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  Mei Terumi, now sp gold-rimmed gsses, donned a knee-length teacher’s uniform meticulously measured and designed by Gojo Kaigetsu.

  It just goes to show, tail is a profession no successful man ighe uniform fit surprisingly well.

  Indeed, Konoha’s productivity hadn't yet reached the point where one could simply "lie down ahings happen"-something any kunoichi could manage-and still avoid work.

  Of course, Mei’s initiative also pyed a part. Her empty life in Konoha needed filling.

  Physical emptiness was easily addressed, thanks to certain schorly arras. However, filling the void in her soul was a different matter.

  To this end, she needed a job to occupy her restless mind. New bonds in a new vilge.

  Thus, Mei volunteered to bee a teacher at the Konoha Ninja Academy. On the one hand, she aimed to personally nourish Konoha’s younger geion, bolstering their military strength and elevating Gojo Kaigetsu’s influen the shinobi world.

  This would pave the way for sweet revenge against Kirigakure, the vilge that had wounded her so deeply.

  Oher hand, she was weary of the endless power pys of the ninja world. The stronger a ninja, the more likely they were to bee someone else's pawn.

  Quietly tending her wounds in the shadow of a powerful man, maniputing influence from behind the ses, was enough. For example… bearing the legitimate firstborn son of the Gojo , before the hostile Gojo Ai could.

  Possessing two Kekkei Genkai slowed her progression pared to other ninjas.

  Yet, Mei unmatched among her peers and capable of challenging those above her. Assigning someone of her caliber to a mere teag position seemed like a waste.

  Her colleagues were just in, brimming with the Will of Fire. Following Gojo Kaigetsu’s principle of maximizing everyone’s potential, Mei should have been shining elsewhere.

  But Gojo respected individual choices. And so, Mei bypassed the plex teacher sele process, being an Academy instructor ht.

  Gojo Kaigetsu personally assigned her to the css taining Itachi Uchiha and Izumi Uchiha.

  “Uh… Mei-sehis is the new css schedule and the updated Academy regutions.” A young teacher offered the dots with practiced deference.

  Everyone khat this newly arrived kunoichi was formerly from Kirigakure. That she, with such a sensitive background, had passed the political review and the rigorous sele process to bee a ninja Academy teacher suggested powerful bag.

  The answer, was obvious.

  Almost all clues poio that man. Behind every successful woman, there portive man, and the man behierumi was the Principal of the Konoha Ninja Academy, Gojo-sama!

  Many astute Academy teachers had figured this out. Since Mei’s arrival, they'd devised all sorts of ways to curry favor, vying for opportuo gaitention and dispy their devotion.

  In modern terms, they were all simps.

  But they weren't simping for Mei’s beauty; they were simping for the power she represehe influence of the man behind her. Power simps.

  “Oh, thank you, Mizuki-sensei. Just pce them on my desk. I’ll look at them ter.” Mei had grown aced to such fawning. She khey weren’t worshippihey were worshipping their own desire for power, the man at her back.

  ‘How amusing~’ Mei readily accepted this game, reminding herself that this was merely an appetizer. She would climb higher, step by step. Eventually, not just the Academy, but everyohin Konoha’s system would bow and scrape before her.

  Her thoughts returo the present. Walking down the Academy hallway, Mei noticed the buzz surrounding a erm: “study partners.”

  Study partners… an intriguing cept.

  Nearing her , Mei overheard the children’s gossip:

  “Hey, hey, Izumi-, did you get matched with a study partner?”

  “I did! A girl emari.”

  “Whoa, so lucky! I didn’t get matched with anyone. And I heard Temari is the princess of Sunagakure!”

  “Izumi-, you should bee good friends with her. Maybe the Sand princess will give you some precious treasures!”

  Even just the voices veyed overflowing envy. Most of the students in this css were still oblivious to the harsh realities of the ninja world. They didn’t see the traudents from Sunagakure as rivals, as future enemies of their vilge.

  They were simply curious, wanting to make friends with children from a different nd. Especially someone like Temari, a princess of another vilge-befriending her would be incredibly prestigious.

  Faced with her cssmates’ envy and fttery, Izumi Uchiha simply smiled faintly. Havirained by Gojo Kaigetsu, her mental fortitude far surpassed these five and six-year-olds.

  She uood that the Principal had brought in these Suna traudents to hohe Konoha students’ sense of dahey… weren’t friends. They were future enemies!

  “It’s not a big deal. I never y friends based on their family background.” Izumi’s young face held a serious expression. “No matter how impressive the Suna students’ backgrounds are, none of them are as impressive as mine.”

  Like a featherweight against Galio, the silence was deafening. Her cssmates were speechless.

  Eavesdropping from the doorway, Mei smiled to herself. The two Uchiha children in her css were surprisingly mature.

  Itachi was quiet and reserved, seemingly always lost in thoughts of training. Acc to that sdrel Gojo Kaigetsu, Itachi had already awakened his Sharingan before the Kirigakure i. Awakening at five… a scary talent.

  With a monster like him around, Konoha’s dominan the shinobi world ractically assured for the wenty years. This aligned perfectly with Mei’s is.

  And then there was Izumi, so you able to utter such disarming words, pletely ued by the prestige of the Sand princess… quite remarkable.

  Ah, the Uchiha ~

  Their powerful Kekkei Genkai and fiercely protective nature were rehroughout the shinobi world. No matter their standing within the , if an Uchiha was bullied by outsiders, the entire would swarm to their defense, especially now that they'd received love and uanding.

