Konoha Ninja Academy.
It was vastly different from the one in the original story.
The Ninja Academy of this era was now the wealthiest place in the entire world. Technology was almost entirely monopolized by Konoha.
As the cradle for Konoha to nurture its next generation of shinobi, the Konoha Ninja Academy had access to the world's wealth. Its funding and resources were worlds apart from the past—abundant beyond measure!
The academy grounds alone had expanded several times over.
Its state-of-the-art facilities made the other four great hidden villages drool with envy. At the center of Konoha's training grounds stood a towering arena.
This place was specially built for Ninja Academy students to conduct practical combat tests, and its construction had cost a fortune. The stands around the arena were already packed with spectators.
Among them were the families of the students competing.
Aside from the Ninja Academy students, Iruka's class was already prepared in the center of the arena, beginning the matchups. Every gaze in the surrounding area was focused on the four leading figures: Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Ino Yamanaka, and Hinata Hyuga—the four most outstanding geniuses of Konoha's new generation, all personally taught by the greatest shinobi in Konoha's history, Lord Yuu!
"Group Ten: Naruto Uzumaki versus Ino Yamanaka."
"Group Eleven: Sasuke Uchiha versus Hinata Hyuga." Iruka's voice announcing the matchups echoed throughout the arena.
The spectators below no longer cared about the later matchups. Excited discussion erupted. "The Sharingan against the Byakugan?" "I wonder whether Naruto inherited the Fifth Generation's Space-Time Ninjutsu?" Excited chatter continued without end, and the battle discussed most was Sasuke Uchiha versus Hinata Hyuga. Sharingan! Byakugan!
Two of the Shinobi World's three great eye techniques! They were also the only two remaining eye techniques in the present age. The strongest eye technique,