Chapter 510 Pokémon Evolution

Land of Rain.

Near the Ninzong Base.

Today was the second day of the unlimited lecture.

None of the Ninja who attended the first day’s class chose to leave; all chose to stay and continue the class.

Whether it was the lowest-level rogue Ninja or well-known powerhouses in the Ninja World like Kitsuchi and Pakura, they all made the same choice.

Nothing else, the second day’s course was too enticing, containing content on Yin Release and Yang Release Chakra Nature Transformation.

Yin and Yang Chakra Nature Transformation are different from the Five Element Nature Transformation; Yin and Yang Nature are more special. Most of the secret Ninjutsu in the Ninja World are related to Yin Release or Yang Release, which sufficiently proves their uniqueness.

Muzuki’s Yin and Yang Chakra Nature Transformation proficiency was not as high compared to his other Chakra Nature Transformation. His Yang Release was at the master level with just over 4,000 proficiency, and his Yin Release was a bit less, only around 3,000 points at the master level.

But this was compared to himself. In reality, based on the Ninja Muzuki had appraised, his Yin and Yang Chakra Nature Transformation proficiency had already surpassed most Ninja in the Ninja World.

Even the Ino–Shika–Chō, who specialized in family secret Ninjutsu, did not have higher Yin and Yang Chakra Nature Transformation proficiency than him now.

With his level, and the boost from teaching, and no high-level Yin Release or Yang Release masters present, it was enough to complete a course that satisfied everyone.

“Yesterday, we talked about how Wind Release can make our Chakra as sharp as a blade. So, the direction for improving Wind Release is actually very simple: continuously make your Chakra thinner. A thinner blade will be sharper because the force is concentrated at one point, which can exert stronger pressure on the object being cut.”

Although he knew everyone was looking forward to Yin and Yang Chakra attributes, Muzuki still followed the plan and first lectured on Wind Release. After all, even though Wind Release Ninja were few, they were still people.

Muzuki demonstrated as he spoke. He first shredded paper, then wood, then stones, and finally, Muzuki used Wind Release Chakra to cut through a solid iron block.

It seemed that in front of Muzuki’s powerful Wind Release, there was nothing that couldn’t be cut.

Compared to Yin and Yang Chakra Nature Transformation, Muzuki’s Wind Release Chakra Nature Transformation proficiency was much higher, already nearing 9,000 proficiency at the master level.

The few Wind Release Ninja below listened intently to Muzuki’s explanation.

Wind Release Ninja are already rare, and powerful Wind Release Ninja are even rarer. It was truly difficult to have the opportunity to hear such a powerful Ninja as Muzuki lecture.

This was true even for the Hidden Sand Village Ninja, who had the most Wind Release Ninja.

A Hidden Sand Genin wanted to ask his Jonin teacher about the level of Muzuki’s Wind Release, but seeing his teacher taking notes, he shut up and also took out his small notebook.

After about an hour and a bit, Muzuki finished his explanation of Wind Release Chakra Nature Transformation and began to explain the Yin and Yang Chakra Nature Transformation that all Ninja were looking forward to.

“Creating form from nothing is Yin, bestowing life upon form is Yang!” Muzuki stated the essence of Yin Release and Yang Release.

“Therefore, most secret Ninjutsu related to the spirit are Yin Release, and secret Ninjutsu related to the body are Yang Release.”

Muzuki’s two sentences made all Ninja understand the essence and manifestation of Yin Release and Yang Release.

Of course, this alone wouldn’t achieve S-rank course quality. Muzuki then used his understanding to describe various Yin Release secret Ninjutsu, such as controlling shadows, creating illusions, or connecting minds.

The A-rank evaluation reward for the intermediate course was various secret Ninjutsu, and Muzuki had also brushed up on some at the time, gaining understanding in this area.

“He really masters seven Chakra attributes. Could he have some Ninjutsu that keeps him looking young?” Hanzo was greatly shocked.

Muzuki’s detailed explanation clearly showed that he truly had knowledge, possibly mastering many Yin Release and Yang Release Ninjutsu and secret Ninjutsu, which made Hanzo suspicious of Muzuki.

