Chapter 636: Pokémon Hatching
After sending the intelligence back to Konoha, Mugetsu set up camp with his troops nearby and waited for a reply from the higher-ups.
Dealing with so many prisoners was no small problem.
"Teacher Mugetsu, are you free right now?" Obito asked as he walked up to Mugetsu's tent.
"Yes, come in," Mugetsu's voice came from inside.
Only after receiving permission did Obito enter.
As he stepped closer, Obito realized Mugetsu was holding a scroll and seemed to be reading something.
Obito had good eyesight, so he vaguely made out a few words on it. Something like Izanagi?
He did not pay much attention to the scroll's contents. Scratching his head with a little embarrassment, he said, "So you were studying, Teacher Mugetsu. I must have disturbed you."
Mugetsu put down the Izanagi scroll and smiled.
"It's fine. I already understood this Ninjutsu quite well some time ago. I only had a sudden urge to study it again recently."
After Danzo's death, Mugetsu had not only gained all of Root's visible assets, but also some of the things Danzo had secretly collected.
The Uchiha Clan's forbidden Ninjutsu, Izanagi, was one of them.
"Are you looking for me for something?"
"Not really. I just wanted to ask you a few questions, Teacher Mugetsu," Obito answered honestly.
"At the very beginning, why did you choose the strategy of splitting the forces? The Hidden Mist ambush shouldn't have been expected, right?"
After the battle, Obito had reviewed all the intelligence he knew, hoping to learn from Sage Mugetsu's advanced experience. But after carefully analyzing it, he found many things he could not understand.
Saying that Sage Mugetsu could see the future did not seem quite right either. He remembered that aside from Mugetsu, every Ninja present had been surprised or nervous.
For such an important war decision, Mugetsu should not have hidden it from the deputy commander or the squad leaders of each department.
"Have you been studying how to fight lately?" Mugetsu asked curiously.
He knew Obito would self-improve whenever he had free time, but he had not expected Obito to study this kind of knowledge.
"Yes. Even if I don't need to lead a team right now, I can't always follow behind you, Teacher Mugetsu," Obito nodded.
His dream was to become Hokage. As Hokage, when Konoha faced danger, he would definitely need to step forward and protect it. That might require commanding Ninja forces in battle.
"It's good that you have this idea, but this isn't a good case study. The main reason this battle was won was my personal strength," Mugetsu began to explain.
"The main reason I split the forces was because Advisor Homura's defeat made me realize something. Hidden Mist Village's intelligence capabilities might be superior to ours, so I..."
From an outsider's perspective, this battle would likely leave only one impression: Mugetsu was terrifyingly strong.
But in truth, only Mugetsu himself knew that he had been fishing from the very beginning. Encountering Yagura was within his expectations.
"I see!" Obito showed a look of sudden understanding.
There had been an information gap between them. He had not known the details of Advisor Homura's battle, nor had he known the outcome of the struggle between the intelligence teams.
However, even knowing everything now, it was still difficult to learn from this example. The personal strength required was far too great. Obito estimated that even if he trained for another ten years, he might only barely qualify.
"Teacher Mugetsu, thank you. I won't disturb you any further..."
Just as Obito was about to leave, a dazzling green light suddenly appeared inside the tent.
Obito looked over curiously and found that it was a Nin-Beast Egg glowing. It was just like when Charizard hatched, except this time, the light was green.
"As expected, it's about to hatch," Mugetsu thought as he looked at the Pokémon Egg.
When it was still in Konoha, this Pokémon Egg would occasionally emit a green light that carried healing power.
"Which Pokémon will it be?"
Before the Pokémon Egg had displayed its healing power, Mugetsu had thought Rayquaza might be inside.
After it revealed its ability, Rayquaza could basically be ruled out. Rayquaza could not heal while emitting green light.
However, that still did not pinpoint the exact Pokémon. There was more than one legendary Pokémon with healing abilities. If non-legendary Pokémon with special traits were included, there were even more possibilities.
Soon, the green light receded, revealing a small and cute green figure.
Its head resembled an onion. It had large blue eyes surrounded by thick black rings, slender green antennae on its forehead with blue tips, and a pair of small transparent wings on its back.
Its hands only had three fingers, and its feet had no toes. The entire creature looked very much like a little fairy from a fairy tale.
"So it's Celebi. It really is a legendary Pokémon," Mugetsu instantly recognized it.
"I wonder if it still has the ability to travel through time and space after localization," Mugetsu thought.
