Chapter 207: Trust Level Up

Early in the morning, Kakashi woke up, but this time it wasn't because of an alarm clock or his biological clock—it was because he smelled a very pleasant aroma and then woke up.

Before he even opened his eyes, Kakashi was very puzzled as to why there was such a fragrance. When he opened his eyes and saw an unfamiliar ceiling, he remembered that he hadn't gone home yesterday but had stayed at Muyue's house.

Maybe it was because he had slept well yesterday; Kakashi felt much lighter physically and a bit more energetic.

Then Kakashi left his room and went downstairs to the first floor.

"Awake, huh? I just happened to finish making breakfast. Come and eat together." Muyue, who had just set the finished breakfast on the table, happened to see Kakashi coming downstairs, so he said with a smile.

"Thank you, I'm sorry for the trouble," Kakashi thanked Muyue.

Kakashi glanced at the dining table. Maybe because he was there, Muyue had made extra—the breakfast was very generous, with sweet-looking red bean rice, steaming hot miso soup, thick rolled omelet, and grilled fish.

"Itadakimasu," Kakashi said after sitting down at the table.

He hadn't said that phrase while eating breakfast in a long time, because that phrase wasn't about telling the food "I'm going to eat you" but about telling the people eating together that it was time to eat. When eating alone, naturally there was no need to say it.

The chaotic thoughts in Kakashi's head disappeared after he finished Muyue's breakfast. At that moment, he just felt that this was delicious, that was also delicious, everything was delicious—he was completely immersed in the world of good food.

After finishing all the dishes in front of him and then drinking the steaming hot miso soup, Kakashi only felt his body warm and very comfortable.

After eating, seeing the empty plates in front of him, Kakashi realized he had eaten so much without noticing.

【Disciple Hatake Kakashi trust level increased. Current trust level: three】

"Looks like you really like the food I made." Muyue stood up, ready to clear the table, and said cheerfully. It wasn't for nothing that he had put in so much effort—the trust level had finally gone up.

"Because your cooking, Muyue-sensei, is simply too delicious," Kakashi said seriously.

It was hard to say who was the strongest ninja in the ninja world right now, but if anyone claimed their cooking was better than Muyue's, Kakashi would be the first to object. This was genjutsu-level cooking.

"Let me clean up," Kakashi volunteered to help.

Having troubled Muyue to take the time to counsel him and being treated to a lavish breakfast, Kakashi would feel uncomfortable if he didn't do something.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Kakashi." Muyue didn't refuse and said with a chuckle.

Sometimes, accepting others' kindness can bring both sides closer and deepen trust.

After washing the dishes, Kakashi and Muyue went together to the Southern Border Forest to train.

Muyue's treatment seemed to be effective—today Kakashi showed no mental issues or physical fatigue and had temporarily returned to normal.

"Is this the confidence you had when you called me weak? After just one day of training, you can't even stand straight," Kakashi said aggressively, looking at Obito who had finished training in Total Concentration Breathing.

"You… what do you know? You have no idea how exhausting it is to maintain Total Concentration Breathing," Obito said, so tired his speech was a little disjointed.

"No matter how exhausting, it's training. Can't you be a little tougher?" Kakashi intended to settle the score from the past few days all at once.

Obito rolled his eyes and slumped to the ground, looking like someone fuming over a person who didn't understand breathing techniques.

Muyue nodded inwardly—this was also a sign of recovery. As long as he had the mind to spar with Obito, there wasn't a big problem.

"Everyone, go back and rest well. We're going to do a mission tomorrow," Muyue announced.

Originally, Muyue had planned to continue training his disciples until after Obito's birthday before doing missions, but seeing Kakashi like this, Muyue felt he needed to solve Kakashi's problem first.

Kakashi's problem would be hard to solve inside the village; he needed to go outside and seek a little help.

Muyue didn't expect to solve it with one mission—after all, two accidents had already happened in a row. Even if he had cheats, there shouldn't be a third accident in a row, so he would need to do more missions to find opportunities.

"Awesome! We're doing a mission again!" Obito's eyes lit up as he struggled to stand.

Every mission he did now provided material for conversation with Rin Nohara, and was also capital for bragging when he returned to the ninja academy.

When other classmates were discussing what boring chores they had done, he would show off his A-rank and B-rank mission experience. Obito could hardly imagine how envious those classmates' eyes would be.

"Everyone, be careful, okay? Don't get hurt," Rin Nohara said gently.

"Don't worry, Rin. With Muyue-sensei and me here, there's definitely no problem," Obito said, thumping his chest.

"Obito, are you underestimating my youth? When the moment comes, I'll protect my comrades with my most passionate youth!" Might Guy showed his sparkling white teeth and laughed loudly.

"Then let me rephrase: with Muyue-sensei, me, and Gai here, there's definitely no problem." Obito thought for a moment and said. Might Guy was indeed very formidable right now; apart from Shisui with his Sharingan activated, anyone who ran into him found him a real headache and hard to deal with.

Kakashi: …

"Muyue-sensei and Gai are truly reliable. As for you, forget it. If I hadn't supported you in time on the last mission, you would have been seriously injured." Seeing Obito picking a fight, Kakashi said without holding back.

"You were too reckless during your fight. You didn't think enough; you didn't even notice the opponent was exchanging wounds."

"Obito, you have to be careful when fighting." Rin Nohara said with some concern.

"That only happened because I went to help him." Obito also went all out, even bringing up old grudges and rehashing the time Kakashi did nothing for a full ten minutes two missions ago.

"You're both very spirited, but you should save some energy for tomorrow's mission." After watching for a while, Muyue smiled and ended the argument.

Seeing Muyue speak, the two temporarily ceased fire.

……

The next morning, Muyue led his disciples to the Hokage building to accept a mission.

"Is there a C-rank mission in the Land of Rivers today?" Muyue asked directly.

The Land of Rivers was affected by the war between Kumogakure and Sunagakure, making it easier to find opportunities.

Actually, going to the Land of Grass would make it even easier to find opportunities, because the Land of Rivers was only peripherally affected; the war between Kumogakure and Sunagakure was mainly within the Land of Wind, while in the Land of Grass, Iwagakure and Konoha were fighting, making it a main battlefield.

However, for that reason, the Land of Grass currently had almost exclusively war missions, which Muyue's team couldn't accept due to the trainees.

"The Land of Rivers, let me see." The registration ninja began flipping through the mission list.

"There's one to subdue bandits near Mikawa Town, and also one to protect a client returning to the capital of the Land of Rivers."

Although only two chapters were updated today, one chapter was a big 5k chapter, so the total word count was 7k.