Advanced Leading the Less Advanced

"Ah?"

Obito looked crestfallen.

He knew he hadn't done perfectly.

Especially with the sword.

How had the teacher ended up with a sword?

Only the hilt was showing. Who could possibly notice that?

"Teacher Kyoichi, aren't you being a little too strict?"

Kurenai's Father said quietly.

Compared to a Chunin, Obito's performance might have been slightly lacking, but compared to a Genin, it was already exceptionally good.

"No. Konoha could face another war at any time, so demanding high standards is only natural. Obito, if this were a battlefield, I'd need you to use Transformation Jutsu to deceive and support against the enemy. At your level, you'd already have exposed yourself."

Kyoichi did not hold back at all.

Obito nodded repeatedly without uttering a word of protest.

He was still pondering this when he suddenly heard a strange sound. Obito immediately formed hand seals.

Thud, thud, thud~

Several pieces of chalk struck the wood created by Substitution Jutsu.

"If even one piece of chalk had hit you, you'd already be injured on a battlefield... All right, you may leave. Don't tell the other students what happened here, or I'll fail you."

"Yes!"

Obito felt anxious and uncertain, but he didn't dare ask Kyoichi whether he had passed.

After all, he had been late.

After he left, Tekuno turned his head and stared at Kyoichi for a long while before finally asking, "Teacher Kyoichi, I also feel... aren't your standards a little too high?"

"Not at all. They have this level of ability in their daily training. If they fail, then it's a problem with their mentality. Students with poor psychological resilience will only become deadweight if they go to the battlefield."

"..."

They normally had this level of ability?

Good grief! Were all the Genin elites?

Even so.

This examination was absolutely not at the standard of a graduation exam!

Tekuno held back his urge to complain.

If Kyoichi had used these standards back then, he would never have been able to graduate.

It was too difficult!

Especially the first round.

Combining Transformation Jutsu and Clone Technique tested more than the techniques themselves. It also tested intelligence gathering, observation, and analysis. Clearly, Obito had not done very well in this round.

But even that level surpassed the vast majority of Genin.

Maybe this was the strength of clan heirs!

Tekuno thought to himself.

Next.

"Namiashi Raidō."

After entering and seeing that it was Kyoichi, Namiashi Raidō was stunned for a second or two.

If it had been another teacher, they would have felt they could pass the graduation exam even while lying down. But with Kanda Kyoichi...

That was uncertain!

"Same as usual. Begin."

"Yes!"

The next moment, he swiftly circulated his chakra and used Clone Technique and Transformation Jutsu.

Tekuno was surprised to discover.

Namiashi Raidō had actually pulled it off. His Transformation Jutsu was nearly flawless, and he had combined it with Clone Technique without any problems. Even so, Kyoichi still managed to find a flaw—

It was the sword again.

You only showed the hilt. Who the hell would normally notice that?

Aside from that, Namiashi Raidō's Substitution Jutsu was perfect.

Even a civilian had this level of skill...

Tekuno was so shocked that he was practically speechless.

Afterward, several more civilian students came in.

Without exception, just as Kyoichi had said, every one of them did better than Obito.

"Looking at it this way, Obito really is at the bottom?"

Kurenai's Father said.

"You can't put it that way. Obito is simply straightforward and not good at these details. He's skilled at large-scale ninjutsu and shuriken manipulation, making him suited to frontal combat."

Kyoichi took a drink of water.

The Third Hokage had put thought into the team assignments.

On Minato Namikaze's team, Obito and Rin were responsible for frontal engagement, while Kakashi handled finishing blows and assassination. Their roles perfectly matched their respective abilities and styles.

Of course.

This was an elite team.

Ordinary teams didn't require so much consideration, but it was also impossible for an entire team to consist of people whose specialty was Taijutsu, like Might Guy's team. That kind of situation was exceedingly rare.

"Great Fireball Technique?"

After hearing this, Kurenai's Father immediately understood what Kyoichi was implying.

A large-scale ninjutsu of a low level.

There was only Great Fireball.

Kyoichi nodded, and Kurenai's Father and Tekuno immediately fell silent.

It seemed that Obito was only at the bottom on the surface. In terms of true strength, many of the other examinees still couldn't compare to him.

Of course.

That kid really did have a weak foundation.

He was terribly one-sided!

With the examination more than halfway over, the two of them became increasingly astonished.

This year's quality was simply too high!

Whether civilian or clan heir, their standards were far beyond those of previous years. In fact, when it came to the Three Body Techniques, many civilians had even surpassed some clan heirs in certain aspects.

To put it bluntly.

Aside from lacking experience, these children were practically no different from Genin.

Why was that?

It naturally wasn't because they had exceptional talent.

Apart from a few geniuses, the overall level of each class never differed by much. If there had been a change, the cause naturally lay with the teacher.

Kanda Kyoichi!

In just one month of lessons, he had raised these children from ordinary students to nearly the level of Genin.

Amazing!

Kurenai's Father himself had guided Genin and Chunin, so he knew exactly how difficult this was. To put it bluntly, the vast majority of Jonin couldn't accomplish it.

How had he done it?

Kurenai's Father didn't really understand.

After all the tests were finally completed, he couldn't hold back any longer and asked, "Teacher Kyoichi, could I ask you how you teach? Why are the students' overall standards so high?"

This was a mixed-level class!

Several grades had been combined, and there were more students than in an ordinary class.

And he had still managed to teach them well...

That was outrageous!

"It's simple, in a way. You just need to teach part of the class well, then use the method of teaching them new techniques to have that group lead the others. Let the advanced lead the less advanced."

Kyoichi smiled.

This was a distinctive teaching method!

Kurenai's Father felt somewhat disappointed after hearing it.

This method could teach the children at the Ninja Academy, but it couldn't be applied to the guidance and training of Genin and Chunin.

After all, Chunin were different. Leaving aside the tendency to guard their knowledge jealously, they had basically already formed their own systems. Teaching one another could easily lead to deviations.

However.

If it could be implemented throughout the Ninja Academy...

That would still be excellent!

"Could this be implemented throughout the Ninja Academy?"

"If you have the Ninja Academy teachers do it, probably not. But if you really want to try, you can have Jonin instructors teach them during the month before graduation. It would be equivalent to an early training camp for Genin."

Kyoichi answered without hesitation.

The school's own teachers wouldn't have the same effect, so why not invite Jonin?

It was just military-style training. How difficult could it be?

There had been countless successful examples in his previous life. He only needed to pick one and apply it.

"It can be done like that?"

Kurenai's Father was stunned for a long while.

Invite Jonin to the Ninja Academy to run a month-long training camp?

This...

It was a path he had never considered.

But.

After thinking it through carefully, he realized that it was genuinely highly feasible.

The school teachers were all Chunin. Although they were capable of teaching, they lacked sufficient prestige to make the children follow their advice. Jonin were different.

The key point was that Kyoichi's results were right before their eyes.

One month of his teaching was practically equivalent to the results of several years of instruction from many others.

Kurenai's Father thought for a moment before saying, "Teacher Kyoichi, I want to write up your situation as a case study and submit it to the Third Hokage for his decision. Would you be willing?"

"Of course."

It's not like I'll be the one writing it.

Besides.

If this succeeded, the credit would be immense. He might even receive a reward. Why not?

In fact.

Kyoichi was already considering applying to teach each new class in the future, so he could reap another round of benefits.