some thought.

She felt that no matter how much Obito thought, he wouldn’t guess that their teammate would be Kakashi, who had graduated several years ago.

Even Rin Nohara herself was stunned for a while when she saw the team assignment list. The other students were also very surprised, not expecting such a team assignment was possible.

Rin Nohara had even specifically asked Ikeya Yu, who told her that such situations usually occurred when the other party’s original team had problems, so they would join a new team. During wartime, this kind of situation happened almost every year.

“Rin, you’re making me even more curious. Who is it?” Obito continued to ask.

“You’ll find out tomorrow. We need to gather at Training Ground 12 at 8:30 AM tomorrow.” Rin Nohara didn’t tell Obito that their teammate was Kakashi, but instead stated the time and location of the meeting.

The reason she chose not to tell him was because she felt the scene would be very interesting then.

Just a short while ago, Obito and Kakashi were still mocking each other about how unlucky they would be if they became teammates, and now they just happened to be assigned together.

“But looking at it this way, am I experiencing double the bad luck?” A strange thought popped into Rin Nohara’s mind, but thinking of Obito and Kakashi’s expressions after they met, Rin Nohara couldn’t help but smile brightly.

“Alright then, Rin. Why are you smiling so happily? Did you think of something fun?” Obito looked at Rin Nohara’s radiant smile, drawn in by it.

“It should be considered fun, but I can’t tell you yet.” A hint of cunning flashed in Rin Nohara’s eyes as she smiled.

Obito nodded blankly.

“Alright, the things have been delivered, so I won’t bother you anymore. Don’t be late tomorrow, and make a good impression on your sensei,” Rin Nohara said, waving goodbye to Obito.

“Mhm, Rin, take care.” Obito waved goodbye, looking forward to tomorrow immensely.

“Hehe, I can finally go on missions with Rin.” Obito happily jumped a few times in place, punching the air in celebration.

Since he was already assigned with Rin, it didn’t matter who the remaining teammate was, as long as it wasn’t Kakashi. If the teammate was strong enough, that would be great, but even if not, he could protect Rin by himself.

Obito didn’t believe that Kakashi, an old hand who had graduated so long ago, could still be assigned with them. The last internship was purely an accident.

“Good times are coming,” Obito hummed an unknown song as he walked back home.

…

【Disciple Uchiha Shisui diligently trained and achieved a perfect score in the academic assessment. Reward: Chakra +300, Ninjutsu Proficiency Scroll】

【Disciple Uchiha Obito diligently trained and achieved a perfect score in the graduation assessment. Reward: Chakra +600, Ninjutsu Mastery Scroll】

【Disciple Might Guy diligently trained and achieved an excellent score in the graduation assessment. Reward: Chakra +450, Ninjutsu Proficiency Scroll × 3】

Perhaps because it was graduation, the system was exceptionally generous this time. Not only was there a lot more Chakra, but it even gave an unprecedented Ninjutsu Mastery Scroll. Before this, he had only received Proficiency Scrolls.

【Ninjutsu Mastery Scroll: Elevates any mastered Ninjutsu to Mastery level】

The effect was as simple and direct as the Proficiency Scroll: a direct upgrade.

“If only it were a Skill Mastery Scroll,” Muzuki thought to himself.

This type of scroll couldn’t be used on Nature Transformation; it could only be used on concrete Ninjutsu like Fire Release: Great Fire Destruction or Mystical Palm Technique.

He had previously wanted to use the Proficiency Scroll to improve other attributes of Nature Transformation, but found that he couldn’t select them at all.

Of course, this didn’t mean the Mastery Scroll was not valuable; on the contrary, it was a very powerful item, because secret techniques and forbidden jutsu could use the Mastery Scroll.

There was no such thing as too many Mastery-level skills. Muzuki wished every single one of his Ninjutsu was Mastery-level. Coupled with high proficiency in Nature Transformation, he would truly become a walking, all-purpose artillery platform.

Besides the Mastery Scroll, he also received four Proficiency Scrolls this time, which was not bad. His total Chakra gain was 1,350 points.

【Name: Hayate Mugetsu】

【Chakra: 53200】

After one academic year, his Chakra went from 4,300 at the beginning to 53,200, an annual increase of 48,900 points.

This Chakra increase was quite impressive. The first time he met Minato, Minato only had 40,000 Chakra. In this year, he had grown by approximately 1.2 Minatos, or 19.5 Kakashis.

“Muzuki-sensei, goodbye! I won’t be able to see you for a while again.” Anko waved goodbye to Muzuki.

Because Shadow Clone attended school, from Anko’s perspective, the third semester was pretty much the same as before.

“You can see me to your heart’s content next semester. I’ll be in charge of the special training next semester, so you’ll be able to see me several times a day for five consecutive months,” Muzuki said with a chuckle.

Next semester, he would focus on Ninjutsu, aiming for all A-rank evaluations to obtain more Ninjutsu. After all, grinding Chakra in class was too slow; Ninjutsu was better.

At the same time, he would also expand the special training level to aim for higher and better rewards.

“That’s great! Without Muzuki-sensei, special training is so boring,” Anko said with a happy smile.

She genuinely felt that the special training in the second semester was boring when Muzuki wasn’t teaching her; she didn’t learn much and was tired.

“The opportunity for us brothers has arrived,” Kotetsu Hagane said to Izumo Kamizuki with a serious expression.

“That’s right, this time we’re definitely going to push into Group B,” Izumo Kamizuki said with a smile.

“If we keep this up, maybe we can achieve the same results as Obito-senpai and Might Guy-senpai in Fourth Grade!” Kotetsu Hagane fantasized about himself completing an A-Rank Mission like Obito, shocking the entire school.

“Shisui and I still have a chance; you Guys can forget about it,” Anko stated, emphasizing that in terms of practical combat, it had to be her and Shisui, the perennial first and second.

Theoretically, she was timid, but in combat, she struck hard.

Watching the few of them playfully bicker, Muzuki smiled. This academic year had been very fruitful, in every sense of the word.

4k, total word count is 8k, let’s keep up the good work tomorrow, everyone remember to stay warm…