The departure of the other villages' ninja caused no stir at Konoha Ninja Academy.
To be honest,
the geniuses from the other four great ninja villages weren't weak. They lived up to their reputations as geniuses. They'd simply had bad luck, running into a Konoha Ninja Academy that had been turned upside down by Shinji, the "butterfly." That was why their first outings had gone so poorly.
Even so, only a handful of people at Konoha Ninja Academy could firmly outclass them: Shinji, Yakumo, Sasuke, Kimimaro, Neji, and a few others.
Others, like Shion, might be a Miko, but she couldn't reliably use her Miko powers. Haku and Karin, meanwhile, didn't dare reveal their true abilities.
Further down the ranks,
teams like the new generation's Ino-Shika-Cho, as well as Hinata, Kiba, and Shino's teams—all made up of members from bloodline or secret-technique clans—would struggle to beat them.
Of course, the young and hotheaded students at the Academy weren't about to give those geniuses from other villages a fair assessment. When their own village's geniuses crushed the visitors, they simply cheered and jeered at their rivals without restraint.
In the days that followed, the hot topics on every street corner remained the recent surgery controversy and the "Susanoo" wielded by "B" of the Akatsuki Organization.
Without any new upheaval, there were no new hot topics.
Everything seemed to have returned to normal.
To be honest, Shinji was quite fond of this kind of peace.
His plans were already complete, and with no immediate pressure, the leisurely routine made him feel wonderfully at ease.
He even vaguely felt that relaxing for a while had helped his Dojutsu grow stronger.
"Is the secret to improving my Dojutsu really just taking it easy?"
That morning, Shinji quipped to himself as he faced the mirror.