Konoha's Ninja Academy had been founded by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju. At the time, war was raging, and it had been established to ensure the ninjas' combat strength and the stability of their education.
When Hiruzen Sarutobi succeeded him as the Third Hokage, he further developed the Ninja Academy. He placed particular importance on cultivating talent and established a whole series of talent-training systems.
While other ninja villages still treated Genin as cannon fodder to be expended on the battlefield, Konoha's Genin were gradually becoming ninjas capable of standing on their own with the help of their Jonin leaders, and then went on to help train the next generation of ninjas.
It could be said that precisely because two generations of Hokage had valued education, and because fresh blood constantly flowed in, Konoha possessed an endless supply of fighting strength!
"Wherever leaves dance, fire burns. The shadow of the fire shines upon the village, and new leaves will sprout."
Hiruzen Sarutobi's words were the truest depiction of Konoha's ninja cultivation system.
Konoha's Ninja Academy now had six grades, with at least two Chunin-level instructors in each grade. As long as students graduated successfully from the Ninja Academy, reaching the standard of an ordinary Genin was certainly no problem.
Of course, nothing was absolute, and the Ninja Academy also produced some exceptional geniuses.
For example, Kakashi had graduated from the Ninja Academy at five, been promoted to Chunin at six, and become a Jonin at twelve. Then there was Itachi Uchiha, who enrolled at six and graduated from the Ninja Academy at seven.
Opposite those geniuses were the "dead last" students who spent six years at the Ninja Academy and still nearly failed to graduate, such as his younger brother in this life, Naruto Uzumaki...
At that thought, Zhang Miao's