Mu Yue-sensei is a good person

After returning home, Mu Yue went to the bathroom and stuck out his tongue at the mirror.

Just as Mu Yue had expected, there was a black curse mark on his tongue—the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal that every Root member was required to bear.

If Mu Yue remembered correctly, the effect of this curse mark was that as soon as one spoke about certain specified matters, their entire body would be paralyzed and unable to move.

Naturally, Danzo's curse mark concerned intelligence about himself and Root. That way, even if an organization member was captured or defected, they would be unable to leak secrets.

If that were all, it would have been fine. Mu Yue had no intention of leaking Root's intelligence to anyone. But he worried that Danzo could actively control this curse mark. If so, it meant a fatal weakness was in Danzo's hands.

Mu Yue thought carefully, trying to recall a way to break the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal from the original story.

"Seems like there's no good solution besides Danzo dying."

But after thinking it over, Mu Yue realized that no one in the original story had ever broken this curse mark. Those the Third Hokage took from Root might have had it removed under his orders. For everyone else, they could only wait for Danzo to die and for the curse mark to become invalid on its own.

But Danzo was not some squishy AD carry from a MOBA game who would die on his own if everyone ignored him in a team fight.

That old schemer Danzo treasured his life immensely. He usually holed up in the Root base and never went out, and he might even have a resurrection coin on him. He was truly difficult to deal with.

Considering his current strength, Mu Yue temporarily gave up on the idea of killing Danzo.

"I can only look for Orochimaru or research it myself." Mu Yue realized that he had only two options at the moment.

In truth, it could only be counted as one option, because he had no way of getting in touch with Orochimaru for now.

Mu Yue checked the time and felt that it was about right. He activated Perception Ninjutsu and sensed Shisui approaching.

Mu Yue walked out of the house and into the courtyard, thinking that Danzo trusted the original owner quite a lot. He had used Perception Ninjutsu many times, yet had never sensed any Root ninja monitoring him.

When it felt like Shisui was about to enter, Mu Yue rapidly formed hand seals and erupted with chakra at full force. In an instant, he created a massive fireball eight meters tall, directly reducing the training dummy in the courtyard to ashes and scorching a large patch of ground black.

The Shisui who had just entered the courtyard happened to witness that stunning scene and was shocked by Mu Yue's mastery of Fire Release.

Although Great Fireball was merely a C-rank Fire Release ninjutsu, ninjutsu ranks were based only on the difficulty of learning them. Many Uchiha jonin greatly enjoyed using Great Fireball.

But Shisui was certain that even the jonin of his clan could never make Great Fireball so imposing, because they could not transform such a massive amount of chakra into flames in so little time.

"Teacher Hanyu, I'm sorry. I disturbed your training," Shisui quickly apologized after coming back to his senses.

"It's fine. I happened to have just finished as well." Mu Yue let out a long breath, smiled, and invited Shisui into the house.

"The reason the Uchiha have ended up as they are today has a great deal to do with your clan's former patriarch, Uchiha Madara." Mu Yue poured two cups of water, handing one to Shisui while holding the other himself, then began recounting the story of the Uchiha.

"You know that Uchiha Madara defected, right?"

Shisui nodded. "The clan's history says that the patriarch left Konoha."

"If he had merely left, things would not have become like this." Mu Yue told Shisui that if Hashirama had not been strong enough back then, Konoha might have been destroyed by Uchiha Madara.

Shisui fell silent.

But Mu Yue told Shisui that the matter was far from over.

This incident made the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, who already disliked the Uchiha, become even more wary of them. Thus, after becoming Hokage, he established many policies specifically aimed at governing the Uchiha.

Those policies, in turn, dissatisfied the Uchiha Hawks, giving rise to thoughts of seizing power by force. In the end, they were discovered by the Anbu and thrown into prison.

This chain of events ultimately caused the Uchiha's negative reputation to gradually overshadow their past contributions, making them disliked by the people of the village.

"So that much happened..." Shisui realized that he had thought of things too simply.

"Actually, there were Uchiha who worked hard to change this situation. Kagami Uchiha was one of the most successful among them." Mu Yue steered the topic toward Kagami Uchiha.

"Then Teacher Hanyu, what kind of person do you think Kagami Uchiha was?" Shisui suddenly grew curious about the image Mu Yue had of his grandfather.

He had never met his grandfather in person, but he had heard much about him from other clan members—powerful strength, a genius ninja, and so on. He had heard such things countless times.

"An Uchiha who possessed the Will of Fire. He turned himself into a bridge, connecting the Uchiha and Konoha, easing the conflict between both sides," Mu Yue said after thinking for a moment.

Although Mu Yue's words contained no extravagant praise, Shisui felt that it was the best and most fitting evaluation he had ever heard.

"I'll become an Uchiha like my grandfather too!" Shisui's gaze was resolute, though he did not realize that he had directly called him grandfather.

"Grandfather?" Mu Yue looked at Shisui with some confusion.

Only then did Shisui realize his slip of the tongue. He simply did not want to use a favor to demand repayment; it was not as though he had something to hide. So, he admitted it directly.

