Seeing the system notification suddenly pop up, Mu Yue was slightly surprised, but after thinking it over, he found it perfectly normal.
He and Nagato had already spent quite a long time together, measured by the time he had spent since crossing into the Naruto World.
During that time, they had shared both ordinary, peaceful days as teacher and student and life-or-death trials involving betrayal and encirclement. They had gone through far too much together.
In times of hardship, Mu Yue had acted like a savior; in daily life, he was gentle and approachable. Everything Mu Yue did had steadily deepened Nagato's trust in him, finally reaching its peak during this festive occasion.
Logically speaking, Mu Yue should have given Nagato a gift right then.
This was because the system had a bonus mechanic: whenever a disciple reached Trust Level Four, there was a chance for a massive payout, and Teaching Disciple Returns Reward was guaranteed to produce a perfect-level skill.
All four of Mu Yue's current perfect-level skills had come from rewards triggered by disciples increasing their Trust Levels.
However, based on Mu Yue's experience, giving the gift a little later would not cause any problems, so he did not suddenly give Nagato a present at that moment.
After all, neither the occasion nor the atmosphere was appropriate. He had just been talking about everyone's efforts, only to suddenly hand a gift to Nagato alone.
"Teacher Sōsuke, you're right, but you were definitely the one with the greatest contribution," Yahiko said with a serious expression.
In Yahiko's eyes, setting aside the current Martial Arts Tournament, Sōsuke was the founder of Ninshu and had led Ninshu through countless crises. His contribution to Ninshu already surpassed everyone else's combined.
Ninshu could exist without Yahiko, without Konan, and even without Nagato or