Chapter 684: Perfect Level One Thought Cut!
After a curious glance, Mugetsu did not pay it any more attention.
After all, rewards could be claimed at any time. They would not disappear, so there was no need to claim them in such a setting.
Mugetsu's inauguration speech was not long. He finished it in three minutes.
Finally, amidst the applause and cheers of the people and ninja, the Fourth Hokage succession ceremony officially concluded.
The citizens, genin, and chunin dispersed, while the jonin followed the higher ups to the large conference room for a meeting.
Along the way, every ninja who saw Mugetsu respectfully called him Fourth Hokage.
When Mugetsu arrived at the conference room door, the Anbu waiting at the entrance opened it.
Mugetsu entered first. Hiruzen was half a step behind him, and the others followed closely.
Then Mugetsu took the main seat. Hiruzen sat to Mugetsu's right, and Homura sat to Mugetsu's left.
Due to prior notification, the jonin had not left, and soon all of them arrived.
"Effective immediately, Minato will serve as Hokage Assistant."
As soon as the meeting began, Mugetsu dropped a bombshell.
Many jonin showed surprised expressions.
Everyone knew that a Hokage Assistant position would open up after Mugetsu became Hokage, but they had not expected Mugetsu to promote Minato.
Most of them had thought the position would either be held concurrently by Hiruzen, or by a ninja of Orochimaru or Tsunade's caliber.
After all, Minato had only recently been promoted to Jonin Commander, and he had not achieved any particularly special merits, so he should not have been promoted so exceptionally.
The jonin subconsciously looked at the other high ranking officials.
Hiruzen's expression was normal. Such an important position would naturally have been approved during the high level meeting.
Koharu was expressionless, making it impossible for outsiders to guess her thoughts.
She was actually a bit displeased.
She understood that the new Hokage wanted to cultivate his own team, but for Mugetsu to promote a Hokage Assistant as soon as he took office was too blatant and showed no respect for the old seniors.
One must know that when that high level meeting was held, Mugetsu had not even officially taken office yet.
However, Hiruzen had nodded. If both the new and old Hokage approved, her objections were useless.
Clap!
The jonin applauded one after another. Even the small portion who did not approve of the appointment did the same.
They could not oppose Mugetsu, the newly appointed Fourth Hokage, nor could they disrespect him.
At most, they would pay special attention to Minato in the future. If Minato did not do his job well, they would impeach him.
"Hokage Assistant also has the words Fire Shadow in it, so it counts as completing half of the goal." Kushina clapped hard, happy for Minato.
She did not know how Hokage Assistant compared to Jonin Commander, but Mugetsu had been promoted from Hokage Assistant to Hokage, so she thought this position was good for Minato.
Obito also clapped very hard. He felt a bit sorry for Minato.
Under normal circumstances, Minato would have been the one to inherit the Hokage position, but now he could only serve as Hokage Assistant.
After the applause stopped, Minato stood up and bowed, saying earnestly, "I will diligently fulfill my duties, even if it means death!"
Clap, clap!
Mugetsu led the applause, and thunderous applause filled the conference room.
After sitting down, Minato looked at Mugetsu with grateful eyes.
He had not expected to be promoted to Hokage Assistant so quickly. Mugetsu must have put in a lot of effort.
"Mugetsu, I will definitely not let you and the Village down," Minato thought to himself.
Since Mugetsu had given him this opportunity, he absolutely would not disappoint him. He would achieve results and not let others criticize Mugetsu for nepotism.
"Nara Shikaku will serve as Jonin Commander," Mugetsu continued to announce immediately afterward.
Although Jonin Commander was not as high as Hokage Assistant, it was still a powerful and influential position, and Minato could not hold both positions at the same time.
The jonin had no reaction to this appointment.
Shikaku was the current head of the Nara family, capable and meritorious. He was certainly qualified to serve as Jonin Commander.
This jonin meeting did not last too long, ending in an hour.
Mugetsu's main purpose for the meeting was to promote Minato. Everything else was secondary.
After the meeting, jonin without job changes went back to their respective duties. Some returned to their posts to work, some went to the training ground to cultivate, while jonin with job changes were busy with handovers and familiarizing themselves with new tasks.
Sitting alone in the Hokage Office, Mugetsu opened his panel to claim Obito's settlement rewards.
