Ninja Mentor: Pathways to Power

Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Teacher Mukai is a Good Person

!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.

After returning home, Mukai went to the bathroom and stuck out his tongue in front of the mirror.

As Mukai expected, there was a black curse mark on his tongue, the very symbol of the Root's indelible curse that every member must bear.

If Mukai remembered correctly, the effect of this curse mark was paralysis, rendering one unable to move if they spoke about anything related to specific matters.

The curse mark set by Danzo naturally involved him and the information about Root; this way, even if a member of the organization was captured or defected, they couldn't leak any secrets.

If it were just that, Mukai might not be too concerned, as he had no intention of revealing information about Root to anyone. However, Mukai was worried that Danzo could actively control this curse mark, which would mean holding a potentially fatal weakness over her.

Mukai pondered carefully, trying to recall from the original story any method to break the Root's indelible curse mark.

But after much thought, Mukai realized that no one in the original story had broken this curse mark. Those who left Root might have had their marks removed by the Third Hokage's order; otherwise, the mark would only disappear with Danzo's death.

"It seems that other than Danzo's death, there's no other good solution."

Yet, Danzo wasn't an easy target like some fragile character in a MOBA game who could be ignored only to die in battle.

Danzo was exceedingly cautious about his life, usually hiding in the Root base and his annoying Izanagi, making him difficult to deal with.

Considering his current strength, Mukai promptly abandoned the idea of killing Danzo.

"The only options are to find Orochimaru or to research it myself." Mukai realized that, in his current situation, he only had one choice, as the path to Orochimaru was not yet open.

Checking the time and feeling it was about right, Mukai activated his sensory ninja technique and detected Shisui approaching.

Stepping outside into the courtyard, Mukai thought to himself that Danzo seemed quite trusting of the original body's owner. He had activated his sensory technique many times and had never detected any Root ninja surveilling him.

Just as Shisui was about to enter, Mukai quickly formed hand seals and unleashed a burst of chakra, creating a gigantic fireball eight meters tall that turned the training dummy in the courtyard to ashes and scorched a large area of the ground.

Shisui, who had just entered the courtyard, witnessed this astonishing scene and was shocked by Mukai's prowess in fire-style jutsu.

Although the Great Fireball was only a C-rank fire-style technique, the ranking of a jutsu was determined by the difficulty of its mastery. Many Uchiha jonins were fond of using the Great Fireball.

However, Shisui was certain that even a few of the jonin of his clan could not produce a fireball with such power, as they were unable to convert such a large amount of chakra into flames in such a short time.

"Teacher Yūsei, I'm sorry for interrupting your training," Shisui quickly apologized, coming back to his senses.

"It's fine; I was just finishing up anyway," Mukai said with a long exhale, smiling as he invited Shisui into the courtyard.