After returning home, Muzuki went to the bathroom and stuck out his tongue at the mirror.
As Muzuki expected, there was a black curse mark on his tongue, which was the Tongue Cutting Seal, a must-have for every Root member.
If Muzuki remembered correctly, the effect of this curse seal was that as long as one spoke about specific matters, their entire body would become paralyzed and unable to move.
Danzo's curse seal naturally pertained to information about him and Root, so even if a member of the organization was captured or defected, they would not be able to reveal secrets.
If that were all, it would be fine; he didn't intend to leak Root's information to anyone. However, Muzuki was worried that this curse seal could be actively controlled by Danzo, which would mean a fatal weakness was being controlled.
Muzuki thought carefully, trying to find a way to break the Tongue Cutting Seal from the original work.
"It seems there's no other good way besides Danzo's death."
But after much thought, Muzuki realized that no one in the original work had broken this curse seal. People taken from Root by the Third Hokage might have had it removed by his order, but otherwise, it only automatically became ineffective upon Danzo's death.
However, Danzo wasn't a squishy AD in a MOBA game who would just die on his own in a team fight without being targeted.
That old schemer Danzo was very protective of his life, usually holed up in the Root Base and not going out. He might even have a revival coin on him, making him truly difficult to deal with.
Muzuki considered his current strength and temporarily gave up the idea of killing Danzo.
"I can only go to Orochimaru or research it myself."
Muzuki realized he only had two choices at this moment.
Actually, it was only one choice, because the Orochimaru lead couldn't be pursued for now.
Muzuki glanced at the time, felt it was about right, and then activated his Ninjutsu sensing, detecting Shisui approaching.
Muzuki walked out the door and into the courtyard, thinking that Danzo trusted the original owner quite a bit. He had activated his Ninjutsu sensing many times and hadn't detected any Root Ninja monitoring him.
Feeling that Shisui was about to walk in, Muzuki quickly formed hand seals, erupting his Chakra with full force, instantly creating a giant eight-meter-high fireball that directly incinerated the training dummy in the courtyard, while also turning a large section of the ground into scorched earth.
Shisui, who had just walked into the courtyard, happened to witness this shocking scene and was astonished by Muzuki's Fire Release mastery.
Although Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique was only a C-rank Fire Release, the Ninjutsu rank was determined by the difficulty of training it. Many Uchiha Jonin were very fond of using Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique.
But Shisui was very certain that even if the Jonin from his own clan used Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique, it would never have such power, because they couldn't convert such a large amount of Chakra into flames in such a short time.
"Habsheng-sensei, I'm sorry to disturb your training."
Shisui quickly apologized after regaining his composure.
"It's fine, I just finished anyway."
Muzuki let out a long breath and smiled, inviting Shisui into the room.
"Actually, the reason the Uchiha are like this now has a lot to do with your former Uchiha clan leader, Uchiha Madara."
Muzuki poured two cups of water, handing one to Shisui and holding one himself, and began to tell the story of the Uchiha.
"You should know that Uchiha Madara defected, right?"
Shisui nodded, "The clan history says the clan leader left Konoha."
"If he had truly just left, it wouldn't be like this."
Muzuki told Shisui that if Hashirama hadn't been strong enough back then, Konoha might have been destroyed by Uchiha Madara.
Shisui fell silent.
But Muzuki told Shisui that the matter was far from over.
This incident caused Second Hokage Tobirama Senju, who already disliked the Uchiha, to become even more wary of them. Therefore, after becoming Hokage, he formulated many policies specifically to govern the Uchiha.
And these policies aroused the dissatisfaction of the Uchiha hawks, leading to thoughts of seizing power by force, which were eventually discovered by Anbu and imprisoned.
These series of events ultimately led to the negative reputation of the Uchiha gradually overshadowing their past contributions, making them disliked by the villagers.
"So many things happened..."
Shisui realized he had thought things too simply.
"Actually, there were also Uchiha who tried hard to change this situation, for example, Uchiha Kagami was the most successful among them."
Muzuki steered the conversation towards Uchiha Kagami.
"Then, Habsheng-sensei, what kind of person do you think Uchiha Kagami was?"
Shisui suddenly became curious about his grandfather's image in Muzuki's eyes.
He had never seen his grandfather in person, but had heard many things from other clan members, such as his great strength and being a genius Ninja, all of which he had heard many times.
"An Uchiha with The Will of Fire. He made himself a bridge, connecting the Uchiha and Konoha, and easing the conflict between the two sides."
Muzuki thought for a moment and said.
Although Muzuki's words contained no exaggerated praise, Shisui felt it was the best and most fitting evaluation he had ever heard.
"I also want to become an Uchiha like my grandfather!"
Shisui's eyes were firm, but he didn't realize he had directly called him grandfather.
"Grandfather?"
Muzuki looked at Shisui with some confusion.
