The uneventful days slowly passed, and the children finally reached the age when they could graduate from the Ninja Academy.
On the day of the graduation ceremony, Hiruzen Sarutobi approached Xuanhui and Pakura.
"As jonin, each of you will be assigned three students and serve as their squad leader."
"No."
"Forget about it."
"Don't force us, old man. We have our own things to do."
"Exactly. It's not like the village is short of two jonin."
The couple took turns speaking, rejecting Hiruzen Sarutobi outright.
A vein throbbed on Hiruzen Sarutobi's forehead.
"Before, you said you wanted to look after the other children. When I checked, many of them were the eldest sons of their clans, so I didn't assign you any missions.
But now that they're graduating, you won't take them even if I assign them to you?"
"That's right. No."
"We're researchers. We don't know how to look after kids."
Hiruzen Sarutobi's smile froze. At this point, there was probably no persuading either of them.
"Ah, forget it. Do whatever you want..."
Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed helplessly.
In that case, he could only entrust these children to other jonin...
"I'll just keep enjoying my retirement..."
"That won't do, old man. Age isn't a problem!"
Xuanhui happened to have a new experiment, and Hiruzen Sarutobi happened to be the perfect guinea pig.
So, after Hiruzen Sarutobi finished his speech and the students dispersed, Xuanhui and Pakura simply kidnapped him!
Why kidnap him, you ask?
Because it was efficient, of course!
If Hiruzen Sarutobi heard that they wanted to perform an enhancement experiment on him, he would definitely refuse!
To avoid a pointless argument, Xuanhui chose to solve the problem with violence.
When light filled Hiruzen Sarutobi's vision again, he was already inside Xuanhui's laboratory.
Before he could make out his