The Ninja Academy's Incredible Legends (24) Those Who Know Too Much Useless Knowledge Are Indeed Hard to Fool

In little Miyuki's eyes, Mizuki had always had far too little presence.

She had thought her father barely had anything to do with the village's ninja, yet so many senior shinobi actually knew him.

Whether he was truly as powerful as the "rumors" claimed was still uncertain, but the fact that he was a ninja could probably be confirmed.

"But I've never seen my father do anything particularly impressive."

Little Miyuki asked in confusion.

"What do you imagine a powerful ninja looks like?"

"Um..."

Little Miyuki thought about it but had no clue. She turned to her three little companions for help, but they could not reach any conclusion either.

"Wearing a Hokage cloak and a jonin combat vest should count as impressive, right?"

The four little ones nodded without hesitation.

"If they weren't wearing those, could you tell which ninja were stronger? Besides, 'powerful' is only a relative concept. With your experience and perspective, how could you possibly tell who is strong and who is weak?"

"But an outstanding ninja should at least be like my mother—leading the guards to maintain public order and punishing bad people who commit crimes, right?"

"So that's what you think a 'powerful' ninja is like..."

Kurenai Yuhi chuckled.

"The Security Department's deputy captain—Tsubaki Chie—is one of the very few people in the village to have mastered Sage Mode and a Kekkei Genkai. Her jonin assessment two years ago shocked quite a few people."

"Sage Mode? Kekkei Genkai? What are those?"

How could freshmen who could not even properly perform the Three Basic Techniques understand such high-level powers of the Shinobi World?

"It's a long story. But it seems you judge whether a ninja is outstanding by their contributions and reputation. Still, many more exceptional ninja remain unknown, so don't underestimate any ninja."

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