During the next class, an even more shocking scene unfolded before them... "Hello, everyone. My name is Akimichi Yuguchi. I'll be your ninjutsu instructor." A strong-looking man grinned as he spoke.
"Th-th-th... isn't that..." Obito's eyes went wide. He whipped around and hurriedly asked Asuma, who was sitting behind him, "You've definitely got some inside information. What's going on here?"
"How am I supposed to know?" Asuma snapped back irritably, but when he saw Kurenai's little look that said she wanted to know too, he finally lowered his voice and said, "My cousin only said he'd been transferred out of the Anbu. As for the others... seems like it's the same."
"Uh... what you said and saying nothing aren't actually that different," Guy cut in with perfect precision.
"You little brats talking over there, shut your mouths." Akimichi Yuguchi flicked a piece of chalk with pinpoint accuracy onto Obito's head. "I know what you're concerned about, but right now, it's class time."
Hearing that, the few of them quickly settled down and listened seriously to Akimichi Yuguchi's lecture...
Konoha higher-ups' meeting.
The clan heads of several major families and the people in charge of Konoha's important posts had all arrived. The only one who seemed out of place was an Anbu wearing a cat mask, sitting in a hidden corner...
Before long, Danzo arrived with the two advisers, and Hiruzen followed closely behind.
"This time, the main topic is the medical reform plan Tsunade proposed." Hiruzen sat in the main seat and said in a low voice, "Let Tsunade introduce it."
"This reform is mainly aimed at the framework left from the Second Hokage's era. We're already in a new age now, and I've put forward three reform proposals: "The core of the reform plan I'm proposing has three points: