Chapter 364: New Teaching Rewards
"This Body Flicker Technique is called Shunpo," Mugetsu began, "and its key feature is that it can stack bursts to increase movement speed."
Since it was a modified version, the name Soru felt completely out of place in the shinobi world, so he chose to call the weakened technique Shunpo instead.
It was not especially Naruto like either, but Mugetsu could not think of anything better. He could hardly name it Mugetsu Body Flicker or Hayate Body Flicker. That would be a little too shameless.
"It is because of these stacked bursts that the pressure on your legs becomes far greater than with a normal Body Flicker Technique," Mugetsu reminded them again.
The shinobi listening below him looked puzzled at the term stacked bursts.
They all understood the basics of condensing chakra and releasing it in a single burst. That was the standard Body Flicker. But none of them had ever heard of stacking the bursts.
Mugetsu knew explaining it with words alone would be difficult, so he plucked a large leaf with his left hand and three smaller leaves with his right. He ignited the large leaf in his left hand with Fire Release chakra and said, "This is a normal Body Flicker Technique."
Then he quickly ignited the three leaves in his right hand as well. Each leaf was smaller than the large one, but the fire produced by the three burning together was noticeably bigger.
He lifted his right hand slightly.
"And this is Shunpo."
That simple demonstration gave the group an immediate grasp of the concept behind Shunpo.
Of course, it was only the concept. The deeper principle still felt distant. But no one thought that was strange. This was obviously an advanced chakra control method that could not be fully conveyed in a few sentences.
Mugetsu began formal instruction after that.
He explained chakra control in detail, then demonstrated step by step, breaking everything down so cleanly that the shinobi almost felt like he was feeding them the answer with a spoon.
Many of them were both surprised and delighted.
Normally, large group instruction like this did not come with such careful detail. That level of guidance was usually reserved for one on three, or one on one.
If Mugetsu's impression on the first day was a powerful young shinobi with a terrifying future, then his impression on the second day was something else entirely.
A teacher who was diligent, serious, and frighteningly capable.
Anyone attending Mugetsu's class for the first time always ended up pleasantly shocked. With the system's buffs layered on top of Mugetsu's experience from his previous life, his teaching ability was genuinely one of a kind.
Even though Shinji was older than Mugetsu, he found himself naturally calling him Teacher Mugetsu now. Mugetsu truly gave everything he had while teaching. He guided all thirty shinobi personally and barely took a breath the entire day.
When instruction finally ended, Mugetsu saw the settlement prompt appear on his system panel, exactly as he had hoped.
[Completed one intermediate lecture, initiating settlement]
[Evaluation: A]
[Reward: Shadow Imitation Technique]
[First time completing intermediate class instruction, gained skill: Enlightenment]
[Enlightenment: Allows one to enter a forty eight hour Enlightenment state (weekly usage count is total disciple slots plus one, effect cannot be stacked, usage count cannot be accumulated)]
[Enlightenment State: Clear mind, increased comprehension (cannot re enter Enlightenment state for five days after the state ends)]
"As expected," Mugetsu thought as he looked at the lines of text, "it is related to the students' strength."
The description was clearly different from previous classes. Even the wording implied a higher tier.
The rewards were different as well.
In all his earlier classes, whether large or small, he had never obtained any secret technique. It seemed the reward pool for normal lectures simply did not include them.
Still, Mugetsu's focus was not on the Shadow Imitation Technique.
It was a secret technique, yes, but most of its value leaned toward control and support. What truly grabbed his attention was the skill called Enlightenment.
The name sounded plain, but it was clearly not a ninjutsu. It was closer to a professional skill, like a chef's craft or a professor's method.
The professor skill's value was beyond question. It had already pushed his disciples' growth forward again and again.
Even the chef skill, despite being a life skill, had been unexpectedly practical and useful more times than he could count.
After reading Enlightenment's description, Mugetsu immediately understood what it was meant for.
This was a skill prepared specifically for him and his disciples.
