"Next... I still have to do twenty-five problems every day for ten more days just to finish paying off the installnts…"
On the way to the South Border Forest, Obito was ntally calculating the mountain of problems weighing him down.
"At this rate, I won't even be done by the ti vacation starts…"
He scratched his head in frustration. The pressure was real.
Not only did he have a huge backlog, but new questions were being added every day. It was endless.
If this kept up, Obito felt like he'd be solving problems every single day for the rest of his life.
When he arrived at the training ground, Mugetsu gathered both him and Guy together.
"Next week is the final exam," Mugetsu said. "So I'm changing the training plan."
"Changing the plan? With only a week left?"
Obito's heart skipped a beat. The last ti Mugetsu said that, their pr
oblems per battle had jumped from thirty to over a hundred.
He was honestly terrified.
"We're temporarily canceling Taijutsu battles. From now on, you'll each train individually."
Mugetsu laid out the new rules, then turned to Obito with a slight smile.
"Still think the change is unnecessary?"
"I think it's extrely necessary!" Obito replied instantly, dead serious.
Sparring didn't matter. Written problems didn't matter.
But not having battles… and not getting more problems? That was priceless.
"Teacher Mugetsu, your decision is truly wise—brilliant, even! It's forward-thinking, unparalleled, genius-level planning—"
Obito went all in with the flattery, so much so that even he wasn't sure what he was saying by the end.
"You're overdoing it." Mugetsu flicked him on the forehead.
"One more thing—while there'll be no sparring, the installnt questions you already owe must still be completed on schedule."
Obito rubbed his forehead with a grin. "Don't worry, I'll definitely complete the mission."
Honestly, if getting hit could reduce the number of questions, he'd rather walk around with a lumpy head than deal with this much howork.
"Guy, what do you think?" Mugetsu asked, turning to him.
Obito glanced at Guy nervously, afraid he might say sothing reckless.
"I think it's great too!" Guy replied quickly, his tone a little too fast.
He'd only stayed quiet earlier because Obito had already said what he wanted to say.
Really—what kind of sane person liked doing extra questions?
Obito let out a relieved breath and gave Guy a thumbs up.
Guy returned the gesture with a wide grin of his own.
They had reached a perfect understanding.
"Train well, both of you," Mugetsu said with a smile. "This week, I won't interfere. You're free to train however you want, follow your own plans, and leave whenever you like."
"That's amazing!" Obito looked at Mugetsu as if he were glowing.
---
"Shisui, co here for a second," Mugetsu called out to the boy who was still in the middle of his solo training.
Shisui stopped and walked over.
"After a full month of intensive training, your body's caught up. You're ready to begin the preliminary phase of the new Body Flicker Technique."
For the past month, Shisui had put aside everything else to focus solely on physical conditioning.
Thanks to Mugetsu's customized training plan—pushed to the limit daily—and the system's secret dicine that healed hidden injuries, Shisui's body had undergone a massive transformation.
Mugetsu had constantly challenged his limits, and now, with Shisui's natural affinity for high-speed movent, he was finally ready to start learning the new Body Instant Body.
Hearing that this was the Body Flicker Technique Mugetsu had previously ntioned, Obito and Guy couldn't help but eavesdrop on the conversation.
"Wait… didn't you say you had to be first in the practical exam to get that technique?" Obito asked suspiciously.
"That was a reward from before," Mugetsu replied with a chuckle. "Besides… do you really think Shisui won't get first in his year?"
Obito thought about it and couldn't refute it.
If he were in the first grade, he'd probably dominate. But Shisui? He was even stronger than him.
With Shisui there, the first-year practical exam already had a winner—no suspense at all.
Mugetsu grabbed Shisui's hand, and with a single Water Instant Body, the two vanished—reappearing over ten ters away in the blink of an eye.
Obito stared at the sudden flash of movent, eyes wide with awe and longing.
If I could use a Body Flicker like that... how cool would I be in daily life?
He imagined entering the classroom—students barely noticing him at the door before he'd already appeared at his desk.
If the teacher called him up to answer a question, he could vanish and reappear at the podium in an instant, giving everyone a scare.
Helping old folks cross the street? He'd let them experience the wind itself.
I have to win first place in the practical exam. I'll show Rin how strong I've beco… and make that smug Kakashi finally shut up.
Obito clenched his fists, quietly swearing to himself.
He had been mocked by Kakashi too many tis. This ti, he would prove himself.
---
So fast... Guy stared at the spot where Mugetsu and Shisui had vanished, heart pounding.
If I could master that Body Flicker, I might really have a shot at beating Kakashi!
Obito's speed was already pretty high—but not enough to threaten Kakashi.
But if he had that technique... with enough speed, he could catch Kakashi off guard.
Even if he couldn't defeat him, at least he wouldn't end up as beaten and disheveled as last ti.
To defeat Kakashi... I must learn that Body Flicker Technique!
I must get first place!
Guy's spirit was already blazing. He wished he could skip this entire week—skip the theoretical exam—and dive straight into the practical.
---
Mugetsu, who had been silently observing both Obito and Guy out of the corner of his eye, gave a small nod of satisfaction.
This was exactly the result he'd been hoping for.
Sotis, clearly laying out a training plan wasn't as effective as letting students find their own drive.
Using the Body Flicker Technique as bait was more than enough to spark motivation.
Besides, with Guy around—an absolute training maniac—he didn't need to worry about Obito slacking off either.
With a rival like that in constant motion, how could Obito rest easy?
---
"This Body Flicker Technique is called Water Instant Body," Mugetsu began, shifting his attention to Shisui. "The main difficulty lies in rapidly bursting chakra to reinforce the body in an instant, allowing for high-speed movent."
In the original One Piece, the technique relied on generating reactive force by stepping on the ground dozens of tis in a flash to propel the user forward at high speed.
Back when Mugetsu had first watched the ani, he thought it was a bit ridiculous—but thinking about it again, with the physical monsters in the One Piece world, maybe it wasn't that far-fetched.
But the Ninja World version—modified by the system—was much more fitting for a shinobi.
In fact, if it had a different na, it could pass as native taijutsu.
Rather than relying purely on physical stepping, the Ninja World's Water Instant Body used a special chakra technique to repeatedly reinforce the legs, creating explosive speed by chaining multiple bursts together while in motion.
That special chakra control technique was the true core of Water Instant Body—and very much in line with the precision of shinobi arts.
---
"Multiple reinforcents... in such a short window?"
Shisui blinked, genuinely surprised. He had never encountered a technique like that.
No wonder Mugetsu had made him focus solely on body training for an entire month.
The Body Flicker techniques he had learned before only required one chakra reinforcent—and even that would lead to fatigue if used repeatedly.
This Water Instant Body was clearly on another level entirely.
His eyes glead with anticipation.
If he could master this technique, his speed would soar to new heights.
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