Under Sarutobi Hiruzen's direct order, the Konoha Ninja Academy immediately became a hive of frantic activity.
First were the teachers.
Originally, each instructor only needed to teach three classes a day, a schedule that had remained unchanged since the Academy's establishment after the First Shinobi War.
But now, the curriculum had suddenly expanded, and the Academy was forced to arrange four classes a day.
And of course
Teachers didn't simply walk into a classroom after the bell rang.
Every jutsu demonstration, every theory lecture, every sparring session required preparation, safety checks, and planning. With the schedule expanded, lesson plans had to be rewritten from scratch, and instructors were drowning in extra work.
Their daily workload had practically doubled overnight, and the teachers were miserable.
Then came the students.
Which child could handle such a sudden increase in training intensity?
Even the older students who had already experienced survival exercises and basic chakra training struggled with the new schedule.
Within just a few days,
a wave of complaints flooded in from parents.
"Why is dismissal getting later and later? My child comes home after dark every day now! Do you know how dangerous it is for kids to walk home at night? What if something happens? We only have one child!"
"My son only just entered second year, and the school is letting them practice shuriken with real steel weapons during throwing class! What if he hurts himself? Can you teachers take responsibility for that?"
"Why did the school suddenly begin teaching trap-making classes? My daughter spends all day digging holes and laying tripwires! She comes home filthy, and her uniform is torn to pieces. Now I have to wash and repair clothes every night. Why increase my workload for no reason?"
"The previous curriculum was perfectly fine. Why double the course load all of a sudden? Are you just looking for trouble?"
"Even though the workload has gone up, my child's grades haven't!"
And on a thousand complaints from a thousand different mouths.
As a teacher, Iruka, who already had a tendency to worry too much, finally reached his breaking point.
He hurried to the Hokage's office to report the escalating situation.
After hearing the details,
Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression darkened, and he slammed the desk with surprising force for a man his age.
"Hmph! What a group of ignorant parents!"
To upgrade the Academy's equipment, he had allocated a tremendous amount of funds new training dummies, reinforced practice grounds, and safer chakra-control gear.
To push the teachers into adding more classes, he had been forced to raise their salaries and authorize new stipends.
He had poured enormous resources into the Academy.
Yet instead of praise, he was met with complaints.
Isn't everything he did meant to ensure that the students of the Ninja Academy could enjoy the same level of elite education as the students of the new Uchiha school?
To make sure they wouldn't fall so far behind the new school's children that the gap became irreparable?
And yet, the result he received in return
Instead of the gratitude he expected from the parents,
what came pouring in was nothing but endless complaints!!!
Complain that their children get home too late from school?
Complain that their kids' clothes get too dirty from training?!!
Hmph!!!
These parents were simply like wild boars who cannot appreciate fine rice bran!!
All of the Hokage's painstaking efforts had been completely wasted!!
Seeing Hiruzen so furious that the veins on his forehead were bulging, Iruka did not dare say anything at first. After a long silence, he finally whispered,
"Hokage-sama… what should we do now? The parents have been coming to the Academy every single day to complain. Classes can't even proceed normally…"
Sarutobi Hiruzen waved his hand irritably:
"Since these parents have no appreciation for our efforts, then return everything to the way it was before!"
Just like that
It meant all the funds, improvements, and adjustments he had invested were now completely wasted.
This made Sarutobi Hiruzen even more furious!
But fortunately for him, there was still a silver lining.
If that brat Chiya wanted to fulfill the conditions Hiruzen had originally set, the chances were still extremely slim.
As long as Chiya failed to meet those conditions, the so-called "new school" would eventually shut down.
And once that happened, the Ninja Academy under his jurisdiction would no longer face any threat!
...
In fact, the root of the problem lay elsewhere.
The reason all this happened was because the parents of the Academy students came from different clans and civilian families each with different priorities, different fears, and their own personal interests.
Everyone only thought about themselves and could never unite as one group.
The moment any policy from the Academy caused them the slightest inconvenience, they would immediately jump up to protest loudly!
But the new school was completely different.
From the students to the parents, every single person belonged to the Uchiha clan.
They could unite as one.
Moreover—
From the former poverty and isolation of the clan to the prosperity they now enjoyed, the Uchiha had personally experienced the transformation with their own eyes.
They understood deeply that all of these changes came from the patriarch's efforts.
Therefore, they respected the patriarch wholeheartedly.
They supported every decision Senye made without question.
If the patriarch declared that the clan should pursue elite education, they would support it with 100% conviction!
Because they knew whatever the patriarch did was for the future of the Uchiha.
And if the Uchiha prospered, then they and their children would naturally prosper as well.
Thus, they cooperated fully with every policy Senye implemented.
Not a single person dragged their feet.
It wasn't that Uchiha parents did not feel distressed seeing their children go through harsh training
But compared to that,
They understood even more clearly:
The happiness they enjoyed now had been hard-won.
Only because they had tasted the bitterness of the past could they treasure the sweetness before their eyes.
And it was precisely for this reason that the devilishly intense training program of the new school could proceed without a single obstacle…
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