"Team 7, Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Obito, and Nohara Rin, Instructor Jonin is Namikaze Minato. Team 8, Yuhi Kurenai, Hyuga Satomi, and Chishima Ichihiko, Instructor Jonin is Uchiha Yoichi..."
This year's graduating class of the Ninja Academy consisted of five classes in total. The top class students, twenty-seven in all, were assigned to the nine Jonin present.
The graduates of the remaining four classes would be led by Special Jonin or Chunin.
"Alright, if there are no questions about the assignments, please go to the Ninja Academy to meet your subordinates. If you find someone unsuitable, feel free to come back to me, and I will make adjustments for you."
Sarutobi Hiruzen finished speaking, and seeing no one raising any issues, he allowed the nine Jonin present to leave one by one.
After walking out of the Hokage Building, as soon as Uchiha Yoichi was about to head to the Ninja Academy, someone called out to him from behind.
Turning to look, he found it was Namikaze Minato. Uchiha Yoichi asked, "What is it, Jonin Namikaze?"
"Actually, nothing much, just that Kushina hasn't seen her clansman in a long time and asked me to inquire..."
Namikaze Minato smiled awkwardly, then asked, "And about Kakashi, Mr. Yoichi, do you have any good advice?"
"No advice really; Kakashi is a genius. Just make sure he stays alive, and he'll continue to improve on his own."
Uchiha Yoichi explained; he hadn't really taught Kakashi much. The only thing he told him was to be careful during missions and not die.
"As for Minami, she recently joined the medical team. I can't be sure when she'll have time. You could ask Chunin Kushina to visit Minami at the hospital..."
"Hahaha..."
Namikaze Minato laughed awkwardly. If Kushina could move around freely, he wouldn't be playing the messenger.
"If there's nothing else, I'll head to the Ninja Academy now."
Having said that, seeing Namikaze Minato had nothing more to say, Uchiha Yoichi turned and left.
He didn't intend to conduct any tests or talk about the Will of Fire. In his team, as long as they listened, that was enough.
Arriving at the Ninja Academy, Uchiha Yoichi went straight to the first graduating class. Upon entering, he realized he was the first to arrive, as other Jonin had not yet arrived.
"Yuhi Kurenai, Hyuga Satomi, and Chishima Ichihiko, come with me."
Saying that, Uchiha Yoichi walked outside, but as he exited, he just happened to run into Kakashi.
Surprised, Kakashi asked, "Captain, why are you here? Are you going to be an Instructor Jonin?"
He knew that Yoichi had become a Jonin a year ago and had formed teams to complete many high-difficulty missions, earning the nickname Konoha Lightning Fang in the Ninja World.
Naturally, it was unlikely he would do the same as Kakashi and look for teammates at the Ninja School.
"Kakashi, starting today, you can't call me captain anymore. Unfortunately, you weren't assigned to my squad, so just call me senior instead."
Uchiha Yoichi smiled and then asked, "Why have you returned to the Ninja Academy to find teammates?"
Kakashi replied, "I don't really want to either, but my father said if I don't find teammates from the same generation, I'd have to go to the front lines and join the Ninja Corps."
With Kakashi's talent, going to the Ninja Corps would just be a waste, so he had to return to the academy and join peers as teammates.
Even though he had been a Chunin for two years, his official mission record remained sparse.
At the same time, in the classroom of the Ninja Academy, after Uchiha Yoichi left, the newly graduated Genin were a bit surprised.
"Kurenai, was that your Instructor Jonin? He looks so young."
"Seems like he's only a few classes ahead of us; already a Jonin?"
"Hey, Asuma, didn't you say you were in the same class as Kurenai? How come she's in the first class, haha..."
"Shut up!"
The classroom stirred with conversation for a while, after which Yuhi Kurenai, Hyuga Satomi, and Chishima Ichihiko stood up and headed outside.
Sarutobi Asuma watched Yuhi Kurenai leave, feeling upset. When he got home, he would surely talk to his father about it. Wasn't it agreed that he would team up with Yuhi Kurenai?