He felt that Muzuki might have some special secret Ninjutsu to maintain his appearance and was not as young as he seemed, possibly being about the same age as him.

Even Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage, who was famously known as the Professor of Ninjutsu, wasn’t this exaggerated. Hiruzen Sarutobi only mastered Ninjutsu of the five Chakra attributes.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was already an incredibly rare Ninjutsu genius in the Ninja World. Even if Muzuki could surpass him, it shouldn’t be too outrageous.

Even Hanzo was so surprised, let alone other Ninja. During the lunch break, they all wrote letters urging their friends to come listen to the class if they had nothing to do, as they might not get another chance if they missed it.

After the afternoon class ended, the rewards were settled again.

【Completed a high-level lecture】

【Evaluation: S】

【Reward: Chakra Nature Transformation insight, Yin Release Chakra Nature Transformation +60, Yang Release Chakra Nature Transformation +55, Wind Release…】

Along with the information, various insights into Chakra Nature Transformation emerged in Muzuki’s mind. Besides single Nature Transformation, he also gained new insights into fusion Chakra Nature Transformation like Wood Release and Ice Release.

Muzuki glanced at the proficiency of all his Chakra Nature Transformation.

【Fire Release Chakra Nature Transformation (Perfect level: 621 / 80000), Water Release Chakra Nature Transformation (Master level: 10600 / 15000), Wind Release Chakra Nature Transformation (Master level: 8960), Lightning Release Chakra Nature Transformation (Master level: 7000), Earth Release Chakra Nature Transformation (Master level: 6400), Yang Release…】

After the perfect level, proficiency increased very slowly. Even though Muzuki had obtained perfect level Fire Release Chakra Nature Transformation for quite some time, the proficiency was still not very impressive.

Muzuki seriously suspected that the Six Paths Sage might only have perfect level Chakra Nature Transformation, not above perfect.

It was so difficult for him to improve even with the system; the difficulty of advancement was truly outrageous.

Moreover, Muzuki could feel that perfect level Fire Release Chakra Nature Transformation was very strong. If his other attributes also reached perfect level, he could most likely directly create Truth-Seeking Orb by hand.

Truth-Seeking Orb was already a product of the Six Paths level. Muzuki found it hard to imagine what above perfect level would be like. One should know that even in the god-level Fourth Shinobi World War, Truth-Seeking Orb was considered a powerful means.

“Tomorrow’s entire day of class will be about Ninjutsu, not Ninjutsu of a specific attribute. I will dissect the essence of Ninjutsu and explain it.”

Hanzo, who was preparing to return to Amegakure, hesitated. This sounded no worse than Yin and Yang Nature, and might even be better for improving strength.

“I’ll listen for one more day tomorrow, then return to the Village the day after. There’s nothing urgent to deal with anyway,” Hanzo thought to himself.

Thus, all the Ninja attending the lecture chose to stay. And because Muzuki’s lectures spread, other Ninja who were not interested also rushed to the Land of Rain, making the area around the Ninzong Base even livelier.

“Sōsuke, you’re really wasteful. You should charge them tuition fees. Ninja are all very rich! If you charge a thousand ryo per person per day, you can easily earn a million ryo a day,” Kakuzu said, disappointed.

For a normal Ninja, a thousand ryo was nothing. It could easily be spent just replenishing Ninja tools.

It was just that Kakuzu didn’t have Muzuki’s teaching ability. If it were Kakuzu, he would definitely charge at least ten thousand per person, easily earning tens of millions of ryo a day, which was much faster than what he earned as a bounty hunter.

“And then we provide food and lodging, and the price can be raised even higher. This is all money!” Kakuzu seemed to see countless adorable banknotes burning into nothingness before his eyes.

Muzuki smiled faintly and said nothing.

Although Ninja were rich, once there was a threshold, it would stop a group of people. For Muzuki, who wanted to hit the lecture reward, a threshold was undoubtedly an obstacle.

