[System Notice: Disciple Uchiha Obito has issued a Training Quest][Training Quest — Objective: Rank 1 in the Ninja School Practical Exam][Reward: Calculated by performance + growth during the quest]
[System Notice: Disciple Might Guy has issued a Training Quest][Training Quest — Objective: Rank 1 in the Ninja School Practical Exam][Reward: Calculated by performance + growth during the quest]
Yuuma froze as the dual windows stacked in front of his vision—clean, digital, merciless.
Two quests.Same target.Same deadline.
I don't know what triggered this… but it's good. Very good.
If he completed both quests plus the exam reward, his chakra would break 10,000 before the semester ended.
A terrifying milestone.
But…There was a problem.
The exam only has one first place.
One quest would succeed.One would fail—or pay less.The System would never allow a "tie" solution here.
Yuuma narrowed his eyes.
Should I… make one of them miss the exam? Delay the quest to next semester?
He considered it seriously.
But there was a catch:If he delayed, that disciple might not trigger new quests for months.Slow XP. Slow chakra gains. Less total profit.
And there was also the behavior pattern:
Whenever a disciple failed to get first place, they usually triggered another quest almost immediately.
Obito especially.
If they get second place… they'll just issue another quest. Or two. Or three.
That meant one thing—
Maximize their strength first. Then adapt based on results.High power always gives high rewards.
He exhaled and let the windows fade.
Three Days Later — Tuesday Morning
Anko walked toward the academy, humming, practically glowing.
She'd been gone since Saturday.She missed Yuuma's class.She missed training.She even missed her two idiotic "good brothers," Hagane Kotetsu and Kamizuki Hayato.
"Will Teacher Yuuma worry about me?""Did Kotetsu and Hayato win anything?""Ahhh, today is going to be great."
She stepped through the school gate—
—and immediately felt every gaze snap to her.
"Isn't that Mitarashi Anko? One of those three…""Yeah, I remember her—second place in the practical exam.""Strong kid, but a bit… eccentric…"
Anko blinked.
Huh? Did I become a celebrity just from taking one day off?
She shrugged and headed toward Class 1.
But the stares grew stranger.More amused.More knowing.
By the time she reached the classroom door, she felt a creeping sense of danger.
Inside—
Hagane Kotetsu and Kamizuki Hayato had their heads buried in their desks.Totally still.Totally busted.
"Why are you two sleeping? At this hour?" Anko marched over.
Before she could smack their backs, another girl stopped her.
"Anko… congratulations."The girl covered her mouth, laughing so hard she shook.
"…For what?" Anko asked.
"You're famous! Didn't you invent some… chair-summoning ninjutsu?"
Anko froze.
"Chair…?You mean the Confusion Technique? Sure, Kotetsu, Hayato and I all worked—"
The girl burst out laughing.
"Hahaha! You really should ask your 'good brothers'!"
Anko's smile twitched.
She grabbed Kotetsu by the collar.
"Oi. Wake up."
Silence.
She grabbed Hayato by the hair.
"Wake up."
Still silence.
The two "sleeping bodies" trembled slightly.
Big mistake.
Anko's fist dropped like divine punishment.
BAM.BAM.
"Are you two hiding something from me?"
Kotetsu instantly broke.
"It's all Hayato's fault! He dragged us into the mess! He told me to say your full name!"
Hayato instantly betrayed him back.
"He's lying! Anko, he said—since you were absent—we should blame you for the chair jutsu! He said it was YOUR invention!"
Anko's eye twitched.
Ah.So that was why the whole school was laughing.
And here she was thinking they'd win prize money, eat dumplings, and celebrate together.
Now she understood:
She was famous because they turned her into the inventor of "The Chair Jutsu."
The death glare she unleashed could melt steel.
"You two…Are dead."
Kotetsu and Hayato bolted.Anko chased them through the entire classroom.
The chaos only ended when Yuuma walked in.
Back to Class
"Teacher Yuuma," Anko complained dramatically, "my reputation's ruined!I'm not 'Genius Anko' anymore—I'm 'Talented Chair Summoner Anko'!"
Yuuma smiled lightly. "Strength speaks louder than gossip."
"I still like being called a genius better!"
"Then prove it next exam."
"…Will I get dumplings if I do well?"
"If you do well."
"Deal!"
The bell rang.
Yuuma began his lecture—calm, patient, precise.The three basic academy jutsu again.Form, flow, execution.
[System Notice: Lecture Complete][Evaluation: A][Reward Granted: Water Style — Water Wall]
Then—another window appeared.
[Students of Class 1 Grade 1 have improved significantly under your teaching][Reward Granted: Three Body Technique — Mastery]
Yuuma paused.
Teaching rewards…? Separate from lecture rewards?
This was the first time in months that he triggered a class-wide reward.
It made sense.This wasn't a master–disciple system.It was a true teacher system.
And a teacher who raises overall class capability receives upgrades.
If I teach higher-level ninjutsu… will the class rewards increase too?
The idea tempted him.
But the academy had strict rules—Teachers were only allowed to instruct the three basic techniques.
Yuuma exhaled reluctantly.
He had the skills.He had the teaching ability.He could turn these kids into prodigies…
But he couldn't expose that yet.
Still—there was a loophole.
"…Maybe I should request to teach their physical training class too."
The Year 1 students constantly complained that their P.E. instructor was boring and ineffective.
Yuuma teaching it would massively accelerate their growth…And safely earn more rewards.
After classes ended, he returned to the office, mind spinning with optimization ideas.
Just like last month—
The grind never stopped.