A lot of things happened in the ninja world this year. First, Konoha held an unprecedented grand Chunin Exam. A total of four large ninja villages at the level of the top five ninja villages participated, as well as some small ninja villages in the surrounding areas. It was an unprecedented event.
But compared to another matter, this joint Chunin exam is just a small matter.
The Five Kage Summit was held again, and the Kages from the five major ninja villages gathered in Konoha to attend the meeting.
This is a matter of great concern to the entire ninja world, whether it is a big country or a small country.
In the ninja world, the five major countries are the rule. They are the strongest countries, and their strength far exceeds that of other countries.
It can be said that the initiative of whether a war will break out in the Ninja World lies in the hands of the five major countries. As long as more than half of the major countries do not want to start a war, there will be no Ninja World War.
But if all five major countries go to war with each other, then it will definitely be a war that can sweep across the entire ninja world.
After the first Five Kage Summit convened by Hashirama, a new structure and order emerged in the Ninja World, and the Ninja World fell into a temporary peace, which lasted for the duration of Hashirama's life.
So when the second Five Kage Summit was held, all countries in the Ninja World paid close attention, because this meeting was an important meeting that could determine the future of the Ninja World.
However, although so many major events had happened, Konoha, which was at the center of the events, was unusually calm.
For example, it is the time when the ninja school starts a new school year. The ninja school did not delay for a day and started the opening ceremony as usual, and then officially started classes.
All the students attended classes as normal with no changes. There was no news of a holiday due to the successful Five Kage Summit.
It is worth mentioning that the current ninja school has been officially divided into two stages: elementary school and middle school.
Elementary school is a four-year program, and junior high school is a three-year program. Only after graduating from junior high school can one become a formal Genin.
Those who graduated last year were the last batch of ninjas from the six-year ninja school.
Since the previous ninja school was a six-year system, there was a group of fifth-year students who would normally be sixth-year students this year.
However, because of the distinction between primary and secondary school stages, they must take exams, and the level of their exams determines whether they can directly enter the second or first year of secondary school.
There is no problem with other grades, they pass the exams and advance normally.
"Well, if that's the case, excluding this year, it will take another four years before I can graduate and become a formal ninja." In the new semester, Hinata Hanayo was a little out of spirits.
Because it is a brand new school year, she is now a third-grade student.
According to normal development, students would have graduated in the sixth grade, but due to the reform of the Ninja School, the original six years were changed to four years in elementary school and three years in middle school, a total of seven years.
Especially since she had recently witnessed Kabuto taking first place in the Chunin Exam and being promoted to Chunin.
She still has so much time to become a formal Genin, but Kabuto has already become a Chunin. This makes Hanayo feel melancholy. If this continues, by the time she graduates, Kabuto will have become a Jonin.
Then how can they go on missions together? When jonin and genin go on missions together, it's usually the jonin who acts as the instructor.
Huayang had thought about graduating early before, and was planning to do so this year, applying for graduation at the end of the third year.
But her parents disagreed and told her to train more in the ninja school.
Hua Yang had no choice. She couldn't argue with her parents over the issue of graduation. Her parents were very good to her, and Hua Yang didn't want to quarrel with them.
With the division between elementary and middle schools, the third grade is actually the last chance to graduate early.
Otherwise, when you reach the fourth grade, you will not graduate early, but will be promoted to middle school normally.
So in the future there probably won't be any geniuses who graduate in one year, because if you want to go to middle school, you have to graduate from elementary school first, so there may be geniuses who graduate in two years, one year in elementary school and one year in middle school.
The new semester has arrived, and most students are quite excited. In the classroom where the teacher is not here, they excitedly discuss what they saw during the holiday, such as what new games they played, and a relative gave them a very nice kunai...
Students have always been like this. When they were in school, they felt that classes were too boring and doing homework was too troublesome and tiring.
However, when the long vacation really comes, it doesn't take long for them to think about the school days again. They miss the fulfillment of going to school, miss chatting and playing with classmates, and thus look forward to the start of school.
Of course, once school started, I soon started looking forward to the holidays, thinking about what to do during the holidays...
Looking at those classmates who were discussing various things enthusiastically, Huayang suddenly felt that people’s joys and sorrows were not the same; she just thought they were noisy.
