Chapter 53: Give and Take Between Friends (Please Read)

On Thursday noon, Tanimura Toshihiro approached Muzuki.

“Teacher Habsheng, the students of Class 1, Grade 1 are truly outrageous; they’re practically preventing me from teaching normally!” Tanimura Toshihiro complained.

He admitted that he had underestimated the students of Class 1, Grade 1 when he previously said he didn’t care.

Yesterday, an entire afternoon of teaching had left him numb; all he wanted was for school to end early.

He didn’t have a class with Class 1, Grade 1 on Thursday, but he did on Friday morning.

To prevent the tragic experience of Wednesday afternoon from repeating on Friday, Tanimura Toshihiro found Muzuki in advance, hoping to leverage Muzuki’s influence among the students to help him out.

“Sigh, these children, they clearly promised me,” Muzuki sighed, feeling indignant for Tanimura Toshihiro.

“Tanimura Teacher, don’t worry, this afternoon I will definitely talk to them and tell them not to go against you.”

Hearing Muzuki’s words, Tanimura Toshihiro relaxed slightly, but still somewhat uneasy, he said:

“Teacher Habsheng, could you drop by when I’m teaching on Friday? I’m afraid they won’t listen to you again.”

If his classes with Class 1, Grade 1 for the entire year were as tormenting as Wednesday’s, he didn’t know if he could last until bonus time.

Being rejected by one or two students could be ignored, but an entire class rejecting him was truly unbearable.

“No problem,” Muzuki nodded, agreeing.

“With your assurance, Teacher Habsheng, I feel at ease,” Tanimura Toshihiro said with a grateful smile.

After finishing his business, Tanimura Toshihiro turned and returned to his office.

Muzuki watched Tanimura Toshihiro’s retreating back, thinking that Tanimura Toshihiro had taught for three years in vain; he truly couldn’t grasp the students’ psychology at all.

By asking Muzuki to forcibly suppress the students like this, the students wouldn’t dislike Muzuki; they would only dislike Tanimura Toshihiro even more.

Because from the students’ perspective, Muzuki was helping a weak colleague, which was fine and could even be said to be very generous.

However, Tanimura Toshihiro was weak without realizing it, completely lacking self-awareness, and even tried to use the homeroom teacher to suppress them.

Muzuki thought carefully and realized he might have misunderstood Tanimura Toshihiro.

Because this was Ninja Academy, the situation was different from his previous life; if it weren’t for Class 1, Grade 1’s excellent grades, Tanimura Toshihiro wouldn’t have fallen to such a state.

Shaking his head, Muzuki stopped thinking about these irrelevant matters and walked towards his office.

Since Tanimura Toshihiro requested it, what could he do? Refuse and be called petty? No, of course, he would agree and follow through, after all, he was the universally recognized perfect colleague, Hayate Mugetsu.

Muzuki returned to the office and continued practicing calligraphy.

“Hey, Muzuki Teacher, you’ve changed your brush,” Ueda Aya noticed that the brush Muzuki was holding wasn’t the previous one.

“Yes, a student gave it to me,” Muzuki smiled and nodded.

“That’s great! I’ve taught for several years and never received a gift from a student,” Ueda Aya said enviously.

Ikeya Yu heard Ueda Aya’s words and thought he had finally found an opportunity to attack, saying:

“Ueda, you should consider what level of teaching Muzuki Teacher has and how popular he is among students. Comparing yourself to him is a bit lacking in self-awareness.”

Ueda Aya was momentarily speechless; lies don’t hurt, but the truth is a sharp knife.

Seeing Ueda Aya’s depressed look, Ikeya Yu instantly felt a surge of satisfaction.

“It should be that Ueda Teacher’s students are all quite introverted; they want to give but don’t dare to,” Muzuki said.

“Muzuki Teacher, you really know what to say,” Ueda Aya smiled. Although she knew it was words of comfort, who doesn’t like kind words?

