Chapter 116: Diligent Muyue

After dinner, Mu Yue pondered for a moment, then finally took out a blank scroll and began writing a mission report for Danzo.

Although based on the current trend, Hiruzen Sarutobi would likely call for him soon, it's not appropriate to celebrate prematurely; he needs to ensure everything is foolproof.

Mu Yue wrote about Hiruzen Sarutobi's inspection today, emphasizing the Third Hokage's praise and regard for him, creating an atmosphere where the Third highly values and is trying to win him over.

He also wrote about the rewards given later to highlight the Third Hokage's esteem, but did not include the contents of the work assignment scroll in the report.

If Hiruzen Sarutobi does not request him from Danzo anytime soon, then this mission report can continue to maintain his image as a loyal Root ninja, thereby preventing Danzo from causing trouble to some extent.

Although he is technically a ninja on a mission, Mu Yue has no trust in Danzo whatsoever and does his utmost to prevent any possible accidents.

If the Third calls for him soon as expected, this scroll will not cause any negative impact, and may even prevent Danzo from secretly bothering him after he leaves Root.

This is why Mu Yue did not include the work arrangement that Hiruzen Sarutobi mentioned to him in the report.

If it is not written, even if this mission report eventually reaches the Third, Mu Yue would only be dutifully completing the mission Danzo assigned, rather than being a Root loyalist.

This work assignment scroll is something Danzo does not know about. As long as Mu Yue does not leak it himself, only the Third and he know about it. Even if I write it down, Danzo might still find out.

"Actually, there's not a bad way. Gai hollowed out a stone and sleeps on it, sleeping while merging with the rock. If you need, you can use me to speed up training." Obito said, thinking outside the box.

Mu Yue was not surprised. The training of Rock Breathing is difficult, and after the previous epiphany, the effects were nearly exhausted. It's hard to improve so quickly now; it's possible not to advance at all in a week.

But thinking carefully, turning into stone should be better than just sitting on a rock.

Mu Yue would not interfere with Might Gai's training mission just to let Obito get first place. Seventh place is not useless, so it doesn't come to that.

"Then next step, should he sleep in a fire?" Mu Yue tapped Obito's head with two fingers linked. Even sleeping inside a rock to sense rocks—Breathing methods aren't that abstract.

"Sensing the power of rock..." Shisui showed a thoughtful expression. If it's just sensing elemental power, then couldn't Flame Breathing be cultivated by training nature transformation to sense the power of flame?

Because during today's ability test, Obito had bad luck. His draw number was close to Shisui's, so they met in the second round, and then Obito got beaten by Shisui.

"Good evening, Obito, Rin." Mu Yue replied with a smile.

Seeing that Obito was so diligent, Mu Yue was very satisfied.

"Train, train, learn the Breathing method quickly." Obito was full of drive today.

Since Might Gai had grasped the previously taught content in battle, Mu Yue prepared to start teaching a new round of lessons.

Kids make choices; I'll take both directly, stacking them together.

If Rock Breathing is merging with rock, then my Flame Breathing would have to merge with flame. Can transformation jutsu turn into flame? And jump into a fire?

Might Gai dispelled the transformation jutsu, then found a large rock, sat on it, and used the transformation jutsu again.

"Mu Yue-sensei, should I practice the Breathing method in this state?" Might Gai asked.

Might Gai showed a thoughtful expression.

"Merge with the rock? Is the training ahead that hard?" Obito scratched the back of his head upon hearing Might Gai's words and asked.

The correct approach should be to encourage Obito to train harder.

Mu Yue was momentarily at a loss for how to answer. In the memory of Rock Breathing training that came to his mind, he had completed this step while sitting on a rock.

Mu Yue put the completed scroll on his person and headed to the southern border forest to teach his disciples.

Ever since Rin Nohara also joined the after-school forest training, Obito had been arriving a little earlier.

As soon as training began, Obito asked Mu Yue to help bind and fix him to assist with training.

The words sounded a bit abstract, but indeed, it was an indispensable process in Breathing training, because Breathing methods are somewhat idealist. In Naruto terms, it is related to spiritual energy and Yin Release.

After training, Mu Yue placed the scroll he had carried with him at the location for submitting mission reports, then went home to wait for a reply.

"Hehe, it's different, right? Sleeping in a fire would get you burned, but sleeping in a rock at worst makes your back a bit bruised." Obito chuckled.

And in the training of Flame Breathing, Obito saw hope of surpassing Shisui.

School was about to start soon. Obito's training mission would soon come to an evaluation. If Obito didn't work hard to improve his Flame Breathing progress within this month, then he would definitely be last in this training mission.

"Good evening, Mu Yue-sensei." Obito and Rin Nohara happened to arrive as well, greeting Mu Yue with bright smiles.

"Next, what you need to do is sense the power of rock, try to merge with the rock." Mu Yue said to Might Gai.

"How about you sit on a rock and then use transformation jutsu to turn into a rock?" Mu Yue thought for a moment and said.

If your conviction is weaker, your Breathing Technique will also be weaker. If your conviction is strong, even your blade can become brittle.

"What are you doing turning yourself into a rock, Guy?" Obito asked in puzzlement.

Fortunately, the practical exam looked not only at rankings but also at scores. Although Obito was eliminated in the seventh round, he performed very well in both battles and got high scores. Otherwise, it might have affected the punishment from Mu Yue.

Flame Breathing is without a doubt an incredibly powerful secret technique, and he just happened to have unexpected talent in it. This was a great opportunity to overtake on a curve!

Mu Yue glanced at Obito's Flame Breathing proficiency. Obito's proficiency had been steadily increasing, and now it was already at four points of mastery.

"Try to merge with the rock?" Might Guy thought for a moment, feeling as if he understood Mu Yue's idea, and used the Transformation Technique to turn himself into a rock.

"Mu Yue-sensei told you to merge with the rock, to feel the power of the rock. You thought turning into a rock would be the same as merging with it," said Might Guy-sensei.

Because Shisui was not only from the same clan as him, but also two years older, yet he could still dominate him in battle.

Shisui's strength was very weak, Obito was beaten very convincingly, but in his heart he still felt unwilling.

When the training began, Mu Yue used the Appraisal Jutsu to look at Might Guy. It was still fourteen proficiency—the same as yesterday; it hadn't increased today.