Chapter 275: List of Famous Strongmen in Konoha

First to arrive was Minato. Whenever he had time, he would basically come to help Muzuki with some work, not just freeloading meals.

When Minato came in, he saw Kakashi and Obito sitting in the living room, paused for a moment, then quickly smiled and greeted them.

“Minato-sensei,” Obito and Kakashi weren’t surprised to see Minato.

Although this wasn’t their home, nor Minato’s, they always seemed to run into each other here, with no surprise at all.

After a simple greeting to his disciples, Minato went to the kitchen to help.

A few minutes after Minato entered the house, Might Guy also arrived. Seeing Kakashi and the others, he showed a surprised expression and greeted them with a bright smile:

“My rival, although we’re not on the same team anymore, our bond has grown stronger! How about a pleasant taijutsu battle?”

“No, it’s almost time to eat,” Kakashi decisively refused.

“That’s truly a pity,” Might Guy was a bit regretful. He felt his taijutsu had gotten stronger recently and wanted to test it against Kakashi.

“Guy, who are your teammates after the team assignments?” Obito asked curiously.

“Genma and Ebisu,” Might Guy glanced at Muzuki, who was busy in the kitchen, then sat down and replied.

Since he was already here, Might Guy decided to ask Muzuki if he was willing to meet Teacher Chen after dinner.

“Oh, them, that’s not bad. Their strength in Fourth Grade is considered strong, and they’re good people too,” Obito said after thinking for a moment.

“Yes, they are very reliable as companions,” Might Guy gave a thumbs-up, air-fived, and laughed loudly.

If Ebisu hadn’t used the Enemy Confusion Technique at the crucial moment to confuse Teacher Chen, and Shiranui Genma hadn’t timely spit out senbon, he probably wouldn’t have snatched that bell.

After catching up with Might Guy for a while, Obito suddenly remembered the Uchiha Clan exchange meeting his grandmother mentioned, so he asked Shisui:

“Shisui, did you receive an invitation to that Young Ninja Exchange Meeting?”

Shisui nodded.

“Young Ninja Exchange Meeting? What kind of event is that? Why haven’t I heard of it? And isn’t Shisui still in the Ninja Academy?” Kakashi asked, somewhat puzzled.

Kakashi felt that the words ‘young’ and ‘Ninja’ couldn’t possibly be associated with Shisui.

“This is an event within our Uchiha Clan. Theoretically, you should only receive an invitation after becoming a Ninja, but the Clan Head felt that the Uchiha Clan should interact more, so he also sent me an invitation,” Shisui explained briefly.

Hearing it was an event organized by the Uchiha Clan, Kakashi instantly lost interest. These kinds of things were not even for outsiders to look at.

“I heard there are rewards for this exchange meeting. Shisui, do you know what the rewards are?” Obito asked curiously. If the rewards were mediocre, he wouldn’t go, as it would waste some training time.

Shisui recalled what Fugaku had told him and replied, “If you perform well, it seems there’s a chance to obtain advanced Fire Release, and then there are Ninja tools, secret medicines, and such.”

Hearing ‘advanced Fire Release,’ Obito instantly perked up. Although he had just learned a powerful Fire Release from Muzuki, one could never have too many Ninjutsu. And if it was something Muzuki didn’t know, he could even practice it with Muzuki, which would also be a way to give back to Muzuki.

“Then, Shisui, are you going? If you are, we can go together. I was also invited.” For the sake of advanced Fire Release, Obito decided to see what the exchange meeting was like.

“Yes, then we’ll go together,” Shisui nodded in agreement.

He had already planned to go when Fugaku invited him, but he wasn’t going for advanced Ninjutsu. Instead, he wanted to get to know the younger generation of Uchiha Clan Ninja.

After doing a lot of history questions about Konoha and listening to Muzuki talk about a lot of history, he discovered a problem: the Uchiha Clan’s current state had a lot to do with many Uchiha Clan members.

Not long after the village was founded, the Clan Head betrayed Konoha, and later returned to cause a huge disturbance in Konoha, finally creating the Valley of the End, a famous scenic spot in the Land of Fire, with the First Hokage.

This wasn’t the end. After Senju Hashirama died and Senju Tobirama became the Second Hokage, the Uchiha Clan had problems again. Regardless of the destruction or nature, this time was even worse than Uchiha Madara’s, because the hawkish faction of the Uchiha Clan wanted to launch a coup to usurp the Hokage position.

Therefore, Shisui wanted to observe whether the younger generation of the Uchiha Clan had more doves or hawks. If there were more hawks, he worried that the coup during the Second Hokage’s era would repeat.

When the dishes were almost all served, Muzuki called his disciples to the table to prepare for dinner.

Minato, carrying his bento box, bid farewell to Muzuki, Obito, and the others.

“Minato-sensei, why don’t you just eat here? Aren’t you not taking on missions for the next few days?” Obito asked, confused, looking at Minato, who was taking his packed meal.

He felt that Minato was really strange like this; he came to Muzuki’s place every day to help cook, but always took his food to go.

Minato showed a thoughtful expression, trying to figure out how to reasonably explain his actions.

Splat!