Kimura Sugito looked at this scene and felt that Ikeya Yu’s perpetual single status made sense.

When it was almost time for class, Muzuki left the office and arrived at the classroom.

He didn’t rush to start the lesson but first resolved the matter Tanimura Toshihiro had entrusted to him.

“Didn’t I tell you not to speak ill of Tanimura Teacher to his face, and even more so, not to interrupt Tanimura Teacher during class?” Muzuki said with a pained expression.

“Muzuki Teacher, did Medical Ninja complain to you?” Kotetsu Hagane was somewhat speechless; it was the first time he had heard of a teacher complaining about students, and exaggerating things.

“We didn’t interrupt him while he was teaching; we only advised him after he stopped,” Izumo Kamizuki felt they were being wronged.

How did they interrupt the class? Although his teaching was indeed not good, no one spoke out to criticize Tanimura Toshihiro while he was teaching; everyone was seriously watching and learning, and they completed their training diligently.

Everyone wanted to get good grades in the final practical assessment, so they certainly wouldn’t resist training.

“You absolutely must not interrupt Tanimura Teacher during class, nor should you speak ill of him,” Muzuki instructed, not directly answering Kotetsu Hagane’s question.

The effect he wanted to achieve was that he wouldn’t say Tanimura Toshihiro complained, but everyone would know that Tanimura Toshihiro was the reason for Muzuki’s lecture.

“We understand,” the students nodded one after another, as for what they would do when the time came, that remained to be seen.

Muzuki nodded, smiled, and then began his lecture.

【Lecture Completed】

【Evaluation: A】

【Reward: Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet】

After school, Muzuki routinely trained his disciples, and in the evening, he returned to his home in the Main urban area.

This time, Muzuki wasn’t being treated to a meal; it was Muzuki’s turn to freeload a meal at Minato’s house.

“We’ve eaten at your place so many times, it feels a bit awkward. Today, Muzuki, you take a day off and try our cooking,” Minato said, then brought Muzuki to his house.

Minato and Kushina worked together, each making two dishes.

Minato and Kushina asked Muzuki to taste them first. Muzuki originally wanted to say they should eat together, but seeing their expectant gazes, he knew what to do next.

Muzuki first tasted a bite of the grilled fish Minato made.

Honestly, this grilled fish was not the same as the grilled fish in Muzuki’s impression; it wasn’t even a whole fish, just palm-sized pieces of fish meat, marinated, sprinkled with a little salt, and grilled directly.

“It perfectly preserves the original flavor of the food; it’s very delicious,” Muzuki praised.

However, Muzuki didn’t just praise without criticism; he also pointed out some shortcomings, such as not grasping the grilling time well.

For the next four dishes, Muzuki gave similar evaluations, though for some dishes, he praised more and mentioned fewer shortcomings, while for others, he mentioned more shortcomings and praised less.

“Hehe, our homemade dishes aren’t bad, right?” Kushina said with a happy smile.

Kushina was very happy that her homemade dishes received approval from a cooking master like Muzuki.

“Minato and I are already practicing making braised pork with preserved vegetables; you must come and try it then, Muzuki,” Kushina said.

Muzuki smiled and nodded, playfully stating that he absolutely had to try it to check the learning progress of his two students.

Next, they ate and chatted.

Minato also told Muzuki that he had recently heard other Jonin discussing Muzuki, saying that their children complained that he didn’t teach as well as the Chunin teachers at the school.

Speaking of this topic, Kushina affirmed Muzuki’s teaching level. Although she hadn’t seen what Muzuki was like teaching at Ninja Academy, she had seen Muzuki explain how to cook.

At this point, Muzuki didn’t act overly modest but instead praised Minato and Kushina, saying that if Minato became a teacher, he would definitely be a popular and good teacher, and Kushina also…

In such a pleasant atmosphere, everyone enjoyed the dinner and achieved their respective goals.

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