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Chapter 585 At any drinking party, there's always someone who doesn't drink but just eats.

"Teacher Hepu, it's been a long time."

At the Konoha Ninja Academy, Tatsuma placed the exam papers he brought from the Hokage Building's confidential archives on Sarutobi Akiura's desk. Sarutobi Akiura was taken aback for a moment, then smiled.

"You actually still remember me? It's been years since we last met."

"I haven't been able to find any free time these past few years. I've been on duty even during holidays. I've neglected you."

Tatsuma said with a smile that he had a very good attitude towards this teacher from his time at the ninja academy. Although they hadn't known each other for long, he could feel that Hopu was indeed very good to them, the students.

Especially now that he has acquired the talent of malice perception, Tatsuma is actually getting a little tired of this talent, because once a person's "good" and "evil" are visualized, social interactions become increasingly boring.

"If you were to visit me now, I wouldn't know how to entertain you, after all, you're the Fourth Hokage now."

Sarutobi Awaura and Tatsuma exchanged pleasantries, and he casually opened the file folder, taking out several thinner file folders inside. This wasn't his first time presiding over the Chunin Exams written test, so he was very familiar with the process.

The outermost file folder can be opened; the files inside are the ones that need to be opened in the examination room within the specified time.

After distributing the file folders to the examiners on loan from the interrogation department, Sarutobi Akiura took the copy for his records, sat back down in his seat, and said to Tatsuma, "In the past few years, some new teachers have come to the school. You should be quite familiar with them, right?"

Tatsuma nodded. He wasn't exactly familiar with them, but since they were all descendants of the Senju clan, he knew a little about them. Sarutobi Akira continued, "I was worried that they might target Uchiha students."

I was overthinking it. You did a great job helping and nurturing those people. They are very well-suited for education, and they have the same enthusiasm for each child as they would for their own children.

Perhaps as compensation for the Second Shinobi World War, most of the remaining Senju clan members are assigned to clerical work after graduation, and after adulthood, they are assigned to ninja academies, guard units, and medical departments as much as possible.

Although this arrangement would make it difficult to recreate the Thousand Hands' fame, both Tatsuma and Tsunade agreed to the village's plan.

"We still need seniors like you to lead the way. Education is the foundation of a village, and we cannot tolerate any inappropriate behavior. Whether it is students or teachers, everyone should be more self-disciplined. Teacher Hepu, you don't need to worry."

Tatsuma didn't think Sarutobi Akiura would say these things to him for no reason. Although it might be a bit like judging a gentleman by one's own petty standards, Tatsuma still emphasized it.

Sarutobi Awaura nodded and said, "Discipline is indeed necessary. Otherwise, if students get injured due to excessive training intensity, it will be difficult to explain to their parents and the village."

After listening, Chenma roughly understood, nodded, and said, "The most important thing in education is not to select one or two geniuses, but to enable more people to progress at a suitable pace."

Individually gifted students can receive focused training, but this is not suitable for classroom instruction. In the classroom, all students should be treated equally and all needs should be taken care of.

"Looks like our school will have a new program starting next school year, haha."

Sarutobi Awaura said with a smile that he was very satisfied with Tatsuma, his former student, and would not offer emotional support based on personal feelings.

Having been involved in education for nearly twenty years, Sarutobi Awaura naturally understood what Tatsuma was saying. Whether it's a ninja academy or a school for ordinary people, the focus of education has always been to ensure that more people grow together without falling behind.

As for individual geniuses, such as Tatsuma and Minato, the pace of the ninja academy's curriculum is indeed too slow for them, but they can choose to graduate early and thus engage in more specialized training and learning.

This is also why ninja squads have experienced members mentoring new recruits. The ninja academy doesn't teach much; its goal is for most people to meet the requirements to become genin after six years of study and training.

True growth can only be achieved after becoming a ninja, because each student's talent, attitude, and other factors are different, resulting in different learning efficiencies, which even the best schools cannot solve.

Did your students also participate in this exam?

As they chatted, the topic naturally returned to the Chunin Exams. Tatsuma nodded and said, "The youngest one in this batch."

Sarutobi Akira nodded and asked, "It's really amazing. At the age of six, some students haven't even enrolled yet, but Kakashi, and your students, are about to become Chunin."

As he spoke, he pointed to a stack of files beside him and said, "These are school-age children sent by the welfare home. Many of them haven't even been registered yet, and don't even have names."

Two years into the war, countless families were displaced. The descendants of the village ninjas, children abandoned in other war-affected areas, and some children who had lost their parents could not even remember their own names.

The village was too busy dealing with the wars on all sides to spare any manpower to handle these issues. As a result, some children, when they reached school age, only had a nickname or didn't even have a proper name.

Dou is a typical example. He only had a nickname. At this time, Dou had not yet been given a surname, since it was not yet time to settle down.

However, these school-age children must register their household registration before enrolling in school. I suppose Nonoyu has been dealing with these issues since she returned recently.

Tatsuma casually flipped through the file, then stopped, looking at the file of the boy with big eyes and even somewhat feminine features, and said, "This child..."

"You know him? He seems to be a kid from outside the village. Nobody in the village knows anything about his parents, and he's never been named."