"Teacher Hanyu, you don't need to care too much about any so-called debt of gratitude. If you have time, just visit my grandfather's grave and pay your respects. I think he would be very happy," Shisui said.

"How could I fail to repay the grace of saving my father and mother? How about this, Shisui—would you be willing to become my disciple?" Mu Yue asked.

Shisui understood what Mu Yue meant, and he felt that this was far too unfair to Mu Yue.

But he was unwilling to see such a kind person who repaid kindness like Mu Yue placed in a difficult position. Moreover, Shisui felt that becoming the disciple of a teacher as knowledgeable and powerful as Mu Yue would indeed be quite good. In the end, Shisui nodded and called out, "Mu Yue-sensei."

Establish Master-Disciple Relationship with Shisui Uchiha?

The system prompt immediately appeared. Mu Yue chose yes without hesitation. This was the genius disciple he had worked so hard to talk into it.

Relationship successfully established. Current Trust Level: 2. Unlocked: "Disciple Cultivation Feedback to Master" and "Teaching Disciple Returns Reward."

Mu Yue read the descriptions and was instantly overjoyed. Disciple Cultivation Feedback to Master meant that as his disciple trained and grew stronger, he would grow stronger as well. The higher the Trust Level, the greater the feedback. Trust Level 2 gave double returns—if Shisui gained one point of chakra, Mu Yue would gain two!

Teaching Disciple Returns Reward meant that when he gave Shisui something, the system would randomly return a reward to him. The higher the Trust Level, the better the reward. It could be used once per day.

After thinking for a moment, Mu Yue took out a small booklet and handed it to Shisui.

Inside was the Fire Release Chakra Nature Transformation training manual he had written that afternoon. He had originally planned to give it to Shisui at an appropriate time to earn some goodwill, but now he wanted to test the Teaching Disciple Returns Reward function.

"This is a training manual on Fire Release Chakra Nature Transformation that I compiled myself. Take it back and study it. I'll regularly check your training results. As your teacher, I'm quite strict—I won't lower my standards just because of the favor you did." Mu Yue-sensei said rather seriously.

If Shisui grew stronger, he could grow twice as strong. Mu Yue-sensei felt that he needed to properly push Shisui in his training.

"Thank you, Mu Yue-sensei. I'll train diligently." Shisui accepted the booklet Mu Yue-sensei handed him and thanked him earnestly.

Shisui didn't think there was anything wrong with Mu Yue-sensei's strict requirements. On the contrary, it proved that Mu Yue-sensei truly regarded him as a disciple, rather than merely repaying the favor his grandfather had done him.

You gifted your disciple a Nature Transformation training manual. As your disciple was extremely grateful, the reward triggered a critical hit.

Obtained Ninjutsu: Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique (Proficient)

The instant he claimed the reward, a vast amount of memories of practicing the Great Dragon Fire Technique appeared in Mu Yue-sensei's mind, as though he had practiced the jutsu thousands upon thousands of times.

The Great Dragon Fire Technique was a B-rank Fire Release Ninjutsu. Compared with the Great Fireball, Great Dragon Fire focused less on range and more on flexibility. He could freely control the Fire Dragon to attack enemies. After mastering it, he could reduce the hand seals to one and release multiple Fire Dragons at once.

Since the system had directly granted him proficiency, Mu Yue-sensei could now form just one hand seal and instantly release three Fire Dragons.

Mu Yue-sensei no longer looked at Shisui as if he were a person. He was an inexhaustible gold mine—one that could drop gold every day.

Mu Yue-sensei noticed that the sky outside was gradually darkening, so he said, "It's getting late. I'll walk you home. Don't make your family worry."

"Thank you, Sensei, but I can walk back slowly by myself. There's only me at home right now." Shisui waved his hand.

He felt that he had already troubled Mu Yue-sensei enough today and didn't want to take up any more of his time.

Hearing Shisui's words, Mu Yue-sensei recalled that Shisui's parents seemed to have never appeared before. They had probably died not long after giving birth to him.

Only then did he realize that between master and disciple, they couldn't even scrape together one set of parents. That was truly something.

"But my uncle comes by often to take care of me," Shisui added, afraid that Mu Yue-sensei would worry.

Mu Yue-sensei nodded and didn't insist on seeing him home. This was only his first day meeting Shisui; there would be plenty of chances to build rapport later.

On the way home, Shisui flipped through the training booklet Mu Yue-sensei had given him. Recalling the Fire Release Ninjutsu he had seen when entering the courtyard, he became even more curious about Mu Yue-sensei.

As a renowned prodigy of the clan, and with Kagami Uchiha as his grandfather, Shisui had encountered many powerful Uchiha. His horizons far surpassed those of other children his age.

He felt that someone as strong as Mu Yue-sensei shouldn't have been a Chunin. It was also strange for him to remain at the Ninja Academy as a teacher. The academy didn't need teachers that strong; it only taught things like the Three Basic Jutsu.

Watching Shisui gradually disappear into the distance, Mu Yue-sensei found himself looking forward to tomorrow more and more.

He had classes in both the morning and afternoon tomorrow. He wondered what rewards he would receive.

And in the afternoon, he would be teaching Might Guy and Obito's class. What level of potential would those two possess?