Chapter 62: Chapter 62: Forever Friday
"Obito, did something good happen to you recently? You seem to be in a particularly good mood?" Rin Nohara asked curiously, seeing Obito unusually cheerful today.
"Of course, it's because the good days are coming," Obito said with a chuckle.
Although the number of questions seemed to increase after the combat rules changed, there was still training to offset them. And with installment payments for questions, the actual number of questions done each day hadn't changed much.
Now that he was gradually getting stronger, with fewer and fewer questions, plus the offsets and installments, weren't the good days finally arriving?
"Obito, you finally remembered the date! Do you want to hang out tomorrow?" Rin Nohara thought Obito was referring to the weekend as "good days," so she invited him.
"Date? Hang out tomorrow?" Obito's expression was a bit confused, then a terrifying possibility occurred to him.
"Is today Friday again?" Obito asked Rin Nohara.
"Yes, didn't you mean the weekend when you said 'good days,' Obito?" Rin Nohara nodded and then asked.
Obito fell silent. He felt like yesterday was still Sunday, so how was it Friday again today?
In a daze, Obito recalled experiencing this scene several times before.
"Am I trapped in a world where it's only Friday and the weekend?" Obito clutched his head, unable to accept the reality.
"Obito, what's wrong? You look so distressed," Rin Nohara didn't quite understand.
How could a student look miserable when the weekend arrived? Wasn't vacation a good thing?
"Because I love school and studying so much, I feel terrible just thinking about not being able to go to school," Obito forcibly explained.
Obito wasn't going to tell Rin Nohara the embarrassing fact that he was afraid of accumulating a pile of questions over the weekend and not being able to finish them.
"So, Obito, you're actually so studious?" Rin Nohara was a bit surprised, feeling that this might be related to Obito's progress this semester.
"So, do you still want to hang out tomorrow?" Rin Nohara asked.
"Let's go tonight!" Obito replied.
After the rules changed, he really had no energy to play on the weekends.
He spent almost the entire day training and doing questions, and by evening, he didn't even want to move.
Every time he thought about Might Guy still training on his own after their sessions, Obito felt his scalp tingle. What kind of body and willpower was that?
"Doesn't Gai ever get tired?" Obito wondered, looking at Might Guy, who was diligently doing his questions.
"I hope there are interest-free installments on the weekend too," Obito thought of yesterday, then silently prayed to the kind Immortal Muyue in his heart.
After school, Obito went to the training ground as usual; he was the last to arrive.
Muyue called the three of them together and assigned tasks.
"Gai, kick that tree with all your might," Muyue said, casually pointing to a lush tree.
Might Guy nodded, walked to the tree, burst with chakra, and unleashed a lightning-fast whirlwind kick.
Thud! The tree fell in response, directly snapped by Might Guy's kick.
"My strength can already kick down a large tree," Might Guy was a bit surprised.
He thought it looked cool when Muyue quickly kicked down the large tree, and he didn't expect to be able to do it so soon.
Next, Muyue created a large pit with ninjutsu, then filled the pit with water using Water Release, and said to Obito:
"Obito, use your Great Fireball Jutsu with full power to attack the water pit".
Obito formed the hand signs as Muyue instructed, then unleashed a massive fireball, instantly evaporating all the water in the pit, leaving only scorched earth.
"This is the power of my Fire Release!" Obito's eyes widened; this was a pit several meters wide.
Three months ago, his small fireball couldn't even evaporate a half-meter pit.
Then, Muyue also took them through a series of training exercises again, such as tree climbing and water walking.
Obito suddenly realized that he had indeed become much stronger. Those water-walking exercises that used to make him look utterly disheveled, he could now run on them casually without being knocked over by waves.
He could comfortably walk up even the tallest trees, effortlessly melt ice blocks the size of two human heads, and casually use Great Fireball and Great Dragon Fire.
Finally, Muyue gave Obito and Might Guy a practice test.
"Sixty points, is this the score I got?" Obito's expression, seeing the score on the paper, was even more surprised than when he saw his Fire Release evaporate the water pit earlier.
Getting thirty points on the last test was already a first; sixty points was an unprecedented high score.
"Fifty-four points!" Might Guy clutched his test paper, tears of emotion streaming down his face.
He felt the same as Obito, that it was too high, almost unreal.
Obito couldn't help but ask, "Teacher Muyue, are you really the Sage of Six Paths?"
So much hard work had not been in vain; everything had paid off.
Nature transformation, ninjutsu, taijutsu, chakra control, and even theoretical grades – Obito felt that he had become stronger in all aspects, significantly stronger.
At this moment, Obito felt that doing questions every day and training all weekend didn't matter anymore, because he had gained so much.
If he continued like this, perhaps he could really become the Hokage of Konoha.
"Such sweet talk, do you want interest waived today too?" Muyue asked with a smile.
"Hehe, it'd be best if it could be waived tomorrow too," Obito chuckled foolishly.
Although he felt that doing questions wasn't a big deal now, it was still better to do less if possible.
"Dream on, special benefits were only for yesterday," Muyue said, tapping Obito's head with two fingers.
The reason he suddenly conducted this training summary was to let his disciples see their progress, thus motivating them to train even harder.
Timely positive feedback was very important, and Muyue planned to conduct such a training summary periodically.
With his disciples' morale boosted, Muyue didn't waste the opportunity and directly gifted them his usual calligraphy works.
[You gifted your disciple Uchiha Obito your personal calligraphy. Due to the disciple's immense gratitude, the reward was a critical hit, and you gained Earth Release: Earth Spear (Proficient Level)]
A large amount of training experience regarding Earth Release: Earth Spear appeared in Muyue's mind, and he instantly grasped various uses of this ninjutsu in actual combat.
Muyue nodded secretly, feeling that this was a good reward.
This was a very practical Earth Release ninjutsu that could harden any part of the body. It was both offensive and defensive, extremely practical.
It was very useful, whether for defense when being attacked up close or for hardening the attacking part during offense.
"Never forget your beginner's heart?" Obito pondered for a moment but ultimately couldn't figure out any special meaning, so he chose not to think about it.
"Heaven rewards diligence." Might Guy scratched his head, vaguely understanding the meaning, and showed a smile.
Even without this training summary, he was still full of motivation.
"Those who have the Tao are helped by many; those who don't have the Tao are helped by few..." Shisui also found it somewhat difficult to understand what Muyue's calligraphy meant to express.
What were those who had the Tao, and what were those who didn't?