Harvest

With the implementation of the new system, the relationships among the people of Kirigakure grew increasingly harmonious.

The hatred that had once been buried deep in their hearts was gradually forgotten.

Perhaps because of the reforms, the relationships among the ninja were no longer so tense and distrustful, and the notion of taking pride in bloodshed was slowly erased as well.

The cold-blooded, murderous spirit of the Kirigakure ninja had weakened considerably, as had their competitiveness.

Thus, when the village prepared to form the Seven Ninja Swordsmen once more, the ninja were not very enthusiastic about participating. They seemed distinctly uninterested.

Because of this, Mei Terumi had no choice but to suspend the selection of Ninja Sword Wielders and turn her attention to the new generation studying at the school.

"What do you think of these children?" Mei Terumi asked, handing a document to Qi Shuang.

Qi Shuang skimmed through it. It listed the basic information of seven children.

The first one at the top was Hozuki Suigetsu of the Hozuki Clan.

He took a closer look and discovered that all those children had a certain foundation in swordsmanship. In fact, their swordsmanship was quite good.

Before he could ask, Mei Terumi slowly explained, "I had the schoolteachers carefully investigate them and select these children with a foundation in swordsmanship. We plan to train them specifically so that they can take over the Ninja Swords in the future and become Kirigakure's new Seven Ninja Swordsmen!"

"Targeted training? That isn't a bad idea!"

Qi Shuang nodded and said seriously, "However, the Ninja Swords are far too dangerous."

"Even if they're trained from childhood, we can't simply hand the Ninja Swords over to these children for use."

"It would be better to have the people below make some imitation weapons for them