With students, there must be teachers.
The elite Jonin of the village gathered, preparing to select disciples from the ninja academy. Among them was Uchiha Kagami, the one Danzo Shimura had been thinking about.
If Kagami were to take disciples, he would have to leave the village for missions. In the current environment, being ambushed and having the entire squad wiped out was quite normal.
Thinking of this, Danzo Shimura smiled sinisterly.
Meanwhile, the afternoon sunlight streamed through the glass into the classroom of the ninja academy.
Here, the noise was overwhelming as graduating students and those graduating early waited for their Jonin teachers to arrive.
At the back of the bustling classroom, a blonde-haired boy and a red-haired girl sat together, chatting and laughing.
"Minato, are you sure you want to graduate? Didn't you say you wanted to wait two more years?"
Upon hearing this, the boy named Minato smiled warmly and brightly at the girl beside him.
"No need to wait; we'll graduate together. Maybe we'll be in the same class, and I can take care of you."
Hearing this, the red-haired girl's face blushed bright red.
She couldn't help but recall the scene from half a year ago when this guy saved her, and her heart felt sweet.
The girl was Kushina Uzumaki, around eight or nine years old, cute and adorable.
If Rinjin were here, he would definitely break up this young couple mercilessly.
Early romance! Highly detrimental!
Look at Obito; if he hadn't engaged in early romance and focused more on fishing and sword forging competitions, would he have turned dark like that?
However, it's not entirely his fault. As the saying goes, what kind of teacher, what kind of disciple.
Of course, the root of it all is the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.
This guy passed on his lecherous nature to Jiraiya, who then passed it to Minato Namikaze, who taught it to Obito Uchiha.
So, it's all Hiruzen Saru... Danzo's fault!
Yes! The logic is self-consistent, perfectly flawless.
The classroom was noisy, with kids excitedly discussing and anticipating their future teachers.
At this moment, Ōzora Chūryū, who had long served as a teacher at the ninja academy, entered and walked to the podium.
Thump, thump, thump...
He knocked on the blackboard, signaling everyone to be quiet, and began calling names from the roster.
"Now we'll announce the class assignments, after which your assigned Jonin will come to pick you up."
Meanwhile, outside the classroom, a group of men in ninja vests were chatting away.
At the forefront were the three direct disciples of the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi: Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade.
The three stood together, chatting after a long time.
Not far away, a white-haired man occasionally glanced at the trio.
The equally white-haired Jiraiya noticed this man and, with a mischievous grin, leaned towards Tsunade, winking and saying:
"Tsunade, Dan is stealing glances at you~"
Upon hearing this, Tsunade discreetly glanced in Kato Dan's direction, smiled, and whispered into Jiraiya's ear:
"Not necessarily, Jiraiya; maybe he's stealing glances at you~ Besides, haven't you been reading 'The Light and Dark of Konoha, Forbidden Love, Hiruzen❥Danzo' lately?"
The words weren't loud, but everyone present was a pillar of Konoha, with their passive information-gathering skills already maxed out.
As soon as she finished speaking, everyone, intentionally or unintentionally, took a step back, distancing themselves from the trio.
Even the usually composed Orochimaru broke into a cold sweat, swallowed hard, and his eyes darted quickly.
I told you not to talk to Sakumo Hatake, but you wouldn't listen!
Now look!
Social death, isn't it?
While everyone wore strange expressions, Ōzora Chūryū's voice suddenly came from the classroom entrance.
"Jiraiya Jonin... Jiraiya Jonin... you're first."
After speaking, Ōzora Chūryū left the classroom with the roster.
Seeing Ōzora Chūryū leave, Jiraiya, his face flushed, glared at Tsunade fiercely, composed himself, and walked into the classroom with a serious expression.
Inside the classroom, the children were in groups of three or five, seemingly already aware of their class assignments, but unaware of their assigned Jonin.
In the corner, Minato Namikaze forced a smile.
Disappointed, he wasn't in the same class as Kushina Uzumaki, feeling blue and sad.
At this moment, the tall and imposing Jiraiya stepped onto the podium, unfolded a piece of white paper, and announced loudly:
"Minato Namikaze, Sarutobi Daikawa, Shimura Ze, I'm your assigned Jonin, Jiraiya. Meeting now, let's go!"
With that, he flicked his long white hair and walked out of the classroom without hesitation, full of flair.
In the corner, Minato Namikaze was completely dumbfounded.
No wonder he recognized this man; it was that old pervert uncle from a few years ago!
Minato vaguely remembered that along with this pervert uncle, there was another scheming uncle!
Thinking of this, he immediately prayed that it was fine to be in the pervert uncle's class, but Kushina must not end up in the scheming uncle's class.
Otherwise, given the scheming uncle's personality, who knows what kind of person he'd turn Kushina into, and Minato wouldn't have any good days ahead!
It must be said, this little brat had a lot on his mind.
Soon, Jiraiya's class left the classroom;
Then, the calm Orochimaru entered the classroom, scanned the room, and the classroom instantly quieted down.
"Nawaki, ..., ..., I'm the Jonin of Class Eight, Orochimaru, pleased to meet you."
With a slightly hoarse voice, the children whose names were called excitedly left their seats, following Orochimaru.
It's Aunt Snake! Can be male or female... oh, oops!
It's Orochimaru! The Third Hokage's direct disciple, a star in the eyes of the kids!
Afterward, Orochimaru greeted Tsunade at the classroom door and left the ninja academy with his students.
Next, a Jonin entered the classroom.
Tsunade stood nearby, looking at the roster in her hand, feeling troubled.
Normally, the village's high officials would have arranged which disciples to take.
But she had two rosters in her hand.
The first roster was arranged by Hiruzen on behalf of the village's high officials.
Names like Kushina Uzumaki, Mikoto Uchiha...
Pretty standard, nothing special.
As for the other roster, it was given to her by Konoha's advisor Shikaku Nara, though unconventional, it had Hiruzen's tacit approval.
The roster listed Shikaku Nara, Choza Akimichi, Inoichi Yamanaka.
At the time, Tsunade remembered how the head of the Nara clan had said he hoped she could find Rinjin and have him teach these three kids.
As for why he didn't visit personally, there was a reason.
He had visited Rinjin's home many times, at 66 Mingcha Street;
But every visit found the house empty, leaving him no choice but to ask Princess Tsunade for help.
Thinking of this, Tsunade irritably scratched her head, making her golden hair a mess.
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