Chapter 455: Shisui's Jonin Reward

【Disciple Uchiha Shisui trained hard, achieved excellent results in the Jōnin Exam, and was promoted to Jōnin. Rewards: Chakra +2400, Ninja Tool Draw Scroll, Unknown Pokémon Egg (hatchable only by Uchiha Shisui)】

After Shisui passed the Jōnin Exam and was promoted to Jōnin, Muyue's panel immediately distributed the rewards.

Muyue skipped the fixed chakra and the Pokémon Egg and looked at the Ninja Tool Draw Scroll, a reward he had never obtained before.

According to the name of the draw scroll, it should only draw ninja tools, but he didn't know the scope of these tools—whether it was limited to the Naruto world alone or included worlds beyond Naruto.

As before, Muyue first washed his hands, then clicked to draw.

【Ninja Tool Draw Scroll consumed. Obtained Ninja Tool — Twisted Spoon】

A strange expression appeared on Muyue's face. A twisted spoon, huh.

If he remembered correctly, this was an item from the Pokémon games. In the games, its effect was to increase the power of Psychic-type moves by 20% for the Pokémon holding it.

【Twisted Spoon: Injecting chakra enhances the Yin Release Ninjutsu used by the wielder.】

After reading the description of the Twisted Spoon, Muyue realized that although this ninja tool looked a bit abstract, its effect after localization was not weak.

It directly enhanced all ninjutsu of a certain nature transformation. If the amplification was decent, it was basically equivalent to having a high-proficiency Breathing Method of the Yin attribute.

After leaving the camp, Muyue took the Twisted Spoon out of the system backpack. An ordinary-looking twisted iron spoon appeared in Muyue's right hand.

Muyue condensed chakra in his left hand, then performed Yin nature transformation and used Armament Haki to strengthen his left hand.

Pitch-black Armament Haki covered Muyue's palm. Then Muyue clenched his fist and slammed it fiercely into the ground.

The ground directly cracked under Muyue's Armament Haki iron fist. After mud and stone flew up, a large crater appeared.

Then Muyue walked to the side. This time, Muyue first injected a portion of his chakra into the Twisted Spoon.

As chakra was injected, the Twisted Spoon emitted a faint blue glow. Then Muyue once again condensed Armament Haki, clenched his fist, and punched the ground.

Boom!

A huge explosive sound rang out. A larger crater was produced after Muyue's punch.

Muyue nodded slightly. The total chakra he used for both attacks just now was the same. During the first attack, Muyue used all the chakra for Armament Haki. For the second, Muyue allocated part of the chakra to inject into the Twisted Spoon.

Although the total chakra used was the same, the Armament Haki boosted by the Twisted Spoon was clearly stronger.

Next, Muyue began to test the upper limit of the Twisted Spoon. He fixed the chakra used for strengthening his fist with Armament Haki at a certain value, then gradually increased the chakra supplied to the Twisted Spoon.

Three thousand, five thousand, ten thousand. For the last time, Muyue injected a total of thirty-five thousand points of chakra into the Twisted Spoon.

In the end, Muyue concluded that when the chakra value of the strengthened ninjutsu remained unchanged, the amount of chakra injected into the Twisted Spoon should preferably be under thirty thousand. Above thirty thousand, although still effective, the cost-performance would decrease, and it was better to save some chakra.

After Muyue's chakra fully recovered, he conducted another test. This time, he not only increased the output to the Twisted Spoon but also continuously increased the output to Armament Haki.

He finally concluded that as the chakra used for the ninjutsu increased, the amplification of the Twisted Spoon on Yin Release would change. The more chakra the boosted ninjutsu consumed, the smaller the amplification. By increasing the output to the Twisted Spoon, the amplification could be maintained. At this point, the suitable chakra amount Muyue tested earlier would change—no longer thirty thousand, but more.

Additionally, Muyue also tested the duration of the boost. A single injection maintained the effect for ten minutes. If ninjutsu was used too frequently, the duration of the boost would shorten.

"As expected, the reward for promotion to Jōnin must be strongly related to the disciple." Muyue thought.

The Twisted Spoon was very strong for ninjas skilled in Yin Release. For an all-around expert like Muyue, it was useful but not much.

Giving the Twisted Spoon to Shisui was truly adding wings to a tiger. Most of Shisui's strongest abilities were related to Yin Release—the Sharingan, genjutsu, and Armament Haki were all connected to Yin chakra nature transformation.

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After successfully being promoted to Jōnin, Uchiha Shisui quickly returned to the battlefield.

Compared to Konoha, there were more people he cherished on the eastern front.

"Back so soon? Shisui, how did you do on the Jōnin Exam?" After Shisui returned, Obito couldn't help asking.

At this moment, Obito felt extremely conflicted. From the perspective of a clan brother, Obito hoped Shisui would pass smoothly. But as a teammate in the same squad, Obito wished Shisui would fail and continue being a Chūnin together with him.

"It's alright. I passed the exam." In the end, Shisui gave the answer Obito least wanted to hear.

Uchiha Obito, ten years old, was the only Chūnin among Muyue's disciples.

