Chapter 471 Might Guy Pokémon Hatching

【Disciple Uchiha Shisui’s strength increases, his reputation rises, and his influence within the clan grows, taking a small step towards resolving the conflict between the Uchiha Clan and Konoha. Progress Reward: Chakra +1000, Bloodline Enhancement Scroll, Nirvana Temple Technique (Proficient).】

Perhaps because they were both Uchiha Clan Ninja and shared some commonalities, Shisui’s progress reward seemed to have little difference from Obito’s life mission progress settlement reward, except that Proficient Fire Release became Proficient Genjutsu.

Muzuki had a slight impression of the Nirvana Temple Technique. In the original Chunin Exams in Konoha, Yakushi Kabuto used this Ninjutsu to put a large number of Konoha Ninja into a sleep state. It was a wide-range, group Genjutsu.

However, although the Nirvana Temple Technique had a wide range, it had a drawback: any Ninja skilled in Genjutsu, even a Genin, could break this Ninjutsu.

But this was quite normal in Hokage; a typical Ninjutsu could only excel in one aspect, making it difficult to be perfect.

Next, Muzuki looked at the Bloodline Enhancement Scroll, which was a pretty good reward.

Last time, after he enhanced his Byakugan, not only did its various abilities improve, but it also gained the ability to release invisible small shockwaves.

Although it didn’t significantly boost Muzuki’s combat power, it proved that his Byakugan was truly evolving towards a higher level, unlike an ordinary Byakugan.

No matter how pure the Byakugan of the ordinary Hyuga Clan was, it only had common abilities like enhanced vision and telescopic sight.

Muzuki clicked on the Bloodline Enhancement Scroll, and the only available enhancement option was still Byakugan. Muzuki selected Byakugan and clicked confirm to use it.

Immediately after, Muzuki focused his breathing to enter the Transparent World state, perceiving the subtle changes occurring in his body.

First, his physical strength increased. Although not by much, it did increase. Muzuki estimated the improvement was roughly equivalent to a month of Rock Breathing Constant State training.

The increase in Chakra volume was very clear, as the exact number was explicitly displayed on the panel, increasing by 1,500 Chakra points.

Neither physical strength nor Chakra volume was Muzuki’s main focus. Muzuki casually formed a Rasengan, consuming some Chakra, and then immediately refined more Chakra.

“As expected, just like last time, it got a bit faster,” Muzuki nodded in satisfaction.

Chakra recovery speed had always been a significant issue for Muzuki. Since most of his Chakra was directly increased by the system, his Chakra recovery speed had always been mismatched with his total Chakra volume.

For a long time, Muzuki had Kage-level Chakra volume but the recovery speed of an ordinary Jonin.

Muzuki’s continuous research into the Yang Seal was partly for this reason; having enough reserve Chakra could largely compensate for the slow recovery problem.

As for a complete cure, Muzuki currently had no good solution. He could only rely on Breathing Technique to train his body and slowly improve, or on body-modifying rewards like bloodline enhancement.

There were indeed quick methods, but the risks were too great. Transplanting Hashirama cells from Orochimaru could completely solve this problem, but it would be equivalent to Muzuki entrusting his life to Orochimaru. Muzuki would rather continue researching the Yang Seal and grinding his physique with Breathing Technique.

Firstly, Orochimaru at this period was already obsessed with immortality, and for Muzuki, who had many secrets, putting himself in Orochimaru’s hands would be somewhat walking into a trap.

Secondly, Orochimaru had not fully mastered the Hashirama cells transplantation experiment, and the risk was extremely high. Even if Orochimaru helped Muzuki with the transplant surgery without any selfish motives, Muzuki would still have a significant chance of dying in the experiment.

As someone with a cheat, Muzuki didn’t need to take such a gamble.

Finally, Muzuki focused Chakra in his eyes and activated his Byakugan, wanting to see if there would be any new abilities this time.

After a series of tests, Muzuki found that this time there was only an increase in the observation range, and no new ability appeared like last time.

Muzuki, having completed the tests, deactivated his Byakugan and looked at the panel again, opening Shisui’s life mission.

【Name: Uchiha Shisui】

【Life Mission: Uchiha Clan and Konoha】

【Main Goal: Eliminate the conflict between the Uchiha Clan and Konoha, and integrate the Uchiha Clan into Konoha】

【Mission Progress: 13.6%】

Although Shisui was the earliest disciple to activate a life mission, due to the special nature of his life mission, he had the fewest progress settlements among all disciples, having only completed one settlement so far.

