"Izumo, how was your holiday?"
"It's hard to sum up in one word. How about you, Kotetsu?"
"Still locked in a battle of wits with my treacherous cousin."
"How treacherous are we talking?"
"He actually ignored the peace agreement we signed before and reactivated his nasty plan. I've been scolded by my parents a few times now."
"That's definitely treacherous!"
"But I'm not a pushover either. I 'accidentally' knocked his favorite Third Hokage statue and broke off one leg and an arm."
"Classic you!" Kamizuki Izumo gave Hagane Kotetsu a thumbs up and thought to himself that Kotetsu was even more treacherous.
"What about you, Izumo? Why is it hard to sum up?" Hagane Kotetsu asked.
"Remember that girl next door I liked? I planned to get close to her again as a top student after acing the final exam."
"And what happened? Did it work?"
"No, I spent a few days prepping, and then the summer special training started. I was training every day and forgot about it. When I remembered, I found her playing with another boy."
"It's okay, maybe he's just a relative." Hearing the outcome, Hagane Kotetsu felt relieved and consoled him.
"No way it's a relative! Please don't be a relative!" Hagane Kotetsu thought to himself.
"Didn't you two go out at all? I discovered a pretty good new dango shop recently." Anko interjected.
The two weren't interested in the dango shop Anko mentioned, unless Anko had a cute sister who'd join them.
"Oh right, today seems to be Taijutsu class according to the schedule." Hagane Kotetsu remembered something.
"I wonder who the new Taijutsu teacher will be."
Teacher Mokgetsu had told them during the summer special training that there would be a new Taijutsu teacher, but didn't reveal who it would be.
"Whoever it is, they can't possibly be worse than Teacher Tanimura, right?" Kamizuki Izumo said.
After being taught Taijutsu by Mokgetsu during the summer special training, he felt that Tanimura Toshihiro didn't even know what he was doing in class.
"I'd be satisfied if they were two-thirds as good as Teacher Mokgetsu." Hagane Kotetsu felt his expectations weren't high.
"Let's head to the field for class." Mokgetsu walked into the classroom and said.
"Could it be that you're the Taijutsu teacher this semester, Teacher Mokgetsu?" Anko asked excitedly.
"Yes." Mokgetsu smiled and nodded.
"Great, next holiday, if there's another special training, I might make it into Group B!" Hagane Kotetsu cheered.
His expectation was just two-thirds of Mokgetsu, but having Mokgetsu himself exceeded all expectations.
The whole class was cheering. Having Mokgetsu as the Taijutsu teacher was a really pleasant surprise for them.
"Quiet down a bit, everyone. Don't get too excited. Let's start our cultivation." Mokgetsu smiled.
Then Mokgetsu led Class 1-A to the field for cultivation.
Enjoying the relaxed classroom atmosphere they had long missed, some students sighed:
"The holiday was too long. I started missing Teacher Mokgetsu's classes a month ago."
"Yeah, and the break was way too boring. I was already bored after two weeks off."
Listening to their classmates' chat, Hagane Kotetsu and Kamizuki Izumo couldn't help but feel that people don't share the same sorrows. Their summer training gave them barely half a month's holiday in total.
"Teacher Tanimura used to say that Taijutsu can't be taught in too much detail like Ninjutsu, but look, Teacher Mokgetsu is being pretty detailed."
Being their first time in a Taijutsu class with another teacher, the students unconsciously compared Mokgetsu with Tanimura Toshihiro.
"Everyone, focus on your cultivation. We'll discuss later." Mokgetsu gently reminded.
This semester, Class 1-A was entirely under Mokgetsu's care, teaching theory, Taijutsu, and Ninjutsu.
Mokgetsu aimed to build an absolutely strongest class, gaining system rewards and proving his teaching value simultaneously.
Had it been Tanimura Toshihiro, they would have refuted while practicing. But since it's Mokgetsu, everyone instantly quieted down and focused on cultivation.
[Lecture Complete]
[Evaluation: A]
[Reward: Heaven-piercing Kick]
Mokgetsu's mind flashed with cultivation memories related to the Heaven-piercing Kick.
He recalled it as Tsunade's Taijutsu, simple yet powerful, characterized by intense force, cracking the ground with a single kick.
However, this seemingly simple Taijutsu wasn't easy, requiring special Chakra burst techniques that significantly boost strength, known as "Monster Strength Power."
The reward was decent, adding another Chakra technique to his skillset, and it could be passed on to Nohara Rin.
Though a Taijutsu move, Heaven-piercing Kick wasn't suited for Might Guy since it heavily tested Chakra control, needing fine manipulation of Chakra.
"The afternoon's theory class is a large lecture in the big conference hall." Mokgetsu reminded as he left.
"A big lecture? What kind of big lecture?" The students were puzzled. They noticed the theory class marked on their schedule but weren't sure why it was held there.
"The afternoon's theory class includes students from four classes, with classmates from Classes B, C, and D joining." Mokgetsu explained.
"With so many people, it's going to be lively." Some students seemed to like the idea.
"It's just like the special training." Kamizuki Izumo felt familiar.
Mokgetsu didn't explain further; essentially, it was just four classes combined. Nothing really special.
Such large lectures tested the students' self-discipline since the teacher couldn't manage all the students at once.
However, that was in Mokgetsu's previous world; here, it's different, as teachers were superhuman ninjas.
Mokgetsu didn't know how other teachers felt, but he wasn't worried about managing the theory class.
"Kotetsu, Izumo, what special training did you mention, and why do you seem so much stronger?" Some students familiar with Hagane Kotetsu and Kamizuki Izumo asked after class.
There were two exams each semester, and since they studied together every day, their classmates were familiar with each other's abilities. Noticing the significant progress in Hagane Kotetsu and Kamizuki Izumo was easy.
"During the break, Teacher Mokgetsu organized summer special training. We trained for five weeks with a group of fourth-grade students." Hagane Kotetsu explained.
"Most were fourth-grade students, and only eight from our entire grade could go." Hagane Kotetsu proudly raised his head as he said this.
Though his practical score didn't put him in the top three in class, it ranked him in the top eight in his grade.
Some were envious, while others felt it was too exhausting, having just started their break only to face five weeks of special training, then heading back to school soon after.