Chapter 83: Might Guy's Promotion Reward
"The chakra for tree climbing is very delicate. Find that 'sticking' feel and hold it to stay attached."
"Water is alive. Don't copy tree-climbing onto water-walking—read the ripples and keep your output steady."
"Practice your hand seals. Speed matters. Casting a jutsu one beat faster can win a fight."
On the training ground, Mugetsu moved among the groups, offering calm, precise corrections.
It was Friday afternoon. After several days of large-class instruction, he had adapted to the rhythm. With each session, he covered more ground and missed fewer details. He also urged students to talk to each other—problems that felt knotted alone often loosened after a few words with a peer.
Summer special training was freer than theory class; no one had to sit still and just listen. Bit by bit, the students settled into the flow.
At first, Anko had balked at training all day. A few days later, she found it manageable: two large sessions in the morning and two in the afternoon, with short breaks in between. And if she was truly exhausted and sat down, Mugetsu didn't press her.
"The first strength test is Monday afternoon. I really want to move up to Group B! Shisui's already in Group A. If I, second in the grade, stay in Group C—that's embarrassing." During the break, Anko declared her goal to her two partners in crime.
"It's not that we don't support you," Kotetsu said bluntly, "but you don't have Group B strength yet."
"I've watched Ebisu train. He's miles ahead of you," Izumo added. "Not just a little."
"Who's Ebisu?" Anko scratched her head. When had her brothers acquired a new 'big bro'?
"A Fourth-Grade senior, in Group B. He's strong—a real talent," Kotetsu said.
"Hmph. Just you wait and underestimate me. I'll grind all weekend and promote right past you!" Anko planted her fists on her hips.
Kotetsu and Izumo shared a look. Talking big was one thing; actually overtraining into a breakthrough was another.
"Just kidding, Anko! You're the strongest girl in First Grade," Kotetsu backpedaled fast. "A simple strength test? Easy."
"Yeah—piece of cake," Izumo piled on, desperate not to be the first one she left behind.
[Completed one large-class instruction]
[Evaluation: A]
[Reward: Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall; Water Release: Water Prison Technique]
"As expected—double rewards," Mugetsu mused.
Seeing B-rank chakra rewards doubled earlier, he'd guessed an A would mean two jutsu. He would have preferred two copies of the same jutsu to power-level proficiency, but two different ones were fine. If he kept pulling A's all day, that was four jutsu daily—an absurd learning rate. His disciples would never lack material.
After class, Mugetsu returned to the Main District, confirmed Saturday's detailed Squirrel Mandarin Fish lesson with Kushina and the others, then headed to the South Border Forest to coach his disciples.
Guy and Shisui were still grinding Body Flicker. Both could already use it at a basic level, but the Appraisal Technique still marked it as unmastered—proficiency high, mastery not yet.
Mugetsu understood the standard: being able to perform a technique wasn't mastery; truly grasping it was. If your Great Fireball only spat fist-sized sparks, that wasn't mastery either.
Even so, using the not-yet-mastered Body Flicker thrilled Guy. He focused chakra, compacting it in rapid pulses through his legs, and vanished forward in a blur, reappearing several meters away with a blistering kick that snapped a thick tree.
"My speed's way up. If I landed that on Kakashi, could he still react?" Guy's eyes shone. He knew Kakashi had Body Flicker too—so after the rush faded, he trained even harder.
[Disciple Guy, under your guidance, trained diligently and reached a new threshold. Reward: Finger Gun (Proficient)]
"So Guy triggered his. Only Obito's left," Mugetsu thought, glancing at Obito working on chakra nature transformation.
Maybe spurred on by Shisui and Guy learning Body Flicker, Obito had been relentless these days—running weighted laps during the day's special training. He was probably close to his own promotion reward.
Mugetsu calmed his breath and sifted through the new Finger Gun memories. Another of the Six Powers, localized into taijutsu like Shave.
He found a boulder, concentrated a dense bundle of chakra into his index finger, and drove it forward—engraving several neat holes with ease.
"It really is close to the Third Raikage's Hell Stab. Add Lightning Release to this and the power spikes," he judged.
"I wonder what Obito will pull," he mused. If Obito also drew from the Six Powers, he hoped it would be Moonwalk. True flight was rare in the shinobi world, and even pseudo-flight—bounding skyward—was a massive advantage.
After finishing his nature training, Obito didn't head home. He asked Shisui and Guy to join him for a night run. Both agreed, and the three of them took off.
"Haha! Obito, you've finally embraced the youth of training!" Guy flashed a thumbs-up, teeth dazzling even in twilight.
"What youth? I just want to learn Body Flicker through taijutsu," Obito grumbled. Watching the two of them practice together while he soloed nature work stung—like roommates gaming after homework while you were still cramming.
"Keep going. Mugetsu-sensei's waiting for you to clear the challenge," Shisui said.
"Fine—then I'll challenge it again this Sunday!" Obito's resolve firmed.
It's only a hundred questions. That won't stop Uchiha Obito.
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