Konoha's Sixtieth Year

"Time really flew by."

Standing in the Captain of the Guard Division's office and looking at the long line outside the Hokage Building in the distance, Uchiha Kei could not help but smile and shake his head.

That line consisted almost entirely of adults paired with children, aside from a few more independent little ones and children who had grown up in the Orphanage.

Today was indeed a rather special day, because it was now Konoha Year 60.

Simply put, the children born during the baby boom after the Third Great Ninja War had basically all graduated from the Ninja Academy!

The earliest among them was that kid Hyuga Neji, who had graduated last year.

With the Caged Bird removed, his father still alive, and having received Hyuga Aya's guidance, he was nothing like the ghostly "my fate has already been decided" version from the original work.

Confident and proud, yet never bullying others by relying on his status—one could say the boy was now full of strengths, and his abilities were quite impressive as well.

The only regret was that he was a little too respectful toward both Hyuga Aya and Hyuga Hinata.

After graduating, he had actually wanted to report to the Guard Division. After all, his father was one of the Guard Division's five great figures, in charge of an entire brigade.

But Hizashi Hyuga had no such intention at all. He preferred for his child to be tempered from the ground up, even if his strength was already more than sufficient.

As a result, he had not passed the assessment, even with favoritism.

Fortunately, it was Neji. If it had been Naruto, he probably would have run over to find Uchiha Kei long ago.

The Hyuga Clan's upbringing was still very strict, even though the distinction