Chapter 311: Kakashi's Gold Coin Drop

Konoha Academy Teacher: I Get Stronger Just by Teaching — Chapter 229: Kakashi Drops Gold Coins. Inside the monitoring room, silence fell temporarily, and Elder Yuan let out a quiet sigh of relief.

Since the memories couldn't be checked, the matter became simple—he would just insist that Kugai Hideyuki was a spy and a traitor.

Elder Yuan looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen, whose expression remained unchanged, revealing nothing of his inner thoughts.

Elder Yuan knew clearly that this matter could be treated as serious or minor, all depending on how Hiruzen wanted to handle it. If Konoha wanted to press the issue, insisting that Kugai Hideyuki was a saboteur sent by Kirigakure, that would also be fine.

Just then, the door to the monitoring room was pushed open, and Danzo entered with two Root ninjas.

"You Kirigakure people have some nerve, daring to assassinate our Konoha genius ninja!" Danzo barked harshly as soon as he stepped in.

"If you want war with Konoha, we will see it through to the end."

Danzo launched into a tirade, as if Kirigakure had already formally declared war on Konoha.

Elder Yuan unhurriedly recounted what had just happened, explaining himself, and once again emphasized Kugai Hideyuki's identity as a spy.

"The fact that his brain was destroyed by a technique doesn't necessarily mean he was a spy; maybe Kirigakure wants to clear itself of suspicion." Danzo refused to let it go.

"If you want to prove your innocence, then let every Kirigakure shinobi submit to a memory search." Danzo stated his solution.

"If it truly turns out there are no problems, I myself will personally apologize and make amends."

"Elder Shimura, you must be joking. There is no way I can agree to such a thing." Elder Yuan could barely maintain his composure—Danzo was thinking far too wishfully.

Checking the memories would indeed prove their innocence, but then Kirigakure's every secret would be exposed to Konoha.

As an elder of Kirigakure Village, Elder Yuan knew too many secrets. Even if he were to die in Konoha, he would have to destroy his own head first to prevent Konoha from obtaining his memories.

Not to mention himself, the jonin he brought with him could not simply be shown to Konoha either—it would be equivalent to handing over Kirigakure's secret techniques and ninja training methods for free.

Compared to the classified information in their heads, Danzo's apology was worthless—even Danzo killing himself wouldn't be enough compensation.

"Are you feeling guilty?" Danzo stared coldly at Elder Yuan.

"In this matter, I naturally have a clear conscience, but I cannot allow Kirigakure's secrets to be leaked." Elder Yuan stared back without backing down.

"Don't worry about that. We Konoha ninjas are the most trustworthy. They won't look at things they shouldn't." Danzo continued.

Elder Yuan maintained a smiling facade on the surface, but inwardly he sneered. If he actually believed Danzo's words, he would never have become an elder of Kirigakure Village. It would be a miracle if they didn't take a peek at free intelligence.

Elder Yuan resolutely refused Danzo's proposal, while Danzo pressed step by step, implying that their refusal meant they had something to hide.

"There are many questionable points in this matter. Directly examining Elder Yuan's memories is indeed somewhat improper." At this point, Sarutobi Hiruzen spoke up.

"But it would be the fastest and most accurate method." Danzo replied with a dissatisfied expression.

Muyue silently watched this scene, already having a rough prediction of the outcome of this matter.

Konoha had no intention of starting a war for now, after all, they already had Iwagakure and Kumogakure to deal with. Even a hawk like Danzo didn't want to face three major ninja villages simultaneously.

However, Konoha definitely could not swallow this insult. Whether Kugai Hideyuki was a spy or not didn't matter; what mattered was that he was a Kirigakure ninja, and at least he had not been stripped of his Kirigakure registration before his death.

So it wouldn't escalate to war, but Konoha certainly would not let Elder Yuan and his party leave easily. At the very least, they would squeeze out some benefits.

Shimura Danzo and Sarutobi Hiruzen were clearly playing good cop, bad cop. First, Danzo proposed a solution that Elder Yuan absolutely could not accept, then Hiruzen would step in as the good guy, offering a solution that would make Kirigakure somewhat uncomfortable but still acceptable.

But the monitoring room was not a place for negotiations. Hiruzen soon led Elder Yuan and the others out of the monitoring room to a dedicated meeting room to discuss a resolution.

