The True Will of Fire

Upon hearing Principal Kankan's words, Qingcheng stopped in her tracks, realizing she had almost walked past the teaching building.

All the elementary and middle school students were shocked to see the Fifth Hokage walk past them and head straight for the Hokage Building. They began to whisper among themselves, "Does the Fifth Hokage dislike us? Or is there some special meaning behind that school building?"

Fujikawa and the others looked puzzled, but they still took out their cameras and started taking pictures.

Seeing Qingcheng staring at the teaching building with a thoughtful expression, Huanjian asked again, "Fifth Hokage, is there something wrong with this teaching building?"

Qingcheng looked at the puzzled crowd, but couldn't explain that he had been overthinking things and hadn't noticed them, simply walking past them.

Then Qingcheng said with a serious expression, "This building is still too old. Hiruzen Sarutobi often uses village money to repair the Ninja Academy, but the teaching building is still so dilapidated. It's obvious that someone here is embezzling the money for repairing the school and putting it into their own pockets."

The teachers at the ninja academy were all shocked upon hearing Qingcheng's words. They exclaimed, "We've been reporting to the village regularly that the Ninja Academy's teaching buildings are old and need repair. The village has always said they're facing financial difficulties and need to wait. We didn't expect Hiruzen Sarutobi to have already allocated funds. It seems someone embezzled them!"

Even Principal Kankan was furious, saying angrily, "That Hiruzen Sarutobi, actually embezzled school funds! He's inhuman!"

Looking at the teachers discussing amongst themselves, Qingcheng thought to himself, "Unexpectedly, by sheer coincidence, another piece of evidence against Hiruzen Sarutobi has been discovered. It seems that the thirty charges against him are no longer enough to contain his Hiruzen Sarutobi evidence."

The students standing on the playground, upon hearing that someone in the school was embezzling money and that the Fifth Hokage had discovered it, exclaimed in shock, "Fifth Hokage, as expected of the strongest Uchiha Clan Head, you were able to detect embezzlement even without activating your Sharingan. You are truly amazing."

Upon hearing Qingcheng's words, Fujikawa and the rest of the Publicity Department angrily cursed, "This Hiruzen Sarutobi is utterly despicable! We must spread the word far and wide, making sure everyone knows that this guy who embezzled huge sums of money from the school is known to every corner of Konoha. Let everyone know that Hiruzen Sarutobi once again harmed students, forcing them to study in dilapidated buildings!"

Qingcheng waved his hand again, and said with a serious expression, "No matter how hard things are, we can't let the students suffer. These students are the Future of Konoha. I, the Hokage, will immediately allocate 500 million Ryo to renovate and expand the entire Konoha Ninja Academy, so that every student can feel the presence of the Will of Fire."

The Will of Fire promoted by Qingcheng is more detailed and focuses more on offense; it's about burning others to illuminate oneself.

"This 'self' refers to the villagers, and 'others' refers to other ninja villages. The people of your own village are your comrades, while the people of other ninja villages are your enemies. You must protect your own village, illuminate your own village, and learn to burn down other ninja villages to illuminate your own village."

After Qingcheng spoke, Principal Kankan and the others said excitedly, "Thank you, Fifth Hokage! Thank you, Fifth Hokage! If the school is expanded, our teaching quality will improve significantly!"

The students standing on the playground looked excited upon hearing Qingcheng's words and shouted, "We're going to study at a new school! That's fantastic!"

Naruto, his face full of admiration, said, "The Fifth Hokage is the Hokage I admire most. I want to become Hokage who gets things done in the future."

Upon hearing Naruto's words, Sasuke's face returned to its arrogant expression, and he said seriously, "You big idiot, although what you said is very true, don't forget, Brother Qingcheng is the pride of our Uchiha Clan."

Sakura looked at Sasuke, who, despite his haughty demeanor, was clearly excited. It was obvious that Naruto's words were very much to Uchiha Sasuke's liking.

Sakura said with admiration, "The Fifth Hokage was truly outstanding. He not only restored order to Konoha, but also eliminated the Evil Hiruzen Sarutobi and the wicked Shimura Danzō, powerfully stabilizing Konoha from the brink of collapse. If I could become Hokage someday, I would want to be like the Fifth Hokage Hokage."

Ino looked at Qingcheng and said excitedly, "The Fifth Hokage is more handsome than Sasuke, and much gentler. If I can't win Sasuke's heart, I'll just go after the Hokage and become Sasuke's sister-in-law. Isn't that skipping a level? I'm so smart!"

Just then, in the middle school class, a boy with thick eyebrows and big eyes excitedly said, "I've decided! I want to become Hokage someday! Even though I don't know Ninjutsu, I want to be like Might Duy Guy and specialize in Taijutsu. I also want to Might Guy's apprentice and become Guy-sensei's student!"

At this time, Rock Lee was also a bottom-of-the-class student, repeating his seventh grade because he couldn't train in Ninjutsu. However, after hearing the Fifth Hokage say that even without Ninjutsu, as long as one's strength is sufficient, one can become a Jonin of Konoha, Rock Lee decided to become Guy's apprentice and become a ninja specializing in Taijutsu.

Neji Hyuga, his face full of admiration, said, "The Fifth Hokage doesn't look down on the Hyuga Branch Family. Moreover, the Konoha Police Force is the place we Hyuga Branch Family members aspire to the most. Once we join the Police Force, we won't be persecuted by the Main Family, and the Main Family won't dare to bully the branch family members of the Police Force, because Minister Zhang of the Police Force really dares to raid the Hyuga Clan."

The brothers Sashin and Sai, saw Qingcheng approaching and excitedly shouted, "Fifth Hokage, it's been a long time! Do you remember us? I'm the trainee you rescued from the Root Base!"

Meanwhile, third-year student Toraji excitedly shouted, "Hokage -sama, Hokage -sama, I'm here! Look at me!"

Seeing the students stirring up again, the Director Takemasa shouted, "Shut up! The Hokage is coming! Stop whispering and standing still! Pay attention!"

As Qingcheng walked over from the teaching building, all the students, including the teachers, wore respectful expressions and greeted him, "Fifth Hokage."

Seeing that all the students and teachers were being overly respectful, Qingcheng smiled and said, "Everyone is being too reserved. First of all, I prefer lively children. Secondly, I originally planned to visit everyone earlier, but there have been too many things going on in the village these past few days, so I was delayed for a few days."