Uchiha's personal opinion

Chapter 290 Educational Reform

Mimura Yomaki's death seemed ordinary and inevitable.

Under the joint escort of ninjas from the police department and the internal affairs department, Mimura Yoru was sent back to his family residence. After saying goodbye to his family, he silently committed seppuku. Apart from the grief of his family, there was no turmoil in the process.

No one came to intercept them, and no one pleaded for their lives.

Amidst a pool of blood, this once-renowned veteran Jonin met his end, bringing a whimper to a close in the purge campaign.

Uchiha Tokumitsu also promised not to commit any more killings. After carrying out the tithe order, he sent all the detainees to the disciplinary camp and then announced the end of the Konoha curfew.

All the ninja clans, including the Senju clan, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The original idea of ​​recuperating and accumulating strength to compete with the Uchiha clan has also disappeared without a trace after this purge.

It turns out the Uchiha clan really does dare to kill people without regard for reason...

Having understood this principle, the various ninja clans naturally cherished the hard-won ninja republicanism even more, and the two houses of parliament returned to a harmonious state, after all, this was already the best outcome.

……

"New era has new rules, let's take this as a lesson..."

After the purge campaign came to a close, Uchiha Tokumitsu once again invited Hatake Sakumo to discuss matters concerning the ninja village.

"...However, the price is not small."

Sakumo Hatake shook his head with a wry smile.

After Mimura Yomi naively raised the banner of opposition against the Uchiha, he did not immediately suppress the matter out of consideration for their past alliance.

When Uchiha Tokumitsu chose to act recklessly and wield the sword, he found himself powerless to stop him.

However, Sakumo Hatake had no face to accuse Tokumitsu Uchiha of overreacting, because as an ally, he was partly responsible for the fact that the matter had escalated to this point because he had failed to stop it in time.

"It's better than another large-scale civil war, at least the village wasn't damaged too much."

Uchiha Tokumitsu said indifferently.

"Ugh……"

Sakumo Hatake could only sigh.

Given his relationship with Uchiha Tokumitsu, he really wouldn't do anything to oppose the Uchiha clan; moreover, with the strength of the Uchiha clan, even if all the other factions in Konoha united, they would most likely not be a match for the Uchiha clan.

At least... the purge campaign can satisfy powerful clans like the Uchiha and make them willing to continue the system of shared governance between ninja clans in the House of Representatives and the Senate, which is a good thing...

"Regarding the Ninja Academy, I plan to implement some reforms..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu took out a plan and handed it to Hatake Sakumo.

“Ninja Academy…”

Sakumo Hatake took the plan and began to read it with some surprise.

Founded by the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju, the Ninja Academy was the cradle for most Konoha ninjas, the foundation for the rise of commoner ninjas, and the place where the Hokage lineage maintained ideological unity in the ninja villages.

After completing their basic training at the Ninja Academy, new ninjas are assigned to different groups and trained under their own instructors, taking on missions of varying difficulty levels to earn rewards.

However, this system has become somewhat outdated over time.

Simply put, the training efficiency is relatively slow, and compared with the newly established police preparatory training school, the Ninja Academy has no advantage at all.

Moreover, after the Uchiha clan collectively launched the ninja academy education system, other ninja clans followed suit. Now, ninja academies have become places for ordinary ninjas, and naturally, the quality of graduates has plummeted.

Specialized training programs or continuing education colleges?

Sakumo Hatake was somewhat surprised by what Tokumitsu Uchiha mentioned in his plan.

"Yes."

Uchiha Tokumitsu nodded. "Although the Ninja Academy's education period is as long as six years, much of the training content is unnecessary and fails to be tailored to individual needs. Therefore, it is necessary to add specialized training classes in addition to the existing general classes. Furthermore, after six years of basic education, students can participate in continuing education after graduating as genin to improve their ninja skills..."

"...Then should we lift the restrictions on teaching ninjutsu?"

Sakumo Hatake tentatively asked.

"I think it's fine to open it up to regular C-rank ninjutsu."

In any case, the police training school controlled by the Uchiha clan offers a wider range of ninjutsu levels and quantities, so there's no concern that the ninja academy will impact the Uchiha clan's interests.

At worst, we can just use the excuse of further education to recruit the best students from the ninja academy into the police training school and train them as our own.

"In this way, the role of the teacher in charge of the team is relatively weakened..."

Sakumo Hatake said.

"Team leader... do you mean those mediocre veteran Chunin?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu chuckled softly.

Each year, among the graduates of the Ninja Academy, apart from the most outstanding Genin who are assigned to lead Jonin teams for targeted elite training, most are led by a senior Chunin to perform various tedious and low-paying missions.

"Chunin are also the backbone of the village, you know..."

Sakumo Hatake still sounded somewhat unconvinced: "After all, not every clan produces as many Jonin as the Uchiha clan."

