Chapter 50: First Gift

Huff, huff.

Obito panted heavily, then handed the long box in his hand to Mu Yue and said,

"Teacher Mu Yue, I heard you like calligraphy, so I thought I'd use the prize money from the competition to buy you a brush."

Originally, Obito had wanted to buy a gift for Rin Nohara, but thinking it over, he felt that wasn't right.

He sometimes puts up a tough front, but that doesn't mean he is completely unaware; without Mu Yue's dedicated teaching, did he have the strength to take first place? No, he didn't.

Not just the first place in the competition—passing the theory exam for the first time, redeeming himself in the practical exam and shedding the title of dead last—all these changes were due to Mu Yue's teaching.

So in the end, after much deliberation, Obito decided to buy Mu Yue a gift.

Faced with the long box handed over, Mu Yue swallowed the words of lecture he had intended.

He took the long box, opened it for a glance, nodded slightly, then closed it and held it in his left hand while using his right hand to help Obito catch his breath, saying,

"I indeed like calligraphy. I am very satisfied with your gift. Take a rest first before preparing for training."

Since his disciple had given him a gift, he had to give positive feedback instead of following his original plan of lecturing.

Judging by Obito's appearance, even being late to class might have been for this reason.

If someone carefully prepares a gift for the teacher, only for the teacher to immediately launch into a scolding, no one would feel good about it.

Of course, you could also play it in reverse—apologize and thank after training ends, using the rhetoric of 'during training we are mentor and disciple, after training we are friends.'

This way, the initial emotions would be grievance and resentment, but when the reversal comes later, those emotions would turn into positive ones, sharply boosting goodwill.

However, Mu Yue didn't really feel like using that method now, at least not today.

After all, today he had received the first gift from someone in this world.

"Hehe, as long as you like it, teacher. I don't understand calligraphy or anything, I just thought the brush looked nice and bought it," Obito said with a simple grin.

Then Obito took a few deep breaths, stood up, and said, "Teacher Mu Yue, I'm ready. Let's start today's training."

Seeing Obito's high enthusiasm, Mu Yue nodded, then waved to signal Might Guy to come over.

"Next, we will restart the training from three weeks ago. You haven't forgotten, have you?" Mu Yue asked with a smile.

Obito's memory gradually returned to the days before the competition special training.

"Get hit once, do one more problem..." Suddenly struck by the memory, Obito broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead. He remembered.

Having been training in chakra control and nature transformation for the past twenty-some days, he had actually forgotten what the hellish training before was like.

"I haven't forgotten. If you miss a single hit, you do fifty problems. For every time you land a hit, you get to do one less problem, up to a reduction of forty problems," Might Guy recalled and said.

He might not be able to name all his opponents in the practical exam, but he still remembered the training plan.

"Obito can't use ninjutsu in combat. Get hit once, do one problem," Might Guy gave Obito a thumbs up, stating Obito's conditions as well.

Obito looked at Might Guy's gleaming white teeth, wanting to cry but having no tears. 'Listen to me, thank you...'

"Teacher, I realize I may have overestimated myself. How about we just rest today?" Obito's legs gave out and he sat on the ground, saying it with an earnest expression.

Although training to get stronger is good, doing problems is too painful. Better leave it to tomorrow's him.

Mu Yue chuckled and said, "Rest? Of course you can rest. Since you can't train, then focus on doing problems. I have plenty of test papers here."

As he spoke, Mu Yue took out a stack of test papers from a scroll.

Immediately, a medical miracle occurred.

Obito stood up rapidly, his face serious, and said, "A little discomfort is nothing. Teacher Mu Yue, I think I can persevere. Let's start training."

Mu Yue smiled gently and said, "Don't force yourself. Rest when you need to."

"Thank you for your concern, Teacher Mu Yue, but there's only one month until the final exam. I want to take revenge on Hyuga Hokuro and seize the time to get stronger," Obito said with a resolute expression.

Mu Yue nodded in satisfaction, still holding the brush box in his hand, and patted Might Guy on the shoulder with his right hand, saying,

"Guy, since Obito has such determination, you must help him improve his taijutsu level properly."

Might Guy straightened his back, showing a bright smile, and said,

"Teacher Mu Yue, rest assured, I will definitely give one hundred and twenty percent of my strength!"

Obito, who overheard the two talking:...

It seemed that today either he or his brain would have to die.

Might Guy's words were not an exaggeration; he gave his full effort when he said he would.

While Obito was training hard for the tournament, Might Guy continued to temper his physique.

Because he had the system's secret medicine, Muyue later increased the intensity of Might Guy's training.

These twenty-odd days of hard training brought Might Guy a real improvement in his body: faster speed and greater strength.

However, the results of Obito's special training were mainly in ninjutsu, but the current training didn't allow the use of ninjutsu.

With one side weakening and the other strengthening, Obito was almost unilaterally getting beaten.

Luckily, Muyue's enhanced version of water walking training had also trained his agility, otherwise it would have been even worse.

This fight, nearly a complete domination, also made Obito recognize his own strength.

Because he had won first place in the Junior Ninjutsu Tournament, and tied for first with Kakashi, Obito's mindset had become a little arrogant.

But after the fight with Might Guy, Obito realized that even if he, as he was now, went back to the time of the practical exam, he still couldn't defeat Hyuga Homon.

His ninjutsu power had increased, but facing Hyuga Homon's combination of Gentle Fist and Byakugan, his taijutsu level was insufficient to give him an opportunity to unleash his ninjutsu.

Relying on the combination of Byakugan and Gentle Fist, as long as Hyuga Homon held even a slight advantage, Obito would collapse in defeat.

The Byakugan sees through the chakra points, and the Gentle Fist blocks chakra; once they fell into Hyuga Homon's rhythm, it almost meant defeat.

"But these questions are so hard..." Looking at the series of problems before him, Obito, holding a pen, felt a bit crushed inside.

He understood the principles, but actually doing the problems was really hard.

"Let's eat first." Muyue handed a lunchbox to Obito, then gave one to Shisui and Might Guy.

Obito, who had felt life was pointless, instantly felt the beauty of the world again after tasting the food Muyue had made, feeling as if he had come back to life.

【You gifted your disciple delicious home-style food. The disciple was extremely grateful. Reward crit: Chakra +100.】

A gift full of heart was praised, plus the timing of the meal. It could only be said that the crit was to be expected.

Because Obito had been hit too many times, in order not to affect the training effect, Muyue allowed Obito to do the problems in installments, not needing to finish them all now.

The next day.

In order to better improve the strength of Year 1 Class 1 and obtain more rewards, Muyue began his operation.

First, Muyue used the ninjutsu class time to conduct a practical exam in the class, then gave comments and suggestions one by one.