Recaps

Mu Yue trained the rebellious Asuma in Chakra Control, using increasingly difficult challenges to make him cooperate. Asuma finished the day exhausted and tricked, and vowed to get back at Mu Yue tomorrow.

• Asuma tried to make Mu Yue leave, but Mu Yue refused to go until Asuma agreed to begin training.
• Mu Yue tested Asuma's Tree Climbing by challenging him to climb an oiled, branchless tree, and Asuma used Chakra to reach the top.
• Mu Yue challenged Asuma to stand on the river for ten minutes, then used Water Release to churn the current while Asuma struggled to keep his balance.
• Asuma failed his first attempts but eventually stayed on the water for ten minutes, only to learn that Mu Yue's offer of free training applied only to his first attempt.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi watched the lesson through a crystal ball, while Asuma ended the day exhausted and vowed to strike back tomorrow.

Mu Yue met Minato and Kushina during an evening walk, then tricked Asuma into training by claiming his tutoring cost 25,000 taels per hour. Asuma later discovered the real rate was 2,000 taels and vowed not to fall for Mu Yue’s schemes again.

• Mu Yue encountered Minato and Kushina at a park and chatted with them about his teaching and their work as jonin.
• Mu Yue returned to training Asuma and found him refusing to practice because he was tired.
• Mu Yue pretended to sleep and claimed that tutoring Asuma earned him 100,000 taels a day, prompting Asuma to agree to train.
• Mu Yue had Asuma practice chakra control on the water for fifteen minutes while disrupting him with Water Release.
• Asuma complained to Biwako about Mu Yue’s supposed fee, and Hiruzen Sarutobi revealed that the actual rate was 2,000 taels an hour.
• Asuma realized Mu Yue had tricked him and vowed not to fall for his schemes again.

Mu Yue taught Class 1-1 and substituted for Class 4-6, earning new ninjutsu and genjutsu techniques through his lessons. After school, Obito asked Mu Yue to teach him a powerful Fire Release technique so he could win the Youth Ninjutsu Tournament, setting a new training mission.

• Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki argued about introducing Kotetsu to a girl, while Anko asked Mu Yue whether she looked like one.
• Mu Yue completed his Ninjutsu theory lesson with an A evaluation and gained Demonic Illusion: Tree Binding Death.
• Mu Yue substituted for Class 4-6, taught Genma Shiranui, Ebisu, and the other students the Clone Technique, and earned the Great Fireball Technique.
• Obito asked Mu Yue to teach him a powerful Fire Release technique so he could place first in the Youth Ninjutsu Tournament.
• The system recorded Obito Uchiha's mission to win the tournament, with a reward based on his completion and growth.

Mu Yue accepted Obito’s request for training to win first place and demonstrated an enormous Great Fireball, then gave him a Fire Release training manual. Obito received a new training plan, while Mu Yue unexpectedly gained mastery of Fire Release: Head Hard.

• Obito pleaded with Mu Yue to train him so he could take first place, and Mu Yue agreed.
• Mu Yue demonstrated a colossal Great Fireball that amazed Obito, Shisui, and Might Guy.
• Obito tried Great Fireball himself, and Mu Yue explained that his Chakra control, Nature Transformation, and technique mastery needed improvement.
• Mu Yue gave Obito a Fire Release Chakra Nature Transformation manual, triggering a reward that granted Mu Yue mastery of Fire Release: Head Hard.
• Mu Yue told Obito to train his Chakra control, and Obito prepared to endure another demanding training plan.

Mu Yue trained Obito in Tree Climbing, then encouraged Might Guy to seek strength through battle and challenge Kakashi. Later, he met Minato and Kushina in the park and continued building their friendship.

• Mu Yue had Obito practice Tree Climbing and left a Shadow Clone to supervise him.
• Mu Yue asked Might Guy how he could improve, leading Guy to decide to challenge his rival Hatake Kakashi.
• Mu Yue wondered why Might Guy had not triggered a Training Task and suspected a task required the student to need his help.
• Mu Yue met Minato and Kushina in the park, confirmed he had become Asuma’s tutor, and described his training methods.
• Mu Yue enjoyed talking with Minato and Kushina and considered eventually revealing his interest in Sealing Jutsu curse marks.

Might Guy challenged Kakashi to a full-strength battle and was decisively defeated, resolving to train harder. At the Ninja Academy, Mu Yue encouraged Izumo Kamizuki’s idea for combining basic jutsu and gained Earth-Style Wall, completing all five basic nature transformations.