Currently, Obito has the most settlements, with three. Might Guy and Kakashi have two, but it’s worth noting that Might Guy is very close to 30% and will soon have his third settlement.

Nagato has not yet activated his life mission due to being taken as a disciple later.

…

South Border Forest.

Kakashi was seriously looking at the brown-furred puppy he had recently hatched, thinking about how to help it grow stronger.

Kakashi found that the Nin-Beast hatched from the Nin-Beast Egg given by Muzuki grew much faster than normal animals. Rockruff had only hatched for a few days, and it could already run around on its own, with energy and stamina unlike a newborn puppy.

Therefore, Kakashi decided to train with Manewra, after all, Muzuki had said before that Rockruff had great potential and would be a great help if carefully nurtured.

“Rockruff, you’ll run with me later. Don’t stop until I stop. Keep running until you’re exhausted,” Kakashi squatted down, stroking Rockruff’s head as he spoke.

Kakashi had thought for a long time and finally named Rockruff based on the characteristic of having stones around its neck.

Kakashi believed that whether a Nin-Beast or a human, physical strength was a very important ability. Training the body might not be the best choice, but it wouldn’t be wrong.

“Woof!”

Rockruff rapidly nodded its dog head and rubbed against Kakashi’s palm.

“Don’t get lost,” Kakashi reminded one last time before he started running.

During the time he had been taking care of Rockruff, Kakashi found that Rockruff was very intelligent and could understand and execute most commands that weren’t too complex.

And Rockruff quickly followed Kakashi after he started running, running side by side with him.

Seeing this, Kakashi sped up his running until Rockruff could only run behind him.

It wasn’t that Kakashi minded running alongside his Nin-Beast, but he wanted to test Rockruff’s maximum running speed.

“He looks so cute when he’s working hard,” Rin Nohara, resting from her special training, said as she watched Rockruff desperately chase Kakashi.

Rin Nohara, to keep up with the other disciples, wanted to pass the Jonin assessment and be promoted to Jonin in one go. Recently, she had basically been training until exhaustion, then resting, and then training again.

“Rin, are you talking about Kakashi or that white-furred dog?” Obito, who was nearby, couldn’t help but ask.

This question was quite important to him.

“Don’t you think little Manewra is cute, with its four little legs running hard to catch up with Kakashi, and its big white tail wagging?” Rin Nohara asked, puzzled.

Of course, she couldn’t be praising Kakashi; the word ‘cute’ was indeed a bit inappropriate to describe Kakashi. Rin Nohara preferred adjectives like ‘calm’ or ‘handsome’.

“It’s alright, I don’t think it’s as good as Big Yellow from the clan,” Obito felt relieved, but still disparaged Rockruff along with it.

“You just train with your Nin-Beast. I’ll definitely beat you in the next internal battle!” Obito muttered to himself.

Obito felt that he probably wouldn’t need a Nin-Beast before the next internal battle. He received his Nin-Beast Egg even later than Shisui, and Shisui hadn’t hatched his Nin-Beast yet, so he could only expect to hatch his even later.

Even if it hatched before the internal battle, a newborn Nin-Beast wouldn’t have combat power and couldn’t be used in battle.

So, although Obito was eager for his Nin-Beast Egg to hatch, he also knew that now was not the time to be anxious about it.

At this moment, Kakashi and Rockruff happened to run past Obito and Rin. Hearing someone speak ill of him, Rockruff instantly became angry and headbutted Obito.

Because he was talking with Rin Nohara and hadn’t expected Rockruff to be so sharp-eared and vengeful, Obito didn’t notice the attacking Rockruff in time and was knocked to the ground.

“Woof!”

After knocking Obito down, Rockruff proudly raised its dog head and then dashed back towards Kakashi.

“Kakashi, your dog is really a dog!” Obito’s face flushed, unable to hold back.

Obito almost wanted to enter Flame Breathing Chakra Mode and fight Manewra to the death.

Rin Nohara covered her mouth, stifling a laugh, and patted the dust off Obito as he got up, comforting him:

“Little Rockruff was just born recently; it doesn’t understand things yet. Don’t be angry, Obito.”

Hearing Rin Nohara speak up for Rockruff, Obito’s face turned even redder, and in the void, it seemed to scream ‘Warning’.

Because it gave him the illusion that his position in Rin Nohara’s heart was even lower than that white-furred dog.

“It’s a dog, so of course it’s very dog-like,” Kakashi’s lips curled slightly as he replied while running.

“Woof!” Rockruff barked happily.

