After leaving the Academy of Arts, Torikaze went to Konoha Village School.
Iruka was now the Head Teacher and acting principal.
Though still a young man, he had managed the entire Konoha Village School well. Both the teachers and children held him in great respect.
It seemed that after being frustrated and unappreciated at the Ninja Academy, he had fared much better here.
Iruka had been handling documents in his office when he sensed Torikaze's arrival and immediately rose to his feet.
"Lord Torikaze! What brings you here? It's been quite some time since I last saw you."
Torikaze felt a little awkward upon hearing that. Was Iruka saying he had completely neglected the school?
But that was indeed how Torikaze operated. Once something had been established, he only needed others to take charge of it. His own task was finished.
After all, he was the boss. He only needed to put forward an idea, and people below would start building it. Others would manage it as well. He did not need to keep watch over it every moment.
"Yes, I've had quite a lot to deal with lately. You know about it too, don't you? Konoha is preparing to move the Land of Whirlpools."
Iruka did know. He was a ninja himself, but he had never expected Lord Torikaze to possess such power.
He had thought the Six Paths Level was merely one realm stronger than Kage-level. Now, though, he understood that it was not merely a little stronger. It surpassed it by an unimaginable margin.
"How have things been lately? Is there anything you can't handle?"
As the academy's acting principal, Iruka handled every matter personally. The teachers all trusted him greatly, and Torikaze had personally appointed him. Who would dare play petty tricks before Torikaze? They would