Mu Yue Gets Tough

"Then let me ask you this, Advisor Homura: do you understand what kind of costs reform requires?"

Mu Yue did not answer Mitokado Homura's question. Instead, he asked one of his own.

"The expenses of adding another academic year. More grades mean more teachers are needed, which means higher salary expenses for teachers, as well as the construction costs for new teaching buildings and classrooms."

Mitokado Homura listed everything he could think of.

Mu Yue gave Minato Namikaze a look. Minato stood up, took out a booklet, and placed it before Mitokado Homura.

"Recompiling elementary school textbooks, writing new middle school textbooks, expanding the school..." Minato began listing the detailed expenses required for the reform.

Minato mentioned everything Mitokado Homura had brought up, as well as many things he had not.

As Mitokado Homura listened, he opened the booklet in front of him and discovered that Mu Yue's group had already roughly calculated every expenditure.

"Since you know it will consume so much manpower and money, why insist on reform?" Mitokado Homura did not back down.

What did it matter if they had prepared a budget? Who could say for certain what the quality of future students would be? Who could guarantee it?

Perhaps Mu Yue had that ability when he was personally teaching, but Mu Yue was now the Hokage. He could not possibly return to the Ninja Academy and teach himself.

"The Second Hokage's Ninja Academy was imitated by Ninja Villages throughout the shinobi world. For decades, no Ninja Village has carried out any major reforms. Doesn't that prove the superiority of the current Ninja Academy system?"

Mu Yue raised his teacup to moisten his throat. Since Mitokado Homura wanted to argue, he could not blame Mu Yue for being blunt.

"Exercise makes the body demand more energy,