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

After passing this stage, the school teachers will conduct a graduation exam, followed by a genin selection exam conducted by the team leader ninja. After completing these two rounds, you will become a genin.

Compared to the school's graduation exam, the genin selection exam was entirely determined by the personal preferences of the ninja in charge.

Before Kakashi Hatake led Naruto Uzumaki's team, his genin selection process eliminated as many people as came.

Jonin are just that capricious. Even if it's a temporary one, if they don't like someone, they don't want to take them along, and the Hokage can't force them.

After understanding the complete set of rules, Uchiha Shingen roughly knew what he needed to do.

Providing targeted training courses to a group of people is out of the question, that's out!

This is what it means to give someone special tutoring; it's essentially about "teaching whoever you like and whatever you want to teach them."

Uchiha Shingen really liked this design.

A Jonin's willfulness is simply called willfulness; a Hero Jonin's willfulness is called having personality.

Upon arriving at the office, Uchiha Shingen obtained the roster of this year's students from the school's administrative staff.

Looking at the first few pages, I didn't recognize a single name.

This is reality: most people's lives ultimately amount to nothing more than mediocrity and inaction, merely becoming cogs in the machine of society.

Most ninjas who graduate from the Ninja Academy remain genin for their entire lives. Becoming a chunin is already considered elite, and becoming a jonin is legendary; their photos are hung in the corridor for future generations to admire.

The vast majority of Konoha's Jonin were directly promoted by the Hokage. Many of them didn't even attend the Ninja Academy; instead, they were promoted to Chunin by the Hokage and then to Jonin.

They all come from a family called the "Ninja Clan".

During the ninja village era, the Fourth Shinobi World War was unprecedentedly brutal, prompting the remaining ninja clans to seek transformation. The ninja clans of Konoha were among the quickest to act.

The Senju clan of the Forest have transformed into a "red family." Although they have abandoned the Senju surname, they are actually present in all walks of life in Konoha, and even in the Daimyo's residence.

The Uchiha clan was forced onto the path of departmental privatization. This model looks impressive, but in reality, it has endless potential problems. Fortunately, the Uchiha clan is really good at fighting and has been able to withstand it.

The Sarutobi clan operates on the principle of "whoever is the Hokage, I'll follow them," meaning their strengths and weaknesses are equally obvious.

The Shimura family's transformation can be considered a failure; they are now a large group of independent small families, but compared to the average villager, they still have a rich cultural heritage.

This level of matter is not something that Uchiha Shingen needs to worry about right now, nor is it something he can handle.

He held the student roster and flipped through it page by page.

Each page records only one student, essentially a resume.

Finally, he saw a name that he recognized.

One of them is named Ibiki Morino. The roster emphasizes that he has strong logical thinking skills, is good at analyzing and deciphering codes, is meticulous, and has a strong mentality. It is recommended that he be trained in the direction of intelligence work.

Another one is named Mitarashi Anko, and is highlighted as Orochimaru's disciple.

Orochimaru...

Uchiha Shingen put down the roster and made his decision.

Orochimaru in the original timeline defected after his human experimentation was discovered during wartime.

This happened after Minato Namikaze took over.

So far, Konoha Village has not been threatened by any new war.

In the original timeline, it's highly likely that the Night of the Nine-Tails caused Konoha to lose both its new Hokage and Jinchuriki, leading to a new war.

Regardless of anything else, Orochimaru was someone that Shingen Uchiha cared about a lot.

Unlike Minato Namikaze and his wife, Orochimaru's defection was entirely beneficial to the Uchiha clan.

His defection led to the official disintegration of the Konoha Sannin, and the high-end combat power of the Hokage lineage plummeted.

The Three Sannin were not three ninjas, but a group.

是目前忍界最强的影级忍者组合，他们三个人组合起来不是1+1+1=3，而是直接变成10。

In the original timeline, with the loss of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, Orochimaru's escape left Konoha in a weakened state, with only Kage-level fighters available. Their combat strength rapidly declined, and their military strategy shifted to a passive defensive phase.

The current Konoha is on a defensive posture.

What does that mean? It means that in order to ensure that there are no problems with the defense, the Konoha ninjas can simply go and beat that person up first, or if they are not comfortable with that, they can just kill him.

In the original timeline, he stayed at home, and others could attack him whenever they wanted, since he was just guarding his home.

Getting back to the point, Mitarashi Anko is still in the Ninja Academy and hasn't graduated yet, but barring any unforeseen circumstances, her graduation will go smoothly.

Uchiha Shingen felt that he could learn a little about Orochimaru's current state through Mitarashi Anko.

