"Wow."
As soon as Iruka finished speaking, everyone in the classroom, except Sasuke, immediately focused their attention on Naruto's seat near the window.
Naruto himself was stunned. He didn't expect that Teacher Iruka would suddenly bring this up.
When these boys and girls looked at Naruto, there was a strange look in their eyes.
"If you look closely, he does look like the Hokage."
Not far from where Naruto was sitting, some students were muttering quietly.
This morning, all the students here had seen Minato, and because all eyes were attracted by the legendary Fourth Hokage, no one had noticed Naruto beside him.
Blonde hair was rare to see, and Naruto's eyes were as bright as sapphires, exactly the same as Minato's.
However, apart from their physical features and surnames, they could not detect any other similarities between this father and son.
Minato's first impression on everyone was that he was gentle and humble, but Naruto was the exact opposite.
His style of doing things was so eye-catching.
"That guy is actually the Hokage's son!?"
Next to Sasuke, the girl named Sakura had shocked eyes and her mouth hung open.
In the classroom at that time, only a few people like Sasuke, Shikamaru, Hinata, and others who already knew the inside story did not show excessive excitement.
Naruto did not like the attention that was focused on him at this moment.
His golden eyebrows were slightly furrowed. He raised his eyes and looked at Iruka on the podium. "Teacher Iruka, can you please not mention anything about my dad in school in the future?" he said in a low voice.
Somehow, Naruto hated this atmosphere very much.
Although he looked carefree on the surface, Naruto had obviously seen completely different expressions in the eyes of many of the students around him.
"Oh, sorry."
Iruka noticed Naruto's discomfort and said with a somewhat embarrassed look that he had indeed acted too presumptuously just now.
"Ahem."
He then coughed twice and said, "Okay, everyone look straight ahead."
After he finished speaking, some students turned their gaze away from Naruto.
"Let's move on with our lesson."
Iruka said loudly: "Does anyone know when the history of the ninja world began?"
He looked at the children in the classroom, actually focusing on one student in particular.
Although today was the first day of class, based on his understanding of the students' files, there was definitely someone who could answer the questions he asked.
It was Nara Shikamaru.
However, Shikamaru seemed to ignore Iruka's gaze. He lowered his eyes and looked uninterested.
As a result, the atmosphere in the classroom became a little awkward and silent.
However, at this moment, a girl in the class raised her slender, pale hand and said, "Teacher, I know."
Iruka was slightly startled and looked at Sakura, smiling with a hint of expectation in his eyes. "Yes, please answer."
Sakura nodded obediently, then stood up from her seat and said, "The history of the ninja world began when the First Hokage reached an agreement with the Land of Fire and established the Konohagakure Ninja Village."
"That's a very good answer. Very impressive. You may sit down."
Iruka nodded with satisfaction. It was obvious that Sakura had done her homework before coming to the Ninja Academy.
Sakura was quite proud. When she sat down, she deliberately glanced at Sasuke beside her, who remained as indifferent as usual.
"In fact, it was the First Hokage who created the system of ninja villages. Before the establishment of Konoha, ninjas were organized in family clans. There were constant disputes between these clans, so at that time, the average life expectancy was only about 30 years."
"The First Hokage, the Second Hokage, and many of Konoha's predecessors pacified this chaotic world and founded the Konohagakure Ninja Village during those turbulent times."
What Iruka was talking about now all happened fifty or sixty years ago, so not only the students in front of him, but even he himself could not fully imagine what that era was like.
"After Konoha was established, other countries began to follow suit and gradually established their own ninja villages."
"Among the Five Great Shinobi Nations today, except for our Land of Fire's Konoha Village, the other four nations established the strongest villages among their respective countries."
"With this trend, the concept of the so-called ninja world began to emerge," said Iruka.
"In the short history of the ninja world over the past few decades, due to various factors such as resources and national interests, conflicts broke out between the Five Great Ninja Countries, which were called the Shinobi World Wars."
"So far, there have been three Shinobi World Wars."
In just a few decades, three major wars had broken out between the Five Great Ninja Countries, with an average interval of only a dozen years.
This showed how frequent wars were and how easily they could break out.
Next, Iruka began to explain to these students the general situation of the three Shinobi World Wars.
The First Shinobi World War broke out more than ten years after the founding of Konoha. In that war, all five Kage of the Five Great Ninja Countries, except the Second Kazekage, died in the chaos of war.
Therefore, the Five Great Ninja Countries suffered heavy losses and had to sign an armistice agreement to recuperate.
However, about twenty years after the end of the First World War, the power of each country had basically recovered, and old hatreds resurfaced.
The Three Nations of Fire, Wind, and Earth started a war with the Nation of Rain, which was sandwiched between them. The Rain Village was forced to join the fight. As the war continued to evolve, the Nation of Lightning also joined in.
The final winner of that battle was naturally Konoha.
In that war, the reason why Konoha was able to achieve the final victory was not only due to the heroic performance of the three legendary ninjas and strong young shinobi such as Konoha's White Fang, but also because of the sudden emergence of a young man who turned the tide of battle.
After hearing this, most of the students in the class became interested.
They were very curious about what kind of genius could influence the outcome of a Shinobi World War.
"The Second Shinobi World War ended with the deaths of two high-ranking leaders of the Sand Village. The one who defeated them in that battle was not only the White Fang, Hatake Sakumo of Konoha, but also the young man who fought alongside him."
"That man is now our Fourth Hokage!"
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