Little Ones Are Cute Too

Relationship established successfully. Current Trust Level: 2.

Relationship established successfully. Current Trust Level: 2.

Seeing that both Trust Levels were at 2, Mu Yue nodded to himself. All the trouble he had gone through disguising himself as prey to lure them in had not been in vain.

Mu Yue felt that Trust Levels were rather difficult to raise and probably needed time to build up. If they were only at Trust Level 1, the early returns would be much lower.

With two disciples possessing S-rank or higher potential, you have obtained the skill Professor.

Professor: The knowledge you teach is more easily absorbed.

It was a very simple, straightforward skill, yet also a powerful one. It increased the effectiveness of his lessons.

Mu Yue tried it out and found that this was also a passive skill that could be toggled on and off.

Naturally, Mu Yue kept something with no drawbacks switched on, unless Danzo one day saw how well he taught and asked him to teach at Root too. Then he would definitely turn it off.

The only thing that disappointed Mu Yue was that the number of Teaching Disciple Returns Reward attempts had not increased with the number of disciples. He still only had one chance per day.

He had thought that making Shisui something to eat had yielded fifty Chakra, so if he cooked for three disciples every day, he would be guaranteed at least one hundred and fifty Chakra daily. That would have been much faster than grinding lessons. It turned out he had been overthinking it.

Still, even with only one chance, having three disciples was better than having just one.

After all, human emotions had thresholds. Under repeated stimulation, those thresholds would gradually rise, making it harder to be moved enough to trigger a big reward.

With three people, he could take turns farming rewards from them. Not only would he have more chances for big rewards, but he could also slow the growth of their emotional thresholds.

"And the current growth rate isn't bad either," Mu Yue thought as he glanced at his status panel.

Name: Hanyu Muyue

Age: 18

Chakra: 4405

Skills: Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique, Water Release: Water Formation Wall, Wind Release: Pressure Damage, Professor...

Compared to when he had first transmigrated here, Mu Yue had gained a total of one hundred and five Chakra. Ninety of that had come from teaching and Teaching Disciple Returns Reward, while the remaining fifteen had come from his own training and Disciple Cultivation Feedback to Master.

These were merely the results of five days, since most of Mu Yue's rewards had been various Ninjutsu.

If Mu Yue focused entirely on farming Chakra, he could gain at least one hundred Chakra from teaching alone in a week, not even counting Teaching Disciple Returns Reward and the like.

However, Mu Yue felt that at this stage, it was better to farm more A-rank rewards, or split things evenly between A- and B-rank rewards.

The Ninjutsu rewarded by the system for teaching were learned instantly. And it was not merely a basic grasp—they were directly mastered, ready to be used in battle.

If it was a Ninjutsu of an attribute he had not mastered, it even came with Nature Transformation. If he drew a duplicate, it increased his experience. It was practically thoughtful to a fault.

If he had to spend time practicing those Ninjutsu himself, it would take a considerable amount of time. Figuring out how to obtain training methods would also be a problem.

Still, once he had more methods at his disposal, Mu Yue felt that he should focus more on Chakra. After all, Chakra was the foundation of a ninja.

"Teacher, I'm done!" Obito, eager to learn a new Ninjutsu, had completed his test paper with one hundred and twenty percent focus.

"I'm done too," Might Guy reported, unwilling to fall behind.

"Two of them, huh..." Mu Yue was glad this was the world of the Hokage, where the Clone Technique was extremely common.

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

Mu Yue swiftly formed hand seals and created a Shadow Clone.

Since one of them was learning taijutsu while the other was learning Ninjutsu, Mu Yue could not teach them together. He could only create a Shadow Clone.

He planned to have his original body teach Obito Ninjutsu first while the clone explained things to Might Guy.

After teaching for half an hour, they would switch. His original body would teach Might Guy, while the clone taught Obito.

Mu Yue would not become the caring teacher of only one person. He wanted to give his warmth to every disciple.