"What a terrible nightmare. When did this even start?" Obito thought this absolutely couldn't be reality. He was in a false, not real, world.

He was Uchiha Obito! The one who learned the Breathing Method the fastest, the first among Muyue's disciples to comprehend the Breathing Method Chakra Mode. He had traded wins and losses with Might Guy, and even Kakashi had lost to him. How could he possibly become the only Chūnin?

"Obito, are you okay?" Rin Nohara saw Obito suddenly spacing out with a bad expression and asked with concern.

Rin Nohara's gentle voice pulled Obito out of his reminiscence.

Obito looked at Rin Nohara, who was slightly worried, at Shisui with his calm expression, and at Kakashi, who seemed to be thinking of something happy. He could no longer deny the reality that he had become the lowest-ranked ninja among Muyue's disciples.

"I'm fine." Obito shook his head with a slightly pale face, then forced a smile and looked at Shisui. "Congratulations. You passed in one go. That's great."

Obito wished he could have passed in one go too, so that Kakashi wouldn't have the chance to mock him about his rank, Rin Nohara would celebrate his promotion, and he, like the others, would receive Muyue's jōnin gift.

"I'm such a fool. I should have read more books in my spare time." Obito wanted to cry but had no tears. It's too bad that books are scarce when you need them.

"Obito, if you keep working hard, you'll be promoted soon too," Shisui encouraged.

Shisui wasn't just being nice. With Might Guy as an example, Shisui believed that Obito too would be able to complete his promotion through a non-exam method.

After all, Obito wasn't that bad. They were all geniuses renowned on the battlefield.

Obito sighed and nodded. For now, he could only take things as they came. He would not compete with Kakashi until he became a jōnin, enduring until the day of his promotion to settle the score.

Next, Shisui went to find Muyue to report the results of the assessment.

Obito and Kakashi also followed. Kakashi was planning to ask about the training of the Mousō Ittō, while Obito wanted to see if Shisui could receive a summoning beast egg.

If Shisui could get one, Obito would think that Muyue had prepared one for each of them in advance, waiting to give it to them upon their promotion.

If Shisui didn't, Obito reckoned that he wouldn't get one when he became a jōnin either.

"The youngest jōnin in Konoha's history. Shisui, you make me proud." Muyue showed a gratified smile and praised.

Obito couldn't help sighing again inside. This cool title would forever be out of his reach. Even if he became a jōnin on the spot, he couldn't surpass Shisui.

"It's all thanks to your teaching, Teacher Muyue," Shisui attributed the main merit to Muyue.

"As an eight-year-old jōnin, you can be a little more confident. Don't deny your own efforts." Muyue smiled and shook his head, then walked into the tent.

When he came out again, Muyue was holding a large egg in his hands.

"This is your jōnin gift. Hatch it well. It will become a good helper in the future." Muyue handed the Pokémon Egg to Shisui.

Shisui thanked him and took it cautiously.

In his heart, this gift was second only to Muyue's first birthday gift, and it was a living thing, so he had to take great care of it.

【You gave a disciple a Pokémon Egg. Because the disciple was very grateful, the reward crit. Reward obtained: Earth Nature Chakra Nature Transformation (Mastery).】

Looking at the reward notification that popped up, Muyue nodded inwardly. In terms of rarity, a Mastery-level nature transformation far surpassed a Mastery-level ninjutsu or Mastery-level taijutsu.

Many people had multiple Mastery-level ninjutsu and taijutsu, but few had multiple Mastery-level nature transformations. Adding the condition of high proficiency, even fewer.

Therefore, even a duplicate Mastery-level nature transformation reward was better than a non-duplicate Mastery-level ninjutsu, because getting a duplicate could increase proficiency.

Muyue's Earth-nature transformation had previously reached Mastery level through special training and grinding. So this reward was converted into 3,000 proficiency points. At the moment of conversion, a mass of Earth-nature chakra nature transformation training experience appeared in Muyue's mind.

Obito's heart relaxed considerably; it seemed everyone had a share.

"Hehe, Teacher Muyue, could you give me my jōnin gift in advance? That way I can hatch it sooner," Obito joked.

"There are no ninja beast eggs right now. Even if you want one, I can't give it," Muyue thought for a moment and replied.

Muyue wasn't lying; only when Obito was promoted to jōnin could he obtain a Pokémon Egg.

The smile on Obito's face instantly stiffened. Muyue didn't seem to be joking.

"How... how could this be?" Obito was momentarily agitated, his speech stammering.

If there were no ninja beast eggs, wouldn't he be at a disadvantage in the internal war? Because Might Guy and the other two had all obtained ninja beast eggs.

"I'll try to keep looking. Maybe there will be some after you become a jōnin," Muyue said with a gentle smile.

Obito was deeply moved inside, thinking that after all, Teacher Muyue loved him the most.

Even if he didn't get a ninja beast egg as a gift when he became a jōnin, Obito wouldn't mind, because if Muyue had one, he would definitely give it.

Just as Obito was about to say something, the egg that Kakashi had been holding suddenly emitted a fierce white light.

P. S.: There will be another chapter of 3k or 4k later, but it will be late. You can go to sleep and read it tomorrow.