Naruto : Ninja school teacher, I can become stronger by teaching

Pant, pant.

Obito gasped for breath, then handed the long box in his hand to Muyue and said, "Muyue-sensei, I heard you like calligraphy, so I thought I'd use my competition prize money to buy you a brush."

Originally, Obito wanted to buy Rin Nohara a gift, but he reconsidered, thinking it wouldn't be right. He could be stubborn sometimes, but that didn't mean he was completely clueless. Without Muyue's dedicated guidance, did he have the strength to get first place? No, he didn't.

It wasn't just first place in the competition; his first passing grade in the theoretical exam and redeeming himself in the practical exam, shedding his "dead last" title—all these changes were due to Muyue's teaching. So, after much thought, Obito decided to buy Muyue a gift.

Facing the extended long box, Muyue swallowed his lecturing words. He took the long box, opened it for a look, nodded slightly, then closed it and held it in his left hand. With his right hand, he helped Obito catch his breath and said, "I do like calligraphy. I'm very satisfied with your gift. You should rest a bit before preparing for training."

Since his disciple had given him a gift, he had to give positive feedback instead of lecturing him as originally planned. Looking at Obito, his being late for class might even be due to this reason. Preparing a gift for the teacher with such care, only to be met with a scolding right away—anyone would be unhappy.

Of course, he could also play a trick, apologizing and thanking him after the training, using the excuse that during training they were master and disciple, but after training, they were friends. This way, the initial emotions would be grievance and resentment, which would then transform into positive emotions during the reversal, greatly increasing goodwill. However, Muyue didn't feel like using such a method right now, at least not today. After all, today he received his first gift since coming to this world.

"Hehe, Sensei, as long as you like it. I don't know much about calligraphy, but I bought it because I thought this brush looked really nice," Obito said with a goofy grin. Immediately after, Obito took a few deep breaths, stood up, and said, "Muyue-sensei, I'm ready. Let's start today's training."

Seeing Obito's high enthusiasm, Muyue nodded, then beckoned Might Guy to come over. "We'll be restarting the training from three weeks ago. You haven't forgotten, have you?" Muyue asked with a smile. Obito's memory gradually returned to the days before the special competition training. "Get hit once, do one more problem..." Cold sweat broke out on Obito's forehead as he was suddenly attacked by memories; he remembered. He had been practicing chakra control and nature transformation for the past twenty-plus days, causing him to actually forget what kind of hellish training it used to be.

"I haven't forgotten. If you miss a hit, you do fifty problems. Every hit you land reduces the number of problems by one, up to a maximum reduction of forty," Might Guy recalled. He might not be able to name his opponents in the practical exam, but he remembered the training plan. "Obito can't use ninjutsu in combat, and he does one problem for every hit he takes," Might Guy said, giving Obito a thumbs-up and stating Obito's conditions as well. Obito looked at Might Guy's sparkling white teeth, on the verge of tears.

Listen to me, thank you...

"Sensei, I think I overestimated myself. How about we take a break today?" Obito's legs gave out, and he sat on the ground, saying seriously. Although getting stronger through training was great, doing problems was just too agonizing. He'd leave it to his future self tomorrow. Muyue chuckled lightly, "A break? Of course, you can rest. If you can't train, then focus on doing problems. I have plenty of test papers here." As he spoke, Muyue took a stack of test papers from a scroll.

Immediately after, a medical miracle occurred. Obito stood up extremely quickly, his face solemn, and said, "A little discomfort is nothing! Muyue-sensei, I feel like I can persevere. Let's start training!" Muyue smiled gently and said, "Don't force yourself. Rest when you need to." "Thank you for your concern, Muyue-sensei, but there's only one month left until the final exam. I want to get revenge on Hyuga Homura, and I want to seize the time to get stronger," Obito said with a resolute expression.

Muyue nodded with satisfaction, still holding the brush box in his hand. He patted Might Guy's shoulder with his right hand and said, "Guy, since Obito has such determination, you must help him improve his taijutsu well." Might Guy straightened his body, a bright smile on his face, and said, "Muyue-sensei, don't worry! I'll give it 120% of my effort!"

Obito, hearing their conversation: ... It seemed that either he or his brain had to die today. Might Guy's words weren't empty; he meant it when he said he'd give his all. While Obito was undergoing special training for the competition, Might Guy had been continuously training his physique. Because of the System's secret medicine, Muyue later increased Might Guy's training intensity. These past twenty-plus days of hard training had brought Might Guy substantial physical improvement: faster speed and stronger power. Obito's special training results were mainly in ninjutsu, but the current training didn't allow the use of ninjutsu. With one improving and the other restricted, Obito was almost unilaterally taking a beating. Fortunately, Muyue's enhanced tree-climbing exercise also trained his body movement, otherwise, it would have been even worse.

Such an almost overwhelming battle also made Obito recognize his own strength. Because he had won first place in the Junior Ninjutsu Tournament, and tied with Kakashi at that, Obito had gotten a bit carried away. But after fighting Might Guy, Obito realized that even if he returned to the practical exam at his current strength, he still wouldn't be able to defeat Hyuga Homura. His ninjutsu power was stronger, but in front of Hyuga Homura's Gentle Fist and Byakugan combination, his taijutsu level was insufficient to give him a chance to unleash ninjutsu. Relying on the Byakugan and Gentle Fist combination, as long as Hyuga Homura gained a slight advantage, Obito would crumble. The Byakugan could see through chakra points, and Gentle Fist could block chakra. Once he entered Hyuga Homura's rhythm, it was almost equivalent to losing.

"But these problems are so hard..." Obito felt a little崩溃 (collapsed) inside, looking at the questions in front of him, holding his pen. He understood the道理 (principles), but doing problems was truly difficult.

"Let's eat first." Muyue handed a bento box to Obito, then gave boxes to Shisui and Might Guy. Obito, who had been feeling utterly lifeless, instantly felt the beauty of the world again after tasting Muyue's cooking, as if he had come back to life.

[You gifted your disciple delicious home-cooked food. The disciple was very grateful and triggered a reward critical hit, gaining Chakra +100.]

A heartfelt gift being praised, coupled with the timing of providing food, it was an expected critical hit. Since Obito was hit too many times, in order not to affect the training results, Muyue allowed Obito to do the problems in installments, not requiring him to finish them all now.

The next day.

To better improve the strength of Class 1-1 and gain more rewards, Muyue began his operations. Muyue first used the ninjutsu class time to conduct a practical exam in the class, then critiqued each student and gave feedback.