忍 School Teacher, I Can Get Stronger by Teaching 50

Chapter 50: The First Gift (Seeking More Readers)
2025-01-18

Chapter 50: The First Gift (Seeking More Readers)

Huff, huff.

Obito gasped for air, then handed the long box to Mūtsuki, saying:

“Teacher Mūtsuki, I heard you like calligraphy, so I used my competition prize money to buy you a writing brush.”

Originally, Obito wanted to buy a gift for Rin Nohara, but he reconsidered.

He sometimes had a stubborn mouth, but that didn’t mean he was clueless. Without Mūtsuki’s dedicated teaching, would he have had the strength to win first place? No way.

Not just the first place in the competition, but also passing the theoretical exam for the first time and the practical exam, shedding his tail-ender title—all these changes were because of Mūtsuki’s guidance.

So, after much deliberation, Obito decided to buy Mūtsuki a gift.

Faced with the offered box, Mūtsuki swallowed his lecture.

He took the box, opened it for a glance, nodded slightly, then closed it, holding it with his left hand. With his right hand, he helped Obito calm down, saying:

“I do like calligraphy, and I’m very satisfied with your gift. Rest a bit before we start training.”

His student gave him a gift; he had to give positive feedback instead of lecturing him as originally planned.

Looking at Obito’s appearance, perhaps his tardiness in class was due to this reason.

Carefully preparing a gift for the teacher, only to be met with a scolding—no one would be happy.

Of course, he could also do a reversal, apologizing and thanking him after training, using the excuse that they were teacher and student during training but friends afterward.

The initial emotions would be resentment and injustice, but these emotions would transform into positive ones during the reversal, sharply increasing his affection.

However, Mūtsuki didn’t want to use this method now, at least not today.

After all, today he received his first gift in this world.

“Hehe, Teacher, I’m glad you like it. I don’t know anything about calligraphy, I just thought this brush looked nice, so I bought it,” Obito said with a silly grin.

Obito took a few deep breaths, stood up and said, “Teacher Mūtsuki, I’m ready, let’s start today’s training.”

Seeing Obito’s high enthusiasm, Mūtsuki nodded and beckoned Might Guy to come over.

“Next, we’ll restart the training from three weeks ago. You haven’t forgotten, have you?” Mūtsuki asked with a smile.

Obito’s memory gradually returned to the days before the competition training.

“For every hit received, an extra problem…” Suddenly attacked by the memory, cold sweat broke out on Obito’s forehead. He remembered.

For the past twenty-odd days, he’d been practicing Chakra control and Nature Transformation, causing him to forget what hellish training it was like before.

“Not forgotten. If you miss a hit, you do fifty problems; for every hit you land, you do one less, up to a maximum reduction of forty,” Might Guy said after recalling.

He might not be able to name all his opponents in the practical exam, but he remembered the training plan.

“Obito can’t use Ninja techniques in combat; for every hit he takes, he does one problem.” Might Guy gave Obito a thumbs-up, adding Obito’s rules as well.

Obito looked at Might Guy’s shining white teeth with tears in his eyes. Listen to me, thank you…

“Teacher, I think I overestimated myself. Maybe we should rest today,” Obito feigned seriousness as he collapsed onto the ground.

While getting stronger through training was good, the problem-solving was too painful. He’d leave it to tomorrow’s him.

Mūtsuki chuckled lightly, “Rest? Of course, you can rest. Since you can’t train, then focus on the problems. I have plenty of test papers here.”

Mūtsuki pulled out a stack of test papers from a scroll.

Then a medical miracle occurred.

Obito quickly stood up, his face solemn. “A little discomfort is nothing. Teacher Mūtsuki, I think I can persevere. Let’s start training.”

Mūtsuki smiled gently, “Don’t push yourself. Rest when you need to.”

“Thank you for your concern, Teacher Mūtsuki, but there’s only a month left until the final exam. I want revenge on Hinata Himen, and I want to seize the time to get stronger,” Obito said with determination.

Mūtsuki nodded in satisfaction, still holding the brush box, patted Might Guy on the shoulder with his right hand, saying:

“Guy, since Obito is so determined, you must help him improve his taijutsu skills.”

Might Guy stood straight, showing a radiant smile, “Teacher Mūtsuki, don’t worry, I’ll give it my one hundred and twenty percent!”

Obito, hearing their conversation: …

It seemed today, either he or his brain had to die.

Might Guy’s words were not empty boasts; when he said he’d give his all, he meant it.

While Obito was undergoing special training for the competition, Might Guy had been continuously strengthening his physique.

Thanks to the system’s secret medicine, Mūtsuki had later increased Might Guy’s training intensity.

These twenty-odd days of hard training brought Might Guy a substantial physical improvement; he was faster and stronger.

Obito’s training results were mainly in Ninja techniques, yet the current training didn’t allow the use of Ninja techniques.

As a result, Obito was almost unilaterally beaten.

Fortunately, Mūtsuki’s enhanced water-treading training also improved his body movements; otherwise, it would have been even worse.

This near-overwhelming battle made Obito realize his own strength.

Because he won first place in the Junior Ninja Competition, even tying with Kakashi, Obito’s mentality had become somewhat inflated.

But after the battle with Might Guy, Obito realized that even his current self wouldn’t be able to defeat Hinata Himen back during the practical exam.

His Ninja technique power had increased, but against Hinata Himen’s combination of Gentle Fist and Byakugan, his taijutsu skills were insufficient to give him the opportunity to use Ninja techniques.

With the combination of Byakugan and Gentle Fist, as long as Hinata Himen gained a slight advantage, Obito would collapse.

The Byakugan could see through Chakra points, the Gentle Fist could disrupt Chakra. Once caught in Hinata Himen’s rhythm, it was almost equivalent to losing.

“But these problems are so difficult…” Looking at the problems before him, the pen in his hand, Obito felt a little disheartened.

He understood the principles, but the problems were really difficult.

“Let’s eat first,” Mūtsuki handed the lunchbox to Obito, then to Shisui and Might Guy.

The heartbroken Obito, after tasting the food Mūtsuki made, instantly felt the beauty of the world again, feeling like he had come back to life.

[You gave your disciple delicious home-cooked food. The disciple is very grateful. Critical hit reward received: Chakra +100]

A gift made with care was praised, coupled with the timing of the meal, resulting in an expected critical hit.

Due to Obito being hit too many times, to avoid affecting the training effect, Mūtsuki allowed Obito to complete the problems in installments, not requiring him to finish them immediately.

The next day.

To better improve the strength of Class One and gain more rewards, Mūtsuki began his operation.

Mūtsuki first used the Ninja technique class time to conduct a practical exam in the class, then commented and gave feedback to each student individually.
(End of Chapter)

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