Chapter 4: Might Guy and Obito's Potential

"Brother, how's the situation?"

"Not good. That despicable cousin of mine actually threatened that if I tell anyone about his secret, he'll tell the neighbor's Meihui about me wetting the bed when I was three!" Gang Zitie gritted his teeth, angrily denouncing his cousin's misdeeds.

How could the affair between the two of them drag little Meihui next door into it and ruin his glorious image? Truly infuriating!

"I have a plan. Use the advantage of your young age as an excuse to play, go to your cousin's house and mess up his room. Although you made the mess, if it isn't cleaned up in time, in the end it'll be your cousin who gets the blame. Do this a few times, and how could he still dare to be arrogant!"

Kamiizuki Izumo thought for a moment, then came up with another clever idea.

Gang Zitie's eyes immediately lit up, saying that with Izumo-brother's advice, he was sure to be as invincible as the First Hokage with Tobirama's counsel. If it succeeded, he would definitely treat him to snacks.

As Muyue walked into the classroom, he heard this dialogue between this pair of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and couldn't help but smile.

"Class begins!" Muyue walked up to the podium and started the lesson directly.

"Chakra is the prerequisite for unleashing ninjutsu; it is generated by combining physical energy and spiritual energy."

Most of the students in the audience listened very attentively, after all, this was the most crucial foundation.

While explaining, Muyue occasionally released chakra himself for everyone to feel, and during the lecture he tried to intersperse anecdotes and short stories to keep the class from becoming dull, supplemented by questions to deepen their memory.

Soon, four classes were about to end. As class neared its close, looking at the grinning Anko who kept asking questions, Muyue cast a appraisal on her.

【Name: Mitarashi Anko】

【Potential: A】

Muyue thought for a moment, then cast an appraisal on every student in the classroom.

【Name: Gang Zitie】

【Potential: B-】

【Name: Kamiizuki Izumo】

【Potential: B-】

Muyue was astonished to discover that, aside from Shisui, only four students in the entire classroom had a potential of B or above. Besides Anko and those two, there was only one other student he didn't remember well who was also B-, all the rest were C—some C+, some C-, and there were even Ds.

From this perspective, Shisui's talent was too strong; he left everyone else far behind.

Anko's potential also surprised Muyue somewhat. He remembered that Anko wasn't that strong in the original work, but the appraised potential was several levels higher than that of the two gatekeepers.

However, Muyue didn't have any intention of taking Anko as an apprentice for now. He couldn't take on apprentices without limit. Currently, he only had four apprentice slots. One was taken by Shisui, leaving only three.

Although loli Anko was very cute, Muyue said, he himself was handsome too—so what? Would Danzo let him leave Root because of that? Obviously not.

【Lecture completed. Settlement in progress.】

【Evaluation: A】

【Reward obtained: Multiple Shadow Clone Technique】

"This technique is not bad, but unfortunately it's not very useful to me right now," Muyue thought to himself.

As the technique used by the protagonist Naruto from beginning to end, the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique is naturally a very practical one. If you have enough chakra, it's useful for both combat and training.

But the very thing Muyue lacks right now is chakra, so there was no helping it.

After finishing his meal, he walked into the office. Several teachers were giving advice to the soon-to-be-blind-date participant Ikegaya Isamu.

A tall, thin male teacher reminded him:

"You must clean yourself up well before the meeting and dress formally. Don't let her think you're a sloppy person."

"Sugito, you underestimate me. Even though I've never been in love, that's common sense, isn't it?" Ikegaya Isamu replied confidently.

"I think what you need to pay most attention to is not boasting like that when you chat." Ueda Aya shook her head as if she already foresaw the final outcome.

"Ueda, just wait and see." Seeing that Ueda Aya actually looked down on him, Ikegaya Isamu immediately made a bold declaration.

"Mm-hmm, I'll wait and see." Ueda Aya replied perfunctorily. Noticing Muyue had come in, she immediately engaged him in conversation.

"Teacher Hanyu, you're amazing! I glanced at your class when I passed by today, and the atmosphere felt really good. I can't believe it's your first time being a teacher."

Muyue shook his head modestly and said, "Not at all, it's all thanks to your experience coming in handy, and the students being obedient."

Although she knew it was just humble words, who doesn't like to be praised? A smile appeared on Ueda Aya's face, and then she shared some of her snacks with Muyue.

Ikegaya Isamu instantly felt what it meant to be treated differently; in two years as colleagues with Ueda Aya, he hadn't eaten her snacks more than a few times.

After silently complaining about Ueda Aya, Ikegaya Isamu quickly greeted Muyue as well — if this time succeeded, he would remember Muyue's substitute teaching kindness for a lifetime!

Muyue cheerfully responded to everyone, chatted a bit, then picked up the prepared brush and ink to practice calligraphy.

Practicing calligraphy in free time was one of the few good habits from his past life, developed after taking calligraphy classes in university.

Lunch break at the ninja academy was relatively short, and there was no time to find a place to train.

When he felt class was about to start, Muyue packed up and headed to the classroom to prepare for the lesson.

Ring ring~

Just as the bell rang, Muyue walked into the classroom of Class 4-2.

"Hey, isn't this afternoon supposed to be Teacher Ikegaya's Konoha History?" a student questioned upon seeing that it wasn't Ikegaya Isamu who walked in.

"Teacher Ikegaya has something this afternoon, so I'll be taking the class," Muyue explained as he walked to the podium.

The moment Muyue finished speaking, a flustered figure rushed into the classroom.

"Huff, huff, sorry sensei, I met an old lady on the way and helped her, that's why I'm late," Obito explained, panting heavily with his hands on his knees.

"Sit down and listen to the class," Muyue said with a nod, then swept his gaze over the students and appraised them all.

【Name: Nohara Rin】

【Chakra: 300】

【Potential: B+】

【Name: Might Gai】

【Chakra: 600】

【Potential: S】

【Evaluation: Suitable for taijutsu training; recommended to take as disciple】

【Name: Uchiha Obito】

【Chakra: 650】

【Potential: S】

【Evaluation: Six Paths bloodline, has time-space talent; recommended to take as disciple】

Class 4-2 was similar to his own Class 1-1; aside from these three acquaintances, only one Uchiha Tekka had A-rank potential, the rest were basically C-rank and D-rank.

After checking their talents, Muyue asked about their class progress and then began teaching.

For students used to teachers who just read from textbooks, a teacher like Muyue was an unexpected delight.

Obito even said directly, "Teacher Muyue, your lecture is great, much better than the other teachers. If you taught all the time, I'd definitely pass."

"I'll tell Teacher Ikegaya, along with your tardiness," Muyue said with a chuckle — he was different from other ninja academy teachers, having systematically learned how to be a teacher.

Obito's face immediately fell into a grimace, and he quickly begged for mercy — Ikegaya Isamu was their homeroom teacher.

Obito's back-and-forth behavior added a bit more cheerful atmosphere to the class.

During the long break, Muyue activated a perception jutsu, and after confirming there were no issues, he called Might Gai and Obito out.

There's another chapter tonight, but the time is not yet set; you can read it tomorrow.