"I don't know him, but I feel there's a name that would suit him well: Yamato. What do you think?"

"Yamato is a very poetic name."

Sarutobi Akiura nodded and said, "I'll give them my suggestion next time the people from the orphanage come."

"Um."

Tatsuma nodded in agreement. Sarutobi Akiura looked at the stack of documents and suddenly had an idea: if Tatsuma could name these nameless children, it would greatly inspire them.

Imagine learning that your name was given to you by the Fourth Hokage after you enroll in school; then you'll surely have no worries about your attitude and motivation towards learning.

"Ding-a-ling~"

Just as Sarutobi Akiura was about to speak, the exam bell rang. Tatsuma stood up and said, "Akiura-sensei, I won't disturb your work any longer. How about we have dinner together tonight?"

"well."

Sarutobi Awaura nodded. His usual invigilation habit was to do the exam himself to understand the difficulties before patrolling the exam room. This way, he could identify when students might cheat.

"Whoosh~"

Tatsuma had just left the Konoha Ninja Academy when he heard several whistles. He used his Body Flicker Technique to get to the source of the sound, where Tenka, Minato, and the others were gathered.

"So worried about your students?"

Tatsuma chuckled, noticing that Tenka looked even more anxious than the other genin taking the exam. He said, "I suddenly remembered that I gave the wrong interpretation of a coded message. What if it gets on the test?"

The others also showed some worry on their faces. Nawaki and Chito were even doing push-ups to relieve their tension, and even Minato frowned slightly.

He wasn't worried about Kakashi and Rin, but even though he had tried his best to teach Obito, he was still a little unsure.

"Who's like you, having the Three Ninjas helping you teach your students?"

Shikaku said with a displeased look, and Choza and Inoichi nodded in agreement. Tatsuma said, "Actually, I'm also very worried. After all, the 'standard answers' for some test points are wrong. If Lord Orochimaru teaches the correct answers, Shisui and the others won't get any points."

This is true of many academic systems. When you move up a level and look back at the knowledge you have learned, you will find that some of it is "wrong", or at least contradicts what you are learning now.

Just like life, you don't realize it while you're living it, but when you look back, you find that you've done so many wrong things.

"Let's go to the izakaya and wait. Lord Orochimaru and the others are there too. They have far more experience in teaching students than we do. You can take this opportunity to learn from them so you can use it when you're training genin in the future."

After Tatsuma finished speaking, Tenka shook his head and said, "Going to an izakaya with you is no fun. You just eat while we're drinking, and we never have anything to sober up after we finish drinking."

Upon hearing this, everyone around nodded in agreement, even Sento and Nawaki, who were doing push-ups. Tatsuma gave an awkward yet polite smile and said:

"We used to split the bill, right? I don't drink, so if I don't eat something, it'll be a waste, won't it? This time it's my treat, okay?"

Tatsuma offered to treat everyone, and they nodded in satisfaction before heading in a large group towards the izakaya where Orochimaru and his group were.

Of the three legendary Sannin, apart from Jiraiya, the other two had students to mentor this year. Tsunade also temporarily pulled two of her subordinates to accompany Shizune to the Chunin Exams.

The three Sannin, who were drinking, eating snacks, and chatting, turned pale the moment they saw Tatsuma lead the way in. Jiraiya picked up a plate of food and started shoveling it into his mouth, while Tsunade also displayed a capacity for food that rivaled that of a glutton.

With a flick of his tongue, Orochimaru transformed into a snake, coiled up the remaining food, and swallowed it whole. Then, Tsunade said with a regretful expression:

"Tatsuma, you've come at the worst time. We've just finished eating and there's only wine left. You can have it all if you want, we were just about to leave anyway."

Chenma's lips twitched. He admitted that he only ate at the drinking party, but... was it really necessary to go to such lengths?

Could it be that this is why no one notified him of the drinking party after he's been back for so many days? He probably thought everyone was too busy teaching students to have a get-together.

Tatsuma shook his head, looking like he was saying, "You've misunderstood me." He walked to the bar, took the money out of his wallet, put it on the table, and said, "Bring out everything you can eat in the store, and replace the rest with alcohol."

Seeing that he actually took out money, the doubt in Tianfeng and the others' eyes disappeared, and the drinking party immediately became lively. The three ninjas, who had said they were leaving, shamelessly joined the drinking party.

Amidst the clinking of glasses and lively conversation, Chenma seemed isolated, eating his food with a bland, tasteless dregs.

Chenma couldn't understand why he had to pay money to suffer. He should have suggested going to the dessert shop earlier.

The world has isolated me; let it mock me.

Finally, someone remembered that Tatsuma was the one who treated them. Tenka, who was reeking of alcohol, put his arm around Tatsuma's shoulder and said, "By the way, Tatsuma, when are we... hiccup~ going to the Land of Water?"

Two tailed beasts, one for you and one for me, hahaha~

Tatsuma, who had originally planned to go after the Chunin Exams, suddenly fell silent. After a while, he suddenly smiled.

It seems he's found a way to get the Sage of Six Paths to teach him.

(End of this chapter)