The Ninja Academy's Incredible Legends (41) The Principal Who Wanted Peace Was Always Interrupted by Baffling Events

The Ninja Academy had been established at the very beginning of Konoha's founding, making its history nearly as old as the village itself.

When villagers spoke of the Ninja Academy in everyday conversation, they meant the teaching district near the northern end of the village center. It occupied an enormous area, only slightly smaller than the Uchiha Clan's compound in the village center during its heyday.

The school was not far from Kage Rock, and the emergency shelter in the rear mountain was nearby. Should the village face a major crisis, the Ninja Academy's students could escape through several routes.

Many * ago, the Ninja Academy had merely been a training camp with two training fields and several low buildings. It had gradually expanded over the past several decades to reach its current scale.

In Mizuki's eyes, as the principal, the Ninja Academy was far more than just this patch of land. Besides the teaching district, it also included three dedicated training grounds in the village, two open training ** that could be borrowed temporarily, and no fewer than five trial areas featuring simulated environments such as hills, rainforests, and swamps. The ** Forest was merely one of the more famous ones.

As an ordinary teacher, one only needed to handle teaching duties. But as principal, the daily work of administrative management was what truly drained one's energy.

Keeping such a massive institution running normally was no easy task.

In the past, the Hokage had always served concurrently as principal. Now, however, Mizuki had to take care of this entire mountain of work himself.

As the overall person in charge, it was ** to handle everything personally all the time, so he had Sixth Hokage Hatake Kakashi recruit a secretary on his behalf. After nearly a month of selection, Shiho