• Might Guy barged into Kakashi’s bathroom and challenged him to a full-strength battle.
• Kakashi used clones and Earth Release: Headhunter Jutsu to defeat and bury Might Guy, who vowed to become stronger and challenge him again.
• Mu Yue explained the Clone Technique, and Izumo Kamizuki proposed combining it with the Transformation Jutsu to create a more convincing illusion.
• Mu Yue encouraged Izumo’s idea but advised him not to use it in combat before refining it; Izumo planned to discuss it with Kotetsu Hagane and Anko.
• Mu Yue earned Earth-Style Wall from his lesson and completed all five basic nature transformations.
• After school, Mu Yue encountered Might Guy on the way to the training ground and confirmed his guess.

Mu Yue completed Might Guy’s training task by creating a new plan and gave him a Training Elixir, earning the first three gates of the Eight Gates as a critical-hit reward. After Guy left, Mu Yue stayed in the Southern Forest to absorb his studies of sealing techniques and begin developing the Rasengan.

• Mu Yue realized Might Guy’s task was to obtain a strength-building training plan, then devised one while his three disciples trained.
• Mu Yue completed the plan and received twenty Training Elixirs and 150 Chakra as his reward.
• Mu Yue gave Might Guy a Training Elixir, which restored his energy, and earned the first three gates of the Eight Gates through a gratitude-based critical hit.
• Might Guy tearfully vowed to become the strongest, and Mu Yue encouraged him before he left.
• Mu Yue stayed in the Southern Forest instead of visiting Minato and Kushina, intending to study sealing techniques and develop the Rasengan.

Mu Yue tested Obito’s Water Walking by disrupting the river with a Water Dragon Bullet, then encouraged him with the story of Asuma’s perseverance. After Obito resumed training, Mu Yue gained a cooking skill and tried making dishes at home, where a knock at the door interrupted him.

• Mu Yue used Water Dragon Bullet to test Obito’s Water Walking, and Obito repeatedly fell into the river despite making excuses.
• Mu Yue told Obito that Asuma had endured dozens of falls before holding Water Walking for five minutes, inspiring Obito to continue training.
• Mu Yue gave Obito Anko Dango, and the disciple reward granted Mu Yue the Chef skill.
• Mu Yue returned home and made egg fried rice and fried tempura, discovering that his cooking was delicious enough to cause hallucinations.
• Someone knocked on Mu Yue’s door just as he was about to taste the tempura.

Kushina and Minato visited Mu Yue after smelling his extraordinary cooking and were amazed by the vivid experiences his tempura and fried rice evoked. Later, Mu Yue continued training Obito and convinced Asuma that being misled about his tutoring fee had actually saved him money.

• Kushina and Minato followed the aroma of Mu Yue's cooking to his house and accepted his invitation to share dinner.
• Kushina ate Mu Yue's tempura and imagined herself swimming through a blue ocean, while Minato tasted the fried rice and imagined living as a pheasant in the mountains.
• Kushina and Minato praised Mu Yue's cooking, and Mu Yue invited them to visit again and exchange meals.
• Mu Yue reflected that his new skill was powerful, then brought books downstairs as he gradually began revealing his interests.
• Obito neared the end of his control training with motivation from Mu Yue's encouragement and Asuma's example.
• Asuma confronted Mu Yue about the tutoring fee, but Mu Yue argued that Asuma had saved money, leaving Asuma unsure why the explanation still felt wrong.

Mu Yue challenged Asuma’s belief that he was already strong enough by arranging a fight with six-year-old Shisui Uchiha. Shisui overwhelmed Asuma, leaving him doubting himself before Mu Yue blocked the incoming fireball and stopped the fight from ending in injury.

• Asuma resisted Mu Yue’s tutoring, and Mu Yue identified his frustration at being judged as the Third Hokage’s son rather than for his own efforts.
• Mu Yue challenged Asuma’s strength, and Asuma agreed to quit if he lost to a newly enrolled Ninja Academy student.
• Mu Yue brought Shisui Uchiha to fight Asuma, and Shisui matched him in taijutsu before knocking him back with a Konoha Hurricane.
• Asuma used Fire Release: Great Flame Technique, but Shisui’s Great Fireball Technique overwhelmed it and made Asuma question his worth.
• Mu Yue used Water Release: Water Formation Wall to block Shisui’s fireball as it threatened to hit Asuma.

