"That's a good idea." Tobirama Senju's eyes lit up. Konoha needed many more ninja, and it needed more competition, too.
The Ninja Academy could stay as it was, while a branch school was built outside the village. Only outstanding students could enter the main school, and those who failed to work hard or lacked the ability would be sent back to the branch. Handled carefully, it would make for a sound system of advancement.
"From now on, anyone who wants to become a local administrator in Konoha will also need to graduate from the Ninja Academy," Uchiha Yi continued. "I hope every major clan in Konoha will send its children there to study."
As he spoke, Uchiha Yi looked toward Uchiha Mikoto.
Uchiha Mikoto understood at once. "From now on, all Uchiha children will attend the Ninja Academy."
Until then, the Ninja Academy had been an opportunity for ordinary civilians. By enrolling, they had a chance to become ninja and change their fates.
But for children from ninja clans, the Academy was not the only path. Their clans had instructors of their own, and some even believed the Academy would teach their children bad habits. In the Uchiha Clan, probably fewer than one in ten children were sent there.
Of course, not every child in the Uchiha Clan was suited to becoming a ninja. Some lacked the talent, while others chose to be taught within the clan.
Now Uchiha Mikoto had made her position clear. Uchiha Yi was the Hokage, and the Uchiha Clan would naturally support him.
Besides, the Uchiha Clan now followed Uchiha Yi's word almost without question.
"The Uzumaki Clan, too!" Kushina Uzumaki declared at once, though her clan now had only a handful of members left.
Its population was slowly recovering, but Kushina Uzumaki had no