"Sure enough, except for Kabuto, other boys of the same age are too childish." Hanayo thought with a sigh.
I'm not bragging, Huayang thinks she is quite cute. The elders around her have always been so exaggerated since she was a child, and the children around her also want to be friends with her.
But those kids were too naive. They thought of attracting her attention by bullying her, but they were eventually knocked down by her gentle fists.
Or he would deliberately speak loudly when passing by her to attract her attention, loudly talking about his good grades in a test, or that someone had given him a good gift.
Childish, so childish!
Hanayo propped her face up with her hands and began to imagine what would happen after graduation.
But Hanayo might not have expected that the changes in the ninja school were just the beginning. In the future, there might not only be elementary and middle schools, but there might also be a four-year "university".
After finishing a simple day of classes, when Huayang was about to go home, she found Dou standing at the door, seemingly waiting for someone.
Hanayo's eyes lit up and she greeted Kabuto.
Kabuto saw Hanayo and walked towards her.
"Are you waiting for someone?"
"Well, I was waiting for you."
So the two of them began to walk together at a slow pace.
When Hanayo asked why he was looking for her, Kabuto replied, "Didn't you give me a gift for becoming a Chunin before? So I also prepared a gift for you for the new semester."
After saying that, Kabuto took out a scroll, and then took out a rather exquisite small box from the scroll.
Kabuto handed the small box to Hanayo, scratched his head and said, "It's not something good, it's just the sushi I made. I hope you don't mind it."
Didn’t I ask Nagase for money to renovate the orphanage and build a new cafeteria
In addition to paying the money, Dou also went to help. Later, he took the opportunity to ask some questions and learned how to cook.
So that when Nagase gets lazy, I can just give him some money and let him buy something to eat or bring back some dumplings.
If he could cook, he could cook for himself then.
With this idea in mind, Kabuto learned some cooking.
Because Huayang often gave gifts to Dou before, Dou felt that he should give Huayang a gift in return, otherwise it would be too inappropriate.
"Why would I dislike it? It's more like I'm curious about your cooking skills." Huayang said with a happy smile.
Hanayo was a little surprised that Kabuto would specially make sushi for her as a gift, and then she was very happy. Even when she recalled today's simple and boring classes, those classes became less boring.
"As long as you're happy." Dou said with a smile.
Since Dou knew where Huayang's home was, they were not actually walking around randomly, but were heading towards Huayang's home.
Then Kabuto asked about Hanayo's studies and how her studies were going recently.
"It's about the same as before, but after you left, of course I'm number one in the class." Hanayo replied.
"That's great. I believe that Hanayo will soon become an excellent ninja." Kabuto said.
When Kabuto said this, Hanayo had a dejected expression on her face, as if a fully inflated balloon had suddenly lost all the air.
"It's still a long time... The current ninja school has been divided into elementary school and junior high school. The two stages together will take a total of seven years. I've only just started the third year." Hanayo showed a sad expression.
"Isn't it good? After the middle school stage, there will be intensive training that is different from the previous ninja school." Kabuto said with a smile.
He also knew about the reform of the Ninja School. After all, the initiator of the reform was Nagase, and he mentioned it casually during their daily chats.
Dou still remembered that Nagase said that he would not only build a middle school, but also a university in the future.
University is different from middle school. As for middle school, generally you can get in as long as your grades are not too bad.
But Nagaze said that the university entrance examination would not be easy, and only those who studied hard and had a certain talent could pass it.
Nagase's goal is to train some elite ninjas who are good at various aspects through the university, and let them delve deeply into their areas of expertise.
Of course, going to university is not a mandatory requirement. You can choose not to continue your advancement and instead graduate directly from junior high school, or you can directly become a formal Genin.
"That's fine, but..." Huayang looked as if he wanted to say something but stopped.
She couldn't say, I don't want us to carry out the mission together as teacher and disciple.
What the hell is this? My good friend who used to go to school with me became my teacher after graduation.
In the end, Huayang didn't say anything. She really felt that this kind of thing was not impossible to happen, given Dou's promotion speed.
"Study hard and practice diligently." Kabuto smiled and patted Hanayo's head.
He felt it was quite strange because he had always been the one being patted on the head.
