Chapter 29: Master-level Jutsu (Please Follow)

Mu Yue looked at the three sudden messages and fell into thought.

He hadn't expected the master-disciple system to include a cultivation mission function.

So why hadn't it appeared when he set up training plans before—could it only be triggered by disciples?

Even if only disciples could trigger it, some missions should have been triggered earlier, like Obito wanting to get first place in practical combat.

Mu Yue guessed that this kind of training mission likely required many conditions to trigger, possibly related to trust level and such.

Since it was the first trigger, he couldn't determine all the conditions; the only certainty was that the triggering disciple must have sufficient "desire" toward the mission goal.

Seeing Obito's eager, expectant eyes, Mu Yue was very sure of this.

"Mu Yue-sensei, just say yes this once. After I get first place, I'll definitely double the tasks you assign, and from now on I'll follow every training plan you set." Obito pleaded.

He still couldn't forget the day of the match when he lost miserably to Kakashi right in front of Rin.

"Alright." Mu Yue nodded with a helpless expression.

"Mu Yue-sensei, you are truly the best teacher in the world." Obito, seeing Mu Yue agree, was extremely excited.

"Save the good words for after you get first place." Mu Yue tapped Obito's head with two fingers together.

"Hehe, I'm just speaking the truth." Obito chuckled.

He had been in school for years—didn't he know what a good teacher was?

Mu Yue had a good temper, wasn't boring in class, made things easy to understand, and was kind to students; if that wasn't a good teacher, what was?

"So, Mu Yue-sensei, what ninjutsu are you going to teach me?" Obito asked curiously.

"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu." Mu Yue said.

"I already know Fireball. I used it in the last match and only scored twenty points." Obito scratched his hair and said helplessly.

In the previous match, he used Fireball to get twenty points and was temporarily in first place, but then Kakashi came up and used Earth Style: Ground Quake, controlling the entire arena to rise and fall, directly earning a full thirty points.

"Didn't you say you wanted something with overwhelming presence? Among the Fire Styles you can learn now, Fireball has the most presence." Mu Yue said, then walked to the riverbank and began rapidly making hand seals.

"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!"

Mu Yue condensed a large amount of chakra and, at the moment of expulsion, converted it all into flames through nature transformation, continuously spewing roaring fire.

The massive flames formed a ten-meter-tall giant fireball. In front of such an enormous fireball, even Mu Yue, who was 1.8 meters tall, looked small, let alone Obito, Shisui, and the others. The sight was incredibly shocking.

"Stronger than the time I saw before. Just what level of strength does Mu Yue-sensei have?" Shisui recalled the memory of his first visit to Mu Yue's house.

That time he had happened to see Mu Yue practicing ninjutsu—also Fireball—and it was extremely shocking, but this time was even more earth-shattering than last time.

Shisui instantly felt that Mu Yue's strength was unfathomable, and even now he might not have used his full power.

"This… this is a Fireball?" Staring at the giant fireball bigger than his house, Obito was dumbfounded.

Compared to his own Fireball, Shisui's was just a small fireball, and compared to Mu Yue's, it was like a tiny spark from nowhere.

Obito found it hard to believe that Mu Yue had just used the same jutsu as him.

"That's huge. If I ever encounter a jutsu like that, I'll need to be faster and stronger." Might Gai looked up at the giant fireball and also remarked.

The enormous fireball crashed into the river, vaporizing a large amount of water. Instantly, thick white mist surged out, enveloping the surroundings, and quickly dissipated after Mu Yue used Wind Style.

Mu Yue let out a light breath and smiled at Obito. "So? Is the presence of the Fireball enough?"

"Enough, enough—it looks so powerful." Obito nodded like a chick pecking grain. If he could use a Fireball a quarter the size of Mu Yue's, he should be able to win the match.

Mu Yue thought to himself, Of course it's powerful. That move just now was very impressive but also consumed a lot of chakra—it burned a full one thousand chakra points.

In a normal fight, he would never use a Fireball of that scale, because against an opponent of the same level, this thing is actually hard to hit.

Mu Yue remembered that in his past life, some bored people had supposedly done the math and surprisingly discovered that over the entire seven hundred-plus episodes, no matter who used a Fireball, it never once hit a humanoid target.

With such an exaggerated track record, it's no wonder it's called the "Can't Hit Anyone" technique.

"Now you give it a try." Mu Yue said to Obito.

"Okay." Obito nodded, walked to the riverbank, quickly formed hand seals, and then blew out a stream of flame.

But awkwardly, Obito's Fireball was only about twice the size of a human head—worlds apart from the one Mu Yue had just demonstrated.

"Obito's fine, even the little one..."

"Gai, please spare me." Obito directly interrupted, indicating he didn't need his strange comfort.

"Do you know why the gap between your Great Fireball and mine is so large?" Muyue asked.

"Because I'm not skilled enough?" Obito said uncertainly.

"There are three aspects. First, your chakra control is too poor to make good use of the little chakra you have.

Second, your nature transformation training is too poor, unable to convert a large amount of chakra into fire all at once.

Third, your mastery of the Great Fireball is not proficient." Muyue summarized.

Then Muyue took out a small booklet and handed it to Obito, saying:

"These are some of my experiences in training Fire Nature Transformation of chakra. If you read, memorize, and practice more according to this booklet, you'll solve the nature transformation problem."

Obito's foundation was far too poor compared to Shisui. For the first month, Muyue basically helped Obito rebuild his foundation, and incidentally taught him Great Dragon Fire, so he hadn't given the nature transformation booklet to Obito.

If not for the sudden appearance of a training task, Muyue planned to give it next semester.

After all, if Obito tried to learn too much at once, he truly couldn't handle it.

【You gifted the disciple the Fire Nature Transformation Training Manual. Because the disciple was very grateful, reward: massive critical hit, obtained Fire Release: Zukoku (Master).】

Muyue didn't expect Obito to be so helpful, directly giving him a Master-level Fire Release.

Zukoku is not an ordinary Fire Release; it is a B-rank Fire Release ninjutsu used by Kakuzu's Fire-Attribute mask. Its power is extraordinary, and it can also be combined with the Wind Release: Pressure Damage he had drawn earlier, instantly creating a sea of fire that burns down a forest.

A large amount of training memories appeared in Muyue's mind. For an instant, Muyue had an illusion that he was a ninja who had silently trained Zukoku in some unknown corner for thirty years, training only one jutsu for thirty years, reaching a level where he could control it as easily as moving his own arm.

"I'll definitely read it every day!" Obito hugged the booklet as if it were a treasure.

"One more thing: first train your chakra control ability." Muyue said with a smile.

Once Obito completes the basic tree-climbing and water-walking training, the enhanced water-walking practice plan he invented on Asuma will come in handy.

Although Obito didn't know what Muyue was thinking, recalling his painful weekend time, he knew it was probably some extremely torturous yet very effective training plan.

But now he could only puff out his chest and take it head-on, because this time he had asked for it himself.

Tomorrow it goes on promotion; the time to decide this book's fate has come...