Chapter 81 Call Me a Jonin

“Huh?” Obito thought he wouldn’t have to train with Muzuki anymore after a day of special training.

“What do you mean ‘huh’? Don’t you want to learn the Body Flicker Technique by passing the challenge?” Muzuki asked, tapping Obito’s head with his finger.

“I do want to learn, but I feel a bit tired,” Obito said honestly.

Unlike Shisui and Might Guy, Obito rarely trained all day before, except on weekends, so he was a bit unaccustomed to this training rhythm.

“If you feel tired, you can rest directly. Just focus on learning what I teach you,” Muzuki explained with a smile.

When giving special training to all students, he had to consider many things, but with his disciples, he was not so restricted.

“Then I’ll definitely study hard. See you, Teacher Muzuki.” Obito chuckled and bid farewell to Muzuki, preparing to go home for dinner.

Even if Muzuki hadn’t explained that, he would still go after dinner. He was very clear about who treated him well.

After bidding farewell to his disciples, Muzuki also returned to his home in the Main urban area.

Every evening, he would review the Sealing Technique materials Kushina gave him, trying to solve problems on his own first. He would only ask Minato or Kushina if he truly had no ideas for a solution.

He hadn’t discussed Sealing Technique with the two of them for the past few days, accumulating a few questions, which he planned to resolve after dinner.

After dinner, Muzuki smoothly led the conversation to Sealing Technique practice and asked his questions.

As a beginner, Muzuki’s questions were naturally not difficult for Minato and Kushina, and Muzuki quickly got the answers he wanted.

“Oh, by the way, Muzuki, do you have time to demonstrate that squirrel mandarin fish again in more detail? We tried it back home, and it looked completely different from yours. It’s too difficult,” Kushina took the opportunity to ask.

“That will have to wait until four days from now. I’m currently helping my students with summer special training, so I don’t have time from Monday to Friday,” Muzuki explained.

Today was Tuesday, and not counting the day that was almost over, there were still three days until Saturday.

“No problem, just teach us when you have time on Saturday,” Kushina said, understanding.

“Summer special training? Doesn’t the Ninja Academy have summer vacation now?” Minato’s focus was elsewhere.

“Not exactly. It’s because I went to the Sandaime’s house before…” Muzuki told Minato and Kushina the whole story.

This wasn’t something worth keeping secret; it was better to tell them.

“Giving special training to students who are about to graduate is indeed a good way to strengthen the new Genin,” Minato nodded and said.

The current situation in the Ninja World was chaotic. Although a war wouldn’t necessarily require newly graduated Genin to go to the battlefield, being stronger and allowing new Genin to quickly become qualified Ninja was always a good thing.

“This also shows that Lord Sandaime values you greatly, entrusting you with such an important task,” Minato said with a gentle smile.

“It seems in a month, I’ll have to call you Jonin Mutsuki,” Kushina said playfully.

She had thought that if Muzuki seriously practiced Sealing Technique, he could become a Special Jonin through it. But it turned out Muzuki was even more outstanding than she thought in terms of being a teacher, able to be promoted to Special Jonin based on his teaching ability.

“I need to achieve results that satisfy the Sandaime to be promoted. I’m not entirely confident I can complete it, and even if I succeed, it’s incomparable to official Jonin like Minato and you, Kushina,” Muzuki said modestly.

How should one describe the position of Special Jonin? It doesn’t exclude some Special Jonin having combat abilities similar to Jonin, but most Special Jonin are just Chunin who are relatively strong but have special abilities.

For example, if Muzuki became a Special Jonin after the special training, his relevant records would definitely be marked as an educational talent.

However, Konoha has high requirements for Jonin. Even a Special Jonin is considered to have entered Konoha’s middle and upper echelons and is qualified to attend Jonin meetings.

“Who cares what kind of Jonin it is? Jonin is always better than Chunin, and if you meet the standards later, you can continue to be promoted,” Kushina said, speaking bluntly but making a valid point.

After resolving the Sealing Technique issues and chatting with Kushina and Minato for a while, Muzuki went to the South Border Forest.

When Muzuki arrived, Shisui and Might Guy were already there, training.

“Come over here, both of you. I’ll continue to explain the Chakra burst technique for the Body Flicker Technique,” Muzuki beckoned to the two of them.

Before the two of them mastered the Body Flicker Technique, Muzuki would primarily teach this taijutsu during this period.

Only after teaching it would he proceed with teaching other Ninjutsu and taijutsu.

For Shisui, he could learn some other Fire Release to enhance his offensive capabilities. For Might Guy, Muzuki planned to teach him Rock Breathing.

Firstly, Rock Breathing is very difficult. In the original Demon Slayer story, Rock Breathing was the most difficult of the Basic Breathing Techniques, so it was better to learn and practice it early.

Secondly, Breathing Technique has a strong body-forging effect, which could help Might Guy train his physique better.

Might Guy and Shisui immediately stopped their training and quickly ran to Muzuki’s side.

Ten minutes after Muzuki began teaching, Obito also arrived.

Obito looked enviously at Might Guy and Shisui, who were practicing the Body Flicker Technique, and then began training in Nature Transformation under the guidance of Muzuki’s Shadow Clone.

During his special training in the daytime, he mainly focused on physical conditioning, which had already exceeded his previous training volume.

“Train hard for a week, and then challenge the taijutsu challenge again,” Obito thought to himself.

He didn’t dare to challenge rashly; losing meant three blank test papers.

…

The next day.

To complete the taijutsu challenge, Obito and Might Guy borrowed weights and wore them, starting to run wildly around the Training Ground, exercising. They only rested when they were truly out of stamina and continued training after recovering.

“Is Obito always this diligent in his training?” Asuma, who was resting, saw Obito pushing himself so hard and felt a bit restless.

Because he was ahead of schedule, Asuma’s mindset was relatively relaxed.

Muzuki’s requirement for them was to complete tree climbing and water walking in two weeks, but he had already completed them before coming to the special training. Even if he did nothing for two weeks, he would still pass.

But seeing Obito, who was also ahead of schedule, being so diligent, Asuma felt a bit unsettled.

He then looked at Shisui and saw that Shisui was practicing Fire Release Ninjutsu.

He felt that if Group A had a practical combat exam, let alone first place, he wouldn’t even be able to hold onto second.

These people were too diligent in their training, as if resting for a little longer would result in some major loss.

Finally, Asuma patted his butt and stood up, continuing to practice Fire Release.

With a super-talented person like Shisui, it was normal not to get first place, but he couldn’t lose to Obito, could he?

Losing to Shisui, then losing to Obito—would he then lose to other students still in school? What about his reputation then?

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