After Might Guy launched his attack, Obito's eyes locked on Iraka. Seeing that Iraka intended to dodge, Obito imdiately charged forward.
But Iraka had already made up his mind—to take one of them down with him. Instead of evading, he took Obito's hit head-on and swung his lightning-coated sword with full force.
Caught off guard by Iraka's reckless counter, Obito had no ti to dodge the lightning-fast strike.
Clang!
A short blade suddenly flashed in front of him, intercepting the electrified sword.
Might Guy followed up instantly, kicking toward Iraka once more.
"Be careful! Don't let him trade injuries," Kakashi warned sharply, eyes never leaving their opponent.
Unlike Obito and Guy, who lacked real battle experience, Kakashi had seen this before—enemies cornered often fought without fear of death.
"Got it… I won't make the sa mistake twice. Th-thanks," Obito muttered quietly, the last word barely audible.
Those two simple syllables were sohow the hardest thing for him to say to Kakashi. Still, Kakashi had just saved him, and Obito couldn't ignore that.
Perhaps because he was too focused, or simply didn't hear it, Kakashi didn't respond. Instead, he advanced again, pressing the attack.
Iraka was strong—his suicidal resolve made him even more dangerous—but surrounded by three opponents, he was quickly overwheld.
He wanted to exchange blows, but he couldn't afford to take Obito's Fire Release head-on, and Guy and Kakashi refused to give him room to maneuver.
Gradually, Iraka's body accumulated wound after wound, while the three Konoha youths suffered only fatigue and chakra drain.
"Leaf Great Whirlwind!"
Guy seized an opening and kicked Iraka high into the air.
"Lightning Release: False Darkness!"
Kakashi imdiately ford hand seals and unleashed his most powerful Lightning Release.
A spear of lightning burst from his hands, piercing through Iraka midair and leaving a charred hole in his chest.
"Finally done," Kakashi exhaled, lowering his hand as smoke rose from his fingertips.
False Darkness—a high-level Lightning Release—consud vast chakra, but its power was undeniable. No one could take that hit and survive intact.
"That guy wasn't much. We didn't even need Mugetsu-sensei to help," Obito said with a grin, already imagining how he'd tell Rin about their victory.
In his mind, the story had already taken shape: how he uncovered the client's deception, patted the giant black eagle's head, defeated an enemy ninja, and then heroically helped Kakashi finish the last one.
After so thought, he toned it down: "The last one was strong, but we worked together to finish him." After all, Kakashi had helped him too.
"Their strength wasn't bad," Kakashi said calmly. "They were just a normal team of Chunin."
Obito and Guy rarely saw enemy ninja firsthand, but Kakashi had—many tis. He knew it wasn't that their enemies were weak. Rather, his own team was strong.
From his experience, if Mugetsu wasn't counted, their group could already overpower his old team from before.
Mugetsu, who had been observing quietly from the shadows, nodded with satisfaction. Obito and Guy were growing steadily, and Kakashi's experience had matured. Together, the three could likely handle an average Jonin.
"Well done, everyone," Mugetsu said as he approached with a faint smile. "Your training hasn't gone to waste."
"Mugetsu-sensei!" Obito called cheerfully.
Hearing this, Kakashi frowned thoughtfully. "Mugetsu-sensei, were you nearby the whole ti?"
Mugetsu didn't hide it. "Yes. I suspected you might encounter enemies, so I sent a Shadow Clone to follow you. But it seems I didn't need to intervene."
"Hehe, Mugetsu-sensei, how was my Fire Release performance?" Obito asked proudly.
Mugetsu chuckled and patted his head. "Your timing was excellent. You didn't waste chakra on ineffective attacks."
Obito grinned widely at the praise.
In the past, he had relied too heavily on his Great Fireball Technique and always lost to Guy. But this ti, he used it to control the battlefield instead of aiming for a direct hit.
Mugetsu continued, praising Guy's timing and Kakashi's coordination as well.
Then, with practiced efficiency, he sealed the three Cloud Ninja corpses into scrolls. "Three Chunin. This mission officially qualifies as a mid-level B-Rank."
"These Cloud Ninja were hired by the Mayor to deal with the black eagle," Mugetsu explained, relaying the details he had gathered.
When they heard that the Mayor had forced villagers to pay for a fake mission, all while trying to seize land and buy off young girls, the three were speechless.
Even Kakashi, usually composed, looked shaken. "Why would a Mayor do sothing like that? Wouldn't a prosperous town benefit him more?"
"How can people like that exist?" Obito snapped angrily. "If I'd known, I wouldn't have killed those Cloud Ninja—it'd be better if he was dead!"
"He no longer deserves to be called human," Guy said coldly, his fists clenched tight.
Seeing his disciples' reactions, Mugetsu smiled genuinely. In a world like this, maintaining normal values was already an achievent in itself.
