Kyōichi, Konoha’s Life Mentor

"Huh?"

Obito's face fell.

He knew his performance wasn't perfect.

Especially about the sword.

How did sensei get an extra sword?

Only the sword handle was showing, who could notice that!

"Kyōichi-sensei, aren't you being too strict?" whispered Yuhi Shinku.

Compared to chunin, Obito's performance might be slightly lacking, but compared to genin, it was already quite excellent.

"No, Konoha could face war at any time, so high standards are necessary. Obito, if this were a battlefield and I needed you to use transformation jutsu to deceive the enemy, your current level would have exposed us."

Kyōichi was merciless.

Obito nodded repeatedly, not arguing a single word.

As he was pondering this, he suddenly heard a strange sound and immediately formed hand signs.

Thunk thunk thunk~

Several pieces of chalk hit the wooden log that appeared from his substitution jutsu.

"If even one piece of chalk had hit you, on a battlefield you'd be wounded... Alright, you can go. Don't tell the other students about what happened here, or I'll fail you."

"Yes!"

Obito left with mixed feelings, not daring to ask Kyōichi if he had passed.

After all, he had been late.

After he left, Tekuno turned his head, stared at Kyōichi for a long while, then couldn't help asking: "Kyōichi-sensei, I also think... aren't your standards too high?"

"Not at all. They have this ability normally, so if they fail it's a matter of mentality. Students with poor psychological quality would only be a burden on the battlefield."

"..."

They have this ability normally?

Goodness! Are they all elite genin?

Even so.

This exam wasn't at all at the level of a graduation test!

Tekuno held back his criticism.

If these had been the standards when he graduated, he wouldn't have been able to pass.

It was too difficult!

Especially the first part.

Combining Transformation and Clone Jutsu tested not just the techniques themselves, but also information gathering and observational analysis. Clearly, Obito wasn't very qualified in this area.

But even at that level, he was already better than most genin.

Perhaps this was the difference with clan children!

Tekuno thought to himself.

Next up.

"Nise Raido."

After entering and seeing Kyōichi, Nise Raido was also surprised for a second or two.

With other teachers, they felt they could pass easily, but with Kyōichi...

That wasn't necessarily the case!

"Same rules, begin."

"Yes!"

The next moment, he quickly manipulated his chakra, using Clone Jutsu and Transformation Jutsu.

Tekuno was surprised to find.

Nise Raido actually did it, performing an almost flawless combination of Transformation and Clone Jutsu, but Kyōichi still found a flaw—

Again, it was the sword.

Just the handle was showing, who could normally notice that.

However, Nise Raido's Substitution Jutsu was perfect.

Even a civilian had this level of skill...

Tekuno was utterly shocked.

Afterward, several more civilian students came.

Without exception, just as Kyōichi had said, they all performed better than Obito.

"Looking at it this way, is Obito really at the bottom?" said Yuhi Shinku.

"You can't say that. Obito is just more straightforward, not good with these detailed things. He excels at large-scale jutsu and shuriken manipulation, suitable for front-line combat."

Kyōichi took a sip of water.

The Third's team assignments had their reasoning.

In Minato's team, Obito and Rin engaged in frontal containment, while Kakashi handled the finishing blows and assassinations, all perfectly matching their respective abilities and styles.

Of course.

That was an elite team.

Regular teams didn't have such careful consideration, but they also didn't have situations where the entire team specialized in taijutsu, like Might Guy's team, which was extremely rare.

"Fireball Jutsu?"

Yuhi Shinku immediately understood Kyōichi's implication.

Large-scale jutsu, low rank.

It could only be the Fireball Jutsu.

Kyōichi nodded, and Yuhi Shinku and Tekuno fell silent.

It seemed Obito only appeared to be at the bottom; in terms of real strength, many still couldn't match him.

Of course.

It was also true that his fundamentals were poor.

His skills were too unbalanced!

Halfway through the exam, they became increasingly more shocked.

This class's quality was too high!

Whether civilian or clan children, their level far exceeded previous years, and in terms of the three basic jutsu, many civilians were even above some clan children.

To be frank.

Apart from lacking experience, these children were almost indistinguishable from genin.

The reason?

It wasn't because their talent was exceptional.

Except for a few geniuses, each class's overall level didn't vary much. If there was a change, it naturally came from the teacher.

Kyōichi!

In just one month of teaching, he had raised these children from ordinary students to nearly genin level.

Amazing!

Yuhi Shinku, who trained genin and chunin himself, clearly understood how difficult this was—frankly speaking, most jonin couldn't achieve this.

How did he do it?

Yuhi Shinku didn't quite understand.

After finishing all the examinations, he finally couldn't help asking: "Kyōichi-sensei, could you please teach me how you taught them? Why are all the students' levels generally so high?"

This was a mixed class!

Several grades mixed together, with more students than normal classes.

To teach this well...

It was incredible!

"It's simple really, just teach some students, then use the method of teaching them new jutsu to let them lead others. Let the advanced students guide those who are behind!"

Kyōichi smiled.

This was a special teaching method!

Yuhi Shinku listened and felt somewhat disappointed.

This method might work for teaching academy students, but couldn't be applied to guiding genin and chunin.

After all, chunin were different, and besides the phenomenon of keeping techniques to themselves, they had already formed their own systems, so teaching each other could easily lead to discrepancies.

However.

At the academy level, if it could be popularized...

That would be very good!

"Could this be implemented throughout the academy?"

"It probably wouldn't work with regular academy teachers, but if you really want to do it, you could have jonin teachers come in for the last month before graduation, like advance training for genin."

Kyōichi replied without hesitation.

If the school teachers couldn't achieve the effect, why not invite jonin?

It was like military training, simple enough.

There were too many successful examples from his previous life, just adapt any one of them.

"That's possible?"

Yuhi Shinku was stunned for a moment.

Inviting jonin to the academy for a month of intensive training?

This...

Was a path never considered before.

But...

Thinking carefully, he found it quite feasible.

Academy teachers were chunin, and while they were adequate for teaching, they lacked the prestige to make children follow their advice. Jonin were different.

The key was.

Kyōichi's case was right here.

His one month of teaching achieved results equivalent to many years of others' teaching.

Yuhi Shinku thought for a moment and said: "Kyōichi-sensei, I'd like to write up your case and submit it to Lord Third for his decision. You don't mind, right?"

"Of course."

After all, I'm not the one writing it.

Moreover.

If this succeeds, I'll get a lot of credit, and might even receive rewards, so why not?

In fact.

Kyōichi was even considering actively applying to come and reap some lambs from each future class.