Mu Yue helped Asuma recognize his own mistakes and feel understood, earning his trust and agreement to train. At dinner, Asuma praised Mu Yue to Hiruzen Sarutobi and continued to challenge his father’s teaching ability.

• Mu Yue comforted Asuma, who apologized for resisting training and broke down crying over feeling unappreciated by his parents.
• Mu Yue reminded Asuma of his parents’ care and redirected him to training; Asuma agreed to follow Mu Yue’s instructions.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi observed Mu Yue teaching Asuma and resolved to pay closer attention to Shisui’s talent.
• At dinner, Asuma called Mu Yue a better teacher than Hiruzen Sarutobi, then teased his father by questioning whether he deserved credit for teaching the Sannin.

Mu Yue finished Obito’s Chakra control training and began teaching him Fire Nature Transformation with ice, while assuring him there was time to prepare for the competition. At lunch, Mu Yue’s cooking amazed Might Guy and Obito, and a reward granted Mu Yue 100 Chakra.

• Mu Yue told Obito he had lasted twenty minutes on the river and had completed his Chakra control training.
• Obito celebrated being done with Water Walking, and Mu Yue assured him there were fourteen days to prepare for the competition.
• Mu Yue taught Obito to use Fire Nature Transformation to melt ice and demonstrated how his own Chakra instantly turned a block of ice into vapor.
• Mu Yue ended the morning training and gave lunch to Obito, Might Guy, and Shisui.
• Might Guy eagerly devoured Mu Yue’s Golden Egg Fried Rice, and Mu Yue received a reward of 100 Chakra.
• Obito enjoyed his meal until he bit into a chili pepper and felt as if he were at the mouth of an erupting volcano.

Mu Yue’s spicy cooking gave Obito a vivid illusion that helped him train Fire Release, so he began feeding Obito, Shisui, and Might Guy chili dishes. Obito confidently planned to defeat Kakashi in a youth tournament, but Rin pointed out that Kakashi probably would not enter.

• Obito’s spicy meal triggered a volcanic illusion, and he accidentally breathed flames until Mu Yue told him to stop using Chakra.
• Mu Yue gave Obito ice to melt with Chakra, and Obito made rapid progress by recalling the illusion’s heat.
• Mu Yue promised Obito more spicy food, and Obito tried to involve Shisui and Might Guy in eating it with him.
• Obito, Shisui, and Might Guy began eating mapo tofu together, suffering from its heat and its side effects.
• Obito told Rin that he would defeat Kakashi in the Youth Ninjutsu Tournament, but Rin noted that Kakashi probably would not participate because he was already a Chunin.

Obito tried to persuade Kakashi to enter the Youth Ninjutsu Tournament, but Kakashi refused. Obito challenged him to a contest of hand speed against eyesight and opened his right hand after Kakashi guessed it held the leaf.

• Obito decided he needed Kakashi to enter the Youth Ninjutsu Tournament so he could beat him and claim first place.
• Obito and Nohara Rin visited Kakashi at home and asked him to participate, but Kakashi refused, calling the tournament childish.
• Obito challenged Kakashi to a bet: Kakashi would guess which hand held a leaf after Obito rapidly switched it between his hands.
• Kakashi agreed, watched Obito move his hands for five minutes, and confidently guessed that the leaf was in Obito's right hand.
• Obito asked Kakashi to commit to his answer, then slowly opened his right hand.

Obito used Fire Release Chakra Nature Transformation to trick Kakashi and win their wager, then prepared for a competition against him. Mu Yue earned the Mystical Palm Technique, completed his training with his disciples, and reported his mission to Root while carefully shaping the details for Danzo.

• Obito revealed that he had burned the leaf with Fire Release Chakra Nature Transformation, surprising Kakashi and winning their wager.
• Obito and Nohara Rin left Kakashi’s house, and Obito walked into a utility pole while bragging about his trick.
• During Ninjutsu class, Mu Yue advised Izumo Kamizuki, Kotetsu Hagane, and Anko to practice transforming into simple objects, but their attempts produced comically malformed chairs.
• Mu Yue received the Mystical Palm Technique as his lesson reward and realized that he had mastered Nature Transformations for all seven attributes.
• After training with his disciples, Mu Yue stayed near the Southern Forest and reported on his Root mission, portraying Hyuga Hamon’s exam performance favorably while describing Obito and Might Guy’s wins as lucky.

