Chapter 338: Principal Muyue

Ninja Academy Teacher, I Get Stronger Just by Teaching, Main Story Volume 256, Chapter: Principal Mu Yue. On Friday, the students all arrived at the training ground early, even the last person arrived twenty minutes before the start.

Because everyone knew this was the last day of the special training; after today, most of them would find it hard to see Mu Yue again.

The ninja academy students were okay; although Mu Yue didn't teach other classes, they could occasionally run into him around school. But those who had become ninjas would rarely get to meet Mu Yue again, so everyone especially valued this last day and wanted to leave a good impression on Mu Yue.

Ten minutes before the start, Mu Yue, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and some other ninja academy teachers appeared before the students.

"Teacher Mu Yue! Lord Third!"

Many students proactively greeted Mu Yue and Hiruzen Sarutobi. Mu Yue responded with a gentle smile, and Hiruzen Sarutobi also nodded with a cheerful expression.

"So many students, there must be…" A teacher was greatly shocked by the large number of students; the count was almost the total number of students from two grades at the ninja academy.

Moreover, they noticed that half the students wore headbands, meaning there were about three hundred ninjas here, and some teachers even saw students wearing chunin vests.

Isamu Ikeya was completely stunned—this special training even included chunin, considering that the ninja academy teachers were basically chunin…

"The grouping is the same as before, divided into three groups A, B, C for instruction. However, to improve the quality of teaching, each group will also be separated according to different chakra natures for instruction." Mu Yue briefly introduced the general content of this special training.

"In that case, Teacher Mu Yue, how can you manage teaching all by yourself?" Hiroaki Oshima couldn't help asking.

His teaching level was decent, so he had been chosen by Hiruzen Sarutobi as a special training instructor last time, but the results were not very satisfactory.

Looking at so many students, Hiroaki Oshima really couldn't imagine how Mu Yue taught. If it were just teaching them all together, that would be one thing, but Mu Yue even separated each group by nature—he really couldn't figure out how Mu Yue normally conducted classes.

"This is thanks to Lord Second. It is indeed difficult for one person to teach so many students well, but as long as I create more Shadow Clones, there's no problem." Mu Yue replied with a smile.

"But the fatigue after dispelling the Shadow Clones…" Hiroaki Oshima was even more puzzled. Shadow Clones were indeed convenient, but the fatigue was no less. Wouldn't this workload definitely be exhausting to the point of death?

"As long as the students can learn well, a little fatigue doesn't matter to me." Mu Yue continued to reply.

Hiroaki Oshima suddenly remembered that Mu Yue was different from him; Mu Yue was not a chunin, but a powerful jonin who could play a role in battles against Tailed Beasts.

"But even a jonin would find it hard to endure this kind of fatigue," Hiroaki Oshima lamented in his heart. He truly did not envy Mu Yue's current position—he worked too hard.

"Why separate by chakra nature?" Isamu Ikeya asked in confusion.

"Because I need to teach them nature transformation." Mu Yue replied succinctly.

The teachers all showed shocked and puzzled expressions. In their impression, the special training only taught the Three Basic Jutsu and chakra control; they didn't expect that this time even nature transformation would be included.

Although Mu Yue's words were very brief, the amount of information contained was extremely astonishing.

"Truly becoming more and more remarkable." Hisanobu Shimono sighed in his heart.

Some young teachers might not know that the Education Department had actually held meetings, wanting to improve the quality of ninja academy students. And nature transformation, being a training that runs through a ninja's entire life, naturally was not overlooked.

At that time, Hisanobu Shimono was not yet the class leader of the teacher group, just the deputy leader.

The Education Department discussed for a long time, ultimately discovering there were too many problems with teaching nature transformation at the ninja academy, so they finally chose to maintain the status quo.

Having participated in the meeting, Hisanobu Shimono deeply understood the difficulty, yet Mu Yue had actually solved a problem that the entire Education Department could not solve. How could Hisanobu Shimono not admire him?

Not only in teaching ability, but Mu Yue could teach all five nature transformations by himself, which meant he could perform five-element ninjutsu like Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Hisanobu Shimono guessed that in a few more years he could retire and make way for Mu Yue.

Next, Mu Yue created a Shadow Clone to preside over the final exam, while his original body explained beside Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Since groups C and B had large numbers, Mu Yue created four Shadow Clones for these two groups to hold multiple battles simultaneously; having so many people fight one by one would take too much time. Group A had fewer people, so it proceeded as normal.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, as before, started watching from Group C.

Because he felt that this group's level would best show the results of the special training; Group C was the slowest in progress. If even Group C could display strength that surprised him, then Groups B and A were even more certain.

"Anko Mitarashi vs. Yayoi Kiuchi!" Mu Yue's Shadow Clone read the students' names from the list.

The students whose names were called quickly walked to the vacated combat area to fight.

"Fire Release: Small Fireball Technique!"

As soon as Anko entered the field, she formed hand seals and used Fire Release.

