Chapter 29: Master-Level Ninjutsu
Chapter 29: Master-Level Ninjutsu
Mu Yue fell into deep thought as she contemplated the three sudden messages that appeared before her.
She hadn't expected that the Teacher System would have a cultivation task function.
Why didn't it appear when she created training plans before? Is it something that only a disciple can activate?
Even if it could only be triggered by a disciple, there should have been some tasks triggered previously, such as when Obito wanted to achieve the first place in real combat.
Mu Yue speculated that there might be quite a few restrictions on triggering these cultivation tasks, and it might also be related to trust levels.
Since it was the first time it had been triggered, she couldn't identify all the conditions. The only certainty was that the disciple triggering the task must have a strong enough "desire" for the task goal.
Looking at Obito's eager and expectant eyes, Mu Yue was very sure of this.
"Teacher Mu Yue, please agree to my request just this once. After I get first place, I will definitely redouble my efforts in completing the tasks you assign, and I will follow any training plan you set for me from then on," Obito pleaded.
He still couldn't forget the humiliating defeat he suffered at Kakashi's hands in front of Rin during the previous competition.
"Alright," Mu Yue reluctantly nodded.
"Teacher Mu Yue, you are truly the best teacher in the world!" Obito exclaimed excitedly, overjoyed by her agreement.
"Save the flattery for after you've actually won first place," Mu Yue said, tapping Obito's head with her two fingers together.
"Hehe, I'm just speaking the truth," Obito chuckled.
After all these years of schooling, how could he not know what makes a good teacher?
Mu Yue had a pleasant temperament, her lectures were never boring but easy to understand, and she treated her students well. What else could you ask for in a teacher?
"Then, Teacher Mu Yue, what ninjutsu are you going to teach me?" Obito asked curiously.
"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu," Mu Yue replied.
"But I already know the Fireball Jutsu. I used it in the last competition and only got twenty points," Obito said, scratching his head in dismay.
In the previous competition, he had used the Fireball Jutsu and scored twenty points, temporarily taking the lead. However, Kakashi had then demonstrated his Earth Style: Earth Wave Jutsu, manipulating the entire venue to rise and fall, and had easily scored a perfect score of thirty points.
"If you want something imposing, then among the Fire Style techniques you can currently learn, the Fireball Jutsu is the most impressive," Mu Yue said, walking to the riverbank and quickly forming hand seals.
"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!"
Mu Yue gathered a large amount of chakra and, in the instant of release, converted it all through nature transformation, turning it into flames. She continuously exhaled, spewing forth raging inferno.
The massive flames formed a ten-meter-high gigantic fireball. In the face of such a huge fireball, even Mu Yue, who stood at one meter and eighty centimeters tall, seemed insignificant, let alone Obito, Shijima, and the others, who were even more awe-struck by the display.
"This is even stronger than the last time I saw it. Just what level is Teacher Mu Yue's strength at?" Shijima thought back to the first time he had visited Mu Yue's home and accidentally witnessed her practicing ninjutsu—the Fireball Jutsu, no less. That had been impressive, but this time, it was even more so.
In that instant, Shijima felt that Mu Yue's strength was unfathomable, and she might not even be using her full power at that moment.
"Th-This... Is this the Fireball Jutsu?" Obito stammered, his eyes wide as he stared at the gigantic fireball that loomed taller than his house.
Compared to Shijima's Fireball Jutsu, his own could be considered a mere spark, and compared to Mu Yue's, it was like a tiny ember.
Obito found it hard to believe that what Mu Yue had just displayed was the same jutsu he had been practicing.
"It's so huge," Might Guy exclaimed, looking up at the massive fireball. "If we encounter such ninjutsu, we'll need to be faster and stronger."
The gigantic fireball crashed into the river, evaporating a large amount of water, and for a moment, billowing white mist enveloped the surroundings. Mu Yue used Wind Style ninjutsu to quickly dissipate the mist.
Mu Yue exhaled softly and smiled at Obito as she asked, "Well, is the Fireball Jutsu impressive enough for you?"
In a normal battle, it was unlikely that she would use a Fireball Jutsu of this scale because, at the same level of combat, it would be a bit difficult to hit someone with it.
Mu Yue recalled that in her previous life, someone had apparently been bored enough to tally up the data, and they made a startling discovery: in over seven hundred episodes, not a single Fireball Jutsu, regardless of who used it, had ever hit a human-shaped target.
With such an exaggerated record, it was no wonder it was dubbed the 'Can't Hit People Technique.'
"Why don't you give it a try?" Mu Yue suggested to Obito.
"Okay," Obito nodded and walked to the riverbank, quickly forming hand seals before blowing out a stream of fire.
Embarrassingly, Obito's Fireball Jutsu was only the size of two human heads, a far cry from the massive fireball Mu Yue had just demonstrated.
"It's alright, Obito. Even a small one is..."
"Guy, just spare me the embarrassment," Obito interrupted, not wanting to hear his sensei's strange attempt at consolation.
"Do you know why your Fireball Jutsu is so different from mine?" Mu Yue asked.
"Is it because I'm not proficient enough in controlling my chakra?" Obito asked, unsure.
"There are three main reasons," Mu Yue explained. "First, your chakra control is poor, and you don't have a large enough chakra reserve to begin with. Second, your training in nature transformation is lacking, so you can't convert a large amount of chakra into flames all at once. And third, you're not proficient enough in the Fireball Jutsu itself."
Mu Yue then handed Obito a small booklet and said, "This is a manual on my experience in cultivating fire-attribute chakra nature transformation. If you study, memorize, and practice the techniques in this handbook, you should be able to improve your nature transformation abilities."
Obito's fundamentals were far inferior to Itachi's, so Mu Yue had spent the first month helping him rebuild his foundation and teaching him the Grand Fireball technique. That was why she hadn't given him the nature transformation handbook earlier.
If it hadn't been for the sudden appearance of this cultivation task, she would have planned to give it to him next semester.
After all, there was no way Obito could handle learning too much at once.
[You have given your disciple a handbook on cultivating fire-attribute chakra nature transformation. Your disciple is extremely grateful, resulting in a critical hit of gratitude. Obito has obtained Fire Release: Hard Work (Proficiency).]
Mu Yue was pleasantly surprised by Obito's dedication, as he had immediately achieved proficiency in fire-style jutsu.
Hard Work was no ordinary fire jutsu; it was a B-rank Fire Release technique used by Kakuzu with one of his masks. It packed a powerful punch and could be combined with the Wind Release: Pressure Damage technique that Obito had drawn earlier to instantly create a blazing inferno capable of burning down an entire forest.
A flood of training memories surged into Mu Yue's mind, giving her the strange sensation of being a ninja who had quietly dedicated thirty years of his life to mastering Hard Work in some obscure corner of the world, honing this single technique to perfection.
"I'll study it every day!" Obito exclaimed, hugging the handbook close to his chest as if it were a treasure.
"There's one more thing," Mu Yue smiled. "We need to work on your chakra control first."
After Obito completed the basic tree-climbing and water-walking exercises, the enhanced water-walking training regimen that Mu Yue had invented and tested on Asuma would come in handy.
Although Obito didn't know what Mu Yue was thinking, he recalled the painful training sessions during the weekends, and he knew that whatever she had planned would likely be a torturous yet highly effective training program.
However, he could only brace himself and accept it since it was something he had requested himself.
(End of Chapter)
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