Ninja Mentor: Pathways to Power

Chapter 5

Chapter 5: Secrets to Acing the Exam

!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.

"Guy, Obito? Let me speak to you both outside for a second." He headed to the door to wait for them.

They looked at each other and shrugged before heading to where Mukai stood. On the way to Mukai Obito had a strange thought. "Wait...What if he wants to tell Teacher Ikeya about me being late!' He locked his hands together in a praying motion and promptly fell to his knees

"Please, Mr. Yūsei, I beg you, don't tell Mrs. Ikeya," Obito pleaded with Mukai

If the kids could see into Mukai's head they would see him staring at them with money signs for eyes. "That will depend on your performance," Mukai replied with a smile, offering no concrete answer.

"Mr. Yūsei, is there something you need?" Might Guy scratched his head, puzzled at the strange stare their teacher was giving them

Mukai was currently locked in his thoughts. He looked over at Might Guy, the man who nearly ended the fight in the anime with Momoshiki, Eventually dubbed the strongest taijutsu specialist by Madara, and struggled to compare those lofty titles to the young boy in front of him.

At this moment, Might Guy believed that his daily training would surely make him a taijutsu master, but he had yet to fully grasp the concept of "youth" and the self-discipline his father spoke of.

He still had room to grow, and Mukai was more than willing to lend a hand during this time.

He gave them a deep sigh "Your theoretical grades have been causing Mrs. Ikeya quite a bit of trouble," Mukai began, shaking his head as he said it.

Upon hearing Mukai's words, even someone as carefree as Obito couldn't help but lower his head in embarrassment.

"It's not that I don't want to study, but the questions are just too difficult to understand. Why do we have to know how to sneak around in specific environments if we can just punch everybody..." Obito tried to argue. Guy swiftly agreed.

Seeing them like this, Mukai was reminded of his high school days grinding through schoolwork,

However, Mukai knew that the real issue lay with them, as the sneak tactics taught in the ninja academy were the simplest kind, with fewer considerations than they'd have to think about in the field.

"But your problems aren't limited to tactics. You're both struggling with history, mathematics, and ninja theory as well," Mukai shook his head.

"What's the use of knowing all that history? It's all in the past," Obito argued, believing that history classes should be abolished. Math might come in handy when shopping, but history and tactics seemed pointless. "Back me up here Guy."

"I feel the same way," Might Guy nodded in agreement, "I definitely struggle with history too."

Mukai held his hands up "That's something you'll have to discuss with the Third Hokage; he's the headmaster of the ninja academy, Including its curriculum" Mukai said, indicating he had no say in the matter.

"However, continuing like this isn't a solution, neither for Mr. Ikeya nor for you." He made a show of thinking hard about the solution.

"Do you have some secret to acing exams, Mr. Yūsei?" Obito looked at Mukai with hopeful eyes.

Might Guy also looked eagerly at Mukai, wishing for a way to avoid being at the bottom of the class.

The glint in Mukai's eyes only grew "The secret to acing exams is indeed practice tests—study and practice at the same time!" Mukai revealed his strategy. Given the difficulty level of the ninja academy's written exams, he only needed to apply his experience with standardized tests to easily pass, as passing required only half the class average score.