Chapter 588: Teaching Observation Haki

“Barring any unforeseen circumstances, I should be able to stay in Konoha for a while, and during this time, I’ll be training you all,” Minato Namikaze said with a slight cough.

Embarrassed or not, he still wanted to fulfill his responsibility as an instructor in his free time.

Obito and the others were Minato Namikaze’s only three disciples; being too busy with the war to look after them was unavoidable, but if he had free time and still didn’t shoulder his responsibilities, then he wouldn’t be Minato Namikaze.

Then, Minato Namikaze led the three to the side.

Since Obito and the others had learned most of their abilities from Muzuki, Minato Namikaze didn’t need to give too much guidance in Ninjutsu.

Moreover, unlike Muzuki, who had a meticulous training plan, Minato Namikaze hadn’t trained Obito and the others for quite some time.

In this situation, Minato Namikaze believed the most effective training was actual combat.

Combat training was a universal form of training, conducted by Ninja from Genin to Jonin.

“Fighting Minato-sensei, huh?” Obito couldn’t help but scratch his head, thinking of Minato Namikaze’s Flying Thunder God Technique.

He really wanted to learn this Ninjutsu, but he didn’t want his opponent to know it; it was simply too troublesome.

No matter how powerful his Azure Flame and Kakashi’s No Thought Strike were, they were meaningless if they couldn’t hit anyone.

Kakashi remained calm; only challenging training was meaningful. If their opponents were easy to defeat, it wouldn’t be training.

Rin Nohara showed a thoughtful expression, quickly analyzing all of Minato’s abilities in her mind.

“Are you ready? If so, let me know in advance,” Minato Namikaze said with a smile.

Kakashi nodded, Rin Nohara also nodded, and Obito, seeing this, also indicated he had no problem.

“Then, begin!”

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!

As soon as Minato Namikaze finished speaking, he immediately pulled several Flying Thunder God Kunai from his Ninja tool pouch and flung them at the group.

“Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!”

Obito swiftly formed hand signs and exhaled thick flames, forming a giant fireball.

Boom!

The explosion of the fireball deflected the incoming Flying Thunder God Kunai.

Obito didn’t have a great way to deal with Flying Thunder God, so he could only try his best to prevent the Flying Thunder God Kunai from getting close to him.

“Summoning Technique!”

“Summoning Technique!”

Kakashi and Rin Nohara both performed the Summoning Technique, summoning their respective Pokémon.

Nin-Beasts were also a part of their strength, so there was no reason not to use them.

“Awooo!”

As soon as Rockruff appeared, it immediately howled, its eyes locking onto Minato Namikaze, who stood opposite Kakashi and the others, and quickly gathered Chakra.

Milotic, on the other hand, shielded Rin Nohara behind her, activating Chakra to use Aqua Ring, creating a layer of healing water around her body.

‘Rock Slide!’

Rockruff performed Earth Release Chakra Nature Transformation on the large amount of Chakra it had gathered, creating a giant rock that it hurled towards Minato Namikaze.

“Lightning Release: False Darkness!”

Kakashi concentrated his Breathing Technique, enhancing Lightning Release Chakra Nature Transformation, gathering a large amount of Chakra to use Lightning Release, and exhaling a wide swath of sharp lightning.

Whoosh!

Minato Namikaze had no intention of taking the attack head-on and immediately used the Flying Thunder God Technique to flash away.

“Summoning Technique!”

While Minato Namikaze wasn’t attacking, Obito also summoned Charizard.

“Roar!”

Seeing Milotic not far away, Charizard let out an excited cry, even the thought of giving Obito his first flame of the new day weakened significantly.

Noticing the atmosphere on the field, Charizard became even more excited; this was a chance to fight alongside his goddess.

Without another word, Charizard flew into the sky, gathering Chakra and unleashing One by one wind blades at Minato Namikaze.

After using his Nin-Beast, Obito activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan to enhance his observational abilities.

When fighting Minato Namikaze, the power of Ninjutsu was secondary; being able to hit Minato Namikaze was the main point.

Obito, the three of them, and their Nin-Beasts all attacked with their Ninjutsu at full power, and for a time, the booming sounds were incessant, and their Training Ground quickly became a mess.

“These are all very good Nin-Beasts,” Minato Namikaze thought to himself.

Obito and the others had also summoned Nin-Beasts on the battlefield, but at that time, Minato Namikaze had a difficult mission, and the total number of people on the battlefield exceeded three thousand, making it too chaotic, so he hadn’t paid attention to the performance of Obito’s Nin-Beasts.

Now, fighting Kakashi and the others, Minato Namikaze realized that Obito’s Nin-Beasts were all uncommonly strong, and Rin Nohara’s Nin-Beast was even stronger than Rin Nohara herself.