Muyue had his Shadow Clone continue watching the monitors in the monitoring room, while his main body went to the cafeteria in the central tower for dinner.

The second exam of the Chunin Exams lasted a total of five days. During these five days, both examinees and proctors had to stay inside the Forest of Death. Even if an examinee completed the requirements and arrived at the central tower on the first day, they had to remain in the tower until the very last moment.

This was because after the exam ended, there would be an explanation of the rules related to the third exam.

Additionally, if too many examinees passed the second exam, an additional screening would be held to eliminate some candidates and improve the quality of participants for the third exam.

Unlike the first two exams, the third exam invited many officials, nobles, and wealthy merchants to watch. To make the exam more exciting and showcase the strength of Konoha ninjas, both quantity and quality had to be controlled.

Not every Chunin Exam did this. Only large-scale Chunin Exams like this one invited officials and nobles.

After all, Konoha held two Chunin Exams per year on a regular basis. Inviting them every time would be too frequent.

"Teacher Muyue, don't you find it unpalatable when you eat other people's cooking?" After dinner, Obito asked curiously.

In Obito's mind, there was only the number one best dish and nothing else, because he felt everyone else was far inferior to Muyue—the gap was even larger than the difference in strength between a jonin and a genin.

"It's alright. After all, I can't always cook for myself." Muyue thought for a moment and replied with a smile.

He didn't have much desire for food at the moment. Before his transmigration, he had enjoyed traveling around to taste local cuisines, but until he became invincible in the Naruto world, he wasn't in the mood for that.

Mu Yue had a terrible impression of this world—a backward feudal system and brutal ninja wars. Under these circumstances, how could he leisurely pursue his desire for food?

"But if you want to eat, I can take the time to prepare lunch for you all tomorrow." Mu Yue saw through Obito's thoughts.

"Hehe, you really understand me, Mu Yue-sensei." Obito chuckled and admitted it; he actually just wanted to eat the food Mu Yue cooked.

"Mu Yue-sensei, I think I entered that state of the Transparent World you talked about today." Kakashi began telling Mu Yue about his experience that day.

"Back then, I didn't know how I did it. I was mentally exhausted, every part of my body ached, but suddenly I entered a transparent world where I could see both my own body and the enemy's body."

"But now that I've recovered, I can't reach that level anymore. Still, my five senses are much stronger than before."

After being treated by Mu Yue, Kakashi tried many times, but no matter how hard he recalled that feeling, he couldn't enter that clear, transparent world again.

"You did enter the Transparent World, but that wasn't true mastery—it was just accidentally entering the state under extreme circumstances." Mu Yue explained.

"Still, this is a good thing for you, because once you've awakened it, you're not far from truly mastering it. Now you just need to strengthen your breathing and keep seeking the feeling of opening the Transparent World, and you'll truly master it."

At that time, even Mu Yue was somewhat surprised by Kakashi's slash. He had already been about to step in and instantly kill Akemi Hideyuki, but then Kakashi walked over and one-shotted him.

【Name: Hatake Kakashi】

【Skills: Thunder Breathing, Transparent World...】

Kakashi's proficiency in the Breathing Method skyrocketed, surpassing all the disciples who had started learning before him. He was just a little short of reaching the Proficient level.

However, Mu Yue estimated that this last bit would take Kakashi a long time to grind, because his sudden surge in proficiency was due to a large increase in his Breathing Method's upper limit. Constant Concentration requires maintaining a weakened full-focus state all day, which Kakashi couldn't yet achieve.

Moreover, Kakashi's Transparent World had already shown proficiency points, so Mu Yue said it was only a matter of time before Kakashi mastered it.

The two abilities, Marks and Transparent World, are derivative skills of the Breathing Method. They are automatically mastered when one reaches a certain level, but those with enough talent can master them early.

"I understand." Kakashi nodded, preparing to devote all his time to strengthening his Breathing Method and striving to fully master the Transparent World as soon as possible.

Having experienced the Transparent World once, he knew how powerful it was. If he could fully master it, he was confident he could surpass his father in ninja achievements.

"What are you guys talking about? What Transparent World?" Obito asked, looking confused.

Because the conditions for the Transparent World were too hard to achieve, Mu Yue had only mentioned it to Kakashi while trying to solve his problem. He hadn't said anything to the other disciples.