Watching the man and dog disappear into the distance, Obito was so furious his teeth ached, wishing that the man and dog would step into a trap and fall into a big pit the next moment.

“You inherently evil white-furred puppy, when my Nin-Beast Egg hatches, I’ll definitely show you!” Obito couldn’t help but touch his unhatched Nin-Beast Egg.

Now Obito truly couldn’t wait another moment; he wished he could fast-forward to the day his Nin-Beast Egg hatched.

“Teacher Chen, is there any way to make this egg hatch faster?” Finally, Obito sought out Muzuki.

He felt that the omnipotent Muzuki Immortal should have a way, after all, Muzuki Immortal was omnipotent!

“Keeping it with you more should make it faster,” Muzuki thought for a moment and replied.

The Pokémon Eggs Obito and the others received were bound to them; only they could hatch them. If they were left with Muzuki, there would be no change at all.

“Will that really work? I see Guy carrying his egg with him every day during training, and it hasn’t hatched yet,” Obito said, glancing at Might Guy, who was doing one-handed push-ups while holding an egg.

No sooner had Obito finished speaking than a fierce white light enveloped Might Guy.

Obito:…

Seeing the same special effect as when Rockruff was born, Obito was dumbfounded.

“What’s going on? Am I turning into Kakashi?” Obito was utterly confused.

In his impression, only Kakashi would act like this.

“It must be Kakashi who infected me! Damn Kakashi!” Obito mentally added another point against Kakashi.

“But what kind of Nin-Beast will Guy’s be?”

Obito’s eyes were fixed on the white light, but he still couldn’t see through the dense white light to the Pokemon hatching within.

The sudden change also caused Might Guy to stop training, quietly maintaining his egg-holding pose, waiting for the white light to disappear.

And Kakashi, noticing this anomaly while running, quickly dashed over and watched silently.

“There’s white light too. Could it be that the Nin-Beast Eggs Teacher Chen prepared for us actually came from a certain Nin-Beast group?” Kakashi thought as he looked at the mysterious white light.

After Kakashi returned to Konoha, he consulted many ancient texts in the library, but found nothing.

Kakashi found no mention of egg-laying dogs, nor any Nin-Beasts similar to Rockruff.

However, Kakashi felt that Muzuki would definitely not harm them. These Nin-Beasts must have existed in some hidden place that had never appeared in the world, which is why there was no information about them.

Finally, the white light dissipated, and a black-blue puppy appeared before everyone.

“Another egg-laying dog. Does that mean all Nin-Beast Eggs are canines?” Kakashi looked at Riolu, a thoughtful expression on his face.

He guessed that Muzuki might have accidentally found the habitat of a hidden canine Nin-Beast group, which is how he obtained these Nin-Beast Eggs.

“It looks even weaker than Kakashi’s dog,” Obito muttered to himself, looking at the somewhat thin, blue-black puppy.

The newly hatched Riolu was really small and thin. Obito felt that if he flicked it with one finger, it might faint.

“I hope they’re not all dogs. I hope my dog is big and mighty,” Obito prayed, holding his Nin-Beast Egg in his arms.

He didn’t really like thin dogs like Riolu. If he had a choice, he’d prefer the stronger, more handsome kind.

He didn’t know if it was his imagination, but Obito felt Riolu gave him a displeased look.

“Haha, it looks like it has great potential for effort!” Might Guy lifted Riolu, showing a wide, toothy grin.

Might Guy wasn’t displeased by Riolu’s small size, because Might Guy himself wasn’t strong once; he grew stronger through daily training.

In fact, no matter what Nin-Beast hatched, Might Guy would not dislike it, because no matter how weak the Nin-Beast was at first, Might Guy would always train with it and grow stronger together.

Riolu felt the pure emotion emanating from Might Guy, and its red eyes sparkled.

“Riolu,” Riolu barked happily.

It wanted to train and grow stronger with Might Guy.

“Riolu, it’s quite suitable for Guy,” Muzuki thought, recalling Riolu and Lucario’s abilities.

Lucario not only has Aura, which can serve as a Perception Ninjutsu, but also many powerful offensive abilities. Most importantly, Lucario also has healing abilities.

Healing abilities are very important for Might Guy, because Might Guy generally doesn’t team up with Rin Nohara and the others. Might Guy usually teams up with Ebisu and the others, and Teacher Chen’s team doesn’t have a medical Ninja.

PS: There’s one more chapter coming later, it will be quite late. Also, I’m soliciting names for Riolu.