Chapter 394: Hanzo of the Rain Country

Ninja Academy Teacher, I Get Stronger Just by Teaching Main Story Volume 312 Chapter Rain Country's Hanzo: "Muyue, it seems I troubled you again today."

Seeing Muyue and Asma walking over together, Sarutobi Hiruzen took down his pipe and said with a chuckle.

At first, Muyue was just a tutor he hired with money, but later, due to various reasons, Muyue couldn't maintain a stable teaching schedule, and the relationship between Muyue and Asma instead became more like master and disciple.

"How could a teacher instructing a student be considered troublesome?" Muyue replied with a warm smile.

"I wonder if the Third Hokage-sama has some free time today. I've encountered some difficult-to-understand problems in my Earth Release training and would like to ask for your advice."

"Let's do it now." Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded in agreement.

To avoid being troubled by his son's filial piety, and because Muyue's questions would be of higher difficulty, Sarutobi Hiruzen did not bring Asma along.

Among all the chakra nature transformations that Muyue had mastered, Earth nature was the poorer one. This time, Muyue did not ask about content he had already grasped, but genuinely inquired about problems encountered in training.

At this moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen also displayed the knowledge befitting a professor of ninjutsu, not only quickly answering Muyue's questions but also personally demonstrating the solutions and the direction forward.

"Muyue, how is your training of the Flying Thunder God Technique? If it's not going well, I can help you switch to another ninjutsu." Sarutobi Hiruzen said as he remembered something.

By now, half a year had passed since he awarded the Flying Thunder God Technique to Muyue. If Muyue couldn't learn it in half a year, he probably never would.

Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't feel much about this; in his view, being unable to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique was very normal. After all, he himself, who could proficiently use over a thousand ninjutsu and secret techniques, hadn't learned the Flying Thunder God Technique.

"Although not as proficient as Minato, I have at least learned it," Muyue replied.

He had originally intended to reveal that he had learned the Flying Thunder God. Since Sarutobi Hiruzen directly asked, it saved some trouble—he didn't need to deliberately steer the conversation.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's gaze toward Muyue showed some surprise, but after all, he was the Third Hokage who had seen great storms and waves, and he quickly composed himself.

"It seems I underestimated your ninja talent, Muyue. Minato has been training for many years longer than you, after all; there's no need to compare with him." Sarutobi Hiruzen stroked his goatee and laughed.

Whoosh!

Muyue took two kunai that had already been marked with the Flying Thunder God seal from his ninja tool pouch, threw one diagonally forward in front of him, and stabbed the other into the ground at his feet.

Swoosh!

When the kunai had flown about seven or eight meters, Muyue activated the Flying Thunder God, and his body instantly vanished from the spot and reappeared in the direction the kunai was flying.

Swoosh!

After a brief pause at the spot, Muyue quickly used the Flying Thunder God again to return to where he had just stood.

Seeing Muyue coming and going freely, Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes flickered.

"Muyue, this is not just 'at least learned,' but learned very smoothly indeed." Sarutobi Hiruzen praised while puffing out clouds of smoke.

Although he couldn't use the Flying Thunder God, Sarutobi Hiruzen had good eyesight. Based on the level Muyue displayed, he didn't seem like a beginner at all; he was already quite proficient.

Of course, what Muyue said was not wrong; he was indeed not as proficient as Minato.

Muyue smiled modestly. With all those proficiency scrolls he had used, of course it went extremely smoothly.

After achieving his goal, Muyue chatted with Sarutobi Hiruzen a bit about ninja academy matters and Asma's training issues, then left.

"He's even mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique." Sarutobi Hiruzen watched Muyue's retreating back and released puffs of white smoke.

He truly wished Muyue could split into two people: one a special talent with unique abilities in education, and the other a genius ninja with superior strength; that way they could be used separately.

Although the current situation of Konoha was not yet dire, and they even won battles repeatedly, Sarutobi Hiruzen knew things were not that simple.

Right now it was just small skirmishes. If they really fought with all their strength, Konoha could not defeat three great ninja villages.

Unless Hashirama Senju or Madara Uchiha were resurrected, that would be possible. They could suppress a great ninja village single-handedly, and Konoha would only need to hold the pressure and guard the home to win.

The current Konoha did not have a powerhouse of that level, so the current situation of the ninja world was really awkward for Konoha, very passive.