Now that all the disciples were present, Mu Yue briefly explained to them what the ultimate essence of the Breathing Method, the Transparent World, was.

"I thought Kakashi was possessed by you, Mu Yue-sensei. Turns out he learned a new ability." Obito showed a look of sudden realization.

"This ability is really strong. Mu Yue-sensei, do you think I can learn it now?" Obito looked at Mu Yue expectantly.

"Probably not. Kakashi's situation is extremely special." Mu Yue shook his head and replied.

It wasn't that he wanted to dampen his disciples' enthusiasm, but this thing was really hard. Mu Yue hadn't expected Kakashi to awaken the Transparent World early.

This was an ability that could only be stably awakened after cultivating the Breathing Method to the Perfect level. Even with Mu Yue's teaching boost, Obito and the others had been practicing the Breathing Method for a year and still hadn't reached the Proficient level, let alone the Perfect level. Going from Mastery to Perfect required a full fifteen thousand proficiency points.

"I see..." Obito looked a little disappointed. Kakashi had it, but he didn't.

"No worries, I still have the Sharingan. Kakashi can never have that." Obito immediately comforted himself.

Even if he couldn't learn the Transparent World now, he might in the future. But Kakashi, who wasn't an Uchiha, could never have the Sharingan.

"Obito, you don't need to envy Kakashi. Haven't you noticed that your Breathing Method also changed during the battle?" Mu Yue ruffled Obito's hair and said.

【Name: Uchiha Obito】

【Skills: Flame Breathing, Flame Breathing Mark】

Even the Perfect-level Transparent World could be awakened early, and Marks were no exception. After all, the localized Fire Shadow version of the Mark mainly burned chakra and put less strain on the body.

The reason why Obito and Kakashi performed so differently in battle wasn't that the Transparent World was vastly superior to the Mark; these two abilities actually had their own merits.

But the Mark had a weakness: it required a lot of chakra. Obito was still young and didn't have much chakra to begin with, and during the fight with Akemi Hideyuki, his already limited chakra had been mostly consumed, so Obito didn't show much change other than being more resistant to getting burned by his own flames.

At that time, Kakashi had fully entered the Transparent World state, while Obito, due to insufficient chakra, hadn't truly entered the Mark state.

"If you train diligently, you can enter the Flame Breathing Chakra Mode early." Mu Yue gave the Mark a name more suited to the Naruto world, since now there wasn't anything growing on his forehead.

"At that time, all your Fire Release techniques won't need hand seals, and the power of your Fire Release will greatly increase."

"Mm-hmm." Obito nodded like a chick pecking at rice, already imagining himself transforming into a Fire Release cannon and blasting away at Kakashi.

"As expected of my opponents, you've both improved a lot." Might Guy gave Kakashi and Obito a thumbs-up.

Both the Transparent World and the Cursed Mark are abilities that, upon hearing their effects, you know they can become very powerful.

"A Kai, just continue your training in Constant State for now, and leave the Eight Gates for later." Mu Yue smiled as he spoke about Might Guy's next training focus.

Although both Kakashi and Obito have made considerable progress, in a one-on-one fight, it's hard to say for Kakashi, but Obito is really in danger. Rock Breathing plus the Eight Gates Technique is simply straightforward and violent.

"Understood!" Might Guy showed his shiny white teeth and smiled confidently.

Although he had neither learned the Transparent World nor the Cursed Mark in advance, he believed he was no worse than Kakashi and Obito.

Mu Yue chatted with his disciples for a while and then went to work. After all, he was the chief examiner of the second exam, so he couldn't blatantly slack off.

However, before leaving, Mu Yue gave Kakashi and Obito some training insights and experiences on the Transparent World and the Cursed Mark. Knowing that his disciples would have a chance to trigger a perfect-level reward upon reaching trust level four, Mu Yue gave it to Kakashi first, then to Obito.

【You gifted your disciple the Transparent World training manual. The disciple was extremely grateful and triggered a super critical reward. You obtained: Water Breathing.】

Mu Yue was stunned looking at the system's reward. He didn't expect the system to drop the Water Breathing that he was currently developing.

After organizing the large amount of memories of training Water Breathing in his mind, Mu Yue found that his approach to developing the breathing technique was basically correct, with only minor differences in details.

