Chapter 81: Call Me a Jonin

"Huh?" Obito thought that after a day of special training, he wouldn't have to go train at Muyue's place anymore.

"What 'huh'? If you don't want to learn Shave by passing the challenge, then forget it." Muyue said, lightly tapping Obito's head with his finger.

"I do want to learn, but I'm feeling a bit tired." Obito answered honestly.

Unlike Shisui and Might Guy, Obito had rarely trained all day except on weekends, so he wasn't used to this kind of training pace.

"When you feel tired, you can rest directly. Just focus on learning what I teach you seriously." Muyue explained with a smile.

When giving special training to all the students, he had to take care of many things, but with his disciples, there weren't as many restrictions.

"Then I'll definitely study hard. Goodbye, Teacher Muyue." Obito chuckled and said goodbye to Muyue, ready to go home for dinner.

Even if Muyue hadn't explained that last part, he would still go after eating. He could clearly tell who treated him well.

After saying goodbye to his disciples, Muyue also returned to his home in the main city.

Every night, he would look at the sealing technique materials Kushina had given him. When he ran into problems, he would try to think them through himself, only asking Minato or Kushina when he had no ideas at all.

In the past few days, he hadn't talked with the two about sealing techniques, so he had accumulated a few questions and planned to resolve them during dinner.

After dinner, Muyue smoothly steered the conversation toward his sealing technique training and asked his questions.

Naturally, Muyue's beginner-level questions couldn't stump Minato and Kushina, and he quickly got the answers he wanted.

"By the way, Muyue, can you demonstrate that squirrel-shaped mandarin fish dish again in detail when you have time? We tried it at home, and it came out completely different from yours—it's too hard." Kushina took the chance to ask.

"That will have to wait until four days from now. I'm currently helping students with summer special training, so I don't have time from Monday to Friday." Muyue explained.

Today was Tuesday. Not counting today, which was almost over, there were still three days until Saturday.

"No problem, just teach us when you have time on Saturday." Kushina said understandingly.

"Summer special training? Are the ninja academy summer vacations no longer happening?" Minato's focus was somewhere else.

"Not exactly. It's because I previously went to the Third Hokage's house…" Muyue told Minato and Kushina the whole story.

This wasn't something that needed to be kept secret; it was better to share it.

"Special training for students about to graduate is indeed a good way to strengthen the abilities of new genin." Minato nodded and said.

The current ninja world situation was chaotic. While a war wouldn't necessarily send fresh graduates to the battlefield, having stronger skills so new genin could become qualified ninjas as soon as possible was ultimately a good thing.

"This also shows that the Third Hokage thinks highly of you, entrusting you with such an important task." Minato said with a gentle smile.

"Looks like a month from now we'll have to call you Tokubetsu Jōnin Muyue." Kushina joked.

Previously, she had thought that if Muyue seriously studied sealing techniques, he could become a Tokubetsu Jōnin through that path. But it turned out he was even more talented as a teacher than she had imagined, allowing him to be promoted to Tokubetsu Jōnin through his teaching ability.

"I have to achieve results that satisfy the Third Hokage to get promoted. I'm not sure I can definitely succeed. And even if I do, it won't compare to formal Jōnin like you, Minato and Kushina." Muyue said modestly.

The position of Tokubetsu Jōnin—well, while some Tokubetsu Jōnin had combat abilities similar to Jōnin, most were just chūnin with a relatively strong or special skill.

For example, if Muyue became a Tokubetsu Jōnin after the special training, his relevant records would definitely note him as an education specialist.

However, Konoha's requirements for Jōnin were very high. Even a Tokubetsu Jōnin was considered part of the village's mid-to-upper ranks and eligible to attend Jōnin meetings.

"Whatever kind of Jōnin, a Jōnin is still better than a Chūnin. And later, if he meets the standards, he can keep getting promoted." Kushina's words were rough but not unreasonable.

After resolving the sealing technique issues and chatting with Kushina and Minato for a while, Muyue went to the Southern Forest.

When Muyue arrived, Shisui and Might Guy were already there, training.

"Come over here. I'll continue explaining the chakra burst technique for Shave to you both." Muyue beckoned to them.

Until the two had mastered the basics of Shave, Muyue would focus on teaching this taijutsu.

Only after teaching that would he proceed to instruct them in other ninjutsu and taijutsu.

For Shisui, he could learn some other Fire Release techniques to increase his offensive power. For Might Guy, Muyue planned to teach him Stone Breathing.

First, Stone Breathing was very difficult. In the original Demon Slayer story, Stone Breathing was the hardest of the basic breathing styles, so learning and practicing it early was beneficial.

Second, breathing techniques had a strong body-tempering effect, which could help Might Guy better build his physique.

Both Might Guy and Shisui immediately stopped training and quickly ran to Muyue's side.

Ten minutes after Muyue started teaching, Obito also arrived.

Obito looked enviously at Might Guy and Shisui, who were practicing the Body Flicker Technique, and then began training in Nature Transformation under the guidance of Muyue's Shadow Clone.

During his daytime special training, he basically focused on improving his physical fitness, and had already surpassed his previous training volume.

"Train hard for a week, and then challenge the Taijutsu Challenge again," Obito thought to himself.

He didn't dare to rush into the challenge—losing would mean receiving three test papers for nothing.

The next day.

In order to complete the Taijutsu Challenge, Obito borrowed weights from Might Guy and wore them, then began running wildly around the training ground to exercise. He only rested when he truly had no strength left, and continued training after recovering his stamina.

"Is Obito always this hardworking in training?" Asuma, who was resting, saw Obito pushing so hard and couldn't sit still.

Because he was a progress leader, Asuma's mentality was relatively relaxed.

Muyue's requirement for them was to complete Water Walking and Tree Climbing after two weeks, but Asuma had already completed them before coming to the special training. Even if he just sat there and did nothing, he would still pass after two weeks.

But seeing Obito, who was also a progress leader, being so diligent, Asuma couldn't stay calm.

He then looked at Shisui and noticed that Shisui was practicing Fire Release ninjutsu.

He felt that if Team A had a practical exam, forget about first place—he couldn't even keep second.

These people were all too diligent in training, as if resting a little longer would cause a major loss.

Finally, Asuma patted his butt, stood up, and continued training in Fire Release.

With Shisui being such an extraordinary genius, it was normal not to get first place, but he couldn't lose to Obito, right?

After losing to Shisui and then to Obito, would he then lose to other students? Would he still have any face left after that?

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