With Konoha's strength, they could certainly crush one great village if they went all out, but Konoha truly didn't dare do that. The other two great villages weren't stupid; they wouldn't wait to be defeated one by one.

As long as Konoha dared to concentrate its ninja forces on one battlefield, the defenses in other places would inevitably suffer a huge impact, and having their home stolen was not impossible.

Since they couldn't appear too strong, they could only defend: keep the enemies out of the Land of Fire, minimize losses, and look for opportunities.

When leaving, Muyue used his transformation ability to scan the information on Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Perhaps because he had mastered too many ninjutsu and secret techniques, Sarutobi Hiruzen became the ninja with the most information among those Muyue had scanned so far; Kushina and Tsunade combined had about the same amount of information as Sarutobi Hiruzen.

The chakra required to transform into Sarutobi Hiruzen was also absurdly high.

After completing the transformation, Mu Yue looked at the dense array of skills and found it reasonable—Sarutobi Hiruzen knew too many skills, and many of them had high proficiency.

After training normally with his disciples in Konoha for a while, Mu Yue accepted a B-rank mission located in the Rain Country.

But this time was different from before—besides Obito, Kakashi, and Rin Nohara, Shisui would also participate in this mission.

During the time Mu Yue was doing a mission in Loulan, Shisui graduated and became a genin. Because Shisui's performance was excellent, he contributed a Ninjutsu Proficiency Scroll to Mu Yue.

Although he graduated, Mu Yue carried out a special maneuver—Shisui was not assigned to a three-man team like ordinary genin, but instead followed Mu Yue on missions, just like Tsunade and Shizune.

Anko and Kotetsu, who also underwent internships, did not choose to graduate early but instead advanced to the third grade to continue studying at the Ninja Academy.

This was also Mu Yue's suggestion. Although the three of them were indeed better than ordinary graduates, they were nowhere near Shisui's level. Under the current shinobi world situation, it was better not to graduate early unless necessary.

After all, the Ninja Academy had already proactively shortened the school period; in normal times, it usually took six years.

With Shisui joining Mu Yue's team, the team's composition became one jōnin, three chūnin, and one genin—accepting a B-rank mission fully complied with Konoha's regulations.

"Shisui, this is your first B-rank mission, right? But you don't need to worry—with me here, it'll definitely be fine." Wanting to show some seniority on his first mission with Shisui, Obito said.

Although in previous training battles he had often been wiped on the floor by Shisui, Obito was still two years older than Shisui and much taller. He felt he had to take on the responsibility of being the older brother.

"You're going to take care of Shisui? Are you serious?" Kakashi looked at Obito in surprise.

Because they were both disciples of Mu Yue, Kakashi had quite a bit of contact with Shisui. Shisui was the only peer who made him feel inferior in ninja talent.

In terms of pure strength, Obito might surpass Shisui for now, but in other aspects—forget it.

"What's the problem? Haven't I done many B-rank missions?" Obito said confidently.

"Nothing, just that I think a person lacking self-awareness is a terrifying thing." Kakashi said flatly.

"You're the one without self-awareness, you damn Kakashi." Feeling underestimated, Obito started to get red in the face.

Rin Nohara gave Shisui a helpless smile—this was the daily routine of their team.

Shisui nodded in understanding; such scenes had often played out in the Southern Forest as well.

"I am indeed a newcomer when it comes to missions. Please take care of me." To prevent delaying Mu Yue's matters, Shisui stepped up to end the argument.

Obito chuckled and put his arm around Shisui's shoulder, thinking he could form the Uchiha brothers with Shisui to jointly deal with Kakashi.

"Check everything again. If there are no problems, we'll go find the client." Mu Yue said.

This mission could be said to be carefully selected by Mu Yue.

The Rain Country had once again become a battleground for the great powers. Although there was no large-scale war like the Second Shinobi World War, the domestic situation could be described as chaotic.

Since it was a small country and not yet a battlefield, there weren't many powerful ninjas in the Rain Country—just right for Kakashi and the others' level.

Besides training his disciples, Mu Yue would also go check on Nagato to test whether the transformation could be seen through by the Rinnegan and whether the transformation could copy the Rinnegan.

Additionally, Mu Yue planned to gather some intelligence on the Rain Country. If he wanted Nagato to become his disciple, he would certainly need to carry out some actions in the Rain Country.

"Target: Rain Country. Let's go!" After finishing the check, Obito shouted excitedly.

