Chapter 125: Lightning Release: False Darkness

Monday afternoon, at the Ninja Academy.

The homeroom teachers of the first-year classes had already reminded their students that the theory class would be held in the large lecture hall, so there was no awkward incident of a class missing the first large class.

"So many people."

"Isn't that Shisui Uchiha from Class 1-1?"

"And the one from Class 4..."

Most of the students were experiencing this kind of large class for the first time, full of novelty, and excitedly discussing all sorts of things with their friends.

Thump thump!

"Everyone, quiet down a bit. Class is about to start." Muyue, who had walked into the classroom, tapped the desk and gently reminded them.

All the students in Class 1-1 instantly shut their mouths, and most students from other classes also stopped talking, with only a few bolder ones continuing to whisper.

"This seems to be the teacher Muyue who was said to be very good at teaching last semester."

"We'll find out soon enough if he's good or not."

Muyue ignored the slight sounds that didn't affect the class, and continued speaking:

"Everyone, take out your textbooks. Today we're learning Leaf History One."

"During the Warring States period, there was a great ninja clan centered on benevolence, the Senju of the Forest..."

Although it was Leaf history, it didn't start from after the founding of Leaf; the beginning was about how Leaf was established and rose during the war-torn era.

As a teacher, Muyue had read all three volumes of Leaf History several times.

How to put it, it was generally similar to the history in his memory, just that some techniques were used in the specific descriptions.

For example, there was more praise for the Senju. Although in Muyue's eyes, both the Senju and Uchiha were ninja clans fighting for themselves, in the textbook the Senju clan was portrayed as taking it upon themselves to uphold justice, while the Uchiha clan's presence was much weaker, and Madara Uchiha was even the greatest villain in Leaf's history.

Regarding Madara Uchiha, Muyue was somewhat in agreement; Madara Uchiha could indeed be considered the greatest villain in Leaf's history, because at that time Madara had been thoroughly deceived by Black Zetsu and didn't care at all about what happened to Leaf.

Muyue was very familiar with the textbook; he rarely held the book to lecture because he already had a timeline in his mind and could just follow it, while teaching knowledge points he could also tell some historical anecdotes.

He learned this from his high school history teacher; back in his high school days, his history teacher lectured like that, telling interesting stories while teaching knowledge points, and also various historical memes.

However, Muyue dared not play with memes about Leaf history in class; on the surface, Leaf was just an ordinary city, but in essence it was a military base.

"This teacher is indeed better than the previous theory class teachers." Those students who hadn't taken Muyue's classes had to admit that Muyue's class was a bit more interesting.

After all, some theoretical knowledge was inherently dull, and if the teacher was the type who just read the textbook line by line, it would really be boring enough to make one sleepy.

【Completed one large class teaching】

【Evaluation: A】

【Rewards obtained: Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique, Lightning Release: False Darkness】

Water Dragon Bullet was a technique Muyue had already mastered; acquiring it again, Muyue noticed that the skill panel's proficiency had increased, while Lightning Release: False Darkness was obtained by Muyue for the first time.

"This semester, I'll focus on farming chakra." Muyue thought it over and decided to change his teaching strategy; instead of farming half and half, he would prioritize farming chakra first.

He now mastered many ninjutsu, not only the basic five elemental techniques but also Yang Release medical ninjutsu and Yin Release genjutsu; he had enough for both teaching students and fighting. On the other hand, his chakra was only a bit more than twice that of an average jonin.

If he could have chakra equal to the Third Hokage's, even if he couldn't stand above the sky, he wouldn't need to ingratiate himself anymore.

Of course, just changing his combat strategy definitely wouldn't increase chakra that much.

After all, a regular small class only gave twenty points; switching from half farming to full farming would only yield an extra hundred chakra points per week. But now there were large classes, so the returns would be higher.

After school, Muyue went to the South Border Forest; Obito and Might Guy had basically been training there all day.

Although aided by his teaching skills, Might Guy ultimately couldn't learn the Shadow Clone Technique within a few days. In the end, Muyue split off a Shadow Clone with very little chakra and had it use the Transformation Technique to substitute for Might Guy in class.

However, to prevent Might Guy's theory from regressing, Muyue would take a little time to make up for Might Guy's theoretical knowledge without affecting his training.

After all, training always had rest periods; studying theory during rest time to relax wasn't bad either.

"I am fire, I am fire, I am burning..." Obito squatted by the bonfire, feeling the temperature of the flames while trying to hypnotize himself.

Muyue used Appraisal on Obito; the proficiency was still fifteen points from the morning. Obito's self-hypnosis method hadn't worked.

Seeing Muyue's real body arrive, Obito sighed and said:

"Teacher, this training is way too hard. I've been roasting by the fire today to the point of heatstroke, but I haven't experienced any special feeling at all."

Comprehending flame and sensing fire—it's all too abstract. Obito felt he had tried every method he could think of, but he couldn't perceive any change at all.

