Chapter Summaries

Mu Yue met with Hiruzen Sarutobi, who praised his teaching and offered him an award, a future promotion, and a private tutoring job. Mu Yue left without accepting the tutoring offer, asking for time to make sure it would not interfere with his teaching.

• Ueda Aya told Mu Yue that Hiruzen Sarutobi had summoned him to the Principal's Office, and Mu Yue went to meet the Third Hokage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi praised Mu Yue's class results and awarded him the term's Excellent Teacher Award.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi promised to promote Mu Yue to Special Jonin and appoint him Vice Class Leader of Teachers if his teaching remained strong throughout the year.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi invited Mu Yue to tutor his son, Sarutobi Asuma, but Mu Yue asked for time to consider the offer because of his teaching responsibilities.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi praised Mu Yue's dedication and let him leave the office.

Mu Yue considered the Third Hokage’s attempt to recruit him and submitted a report to Root while continuing to teach at the Ninja Academy. He covered a class, learned that Obito and Might Guy had barely passed their exams, and warned them to keep passing or follow his arrangements.

• Mu Yue judged the Third Hokage’s offer insincere and decided to delay answering while leaving the matter to Danzo.
• Mu Yue covered Iketani Isamu’s class after Iketani borrowed 80,000 Ryo from Kimura Sanjin for a date.
• Mu Yue taught the Clone Technique, and Obito arrived late to class again.
• Mu Yue asked Obito and Might Guy about their exam results and learned they had passed with an average score of sixty.
• Mu Yue warned Obito and Might Guy that they would have to follow all his arrangements if they failed to pass next time.
• Mu Yue wrote and submitted his report to Root, and a reply arrived.

Mu Yue received Danzo’s request to tutor Sarutobi Asuma and went to inspect his inherited house in Konoha’s Main City Area, where he discovered Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki were his neighbors. He decided to keep the house and build a friendship with Minato naturally while planning training for his students.

• Mu Yue counted Danzo’s reward of 200,000 Ryo, set aside the Flame Bullet scroll, and burned Danzo’s message after reading the request to become Sarutobi Asuma’s trusted tutor.
• Mu Yue went to his inherited house in Konoha’s Main City Area intending to clean it and sell it, but changed his mind after meeting his neighbor, Minato Namikaze.
• Kushina Uzumaki arrived, teased Minato about Mu Yue looking like his brother, and introduced herself to Mu Yue.
• Mu Yue appraised Kushina and saw her enormous Chakra reserves and SS potential, then used ten Shadow Clones to clean the house.
• Mu Yue stocked the house with daily necessities and planned to become friends with Minato naturally while refining training plans for Might Guy, Obito, and Shisui.

Mu Yue accepted Hiruzen Sarutobi’s offer to tutor Asuma and began a new training plan for Shisui, Obito, and Might Guy. He left Obito and Guy with two months of taijutsu-focused training to prepare them for the next final exam.

• Mu Yue visited Hiruzen Sarutobi at the Hokage Building and agreed to tutor Asuma for eight hours each weekend at two thousand ryo per hour.
• At the Small River, Mu Yue changed Shisui’s training plan to include the Body Flicker Technique and Chakra Control, and Shisui learned the technique after Mu Yue demonstrated it.
• Mu Yue told Obito and Might Guy he had prepared two months of special training to help them defeat Hyuga Hamon in the next final exam.
• Mu Yue ordered Obito to strengthen his taijutsu and Guy to improve his speed, then required them to spar for half an hour after every hour of training without using Ninjutsu.

Mu Yue used test questions to push Obito and Might Guy through their training, then went to the Sarutobi home to tutor Asuma. Asuma tried to dismiss him, but Mu Yue’s willingness to leave forced Asuma to call him back.

• Mu Yue made Obito do a question for every hit he took from Might Guy and assigned Guy questions for every missed hit, driving both boys to fight with greater effort.
• Obito was hit more than thirty times and Guy missed enough to owe a little over ten questions before their sparring ended.
• Mu Yue left two Shadow Clones with the trainees and went to the Sarutobi home, where Sarutobi Biwako directed him to Asuma.
• Asuma demanded that Mu Yue help him surpass the Third Hokage, and Mu Yue admitted he could not.
• Asuma told Mu Yue to leave, but called him back when Mu Yue actually turned to go.

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.