[Disciple Uchiha Obito's strength has increased, his reputation has risen, his connections have increased, and his probability of becoming Hokage has moderately increased.]
[Progress reward: Chakra +3000, Random Skill Extraction Scroll Fragment · S+ Mastery Level x2, Fire Release Chakra Comprehension Boost.]
[Disciple Uchiha Obito's strength has increased, his reputation has risen, his connections have increased, and his probability of becoming Hokage has greatly increased.]
[Progress reward: Chakra +4000, Limited Random Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Genjutsu Skill Perfect Scroll, Fire Release Chakra Comprehension Boost.]
Now Obito's total mission progress had exceeded seventy percent, so two progress rewards were settled at once.
The settlement rewards after fifty percent were much more generous than those before fifty percent, especially in terms of chakra.
At the fifty percent settlement, the chakra reward was only two thousand. At the seventy percent settlement, the reward was four thousand.
However, compared to Mugetsu's current million level chakra, it was still a bit like mosquito legs.
The other aspects were not as obvious.
For example, although the sixty percent progress settlement reward had two fragments, it was no longer a self selected extraction, but a random extraction.
Of course, no matter how random it was, it was still an S+ level extraction scroll. Mugetsu believed it would not produce useless skills. It just could not precisely target his or his disciples' needs like a self selected scroll.
Mugetsu focused his attention on the Random Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Genjutsu Skill Perfect Scroll.
Perfect level skills were extremely difficult to obtain. Currently, all of Mugetsu's perfect level skills had been obtained by maxing out his disciples' trust levels.
At present, all of Mugetsu's perfect level skills came from teaching rewards.
However, obtaining perfect level skills through teaching rewards was extremely difficult. It could only be guaranteed once when upgrading to Trust Level Four.
[Limited Random Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Genjutsu Skill Perfect Scroll: Select five Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, or Genjutsu skills of any proficiency level for a random upgrade. The randomly selected skill will be upgraded to Perfect Level.]
"So it randomly selects from five." Mugetsu nodded.
If it randomly selected from his entire skill library, then this scroll would truly be inferior to a normal Mastery Level scroll.
Mugetsu thought for a moment and selected Azure Flame, Flying Thunder God Technique, One Thought Cut, Limitless, and Yang Release Breathing.
Azure Flame, One Thought Cut, and Limitless were all skills produced by S+ scrolls, and their power was unquestionable.
Yang Release Breathing was related to Mugetsu's Sun Breathing development plan. If it could be forcibly enhanced by the system, it might greatly accelerate Mugetsu's development speed.
As for Flying Thunder God, there was no special reason. It was simply that among the remaining skills, there was none better or more suitable.
It was just that chakra nature transformation was not within the scope of Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, or Genjutsu skills. Otherwise, Mugetsu would have filled in Yin Release and Yang Release chakra nature transformation, as these two special nature transformations were exceptionally difficult to improve.
After Mugetsu confirmed the skills, a large spinning wheel appeared on the panel, with each skill occupying twenty percent of the area.
The pointer spun rapidly. After ten seconds, its speed began to slow down.
Under Mugetsu's gaze, the pointer slowly entered the Limitless area, seemingly about to stop.
Just as Mugetsu thought Limitless would be upgraded, the pointer wobbled and struggled into the next area.
[Limited Random Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Genjutsu Skill Perfect Scroll consumed. Obtained skill: One Thought Cut, Perfect Level.]
Along with the system notification, a large amount of cultivation experience regarding One Thought Cut emerged in Mugetsu's mind.
Various sword art cultivation experiences and extraordinary Lightning Release chakra nature transformation techniques flooded in.
Under the impact of the massive experience, even Mugetsu was momentarily stunned, feeling his head swell.
"Perfect Level truly is different."
Mugetsu opened his panel and found that after One Thought Cut was upgraded, not only did his Lightning Release chakra nature transformation increase significantly, but an additional skill had also formed.
[Name: Hayate Mugetsu]
[Chakra: 3,830,000]
[Skills: Lightning Release Chakra Nature Transformation, Perfect Level: 3100 / 80000. Fire Release Chakra Nature Transformation, Perfect Level: 2600. Sword Mastery.]
[Sword Mastery: Master of various schools of sword arts and blade arts.]