“In that case, I’ll have to be more serious,” Minato Namikaze formed hand signs and created two Shadow Clones.

Combat training was still training; Minato Namikaze couldn’t really go all out, as Kakashi and the others wouldn’t stand a chance, only getting beaten, which wouldn’t achieve the training effect.

The purpose of combat training was to strengthen combat abilities, practice dealing with different Ninja, and gain combat experience.

If the gap was too large and the battle was one-sided, it would be difficult to be effective.

When Minato Namikaze used more of his strength, Kakashi and the others immediately felt the pressure.

This was because Minato Namikaze’s Shadow Clones could also use the Flying Thunder God Technique, just at a slower speed than the original body.

The embarrassing part was that even the slower Shadow Clones were difficult for Kakashi, the fastest among Obito’s three, to catch up with.

After several exchanges, Milotic accidentally got a Flying Thunder God Technique mark on her.

The next moment, Minato Namikaze’s original body, holding a Rasengan, flew in, knocking Milotic away and throwing out a Flying Thunder God Kunai.

When Rin Nohara reacted to attack Minato Namikaze, Minato Namikaze used the thrown Kunai to switch positions again, knocking Rin Nohara down with a violent elbow strike.

Due to it being training, Obito wasn’t too flustered, he just immediately entered Flame Breathing Chakra Mode.

In fact, with his current Chakra, Flame Breathing Chakra Mode wouldn’t last long.

Because Obito had activated his Sharingan shortly after the battle began and had used many Ninjutsu, consuming a considerable amount of Chakra.

But Obito really had no other choice, so he decided to take a gamble.

Half a minute later, Obito, injured in the back, fell to the ground.

A few minutes later, all three of them and their three Pokémon were lying on the ground, panting heavily.

“It really didn’t work, the Flying Thunder God Technique is impossible to defend against,” Obito couldn’t help but complain.

He hadn’t expected to succeed from the start, after all, their opponent was their instructor, a young powerhouse with a great reputation throughout the Ninja World.

However, being defeated so cleanly and decisively left Obito a little unwilling.

“Once I learn the Flying Thunder God Technique, Kakashi will be defeated by me like this!” The optimistic Obito quickly comforted himself.

Muzuki had said he would teach him Flying Thunder God, but not now, he needed to grow a bit more.

Obito felt that with Muzuki teaching him, he should definitely be able to learn it.

“My Chakra is still not enough,” Kakashi sighed inwardly.

If he had enough Chakra, he definitely wouldn’t have been so disheveled just now.

The Chakra limitation forced him to make choices; during battle, he could only use some Ninjutsu, otherwise, he wouldn’t even be able to activate Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

“You’ve already done very well. When I was your age, I wasn’t as good as you,” Minato Namikaze said with a smile, wiping the fine sweat from his forehead, praising them.

Minato Namikaze said without exaggeration that the current Obito and Kakashi had already surpassed most of Konoha’s Jonin.

Even Rin Nohara, whose combat power was slightly weaker, was considered one of the stronger Jonin in Konoha in terms of overall ability.

At this moment, Minato Namikaze’s feelings were truly complex.

His disciples were so outstanding, and he was naturally happy for Obito and the others, as he was very fond of them.

But Minato Namikaze knew that their excellence was not due to him as their instructor, but to Muzuki’s efforts.

So Minato Namikaze wondered, if he hadn’t been separated from Obito and the others for so long due to the war, would they not be as outstanding as they were now?

Because his teaching ability was inferior to Muzuki’s.

This led Minato Namikaze to feel a bit lost; how did not fulfilling his duties turn out to be a good thing?

“Hehe, I think it’s because the toad uncle isn’t as good at teaching as Muzuki-sensei, and couldn’t unearth all of Minato-sensei’s talents,” Obito replied with a smirk, clearly pleased.

Minato Namikaze said nothing.

Although he felt a little sorry for Jiraiya, Obito’s words were actually quite accurate.

However, Minato Namikaze felt that comparing anyone’s teaching ability to Muzuki’s would only yield one result: Muzuki’s teaching ability was too outrageous… After the final list for the Kenbunshoku Haki special training class was confirmed, all procedures were quickly completed, and the class officially began.

The final special training roster, including Minato Namikaze, totaled twenty-seven people, seven more than the initial twenty.

Among them were Ninja from Root, Ninja from certain Ninja clans, or relatives of Advisor elders.

Currently, Muzuki had appraised not all, but most of Konoha’s living, registered Ninja.

Relying on his excellent memory, Muzuki was very familiar with these Ninja participating in the special training, although it was only Muzuki who was unilaterally familiar with them.

The Kenbunshoku Haki special training was different from previous special trainings; there were only three hours of lessons per day, and all were in the morning.