Celebi's combat ability was not outstanding among many legendary Pokémon, but it possessed an ability that was bug-level in any world: time and space travel.
Moreover, it was not limited to traveling through time and space by itself. It could also take others with it, traveling to both the past and the future.
Mugetsu felt it should retain that ability, as it was one of Celebi's major characteristics, and the system's localization would not erase characteristics.
For example, the effects of Pirate body techniques were similar after localization. They simply gained the addition of Chakra usage.
"Teacher Mugetsu, is this your Nin-Beast? It looks like it can only use Medical Ninjutsu," Obito asked casually.
It was only because this was Mugetsu. If this had been Kakashi's Nin-Beast, Obito's words would have become, "It looks very weak."
"Bi!"
Celebi let out a cheerful sound, flapped its wings, flew to Mugetsu's side, and rubbed its head against Mugetsu's face.
Mugetsu stroked Celebi's head and said to Obito, "Don't let this child's cuteness fool you. It's actually quite strong."
Celebi stood on Mugetsu's shoulder and slightly raised its small head, as if telling Obito not to underestimate it.
"Eh!" Obito's eyes widened as he carefully examined the little onion-headed creature.
Looking at Celebi's delicate body and its thin arms and legs, Obito wondered where its strength was supposed to be.
But if Mugetsu said Celebi was strong, then it had to be strong. There was no need to doubt it. Mugetsu would not lie about something like this.
After failing to see anything, Obito scratched his head, said goodbye to Mugetsu again, and walked out of the tent.
Mugetsu, meanwhile, began looking at Celebi's panel.
[Name: Celebi]
[Chakra: 102000]
[Skills: Wood Release (Proficient), Space-Time Power (Beginner), Yang Release Chakra Nature Transformation (Mastered), Yin Release Chakra Nature Transformation (Proficient), Water Release Chakra Nature Transformation (Proficient), Earth Release Chakra Nature Transformation (Proficient), Telekinesis...]
Pokémon had always possessed considerable Chakra, but Celebi having over one hundred thousand right after hatching still made Mugetsu feel a little emotional.
He had worked hard for a long time to raise his Chakra to one hundred thousand points, yet Celebi was born with a Chakra volume that most Ninja would never reach in their entire lives.
"As expected, it retained the ability to travel through time and space," Mugetsu thought, looking at the Space-Time Power among Celebi's skills.
Time travel was simply too powerful.
Putting everything else aside, if Mugetsu had possessed Celebi when he first transmigrated, he could have directly traveled to the period when Naruto attended the Ninja Academy, accepted him as a disciple, and developed much faster.
Naruto not only had great talent, but also a massive amount of Chakra. He would have been able to provide Mugetsu with a large amount of feedback.
Although traveling to the past also offered a chance to take Hashirama as a disciple, Celebi's time travel could change history. Unless there was a great need, Mugetsu was not very interested in traveling to the past and altering history.
What if he accidentally erased himself? That would be too ridiculous.
Mugetsu first signed a contract with Celebi, then split off a Shadow Clone and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to transfer to a secluded place, familiarizing himself with Celebi's various abilities.
The data on the panel was only data. Only actual demonstrations could help Mugetsu better understand Celebi's abilities.
Mugetsu used his Byakugan to find a wild boar, stabbed it until it was near death with a Kunai, and then had Celebi heal it.
Under the green healing light, the wild boar's wounds rapidly healed, leaving no scars at all.
"Healing is its strong suit..." Mugetsu thought as he watched the wild boar immediately run away.
The newly hatched Celebi's healing ability already surpassed Rin's Milotic.
Next, Mugetsu tested Celebi's Wood Release.
Although its proficiency was not very high, with the support of one hundred thousand Chakra, its power was still quite impressive. Mugetsu felt it was more than enough to deal with a Jonin.
As for Space-Time Power, Mugetsu did not have Celebi take him through time and space.
Celebi had just hatched and was not familiar with its abilities yet. It would not be good if it accidentally took them to the battlefield where the Six Paths Sage and his two brothers fought Kaguya Ōtsutsuki thousands of years ago.
Although the probability was very low, it was not impossible.
"If I use the power of the Dragon Veins together with Celebi's Space-Time Power, can I precisely travel to another parallel world?" Mugetsu revealed a thoughtful expression.
Compared to the past and future, a parallel world was a better choice, as it would not cause uncontrollable changes through the butterfly effect of time travel.
Finally, Mugetsu used Transformation to scan Celebi, then transformed himself.
