[Konohagakure]
At the entrance of the Ninja Academy, Naruto somewhat absentmindedly walked into the school, visibly gloomy.
When he walked near the playground.
Pa!
A hand patted Naruto's shoulder.
"Naruto, what's wrong?", A familiar voice came.
Naruto turned his head to look, only to find it was Sasuke.
Sasuke's spirited appearance today was completely different from before.
Moreover, Sasuke had even patted his shoulder, he was never this enthusiastic before.
Naruto deliberately yawned, "It's nothing, I didn't sleep well last night."
Then he perked up and asked, "Why are you so happy?"
Sasuke said proudly, "You didn't see the village's announcement, did you? My master defeated even the Raikage at the border of the Land of Fire."
During this time, Naruto had been diligently and self-disciplinedly doing housework, while waiting for Uzumaki to return.
But unfortunately, Uzumaki never came back.
Kurama also stopped responding to him after answering a few times.
Although Naruto had experienced many ups and downs recently and had become much stronger.
But with Uzumaki gone, there was still an emptiness in his heart.
He had passed by the bulletin board several times, but never paid attention to its contents, since it had nothing to do with him anyway.
Now that Sasuke mentioned it, Naruto belatedly realized, "Your master? Who is it?"
Sasuke turned back and pointed at Rengoku, saying, "You weren't around before. My master is the new principal of the Ninja Academy."
Naruto looked toward Rengoku who was not far behind Sasuke.
He remembered Uzumaki had said, it was because of Rengoku that his identity as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was made public.
Naruto instantly felt a good impression toward Rengoku.
And at this moment, Rengoku was holding Karin's hand, and Gaara was following behind him, walking toward the academy.
Karin had a big smile on her face and seemed in a great mood.
Gaara wore a cold expression, as if everyone owed him money.
Seeing Naruto standing there, Rengoku said a few words to Gaara, "That blond-haired one up ahead is our Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki."
Gaara looked at Naruto with some surprise.
Naruto also met Gaara's gaze.
Eyes confirmed, this is the right person.
Naruto immediately saw that Gaara, like how he used to be, was a lonely person.
But Naruto's current mental state was much better than Gaara's.
Gaara couldn't tell at all that Naruto was also a Jinchuriki.
"He's also a Jinchuriki?", Gaara muttered.
"Let's go, once we're in the classroom, I'll introduce you."
Rengoku waved at Sasuke, then took Karin and Gaara and headed toward the classroom.
Naruto stared at Gaara and asked, "Who's that red-haired person?"
Sasuke curled his lip, "Seems to be from Sunagakure. Right now he's a prisoner of our Uchiha."
"No idea why Master brought him into the school."
"Come on, let's go to class."
Naruto temporarily pushed aside the uneasy emotions caused by Uzumaki's absence.
Just then, the bell rang.
The students on the playground all sped up and entered their respective classrooms.
When Sasuke and Naruto entered the classroom, Rengoku had already brought Gaara up to the podium, with Iruka standing beside them.
Most people, as they passed by Rengoku, greeted him.
Rengoku nodded to each one.
Once all the students had entered, Rengoku spoke up, "A new classmate joins us today."
"He is Gaara from Sunagakure, and like Naruto, he is a Jinchuriki."
"But he's the One-Tails Jinchuriki."
As Rengoku finished speaking, the classroom immediately burst into noisy chatter.
"Oh! Another Jinchuriki?"
"Weren't Jinchuriki supposed to be rare?"
"Our class already has two."
"He looks really fierce, totally different from Naruto."
"His eye circles are so dark, did he not sleep?"
The students in the class were mostly only around seven or eight years old and had no idea how explosive it was that a Jinchuriki from Sunagakure had come to study at Konoha's school.
Their only impression was that Gaara didn't look easy to get along with.
And the fact that another Jinchuriki suddenly appeared, Naruto's former uniqueness was clearly diminished.
"Gaara, go sit next to Naruto. That blond one, he's Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki."
"You two should be able to communicate."
Gaara obeyed and went to sit next to Naruto.
Iruka standing beside the podium was about to go numb, 'What kind of operation is Rengoku pulling?'
Putting Sunagakure's nuke inside the Ninja Academy, and in his class no less.
'Someone please save me.'
'Should I report this to the Hokage?'
He knew Rengoku was now not only the principal of the academy but had also been promoted to advisory elder.
He couldn't afford to offend him from any angle.
"Iruka, come out with me for a moment," Just as his thoughts were spiraling, Rengoku called him out.
Rengoku's combat achievements had already spread, and Iruka was aware.
The teenager in front of him, just seventeen, had combat power already among the top tier of the ninja world.
He felt a bit psychologically pressured.
"Principal, do you have any instructions?", Iruka asked respectfully.
"Bringing the One-Tails Jinchuriki into the school is to better monitor the Jinchuriki."
"When you report back to the Third Hokage, tell him: Jinchuriki are nothing to me."
"As long as I'm here, the issue of Jinchuriki going berserk won't happen."
"Also, in the future, regarding school matters, you can only report to the Third Hokage with my approval."
"If I don't approve, and you report privately to the Third Hokage, I'll execute you, understand?"
Now that he was an advisory elder and Iruka's superior, he had full authority to execute Iruka.
Though Rengoku said these words with a smile, the killing intent on him was overwhelming.
Iruka trembled in fear. At seventeen years old, ever since becoming a Chunin, he had only taught in school.
He had never faced such killing intent, his face turned pale.
"Yes! Principal, I understand."
Rengoku withdrew his killing aura and patted Iruka's shoulder, "The 'Will of Fire' curriculum in the school is to be removed, replaced with combat training."
"There's a significant strength gap between noble clan children and civilian kids in class."
"In the future, the class system will be restructured, I'll pull them out and form a separate class."
"No need to consider their age. They will start advanced classes. I'll take care of the teachers."
"After this period ends, notify all the teachers in each class."
Iruka didn't expect that as soon as Rengoku arrived, he would directly remove the biggest ideological subject in the academy.
But Rengoku was now his superior. What could he do?
"I understand, Principal. Then how do we select students for the classes?"
Rengoku waved his hand, "No rush on student selection, just pass the message first."
"Mm, everything I just said, report it directly to the Third Hokage."
═❀═❀═❀═❀═❀═❀═
patreon.com/AmbitiousTranslator
🥳Joining Patreon keeps me motivated and eager to work diligently, so please consider joining.🥰 You can access upto 20 advance chapter through Patreon.
https://discord.gg/bYAfGyp98y