The Ninja Academy's Incredible Legends (35) "Newcomers" Don't Find It Easy to Be Popular

Ever since the incident where the goggles were snatched in class, Makoto Ito, who had provided cover, and Futaba Tsumugi, who had acted directly, were both reprimanded on the spot.

What was more, they were ordered to clean the classroom for three days after school.

Little Miyuki and Nagi Gekko, who often played with them, also came under suspicion.

Fortunately, little Miyuki usually did not cause trouble, and Nagi Gekko was an especially well-behaved child. The two of them escaped punishment without incident.

To a few children, it was a major event worth paying attention to, but to the Ninja Academy, it did not even count as a ripple.

A few days later, the day for recent graduates to give interactive demonstration lessons had arrived.

Other than the teachers at the academy, the children rarely got to see ninjas besides their parents.

Students who had only recently graduated were still practically children themselves. Interacting with Ninja Academy students had already become a tradition.

Besides academic classes, the more common activities had senior students act as team leaders, taking teams of three or four students through wilderness survival, codebreaking, forest hikes, and the like. They were slightly more difficult than ninja games, yet still easier than the simplest D-rank missions—just right for teams of rookies and complete amateurs.

Even so, the Ninja Academy would do its utmost to ensure safety, properly setting up traps along the route to suitably test the current students.

As team after team disappeared into the forest, the teachers began carrying out their assigned tasks.

Umino Iruka, who was in charge of the actual implementation, handed the group roster to Mizuki.

"Principal, do you have any other requirements?"

"You people created the terrain for the entire event yourselves. What could I possibly have to say? If something