But when Mugetsu looked at his own panel, he did not see Celebi's Space-Time Power.
"As expected, it doesn't work," Mugetsu was not surprised.
Transformation had its limits. It could copy the Sharingan and Ice Release, but it could not replicate the Rinnegan.
And traveling through time and space was undoubtedly an extremely high-level ability, so its inability to be copied was within Mugetsu's expectations.
Finally, Mugetsu canceled his Transformation and returned to the camp with Celebi.
The first thing Mugetsu did upon returning was cancel the Shadow Clone and receive its memories.
After carefully checking, Mugetsu found that no one had come to ask about the green light during that period.
This was normal. The hatching light had been dazzling, but not overly exaggerated. With the tent blocking it, not many people would notice.
Moreover, since it was Mugetsu's tent, even fewer people would ask. After all, Mugetsu was too strong.
After tidying up the tent, Mugetsu walked out and took Celebi to meet his disciples.
As his Nin-Beast, Celebi would spend a great deal of time with Obito and the others from now on.
"Teacher Mugetsu, what kind of Nin-Beast is this? It's so cute!" Rin's eyes lit up as she looked at Celebi, who resembled a fairy from a fairy tale. She felt it was even cuter than Zorua.
"Bi!"
Celebi heard Rin praise it, let out a joyful cry, and circled around her once.
"You can call it Celebi," Mugetsu replied.
There was certainly only one Celebi in the Naruto world, so there was no need to worry about duplicate names.
"Kakashi, do you want to make a bet?" Obito suddenly asked Kakashi.
"Bet what?" Kakashi shifted his gaze from Celebi to Obito.
"Bet on Celebi's strength! I bet it's very powerful!"
"No bet," Kakashi refused outright.
"Why?" Obito looked at Kakashi with a bewildered expression.
Celebi looked so weak, yet Kakashi still would not bet.
"Because it's Teacher Mugetsu's Nin-Beast," Kakashi replied calmly.
There was actually another reason. He had smelled Obito's intention to trick someone.
The moment Obito opened his mouth, Kakashi knew exactly what he was thinking.
Obito was speechless, because that answer truly made sense.
One day later.
The reply from the higher-ups reached Mugetsu's hands. Mugetsu took his disciples and four hundred Ninja to the Land of Grass to support Jiraiya.
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Land of Grass, Konoha Ninja Force encampment.
Jiraiya sat in his tent, looking at the map with a depressed expression as he studied how to defend next.
This time, the Iwa force had once again displayed that elusive intelligence capability, making Jiraiya suspect that a spy had infiltrated their ranks.
However, he had checked thoroughly and found nothing.
"They've really developed an incredible technique. If only they could put this effort into other areas," Jiraiya sighed.
Although he knew there might be a spy in the force, the ability to even disguise Chakra was truly abnormal. Jiraiya could not distinguish them even in Sage Mode.
"Mugetsu, hurry up and come," Jiraiya silently thought.
He had already applied to the Konoha higher-ups, requesting that Mugetsu lead a team to provide support.
Currently, only Mugetsu's sensory Ninjutsu could break the concealment of Iwagakure's spies, and Mugetsu himself was also a rare powerhouse.
Jiraiya was not a warmonger, but he was getting rather annoyed by Iwagakure now.
Whenever something happened to Konoha, Iwagakure would always seize the chance to kick them while they were down. It kept forcing him onto the battlefield, and he had not written anything in a long time.
"For a new book, using Mugetsu as reference seems good. A top-tier powerhouse respected by everyone, who also possesses extraordinary culinary skills. That's a good element," Jiraiya thought, stroking his chin.
For his second novel, he did not want to write about a Ninja slowly growing stronger, because he felt that the plot would become repetitive.
As an author, Jiraiya did not want to write repetitive content.
Jiraiya thought about Mugetsu's experiences for a moment, and a flash of inspiration struck him.
"A powerful individual, disillusioned with the village because of a certain event, gives up his position and becomes a teacher at the Ninja Academy. At first, he does not seriously fulfill his teaching duties and only treats it as a means of making a living and passing time. But through his interactions with his students..."
Although Mugetsu had only gradually become a renowned powerhouse after leaving the Ninja Academy, and he was not disillusioned with the village, Jiraiya was not writing Mugetsu's biography. He was only borrowing elements.
"No. Right now, I need to think about how to defend," Jiraiya forcibly interrupted his own thoughts.
He was indeed very interested in writing novels, but protecting Konoha was still more important.
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