Mu Yue received Danzo’s orders and a reward, then continued teaching while hiding his strength and remaining cautious about Root. At training, Obito advanced his chakra nature transformation, and Mu Yue’s students gathered food for a hot-pot lunch that deepened Shisui’s trust in him.

• A Root ninja delivered Danzo’s orders and secret medicines to Mu Yue, who learned to keep teaching Asuma normally and monitor Uchiha students and potential recruits.
• Mu Yue decided against revealing his strength to switch sides, resolving to maintain his gentle public image until he grew powerful enough to protect himself.
• Obito melted a small block of ice and began training to melt a human-head-sized block within ten seconds.
• Mu Yue treated his students to hot pot, and Obito, Might Guy, and Shisui gathered fish, wild vegetables, mushrooms, and a wild boar for the meal.
• Shisui felt warmth eating with Mu Yue and the others, and his trust in Mu Yue rose to level three.

Mu Yue hosted Kushina and Minato for dinner, where their conversation about Sealing Jutsu revealed his strong interest in learning it. With the Youth Ninjutsu Tournament two days away, he also prepared Obito to compete by teaching him a modified Great Fireball designed to look more impressive.

• Mu Yue invited Kushina and Minato to dinner, where Minato helped prepare the meal while Kushina found a book about Sealing Jutsu by Uzumaki Ashina.
• Mu Yue told Kushina and Minato that he was very interested in Sealing Jutsu, and the three discussed the subject over dinner.
• Kushina loved Mu Yue's Braised Pork Belly and arranged to learn how to make it the following evening, while Minato and Kushina ate the mushroom dishes.
• Mu Yue began Obito's final training for the tournament and explained that he had modified Great Fireball to look larger without increasing its power.
• Obito eagerly trained the improved Great Fireball, confident that Mu Yue's guidance would help him beat Kakashi and win first place.

Obito spent the evening at a festival with Rin, Kakashi, and Guy, then prepared for the Youth Ninjutsu Tournament the next day. When the competition began, Obito was determined to win first place and its 8,000-ryo prize.

• Obito met Rin, Kakashi, and Guy at a crowded festival, where Kakashi won a goldfish for Rin after Obito and Guy failed at the stall.
• The friends played festival games and exchanged challenges about the tournament before heading home.
• Obito trained the next morning and told Rin he planned to use his improved Great Fireball Technique in the competition.
• Rin explained that the winner would receive a silver-plated kunai and 8,000 ryo, strengthening Obito's resolve to take first place.
• The tournament announcer called contestant No. 1 to perform.

Mu Yue and Asuma watched a Ninjutsu competition where Izumo Kamizuki demonstrated a comical chair-based technique before Uchiha Tekka took the lead with his Great Fireball Technique. Obito Uchiha was called to the stage next.

• Asuma questioned why Mu Yue had brought them to the competition, and Mu Yue reminded him not to underestimate anyone after his fight with Shisui Uchiha.
• Izumo Kamizuki demonstrated his Deception Technique by transforming into a chair, drawing laughter from the audience and earning twelve points.
• Izumo credited Kotetsu Hagane and Anko Mitarashi as his collaborators, embarrassing Kotetsu, who feared the story would spread through the academy.
• Uchiha Tekka performed the Great Fireball Technique and scored twenty-six points, taking first place temporarily.
• Shisui praised Tekka's effort, and the host called Obito Uchiha to the stage.

Obito amazed the audience with an enormous Great Fireball Technique and earned a perfect score, securing first place in the contest. As Rin praised him, Kakashi went onstage for his own performance.

• Rin, Guy, and Kakashi encouraged Obito before he took the stage, while Asuma and Uchiha Tekka doubted his abilities.
• Obito spotted Mu Yue in the audience and resolved not to disappoint the people supporting him.
• Obito performed a Great Fireball Technique that grew to four meters tall, astonishing the judges and spectators.
• The judges awarded Obito thirty points, putting him in first place; Hyuga Hamon noticed the technique was less powerful than it appeared and planned to stop Obito from using Ninjutsu in the final exam.
• Rin praised Obito after he left the stage, and Kakashi was called up as the fifth contestant.

Obito and Kakashi tied for first place in the Ninjutsu competition after Mu Yue persuaded the organizers to share the ranking. Obito completed his training task, and Mu Yue received Chakra, a Ninjutsu Proficiency Scroll, and proficient Yin Release Chakra Nature Transformation.

