Ninja Mentor: Pathways to Power

Chapter 1

Chapter 1: Will of Fire? The Will to Bluff!

!AN!: This story is starting as a translation of 忍校教师，我教书就能变强全文免费阅读 on qidian. HOWEVER, I will be changing the story heavily starting chapter 6.

"Who would have thought, after graduating in education, I wouldn't become a teacher by profession but through transmigration instead?" After sorting through his memories, Yūsei Mukai couldn't help but lament inwardly.

He felt he had a complicated fate with the title of 'teacher'.

In high school, being in the art class and one of the better students, many classmates would come to him for advice, earning him the nickname "Teacher Mukai". Then, when applying for universities, he slid down the preference list to a teacher's college, and under his family's advice, chose a major in education.

Against everyone's expectations, upon graduation, Yūsei Mukai rebelled, passing the civil service exam instead of pursuing teaching.

What he never imagined was that on his first day at work, the moment he stepped into the office, he transmigrated, becoming a new teacher just entering the office of a ninja school.

His new body's name was Yūsei Mukai, keeping his given name Mukai but with a different surname.

"Ah, this is not a safe world at all. There are too many lunatics and paranoid freaks, and they're all very strong," Mukai sighed inwardly.

He casually observed the office, noticing not much difference from the school offices in his previous life, except that the casually placed sharp shuriken on the desk reminded him this was no longer the peaceful country he knew.

What annoyed Mukai even more was that he wasn't just a teacher; he was also a root-level ninja!

The original person was an orphan raised by the foundation from a young age. The reason he became a teacher at the ninja school was due to Danzo's orders, to observe and record the students of the ninja academy, watching for any emerging talents.

"Being under the Hokage's nose is no easy feat..."

As Mukai pondered how to survive in this dangerous world, an emotionless mechanical voice suddenly rang in his mind, and a transparent blue panel appeared before his eyes.

[Teacher System Activation, congratulations, you have successfully become a teacher.]

[Giving lectures to students can earn rewards, the more outstanding the student, the higher the reward.]

[You can take outstanding students as disciples for one-on-one instruction, and the teacher will be rewarded as the disciple's strength increases.]

[PS: Taking disciples requires mutual consent, it cannot be one-sided.]

Mukai examined the blue panel, which currently had two options: a personal template and a mentor-disciple option. He opened the personal panel.

[Name: Yūsei Mukai]

[Age: 18]

[Chakra: 4300]

[Skills: Shadow Clone Technique, Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique, Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu, Body Flicker Technique, Leaf Gale]

[Evaluation: An elite among chunin, slightly more useful cannon fodder in war.]

After reading the somewhat disheartening evaluation, Mukai silently closed the personal panel and opened the mentor-disciple option, which was blank, presumably because he had no disciples yet.