"Don't be impatient. This secret technique is very suitable for you; it's just that the difficulty is too high." Muyue spoke to comfort him.

"Starting tomorrow, you and Shisui will eat here every noon and evening. I'll make some dishes that are more fiery—maybe that will speed up the progress." Muyue said after thinking it over.

Back when he was training in Fire Nature Transformation, his cooking that could induce illusions had worked. Maybe it could also help with the step of comprehending flame in Flame Breathing.

"Shisui, you can also move to the next step of training tomorrow." Muyue said to Shisui.

Although Shisui had initially fallen behind Obito, he trained more diligently than Obito. Plus, he performed well during the second step, so now his progress was the same as Obito's—he had also reached fifteen proficiency.

"Huh?" Hearing Muyue's words, Obito instinctively tensed a certain vulnerable part of his body.

That was truly a memory too painful to recall—walking into the restroom just fine, but coming out needing to hold the wall.

Even Shisui, upon hearing Muyue's words, showed an expression of facing a great enemy. This was no joke.

"Teacher Muyue, I think the current progress is actually not bad. After all, this is such a difficult secret technique; having no progress in one day is normal." Obito felt he could still struggle a bit more.

"Teacher Muyue, I haven't started the comprehension training yet. How about I first try training under normal conditions to see what happens?" Shisui said after thinking.

Muyue felt Shisui made a lot of sense, so he nodded and said, "Then Shisui, you won't do it tomorrow for now. Obito eats first."

Obito looked at Shisui with a face full of question marks. Looking out for yourself, huh?

"I thought it over carefully, and I still think Teacher Muyue's idea is great. It must be very beneficial for training, and cooking separately is a hassle. So why don't we all eat the same thing?" Obito proposed.

Suffering alone was out of the question. If he tried to look out for himself, don't blame him for dragging everyone down together.

"How can you change your mind so quickly?" Muyue appeared in front of Obito with a flash and knocked on his head.

This time, it was clearly Shisui's argument that made more sense.

Now both Shisui and Obito were at fifteen proficiency. Next, Obito would eat the fiery dishes while Shisui would not. If Obito's improvement was significantly faster, it would prove the method was effective. Then he would not only feed Obito and Shisui fiery dishes but also try to make some heavy, rich dishes for Might Guy.

However, for the time being, Muyue couldn't figure out what dishes to make that would create an environment related to rock and earth. He couldn't just cook with stones and mud directly, could he?

Muyue thought that if stones were edible, perhaps they would taste good with the boost from the system's skills.

"I'm just worried about everyone's training, and I don't want to tire you out, Teacher Muyue." Obito said with a grin, rubbing the spot where he was hit.

"Teacher isn't afraid of getting tired, as long as you can train and get results." Muyue said with a chuckle.

Obito thought to himself, oh no, it really might end up with only him suffering this time.

"Muyue Sage, please bless that Shisui's training tomorrow doesn't advance by leaps and bounds." Obito clasped his hands together and prayed silently.

If Shisui trained and got something out of it tomorrow, that would hurt more than him not feeling any progress—because it would mean that from now on, he really would be the only one suffering.

Obito would rather have Shisui eat all kinds of explosively spicy dishes along with him and then leap ahead in progress, than end up being the only one holding the wall coming out of the restroom.

After finishing today's training, Obito's Flame Breathing progress hadn't changed.

When he got home and saw the Shadow Clone lying on his bed, Obito only then remembered he had forgotten to dismiss it.

Obito immediately dismissed the Shadow Clone. He had gone to quite a bit of trouble to make the Shadow Clone attend school for him.

The moment the Shadow Clone was dismissed, all the memories from its classes today flowed back into Obito's brain.

In that instant, Obito felt as if he had just sat through a half-day of boring, tedious, and endless math class.

"Damn it, math is so annoying." Obito collapsed directly onto his bed and let out a groan.

He had discovered a problem: even though it was the Shadow Clone attending class, when the clone was dismissed and the memories flowed back, the real feeling was exactly the same as if he had gone himself. The boredom and pain didn't diminish at all.

"Wait, does that mean..." Obito thought of something, made hand signs again to create a Shadow Clone, and bribed the clone into solving a math problem.

After the problem was solved, Obito immediately dismissed the clone, and the memory of solving it instantly flowed into his mind—as if he himself had just solved a problem.

Obito collapsed onto the bed and decided to revoke Tobirama Senju's title as the "Sage of Clones."

This was completely useless, wasn't it? Solving problems and attending class were already tortures to the mind. The memories flowed back, and the sensations were so vivid—it was no different from doing it with the original body.

Obito felt the Shadow Clone really needed improvement. For instance, if it could be set to either let the memories flow back or not, that would be much better.

"Still gotta rely on Muyue Sage and the Six Paths Sage." Obito felt Tobirama Senju was a bit lacking.

Wait, there's more.