Muzuki sent out a burst of chakra, accurately hitting Obito’s forehead with a crisp sound, and said:

“The world isn’t just about missions that keep people busy, and Minato’s packed meal can be eaten anytime. If you don’t hurry, the good food will be eaten by others.”

At Muzuki’s reminder, Obito realized that Kakashi, Might Guy, and Shisui were already silently engrossed in eating.

Obito quickly activated his Sharingan to enhance his perception and began to eat intensely, no longer caring about Minato’s eating habits.

Minato smiled and exchanged a glance with Muzuki, then took Muzuki’s cooking to find Kushina.

After dinner, the disciples helped Muzuki clean up. Then it was time for post-meal chat. Might Guy and Muzuki brought up Teacher Chen’s matter.

“Muzuki-sensei, are you free recently? My instructor, Teacher Chen, wants to discuss cultivation with you.”

“Teacher Chen? No problem. Tell him tomorrow. I’m free all this week, and he can choose the meeting time,” Muzuki replied after thinking for a moment.

In his previous life, there was no information about Might Guy’s instructor in either the anime or manga. So, after the team assignments were announced, Muzuki also used his authority at the Ninja Academy to get the results and take a look as soon as possible.

What he didn’t expect was that Might Guy’s instructor would actually be Teacher Chen, who developed the Leaf Dragon God.

However, Muzuki quickly realized this was a result of his butterfly effect. In the anime, Might Guy’s interactions with Teacher Chen didn’t really seem like a teacher-student relationship.

He speculated that Might Guy’s taijutsu talent was too strong, leading to this change in team assignments. Such a taijutsu genius certainly couldn’t be taught by just any Jonin.

“I can use this opportunity to show some of my taijutsu strength,” Muzuki thought to himself.

When taijutsu Ninja discuss cultivation, it’s perfectly reasonable to have a spar. If Teacher Chen uses the Leaf Dragon God, it could also pave the way for Muzuki to use the Leaf Dragon God later.

“Okay, I understand,” Might Guy said, nodding.

“So Guy, your instructor is Teacher Chen. He really is very suitable to be your instructor,” Kakashi’s mind brought up some information about Teacher Chen.

Teacher Chen was known as Konoha’s strongest taijutsu Ninja, proficient in various taijutsu.

“Who is Teacher Chen? Is he strong? I’ve never heard that name,” Obito asked curiously when he heard Kakashi’s words. He had no impression of that name at all.

“How many names of powerful Ninja do you know? Besides Muzuki-sensei and Minato-sensei?” Kakashi said lightly, looking at Obito.

Kakashi believed that besides being strong in one-on-one combat, Obito was simply indescribable in other aspects.

Looking at Kakashi despising his knowledge, Obito was unconvinced. He thought for a moment and said, “Third Hokage, Toad Uncle, and…”

Obito got stuck after saying the second one, frantically thinking but unable to come up with a third name.

Kakashi lightly stroked his forehead, speechless, and said, “You could say you don’t know any. The Sandaime’s name is Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Jiraiya is not called Toad.”

“Tsunade!” Obito suddenly remembered a name. This was the Ninja Rin Nohara admired, and like Jiraiya, she was one of the Sannin.

“Consider that you know one. And then?” Kakashi asked calmly.

Obito scratched his head, truly unable to think of any other strong individuals worth mentioning. So he said, unconvinced, “Then how many can you name? You’re not allowed to say the ones I’ve said.”

“Danzo Shimura, the Hokage Assistant in the village, a disciple of the Second Hokage, powerful. Orochimaru, a disciple of the Third Hokage, and like Jiraiya, one of the Sannin…” Kakashi rattled off many powerful Konoha Jonin as if counting his treasures.

“As expected of you, my rival, you know so much,” Might Guy gave Kakashi a thumbs-up. In this regard, he was similar to Obito.

“So how strong is that Teacher Chen exactly?” Realizing he was completely on the defensive, Obito could only shift the topic back to Teacher Chen’s strength.

“I heard Ebisu say he’s Konoha’s strongest taijutsu Ninja, but I feel that Muzuki-sensei’s taijutsu shouldn’t lose to Teacher Chen’s,” Might Guy said honestly.

He was a relatively knowledgeable person, having personally witnessed the battle between Six Gates Might Duy and Muzuki.

In that battle, neither side used their full power. Might Duy didn’t use Seven Gates, and Muzuki only activated two gates plus Total Concentration Breathing, but it was still shocking enough for Might Guy at that time.

“Muzuki-sensei, can you beat that Teacher Chen using only taijutsu?” The straightforward Obito chose to ask Muzuki directly.

“Teacher Chen’s taijutsu is very strong, but I shouldn’t lose,” Muzuki replied with a smile.

“Then that means you will definitely win,” Obito translated Muzuki’s words into his own.

Splat!

Muzuki tapped Obito on the head.

Obito chuckled twice, feeling that what he said was correct, and the other disciples also felt that Muzuki had the ability to do so.

Especially Might Guy, who practiced both Eight Gates and Rock Breathing, knew how terrifying the power unleashed by using these two forbidden techniques together was. He had only practiced for a year and already had such strength, so how strong must Muzuki be, who had been practicing for an unknown amount of time?