Chapter 219: Lightning Breathing Blade Technique

Teaching the sealing technique in a hotel was naturally out of the question, so Kushina prepared to take Mu Yue to the house where the Uzumaki sealing technique had been arranged to teach him there.

That house was very spacious, with not only a room for her to rest but also many rooms for training.

When Kushina was halfway through leading the way, two Anbu ninjas wearing animal masks and black robes suddenly appeared and said,

"Are you trying to take him to that place? That is not permitted."

"Why are there so many rules? What would happen even if I took him there?" Kushina said with her hands on her hips, not at all pleased.

Facing the two Anbu who had been watching her all along, Kushina didn't want to give them any good attitude.

"Besides, when Minato was around, I never heard you guys say anything."

"Minato Namikaze was specially permitted. The situation is different," the Anbu ninja said calmly.

There were many reasons why Minato was allowed. Not only was Minato close to Kushina, but he was also Jiraiya's proud disciple. The higher-ups in Konoha were naturally willing to give him their trust.

Mu Yue saw the two Anbu suddenly appear and showed a slightly surprised expression on his face.

Of course, he was faking it. Mu Yue had already observed them with his Byakugan. The reason he was accelerating his apparent progress in sealing techniques was also to use these two cameras to build an image of himself as a talented ninja.

"Since there are difficulties, let's find another place. There should be some quiet spots nearby," Mu Yue said with a warm smile.

"Since you say so, Mu Yue, that works too." Kushina's anger subsided a little. She wasn't afraid of the Anbu, but she had to consider Mu Yue. Having a conflict with the Anbu wasn't really good after all.

The faces under the Anbu masks also relaxed slightly. They felt Mu Yue was sensible, and they didn't want to have a conflict with a jinchuriki either. But if they hadn't stopped them, they would have been derelict in their duty.

Finding a cool, secluded place, Kushina began explaining the Four Symbols Seal to Mu Yue.

"The Four Symbols Seal is a sealing technique with an extremely high ceiling. The stronger you are, the stronger the Four Symbols Seal you perform, and it also has great potential. Some other powerful sealing techniques are developed based on the Four Symbols Seal."

Mu Yue nodded. He recalled his memories of this jutsu, and it did seem to be true. Minato had improved the Four Symbols Seal; using it twice could turn it into the Eight Trigrams Seal, and there was also the Reverse Four Symbols Seal, a self-destruct technique.

The Reverse Four Symbols Seal had no notable achievements, so let's not talk about that. The Eight Trigrams Seal was powerful. The first layer of Four Symbols was used to seal the Nine-Tails, and the second layer of Four Symbols could convert the leaking Nine-Tails chakra into the jinchuriki's own chakra.

What did that mean? Even if Naruto didn't train at all, thanks to the Eight Trigrams Seal, his chakra would grow by leaps and bounds.

The teaching session lasted about three hours.

"I need to go back. Next time we meet, I'll give you the Four Symbols Seal training scroll," Kushina said as she stood up to explain.

She had limited time to be out each day and couldn't stay outside for long.

"What do you want for dinner? I'll go prepare the ingredients first," Mu Yue asked with a smile.

Kushina's eyes lit up, and after thinking, she said, "Braised pork belly, squirrel-shaped mandarin fish, and magic mapo tofu."

"See you later! Make sure you train hard on the sealing technique, or Teacher Kushina's anger can be really scary." Thinking about the delicious food she'd have again tonight, Kushina raised her arm and said goodbye to Mu Yue cheerfully.

"Goodbye." Mu Yue nodded with a smile.

Then Mu Yue split off a Shadow Clone to buy groceries, while his main body headed to the Southern Forest to teach his students.

"Mu Yue-sensei." Shisui, who was training, paused to greet Mu Yue.

He couldn't tell with his eyesight whether it was a Shadow Clone, but Mu Yue coming over during training like this was usually the main body.

Mu Yue smiled and nodded in response, then began giving guidance.

When training time was almost up, Mu Yue had the two stop training and rest to chat.

"Mu Yue-sensei, did your mission go smoothly this time?" Rin Nohara asked curiously.

Because this time, she hadn't seen Obito and Might Guy come by. Usually, if they had time after a mission, they would come over.

"There were a few bumps, but as for the result, it was pretty good," Mu Yue replied after thinking.

The process was tough, but everyone gained something.

"Hearing you say that, Mu Yue-sensei, I feel much more at ease. I've been worried that Obito and Kakashi might argue during the mission." Rin Nohara looked relieved and smiled.

"Those two clearly care about each other, but neither is willing to say it out loud," Rin sighed.

From her perspective, they were both tsunderes. Even if they were worried about each other, all they'd say were snarky remarks.

"Maybe they enjoy it," Mu Yue said with a chuckle.

He felt that if one day Kakashi stopped being aggressive with his words toward Obito, Obito might actually find it strange.

"Eh, is that so?" Rin Nohara was a little surprised.