Enlightenment differed from Professor in one major way. It had a usage limit, and that limit was exactly the total disciple slots plus one. That extra one was clearly intended for him, the teacher.
Mugetsu only had four disciples registered on the system panel, but the total number of disciple slots was five, with one still unused. That meant Enlightenment displayed six uses.
When he returned home, Mugetsu applied Enlightenment to himself immediately.
The moment he used it, the skill entered its refresh cycle. After seven days, the number of uses would reset to six, no matter how many uses remained before refresh, unless his disciple slots changed.
After activating it, Mugetsu did not feel much change in his body. He only felt more awake, as if his mind had been washed clean.
He took out the Flying Thunder God scroll at once and began studying. He wanted to see if the buff could finally push his proficiency off zero.
Two hours of intense study later, he sought out Minato and consulted for another two hours.
Still nothing.
The proficiency remained stuck at zero.
Mugetsu narrowed it down to three possibilities.
First, Enlightenment might be mediocre.
Second, his spatial temporal talent might truly be nonexistent, and Enlightenment could not create something out of nothing.
Third, a combination of both. Enlightenment was not overwhelming, and his talent in that field was so poor it was practically absent.
To test which explanation was closer to the truth, Mugetsu shifted immediately to Sealing Technique and studied with full focus for another three hours.
Once he started, he could not stop.
Even though it was late at night, Mugetsu found himself unable to put the scroll away. He had just cracked a small obstacle that had been tormenting him for an entire week, a minor hurdle in his work on improving the Yin Seal.
"The boost in learning ability isn't low," Mugetsu thought, exhaling as he took a drink of hot tea.
He had expected that difficulty to take at least five more days.
Tonight, he solved it in three hours.
That did not mean three hours in Enlightenment equaled five days without it, but it proved the effect was real, and significant.
Mugetsu studied until 3 AM before finally lying down.
The only problem was that the buff felt unintelligent. If he could pause it, it would be perfect. Otherwise, every hour spent sleeping was simply wasted time from the state.
It was only because Mugetsu was usually busy. If he were free, he genuinely wanted to pull two all nighters and grind Sealing Technique. With his current physical condition, two all nighters would not hurt him much.
But stacking two all nighters on top of high intensity work would drag down his condition.
The Anbu and Root training demanded constant attention, and he still had to teach his disciples through shadow clones.
Compared to squeezing out a few more hours of Enlightenment, Mugetsu preferred to keep himself at peak condition in case something unexpected happened.
He could enter Enlightenment two days a week, but some situations, if not prevented in time, would be extremely difficult to reverse.
Mugetsu woke promptly at 7:30 AM, ate quickly, and headed to the training ground for the third day of instruction.
Halfway through the day, he noticed something unusual.
As he taught, his understanding of Soru deepened.
He understood the idea of teacher and student learning from one another, but the effect had never been this obvious.
It was clearly Enlightenment again.
The shinobi being trained did not know what was happening. They only felt that Mugetsu's condition was even better than yesterday, and his explanations were clearer, sharper, and easier to follow.
[Completed one intermediate lecture]
[Evaluation: A]
[Reward: Inuzuka Style Medical Ninjutsu]
Seeing that reward, Mugetsu could basically confirm it.
Intermediate lectures produced rare secret techniques.
A flood of memory surged into his mind, and knowledge of Medical Ninjutsu settled into his thoughts as naturally as if he had practiced it for years.
The Inuzuka clan's Medical Ninjutsu mimicked ninja dogs. In terms of chakra nature transformation, it was classified as Yang Release. However, the technique was built around taijutsu output, reinforcing the body through medical chakra, then unleashing that reinforced body through powerful taijutsu.
After receiving it, Mugetsu realized it was surprisingly comprehensive.
With its reinforcement, his sense of smell could be raised to tens of thousands of times that of an ordinary person. He could even detect chakra strength through scent alone.
That single effect was already comparable to a sensory technique.
Mugetsu found himself interested in both the Nara clan's shadow technique and the Inuzuka clan's medical technique. These Yin Release and Yang Release secret arts were indeed deeper than the five basic nature transformations.
