Once Iruka had grown up, Torikaze would gradually hand over authority and let him work his way up to the position of principal.
After that, he could focus on working for Torikaze.
"Enough. Watching those people train is giving me a headache. Let's go home first."
After using the Body Flicker to return to the Cloud Clan Grounds, he found Ōnoki sitting in the courtyard and chatting with Minato.
"Oh, Torikaze's back. How is your new school? Is everything all right?"
Torikaze nodded. "Thanks for asking. Everything is going quite well for now. The teachers are just rather troubling."
Torikaze shared everything he had discovered that day with the two of them.
In the end, both Minato and Ōnoki fell silent.
"I think it would be better if you trained them yourself. You could first give them an intensive crash course on the earlier material, so they can gain some basic understanding."
Torikaze hesitated for a moment after hearing that. "That's true. I had the same plan, but when it comes to manpower, I'll still need Minato's help."
Minato nodded. "That is necessary. The Konoha Village School is meant to address Konoha's potential manpower shortage in the future, so these children must all receive an excellent education."
Minato did not say the rest aloud, but if the number of ninja really began declining year by year in the future, while these Ordinary Children only received perfunctory knowledge—
If none of them had any real ability, Konoha's development would definitely fall into decline.
What future could a village that could only rely on its older generation to hold things together possibly have?
They might as well call it Elder Village.
"With your help, I can rest much easier."
There were quite a few outstanding people in Konoha. Whether ninja or Ordinary