[Konoha Ninja Academy]
Elder Takashi smiled and said, "Iruka, I've already resigned. From now on, Uchiha Rengoku, will take over as principal."
"I'm now handing over to him. The appointment letter should be issued soon."
Iruka looked at the overly young Rengoku, with a somewhat stunned expression.
But he quickly reacted, "Good day, Principal. I'm Iruka."
Rengoku slightly nodded, "Bring the current teaching materials, and also tell me about the class situation."
Takashi had only been a nominal figure; in many aspects, he was not as clear as the frontline teachers.
Elder Takashi realized he was no longer needed here, so he also greeted Rengoku at this point.
"Elder Rengoku, I just asked about the progress. We can resume school in two days."
"For the remaining issues, just ask Iruka. I still have matters to attend to, so I won't stay long."
"Alright, Elder Takashi, as you please," Rengoku didn't exchange pleasantries with him.
The wealth gap in the ninja world was enormous. Even if a noble clan let a little slip through their fingers, it was enough to feed the family behind Elder Takashi.
This was also the real reason why Takashi didn't hesitate to give up the principal's post.
After Takashi left, Iruka also brought over the teaching books.
Among them, the most important one was indeed The Will of Fire.
Rengoku picked up this book and began flipping through it. The pages were full of manipulative speech.
Simply put, it was all about devotion and sacrifice.
Essentially, it was a product born of power oppression and slavery.
The victims even had to enjoy the process of being violated afterward.
And had to willingly cheer for the power.
From the way the Third Hokage controlled and exploited Naruto, it could clearly be seen.
He guided the villagers to insult Naruto, while acting as his savior.
Becoming Naruto's only light, raising him like his own dog.
Behind the scenes, bullying the fact that the Fourth and his wife had died, directly taking over their inheritance, and using it to nurture his own clan.
The core of the Will of Fire had already been secretly replaced by Hiruzen.
Long-standing and absolute rule gave rise to all kinds of corruption and political darkness.
These teaching materials were just the tip of the iceberg.
Rengoku picked up the history of the ninja world and flipped through it, unable to help but laugh aloud.
The entire book started from the founding of the Hidden Villages, then to Hiruzen taking over as the Third Hokage.
Then, after Minato's death, Hiruzen once again took the Hokage position.
A large portion of it was dedicated to praising the Third Hokage.
Rengoku thought, no wonder Hiruzen had the title of "Ninja Professor."
'So this is where it came from.'
"Principal, the current lower-grade curriculum of the ninja school is mainly activity-based, supplemented by theory."
"The upper-grade curriculum includes various practical theories, such as ninja tool throwing, trap setting..."
Rengoku becoming the principal of the Ninja Academy wouldn't give him real power in the short term.
So he wanted to profit from these students.
After all, there were many ways to form bonds with these children.
On the other hand, Rengoku also planned to send some people into the school.
It was convenient for him as principal to make arrangements.
Although there were many of the Third Hokage's spies in the school, that wasn't a problem.
After all, he now planned to be a "good principal."
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[Hidden Cloud Village]
Founded on towering mountains that reached into the clouds, shrouded in mist, echoing with deafening thunder, and possessing both the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.
The people in the village mostly had dark skin, were skilled in swordsmanship and Lightning Release, and were also proficient in taijutsu.
The Land of Lightning valued scientific development, being the most advanced in technology among the Five Great Ninja Villages.
Many civilian products were developed and sold by the Land of Lightning.
As a major import-export trade country, its national strength was among the top of the Five Great Nations.
If not for its land being worse than that of the Land of Fire, it would have already become the top of the Five Great Nations.
As a ninja village founded by martial artists, its aggressiveness was also the strongest among the major ninja villages.
In the past ninja world wars, the Hidden Cloud had never been absent.
Now that Konoha was clearly about to suffer heavy losses, they had also sent many people to gather intelligence.
Although a few intelligence agents had been captured by the Sarutobi clan.
Some scattered information still got out.
Due to the mountains and long distances, the intelligence didn't arrive in the Raikage's office until two days later.
And not just from one source, multiple channels delivered the same intelligence.
"You're saying Konoha can't control the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki?", The Fourth Raikage's expression was a little excited. The combined intelligence from the two channels was quite detailed.
"Yes, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki went berserk. Konoha's people relied on the Uchiha to finally control it."
"Also, the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura, infiltrated Konoha with us."
"Many Tailed Beast Bombs landed on Konoha, causing huge damage."
"As for the Uchiha clan, aside from Uchiha Rengoku subduing the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, the other clansmen did not leave their compound."
"This is the record from our intelligence officers, and this one is from that informant in Konoha," As he spoke, the intelligence officer placed the relevant materials on the table.
The Raikage looked while thinking.
In fact, their own intelligence agents only gathered fragmented information, they couldn't cover so many areas.
The Konoha informant was someone who had cooperated with Hidden Cloud for a long time.
Although his identity was unknown, he was definitely someone high up in Konoha.
Back then, when Hashirama suppressed the world, forcing all the ninja clans into submission and founding the Hidden Village system, later, the other countries followed one after another.
At that time, with both Senju and Uchiha, Konoha was undoubtedly the number one ninja village.
Fortunately, the Hokage was Hashirama and not Madara.
Otherwise, had Madara become Hokage in the morning, the ninja world would've been unified by the afternoon.
After Hashirama's death and Madara's departure, Konoha entered a period of weakness.
But at that time, Tobirama was still around, and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was Uzumaki Mito.
A person whose sealing jutsu reigned supreme in the ninja world becoming the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki could freely extract chakra from the Nine-Tails to restore herself or to fight.
That kind of combat power was no different from a Valkyrie.
Uzumaki Mito fought only a few times externally, but she beat down any country that dared test Konoha.
All nations saw the power of Jinchuriki and began to study sealing techniques and Jinchuriki.
At that time, no ninja village dared to have any ideas about Konoha.
As time passed, when the Gold and Silver Brothers rebelled in Hidden Cloud and the Second Hokage died, the Raikage realized that Konoha had unknowingly become a paper tiger.
Uzumaki Mito had aged, was gravely ill, and top-tier fighting power was lacking.
Hiruzen came to power, replacing old forces and creating political instability.
To maintain stability, the Third shrank Konoha's reach entirely.
All villages coveted Uzushio's sealing techniques and took the opportunity to attack the Land of Whirlpools together.
In the end, Uzushio was destroyed, and Konoha didn't lend any help.
Which meant Konoha could no longer care for others.
After many forces divided up the remnants of Uzushio, all villages' sealing techniques rapidly improved.
From sealing Tailed Beasts to using them, eventually came the matter of the Third Kazekage, leading to the Third Great Ninja War.
Konoha basically relied on the Uchiha and Hyuga clans, and the sudden emergence of Namikaze Minato, to withstand the pressure.
But Namikaze Minato quickly died, and Konoha's strength fell once more.
Especially in the Battle of Kikyo Mountain, Konoha was hit at their doorstep, revealing their weakness.
Hence, there was the incident a few years ago where Hidden Cloud kidnapped Hinata.
Although after much negotiation, Hidden Cloud and Konoha did reach a peace.
But that didn't mean Hidden Cloud gave up its aggressive ambitions.
They were just biding their time, preparing for the next invasion of the Land of Fire.
Now, Konoha's strongest noble clan had split from the Hokage regime at this time, it was the perfect opportunity.
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