Chapter 301: Madara Uchiha's Understanding of Obito

"Ninja School Teacher, I Get Stronger by Teaching" Volume Chapter 219: Uchiha Madara's Understanding of Obito "Why choose Uchiha Obito? That Uchiha Shisui seems to have better talent." Inside a dimly lit cave, Black Zetsu asked Uchiha Madara with a puzzled expression.

Shisui is two years younger than Obito, but has always been ahead in terms of strength.

"That's because you don't understand the Uchiha." A self-satisfied smile appeared on Uchiha Madara's aged, wrinkled face.

"You only see the superficial gap in talent between them, but you haven't noticed the love in their hearts. Uchiha Obito is a very special Uchiha.

An ordinary Uchiha's love is deeply hidden in their heart, but Uchiha Obito's love has already overflowed, enough to give to everyone in need. As long as this vast love is stimulated, he can obtain powerful strength corresponding to that love."

Uchiha Madara believed that an Uchiha who awakened love was the true Uchiha, and that the talent of a complete Obito would absolutely not lose to Shisui's.

"Moreover, Uchiha Obito's personality is easy to mold." This was also one of the reasons Uchiha Madara chose Obito—someone who believes whatever they say is too easy to manipulate.

"As expected of Madara-sama." A twisted smile appeared on Black Zetsu's face.

Uchiha Madara didn't mind Black Zetsu's expression, after all, Black Zetsu's face wasn't one that could smile well. He began telling Black Zetsu about his plan.

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"Obito and the others have trained their taijutsu very well." Watching Obito and his two teammates quickly turn the situation favorable in the monitor, Hiruzen Sarutobi commented.

This was the first joint Chunin Exam with Kirigakure, and Hiruzen Sarutobi took it seriously. The Village Hidden in the Mist rarely intervened in the affairs of the four great ninja villages on the continent. If they could make Kirigakure an ally, then Konoha would have more capital to deal with the current chaotic situation.

"They train very hard on normal days. I wasn't as good as them at their age." Minato, who was also in the monitoring room, sighed admiringly.

To Minato, Obito, Kakashi, and the others gave the impression of being both talented and hardworking.

Obito had awakened the Uchiha's Sharingan at a young age and even reached two tomoe.

Kakashi used ninjutsu very skillfully and possessed speed beyond ordinary people.

Originally, Rin Nohara was already considered an excellent student, but compared to Obito and Kakashi, she seemed much more ordinary.

"Being able to teach students who surpass yourself shows your teaching level even more. This shows that you, Minato, have great potential in teaching." Hiruzen Sarutobi said with a chuckle.

"If anything, it's Muyue who taught well." Minato shook his head and said.

He was well aware that Obito and the others' current strength was partly related to him, but even more so to Muyue, because Obito and the others had already shown the ability to jointly defeat a jonin during the bell test.

"Minato, you don't need to sell yourself short. Obito and the others have praised you to me quite a bit." Muyue smiled and engaged in some mutual flattery.

"Both of you, stop being modest. You both have contributed." Hiruzen Sarutobi stroked his little mustache and said with a chuckle. When he looked at the monitors again, he noticed an interesting team.

"This team of Kirigakure ninja is rather bold. Are they trying to attract all the nearby teams?"

Muyue looked at the screen. It showed the team of Zabuza and Kisame Hoshigaki. They had found a large open space, piled up many trees together, and set them on fire. A blazing fire rose, sending up large amounts of black smoke.

Muyue wasn't too surprised. Earlier, that Kurosawa had directly announced his scroll information in public, looking like he was asking to be beaten. Doing something like this in the Forest of Death was normal.

After all, their team's combat power was truly too high. Besides Kisame Hoshigaki, who had seven thousand chakra, Zabuza and Kurosawa were also no pushovers, with stats much stronger than ordinary chunin.

Muyue could tell at a glance that this team was specially sent by Kirigakure to cause trouble. Zabuza was understandable, being relatively young, but Kisame Hoshigaki and Kurosawa clearly shouldn't be genin.

"If Kakashi stalls Kisame, and Obito takes care of Zabuza or Kurosawa, the chances of winning are high." Muyue glanced at the positions of the two teams, realized they were very likely to encounter each other, and briefly analyzed the combat power of both sides.

In a one-on-one fight, neither Obito nor Kakashi would be likely to defeat Kisame. Obito's Fire Style was countered by Kisame's Water Style, and Kakashi was a bit behind in raw power. Rin Nohara was not the key to victory, so she could be automatically considered as holding off one enemy.

In terms of overall team strength, Minato's squad was the best in this Chunin Exam. Might Guy and Kisame were both strong, but their teammates' strength was not on the same level as theirs.

And although Obito could beat Kakashi, the difference in their strength wasn't actually that huge. Plus, they had Rin Nohara, a support who could both heal and fight.

Because the original Chunin Exam always had accidents, the cautious Muyue had directly used Appraisal to check all the students' stats while explaining the exam rules, ensuring that no strong individuals disguised as examinees had infiltrated. Therefore, Muyue also knew the information of all students on the field.

