Naruto: Teaching to Become Stronger, Changing Tragedies 90

Chapter 90: The Old Man with the Tube Isn’t Easy to Mess With (15)

2025-01-18

Chapter 90: The Old Man with the Tube Isn’t Easy to Mess With (15)

In Muyue’s memory, the Third Great Ninja War was incredibly chaotic. Everyone was attacking each other, then ganging up on Konoha.

Kumogakure attacked Sunagakure and Konoha; Iwagakure attacked Konoha while simultaneously stealing Kumogakure’s rear; Sunagakure repelled Kumogakure, and seeing everyone else was beating up Konoha, joined in as well.

The Kirigakure ninjas, who rarely participated in the Great Ninja Wars, saw all the excitement and thought, “If I don’t go, won’t I seem out of place?” So they started attacking Konoha too.

The Kazekage disappeared, so let’s attack Konoha.

The Kumogakure brutes are too despicable, so let’s attack Konoha.

In short, no matter who they were fighting, they just went and attacked Konoha.

That was Konoha’s experience in the Third Great Ninja War.

If it weren’t for the sudden appearance of a powerful man, the Yellow Flash Minato Namikaze, the outcome of the Third Great Ninja War would be really hard to predict.

“Ten thousand Iwagakure ninjas surrounding the Third Raikage, Yahiko being forced to his death by Danzo and Hanzo’s joint attack, leading Nagato’s fall into darkness; Uchiha Madara manipulating Obito into darkness; Might Dai opening the Eight Gates and beating the Seven Ninja Swordsmen into a comedic trio…”

Muyue recalled the major events of the Third Great Ninja War and could only sigh at the dangers of the ninja world.

If it followed the original storyline, Rin Nohara would die by Kakashi’s Chidori, Obito would fall into darkness and become insane, and Might Guy’s father would activate the Eight Gates and sacrifice himself to protect Might Guy.

Only Shisui seemed to have suffered no losses in the Third Great Ninja War, even earning himself the title of “Shisui of the Body Flicker.”

But since Shisui awakened his Sharingan during the Third Great Ninja War, Muyue believed something Shisui didn’t want to see must have happened during that time.

“Not much time left to develop…”

Muyue remembered that shortly before Obito’s fall to darkness, Kakashi had just been promoted to Upper Ninja, becoming a twelve-year-old Upper Ninja.

Kakashi and Obito are the same age, and Obito is only eight years old now. This means that if he wants to change all this, he only has four years left for Obito to develop.

While the exact time of Might Guy’s incident is unknown, it should have also occurred when the war was raging, so the timing shouldn’t differ much.

Might Guy’s incident is actually fine; after all, it was just bad luck encountering the Seven Ninja Swordsmen. With three or four years of development, he should be able to handle it.

Obito’s situation is more troublesome.

On the surface, it looks like a normal war tragedy, but it’s actually a man-made conspiracy.

To change Obito’s descent into darkness, his opponents aren’t Iwagakure and Kirigakure ninjas; they’re Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu hidden in the shadows.

Looking on the bright side, his opponents are just an old man who needs a tube to stay alive and a puddle of black goo.

Looking on the dark side, his opponents are the reincarnation of Indra’s Chakra, the only living Rinnegan user in the ninja world, Uchiha Madara, and the third son of Kaguya Otsutsuki, the progenitor of chakra.

And he, Hayate Muyue, is just a Chunin teacher at the Ninja Academy.

“Muyue, what are you spacing out about?”

Kushina’s voice pulled Muyue out of his thoughts.

Muyue sighed and explained, “I was just thinking about whether the war would affect our Konoha.”

“Konoha isn’t a pushover like Sunagakure. To start a war with Konoha, they’d have to think about the consequences,” Kushina said confidently about Konoha’s strength.

“Hayate’s worries aren’t unfounded. Once a war starts, anything can happen,” Minato said gravely.

His thoughts were more pessimistic than Muyue’s. If Muyue was just thinking about whether the war would affect Konoha, Minato thought the war would definitely spread to Konoha.

Normally, the title of the ninja world’s number one village can deter troublemakers. But once a major war starts, Konoha, with its top ranking, becomes an easy target for ambitious ninja villages looking to make a name for themselves.

You can claim your ninja village is strong, but no one will believe you until you beat the number one ninja village. Then, you’re truly strong.

After Minato and Kushina finished eating, Muyue left the main area to teach his students.

He first taught Might Guy some Henge (Transformation Technique), then oversaw today’s race between Obito and Might Guy.

Today, Might Guy again won by a slim margin, but neither of them broke their limits.

Because Muyue’s rule is that once they break their limit, the new record becomes the limit for the next race, not the initial data.

It’s naturally difficult to achieve new breakthroughs every day, and Muyue wasn’t disappointed.

However, this training method is indeed quite effective; the extra proficiency Might Guy gained is the best proof.

Muyue stopped Shisui, who was cultivating, saying, “Temporarily stop your Henge practice; I’ll teach you a new Fire Release jutsu today.”

“This jutsu is called Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Claw Crimson. It’s a B-rank Fire Release jutsu with great destructive power at close to medium range,” Muyue explained the jutsu he was about to teach.

If the student were Obito, Muyue would teach Phoenix Sage Fire first, then the upgraded Phoenix Flower Claw Crimson.

But the student was Shisui, whose learning ability is very strong. Muyue didn’t worry that Shisui wouldn’t learn quickly.

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Muyue took Shisui to a clearing.

“Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Claw Crimson!”

Muyue formed hand seals and expelled a large burst of flames, and while expelling the flames, quickly threw over ten shuriken toward the wooden dummy in the clearing.

The shuriken pierced through the flames, merging with them, and the ten-plus shuriken instantly turned into ten-plus small fireballs that slammed into the wooden dummy.

The sharp shuriken severed the dummy’s arms, piercing its body, and the flames attached to the shuriken ignited the dummy, reducing it to ashes.

The advantage of Phoenix Flower Claw Crimson over Phoenix Sage Fire is the addition of shuriken.

Sharp shuriken combined with the high damage of burning Fire Release; it’s difficult to dodge completely at close range. Once hit, it causes significant damage.

[You taught your student Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Claw Crimson. Due to the student’s immense gratitude, you received a critical hit reward and obtained the jutsu Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet (Proficient).]

Muyue secretly nodded; it was a small lucky break.

Fire Dragon Flame Bullet is also a B-rank Fire Release jutsu. In Muyue’s memory, it’s the Third Hokage’s jutsu, with a wide attack range and fierce flames, making it a relatively powerful Fire Release jutsu.

After Muyue explained and demonstrated it several times, he let Shisui try it himself.

“Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Claw Crimson!”

Shisui replicated Muyue’s actions, spitting out flames and throwing shuriken. The shuriken, carrying flames, flew towards the wooden dummy.

Probably because it was his first practice, Shisui didn’t get it quite right; not all the shuriken were engulfed in flames.

Muyue used Appraisal on Shisui’s status, and the proficiency of Phoenix Flower Claw Crimson was already at 32. With a little more practice, he could master it.

As he expected, Shisui’s learning ability was very strong, and combined with his teaching skills, he could learn Phoenix Flower Claw Crimson very quickly.

Two days later, Obito felt he had the strength to complete the challenge and applied to Muyue again for a challenge.

Today is also five updates.

(End of Chapter)

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