"I'm just guessing."

"If that's really the case, then Kakashi and Obito get along well every day." Rin Nohara clasped her hands together and said softly with a smile.

Muyue glanced at Rin Nohara. In his past life, he had also been curious about who Rin Nohara really liked.

She was very concerned about Obito, helping him with various things, quickly bandaging his injuries. She was very attentive to Kakashi, quickly gathering friends to celebrate after he was promoted to jonin.

He didn't know who the twelve-year-old Rin Nohara liked, but based on these few months of observation, Muyue discovered that the eight-year-old Rin Nohara didn't like anyone—neither Kakashi nor Obito had reached the level of romantic affection.

Rin Nohara's feelings for Obito were like caring for a younger brother, worrying about his safety and helping him when he was reckless.

As for Kakashi, Rin Nohara had a bit of a little girl's admiration mixed with friendship.

If forced to say who she likes, from the current perspective, Muyue thought Kakashi had a better chance, because Rin Nohara's feelings for Obito were somewhat familial—close, but unlikely to lead to a romantic relationship.

However, Muyue's was just a simple guess. He couldn't say how things would turn out later, because the three of them were too young now. It was uncertain, and it was possible that Rin Nohara might not like either of them in the future.

……

In the evening, Kakashi woke up from bed, made himself a simple dinner, and after eating and taking a short walk, he began to train Lightning Breathing.

Obito's Sharingan put a lot of pressure on him, and Might Guy was also waiting to challenge him. Kakashi wished he could travel back in time and use his past slacking-off time to train.

Kakashi set up training stakes in the yard, then walked to the edge of the yard, drew the White Fang Short Blade, assumed a stance, and closed his eyes.

He was recalling the technique he had used in the mission, a breathing technique sword style he had created by combining Hatake Sword Style and Lightning Breathing.

"Huff." Kakashi slowly changed his breathing rhythm, letting the breath carry chakra to gather at his feet.

"Lightning Flash!"

Shwoosh!

Kakashi's eyes snapped open. Chakra exploded from his feet, thunder rang out, and he shot forward like a bolt of lightning.

Thud!

The training stake split in two and fell to the ground, the cut incredibly smooth.

"This technique still needs refinement." Kakashi stood there thinking for a moment and came to a conclusion.

The first time he used it, he hadn't had time to analyze it much. Now using it again, Kakashi discovered a problem.

Speed—this technique's speed was too fast.

Although high speed was a good thing, when it exceeded one's own reaction speed, it wasn't entirely a good thing.

Charging straight like this, if someone saw through the nature and trajectory of the technique, he would become quite passive, not to mention it would be hard to hit the target and very dangerous.

After thinking for a while, Kakashi came up with a solution: if he could make Lightning Flash turn corners, it would become much more flexible.

"I'll ask Muyue-sensei during tomorrow's training." Then Kakashi thought of Muyue; Muyue's speed was faster than his Lightning Flash, but Muyue obviously didn't have this problem.

After training until ten o'clock, Kakashi washed up and went to bed.

The next day.

"That was a good sleep." Obito stretched, feeling refreshed.

"Why is it still so bright? Feels like I slept quite a while." Looking at the sunlight streaming through the window, Obito scratched his head.

A glance at the time left Obito stunned; the hour hand was pointing at nine.

Looking at the bright sun outside, Obito knew it definitely wasn't nine at night, and he had come back at noon.

"That means I slept from yesterday noon until nine in the morning!" Obito's eyes widened. He hadn't expected he could sleep so much—almost a whole day.

For a moment, Obito thought a lot. He regretted not waking up in the evening to share his heroic exploits with Rin Nohara.

"No, this isn't the time for regret—I'm late!" Obito suddenly remembered he still had normal training today.

"Grandma, why didn't you wake me up?" Obito quickly went downstairs and asked.

"Seeing how tired you were, I thought to let you sleep a bit more." The grandmother said with a kind smile.

Faced with a family member who cared about him, Obito couldn't say anything reproachful. He grabbed a piece of bread, stuffed it in his mouth, and ran towards the Southern Border Forest.

By the time Obito arrived, Mu Yue had already been training with the disciples for a while.

"Late on the first day after the mission ended?" Kakashi, who was learning Armament Haki, immediately mocked.

"Obito usually doesn't show up late for no reason; he must have been helping an elderly person, right?" Nohara Rin said softly.

Nohara Rin's words made Obito scratch his head a bit sheepishly; normally he did arrive late because of helping people, but today that really wasn't the case.

"Hehe, I accidentally overslept." Obito didn't make excuses with lies, but told the truth with an embarrassed expression.

"It's fine, after all, this mission was too tiring. Let's start training." Mu Yue said with a smile.

Obito showed a relieved smile; he knew Mu Yue wouldn't mind such trifles.

"Kakashi, I challenge you." At noon, Obito eagerly issued a challenge to Kakashi.

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