Muyue continued watching the monitor. A team of Kusagakure ninja and a team of Konoha ninja successively approached Kisame's team.

"We're really lucky. It's that team with the Earth Scroll. If we defeat them, we pass the exam." The Kusagakure ninja immediately showed delighted expressions when they saw it was the team that had earlier exposed their scroll information.

But Kurosawa showed a disappointed expression when he saw that the newcomers were only Kusagakure ninja.

"Just ninja from a small village like Kusagakure? This won't prove our strength." Kurosawa sighed and said.

Hearing this blatant discrimination against their ninja village, the three Kusagakure ninja all showed angry expressions.

"Bastards! Don't underestimate our Kusagakure! Compared to you big villages, we just lack some top-level experts." The Kusagakure ninja shouted defiantly while pulling out their ninja tools.

Swish, swish, swish!!

The three Kusagakure ninja threw shuriken at Kurosawa with all their might.

Having anticipated their attack, Kurozawa immediately dodged, causing the three's strikes to miss. At the same time, he threw shuriken at them in retaliation.

"If this is all you've got, don't blame others for looking down on you." Zabuza drew the longsword slung over his back and charged at the three Grass ninja.

Shwing!

Zabuza timed it perfectly; one Grass ninja, flustered and dodging, had an arm cleanly severed by his blade.

"Yoshimura!" His two teammates, who had narrowly escaped, saw this and shouted in fury, their eyes wide with rage.

However, Kisame did not give them much time to worry about their comrade. With chakra bursting from his feet, he charged straight at the two.

"What is this strength? Is this guy even human?"

As fists and feet clashed, the two Grass ninja felt Kisame's immense strength and their expressions changed drastically.

Even while outnumbered, Kisame easily suppressed both with taijutsu, while Kurozawa took the opportunity to stab one of the Grass ninja dead with a short blade.

The Grass ninja with the severed arm naturally couldn't fight Zabuza one-armed, and was killed shortly after.

Within less than three minutes of contact with Kisame's team, the Grass ninja squad was completely annihilated.

"They're strong. Good thing you were cautious, Enshui, and had us observe first," Inuzuka Midori clicked her tongue, watching the three Mist ninja kill the three Grass ninja as easily as slicing melons and chopping vegetables.

"Since these guys dare to act so arrogantly, they must have real skill. Those who act arrogant without skill usually don't live long," Nara Enshui said calmly.

They also had a Heaven scroll, so when Inuzuka Midori saw them, she wanted to go snatch the scroll, but the cautious Nara Enshui stopped her.

"We'll take a detour and retreat. There's plenty of time; the first day has only just begun. There's no need to rush to collect both Heaven and Earth scrolls. We have Naoya's intel—no need to take risks." Nara Enshui decided to lead his teammates on a detour.

Aburame Naoya had placed insects inside the hut where the scrolls were handed out, so they had obtained information on most teams' scrolls.

"Hiding in the shadows and peeping — you're worse than those Grass ninja just now. At least they had courage."

At that moment, Zabuza spoke toward the area where Nara Enshui and his teammates were hiding.

"Damn, we've been found." Nara Enshui glanced at the positions of Kisame and his two teammates and immediately frowned.

He noticed that after the fight, Kisame's trio had subtly blocked some of their escape routes. Nara Enshui had earlier thought they were checking for other teams, but given the situation now, they might have already spotted them during the battle.

"Retreat!" Nara Enshui immediately alerted his teammates and dashed backward.

"Since you're here, don't be in such a hurry to leave." Kurozawa tossed several kunai toward Nara Enshui's team, then burst chakra and gave chase.

Kisame and Zabuza also swiftly encircled them to block Nara Enshui's team's escape.

Nara Enshui was not naturally fast, and he knew they would be caught eventually, so he simply stopped in an area dense with tree shadows.

"You already have both Heaven and Earth scrolls. You can head straight to the central tower and complete the exam. Fighting us is meaningless. Are you sure you want to risk something so pointless?" Nara Enshui said gravely.

He was already prepared to fight, but avoiding it would be for the best, as he really didn't have much confidence.

"That's right, Midori is not to be messed with. If you keep chasing, I'll have Shiromaru bite you," Inuzuka Midori added.

"Woof woof!" The small white dog on Inuzuka Midori's shoulder barked fiercely.

Aburame Naoya didn't speak, but silently released his insects, showing his resolve to fight.

"How is it meaningless? The exam is about proving you're better than others, isn't it? If we defeat you all, then we're the best." Kurozawa revealed a cruel smile.

Nara Enshui's line of thinking would have been fine under normal circumstances, but they weren't here for the exam proper, so they were in no rush to complete it.

"Leaf ninja should be a bit stronger than those Grass ninja, right?" Zabuza pointed his bloodstained blade at Nara Enshui.

At this point, Nara Enshui knew the fight was unavoidable.

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