Chapter 23: Little Sun and Red Chili Pepper

In front of Mu Yue were three scrolls; he opened them one by one. The first scroll contained money—Mu Yue counted it, and it totaled two hundred thousand taels.

Mu Yue set the money aside. Money was something that, no matter what world you were in, more was always better.

Ninjas were big spenders too, whether it was various ninja tools or the secret medicines needed for training—everything cost a lot.

Next, he opened the second scroll, which was a C-rank ninjutsu: Fire Release · Flame Bullet.

This was a jutsu Mu Yue hadn't yet drawn, but he had already mastered many Fire Release techniques, both large-scale and flexible ones, so he didn't need to waste time practicing this Flame Bullet.

Mu Yue picked up the last scroll and opened it; this one was Danzo's reply to the report.

Danzo first praised Mu Yue's completion of the work—becoming an excellent teacher so quickly and earning the Third Hokage's commendation—so he was very satisfied, granting rewards and hoping that Mu Yue…

Skipping Danzo's PUA paragraph, Mu Yue went straight to Danzo's request.

"Become Asuma Sarutobi's tutor, gain his trust, and become someone he respects." That was Danzo's reply to Mu Yue's report.

Mu Yue put away the ninjutsu scroll, then burned the other two scrolls.

Even though he wasn't going to train in it, it was still something he got for free from Danzo, so burning it felt a bit wasteful.

"That old man Danzo just can't let go of the Hokage position," Mu Yue sighed.

Clearly, Danzo had some ideas about the Third Hokage's youngest son.

But Mu Yue didn't really care; at worst, he'd just spare a few hours on the weekend.

If Asuma's talent could reach S-rank, he'd even take him as an apprentice—he still had one apprentice slot open.

"Should I sell the house in the main city area?" Mu Yue thought of something.

The original owner naturally hadn't always lived near the sparsely populated southern forest; in fact, he had a house in Konoha's main city area, which his parents had left him.

However, to conceal his identity, he had set up a house in the southern forest.

Although he rarely stayed there, the original owner used to go back every year to clean the house in the main city area.

Mu Yue thought that since he wasn't living in it, he might as well sell it. He remembered the house was in a decent location and might be worth a lot of money, which he could use to buy secret medicines for training.

Even with the system's help, every little bit of self-improvement counted.

Thinking this, Mu Yue got up and headed to Konoha's main city area, planning to check on the house and clean it up so he could sell it.

Mu Yue found the house following the original owner's memories. Just as he was about to take out the key and go in, he noticed a blond figure walking out of the house next door.

"Hello, are you a new resident?" Minato Namikaze greeted curiously.

He had bought this house a few months ago, and this was the first time he'd seen anyone entering the house on the right. Minato Namikaze thought a new neighbor had moved in.

When Mu Yue turned around, Minato Namikaze, looking at the blond hair and blue eyes, immediately recalled that he had encountered Mu Yue at the library before.

It wasn't that he had a super memory for everyone he met, but Minato also had blond hair and blue eyes, and combined with the gentle smile on Mu Yue's face, seeing Mu Yue gave Minato the feeling of meeting another version of himself, so it left a deep impression.

"No, this is my home, but for some reasons, I moved out later and rarely come back," Mu Yue said with a smile in greeting.

He thought, no need to sell the house—keeping it was fine.

Earlier, he had been worried about how to get close to Minato and get sealing knowledge for free—now it was coming to him. They were neighbors, and technically, Minato had moved in later.

"Minato, I'm here to see you!"

At that moment, a lively female voice sounded.

"Hey, Minato, you never told me you had a brother who looks a lot like you."

Kushina, looking at Mu Yue, who also had blond hair, blue eyes, and a gentle smile on his face, couldn't help teasing.

In terms of overall facial features, the two weren't really alike, but the same striking blond hair and that smile gave Kushina a strong sense of brotherly resemblance.

"Sorry about that—this is my girlfriend. As you can see, she's a bit too lively. Please excuse her," Minato said apologetically to Mu Yue.

"This is my neighbor…" Minato wanted to say Mu Yue's name but realized he didn't know it yet.

"My name is Hasuki Mu Yue," Mu Yue introduced himself.

"Hello! I'm Uzumaki Kushina. Your name is pretty nice-sounding," Kushina said, poking her head out from behind Minato, who she was hugging from behind, introducing herself.

"Hello, I'm Namikaze Minato," Minato said with a smile, peeling Kushina off him.

"Thanks, your fiery red hair is also very nice." Mu Yue said in return as she opened the door.

Kushina's eyes lit up instantly, giving a thumbs up and said: "Alright, you have good taste."

She felt that Mu Yue knew how to speak.

As Mu Yue opened the door, the dust hidden in the cracks also wafted out.

Mu Yue glanced inside a couple of times; it wasn't particularly dirty, just too much dust from being uninhabited for too long.

"Sorry, I'm afraid I can't entertain you. I need to clean up first." Mu Yue turned around and said.

"Then we won't disturb you." Seeing this, Minato took Kushina back home.

Mu Yue looked at Kushina's retreating back and performed an appraisal.

【Name: Kushina】

【Chakra: (???)】

【Potential: SS】

【Evaluation: Proficient in sealing techniques, possesses a massive amount of special chakra that ordinary people can only dream of】

Mu Yue could only say that it was a chakra amount enough to make him envious. As for the chakra having parentheses and a question mark, Mu Yue was seeing that for the first time.

He thought that Kushina must have already become the Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tails, and the Nine-Tails inside was not appraised, hence the question mark.

Kushina's potential was indeed a bit frightening; SS talent was the highest potential Mu Yue had seen so far.

But based on the original work, Mu Yue guessed that at least one of the S's came from the Nine-Tails inside her. Without the Nine-Tails, Kushina would drop to S talent.

Otherwise, with SS potential, even without the Nine-Tails, Kushina could just develop normally and dominate easily. The Third Hokage and Minato were only S-rank.

Mu Yue used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to create ten shadow clones, then had the clones start cleaning the house.

Mu Yue once again admired Tobirama's genius, being able to develop such a convenient ninjutsu as the Shadow Clone.

After finishing cleaning the house, Mu Yue bought some daily necessities and put them inside.

He was not in a hurry to visit Minato's house to socialize and build rapport; he planned to occasionally stay here and naturally become friends with Minato.

He opened the window, feeling the evening breeze while starting to enrich the training plans for his disciples.

Might Guy and Obito, who hadn't gotten first place in their grade, both needed targeted intensive training.

As for Shisui, Mu Yue planned to improve his chakra control ability, both to enhance his current combat power and to lay the foundation for learning genjutsu in the future.

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