Chapter 380: Panel, Add Points!
After Minato left, Mugetsu glanced at the Flying Thunder God Technique on his panel. It was labeled Beginner, and without hesitation, he opened the ninjutsu scrolls in his inventory.
Because powerful ninjutsu were notoriously difficult to master, he rarely used Ninjutsu Proficiency Scrolls. Aside from testing one when he first obtained them, he had only used a few later on medical ninjutsu. As for his single Skill Mastery Scroll, he had kept it untouched the whole time.
Now, he used it.
Once the interface opened, a long list of ninjutsu appeared. He only needed to select a technique and confirm to raise it straight to mastery. If a technique was already at mastery, it would simply increase its proficiency.
Mugetsu ignored everything else and locked onto Flying Thunder God Technique, which only had one point of proficiency.
[Skill Mastery Scroll consumed, Skill Proficiency increased: Flying Thunder God Technique (Mastery Level: 1/15000).]
The instant he added the points, an overwhelming flood of memories surged into his mind. Training scenes, repetitions, failures, corrections, refinements, insights, all of it poured in like a tide.
Questions that once felt deep and stubborn became clear in a heartbeat. Some even left him with a blunt, almost arrogant feeling.
So that was it?
With Flying Thunder God now at the mastery level, Mugetsu's understanding of the technique jumped to an entirely new realm.
First, he could confirm that the idea of becoming Go Home Mugetsu was actually possible.
Flying Thunder God's movement distance had two main limits. One was perception range. The other was chakra volume.
If Mugetsu's perception could cover the entire shinobi world, and if his chakra reserves were high enough to activate Flying Thunder God from anywhere back to his marker, then he could truly become the kind of shinobi who rested at home when tired, then appeared like a knife in the dark to strike.
Of course, if he had that much chakra, it was unlikely anyone could force him to go home in the first place.
Beyond those two main limits, there was another factor that affected distance, and even the chakra cost.
Proficiency.
If Flying Thunder God was only at the beginner level, it might cost five thousand chakra to move from Point A to Point B, and Point C might be completely out of reach from Point A. But if it reached the skilled level, it might only cost three thousand chakra to move from Point A to Point B, and Point A to Point C would become possible as well. At mastery, the consumption would drop further, and the reachable distance would expand again.
With this clearer understanding, Mugetsu also formed more reasonable guesses about something that had always felt strange.
Why did Senju Tobirama die while covering the retreat instead of using Flying Thunder God to escape with Danzo Shimura and Hiruzen Sarutobi?
Although Tobirama was a master of forbidden techniques and created many of them, that did not mean every technique he developed was perfect from the start.
Take Edo Tensei. During Tobirama's era, it could basically only be used for self detonation. After Orochimaru's improvements, it could largely restore the combat ability of the reincarnated shinobi.
Mugetsu suspected Flying Thunder God was similar.
During Tobirama's time, Flying Thunder God likely consumed an enormous amount of chakra. Carrying others would have made the cost even more terrifying. In that case, it could only serve as a trump card in battle to kill enemies quickly, not a convenient escape tool for transporting a group.
As for why Edo Tobirama could carry people so freely, that might have been related to Edo Tensei's limitless chakra.
And if someone later improved Konoha's Flying Thunder God Technique into what it was now, there was only one name that fit.
Minato.
After using the mastery scroll, Mugetsu did not stop. He immediately used a Ninjutsu Proficiency Scroll on Flying Thunder God Technique as well.
[Ninjutsu Proficiency Scroll consumed, Skill Proficiency increased: Flying Thunder God Technique (Mastery Level: 168/15000).]
The proficiency rose a little, and new training memories appeared in his mind, though they were nothing compared to the leap from beginner to mastery.
Mugetsu did not hesitate. He used seven more Ninjutsu Proficiency Scrolls in a row.
In total, he had obtained thirteen Ninjutsu Proficiency Scrolls. Most were rewards from his disciples' Ninja Academy exams, and a smaller portion came from promotions or training mission rewards.
He had already used three before, so he had ten scrolls left when he started this.
Now he spent eight of them on Flying Thunder God.
[Ninjutsu Proficiency Scroll consumed, Skill Proficiency increased: Flying Thunder God Technique (Mastery Level: 1336/15000).]
The proficiency surged by over a thousand at once, and a wave of fresh insights rose in his mind.
The gap to the next level might look huge, but this number was already significant. It only took three thousand proficiency points to climb from skilled to mastery, and thirteen hundred proficiency points was already close to half of that threshold.
Mugetsu did not use the remaining two proficiency scrolls. He kept them for emergencies.
Staring at Flying Thunder God at mastery level with over thirteen hundred proficiency points, Mugetsu felt genuinely satisfied.
Diligent training combined with the panel's assistance made Flying Thunder God one of his highest proficiency skills. In general, once a skill reached mastery, raising proficiency became difficult, and that was even more true for high difficulty ninjutsu.
Mugetsu took out a kunai. Under the flow of chakra, a black character quickly appeared on its surface.
Teacher.
He threw the kunai, then activated Flying Thunder God and shifted a short distance.
With the space inside his home being too small for real testing, he headed to the training ground.
With Transparent World, or lightning enhanced reactions, he would not have reaction issues. Over short distances, the difference between his movement and Minato's did not feel that large.
However, that comparison was based on Minato during the battle against the jinchuriki. Mugetsu had not seen Minato fight recently, so it was hard to measure.
Still, the panel made one thing very clear.
Minato's growth had been substantial, both in skill proficiency and in chakra.
The first time Mugetsu appraised Minato, Minato only had forty thousand chakra. Around half a year later, Minato's chakra had grown to forty seven thousand six hundred. Today, when Mugetsu appraised him again, Minato's chakra was already sixty nine thousand.
That was exactly why Mugetsu wanted to take Nagato as his disciple.
Nagato already had a terrifying amount of chakra before even reaching his rapid growth period. Once he turned eighteen, the surge would be absurd.
Of course, Minato also grew incredibly fast during his rapid growth period.
But Mugetsu, with his own methods, grew even faster.
[Name: Hayate Mugetsu]
[Chakra: 104400]
When he first met Minato, Minato had forty thousand chakra, while Mugetsu had only a little over four thousand.
Now, in less than two years, Mugetsu's chakra had broken into six digits.
Chakra used to be his weakness.
Now, even in Konoha, his reserves were considered high.
It still was not quite enough for everything he wanted to do, but compared to the past, it was night and day.
After finishing the test, Mugetsu returned home and organized his plans for the near future.
Obito's life mission progress was close to twenty points. He could push it forward and secure the reward.
Perfecting the Yang Seal and developing supporting ninjutsu were daily necessities.
Researching Sun Breathing was also an important priority.
And finally, there was the problem he could not ignore.
How to become Nagato's teacher in the cleanest, most complete way, and drag his own chakra all the way into chakra ton territory.
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