Konoha Calendar Year 36

Chapter 1 Konoha Calendar Year 36

Late March, Konoha Year 36.

In a classroom at the Konoha Ninja Academy.

The teacher was lecturing attentively about the history of the ninja world, while Suzuki listened attentively below, taking notes...

"The First Shinobi World War began in Konoha 14, not long after the death of our First Hokage..."

The teacher was on stage recounting past wars.

Suzuki knew that not only had the First Shinobi World War ended long ago, but the ongoing Second Shinobi World War was also nearing its end.

More than four years have passed since the outbreak of war, and over the years, the number of ninjas from various ninja villages dying on the battlefield has been increasing.

Some small ninja villages, such as the Grass Ninja Village, were even wiped out once, and some ninja clans simply lost their bloodline.

Even Konoha, the strongest of the five great ninja villages, paid a heavy price in this war!

The Uzumaki clan, their closest ally, was wiped out by a joint effort of the Cloud, Mist, and Sand ninjas shortly before the war broke out. The Senju clan suffered countless casualties on the battlefield while supporting the Uzumaki.

Fortunately, Konoha has produced many talented individuals! Even though many of the older generation of strongmen who co-founded Konoha died in World War I, Konoha still has a new generation of strongmen rising on the battlefield, such as the Legendary Sannin and the White Fang of Konoha.

Even within Konoha, the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, Hokage assistant Danzo Shimura remained, and the First Nine-Tails Jinchuriki Mito Uzumaki was still alive.

Therefore, Konoha at this time is not the Konoha that was crippled and had to send its children to the battlefield during the future Third Shinobi World War. The current Konoha is still terrifyingly powerful!

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Suzuki is 10 years old this year, and it has been exactly 10 years since he came to the Naruto world.

He was a visitor from another world. In the world before he transmigrated, he was a reader who loved reading novels, especially Naruto and One Piece.

In a book review, he replied to the comment about "limiting time travel slots to 500 per day."

The next day, when he woke up, he found himself in the Naruto world as a baby.

When Suzuki was five years old, his family had an accident while doing business, and Suzuki became an orphan.

With the help of his family's inheritance and the neighbors, he grew up to be six years old and passed the entrance exam, successfully enrolling in the Ninja Academy!

At this point, the teacher on the podium had already begun recounting the history of the Konoha Ninja Academy:

"The Konoha Ninja Academy was established by our Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju..."

Yes, and the Konoha Ninja Academy is a six-year system, with students typically entering around six years old and graduating around twelve.

Currently, there are over 1,100 students in the Ninja Academy, with each grade divided into five classes, each with approximately thirty students.

One year after enrollment, based on talent and family background, geniuses among commoners and members of ninja clans were assigned to Class 1 and Class 2, also known as the elite class. The rest were randomly assigned to the remaining three classes, also known as the ordinary classes.

Suzuki is currently a fourth-year student in Class 3 of the Konoha Ninja Academy.

After a while, the school bell rang, signaling the end of the afternoon session. The students packed up their textbooks, preparing to take them home to continue their studies.

At that moment, Suzuki's deskmate, Hanako, took off her glasses, a hint of annoyance still lingering on her innocent, youthful face.

"Ah~ I almost passed today's practical lesson. Hanako really didn't work hard enough. Double it, double it, double it tonight!"

Hanako is a girl with glasses, short, neat hair, a daisy-like figure, and a very strong and hardworking personality.

Her talent was far inferior to Suzuki's; she barely passed when she entered school, so she worked very hard.

Hanako's dream is to become a medical ninja and join Konoha Hospital.

However, given Hanako's grades in practical classes, graduating will be very difficult.

"Hanako, you'll pass next time. You can practice the methods I taught you when you have time."

Suzuki smiled gently and comforted Hanako.

As for the method Suzuki mentioned, it was naturally stepping on trees and wading through water.

Although Suzuki has a small amount of chakra, he does have some talent in controlling it.

"Okay~ Hehe, thank you Suzuki-chan. The method you taught Hanako is really useful. Hanako has improved a lot."

Hanako looked at Suzuki with eyes full of gratitude.

Suzuki chuckled and nodded, then said:

"Hanako, shall we go home together?"

Hanako, with her short hair, put on her glasses, tilted her head, looked at Suzuki, and asked in confusion:

"Going back? So early? You usually don't leave until eight o'clock."

