Triple Speed

As order in the classroom grew increasingly chaotic, with the girls beginning to spark with hostility and the boys seemingly on the verge of fighting, the Chunin instructor finally lost his patience and barked out a reprimand.

"Quiet!"

"Next, Obito Uchiha!"

The Chunin instructor still carried some authority. After his sharp rebuke, the classroom quickly fell silent. Obito Uchiha shot Feng Ye an indignant glare before walking up to the podium.

After glancing at Rin Nohara, he took a deep breath and clenched his fists, silently urging himself on. This time, he had to score higher than Feng Ye.

Bang!!

After forming hand seals, a puff of white smoke flashed.

The clone that appeared beside Obito Uchiha looked rather crooked. Though it could barely be considered a clone, anyone could tell at a glance that it was fake.

"50 points."

The Chunin instructor glanced at Obito Uchiha.

The Uchiha Clan, known as a gathering place for geniuses, had members who were almost all among the top students at the academy. Obito Uchiha, however, was an exception.

"Ahhh... I'll do it again..."

Naturally unwilling to accept a score of 50, Obito Uchiha immediately formed hand seals again. However, with his mindset already collapsing, his second attempt at the Clone Technique failed outright.

His third attempt was not much better than the first. His final score only reached 55 points, failing to pass.

"..."

Feng Ye watched the scene as well, and only one thought crossed his mind.

This whole going-dark thing was fucking ridiculous!

Just because he witnessed Rin Nohara's death, Obito Uchiha, this dead-last loser, went dark on the spot. Not only did he awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan and gain Kamui, one of the most absurdly powerful abilities, but even his combat experience, personality, and will underwent a complete one-eighty.

Before long, he attacked Konoha, released the Nine-Tails, and indirectly got one of the "BUG characters," the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze, killed.

It was utterly ridiculous!

If Feng Ye had not known the original plot, he truly could not have imagined that Obito, who was this terrible even at using the Clone Technique, would become one of the Shinobi World's future big bosses.

Shaking his head, Feng Ye withdrew his gaze.

He did not have any particular plans for Obito. After all, Madara Uchiha was the key figure lurking in the shadows. Even without Obito Uchiha, Madara Uchiha would just produce another Uchiha Obito-fire or Uchiha Obito-water or something.

What mattered most was possessing enough strength himself.

After all, the Third Shinobi World War would begin in a year. During wartime, there was no such thing as graduation exams; students were forcibly graduated at the age of nine. In other words, if he wanted to remain at the academy, he could only stay for one more year.

I wonder if one year will be enough to reach Jonin-level strength...

Feng Ye pondered inwardly.

During the Third Great Ninja War, genin and Chunin were practically cannon fodder. Fortunately, he was in Konoha. If he had been in another village, even Jonin would have been cannon fodder, because there was a BUG like Minato Namikaze who could instantly kill fifty Jonin.

If he could unlock a few more Time-based abilities, then he could roam the Shinobi World freely through the power of time alone. Unfortunately, the only ability he could currently use was Time Acceleration corresponding to the 1 o'clock position.

He still had to rely on abilities such as ninjutsu and Taijutsu.

As Feng Ye was thinking, a crisp ding suddenly rang out in his mind, like the sound of a clock passing a certain point.

"Hm?"

Feng Ye let out a surprised sound. A trace of delight flashed through his eyes, and he immediately closed them.

After he closed his eyes, a massive silver-white clock, seemingly illusory, emerged within the dark world before him. He could clearly see its golden hour and minute hands.

The hour hand had not moved and still pointed at 1 o'clock.

At the center of the Phantom Clock's face was a mechanical text dial that seemed to record the date. However, it did not record dates, but the multiplier of Time Acceleration.

"No new ability unlocked, but..."

Feng Ye pondered for a moment.

Click!

With a thought from him, the mechanical text clicked and turned once. It jumped from 0 to 1, then to 2, before finally stopping at 3.

"Sure enough, I can enter Triple Speed now."

Seeing the number on the dial, Feng Ye let out a soft breath.

When he had first transmigrated into this world, the Time Acceleration he could control only ranged between 1x and 1.5x. About a year later, he heard that same ding in his ears, and the upper limit of Time Acceleration had become 2x.

Now, the upper limit had become 3x.

"It seems the upper limit increased around this time last year too... Maybe the maximum rate at which I can accelerate time increases once every year?"

That thought crossed Feng Ye's mind.

Though he could not confirm it, that seemed to be the pattern. Whether it was true or not would become clear this time next year.

It was slightly regrettable that he still had not obtained another ability. He did not know when the ability corresponding to the 2 o'clock position would unlock.

Still, Time Acceleration alone was already immensely powerful.

What he experienced in a state of Time Acceleration was a world before him that had slowed by several times. His own speed, reaction speed, and so on all increased without conflict!

If an ordinary Chunin could increase the flow of time fivefold, dealing with a Jonin would be no problem at all. And if a Jonin could increase the flow of time fivefold, even the Kage of the Five Great Ninja Villages might not be able to defeat him!

The same applied to Feng Ye!

As long as he possessed Chunin-level strength in his normal state, he could contend against Jonin. Once he possessed Jonin-level strength, there would be very few people in the entire Shinobi World who could even touch him.

And that was only at five times speed. If the Phantom Clock could rise to ten times speed or even higher, then speed alone would become an extremely terrifying ability.

"...How powerful would the Eight Inner Gates be at ten times speed?"

Feng Ye imagined a scene.

It was the sight of a massive Air Cannon more than ten times stronger than the Evening Elephant, piercing through the clouds with a single blow and blasting apart the moon created by the Sage of Six Paths in space, reducing it to countless fragments.

At the thought, Feng Ye could not help drawing in a breath. It took several seconds before he came back to himself.

Ten times speed combined with the Eight Inner Gates was still far away, but the Eight Inner Gates was indeed worth considering. It should be one of the abilities most compatible with Time Acceleration.

As for the others...

Ninjutsu released from his body would not have their flight paths accelerated by Time Acceleration. The area covered by Time Acceleration was limited to his own body. However, his hand seal speed and casting speed would also enter a multiplied state, which would likewise have a considerable effect!

The speed at which a ninjutsu was cast was crucial. Take the Flying Thunder God Technique, which made the Shinobi World tremble—its power lay in having no hand seals and no casting delay!

Come to think of it...

He could now reach Triple Speed. Previously, at double speed, he could easily crush Kakashi, who was already a Chunin. At Triple Speed, he should be able to easily defeat ordinary elite Chunin. There was probably still some gap between him and a Jonin.

"...Close to Special Jonin?"

Feng Ye assessed his current strength and felt that he was still a little short of Special Jonin. However, by this time next year, reaching the level of Special Jonin should not be a problem.

In the ninja world, only upon reaching Special Jonin could one barely be considered a "strong person." Chunin and genin were basically cannon fodder in war.

Above Special Jonin were Jonin and Elite Jonin. Above that came Kage, though this world did not have the term Kage-level. Thus, in terms of ninja ranks, Elite Jonin was the peak. However, in Feng Ye's view, ninjas like Konoha's White Fang and Danzo, whose strength far surpassed that of ordinary Elite Jonin, could be called "Kage-level" for the sake of distinction.