Chapter 148: Monstrous Strength Girl: Rin Nohara

In the forest of the southern border, Mu Yue was conducting her daily lessons.

"Xiao Lin, if you were to team up with Obito and Gai, what would you consider your role to be?" Mu Yue asked Nohara Rin.

"To treat them when they're injured, and to protect myself in battle." Nohara Rin replied.

"Actually, medical ninjas aren't without combat ability. You should know Tsunade, one of the Three Sannin, right?" Mu Yue nodded and continued asking.

"Yes, I want to become an excellent medical ninja like Lady Tsunade." Nohara Rin answered.

If you had to pick the most popular male ninja in Konoha, it might be a tough choice, but when it comes to the most popular female ninja, Tsunade stands alone.

Tsunade has many fans among both male and female ninjas. Nohara Rin is also a big fan of Tsunade, and she longs to be someone who can provide powerful healing and hold her own in battle, just like Tsunade.

"If you train hard, it's possible to succeed."

Mu Yue smiled encouragingly and then continued:

"Outstanding medical ninjas actually have considerable combat power. The higher your medical ninjutsu level, the stronger your combat ability will be."

After speaking, Mu Yue led Nohara Rin to a large tree.

"Chakra Scalpel!"

Mu Yue gathered chakra in her hand, then used shape transformation to make the chakra sharper, and finally lightly swung it toward the large tree.

Boom!

Mu Yue's hand blade, which seemed to use little force, directly sliced the entire tree in half.

"Amazing! Is that also medical ninjutsu?" Nohara Rin covered her slightly open mouth with her right hand and said in surprise.

When Nohara Rin saw the cross-section of the tree, she was even more astonished, because the cut was too smooth and flat, completely unlike something made by a hand.

"Yes, this is the A-rank medical ninjutsu, Chakra Scalpel. It's an advanced medical technique that requires a certain mastery of medical ninjutsu to learn successfully." Mu Yue explained.

Then Mu Yue also demonstrated cutting a rock with her hand. The hard rock was easily sliced in half by Mu Yue's Chakra Scalpel, like tofu.

"Are we going to train this next?" Nohara Rin looked at Mu Yue expectantly.

"Your current knowledge of medical ninjutsu is not enough to master this technique." Mu Yue shook her head and replied.

"I understand." Nohara Rin was a little disappointed, but her motivation to learn grew even stronger. If she could learn this powerful medical ninjutsu, she would have considerable combat power.

"What I'm going to teach you now is something else. It can also increase your combat power, and is even more crucial." Mu Yue continued.

Since there were many trees here, Mu Yue casually picked one even thicker than the one she had just cut with the Chakra Scalpel, then used chakra burst technique and kicked it directly.

Another boom, and the large tree snapped and fell to the ground.

Then Mu Yue kicked the ground. Centered on Mu Yue, the ground within about four meters all cracked open.

Because of the frequent large commotions, Obito glanced over several times.

"Is this taijutsu?" Nohara Rin asked uncertainly.

Nohara Rin felt that if she kicked with her own strength, she would only stir up some dust. She couldn't imagine how painful it would be to get kicked like that.

"It's taijutsu, but the reason this taijutsu has such destructive power is not physical strength, but a special chakra technique called 'Monstrous Strength'." Mu Yue said.

What she used was the 'Heavenly Foot of Pain' she had obtained earlier.

The technique of Monstrous Strength is essentially the same whether used with hands or feet—it depends on personal preference. With fists, it's 'Cherry Blossom Impact'; with feet, it's 'Heavenly Foot of Pain'. The key point is chakra control.

Although Nohara Rin hadn't been studying medical ninjutsu for long, she had already shown talent in chakra control. Therefore, Mu Yue chose to teach Nohara Rin Monstrous Strength first instead of Chakra Scalpel.

"If you have strong physical strength and also Monstrous Strength technique, wouldn't that be super strong? I feel like Gai would be a good fit." Obito, who was resting and came over to watch, said.

"No, Gai is not suitable. His chakra control is too weak; he basically can't learn this technique." Mu Yue shook her head and said.

Based on her experience teaching Might Guy the Shadow Clone, Mu Yue could only say that if Might Guy tried to learn both the high-difficulty forbidden technique Eight Gates and the Monstrous Strength technique at the same time, he would probably master the Eight Gates first. He might be able to open several gates before he learned Monstrous Strength.

Therefore, Mu Yue did not teach this seemingly good taijutsu to Might Guy—it would be a pure waste of time. Moreover, once the Eight Gates are opened, it's impossible to use, making it even more pointless.

"Among you, only Shisui and Xiaolin are suitable for Monstrous Strength, but Shisui doesn't need to train this either." Mu Yue said.

Shisui's chakra control is also excellent, so learning Monstrous Strength would be no problem, but Shisui has no need for it.

Obito showed an expression of sudden realization. When Might Guy learns certain things, he really performs unusually poorly. He still hasn't learned a simple Shadow Clone technique.

As Muyue expected, Rin Nohara picked it up quickly. After a while, although she still couldn't crack the ground with a kick like him, she had no problem punching through an ordinary tree that wasn't too thick.

"What great strength!" Watching Rin Nohara's slender arms and legs punch through a big tree, Obito's mouth gaped wide enough to fit a duck egg.

"Obito, don't underestimate the power of a medical ninja," Rin Nohara said with a gentle smile as she withdrew her fist.

Obito thought to himself, how would he dare? That punch could break who knows how many bones if it hit a person.

"Hehe, Rin, now that you've learned this monstrous strength, you'll definitely shock everyone in class during the next practical exam." Seeing Rin Nohara's increased strength, Obito was happy for her.

Muyue nodded inwardly. To prevent Obito from turning dark, Rin Nohara's strength also had to increase, at least enough that she wouldn't become a burden.

According to his training plan, by the age of twelve, Rin Nohara was already a medical ninja proficient in advanced techniques like the Mystical Palm Technique and Chakra Scalpel.

Offensively, she could use monstrous strength and Chakra Scalpel against enemies; defensively, she could use Mystical Palm Technique to heal teammates.

"It's a shame she's not a disciple, otherwise it should almost be time to trigger the improvement reward," Muyue thought to himself.

Uncertain whether he could obtain new disciple slots in the future, Muyue held tight to the one remaining disciple slot he had and still hadn't used it.

In the early stages, there might not be much difference, but in the high-speed growth period, the gap between different talents for the 'disciple cultivation returns to master' could become extremely exaggerated.

Taking Trust Level 4 as an example, a talented disciple increases by a thousand chakra in a month, so Muyue gains four thousand, but if the disciple only increases by three hundred chakra, Muyue only gets one thousand two hundred chakra.

Muyue most wanted to take a disciple from the Uzumaki clan, but lacked the conditions. Currently, the only Uzumaki member he could contact was Kushina, but Kushina had already grown up—even needing chakra to suppress the tailed beast, she could still be identified as having 150,000 chakra.