Chapter 111: Astonishing Teaching Results

Izumo Kamiizuki stepped forward quickly and met Kotetsu Hagane, who was walking back. They smiled at each other and lightly bumped fists.

"Izumo, I've succeeded. The rest is up to you." Kotetsu's face was filled with uncontrollable joy.

Even now, recalling the previous battle, he couldn't help but want to cheer for himself.

As a first-year student defeating a fourth-year student, staying calm under disadvantage and seizing an opportunity to strike down the enemy in one blow — that was truly ninja-like.

Kotetsu believed that the Third Hokage would surely remember his name, Kotetsu Hagane.

"Too bad I couldn't spread Ebisu-senpai's fame." Kotetsu felt regret in his heart.

Because Ebisu had emphasized it many times, Kotetsu didn't act like the last time this time.

Kotetsu felt Ebisu was good at everything except that he was too low-key and unwilling to let others know how skilled he was.

After watching Izumo's battle for a while, Hiruzen Sarutobi had basically formed a rough judgment on the results of this special training.

The special training had indeed brought considerable improvement to the students. Students who scored 15 points could achieve a decent score of 24 after the training. A first-year student like Kotetsu now had the strength to fight against upperclassmen.

Setting aside that jutsu which intrigued him a bit, Kotetsu's performance in all aspects far exceeded the level expected of a first-year student, and Izumo in this match displayed similar strength.

"The students have all improved significantly in this special training." Hiruzen thought to himself.

Actually, the score comparison had already shown the students' progress very intuitively, but practical combat scoring had some subjective factors, so the Third Hokage preferred to see it with his own eyes.

"Distraction Technique!"

Instantly, several big sisters dressed lightly appeared again on the battlefield, making various suggestive moves.

Izumo seized the moment when his opponent was distracted and defeated him.

Hiruzen felt his nose getting a bit moist, feeling that coming to watch the ability test had brought all sorts of surprises in various senses.

"Teacher Muyue, your students are quite creative." Chigu Yong racked his brains, his face turning red, but could only come up with this relatively appropriate compliment.

Others might not play along, but he, Chigu Yong, couldn't, given the favor of being a substitute teacher so many times.

"Kotetsu and Izumo are like that." Muyue said with a smile.

"Actually, it's not just me and Izumo." Kotetsu sneaked over to Muyue's side.

"Teacher Muyue, this jutsu was developed by me, Izumo, and Ebisu-senpai. To be precise, Ebisu-senpai led us in developing it." Kotetsu deliberately raised his voice a bit.

He couldn't stand that Ebisu-senpai, who contributed the most, remained unknown.

"Teacher Tanaka, isn't Ebisu a student in your class? I remember his grades are pretty good."

"Yes, he's a student in my Class 6 of Year 4." Tanaka Tsuyoshi showed a somewhat embarrassed smile.

He hadn't expected that this bizarre jutsu would be related to a good student in his class; he remembered Ebisu as a quite proper person.

"Ebisu." Hiruzen also heard Kotetsu's words and memorized that name as well.

After completing his mission, Kotetsu quietly returned, like someone who finishes his work and hides his identity.

"Kotetsu, how did I just perform?" Izumo asked excitedly.

"Amazing. I saw the Third Hokage was watching very seriously." Kotetsu said, putting his arm around Izumo's neck.

"That's great! Now we brothers are really on the path to making a name for ourselves!" Izumo pumped his fist in celebration.

"Not just the two of us, but also Ebisu-senpai." Kotetsu proudly told Izumo about his earlier maneuver.

"No words needed. If Ebisu-senpai finds out, he'll definitely treat you to something!" Izumo gave Kotetsu a thumbs-up.

Sneaking into the crowd of teachers required courage.

"After the test, we'll tell Ebisu-senpai this good news." Kotetsu said enthusiastically.

Ebisu, waiting for his own battle in Group A, felt his nose itchy and sneezed. He didn't know why but suddenly felt a hint of foreboding.

"Seize this opportunity to perform well in front of the Hokage." Ebisu shook off these random thoughts and tried to maintain his good condition.

After watching two more battles, the other chunin teachers also realized that the students' improvement was not an isolated case but that all of them had improved significantly.

"How was this taught? Only five weeks have passed, yet there's such improvement. Could it be that the students all practiced every day with pure focus?" Some teacher felt puzzled.

Mu Yue's teaching ability was well known among many chunin instructors.

But most people thought that no matter how good a teacher was, it wouldn't be of much use, except perhaps giving students an advantage in theoretical scores. In practical combat, it was still determined by the students' talent; no matter how well you taught, you couldn't change the difficulty of a jutsu.

However, the progress right before their eyes could not be faked. Students they had previously considered average or even poor had now reached a good level after this month-long special training.

"Let's go take a look at the students in the other groups." After the fifth match ended, Hiruzen Sarutobi said. After watching ten students fight, he had a general idea of the entire group's level.

"This way is Group B." Mu Yue led Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others toward Group B's location.

Group B was testing near the river.

As soon as Mu Yue and the others arrived, they saw two students standing on the river surface engaged in fierce combat.

"Most of Group B's students have completed chakra control training. Climbing trees and walking on water are no problem. In addition, their progress in taijutsu and ninjutsu is also faster than Group C's," Mu Yue explained.

"All of them can walk on water?" A chunin instructor showed a suspicious expression.

If tree climbing was something excellent fourth-year students generally mastered, then water walking was a technique even genin might not necessarily know, as it especially tested chakra control.

He quickly scanned the area and noticed that Group B didn't seem to have fewer students than Group C. He thought it was impossible for so many to be excellent.

But he soon had to believe it was true, because all of Group B's students would end up fighting on the river surface as their battles progressed. Not only could they walk on water, but they also looked very skilled at it.

"These students would definitely be qualified to graduate directly and become genin," an instructor commented.

If Group C was considered excellent, then Group B gave them the feeling that they could graduate without any issues.

"Right, with this level of clone technique, they would even score full marks by the graduation exam standards," another instructor agreed.

Some instructors saw their own students among them and began to doubt their lives.

"This kid wasn't that strong before—how did he suddenly become so much stronger?"

For a moment, they didn't know whether they had been overlooking their students or the students had been putting on an act in front of them.

Seeing the excellent performance of Group B's students, the Third Hokage began to look forward to the level of Group A.

"This way is Group A." After watching a few matches, Mu Yue led Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others to Group A.