“Leader Kakuzu, although we didn’t earn money, Teacher Sōsuke’s lecture earned us a lot of prestige for our Shinobi Sect. Pakura, the hero of Sunagakure, respects Teacher Sōsuke very much, and I even saw a Sunagakure Jonin diligently taking notes in Teacher Sōsuke’s class.

These are the hidden assets of our Shinobi Sect. When we reach the East, our Shinobi Sect will have much less trouble,” Nagato said seriously.

He believed that Muzuki’s actions must have significance, and after careful thought, he realized that Muzuki was actually playing a big game.

“I understand the reasoning, but do you know, the Shinobi Sect is running out of money?” Kakuzu sighed.

Although the Shinobi Sect’s current status was equivalent to another Amegakure, the Daimyo was not foolish and would not pay double. So, the Shinobi Sect only had official status but no financial support from the Rain Country Daimyo.

The Shinobi Sect was already not wealthy, and in the past two months, they had been conducting full-time special training, which directly exhausted their already limited funds. Kakuzu even paid a little out of his own pocket.

Nagato was bewildered. He had never managed money and rarely considered this aspect.

However, Nagato still knew this was a very serious problem, because Nagato had gone through a period of wandering, and that wandering life made Nagato realize the importance of money.

“Although I can still hold on for a while with my savings, going to the East will incur various expenses. As a Ninja Organization whose goal is world peace, this state is very unhealthy,” Kakuzu said directly.

He didn’t mind spending money, but from the perspective of the Shinobi Sect’s development, this could easily lead to problems.

“Hiss, earning money is so hard,” Yahiko wanted to suggest that the Shinobi Sect Ninja take on missions, but immediately rejected his own idea.

Although taking on missions was the mainstream way for Ninja in the current Ninja World to earn money, the Shinobi Sect was going to the East to do things. At most, only a portion of Ninja could take on entrusted missions, and as a new force, it would be difficult for them to receive high-paying, quality missions.

Yahiko was also someone who had been the leader of a Ninja Organization and knew the difficulty of entrusted missions. For example, his Akatsuki Organization barely earned enough to maintain daily operations. If it weren’t for the members working for love, it would be difficult to continue.

“As for money, I can subsidize some personally,” Muzuki thought for a moment and replied.

He had completed many high-level missions in Konoha, and he didn’t spend much money normally, so he had some savings.

“And I have an idea that can earn money and benefit the development of the Land of Rain.”

Kakuzu showed an interested expression. Although Muzuki’s performance had always been pragmatic and he didn’t boast, this time was different. Muzuki couldn’t possibly be better at making money than him, could he?

“I’ll use my Ninjutsu as a reward and hold a competition for young Ninja. The top three will all receive Ninjutsu as rewards, with the first place prize being Fire Dragon Dance. Then we’ll collect entry fees, ticket fees, and rent from resident merchants. Do you think we can make money?” Muzuki asked, looking at him.

Kakuzu followed Muzuki’s line of thought and realized that it really could make money, and could even, to some extent, demonstrate the overall strength of the Shinobi Sect and attract high-quality commissions.

Moreover, because it was a young Ninja competition, the grand prize for first place would definitely not be taken away, because they had Nagato. Kakuzu didn’t believe that other Ninja Villages had younger Ninja stronger than Nagato.

“You didn’t think of this early on, did you?” Kakuzu couldn’t help but ask.

The more he thought about it, the more he realized that Muzuki’s actions were actually connected in a line. First, the unlimited lecture expanded his reputation and prestige, and then greater prestige would make the competition held by Muzuki more attractive.

Muzuki smiled but said nothing. He had memories from another world. Although most of them were useless memories, some could be used for reference.

It was just that the current Ninja World’s communication technology was not yet developed, otherwise Muzuki could also sell broadcasting rights for television.

“At that time, seats can also be priced differently based on their quality. Those Daimyo and nobles like to sit in the front row, close to the action, so sell those for more,” Kakuzu had already begun to brainstorm how to earn more.

He didn’t even need to think to know that this competition would definitely cause a huge stir in the Ninja World, and countless people would participate. After all, yesterday, thousands of Ninja personally witnessed Muzuki instantly kill Pakura with Fire Dragon Dance.