It wasn’t that Muzuki was unwilling to teach for a longer time, but rather that the nature of the special training was different.

In previous special trainings, even when teaching Breathing Technique to Root and Anbu, it wasn’t just about practicing Breathing Technique; there was a lot of other content, and the core purpose was to improve strength.

But this special training was different; this time, the goal was for those sensory Ninja to learn Kenbunshoku Haki.

The three-hour study period was the optimal teaching time derived by Muzuki after calculations; any longer, and the effect would be much weaker.

Since Minato also had to attend class, on the first day, Muzuki and Minato walked to the Training Ground together.

“Lord Mu Yue, Lord Minato,” some sensory Ninja who arrived early greeted the two of them.

Younger sensory Ninja would address them as ‘Lord,’ while some older, experienced Jonin would change ‘Lord’ to ‘Jonin.’

Muzuki and Minato Namikaze both responded with smiles.

Immediately after, Minato Namikaze walked into the ranks of the sensory Ninja; he was also there to attend class and learn, and couldn’t always stand next to the teacher.

“The sensory Ninjutsu I will teach you is called Kenbunshoku Haki. When learning this sensory Ninjutsu, you can forget the experience of learning sensory Ninjutsu in the past, because there are significant differences between the two,” Muzuki began his formal lecture after everyone had arrived.

Even when Kenbunshoku Haki was localized into a sensory Ninjutsu, its training methods were vastly different from the sensory Ninjutsu of the Ninja World.

Everyone nodded, taking note of Muzuki’s words.

Before coming to class, they had all received reminders from different people, understanding that this special training was very important, and learning Kenbunshoku Haki could even be considered their mission.

“When you first learn Kenbunshoku Haki, you can sense Chakra within a certain range, detect attacks outside your line of sight, and…” Muzuki then began to explain the abilities of Kenbunshoku Haki.

This point was also very important, to prevent anyone from thinking that learning Kenbunshoku Haki would allow them to sense malice.

“When Kenbunshoku Haki reaches a certain level, you can choose a direction to cultivate it. You can pursue a wider range of perception, or you can pursue the depth and precision of perception. Sensing malice falls into this direction.”

Minato Namikaze had already been learning Kenbunshoku Haki from Muzuki for some time, so his expression remained unchanged.

The other sensory Ninja all looked surprised.

If they were Ninja who didn’t understand sensory Ninjutsu, they might not have thought much of it, but as Ninja proficient in sensory Ninjutsu, they could instantly understand how powerful this sensory Ninjutsu called Kenbunshoku Haki was.

They immediately understood why Kenbunshoku Haki training would be different from ordinary sensory Ninjutsu; it would be strange if such a powerful sensory Ninjutsu had the same training methods as ordinary sensory Ninjutsu.

Compared to ordinary sensory Ninjutsu, Kenbunshoku Haki not only had rich effects but also a very high ceiling.

“During the early stages of Kenbunshoku Haki training, try not to use your eyes to observe, but rather acquire information through spiritual perception.”

After a brief explanation of the Kenbunshoku Haki’s effects, Muzuki led the sensory Ninja in formal Kenbunshoku Haki training.

Since the teaching time wasn’t particularly long, Muzuki didn’t set aside specific break times, only telling the sensory Ninja to rest on their own if they felt tired.

“Today’s lesson is over. Tomorrow, same time, same place,” Muzuki dismissed the class punctually after three hours.

The sensory Ninja were stunned, all with expressions of wanting more.

At this moment, they really wished Muzuki was a teacher who loved to drag out classes and would talk for another half hour.

Because Kenbunshoku Haki was too difficult, more difficult than any sensory Ninjutsu they had ever learned.

Of course, no one actually stopped Muzuki to ask for more instruction.

After all, this was Raging Sun Mu Yue, who dominated the battlefield; for him to be their teacher and teach them Ninjutsu was already a stroke of luck for them.

【Lecture Completed】

【Rating: S】

【Reward: Perception Understanding increased, Kenbunshoku Haki +10, Sensory Ninjutsu +3】

Muzuki glanced at the lecture rewards; perhaps because the time was short and there weren’t many Ninja, the reward magnitude was a bit average.

However, Muzuki didn’t care much; he wasn’t really relying on Kenbunshoku Haki to find White Zetsu, he used Appraisal Technique.

This Anbu captain’s significance to Muzuki was not in improving his Kenbunshoku Haki proficiency.

Instead, it meant that Muzuki could proactively organize various training sessions in the future to increase the proficiency of the skills he wanted to improve.

Currently, Muzuki planned to organize a large-scale Sealing Technique training to improve his Sealing Technique level.

To improve the Yang Seal in a short amount of time, he needed a higher level of Sealing Technique.