In the afternoon, at the Ninja Academy training ground.
"Alright, students, today I'll teach you a new ninja technique—the Substitution Technique!" Standing before Class Four, teacher Koyama Jiro called out to the neatly lined-up students. After speaking, he seemed to recall something and turned to the two new students at the far left of the last row. "Mingren, Minato, before joining the class, you need to catch up on its progress. If you're willing, I'll tutor you after school."
Mingren and Minato exchanged a glance, then turned back and smiled in agreement at Koyama Jiro.
When Mirai first entered the Ninja Academy, it had already been in session for over two months. By the time Mirai and Minato advanced into the fourth year, another two months had passed. In total, more than four months had gone by. Naturally, compared to the other students, Mirai and Minato had missed quite a few lessons. Especially after entering the fourth year, the Academy had begun teaching ninjutsu to students who had passed both the ninja aptitude test and the theoretical examination. Before Mirai and Minato arrived, the other fourth-year students had already learned the Clone Technique and the Transformation Technique. That was why Koyama Jiro had said he would give the two of them extra lessons.
As for the Ninja Academy's schedule, once enrolled, students only had time off after school each day and one and a half days of rest every week. There were no monthly breaks, much less the famous summer and winter vacations from Mirai's previous life. Therefore, the Ninja Academy was still holding classes in mid-April.
Mingren, who had experienced a different life in the past, did not find this unbearable. Ninja was a respected profession in this world, so if it demanded more of you, there was no