Chapter 335: Mutual Prediction

Ninja Academy Teacher, I Get Stronger by Teaching, Volume Main Story Chapter 253: Mutual Prediction. After a week of Constant Middle training, three questions often appeared in Obito's mind: "Where do I come from?" "Who am I?" "Where am I going?"

It wasn't that Obito was abandoning ninja path for philosophy, but rather that pondering those three questions was still easier than doing the test papers Muyue gave out.

Obito's current limit was ten problems a day; any more and he could only write randomly.

Although his Breathing Method was continuously improving, even on his best day yesterday he still got fifteen problems, which meant that no matter how diligently he solved problems each day, he could not pay off that day's debt, and the extra problems would keep accumulating.

"So this is the life a chunin has to face? Is there a genin exam? I want to take it and go back to genin." Obito felt that being a genin was pretty good too.

"There's no such exam, Obito. What are you thinking?" Rin Nohara was amused by Obito's words and couldn't help saying.

Exams were always for promotion; there were no demotion exams.

Obito looked at Rin with a melancholy expression. Rin was the only one among Muyue's disciples who didn't have to do the problem-solving training.

If it were anyone else but Rin, Obito would definitely drag them down with him.

"Anyway, Teacher Muyue didn't set a time limit for you to finish. You can keep them and do them slowly." Rin comforted him softly.

"Rin, you don't understand this kind of pain." Obito said with a sigh.

Although there was no time limit, Obito had a terrible headache just thinking about his debt of nearly a hundred problems.

Obito now couldn't even bother comparing himself to Kakashi. His only goal was to master Constant Middle and then completely end this painful problem-solving special training.

It wasn't just Obito; Might Guy was also having a rough time. He and Obito were truly brothers in the misery of theory. This training was like a double beating of body and mind for them.

Their bodies were exhausted from maintaining the Breathing Method all the time, and when they went back they had to do problems, which stressed their minds.

Under the double torment, they focused intensely on training. At this moment, they desperately wanted to improve, to escape the sea of suffering as soon as possible.

After another week, Obito became the first to maintain the Breathing Method continuously throughout the entire training period. The other disciples quickly reached the standard too.

"Is it finally over, this painful period of days!" Obito clenched his fists, his face full of excitement, even happier than when he became a chunin.

"To have successfully completed such grueling training, my youth burns even higher!" Might Guy gave himself a thumbs up.

"Still a little short." Kakashi breathed out lightly. He felt that the distance between himself and that transparent world was only a sheet of paper, but that paper was a bit stiff and not easy to pierce.

"We can't relax yet. Need to spend more time training." Ever since the Chunin Exam, Shisui had been full of a sense of urgency.

Muyue raised his glasses with a finger, revealing an extremely gentle smile, and said, "End? No, the second phase of training has just begun."

Since he was going to give his disciples hellish training, of course it wouldn't end easily. This time he wanted his disciples to reach the Proficient level in the Breathing Method, enhancing their self-preservation ability.

Each level of the Breathing Method was a qualitative leap. Once they reached the Proficient level and mastered Constant Middle, Obito and the others would essentially have a permanent strengthening buff, and it would also increase training efficiency.

"The goal of the second phase is to maintain the Breathing Method even while sleeping."

After hearing Muyue's words, Obito froze, thinking he had misheard, but seeing the confused expressions on the others, he knew he hadn't.

"When you're asleep, you don't have any consciousness. How can you maintain the Breathing Method?" Obito asked in confusion.

In Obito's mind, the Breathing Method was essentially a ninja technique, albeit a very special one. How could you use a ninja technique while sleeping?

"Can you breathe while you sleep?" Muyue didn't answer Obito's question directly, but asked in return.

"Of course I can. If you don't breathe, you die." Obito immediately replied.

Although his knowledge level wasn't high, he still knew that much common sense.

"Since you can breathe, why can't you use the Breathing Method?" Muyue said calmly.

Following that line of thought, Obito found no flaw in it.

"You can use Shadow Clones to supervise yourselves. If you only sleep without using the Breathing Method, the Shadow Clone will immediately strike and wake the original body."

"To avoid the case where you can't bring yourself to do it, you can swap Shadow Clones and have the other person's Shadow Clone supervise you. Also, each time you are woken up counts as four problems." Muyue stated the specific rules.

After Muyue finished, cold sweat dripped from Obito's forehead. Although Muyue's smile was gentle and the weather was warm, Obito experienced what it meant to feel cold.

He could already foresee the harsh days ahead. In the previous phase, although training and solving problems were tiring, lying down on the bed was still very comfortable. The second phase was different—he had to train even while sleeping, otherwise he couldn't sleep well.

"Could it be that Teacher Muyue is that disappointed with our progress in the Breathing Method?" The harshness of the training even made Kakashi engage in a bit of self-reflection.

