Whenever you focused on one thing, time seemed to fly by.
Tokiju hadn't even realized how much time had passed when the school bell rang.
The students stirred at the sound of the dismissal bell, but Umino Kai, standing at the front of the classroom, stopped them.
"All right, everyone. It's time to go home, but first, I have some homework for you."
"You all heard Lord Hokage's speech today, so your assignment is to write a reflection on what the Will of Fire means to you!"
"Be sure to do your best. If you write something outstanding, Lord Hokage might see it!"
The students became excited at his words, chattering among themselves about how Lord Hokage was sure to be impressed by their reflections.
Tokiju looked around and noticed that Little Itachi seemed just as excited as everyone else.
It seemed the title of Hokage held a truly lofty place in the hearts of the people of Konoha! Tokiju silently marveled.
Still, he'd had an idea of what today's assignment would be.
Using a reflection to determine whether the civilian children and orphans felt a sense of belonging to Konoha was quite a clever strategy!
After all, even though the Third Ninja War was over, the Cloud Ninja were still clashing with Konoha, and casualties continued to mount every day.
The war had created countless orphans. Konoha had an orphanage to care for them, but keeping track of them all was difficult.
Konoha also provided orphans with decent benefits. Anyone with the talent to learn chakra could attend the Ninja Academy.
But the village needed to understand what these orphans were thinking, so an essay on the Will of Fire was quite useful.
Whether they resented Konoha, and what they thought and felt, could all be gleaned from the