Moreover, it's been a long time since I've taught anyone; I miss it.

"Where is Mitarashi Anko now?" he asked.

A staff member replied, "Anko Mitarashi is in class, but she's almost graduating."

"We haven't graduated yet," Uchiha Shingen said righteously, his tone becoming increasingly practiced. "Does graduating mean I can slack off? Does it mean I can stop studying? My abilities may be lacking for now, but my attitude must be right."

"Are you going to give her a lesson?" The staff member felt that she might get into some bad trouble, so she decided to try her luck. "Actually, she doesn't really need private lessons, because Lord Orochimaru will teach her privately."

"Has Orochimaru taught her anything recently?"

"No, that's not true. Lord Orochimaru hasn't been to the school recently."

"See!" Uchiha Shingen patted the other person on the shoulder, looking as if he had a keen eye. "Lord Orochimaru is reminding her that this child is not clever at all. How can a child who has been favored by Lord Orochimaru be wasted on her talent! Leave it to me, and see how I motivate her!"

"Yes, Lord Shingen." The staff member gave up struggling and obediently went to schedule the classes according to Uchiha Shingen's request.

He's just a Chunin; what business is it of his that the important people are having with him?

Chapter Thirty-One: Has the Contract for Ryuchi Cave Been Signed?

Mitarashi Anko is sleeping on the table.

As long as the Hokage lineage is properly trained and doesn't disrupt classroom discipline, no one will say anything.

As Orochimaru's disciple, her path was already set, and graduating was no problem at all; the school's graduation exams were far too easy for her.

As for the genin selection exam, Orochimaru probably won't let her go back to school to repeat the course.

What else can she learn here? She even signed a contract for Ryūji-dong.

Although she had never been to Ryuchi Cave, she was eager to take a look. When she suggested this to Orochimaru, he gave her a smile.

Even now, she still doesn't understand what Orochimaru's smile meant.

If she couldn't figure it out, she simply stopped thinking about it, and so she slept soundly.

Don't get me wrong, she never slacks off in her training, but the school's procedures are what they are, and she has to attend classes. However, compared to Lord Orochimaru's teachings, there's absolutely nothing worth listening to in class, so she has no choice but to go to sleep.

In her dream, she was in a dessert shop where they were having a promotion where everything was free.

So she ate like crazy.

"red beans."

She thought she heard someone calling her.

Ignore anything that isn't Lord Orochimaru's voice.

"Red Bean, get up!" The voice turned displeased.

Oh dear? You stole her dessert?

Snapped!

I was slapped on the head.

Mitarashi Anko woke up, still half asleep, and saw the serious face of her school teacher.

Tsk! It was just a dream! I knew there was no such thing as a free lunch; she could eat whatever she wanted.

"Anko, come with me." The ninja academy teacher had no choice. Actually, Anko's sleeping didn't disturb other students, and he really didn't want to wake her, after all...

Although he was a Chunin, he genuinely couldn't answer the child's question.

The written exam at the Ninja Academy was already incredibly difficult, but he had never even heard of the questions posed by Mitarashi Anko.

Because those were areas of research for Orochimaru, one of the Legendary Sannin.

Ultimately, he was Orochimaru's disciple, and he wouldn't be in the same world as ordinary ninjas.

Orochimaru is currently in his prime and has completed 108 S-rank missions so far, making him arguably Konoha's top fighter.

Although he lost the election for the Fourth Hokage, it did not damage his reputation.

Many people know that Orochimaru didn't really care whether he became Hokage or not.

"Teacher, is Lord Orochimaru here?" Mitarashi Anko asked excitedly.

Thinking about it carefully, Lord Orochimaru hasn't come to see her at school recently.

"No, it's Lord Shingen."

"Lord Shingen?" Mitarashi Anko thought for a moment.

She lived in the North District and was unaware of the Nine-Tailed Fox rampage.

However, the name still sounds familiar.

Is she one of Orochimaru's subordinates? Something like this has happened before; Orochimaru is very busy, so he sends his subordinates to pick her up.

So she happily followed the teacher out of the classroom.

I walked down the corridor and went up the stairs.

Mitarashi Anko's excitement gradually faded; why was she going up like this?

The answer was quickly revealed.

The school teachers took her to the rooftop.

There was only one person on the rooftop.

She looks to be under twenty years old.

Although they were wearing Konoha ninja uniforms, they also wore armbands with a fan printed on them.

A ninja from the Uchiha clan.

The Legendary Sannin of Konoha are the most famous ninja group in the ninja world and are recognized as the benchmark for Kage-level ninjas.