"Next, I will announce the top ten graduates of this year's Ninja Academy!"
As Itachi's voice fell, all sorts of excited discussion immediately erupted throughout the venue.
Now, the main event was finally beginning!
This year's graduates were simply too outstanding. In everyone's eyes, anyone who could squeeze into the top ten would at worst become a jonin in the future.
Provided they did not die young.
"How exciting! Who exactly are the students in the top ten?"
"Your child definitely won't be among them!"
"What? Damn it, neither will yours!"
"Tch, obviously. My child's ranking was announced long ago, way back in the dozens!"
"Mm~, mine too..."
"Then was I wrong?"
There were simply too many conversations like this between parents in every corner of the academy.
The students who graduated in the top ten were different from everyone else.
Not only would they receive prize money, but they would also be awarded specially made ninja tool kunai.
These kunai were not meant for battle. They merely represented personal honor.
Besides that, the top ten students could also learn some ninjutsu as rewards.
The rewards for the top three were on an entirely different level!
Finally, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Itachi announced the tenth-ranked Ninja Academy graduate.
Well, Soji did not know who that person was.
However, it was obvious that the student was probably from a civilian family.
Sure enough, after Itachi announced the tenth-ranked graduate and Kabuto stepped forward to present the reward, Soji saw one of the middle-aged men attending the graduation ceremony shouting excitedly.
Although he could not hear what the man was saying, judging from his lips, Soji guessed that he was shouting, "That's my child!"
Around the middle-aged man, many other parents were congratulating him.
Of course, some of their