Iruka's words made the situation clear to all the parents.
Just then, Torikaze stepped before the crowd.
"Parents, there is something you need to understand in advance. Konoha Village School was established to cultivate talent for Konoha, and what is taught here is primarily technical knowledge."
"After graduation, students can generally be assigned jobs or choose to pursue further studies. This is not an academy like the Academy of Arts, which produces stars. The two are fundamentally different."
"If any of your children have artistic talent and wish to study art, they can do so after graduating from here. They still will not be very old then, so that is perfectly fine."
The villagers could distinguish these matters clearly enough, but Torikaze mainly wanted to give them a reminder beforehand, lest someone come making unreasonable trouble later.
By making everything clear in advance, they could avoid a great deal of trouble.
"If there is nothing else, then the school will begin. The teachers will take the children around to familiarize them with the school."
The parents were all reasonable people, and with Torikaze standing there, practically no one dared cause trouble.
"We have nothing else to say. We will follow Lord Torikaze's arrangements."
"That's right. We can rest assured leaving our children to Lord Torikaze."
"Then we will leave everything else to Lord Torikaze."
Torikaze smiled faintly. "Your trust in Konoha Village School is also trust in me. The original purpose of building this school was to give Ordinary People the opportunity to learn as well."
"Although Konoha is a ninja village, its current development would not have been possible without the quiet labor and contributions of ordinary villagers. Therefore, education must treat everyone equally."
Then Torikaze spoke again.
"But everyone also knows that once war breaks out, ninjas are