Now, Dou touched Hanayo's head through her black hair and felt that it touched her head very well, and he felt an inexplicable sense of accomplishment in his heart.
No wonder Nagasawa Nono and even the third generation would touch his head, it turns out that patting the head is also a fulfilling thing.
Hanayo was feeling a little strange when she was patted on the head. They should be of the same generation, but now one of them is a third-year student in the ninja school, and the other is a formal ninja who has just been promoted to Chunin.
When Kuai Dou saw Hua Yang's house, he stopped and said with a smile: "Goodbye, I'll come see you when I have time."
Huayang nodded slightly in agreement and returned home with the small box given by Dou.
When Dou saw Hanayo walk into the house, he left with peace of mind.
… … … …
On the other side, in the Uchiha clan's territory, Izumi had just returned from school when he saw Itachi who came to his door.
"Itachi, why are you here?" Quan trotted up to Itachi and asked happily.
Most of the time she was the one who went to find Itachi, and Itachi seldom came to her on his own initiative, so Quan was very happy, as happy as a child who had eaten his favorite candy.
Itachi thought for a moment and said, "I have something to tell you. Let's talk while we walk to the river."
On the way, Itachi didn't say much, he just told Izumi some of his recent general situation, such as he had just passed the special operations team assessment and became a formal member of the special operations team.
When they reached the river, they sat by the river together.
At this time Itachi suddenly took out a bag of dumplings and shared half of them with Izumi.
"I just bought it, give it to you." Itachi's words were still so concise.
"Wow, is there something very happy happening today? It's so good." Quan happily took the dumpling and felt that his already good mood became even better.
Not only did he come to find her actively, but he also brought her food. Quan felt flattered.
"Happy things?" Itachi thought about it and shook his head. Parting should not be considered a happy thing, but if it was a sad thing, it might be considered one.
"Actually, I'm going to leave Konoha soon, so I came to say goodbye to you. You don't have to look for me in the future. I will notify you when I come back." Itachi said.
"Are you going out of the village on a mission? Will the mission take a long time? Why do you have to come here specially to say goodbye?" Quan asked curiously.
After all, she is a student of the Ninja School and an Uchiha, so she knows a little about ninja matters.
"It's not a mission, I just want to go out and travel." Itachi explained.
Quan's eyes widened as he stared at Itachi blankly. He didn't expect that Itachi came to say goodbye because of this.
"Why do you suddenly want to go out and travel?" Quan couldn't help but ask. In fact, she didn't quite understand what traveling was, but she knew that Itachi definitely didn't go out to play.
Itachi thought about it, then answered seriously: "For the ideal in my heart."
spring:…
She suddenly felt like there was a pathetically thick barrier between herself and Itachi.
You are obviously just kids under the age of two digits, but how come you, Itachi, are so outstanding that you want to leave the village and travel for the ideal in your heart.
But when Izumi thought that this person was Uchiha Itachi, the genius of the Uchiha clan, she understood everything.
He was so talented and so hardworking. When other Uchiha kids were still playing skipping stones, Itachi was practicing shuriken. When other Uchiha kids were playing various games like kicking the can, Itachi was practicing ninjutsu.
It is natural for someone like him to be so different from others.
"How long are you going to be away and when will you be back?" Quan tried his best to hide his sadness with a smile and said with a forced smile.
"I don't know." Itachi shook his head.
"When I have left all of the Fire Nation, I will probably be back," Itachi said.
He didn't know how long he would be away or when he would be back. After all, although he was from the Fire Country, he had rarely left Konoha.
"That's great. Then Itachi, you better keep up the good work." Izumi lost his usual playfulness, but still forced himself to suppress his sadness and tried hard to say goodbye to Itachi.
"Well, if everything goes well, I'll bring you some souvenirs," Itachi said.
After eating the dumplings, Izumi did not chat with Itachi for a long time like before, but ran back home.
Looking at Izumi's departing back, Itachi stood there in silence.
Itachi is actually a very smart guy, and among his peers, there is basically no emotion he cannot read.
He could see that Quan was just pretending to be happy. Although he had a smile on his face, he might have already started crying inside.
But he couldn't stop because of this, and he would even refuse Zuo Zhu.