I have a bunch of relatives who want to become Hokage.

There's nothing else to it, I just want to broaden my horizons, become a more useful person to the village, and incidentally make some insignificant contributions to the village's self-employed income.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was very pleased, saying that young people should use their brains more, since the thinking of older people like them is more conservative and not as flexible as that of young people.

Then, while you're at it, invite Uchiha Shingen to take a temporary position at the Ninja Academy, and also ask him to pay more attention to the growth of the next generation in the village when he has time.

Uchiha Shingen replied that it was his duty to do so.

The scene was peaceful.

It was filled with an atmosphere of democracy, harmony, and friendship.

The touching scene of the younger and older generations working together left a deep impression on the staff present, filling them with confidence in the future of the village.

Where leaves dance in the air, fire burns eternally.

The Will of Fire has a successor.

This year's S-level mission completion rate will definitely reach a new level.

As everyone knows, Uchiha Shingen can use the Flying Thunder God Technique.

The entire ninja world knows that the Yellow Flash is always on his mission, and he's incredibly fast at escorting classified documents.

What takes others a month to complete, he can do in a single day.

Since Minato Namikaze became Hokage, Konoha's efficiency in completing this type of mission has plummeted, reaching a level similar to other villages.

That's great, back to the top!

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Invited to the Ninja Academy

The next day, after waking up, Uchiha Shingen, unusually, did not rush to the training ground to train.

It wasn't that he was getting arrogant; rather, he was going to the Ninja Academy today at Hiruzen Sarutobi's invitation.

He hadn't been to this place in a long time.

The last time I went there, Hiruzen Sarutobi was a hot-blooded young man, while Danzo Shimura was a super problem student and a contrarian.

The Ninja Academy is the central institution of Konohagakure (Hidden Leaf Village).

Normally, the central hub should be the Hokage Building, but in reality, the Hokage Building is just an office space for internal and external use.

The current central institution of Konohagakure is the Ninja Academy.

It has been more than 30 years since its establishment.

More than 30 years ago, Tobirama Senju, for various reasons, established a ninja training base at the foot of the cliff where the Hokage Rock is located. This was the prototype of the ninja academy.

Since there were hardly any commoner ninjas in the village at the time, and it was mostly ninja clans, Tobirama Senju, thinking "the weakest they can be, that's all they can do," set the admission requirements as "having the aptitude to use chakra and being able to master the Shadow Clone Technique."

Of course, there's a reason he can be so arrogant: he directly included the ninjutsu of the Forest Thousand Hands into the village's ninjutsu library, claiming that he would teach anyone with sufficient skill.

At that time, the ninja academy had only one mission—to train ninjas who could go directly to the battlefield.

After Hiruzen Sarutobi took over, his first move was to expand student enrollment, with the admission requirements changed to "love for the ninja village, good physical and mental health, and the qualities of diligence and hard work."

He then reformed the system.

He added departments for military and domestic affairs, and the Hokage Building essentially became an auxiliary building of the Ninja Academy.

From then on, the Hokage became the principal of the Ninja Academy.

Aside from organizational changes and increased student enrollment, there have been additions to various disciplines and increasingly bizarre written exam content. These are all changes to the Ninja Academy since Hiruzen Sarutobi took over. The school buildings have already been expanded twice.

The ninja academy of today is a place to train ninjas and fully develop their talents.

Not everyone can become a ninja, and similarly, not every ninja is suited to killing people.

Some ninjas are good at analyzing intelligence, some are good at interrogation, and some are terrible at fighting but are very good at healing people and are also good at dissection.

Some people are not suited for any of the above, but are particularly well-suited to be teachers.

There are even those born tech geeks who can easily create barriers and seals, but they'll die as soon as they leave the village.

Therefore, Hiruzen Sarutobi refined the training directions, enabling the Ninja Academy to provide sufficient talent reserves for the improvement of the Konoha Ninja Army's organizational structure.

Every year, many of the genin who officially graduate from the academy go on to work in non-combat units or administrative departments.

Those selected for combat units are assigned very carefully; they shouldn't even think about killing people right after graduation. Even if there's a shortage of manpower during wartime, they're only fit to do odd jobs in the rear.

Noobs aren't just cannon fodder, they're the traps.

Unless you're an absolute genius, and they feel that not letting you go and chop people up would be a waste of all the money spent on you.

Therefore, the Ninja Academy actually encompasses a series of core functions of the Konoha Ninja Army, including talent cultivation, manpower allocation, ideological education, and even task assignment, and is the headquarters of the Hokage lineage.

Uchiha Shingen will work part-time at the Ninja Academy as a specially invited temporary teacher.

However, Uchiha Shingen went to the Ninja Academy, while Uchiha Shisui was invited to join the Anbu.

All of this was accomplished at the meeting where he was honored as a hero at the Hokage Building.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, and unable to refuse such earnest requests, the Uchiha clan had no choice but to agree.