All the disciples could feel that the intensity of this training was maxed out, but no one raised any objections. They quickly completed the Shadow Clone allocation according to Muyue's request.

Kakashi and Obito exchanged Shadow Clones to supervise each other. Might Guy couldn't use the Shadow Clone technique, so Shisui's Shadow Clone supervised Might Guy, and Muyue's Shadow Clone supervised Shisui.

On the first night of the second phase, Obito comfortably lay down on the bed and was about to sleep when he noticed Kakashi's shadow clone sitting in the room, and immediately remembered the breathing technique matter.

"I absolutely cannot give Kakashi a chance; that guy might strike hard." Obito immediately became wary, constantly giving himself mental suggestions to maintain the breathing technique.

But the first time always involves some hardship; even though Obito gave himself enough mental suggestions before sleeping, when he dreamed of dating Nohara Rin in a sea of flowers, he was so excited that he forgot about maintaining his breathing.

"Rin, I..." In the dream, looking at the shy Nohara Rin, Obito's eyes sparkled brightly.

Just as Obito was about to hold Nohara Rin's soft little hand, a sharp hand strike hit Obito's chest. In an instant, the sea of flowers vanished, and what appeared in Obito's eyes was the dark, lightless bedroom. The shy Nohara Rin was also nowhere to be seen, only the expressionless, masked Kakashi maintaining a striking pose.

"Damn it, I was so close!" Obito glared at Kakashi with burning anger, wishing he could directly kill the Kakashi in front of him with a Fire Iron Mountain Lean.

"Four questions," Kakashi's shadow clone said calmly.

Upon hearing the word "questions," Obito instantly calmed down and sobered up — he was in the middle of training.

"Breathing technique, breathing technique, breathing technique must not stop." Obito kept reciting in his mind to give himself a suggestion.

Before falling asleep again, Obito mentally cheered on his own shadow clone.

"Go for it, other me; don't let Kakashi have it easy!"

One's own suffering is certainly unpleasant, but a comrade's smooth progress is even harder to bear.

For Obito now, the worst news might be that Kakashi's training was going smoothly without being woken up.

However, Obito was clearly overestimating Kakashi; even Kakashi couldn't complete such an intensity-maxed training perfectly on the first try, otherwise the punishment set by Muyue would be meaningless.

"Completely abolish theoretical exams at the Ninja Academy; this theory harms people a lot!" The adult version of Obito, wearing a Hokage Cloak and a Conical Hat, was in the meeting room presenting his reform proposal for the Ninja Academy.

Meanwhile, the adult version of Kakashi sitting beside him sighed, inwardly lamenting that the work of Hokage Assistant was really tiring — not only did he have to deal with various major issues, but he also had to find ways to stop the Hokage from carrying out various brainless operations.

Bam!

Obito's shadow clone saw that Kakashi's breathing technique rhythm was gradually becoming chaotic, and immediately his eyes lit up and he directly punched Kakashi.

"Original body, thank me — I've avenged you." Obito's shadow clone revealed a smug smile.

Although he couldn't know what was happening on the original Obito's side, he knew himself well enough — the original would surely be beaten by Kakashi's shadow clone.

"Kakashi, are you up to it? How about I go easy on you later and let you rest a bit more?" Obito's shadow clone said with a snicker.

"No need." Kakashi let out a long breath and then replied.

Although the training was arduous, it was not meaningless; he could gain the power to protect his comrades through this training.

Moreover, Kakashi knew that Obito wouldn't really go easy on him; he was just trash-talking to taunt him. If Kakashi actually agreed, Obito would have further mockery.

Kakashi quickly adjusted his breathing and fell asleep, but before falling asleep again, he couldn't help thinking about that strange dream just now.

"If that guy became Hokage, there's a chance it might actually happen." Recalling Obito's goofy look in the dream, the corners of Kakashi's mouth lifted slightly.

Kakashi was not at all surprised that Obito would do something like that — after all, this was Uchiha Obito, who could score single digits on theory, get dizzy doing problems, and talk nonsense.

Then Kakashi shook his head inwardly; with Obito's current state, becoming Hokage was impossible.

Currently, Konoha generally believed that the Fourth Hokage would come from the Three Sannin; whether Orochimaru, Jiraiya, or Tsunade, each had many supporters.

Fourth was impossible, and Fifth was even more impossible; for Fifth, Kakashi thought it should be Minato or Muyue.

Even when it came to the Sixth, Kakashi didn't think Obito could become Hokage. Compared to Obito, Shisui was more suitable to become Hokage. Although Obito had sufficient strength, becoming Hokage required more than just strength; other aspects also couldn't have shortcomings.

Actually, Kakashi felt that if he put in some effort, his chances should be greater than Obito's, but he didn't have much interest in the position of Hokage.

While thinking about the possibility of Obito becoming Hokage and maintaining the breathing technique, Kakashi once again fell asleep.

That night, none of Muyue's four disciples could have a complete dream.