"Ah, Guy, congratulations on achieving first place in the grade," Mutsuki said with a gentle smile.
Watching Mutsuki's smiling face, radiant like the warmth of spring sunshine, Guy felt a bit dazed.
He had always been a person with abundant self-confidence, believing in himself through relentless training to become the strongest.
Even though he hadn't graduated from the Academy yet, he had already faced numerous failures and setbacks – failing the entrance exam, entering the Academy through supplementary admission, being labeled as the bottom of the class due to poor grades, and getting defeated by Kakashi in their first encounter with a single blow.
Most of the time, he laughed it off and continued to strive, occasionally having moments of doubt, but quickly reaffirming his goals. Despite all this, Guy never expected such a rapid transformation.
In the practical exams of the previous semester, he couldn't even make it into the top twenty of the class. Yet, this semester, his worst performance was second place in the grade. In the final exam, he not only secured first place but also became the strongest in the fourth year.
He was well aware of who brought about this change – it was Mutsuki.
Mutsuki taught him Taijutsu, provided him with precious secret medicine, and in such a short time, it was Mutsuki who enabled his growth.
"Thanks to you, Yumi-sensei!" Guy clenched his right fist, moved to tears.
"Do not undermine your own efforts. While my guidance has been effective, your diligent training is the key to achieving first place. Keep up this hard work, and you will surely fulfill your dreams," Mutsuki encouraged.
Guy was filled with hot-blooded enthusiasm from Mutsuki's words, as if he could already see the day he became the strongest in Taijutsu. He was eager to start doing push-ups right there to train his body.
"This is the training method and experience of Soru I compiled. Take a look first, and tomorrow morning during training, I'll teach you how to practice it," Mutsuki said with a smile, handing the scroll to Guy.
[You have gifted your disciple the training scroll for Soru. The disciple is extremely grateful, granting you a huge reward, gained mastery in Konoha Dragon God].
Under the immense emotional impact, Mutsuki spontaneously gained an advanced Taijutsu technique at the mastery level, and a flood of memories related to the Konoha Dragon God's training surfaced in Mutsuki's mind.
"So, it's this Taijutsu. For now, I can't pass it on to my students," Mutsuki recalled the memories of this technique from the original source.
In the anime, this Taijutsu was developed by a Taijutsu Ninja named Chen-sensei. According to the plot, even Chen-sensei's own disciple hadn't learned the Konoha Dragon God yet. If someone else were to use it, it might be a bit abstract.
However, even without copyright concerns, Mutsuki wasn't planning to teach this Taijutsu to his disciples. The technique demands a high level of physical prowess and Chakra control, making it unsuitable for the current stage of their training.
"Yumi-sensei, I understand. I will carefully study it when I get home," Guy replied with gratitude.
During Mutsuki's previous instruction to Shisui, Guy had been eager to learn the Body Flicker Jutsu called Soru. So, when Mutsuki handed him the training scroll for Soru, Guy immediately treated it as a priceless treasure.
"Today, you don't need to come over for training with me. Take a good break and do something you enjoy," Mutsuki suggested, laying the groundwork for Guy's training tasks.
After being comforted and encouraged by Mutsuki, Obito had reestablished his training task to achieve first place in the grade. However, Guy had not yet initiated a new training task.
Undoubtedly, training tasks were a crucial part of earning rewards. Once completed, they provided a substantial amount of Chakra and various advanced rewards.
So, two weeks before the final exams, Mutsuki began contemplating how to trigger new training tasks after settling the first task. For the disciple who didn't secure first place, it was simple—encourage and motivate through words to secure the first place again.
As for the disciple who did achieve first place, Mutsuki considered their personality, goals, and dreams to induce and trigger a new training task.
For Guy, Mutsuki thought that a training task involving defeating Kakashi would be suitable and likely to be well-received. Hence, Mutsuki suggested that Guy take some time to do something he wanted to do.
With a significant increase in strength and the achievement of first place in the grade, there was no reason not to seek a challenge from his close friend and rival.
When Guy is defeated by Kakashi, it will be an opportune moment to spark a new training task.
Although a similar attempt had failed before, only triggering a task to create a training regimen, Mutsuki believed it wasn't a flaw in his approach. It was more a matter of insufficient trust at that time, as Guy wasn't fully aware of his capabilities.
After all, a task was indeed triggered, albeit not exactly the one Mutsuki had envisioned.
Guy nodded and decided to challenge Kakashi later just as he expected.
Since starting intensive training, Guy hadn't fought Kakashi. He was itching for a rematch.
Meanwhile, after Obito's recovery, Mutsuki returned to practicing Sealing Jutsu and delved into the knowledge Kushina provided.
It had been ten days since Kushina gave him the Three Fingers Seal, and Mutsuki had already mastered it preliminarily by the sixth day. The subsequent time was spent refining his skills further and acquiring more Sealing Jutsu knowledge.
With continuous learning of Sealing Jutsu, Mutsuki gained a deeper understanding of its mechanisms and discovered some intriguing aspects.
Under equal Chakra conditions, the impact of Sealing Jutsu becomes less, resulting in a more robust and harder-to-break seal. Taking the One Finger Seal as an example, the effect is to seal the entire body's Chakra, making it susceptible to breaking.
However, by refining the effect of the One Finger Seal to seal Chakra in a specific limb, the solidity of the seal increases significantly.
Without changing the sealing effect, the more Chakra one possesses, the stronger Sealing Jutsu they can perform.
Hagoromo and his brother's ability to seal Otsutsuki Kaguya's with the Planetary Devastation (Chibaku Tensei) undoubtedly qualified it as the most powerful Sealing Jutsu in the world of Naruto. Still, the technique has significant limitations, requiring the Six Paths Yin-Yang power to be activated.
Mutsuki roughly guessed why the Uzumaki Clan had an innate talent for Sealing Jutsu—because they were naturally endowed with powerful Chakra and came from the direct lineage of the sage of six paths.
"Chakra is everything," Mutsuki deeply felt the importance of Chakra quantity.
It can only be said that it's fortunate to have some extra help after crossing over, as even with the advantage of knowing the plot, it would be challenging to establish oneself in the ninja world.
"If it's the holiday season, the increase in Chakra may slow down a bit," Mutsuki thought to himself.
Entering the summer break, apart from the exam rewards to be settled in two days, Mutsuki temporarily had no way to accumulate Chakra and Ninjutsu through the Academy.
Attending classes also brought in a considerable amount of Chakra income. If all the courses for the month were used to accumulate Chakra instead of learning Ninjutsu, it could yield nearly eight hundred Chakra.
The advantage of not attending classes was that Guy and Obito could spend more time practicing with him. More training sessions could accelerate the students' growth, and by the time they returned to school for further training, their Chakra levels should see some improvement which he will be rewarded for.
In the evening, after buying fish, Mutsuki arrived at his home in the main city area. Today, he planned to prepare a delicious and visually appealing new dish for Kushina and Minato.
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