Chapter 54: Master Taijutsu

On Friday morning, Classroom 1 of Year 1 at the Ninja Academy.

The students were discussing how to handle the upcoming taijutsu class.

"Should we do the same thing as last class?" a student asked.

"Not today. Based on what Teacher Muyue said yesterday, the taijutsu teacher must have exaggerated our actions in taijutsu class and reported them to Teacher Muyue," Shenyue Chuyun deduced.

"Knowing Teacher Muyue's personality, she might go all the way and come inspect during taijutsu class."

"I can't believe the taijutsu teacher actually tattled on us to the teacher. First time I've heard of that," Gang Zitie complained.

Tattling was bad enough, but adding his own spin made it even more irritating.

"Let's all save face for Teacher Muyue today and not try to get him kicked out," Shenyue Chuyun said.

The other students thought Shenyue Chuyun had a point and decided to treat taijutsu class like it was Muyue's.

"This taijutsu teacher is really annoying," Anko said gloomily.

He couldn't teach taijutsu properly, which got her scolded by Muyue, and then he tattled to Teacher Muyue, badmouthing her.

The students of Class 1 nodded in agreement. Gucun Nianhong's actions had successfully plummeted his likability to rock bottom.

After the bell rang, Gucun Nianhong entered the classroom.

Seeing the students all sitting quietly in their seats without talking, Gucun Nianhong breathed a sigh of relief.

But he didn't let his guard down, because at the start of last class, the students hadn't shown such aggression either.

"Everyone, go to the training ground and run three laps to warm up," Gucun Nianhong said with a low cough.

The students followed Gucun Nianhong's instructions, went downstairs to the training ground, and started running, with no one discussing Gucun Nianhong.

After running, Gucun Nianhong began teaching taijutsu forms. After demonstrating twice, he let the students practice freely.

Not a single student criticized Gucun Nianhong the whole time. The calmness made Gucun Nianhong feel like this class and the last one were taught to different students.

"I really need to buy Teacher Yusheng a drink," Gucun Nianhong thanked Muyue in his heart.

He knew what had caused this change—Muyue must have intervened. Otherwise, the students' behavior wouldn't have differed so much.

Just then, Muyue passed by the training ground as Gucun Nianhong had requested.

Muyue greeted Gucun Nianhong and stayed on the training ground for a short while.

After class, Shenyue Chuyun said smugly, "See, I told you—Teacher Muyue would come."

"So we're never going to act again?" a student asked reluctantly.

The more Muyue helped Gucun Nianhong, the more they disliked Gucun Nianhong.

"Of course not. Teacher Muyue isn't free every day. Next class we can continue our plan," Shenyue Chuyun said.

In Class 2 of Year 4, Rin Nohara looked worriedly at Obito, who was scratching his head while doing problems, and asked:

"Obito, what's been going on with you lately? You've been so diligent, studying every chance you get."

Although studying so hard was a good thing, Obito's sudden enthusiasm for theory made Rin a bit concerned.

Hearing Rin's words, Obito's pen stopped. He felt like crying.

Was he diligent and loved studying? No—this was the bitter fruit of not training taijutsu well!

Doing problems in installments came with a cost; for example, ten problems could become eleven after splitting.

This meant Obito didn't have to do a lot in one day, but he had to do problems every day.

What's worse, training happened every day, meaning he accumulated new problems daily and kept splitting them.

But he couldn't finish them all at once either—that would be extremely painful and would also affect his training.

"Since everyone's grades are improving, I can't lag behind either," Obito said with a stiff smile.

He definitely wouldn't admit the embarrassing reason that he had to do problems as punishment for poor taijutsu.

"It's great that you have that mindset. You've really matured a lot," Rin said with a relieved smile.

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From the beginning of their school days when he was late, Nohara Rin had always taken care of Obito as if he were her younger brother.

Seeing that Obito had now entered the top ranks of his grade in practical combat and was starting to pass theory, Nohara Rin was truly very happy.

"Haha, is that so?" When Obito heard Nohara Rin's praise, his previously frozen smile, like withered grass getting moisture, quickly became natural again.

With the boost of Nohara Rin's praise, Obito's speed in solving problems increased a bit, and he even felt that he could pay off tomorrow's installment ahead of time.

"It's going to be a holiday again. Obito, what are you planning to do this weekend?" Nohara Rin asked.

"Wait, is it already Friday today?" Obito's forehead broke out in cold sweat. These past few days, he had lost all sense of time due to taijutsu training and various problems.

"That's right, after class we'll be on holiday. Aren't you happy, Obito?" Nohara Rin asked with a smile.

Having received Nohara Rin's affirmative answer, Obito couldn't help but feel a blackness before his eyes.

From Monday to Friday, they only needed to train from after school until before sunset.

But the weekend was different—on the weekend, they trained from morning until sunset.

A large amount of training time meant more fights with Might Guy, and more fights meant more problems.

Obito could almost see streams of problems and test papers surging toward him, drowning him.

"Obito, what's wrong? Your face doesn't look good. Do you want me to take you to the infirmary?" Nohara Rin asked when she saw Obito's unpleasant expression.

"It's nothing. I'm just too happy about the holiday," Obito said, forcing a smile.

"Yes, I'm very happy. Training so long during the holiday, my strength will greatly increase, and I'll get first in the whole school and earn the admiration in Rin's eyes." Obito had already started hypnotizing himself in his mind.

"Promise me, Rin, you must practice taijutsu well," Obito couldn't help saying.

"Mm, I know. Taijutsu is important." Nohara Rin nodded, not grasping the pain in Obito's words.

After school, Obito went to the training ground in the Southern Border Forest.

Might Guy had arrived one step earlier than Obito and had already started training.

The two looked at each other, both seeing the desire to win in each other's eyes.

Both of them knew very well what the weekend meant for them.

This was no joke; with the slightest carelessness, they would face countless problems.

"If only I had the Sharingan, I could definitely do it!" For the first time, Obito so desperately wished to awaken the Uchiha clan's Kekkei Genkai.

The Sharingan possesses powerful dynamic vision, allowing one to easily see through an enemy's movements.

He had a feeling that after this weekend, the problems he needed to do might be directly installmented until the end of the semester.

"I absolutely cannot let that happen!" Obito suddenly punched the wooden dummy.

On the other side, Might Guy was silently lifting a huge boulder and doing squats to train his thigh muscles.

He not only didn't want to do problems in installments, but also wanted to become first in the grade.

Mu Yue watched the two training with full motivation and revealed a satisfied smile.

If they keep training in this state, after one month, Hyuga Huomen will not be their match.

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