Due to the upgrade of One Thought Cut, Lightning Release chakra nature transformation surpassed the others, becoming Mugetsu's most proficient nature transformation.
Mugetsu felt that if he went all out and used One Thought Cut now, its power should be quite terrifying.
Perfect level Thunder Breathing, perfect level Lightning Release chakra nature transformation, and perfect level One Thought Cut.
The only things that could further enhance his maximum output were Sage Mode and a larger amount of chakra.
Then Mugetsu closed his panel and opened Obito's life mission.
[Name: Uchiha Obito]
[Life Mission: It is not the person who becomes Hokage that is recognized by everyone, but the person who is recognized by everyone that can become Hokage.]
[Main Goal: Become the Hokage of Konoha Ninja Village.]
[Mission Progress: 70.9%.]
Mugetsu estimated that this was already close to the limit that external factors could influence. The remaining progress could only be improved by Obito himself.
At this point, if external factors still wanted to influence it, it would have to be through a shameless, forced designation.
Mugetsu felt it would not come to that. After all, Obito himself might not even agree.
If Obito continued to diligently improve his overall qualities as before, he still had a good chance of becoming Hokage.
Then Mugetsu looked at Shisui's life mission.
Shisui had also triggered a settlement reward this time, though not as exaggerated as Obito's. Shisui had triggered a fifty percent settlement reward.
[Name: Uchiha Shisui]
[Life Mission: Uchiha and Konoha.]
[Main Goal: Eliminate the conflict between the Uchiha and Konoha and integrate the Uchiha into Konoha.]
[Mission Progress: 55.8%.]
[Disciple Uchiha Shisui's strength increase promoted the reform of the Police Force, taking a small step forward in eliminating the conflict between the Uchiha and Konoha.]
[Progress reward: Chakra +2000, Optional Draw Scroll Fragment · S+ Mastery Level, Yin Release Chakra Insight Improvement.]
In fact, Shisui had also gained a lot. He was currently the disciple with the second highest life mission progress.
It was just that Obito's original progress was already higher, allowing him to break through to seventy percent and trigger two settlement rewards at once.
However, Mugetsu felt that Obito probably would not maintain his lead for too long.
Because for Obito to become Hokage, there was still a long way to go, requiring a significant amount of time.
And with his Hokage teacher's help, it would not be difficult for Shisui to advance his mission to over eighty percent within a year, even if he could not completely resolve the Uchiha issue in a short time.
Knock, knock.
At that moment, the door to the Hokage Office was suddenly knocked on.
"Come in," Mugetsu said, looking toward the door.
Minato pushed the door open and walked in, slightly stunned when he saw Mugetsu sitting in the office chair.
Since becoming a ninja, every time he opened the door to the Hokage Office, the person sitting there had been Hiruzen. Now that it had suddenly changed, he was a bit unaccustomed to it.
"Fourth Hokage," Minato called out.
He was now the Hokage Assistant and one of the higher ups, so he did not need to call Mugetsu Lord Fourth.
"When it's just the two of us, there's no need to be so formal. Just call me Mugetsu, like before," Mugetsu said with a smile.
If it were not inappropriate, he would have wanted to give the Hokage position to Minato, so he naturally would not care about these minor details.
Seeing that Mugetsu was still the same as before, Minato also let go of the slight restraint in his heart and nodded with a smile.
Mugetsu took out a document and handed it to Minato, saying, "Minato, take a look at this first."
The reason Minato came was not to report something to him, but because Mugetsu had asked Minato to come to the Hokage Office after the meeting was over and he had handled his affairs.
After taking the document, Minato began reading it carefully. After ten minutes, a surprised and puzzled expression appeared on his face.
"Mugetsu, is this the reform you're planning for the Ninja Academy?" Minato asked after reading it thoroughly.
Mugetsu nodded and replied, "Yes, but not entirely. The university will not be established for now. Only the middle school will be added."
Minato breathed a sigh of relief.
Even though he was not particularly familiar with institutions like schools, he felt that the university mentioned in this plan was a bit unrealistic.
The Ninja Academy graduated at most three hundred people a year.
With so few people, and with various different specializations, having jonin or experienced chunin teach classes would result in huge financial losses every year.
"Changing the current Ninja Academy to a four year system, positioning it as a primary school, and then adding a new three year middle school, making a total of seven years. I think this should be feasible in the current peaceful period," Minato stated his thoughts.