  This protective nature, regardless of sequeruly allowed them to disregard y-nine pert of the “family backgrounds” in the shinobi world.

  As for the remaining one pert… perhaps that would emerge from her own womb one day.

  Even as an outsider, Mei had heard tales of the “unpayable debt of gratitude” towards the Principal within the Uchiha . And if the debt to the Principal couldn't be repaid, theher could the debt to his child.

  Therefore, the Uchiha were her people, and their children deserved her utmost dedication as their teacher!

  Straightening her uniform, Mei pushed open the door:

  “Css is in session!”

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  Students from Sunagakure’s Ninja Academy attending csses in Konoha? This was a rare occurren the current shinobi world.

  Numerous vilgers with time on their hands gathered at the Academy gates, eager to see if these Suna students, seeking education in Konoha duriime, also had two eyes and two legs.

  This news, naturally, reached Samui.

  “Sunagakure actually… went this far?”

  “This is… serious.”

  Sitting at the High Academy Publishing House president’s desk, Samui’s expression turned grave.

  First, Pakura was colred by Gojo Kaigetsu and turned into a pet, and now Sunagakure was sending their Academy students to Konoha for exge. These signs indicated an alliaween Suna and Konoha.

  Yet, they were publicly prog a military alliah Kumogakure against Iwagakure. It was baffling.

  To uand the situation without alerting Gojo Kaigetsu, Samui disguised herself and spent the afternoon at Taiten Ninja Tool Shop, ing muscle-enhang potions.

  Finally, amidst the gossip of Konoha’s various social circles, she gleaned a crucial piece of information…

  “Hey, my kid got lucky. They just filled out a form requesting a strong ahy study partner from Suna, and somehow they got selected.”

  “Wow, that’s rare. There were only twenty spots for study partners, right? The bes must be substantial.”

  “They are. We received quite a bit of financial aid. The Academy administration also spoke with us parents, urging us to guide our children, ence iion with the Suna students, and promote peace betweewo vilges.”

  After a moment, it clicked for Samui!

  Ign the smokes, the essence of the study partner system was Konoha's attempt to win over Sunagakure’s younger geion.

  By establishiional bonds now, the likelihood of war between Konoha and Suna would signifitly decrease in a few years, when these children grew up.

  As a spy, Samui uood the power of “bonds.” Sometimes, bonds could transd even the dedication to one's vilge, the geions of accumuted hatred between vilges.

  Grasping the implications of Konoha’s “study partner system,” a cold sweat broke out on Samui’s skin.

  This was a btant strategy, a ploy for the future.

  If Konoha’s pn succeeded, it would deal a devastating blow to Kumogakure’s grand ambition. A geion of Suna ninjas close to Konoha would never wholeheartedly join Kumogakure in suppressing Konoha.

  The thought made Samui restless.

  Smming down a wad of Konoha cash with a dismissive “Keep the ge,” she hurried back to her love with Gojo Kaigetsu.

  “Heart-to-Heart unication Jutsu, activate-!”

  Samui eled her chakra, preparing to transmit this startling news immediately.

  How should Kumogakure respond? Samui pondered.

  First, could they force Sunagakure to abandon this exge program with Konoha at the Academy level? Unlikely. Sunagakure was one of the Five Great Vilges; Kumogakure had nht to interfere with their policies. Furthermore, the students were already in Konoha. A sudden ge of pns would damage Sunagakure's reputation.

  Therefore, there was a y-nine pert ce Sunagakure wouldn't resd the exge program.

  If they couldn’t ge Suna’s policy, they could implement their own. Kumogakure couldn’t interfere with Suna’s internal affairs, but as military allies, shouldn’t they also have exges between their younger geions?

  Following this line of thought, Samui's perspective broadened.

  There were very few Konoha policies that Kumogakure couldn’t replicate! If Konoha could have exge students, so could Kumogakure! If Konoha had an open and inclusive study partner system, Kumogakure could be even more open and inclusive!

  Without hesitation, Samui densed her observations and thoughts, transmitting them bae.

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  [--TOP SECRET--]

  [--OPEN WITH CAUTION--]

  [Year 51 of Kumogakure, Informant: Samu

  [Source: Konoha Ninja Academy]

  [Intel: Sunagakure has dispatched twenty Academy students to Konoha for an exge program. Konoha has implemented a “study partner system,” aiming to foster bonds between the younger geion of the two vilges.]

  [If this pn succeeds, even if the Great Kumogakure Prosperity Pn achieves initial success, it could be jeopardized in the near future when the pro-Konoha geion of Suna ninjas asds to positions of political power…]

  [I believe we should follow Konoha’s lead and invite Sunagakure to send students to Kumogakure for a simir exge program, seg the success of the Prosperity Pn in the years to e.]

  Far away, in the Raikage’s office…

  Mabui, arms full of dots, reparing to end her workday and head home for a rexing evening when Samui’s Heart-to-Heart chakra thread, carrying its message, invaded her mind.

  Top-secret intel!

  Typically, Samui only transmitted informatio night in secluded locations. Sending intel during work hours indicated the urgency of the situation.

  Mabui couldn't care less about her free time. Dropping the files, she clicked-ccked in her high heels towards the Raikage’s office.

  Bang-

  “E-Emergency, Raikage-sama!”

  “Samui has sent top-secret intel!”

  The Raikage, A, seemed to have adopted a yle. His once proudly dispyed pecs were now modestly covered by a feard buttons. He had learned restraint.

  A set down his dots. He was currently troubled by the ret surge in unexpined violent is at the vilge's ninja tool shops.

  “Speak, what intel has Samui brought?”

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