"Mugetsu-sensei, why don't we use the Transformation Technique to disguise ourselves and teach that Mayor a lesson?" Obito suggested eagerly.
Mugetsu shook his head. "There's no need. A man who commits such vile acts is destined to et his punishnt."
Beating him up would be too easy. A fate like the one Iraka ntioned earlier would suit him better.
"By the way, Mugetsu-sensei," Obito continued, "the mission about the giant eagle harassing villagers—it was false. The black eagle never caused any trouble to the villagers. It only attacked the Mayor's family because they provoked it first."
Mugetsu nodded, already suspecting as much. He led his students to stay on the mountain for a week to observe.
Ever since the black eagle had eaten Mugetsu's roasted pork that afternoon, it couldn't forget the taste. Each evening when Mugetsu and the others ate, the giant eagle would bring them prey it had hunted and drop it nearby, staring at Mugetsu with pleading eyes.
Mugetsu ignored it at first, testing its temperant.
When the eagle didn't receive any food in return, it thought it hadn't brought enough prey and caught more. Still, Mugetsu offered nothing.
Watching them eat while it went hungry, the eagle finally lowered its head and rubbed against Mugetsu, looking up pitifully.
If it were a cat, the sight might have been adorable. But as a ten-ter-tall eagle acting coy, it was like watching a two-ter-tall bodybuilder trying to look cute—an oddly comical scene.
Even so, Mugetsu found the creature's attitude promising. He didn't need a combat pet; he only wanted a reliable ans of transportation. Battles between elite ninja were far beyond what an untrained Nin-Beast could endure.
He began testing the eagle's intelligence, giving it simple verbal commands. To his surprise, it understood well enough.
Over the next seven days, Mugetsu continued training with his disciples, while his Shadow Clone gathered evidence of the Mayor's cris down the mountain.
Ninja truly held overwhelming advantages over common people. Even a basic Transformation Technique could achieve miracles among the unsuspecting.
On the eighth day, Mugetsu prepared to return to Konoha, leaving behind a Shadow Clone to tie up loose ends.
Before leaving, he tossed a roasted wild boar to the black eagle.
The bird let out a joyful cry. It didn't understand why it was being fed for free, but food was food. It began devouring the al greedily.
"Eat slowly," Mugetsu said with a grin. "You'll regret it if you can't eat later."
Hearing that, the eagle froze mid-bite. Thinking Mugetsu was angry, it pushed the roasted at toward him with its claws, as if to say, You can have it back.
Mugetsu chuckled. "It's not because you're eating too much. It's because I'm leaving this place."
The eagle let out a soft coo of relief, rubbing its massive head against him.
It wanted to follow him. This mountain was never its real ho—it had fled here after being wounded elsewhere. The villagers had tolerated it because it kept to itself. But now, with danger looming and its favorite chef about to leave, following Mugetsu seed the best choice.
"If you want to co with , nod your head," Mugetsu said calmly.
The eagle nodded rapidly like a pecking chick.
With that consent, the rest was easy. Mugetsu perford the summoning contract ritual, officially binding the creature as his Nin-Beast.
"Since you're now my companion, you need a na," Mugetsu said thoughtfully.
"How about 'War Eagle,' the mighty battle eagle?" Obito offered enthusiastically.
The black eagle shook its head in disapproval.
"Then how about 'Konoha Fierce Eagle,' the fierce guardian of Konoha!" Guy said with a booming laugh, giving a thumbs up.
The eagle swatted Guy with a wing, clearly unimpressed.
Kakashi sighed. "What about 'Blackbird'? It suits its color."
Mugetsu could only stare. Naming a black eagle "Blackbird" was… certainly creative.
"Let's call you Kurohane,'" Mugetsu decided after a mont.
It wasn't a deep na, but it sounded pleasant enough—and far better than "Big Black" or "Blackbird."
The eagle chirped happily and rubbed against Mugetsu's shoulder, clearly satisfied with the na.
Afterward, Mugetsu and his students descended the mountain, reported to the client that the mission was complete, and assured them that the eagle would no longer trouble Kawakita Town. Then they set off for Konoha.
anwhile, Mugetsu's second Shadow Clone got to work. It spread word of the Mayor's corruption throughout the town and, disguised as a wandering swordsman, "delivered justice" personally.
Mugetsu knew this didn't fix the root problem. Remove one tyrant, and another would eventually rise. True reform required strength far beyond what he currently possessed.
In this distorted world, he knew countless villages suffered under the sa darkness.
Though the Ninja world was technologically advanced, it was still chained by a feudal system.
Mugetsu didn't seek out every injustice—he wasn't a saint—but if evil appeared before his eyes and he had the power to stop it, then turning away would make all his past ideals aningless.
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