Shisui then realized his slip of the tongue. He just didn't want to take advantage of the kindness, and he wasn't feeling guilty, so he simply admitted it directly.
"Habsheng-sensei, you don't need to worry too much about the so-called kindness. If you have time, go pay respects at my grandfather's grave. I think he would be very happy."
Shisui said.
"How can I not repay the kindness of saving my father and mother? How about this, Shisui, are you willing to become my disciple?"
Muzuki asked.
Shisui understood Muzuki's meaning, and he felt that this was too disadvantageous for Muzuki.
But he also didn't want to see a good person like Muzuki, who knew how to repay kindness, be put in a difficult position. Additionally, Shisui felt that becoming a disciple of a knowledgeable and powerful teacher like Muzuki was indeed a good idea. In the end, Shisui nodded and called out: "Muzuki-sensei."
[Do you want to establish a master-disciple relationship with Uchiha Shisui?]
The system pop-up appeared immediately, and Muzuki unhesitatingly chose yes. This was a genius disciple he had managed to trick with great difficulty.
[Relationship established successfully. Current Trust Level: Two. Unlocked "Disciple Training Feedback" and "Disciple Gifting Return"]
Muzuki glanced at the introduction and was instantly overjoyed. Disciple Training Feedback meant that as his disciple trained and became stronger, he would also become stronger. The higher the trust level, the more feedback he would receive. Trust Level Two was double feedback. If Shisui gained one point of Chakra, he would gain two points!
Disciple Gifting Return meant that when he gave something to Shisui, the system would randomly return a reward to him. The higher the trust level, the better the reward, limited to once per day.
Muzuki thought for a moment, then took out a small booklet and handed it to Shisui.
Inside was the Fire Release Chakra Nature Transformation training manual he had written that afternoon. Originally, he had planned to give it to Shisui at an opportune moment to boost his favorability, but now he wanted to try the Disciple Gifting Return function.
"This is a Fire Release Chakra Nature Transformation training manual that I summarized myself. Take it back and read it. I will regularly check your training progress. As a teacher, I am very strict and will not relax my requirements because of kindness."
Muzuki said very seriously.
If Shisui got stronger, he could get twice as strong. Muzuki felt he had to properly supervise Shisui's training.
"Thank you, Muzuki-sensei. I will train diligently."
Shisui took the small booklet Muzuki gave him and thanked him seriously.
Regarding Muzuki's strict requirements, Shisui didn't think there was any problem; on the contrary, it proved that Muzuki truly regarded him as a disciple, and not purely as a way to repay his grandfather's kindness.
[You gifted your disciple a Nature Transformation training manual. Due to the disciple's immense gratitude, the reward was a critical hit, and you received the Ninjutsu Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique (Proficient).]
The moment he received the reward, a large section of memories of him training Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique appeared in Muzuki's mind, as if he had trained this Ninjutsu a thousand or ten thousand times.
Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique is a B-rank Fire Release. Compared to Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique, Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique does not focus on range but rather on flexibility, allowing the user to freely control the fire dragon to attack enemies. After mastering it, the hand seals can be simplified to one, and multiple fire dragons can be released simultaneously.
Since the system directly gave him the proficient level, Muzuki could now instantly release three fire dragons with just one hand seal.
Muzuki's gaze at Shisui was no longer looking at a person; it was an inexhaustible gold mine, the kind that could drop gold coins every day.
Muzuki noticed that the sky outside was gradually darkening, so he said, "It's getting late. I'll walk you home so your family doesn't worry."
"Thank you, Sensei. I can just walk back slowly by myself. I'm the only one at home right now."
Shisui waved his hand and said.
He felt he had already troubled Muzuki a lot today and didn't want to waste Muzuki's time further.
Hearing Shisui's words, Muzuki remembered that Shisui's parents seemed to have never appeared; they must have died not long after Shisui was born.
Only then did he realize that he and his disciple couldn't even make up a complete set of parents, which was truly something else.
"But my uncle often comes to take care of me."
Shisui explained, fearing Muzuki might worry.
Muzuki nodded and didn't insist on seeing him off. Today was only his first meeting with Shisui, and there would be many more opportunities to build favor in the future.
On the way home, Shisui flipped through the training booklet Muzuki had given him, and recalling the Fire Release he had seen when he entered the courtyard, he grew even more curious about Muzuki.
As a well-known prodigy in the clan, and with his grandfather being Uchiha Kagami, Shisui had encountered many powerful Uchiha. His vision far exceeded that of his peers.
He felt that with Muzuki's strength, he shouldn't be a Chunin, and staying at the Ninja Academy as a teacher was also very strange. The Ninja Academy didn't need such a strong teacher; they only taught the Three Body Technique.
Muzuki watched Shisui gradually walk away, and his anticipation for tomorrow grew even stronger.
He had classes both in the morning and afternoon tomorrow, and he wondered what kind of rewards he would receive.
Moreover, the afternoon class was Might Guy and Obito's class. What level of potential would those two have?