You can't refuse the Hokage twice at the same time, even if it's the previous Hokage.

The Naruto lineage has finally started to take the Uchiha clan seriously.

Don't misunderstand, it's not that we've opened our arms wide, but rather that we've finally properly adopted a basic stance on political maneuvering.

In the past, the Uchiha clan didn't even have the right to make others take the game seriously.

This achievement was earned through his merit in blocking and sealing the Nine-Tails. Uchiha Shingen demonstrated his value that night, the Uchiha clan also showed their unity that night, and they gained a certain degree of public support.

The situation has changed.

Now that the Uchiha clan has the right to take the initiative in the game, the Hokage Building will naturally treat it as a serious game.

The first step is to openly and legitimately collect and have intelligence collected.

If he had to choose between the Anbu and the Ninja Academy, Uchiha Shingen would definitely choose the Ninja Academy.

In Hiruzen Sarutobi's first round of attacks, Shingen Uchiha barely managed to defend himself, but Shisui Uchiha was hit from behind.

After leaving home, Uchiha Shingen arrived at the Ninja Academy early.

At this time, parents will send their kids who are still in the basic stage to school, while students who have entered the practice and application stage will think of themselves as adults and refuse to be sent by their parents.

The teachers at the Ninja Academy are all Chunin, and all the ninjas who are out in the open here are always wearing Konoha ninja uniforms.

Uchiha Shingen also arrived dressed in ninja attire. He first registered and was then informed that his work would be arranged by the Hokage.

Induction interviews are something all seasoned employees understand.

Jonin are actually high-earning employees, but they still have to go through the motions.

In society, people give each other face.

The Ninja Academy campus is very close to the Hokage Building; you don't even need to go out onto the street, you can walk there from inside.

The rooftop of the Hokage Building is nominally a training ground for the Ninja Academy, but it's mostly used by the Hokage to host various events.

Uchiha Shingen also received his award and prize money here yesterday.

He had already planned it out; he would teach physical skills.

As everyone knows, the essence of Uchiha taijutsu requires the Sharingan; without the Sharingan, one cannot learn it even if they want to.

But the foundation is there; the Uchiha clan's taijutsu, especially their shuriken and kunai throwing techniques, is still highly sought after in the training community.

Many members of the clan actually work part-time as tutors.

Accompanied by members of the Anbu, Uchiha Shingen entered the Hokage's office and found that the novice was not in his usual style of frantically reviewing documents today.

Has Minato Namikaze finally figured out how to become Hokage?

Hiruzen Sarutobi was able to be directly rehired in the original timeline, which caused Danzo Shimura's mentality to collapse, and this was related to the way he became Hokage.

But all of that changed.

It was modified by Uchiha Shingen.

"Shingen," Minato Namikaze smiled brightly, "How did you feel about being at school just now?"

“It is indeed very different from the clan’s school,” Uchiha Shingen said.

"Yes, Kushina and I are very happy that you accepted the invitation." Minato Namikaze's attitude was clearly friendly, and from a personal perspective, he was naturally very grateful to Shingen Uchiha.

My wife won't have to die, and my son won't have to become an orphan.

Therefore, he also hoped to make Uchiha Shingen more comfortable at the Ninja Academy.

"Shingen, which stage do you wish to teach?"

"Let's move on to the application stage," said Uchiha Shingen, giving the answer he had already planned.

The basic stage can be incredibly frustrating, while the practice stage might involve encountering a bunch of "little adults," who are just as clueless.

Students in the application stage are much more comfortable, as they have already developed discipline and have a certain foundation, making them relatively suitable for Uchiha Shingen's classes.

"So what do you plan to teach?"

"Physical skills, that's all. There's no way to teach anything else."

"It seems you've thought everything through." Minato Namikaze was very satisfied; he was someone who liked to be fully prepared for everything. "Then, as the school principal, I welcome you to teach the children."

Leave Chapter Thirty to me; I'll give her a boost!

Compared to the time of Tobirama Senju, the training process at the Ninja Academy has changed significantly.

Back then, Tobirama Senju's motto was "Hurry up," but now the emphasis is on teaching according to individual aptitude.

What remains unchanged is that it is still divided into three stages, but the course content has changed.

The foundation stage, as the name suggests, involves not knowing anything. This stage consists of physical training and theoretical classes.

During the training phase, once physical fitness is in place and theoretical knowledge is largely acquired, students begin to learn how to concentrate and control chakra, as well as the use of taijutsu, the three body techniques, and ninja tools. They also engage in team coordination training and combat simulations.

In the application phase, the school provides training based on the students' demonstrated strengths and weaknesses, using two teaching methods: private tutoring and targeted training.

This stage is also a time of intense competition among students; those with resources compete on resources, while those without resources compete on other things.

The contest, conducted as ninjas, began at this time.