"Almost all the students have left. It's the end of the month, and the school closes early. You haven't forgotten the time again, have you?"

Suzuki covered his forehead in frustration.

Hanako, whose petite frame was only 1 meters tall, suddenly stood up, though she was probably still shorter than Suzuki sitting down.

Her face was filled with astonishment:

"Is today the end of the month? Isn't it tomorrow? I clearly only ate 24 dumplings. Subtracting the four-day holiday, that leaves two more!"

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Suzuki was speechless: "Didn't you take a day off this month because you weren't feeling well?"

"Uh, I remember now, that seems to be it... hahaha..."

Hanako smiled adorably silly.

"So, don't push yourself too hard, Hanako!" Suzuki said with a hint of exasperation.

Hanako shook her little head vigorously, then clenched her fists:

"Suzuki, you're more talented than me. I'm probably the least talented in the class, so I have to work really, really hard to have any hope of graduating and becoming a medical ninja to enter Konoha Hospital!"

Looking at Hanako's determined expression, Suzuki replied seriously:

"Hanako, you will achieve your dream!"

Suzuki sincerely hopes that Hanako's efforts will be rewarded.

However, many students at the Konoha Ninja Academy, especially those in the civilian class, only dream of graduating successfully and becoming official ninjas.

That is, a Genin. A Chunin is a big deal, and a Jonin is something you can't even dream of!

But what is a genin? The vast majority of genin are just cannon fodder. Not everyone is a protagonist, and not everyone is a demoted jonin or possesses the Eight Gates.

Advancement as a ninja is far more difficult than imagined!

Konoha Village has a permanent population of over 100,000, of which more than 2,000 take the Ninja Academy entrance exam each year.

The number of students admitted is usually no more than 300, generally around 200 per year, with an acceptance rate as low as one in ten.

Only one-third of the students at the Konoha Ninja Academy graduate directly each year, another third return to repeat their studies, and the remaining third are not even qualified to be cannon fodder.

After all, if someone can't even master the simplest Three Body Techniques after six years, they're really not suited to be a ninja.

In recent decades, the Konoha Ninja Academy has produced about 100 genin each year. When combined with those trained by other major institutions and ninja clans, the total number is about 400 to 500.

Of these five hundred genin, probably less than one hundred can become chunin.

As for Jonin, there aren't even ten.

Moreover, most Jonin come from within ninja clans, with only about 30% of Jonin being trained at the Konoha Ninja Academy.

The vast majority of these students came from Class 1 and Class 2, the so-called elite classes.

In the decades since the Ninja Academy was established, only five Jonin have actually emerged from the civilian class, and all of them died quickly. They were probably just temporary products created by some powerful figures.

Yes, becoming a Jonin is that difficult. For ordinary people with average or even slightly better talent, the upper limit is Chunin.

Potential is something you can see the end of at a glance…

In this ninja world, Jonin represent the gap between ordinary people and geniuses, while Kage and those who surpass Kage are the distinction between humans and monsters!

If you don't have the talent, even if the village gives you A-rank and B-rank ninjutsu for free, you still won't be able to learn them.

Therefore, only those with exceptionally high talent, dazzlingly so, are worthy of being nurtured and invested in by Konoha, such as Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Minato Namikaze.

Suzuki's talent wasn't particularly outstanding, after all, he was placed in the average class.

For example, Minato Namikaze, who was two years ahead of Suzuki, was already a well-known commoner genius in Konoha.

Not long after enrolling, it seemed that Jiraiya had already taken a liking to him and entrusted him to the Third Hokage. He used various ninjutsu that could not be taught in the ninja academy, and Minato Namikaze was even more proficient in them than his teacher.

Minato Namikaze will graduate in about a month, but he already has at least the strength of a Special Jonin.

As for the members of those ninja clans, they had already learned almost everything that a genin could learn under the training of their clans. Coming to the ninja academy was just a formality for them. What they valued more was the education within their clans.

In the two elite classes, there are also some characters who didn't even appear in the original work. To this day, Suzuki is still a little behind some of them.

Even knowing all this and understanding the visible difference, Suzuki remained very calm.

The gap between geniuses and ordinary people is meant to be bridged, and the boundary between humans and monsters is meant to be broken!

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(End of this chapter)