For example, if a medical technique could simulate a ninja dog, could it be expanded to simulate mythical beasts?
The next day, Mugetsu woke at 6:50 AM and headed to the South Border Forest.
Yesterday, his shadow clone had told his disciples to come earlier.
He did it for one reason.
Enlightenment.
The uses would not accumulate if he saved them, so it was better to spend them now.
"Teacher Mugetsu, is today a special day?" Obito asked with a yawn. "Why are we up so early?"
He had not woken up this early in a long time. Since he was not going to school, getting up this early felt like asking for suffering.
"It's not a special day," Mugetsu replied with a gentle smile. "The weather has been nice lately. It feels suitable for training."
He could not reveal anything about Enlightenment, so a simple excuse was enough. His disciples trusted him at this point and would not question it deeply.
"The weather really is nice," Obito said, looking up at the sky. "Perfect for training Flame Breathing."
"Then I'll adjust my training plan a little," Might Guy said, rubbing his chin. At this hour, he would normally be running as a warm up.
Kakashi looked calm. Starting earlier or later made no real difference to him. Shisui felt the same.
Shizune watched the mix of excitement and indifference around her and felt slightly out of place.
Tsunade often woke at noon because of her hangovers, and that had dragged Shizune's schedule later too. She usually woke around 8:30 AM. Getting up this early felt unfamiliar.
Arriving by 7 AM was manageable, but she still had to cook, travel, and prepare, which took time.
"Is Lady Tsunade's laziness rubbing off on me?" Shizune thought, watching everyone else look so disciplined.
After that explanation, Mugetsu immediately applied Enlightenment to his disciples.
Since the empty disciple slot was still unused, he had one extra use.
He considered briefly, then gave that extra Enlightenment to Shizune.
She would be training under him for half a year anyway, so one Enlightenment was fine.
As for the next extra use, Mugetsu decided it would go to Rin, then Rin again on the third week, and Asuma on the fourth week.
After applying Enlightenment, Mugetsu guided Might Guy's Eight Gates training for a while, then headed to the training ground to begin the day's lesson.
Obito thought it was just another normal day.
Then, after training for a while, a sudden flash of inspiration struck him. The Flame Breathing problem he had been unable to grasp recently suddenly became clear.
Obito glanced left and right. Everything looked normal.
Still, his face lit up. He lowered his head and threw himself into training with frightening seriousness.
"Kakashi, just you wait," Obito thought, his fighting spirit roaring. "Once I perfect Flame Breathing Chakra Mode, I'll beat you black and blue right in front of Rin."
Swish!
Kakashi activated Transparent World and unleashed a fierce lightning blade. The two meter boulder in front of him exploded instantly.
After the strike, Kakashi paused. Surprise flickered across his face.
Just now, he felt a slight change in Transparent World. His five senses opened even further, and for a moment he touched that desperate burst state he had reached before.
He knew this chance was rare, so he sharpened his focus and continued training without wasting a second.
Bang, bang, bang!
Shisui kept using Armament Haki and punching. Large trees around him snapped and shattered one after another, the sound rumbling without pause.
He felt he had grasped a trick that greatly increased his success rate.
To confirm it, Shisui repeated the process again and again. When his chakra ran low, he refined more, then resumed the moment he recovered.
Kakashi had comprehended the terrifying depth of Transparent World, but Shisui believed that if he mastered Armament Haki, he might not be without a fighting chance.
"Haha!" Might Guy suddenly laughed in the middle of his training. "My dear friend, next time, the winner will be me!"
He was confident he could master the Fourth Gate within three days.
But he was not planning to challenge Kakashi the moment he opened it.
He wanted to master Golden Skyline first.
"Does training early really have better results?" Shizune wondered as she trained.
Her condition felt unusually good today.
She glanced at Mugetsu's disciples and saw that Obito and the others were incredibly driven. Obito and Might Guy were even laughing while training.
Any thought of resting vanished instantly.
She could not train while laughing, but she could not fall too far behind either.
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