Just as when he had taught Shisui, Mu Yue carefully broke everything down and explained it in detail, practically teaching hand in hand.

You taught your disciple Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique. Because the disciple was extremely grateful, the reward was critically amplified. You obtained the Ninjutsu Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique (Proficient).

Mu Yue fell into thought. He remembered teaching Shisui Great Dragon Fire too, so why had that not counted toward Teaching Disciple Returns Reward?

He thought of a possible reason. His Great Dragon Fire had been obtained from Shisui, so perhaps rewards gained from the same disciple could not be used for Teaching Disciple Returns Reward to keep producing more rewards.

Mu Yue silently noted down this hidden rule.

"Please don't be that forty-four-hand-seal Water Dragon Bullet," Mu Yue mentally complained, recalling Kakashi and Zabuza's Water Dragon Bullet Technique.

It might look cool to watch them form hand seals at each other in an anime, but in reality, a Ninjutsu requiring that many seals would be difficult to unleash unless someone nearby was holding the enemy off for you.

The system's Proficient level did not disappoint Mu Yue. He only needed six hand seals, and with continued practice, the more proficient he became, the further he could simplify the hand seals.

After teaching Obito for half an hour, Mu Yue went over to guide Might Guy while sending his clone to teach Obito.

Once the two of them were done, he also went to guide Shisui, moving continuously among the three.

When noon came, Mu Yue personally caught four fish from the river, started a fire, and grilled them. Each person got one for lunch.

"This is so good! Mu Yue-sensei, if you opened a barbecue restaurant, it would definitely do great business," Obito praised as he ate.

Shisui and Might Guy nodded in agreement.

"Be careful, all of you. Don't swallow any fish bones," Mu Yue said with a smile, shaking his head.

Was it really that good? Mu Yue thought it was probably rather ordinary, since he truly had no skill at grilling and rarely grilled food.

One reason they thought it tasted good was the pleasant atmosphere, which enhanced their senses.

Shisui usually ate alone at home and probably rarely had meals with so many people, especially out in the wilderness.

Obito usually only ate with Grandmother, while Might Guy ate with his father.

On top of that, they had rarely eaten Grilled Fish like this before, so it felt novel. With all those factors combined, the originally ordinary grilled fish became delicious.

After eating, they rested for an hour before Mu Yue led the three of them to continue training.

"This Ninjutsu isn't that hard after all." Obito looked at the round, chubby Fire Dragon he had released, filled with a sense of accomplishment. This had gone much more smoothly than when he had practiced Great Fireball before.

By coincidence, Shisui was also practicing Great Dragon Fire and breathed out a Fire Dragon.

Seeing Shisui's fierce Fire Dragon, with its vicious face, fangs bared, and imposing aura, Obito silently controlled his cute little Fire Dragon to hide behind him.

Might Guy, who had kicked the Whirlwind Kick an unknown number of times, wiped away his sweat. Just as he was about to stop and rest, he happened to see that scene.

Perhaps because they had shared hardships that morning, Might Guy walked over and comforted him. "It's fine. A small Fire Dragon is cute too. Sooner or later, it will become as powerful as Mu Yue-sensei's."

Although it was meant as comfort, Obito somehow felt an indescribable sense of frustration that made him feel awful.

That frustration instantly filled Obito with energy again, even though he had wanted to rest. He began practicing the Great Dragon Fire Technique again.

Seeing Obito so fired up, Might Guy was unwilling to be left behind. After resting for a while, he quickly resumed training as well.

"Those two are surprisingly in sync." Mu Yue, who had been watching from the side, could barely hold it together. He realized that there was really something about Obito and Might Guy when they were together.

Once it was time for dinner, Mu Yue told them to return to their respective homes and informed them that they would continue the next day.

On Sunday, they trained for another full day, and Teaching Disciple Returns Reward yielded fifty Chakra.

Then a new week began...