"Seal!"
On Monday afternoon, in the South Forest, Mu Yue was practicing the "One Finger Seal" that Kushina had taught him.
Since it was a sealing technique meant to seal Chakra, Mu Yue decided to test it on his Shadow Clone.
"I can't gather Chakra, it's successful," the Shadow Clone reported.
"But it feels like if I used all my strength, I could break through it," the Shadow Clone added.
Mu Yue nodded. No wonder Minato had said that this sealing technique had no real combat value.
Although he had just learned it, the fact that his Shadow Clone, which only had half the Chakra of the original, was able to break through the seal almost immediately, showed just how weak the binding power was.
"Still, it seems like I've learned it. Could it be that I have a talent for sealing techniques?" Mu Yue thought to himself.
Kushina had given him this sealing technique last night, and today he had already mastered it. According to her, he was a sealing technique genius.
Strictly speaking, he hadn't even spent a full day on it. He practiced a bit last night and did a short practice session in the afternoon today.
Many thoughts flashed through his mind—whether it was the original host's talent, his own talent, or the result of a combination of both…
But the reason didn't matter. What mattered was that this was undeniably good news.
Even if he didn't go on to learn more advanced sealing techniques, just the ability to crack the root curse mark seemed like a possibility now.
After reading books on sealing techniques and curse marks, as well as learning one sealing technique, Mu Yue had come to realize that curse marks were just a small subcategory of sealing techniques.
The "Tongue Calamity Eradication Seal" was essentially a sealing technique, albeit a very special one.
Generally, sealing techniques could be solved in two ways.
The first was by breaking the seal directly with overwhelming Chakra, and the second was by using a corresponding unsealing technique to解除 the seal.
Mu Yue thought the first method was unreliable because the Tongue Calamity Eradication Seal wasn't weak. If he could break it forcefully, it would probably be easy for him to defeat Danzo.
So, Mu Yue planned to learn more sealing techniques, study the Tongue Calamity Eradication Seal, and eventually develop an unsealing technique for it.
He had specifically kept a sealing technique proficiency scroll aside for this purpose.
The system rewarded him with the elemental change knowledge corresponding to any Chakra-based jutsu he hadn't mastered yet. Mu Yue speculated that if he raised a certain sealing technique to proficiency level, he could also gain knowledge about sealing techniques.
Mu Yue didn't plan to use the proficiency scroll on the One Finger Seal. He felt that this technique was akin to the Three-Body Jutsu in sealing techniques. Using the proficiency scroll on it seemed like a waste.
After finishing his disciples' training, Mu Yue headed straight to the main district.
Since Kushina and Minato had invited him to dinner yesterday, it was only natural for Mu Yue to invite them over to his place today.
Today, Mu Yue had made chili scrambled eggs, tempura, and stewed potatoes with meat.
Mu Yue's favorite dish was the chili scrambled eggs, a dish his mother often made for him in his past life.
He loved eating eggs, whether steamed, boiled, fried, or scrambled. Moreover, he enjoyed spicy food, so his home rarely had leek scrambled eggs—chili scrambled eggs were much more common.
He cracked the eggs into a bowl, whisked them quickly with chopsticks, added chili, and stirred it all together before pouring it into the pan.
Even though his cooking skills, enhanced by his chef talent, were already far superior, making this dish always reminded him of his past life.
"Mu Yue, what's wrong? Are you afraid of getting spicy from your own food?" Kushina teased as she watched him pick up a piece of chili scrambled egg but not eat it.
"Wow, it's amazing! I never imagined chili and eggs could taste this good when fried together!" Minato praised.
If he were to cook, he definitely wouldn't have been able to pair chili and eggs together, let alone fry them like this.
"Yeah, chili scrambled eggs are really tasty," Mu Yue replied with a gentle smile, no longer reminiscing about the past, and then put a piece into his mouth.
"Mmm, delicious."
As the three of them ate and chatted, the conversation shifted to the sealing techniques Mu Yue was learning.
"Mu Yue, can you perform the One Finger Seal now?" Kushina asked.
Mu Yue shook his head. "Every time I rehearse it in my mind, it goes smoothly, but I can't seem to perform it successfully. It feels like I'm missing something."
Mu Yue didn't plan to tell them that he had learned it in less than half a day. That would be too shocking since Kushina herself had said she took a day to master it.
He didn't want to attract too much attention from the Anbu who often watched Kushina and Minato, so he decided to pretend that it took him seven days to learn. This way, he wouldn't appear too much like a genius, but it would still show that he had talent for sealing techniques.
"This is very normal. It's rare for anyone to learn it in one day, so you're right on track," Minato reassured him.
"I agree, as long as you can learn it within a month, there's no problem," Kushina added.
"If you have any questions, feel free to ask us. Don't hesitate," Kushina said while eating.
Minato nodded as well, indicating that they would help.
"You guys don't mind the trouble, right?" Mu Yue smiled and said.
...
Thursday afternoon, South Forest of Konoha.
"Tai 85 questions, Guy 30 questions," Mu Yue announced the results of the afternoon's training.
"Only 85 questions!" Tai couldn't help but show a hint of excitement on his face.
He felt that the beating he took from Kakashi wasn't in vain. This was the fewest questions he had ever gotten after the battle rule change, which meant he had improved. He was hit less and had landed more blows.
Tai planned to use 40% of the questions for training, do 10% of them that day, and the remaining 50% would be spread out over time. After distributing, he felt like the questions weren't so many.
"30 questions!" Guy clenched his fists in disbelief. This was the most questions he had gotten since the rule change.
Even if he turned all the questions into training, he would still have to do 12 questions.
"Good job, both of you have improved a lot. If you want to split the questions into installments, there will be no interest," Mu Yue said with a smile.
Tai's eyes lit up at once. He felt like he could take more questions on installment.
Guy thought for a moment, and since there was no interest, he decided it was a free deal. He also applied to split his questions into installments.
After the training, Guy found Shisui and hoped that he could help him with some intensive training.
Tai's progress had made him feel a strong sense of crisis. Although he still had a big advantage, in the battle, Tai wasn't allowed to use ninjutsu, and he wasn't even using half his strength.
Guy remembered something Mu Yue had said before: true battles, where one gives their all, are an important part of improving one's abilities—not just sparring like Tai did, but real, full-force battles.
"Full strength?" Shisui asked.
Guy nodded.
"Then I'll take action," Shisui said as he prepared to make his move.
Guy tensed his muscles, ready to unleash his full power.
But before he could react, a large tree emerged from the ground, wrapping around him.
Just as Guy was wondering what ninjutsu Shisui had used, the tree disappeared, and Shisui was already holding a kunai against his neck. The battle was over.
Guy understood what had happened—he had fallen into Shisui's Genjutsu.
"The road to becoming the strongest is still long," Guy thought, having been knocked out in a single strike.
"Please, come again!"
The road may be long, but Guy wouldn't give up!
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