Her opponent, Yayoi Kiuchi, also had Fire nature and used the same ninjutsu as Anko; he also started forming hand seals as soon as he entered.

Yayoi Kiuchi was slightly slower in forming hand seals than Anko, but the fireball's speed wasn't very fast, so being a bit slower didn't matter; he soon spit out a fireball as well.

Although both used the same jutsu, everyone could see that Anko was stronger, because her fireball was clearly a size larger.

There are no shortcuts in same-nature transformation jutsu battles—strong is strong, weak is weak. Kinoe Mio's fireball was directly engulfed by Anko, forcing Kinoe Mio to dodge and weave, allowing Anko to seize the opportunity and defeat her.

"Muyue, this student of yours could graduate right away without any issues." Sarutobi Hiruzen stroked his beard and said with a smile.

The results of Muyue's class were too astonishing, with the top students being exceptionally outstanding. That was why Sarutobi Hiruzen remembered a few names, and Mitarashi Anko was one of them.

"Indeed, some genin who graduated half a year ago might not even be able to use a Fire Release like that." A nearby teacher chimed in.

"His opponent is also good, already able to use a Fire Release jutsu." Another teacher praised Kinoe Mio.

Kinoe Mio's homeroom teacher nodded. After all, Kinoe Mio was usually one of the more ordinary students in the class, so being able to learn nature transformation jutsu in such a short time was already quite impressive.

"It's just that she's relatively outstanding in practical combat; there are still many things to learn in other areas." Muyue thought for a moment and replied.

As for early graduation, unless one had the level of Shisui, Muyue did not recommend it. Once you graduate, anything could really happen.

At first, the teachers were praising some students for being able to use jutsu, but after watching a few battles, they discovered that literally everyone could use them—it was just that some used them well and some poorly.

"Muyue, these five jutsu you developed are indeed quite interesting and very suitable for chūnin and genin." Watching Muyue use them and watching students use them gave different feelings. Sarutobi Hiruzen noticed several clever points.

He felt that these five jutsu of Muyue's could be promoted and made available for more chūnin and genin to learn.

Sarutobi Hiruzen just said it offhandedly, but it shocked the teachers once again—the jutsu he was teaching were actually developed by himself.

Muyue humbly said something and continued with the explanation.

Even though they were very close, the teachers felt as if they were in two different worlds from Muyue.

Then they went to Group B. As Sarutobi Hiruzen had thought, the average level of jutsu in Group B was significantly higher than in Group C. However, considering that Group B was mostly made up of shinobi, it actually seemed less impressive than Group C.

By the time they reached Group A, the exam was already about half over, and the remaining students were all relatively capable shinobi.

"Sarutobi Asuma versus Shiranui Genma!"

When Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others arrived, they happened to come across Asuma's match.

The teachers instinctively glanced at Sarutobi Hiruzen and then watched the battlefield in complete silence.

Sarutobi Hiruzen showed no particular expression; he watched the match with a calm face, just as he did elsewhere.

"Looks like this exam ends here for me, but Asuma, don't let your guard down. Winning against me won't be that easy." Shiranui Genma said with a smile.

Asuma had already placed first in practical combat twice in a row. He didn't think he was a match for Asuma, but he wouldn't make it easy for Asuma to win.

Besides, his teacher was known as Konoha's number one taijutsu specialist, Master Chen. He couldn't let him down.

"Then I'll just have to see what 'not that easy' looks like." Asuma said with a hearty laugh.

Although they got along well privately, Asuma had no intention of going easy. After a brief exchange of taijutsu and realizing that Shiranui Genma's taijutsu was indeed commendable, he immediately used Wind Release to accelerate his body and suppressed Shiranui Genma.

Shiranui Genma's chakra nature was Lightning, which happened to be countered by Wind Release. Moreover, his Lightning Release training was only average. Once Asuma started using ninjutsu, the situation changed drastically, and Shiranui Genma was quickly defeated.

"I remember that during the Chūnin Exams, Asuma's Wind Release wasn't very polished yet. I can't believe he's improved so much in such a short time." The teachers praised Asuma's abilities one after another.

It wasn't entirely because Sarutobi Hiruzen was present—Asuma's performance just now was indeed very impressive.

Sarutobi Hiruzen gave a faint smile and said, "He was just picking on a junior a year younger than him. If his opponent were Kakashi or Obito, he still wouldn't be a match for them."

None of the teachers dared to continue that line of thought. It was fine for Sarutobi Hiruzen to belittle his own son, but if they joined in, they would be socially inept.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was in a good mood. He called out to Shiranui Genma, explained some of his mistakes in the battle, and casually gave a few ninjutsu tips.

"Thank you very much, Lord Third Hokage." Having lost the battle, Shiranui Genma immediately became happy.

Sarutobi Hiruzen chuckled and put his pipe into his mouth, blowing out a puff of white smoke. Watching on-site gave him a more realistic feeling than looking at documents. When he returned, he could start preparing for the matter of making Muyue the vice principal.