"That's why we need to reform the ninja academy system..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu pointed to the plan, indicating to Hatake Sakumo to continue reading.

"...But with the meager chakra reserves of genin, what good would it do to teach them C-rank ninjutsu? They'd be completely exhausted and at the mercy of others after just one jutsu."

Sakumo Hatake said as he looked at it.

"It's better than nothing, isn't it?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu shrugged.

For the Uchiha clan, which possesses an abundance of ninjutsu, even if those low-ranking genin (low-ranking ninjas) master some C-rank ninjutsu, they pose little threat to the Uchiha ninjas from noble clans. On the contrary, the smaller ninja clans will be more affected—because their family-inherited ninjutsu may not even be as useful as general-purpose ninjutsu.

The beneficiaries of opening up ninjutsu are naturally the commoner ninjas without any backing, but the potential losers are the Jonin who occupy the spots for leading elite graduates.

Compared to the traditional apprenticeship-like team system, the reformed ninja education system is relatively complete, and the channels for improving ninja strength have been greatly broadened. In particular, when the channels for acquiring ninjutsu became easier, the personal dependence between ninjas was inevitably weakened, which was Uchiha Tokumitsu's purpose.

Moreover, the Uchiha clan only needs to control the continuing education academy in the plan to keep those genin who are eager to improve in check.

Compared to the arduous journey of performing missions to prove oneself, where a portion of the meager reward is taken by the teacher, the threshold for obtaining ninjutsu at the continuing education academy after passing a fixed assessment is significantly lower.

Atomized ninjas are always easier to deal with than ninjas bound together by a master-disciple relationship.

"...Ninja ideology and education reform?"

Sakumo Hatake saw the last chapter of the final plan.

“It is very important to cultivate a sense of shared governance among the next generation of ninjas.”

Uchiha Tokumitsu said calmly.

"...It didn't write down any specific ideological and educational guidelines either."

Sakumo Hatake casually flipped to the last page.

"You'll need to put more effort into this part..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu smiled and said, "Regarding the understanding of the Will of Fire and the planning for building a new Konoha, I think you, Sakumo-kun, are more knowledgeable than I am..."

"That's not necessarily a bad thing..."

With things said to this extent, the last trace of resistance in Hatake Sakumo's heart vanished.

Uchiha Tokumitsu was also good at catering to people's preferences.

Is ideological education important?

It is indeed important.

However, as long as the overall direction is correct, and as long as the influence of the Hokage lineage since Tobirama Senju on the Konoha ninja can be successfully eliminated, it will be entirely beneficial to the Uchiha clan.

Moreover, the Continuing Education Academy, whose authority is in the hands of the Uchiha clan, effectively controls the new generation of genin by dismantling the traditional personal dependence between instructors and students and using the ninjutsu teaching channel based on interests.

"...I think this ninja academy education reform has many benefits for the village."

Clearly, Sakumo Hatake hadn't thought that far ahead.

He also greatly admired the "magnanimity" shown by Uchiha Tokumitsu.

"Then I'll trouble Sakumo-kun to refine and supplement it before submitting the proposal in the House of Representatives~"

Uchiha Tokumitsu, who had a well-thought-out plan, was naturally happy to humbly accept credit.

In any case, once this matter was brought about, no one could erase the contribution of the Uchiha clan, so it wouldn't be a big deal to let Sakumo Hatake also benefit from it.

"……Can!"

Sakumo Hatake hesitated only slightly before readily agreeing to this great opportunity, which was clearly a matter of establishing one's reputation and moral character.

"From now on, my name will be passed down in the ninja academy's textbooks..."

Stroking the project proposal, Hatake Sakumo thought to himself with satisfaction.

While Sakumo Hatake generally didn't have many selfish motives, who could resist the temptation of having their name appear in an exam question?

"Oh, right."

Suddenly, another question popped into Sakumo Hatake's mind: "Will this year's Chunin Exams still be held?"

"The Chunin Exams?"

Aside from his memories from his previous life, Uchiha Tokumitsu didn't know much about this large-scale exam that had a significant impact within Konoha.

Because he didn't follow the conventional path for advancement among ninjas in ninja villages.

"...How about we organize a joint entrance exam for ninja academies and police academies?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu thought for a moment, "Could this also serve as a pretext for reforming the Ninja Academy?"

"...That's not a good idea."

Sakumo Hatake chuckled twice, indicating his refusal.

Compared to the ninja clan members from the preparatory schools under the police department, the commoner genin from the ninja academies, who suffer from severe talent drain, are undoubtedly much weaker. Moreover, if all the ninja academy genin were eliminated during the joint entrance exams, it would be a truly unsightly situation.

"Then let's hold a joint entrance exam, but with the two schools taking the exams separately?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu readily accepted good advice.

"……All right."