"Look at the nature transformation under the Breath of Flame state, use a bit more Chakra," Mokgetsu thought for a moment and said.
Obito nodded, adjusted his breathing technique, and entered the Breath of Flame state, inhaling a large amount of oxygen into his body, gathering a substantial amount of Chakra in his throat, and then very swiftly spraying out a large area of flames.
The flames spewed out in such excess that they drifted uncontrollably in all directions. Mokgetsu prevented the flames from setting the forest on fire by using Water Release to block them.
Shisui quietly watched this scene, and being familiar with Obito, he could clearly feel the progress in Obito's Chakra nature transformation.
Only such rapid progress could lead to a situation where the flames flew wildly; if Mokgetsu hadn't acted promptly, Obito himself would have been burned.
"Teacher Mokgetsu, eating spicy really can increase the cultivation speed," even though soaked by water, Obito remained excited.
He felt that the sudden increase in progress was due to eating Mokgetsu's cooking.
After all, in his view, yesterday was quite an ordinary day, nothing different from usual except for Mokgetsu's cooking.
"What did you do after you finished cultivating yesterday?" Mokgetsu asked.
Mokgetsu didn't think it was the cooking that was responsible, if cooking could cause such a surge in proficiency, it should have been effective yesterday itself, not after Obito went back home. Cooking illusions don't have lingering effects or delayed displays.
"Not much, just went home as usual, and then practiced a bit at home and made progress," Obito thought for a moment and replied.
"Explain in more detail," Mokgetsu said.
"On the way home yesterday, Rin encouraged me, and then we made a promise..."
"You can skip over that part."
"After separating from Rin, I encountered an old lady who had fallen, and I carried her to the hospital for treatment..." Obito recounted various little episodes on his way home, basically helping elderly people or on the way to help elderly people.
"After I got home, I practiced the breathing technique for a while, suddenly felt a bit hot, and then I ended up like this," Obito answered.
"I see, it must be that Obito's actions and mindset aligned with the characteristics of the Breath of Flame," Mokgetsu realized the reason for Obito's rapid progress after hearing his explanation.
Obito perfectly matches the personality requirements of the Breath of Flame. The enthusiastic and cheerful Obito actively helps those in need in front of him, and his inner heart is as fervent as a flame.
"Shisui, you should eat more spicy food too, the breathing technique will definitely change quickly just like mine," Obito shared his success with Shisui.
"Is it really because of the spicy food?" Shisui felt a bit suspicious inside.
It's not that he doubts Obito for lying; Obito wouldn't lie about such an important thing, but upon hearing their conversation, Shisui felt that the real reason might not be because Obito ate very spicy food.
"Stop chatting, let's eat first," Mokgetsu handed the lunch box to the two.
Eating might not guarantee rapid progress, but it's certainly better than not eating at all.
Shisui opened the lunch box, noticing a few large, neat peppers inside, he fell into thought, wondering if they were supposed to eat the chili peppers directly.
"There's meat inside the peppers," Mokgetsu reminded.
Shisui took a bite, discovering that the peppers indeed wrapped around meat, but the meat inside surprisingly also contained minced chili, making it even spicier than just eating the outside pepper, yet the taste was still top-tier.
After delivering the meal to the two, Mokgetsu went to deliver food to Might Guy, whose meal was stewed beef with potatoes.
Mokgetsu gave Might Guy an assessment and found that his proficiency increased a bit, reaching twenty points of proficiency.
"Seems like it's not stuck, it's just simply very difficult, so the progress is slower," Mokgetsu thought to himself.
Based on the current progress, Mokgetsu felt he didn't need to worry about Obito's cultivation task.
Unless Might Guy experiences another sudden surge in proficiency, Obito's proficiency in the breathing technique is sure to be significantly higher than Might Guy's over a month, giving him some edge in terms of raw strength.
When the afternoon's training was finished, Mokgetsu let Shisui and Obito go back together.
Today, Shisui's Breath of Flame proficiency rose from fifteen to sixteen, considered steady progress.
But it would be best if Shisui could learn something from Obito and advance rapidly together; if not, it's okay. With Shisui's level of diligence, going back would yield the same training.
"Though overall you are excellent, there are still aspects of Obito that you can learn from," Mokgetsu said to Shisui.
Mokgetsu still hoped that Shisui could be a bit more cheerful and optimistic.
In the original work, Shisui had very few scenes, mostly living in memories, but being able to do something like committing suicide to awaken a friend's eyes seemed not something that a normal person would do, Mokgetsu thought.
This world has plenty of lunatics, but Mokgetsu does not want to see his disciple become one.
Shisui showed a thoughtful expression, nodding his head, preparing to observe Obito carefully on the way home.
In the cultivation of the breathing technique, a secret technique where Obito's progress can always be faster than his, there must be areas where he is doing better.
Thus, Shisui started his journey of observing Obito.
"Rin, have my Shadow Clones done anything weird at the school?" Obito asked aloud.
"Nope, they behaved just like you normally would," Nohara Rin replied with a smile.
"That's good, I was worried the Shadow Clones would affect my image at the Ninja Academy."
Shisui watched this scene and noted in his mind that Obito really enjoyed chatting with Nohara Rin.
No one would know better than Obito himself if the Shadow Clones had done anything strange, but he still asked, which clearly showed that Obito simply wanted to talk to Nohara Rin.