Mastery-Level Ninjutsu (Please Keep Reading)

Mu Yue fell into thought as he looked at the three sudden notifications.

He had not expected the Teacher System to have a feature like training missions.

Then why had none appeared when he made training plans before? Could they only be triggered by disciples?

Even if only disciples could trigger them, some missions should have appeared before. For example, Obito wanting to take first place in actual combat.

Mu Yue guessed that these training missions might require quite a few conditions to be met, perhaps related to things like Trust Level.

Since this was the first time one had been triggered, he had no way to determine all the conditions. The only thing he could confirm for now was that the disciple triggering the mission had to possess sufficient "desire" for the objective.

Looking into Obito's eager, expectant eyes, Mu Yue was absolutely certain of that.

"Mu Yue-sensei, just agree this once. After I take first place, I'll definitely complete the tasks you assign me twice as hard. And from now on, I'll listen to whatever training plan you give me," Obito pleaded.

To this day, he still could not forget how badly he had lost to Kakashi in front of Rin on the day of the competition.

"Fine." Mu Yue nodded with a helpless look.

"Mu Yue-sensei, you really are the best teacher in the world!" Obito was thrilled when Mu Yue agreed.

"Save the flattery until after you take first place." Mu Yue brought two fingers together and flicked Obito on the forehead.

"Hehe, I'm just telling the truth," Obito said with a grin.

He had been in school for years. How could he not know what made a good teacher?

Mu Yue had a good temper, his lessons were clear and never boring, and he treated his students well. If a teacher like that was not a good teacher, then what was?

"Then what Ninjutsu are you going to teach me, Mu Yue-sensei?" Obito asked curiously.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique," Mu Yue said.

"I already know Great Fireball. I used it in the last competition, and it only got me twenty points." Obito scratched his head helplessly.

During the previous competition, he had used Great Fireball to score twenty points and temporarily take first place. Then Kakashi had stepped up and used Earth Release: Earth Flow Movement, controlling the entire field as it rose and fell, and directly earned a perfect thirty points.

"Didn't you want something imposing? Among the Fire Release techniques you can currently learn, Great Fireball is the most imposing," Mu Yue said, then walked over to the riverbank and rapidly formed hand seals.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

Mu Yue gathered a massive amount of Chakra, transforming it all into flames through Nature Transformation the instant he exhaled, spewing out a continuous torrent of blazing fire.

The enormous flames formed a giant fireball ten meters tall. Before such a colossal fireball, even the one-meter-eighty Mu Yue looked small, let alone Obito, Shisui, and the others. The sight left them utterly stunned.

It's even stronger than the one I saw before. Just how strong is Mu Yue-sensei? Shisui recalled the first time he had visited Mu Yue's home.

That time, he had happened to see Mu Yue practicing Ninjutsu. It had also been Great Fireball, and it had been incredibly impressive, but this was even more shocking than before.

In an instant, Shisui felt that Mu Yue's strength was unfathomable. He might not even have used his full power yet.

"Th-this... is Great Fireball?" Obito stared blankly at the enormous fireball, larger than his house.

Compared to Shisui's Great Fireball, his could still be called a small fireball. Compared to Mu Yue's, it was nothing more than a tiny spark from nowhere.

Obito found it hard to believe that Mu Yue had just used the same Ninjutsu as him.

"It's huge. If I encounter a Ninjutsu like that, I'll need to be faster and stronger," Might Guy remarked as he gazed up at the massive fireball.

The gigantic fireball crashed into the river, evaporating a huge amount of water. Thick white mist instantly surged out and blanketed the area, only to quickly disperse after Mu Yue used Wind Release.

Mu Yue let out a soft breath, then smiled at Obito. "Well? Is Great Fireball imposing enough?"

"Enough, more than enough. It looks incredible!" Obito nodded like a pecking chick. If his Great Fireball could reach even a quarter of Mu Yue's size, he should be able to win the competition.

Of course it looks incredible. That strike had been flashy, but it had also consumed a great deal of Chakra, burning through a full thousand points.

He would never use a Great Fireball on that scale in a normal battle. Against opponents of the same level, it really was difficult to hit anyone with it.

Mu Yue remembered that in his previous life, someone with too much free time had apparently counted them all and made a shocking discovery: across more than seven hundred episodes, no Great Fireball used by anyone had ever hit a single humanoid creature.

With such an outrageous record, it was no wonder people called it the Technique That Couldn't Hit Anyone.

"Now you try it," Mu Yue said to Obito.

"Okay." Obito nodded, walked to the riverbank, rapidly formed hand seals, and forcefully exhaled a stream of flames.

Unfortunately, Obito's Great Fireball was only about the size of two heads, worlds apart from the one Mu Yue had just unleashed.

"Obito, it's okay. Even a small one is—"

"Guy, please spare me." Obito immediately cut him off, making it clear that he did not need that strange consolation.

"Do you know why your Great Fireball is so much weaker than mine?" Mu Yue asked.

"Because I haven't mastered it well enough?" Obito answered uncertainly.

"There are three reasons. First, your Chakra control is too poor, so you can't make proper use of the limited Chakra you already have.

Second, your Nature Transformation training is too weak, so you can't convert a large amount of Chakra into flames all at once.

Third, you haven't mastered Great Fireball well enough," Mu Yue summarized.

Then Mu Yue took out a small booklet and handed it to Obito.

"This contains some of my experience with training Fire Release Chakra Nature Transformation. Read it, memorize it, and practice it more, and you'll be able to solve the Nature Transformation problem."

Obito's foundation was far worse than Shisui's. During the first month, Mu Yue had mainly helped Obito rebuild his fundamentals, while teaching him Great Dragon Fire along the way, so he had never given Obito the Nature Transformation manual.

If that training mission had not suddenly appeared, Mu Yue had planned to give it to him next term.

After all, Obito truly could not handle learning too much at once.

You gifted your disciple a Fire Release Chakra Nature Transformation training manual. Because your disciple was extremely grateful, reward critical hit triggered. Obtained Fire Release: Head Hard (Mastery)

Mu Yue had not expected Obito to come through so well, directly giving him a mastery-level Fire Release technique.

Head Hard was no ordinary Fire Release. It was a B-rank Fire Release Ninjutsu used by Kakuzu's fire mask. Its power was exceptional, and it could be used together with the Wind Release: Pressure Damage he had drawn before to instantly create a sea of flames capable of burning down an entire forest.

A flood of training memories appeared in Mu Yue's mind. In an instant, he had the illusion that he was a ninja who had silently devoted thirty years to practicing Head Hard in some unknown corner, spending those thirty years training only one Ninjutsu until he could wield it as easily as an arm.

"I'll read it every day!" Obito hugged the manual to his chest as if he had found a priceless treasure.

"One more thing. First, train your Chakra control," Mu Yue said with a smile.

Once Obito completed the basic Tree Climbing and Water Walking training, the enhanced Water Walking training plan Mu Yue had devised for Asuma would finally have a use.

Although Obito did not know what Mu Yue was thinking, recalling his miserable Weekend made him realize it was probably another torturous but highly effective training plan.

But now, he could only straighten his chest and take it head-on, because this was what he had asked for.

The book would be promoted tomorrow. The moment that decided its fate had arrived...