Chapter 183: Might Guy's Excitement

Might Duy and Muyue walked into the house together.

"Dad, welcome home." Might Guy said, but he froze when he saw what Might Duy looked like as he came in.

Might Duy was greener than green—no, he was wearing a green chunin vest!

This was easy to recognize, because Might Duy usually only wore a green jumpsuit, so the vest on top immediately stood out.

"Dad, could it be that the really awesome and really youthful thing you mentioned is..." Might Guy's eyes grew brighter and brighter as he spoke, and his voice grew more and more excited.

He thought of a possibility, one that made him immensely happy.

"That's right, it's exactly what you're thinking!" Might Duy laughed heartily.

Might Duy gave himself a thumbs up, showing two rows of white teeth, and said cheerfully to Might Guy:

"I'm no longer Konoha's genin Might Duy, but Konoha's chunin Might Duy!"

"Dad, you finally became a chunin. No one can call you an eternal genin anymore." Might Guy rushed forward excitedly and hugged Might Duy.

Might Duy hugged Might Guy back, both of them crying tears of joy, looking very moved.

Might Guy was happy that from now on no one could call his father an eternal genin, and Might Duy was happy that he could support Might Guy even more.

Obito scratched his head, unable to quite understand the scene. In Obito's understanding, chunin wasn't that impressive—Kakashi became a chunin at six.

But Obito could still feel the strong bond between Might Guy and Might Duy, father and son.

Shisui watched the scene of deep father-and-son affection, thought of the short blade he carried close, but wasn't too envious.

Kakashi understood the significance of Might Duy becoming a chunin better than anyone. He had known Might Guy very early on—when checking school entrance scores, White Fang had seen Might Guy's potential and said Kakashi could be friends with Might Guy, and that Might Guy might surpass Kakashi one day.

So Kakashi also knew something about Might Guy's family situation. Unlike his own father, Might Guy's father Might Duy was not a renowned strongman, but a despised eternal genin.

Might Duy himself didn't care about others' words, but Might Guy cared very much. He would allow no one to slander his father to his face, even going to fight ninjas stronger than himself without considering the consequences. That day, if Kakashi hadn't happened to pass by and taken down those two ninjas, Might Guy would definitely have been beaten black and blue.

Now that Might Duy had become a chunin, the talk of "eternal genin" had been refuted. The happiness and excitement in Might Guy's heart was easy to imagine.

"Guy, you should thank Muyue-sensei a lot. I owe this promotion to Muyue-sensei." Might Duy put a hand on Might Guy's shoulder and said seriously.

Muyue had helped their family a great deal—not just introducing him to the Third Hokage and giving him the secret medicine, but as Might Guy's teacher, Muyue had gone above and beyond, thinking of everything.

"Mm, Muyue-sensei, thank you for everything you've done for me. I'm truly grateful!" Might Guy said emotionally, tears streaming again.

Looking back from the time he met Muyue to now, Might Guy sometimes felt a dreamlike unreality.

From Muyue, Might Guy could truly feel the same kind of affection as from Might Duy—unconditional, expecting nothing in return, only happy to see him grow.

But Might Guy never imagined Muyue would go this far, even helping his father get promoted and shed the label of eternal genin.

This exceeded Might Guy's expectations. He already thought Muyue had treated him well enough—teaching him a powerful forbidden technique like Rock Breathing without stint, and giving him free secret medicine each month to eliminate fatigue and hidden injuries.

Having done so much already, Might Guy naturally had no complaints. In his heart, Muyue had always been second only to Might Duy.

But Muyue helping Might Duy get promoted gave Might Guy a deeper understanding of how much Muyue cared for him.

Even though Muyue hadn't given him a gift yet at this moment, Might Guy felt he had already received the best birthday gift—he had felt Muyue's sincerity.

"It's also because Senior Duy has real skill. I just did what I could." Muyue said with a smile, then took out a handkerchief and wiped Might Guy's tears.

He wouldn't normally do such a thing, feeling it might be a bit much, but at this moment and in this atmosphere, it was just right.

"After all, he's the all-powerful Muyue sage." Obito snickered, then pulled out a green jumpsuit and handed it to Might Guy.

"This is my gift—I had it specially made. There's a 'Guy' character on the chest."

Might Guy took the jumpsuit and unfolded it. Sure enough, as Obito had said, a "Guy" character was embroidered on the front chest area.

"Obito, excellent taste!" Might Guy gave Obito a thumbs up in praise, very satisfied with this gift.

"I thought, since Gai, you wear jumpsuits every day, you'd probably like it." Obito flashed a proud grin.

"This is a painting I made." Rin Nohara said gently, smiling as she handed over her gift.

Might Guy took the painting and examined it carefully. It showed their usual training scene in the forest, including not only Might Guy but also the others.

Might Guy was lifting a rock, sweating profusely. Shisui was seriously practicing Fire Release, with a large fireball in front of him. Obito was holding his head and saying something. Muyue was standing with two fingers together. The overall composition looked very warm.

"Haha, this is really well drawn. Obito's expression after getting hit is exactly how he looks in real life." Might Guy laughed loudly.

"Ah? What was hit?" Obito curiously poked his head over to look, and happened to see the part where he himself was hit.

"Why is everyone else cultivating while I'm the one getting hit? Rin, your misunderstanding of me runs too deep," Obito said with a pained expression.

"I feel like that makes it more interesting," Rin Nohara chuckled softly, covering her mouth.

What Shisui gave Might Guy was a weighted ninja tool for training, while Kakashi gave a few secret cultivation pills.

"This is the physical arts cultivation insights that I wrote together with your father. Even if we are not by your side in the future, you can still train according to the experience in this notebook," Mu Yue smiled and handed a booklet to Might Guy.

"Guy, your youth is moving forward!" Might Duy laughed loudly and encouraged.

Might Guy nodded heavily. At that moment, a breeze came and blew the booklet open. Guy saw inside various experiences regarding the Eight Gates and Rock Breathing, and saw two completely different handwritings.

In Might Guy's mind appeared the scene of the two of them pondering together and writing down insights, and he once again shed tears of joy and excitement.

"Teacher Mu Yue, Father, thank you for the gifts. I will definitely not let down your expectations!"

Mu Yue revealed a warm smile. Jackpot.

One more chapter.