• Kakashi demonstrated Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall and earned a perfect score, tying Obito's score of thirty.
• Uchiha Tekka accepted third place, while Shisui declined to compete.
• Mu Yue persuaded the merchant organizers to award Obito and Kakashi joint first place and use the tie to promote the Shopping Street.
• The host announced Obito and Kakashi as joint first-place winners, and Obito collected the prize of a silver-plated kunai and eight thousand ryo.
• Obito's training task was completed, rewarding Mu Yue with 800 Chakra, a Ninjutsu Proficiency Scroll, and proficient Yin Release Chakra Nature Transformation.
• Mu Yue received memories of Yin Release training and began checking his panel.

After the exam, Hanyu Muyue reviewed his major gains in Chakra and abilities, while Obito and Kakashi tied for first place. Mu Yue considered recruiting Kakashi but abandoned the idea, and Obito celebrated with his friends as Kakashi's teasing sparked another argument.

• Hanyu Muyue saw that his Chakra had reached 8,000 and gained several new abilities, including mastery of Water Release Chakra Nature Transformation.
• Nohara Rin congratulated Obito and Kakashi for tying for first place, and Might Guy challenged Kakashi to a celebratory battle.
• Asuma joked with Obito about his sudden improvement, and Mu Yue briefly congratulated the students before leaving with Asuma.
• Mu Yue appraised Kakashi, saw his 2,500 Chakra and S potential, and decided not to try recruiting him as a disciple.
• Obito treated Nohara Rin, Kakashi, and Might Guy to ramen, where Kakashi teased Obito about never placing first in his grade.

Mu Yue considered how to manage Obito Uchiha and Might Guy’s simultaneous training missions, then returned to teaching after Anko learned that Izumo and Kotetsu had embarrassed her at a competition. The chapter ended with Mu Yue receiving an unexpected student-improvement reward and considering applying to teach taijutsu as well.

• Mu Yue received simultaneous training missions for Obito Uchiha and Might Guy, both requiring first place in the Ninja Academy Practical Exam, and decided to plan their training before choosing how to handle the competition.
• Anko returned to school and discovered that Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane had become the subject of jokes after their weekend competition and had tried to blame her for developing their Ninjutsu.
• Anko confronted Izumo and Kotetsu, then regained her good mood after Mu Yue promised sweet dumplings if she did well on the next test.
• Mu Yue taught Class 1-1 the Three Basic Jutsu and received a mastery-level reward after the students made significant progress.
• Mu Yue considered asking the Third Hokage to let him teach Class 1-1’s taijutsu lessons so he could improve the students’ strength.

Iketani Isamu borrowed another eighty thousand ryo from Kimura Sanjin, while Mu Yue covered his class and taught Obito’s class. Obito celebrated winning the Youth Ninjutsu Tournament before arriving late to training with a long box, leaving Mu Yue ready to reprimand him.

• Iketani Isamu borrowed eighty thousand ryo from Kimura Sanjin, and Ueda Aya criticized his repeated borrowing and his dating choices.
• Mu Yue considered how to become Class 1-1’s taijutsu teacher and covered Iketani Isamu’s class while he went on a date.
• Obito arrived late to class after shopping for pens, and Nohara Rin gave him snacks after the lesson.
• Obito announced his first-place finish in the Youth Ninjutsu Tournament to classmates, leaving Uchiha Tekka discouraged about facing him again.
• Mu Yue received the Hidden Mist Jutsu as a lecture reward and went to the Southern Forest, where Shisui and Might Guy were training.
• Obito arrived more than fifteen minutes late carrying a long box, and Mu Yue prepared to talk to him about punctuality.

Obito gave Mu Yue a calligraphy brush to thank him for his teaching, then resumed grueling taijutsu and written-question training with Might Guy. The next day, Mu Yue began improving Class 1-1 by holding a Practical Exam and giving each student feedback.

• Obito gave Mu Yue a brush bought with his tournament prize money, and Mu Yue accepted it warmly before training began.
• Mu Yue restarted Obito and Might Guy's earlier training rules, prompting Obito to try to avoid the written questions until Mu Yue produced a stack of test papers.
• Obito chose to keep training, and Might Guy fought him at full strength, showing Obito that he still could not defeat Hyuga Hamon.
• Mu Yue gave Obito, Shisui, and Might Guy lunch, and Obito regained his energy after tasting Mu Yue's cooking.
• The next day, Mu Yue held a Practical Exam during Ninjutsu class and gave each student feedback and advice.