Comparing the breathing technique he had conceptualized with the one in his mind—the Water Breathing that had reached the perfect level—Mu Yue gained a completely new understanding of breathing techniques.

"This is actually fine. Next, I can focus fully on studying sealing techniques." Mu Yue's mood gradually calmed down.

The reward from teaching disciples was too random. A perfect-level breathing technique was better than a perfect-level ninjutsu, and it also saved him the time of developing Water Breathing.

Each breathing technique has its own characteristics. Water Breathing, compared to others, consumes less chakra and is more enduring. Additionally, Water Breathing has a very unique effect: it increases the user's chakra shape transformation ability, making Water Release more versatile and ever-changing.

When a breathing technique reaches the perfect level, one automatically comprehends the Transparent World. Although Mu Yue already had a perfect-level Thunder Breathing, after another breathing technique reached the perfect level, he found that his Transparent World had changed somewhat.

"What would Sun Breathing be like?" Mu Yue pondered a question.

According to the current localization pattern of the system, after localization, Sun Breathing would likely be related to flames as well.

But Flame Breathing is already related to flames, and Sun Breathing is bound to be much stronger than Flame Breathing. Mu Yue was a bit curious about what effect Sun Breathing would have.

……

At night, Obito woke up in an unfamiliar room. When he was about to go to the bathroom, he saw the figure of Rin Nohara in a place with huge floor-to-ceiling windows.

"Rin, why aren't you asleep yet?" Obito scratched his head and asked.

"Maybe because a lot of things happened today, I'm not really sleepy." Rin Nohara turned around and answered with a smile.

"Well, after encountering something like that, I don't really feel sleepy either." Obito chuckled and walked over to stand beside Rin Nohara.

Looking at the bright moon outside the window, Rin Nohara sighed, "It feels like everyone is amazing except me. They even defeated a jonin."

Might Guy defeated Kisame and also held off Akutami Hideyuki. Obito endured Akutami Hideyuki's pressure for a long time. Kakashi was the biggest contributor by one-shotting Akutami Hideyuki with a single slash. Even the Nara Shiomizu team, who they saved at the very beginning, performed a great feat and almost defeated Akutami Hideyuki.

"Not at all, Rin, you played a big role too. Without your healing, we would have collapsed long ago." Obito believed that Rin Nohara had played a very important role in this battle.

If Rin hadn't used her last bit of chakra to heal him, he might not have lasted until Kakashi awakened the Transparent World. Moreover, the Nara Shiomizu team only recovered a bit and joined the battle because of Rin's healing.

"But if I were a bit stronger, maybe it wouldn't have been so difficult." Rin Nohara couldn't help but sigh as she gazed at the bright moon outside.

Watching Obito and Kakashi's wounds keep piling up while she had no chakra left to heal them, the feeling of powerlessness was something Rin Nohara still couldn't forget. If Kakashi hadn't broken through at the critical moment, Rin dared not imagine what would have happened to them.

In terms of combat, she didn't defeat a single enemy. As for healing, she didn't feel she had healed much. Rin Nohara felt that she truly couldn't keep up with Obito and Kakashi's pace, even as a pure medical ninja.

"But Rin, you're already excellent. None of the other Chunin Exam participants have probably learned the Mystical Palm Technique. Besides, didn't Mu Yue sensei say that you have great talent in medical ninjutsu, and you're just getting started?" Obito looked into Rin's eyes and encouraged her.

Back when he was the dead last, Rin Nohara always encouraged him and believed in him. Obito also believed that Rin would definitely not be inferior to them and would make a name for herself in her own field.

"Look at me. When I first entered the Ninja Academy, I scored 5 points in theory. In the Chunin Exam, I still got 80 in theory. In the past, when Guy challenged Kakashi, he was one-shotted, but later Guy still defeated Kakashi. Nothing is impossible." To encourage Rin, Obito didn't hesitate to use his own theory scores as an example.

"It really is hard to imagine how you managed to score 5 points." Seeing Obito even bring up his score of 5, Rin couldn't help but smile.

"That's not important. In any case, Rin, you're really already very impressive. Believe in yourself, believe in Mu Yue sensei." Obito clenched his fists and said seriously.

"Mm." Rin Nodded with a gentle smile.

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