The Rain Country was a country he had never been to. Obito was curious whether he would see scenery he had never encountered before, like the deserts of the Wind Country or the glaciers of the Snow Country.

After all the disciples confirmed everything, Mu Yue took them to find the client. This was an escort mission.

Because the journey was boring, Obito often asked the client about the Rain Country.

"There isn't any particularly special scenery in the Rain Country—after all, constant rain doesn't really count as scenery." The middle-aged client replied.

Obito's expectations dropped a bit, but he was still excited. Even without special scenery, there should be unique plants or something.

The middle-aged client they encountered this time was a relatively talkative type. After Obito started a topic, the client voluntarily spoke a lot about the Rain Country.

"Hanzo is a failed village leader. The Rain Country falling to this state is half his doing." The middle-aged client was very dissatisfied with Hanzo.

"Originally, the Rain Country's strength was only slightly inferior to the Five Great Nations, but now it can't even guarantee domestic public order."

For someone like him, ninjas from hidden villages weren't very dangerous, because ninja battles didn't have much to do with ordinary people like him.

But rogue ninjas were different—they had nothing to lose and lived day by day.

The Rain Country, as the convergence point of the three great nations, needed strength to be stable, and the current Rain Country precisely lacked that.

Hanzo's failure also caused many Rain ninjas to become disappointed in him, thus leaving the Rain Ninja Village.

Among these people, those with a bit of conscience joined hidden villages, while those who let themselves go became rogue ninjas, further worsening the security situation in the Land of Rain.

"Hanzō? Why does that name sound familiar?" Obito scratched his head, feeling the name was somewhat familiar.

"He's a very strong ninja. Some call him the Demi-God of the Shinobi World. Anyone who survives a battle with him gains great fame." Shisui explained to Obito.

It wasn't that Shisui knew too much, but that Hanzō's reputation in the ninja world was indeed immense.

Although Amegakure was heavily defeated in the Second Shinobi World War, Hanzō's prestige among ninjas did not drop much, because in that war, Hanzō himself was not defeated; it was the other Rain ninjas besides him who were crushed.

"He sounds really strong," Obito said, stroking his chin.

He was a little curious: who was stronger, the Demi-God or Muyue the Sage?

Although they had never competed, Obito thought Muyue would be stronger — if asked, it was just intuition.

"Lady Tsunade was once defeated by him in the Second Shinobi World War, even when teamed up with Lord Orochimaru and Lord Jiraiya," Rin Nohara warned, worried that Obito might impulsively challenge Hanzō.

Although Rin Nohara thought Obito and Kakashi were not bad, they were still too young now.

"He defeated the Toad Sage, huh," Obito perked up.

Obito decided that in ten years he would come and challenge Hanzō, and if he won, he would go and boast heavily in front of Jiraiya.

Although Jiraiya was his teacher's teacher, because Jiraiya's behavior was too abstract, Obito found it hard to regard him as his grandteacher.

Obito still remembered the scene where Jiraiya made him fight Minato one-on-one.

After entering the Land of Rain, Muyue activated his Byakugan.

So far, Muyue had visited quite a few small countries, and the Land of Rain was the most chaotic small country he had seen.

Obito and the others might not necessarily have this feeling, but Muyue, with his extremely wide field of vision, could see far too many things.

In Muyue's view, calling the Land of Rain a chaotic land was not an exaggeration.

Muyue saw several times rogue ninjas lingering around them and eventually retreating — note that Muyue and his group hadn't disguised themselves and were still dressed as Konoha ninjas.

Besides rogue ninjas, Muyue also saw Iwa ninjas disguised as Cloud ninjas, Cloud ninjas disguised as Iwa ninjas, and Suna ninjas investigating them.

Muyue could only say that the people of the Land of Rain had too much good fortune — so much that it was hard to bear.

After traveling some distance into the Land of Rain, Muyue's real body left the team, letting a Shadow Clone lead the group to continue the mission.

To avoid any mishaps, the cautious Muyue searched for traces of the Akatsuki at the maximum distance his Flying Thunder God Technique could teleport, ensuring that if any situation arose on Kakashi's end, he could provide immediate support.

PS: My sleep schedule has been ruined again lately. I hope I can fall asleep before two today. Without energy, it's really hard to write. I worry about side effects from taking medicine. An author friend of mine is drinking Chinese herbal medicine and said when he stops, he gets insomnia again.