During peacetime, the Ninja Academy typically operated on a six year system, which was only one year less than Mugetsu's proposed primary and middle school combined.
However, regarding the quality of the genin, Minato was certain that the Ninja Academy after Mugetsu's reforms would be much stronger.
Because Mugetsu's four year primary school did not only contain the content of the original Ninja Academy's first to fourth grades. Rather, it adjusted and revised the content of the original Ninja Academy's first to sixth grades into four years.
Furthermore, Mugetsu's middle school would also teach C rank Ninjutsu developed by Mugetsu himself, ensuring that anyone who graduated from middle school would have mastered a C rank Ninjutsu.
This was something that current Ninja Academy students could not compare to. The current Ninja Academy only required mastery of the Three Body Technique.
During peacetime, too many ninja would make military expenses unbearable. Although Mugetsu's reforms would lengthen the training period for ninja, the genin who graduated would be more outstanding.
The more Minato thought about it, the more he felt that Mugetsu's reform plan was excellent.
"As expected of Mugetsu. Such a complete plan must have been conceived and revised for a long time, perhaps even starting when he was teaching at the Ninja Academy," Minato thought with admiration.
When Mugetsu was a teacher, he had tried every possible way to reform and improve the Ninja Academy. Now that he had become Hokage, he must be constantly pondering Konoha's development every day.
Seeing Minato's approval, Mugetsu nodded and asked, "Then, what are your thoughts on the university, Minato?"
After all, he was just a modern person who had been in the Ninja World for over four years, so he still needed to consider the opinions of the local Ninja World people and could not simply work in isolation.
"At present, it's not very realistic," Minato said as tactfully as possible.
Through the plan, Minato could see Mugetsu's passion for the school and his beautiful vision for its future development, but he truly felt that a university could not be established. Perhaps not even in the next fifty years.
As for a hundred years later, that was too far off, and Minato could not judge.
"I think the idea of dividing students according to their preferences and strengths into Fire Release specialization, Water Release specialization, medical specialization, Fuinjutsu, and so on is excellent," Minato continued.
He genuinely felt that Mugetsu's method was excellent and seemed very complete. He believed that such a school could cultivate highly talented individuals.
"However, our Ninja Academy only has over three hundred students per grade. If we subdivide it like this, we will need too many teachers."
This was what Minato considered the biggest difficulty.
The courses in the university were relatively advanced, and some courses could only be taught by jonin.
But jonin were the middle and high level combat forces of the Ninja Village.
Besides the two headmasters, currently, the entire Ninja Academy only had one jonin, the Jonin Commander, who did not teach classes.
The wealth created by jonin completing missions for Konoha was something ordinary people could hardly imagine.
If a group of jonin did not go on missions and instead went to school to teach so few people, Konoha's mission revenue would drop significantly.
Moreover, a decrease in mission completion efficiency would also lead Konoha into a vicious cycle of losing missions.
What was the purpose of cultivating a better next generation?
Was it not for the prosperity and strength of the Village?
This would be putting the cart before the horse.
"Primary school, middle school, plus three years of university. That would make the total process ten years, which is simply too long."
Ultimately, it all came down to money.
Konoha did not have that much spare money to support students who would not work for ten years.
"Mm." Mugetsu nodded thoughtfully.
He had actually considered this problem, which was why he only introduced the middle school in Konoha.
Although it was already greatly simplified compared to the process in his previous life, for the students of the Ninja World, ten years was still too long.
Students who graduated from middle school were already official ninja and were qualified to take on missions, but how could they find a balance between university studies and mission assignments?
After chatting with Minato for two hours, Mugetsu gained a lot.
Minato was a local after all, and sometimes his perspective on problems differed from Mugetsu's own.
This difference was not necessarily right or wrong. It was simply another viewpoint, one that helped identify gaps and inspire new ideas.
"Mugetsu, why did you think of establishing a university?" Minato asked curiously before leaving.
He felt that Konoha's current training system was sufficient.
Ninja Academy students would graduate and then be trained by experienced chunin or jonin, allowing them to receive training while also earning money.
Mugetsu smiled but did not answer.
Should he say that he was worried about aliens attacking, so he wanted to earn more rewards and bring the Ninja World's geniuses together to become stronger?
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