Kakuzu put himself in their shoes. If he weren’t a Shinobi Sect member, but a bounty hunter, he would even disguise himself as a youth to participate.

Even if he couldn’t learn this incredibly powerful Fire Release, he could sell it for a high price once he got his hands on it.

…

Even though Fire Dragon was quite satisfied with his body, Obito still took Fire Dragon to exercise and lose his belly fat.

And Obito discovered a perfect training method.

That was to hypnotize Fire Dragon with his Sharingan.

When Fire Dragon was about to complete his daily training, Obito would use his Three-Tomoe Sharingan to hypnotize Fire Dragon, making him feel like he still had one-third of his training left.

This way, Fire Dragon felt like it was still the original training amount, but he was actually exercising more, a win-win!

Of course, no matter how he thought about it, his body was still tired. Fire Dragon even felt that his body was getting weaker, and he was unbelievably tired every day.

“Fire Dragon, Fire Dragon,” Fire Dragon complained to the translator with a sad face.

He didn’t know if he was fat or had eaten too much, but it made him so tired.

“You’ve been cultivating for so long, you must be tired. You’ll probably get used to it,” Zorua comforted him.

“Fire Dragon?” Fire Dragon looked at Zorua in confusion. His training time was the same as before.

“How could it not have changed? I feel like you’re catching up to Riolu,” Zorua grumbled.

“You should rest more. If you’re so diligent, Shisui might think I’m lazy.”

Zorua hoped Fire Dragon could return to his previous state.

Fire Dragon’s eyes widened as a flash of lightning went through his mind. This… this wasn’t right.

Fire Dragon took Zorua to confront Obito and ask what was going on.

“It’s Zorua, you must have felt wrong. It’s always been this training amount,” Obito tried to shift the blame to Zorua.

“Is that so? Then I’ll go ask Manewra,” Zorua prepared to find Manewra, who was at odds with Obito, to be a witness.

Obito’s forehead secreted fine sweat. If the matter escalated, he didn’t know how Rin Nohara would view it.

Although he was generally doing it for Fire Dragon’s good, hypnotizing him for extra training was indeed a bit inhumane.

Obito only thought about returning to normal training after helping Fire Dragon lose weight.

“Alright, to help you lose weight, I actually hypnotized you with my Sharingan. Your recent training volume is one-third more than usual,” Obito, wanting to resolve the matter quickly, revealed his modus operandi, hoping Fire Dragon would understand his painstaking efforts.

Zorua looked at Obito with surprise, then with awe. Compared to Obito, his pranks seemed a bit petty.

Fire Dragon’s pupils suddenly contracted, looking at Obito in disbelief. There was actually such an evil person in the world.

A surge of anger rushed to Fire Dragon’s head. Unwillingness and fury stimulated the power in his body.

“Awooo!”

Fire Dragon let out a roar, and a white light even more dazzling than when he hatched burst from his body.

This sudden burst of fierce, dazzling white light attracted the attention of all the disciples in the South Border Forest, who all looked towards Obito’s direction.

“Haven’t all the Nin-Beast Eggs finished hatching? Why is there still white light?” Kakashi was a bit confused.

Although a new disciple had been added, he didn’t remember Muzuki giving Yamato a Nin-Beast Egg, and Yamato hadn’t taken one out either.

“Obito, what happened?” Rin Nohara walked to Obito’s side and asked curiously.

“Ah, haha…” Obito gave an awkward laugh, his mind racing to think of a countermeasure.

Obito was also bewildered now. It couldn’t be that Fire Dragon was so angry that he turned back into an egg.

“What is that?” Yamato scratched his head, unable to understand the current situation.

He came too late and hadn’t seen the Pokémon Egg hatching scene.

Before Obito could think of an excuse, all the disciples in the South Border Forest walked to Obito’s side, staring at the white light.

PS: There will be another chapter later, time is not fixed.

My state has been very confused recently. When I think of side stories and subsequent plot, ideas flow like a spring, but the current plot and necessary transitions are incredibly stuck.