Chapter 228 The gap in Jiraiya’s heart

Early the next morning, after a night's rest, Jiraiya arrived at the Amegakure Building.

Yahiko, who had been waiting here for a long time, came over. They planned to arrange for Jiraiya to visit Amegakure Village to witness the development and changes of Amegakure Village over the years.

Jiraiya did not refuse Yahiko's kindness. He also wanted to walk around Amegakure Village and see how Amegakure Village developed from a weak and poor shinobi village to what it is today.

If possible, he wanted to take this set of experience to Konoha Ninja Village and let the third generation teacher learn and imitate it.

After so many incidents, Konoha was no longer the invincible number one ninja village. Not only did it suffer losses in the war with Kumogakure and Iwagakure, but even Amegakure Village came from behind.

Putting back his thoughts that were gradually diverging, Jiraiya silently followed Yahiko and began to visit the Amegakure Village.

The first stop Yahiko took Jiraiya to visit was the ninja school.

Different from the semi-open ninja school in Konoha, the ninja school in Amegakure Village is a tall building. The outside is made of cold steel and concrete, but inside is a different scene, which looks extraordinary.

Not only are there many green plants inside the building, there is even a small stadium.

The arrival of Yahiko and the others immediately attracted the attention of the teachers and students of the Ninja School. They quickly came over and shouted "Leader Yahiko", and Yahiko responded with a smile.

Yahiko's calm and unhurried look reminded Jiraiya of his teacher, the Third Hokage, and he was filled with emotion.

He taught the street children back then, and now he has become the leader of the Ninja Village, and he has also gained the love of the people of Amegakure Village.

As a teacher, he has not made any progress over the years. Instead, he has gone back further and further.

After sighing with emotion, Jiraiya continued to move forward with Yahiko, visited the classroom, library, and came to the office of the principal of Ninja School.

After pushing open the office door, Jiraiya saw the familiar figure Konan.

Although Xiaonan is responsible for the financial and logistical work of Yuyin Village, he also holds the positions of principal of the Ninja School and director of the Welfare Institute.

Jiraiya said hello to Konan, and then asked about the news about the Amegakure Ninja School. He was very curious about the history of the Amegakure Ninja School.

Faced with the teacher's request, Xiaonan naturally would not refuse and explained the history of the Amegakure Ninja School to Jiraiya.

Unlike Konoha, which was the first to establish a ninja school, the Amegakure Ninja School was established very late. It was almost after the end of the Second Ninja War that Sanho Hanzo followed the example of the Second Hokage and established the ninja school.

During the reign of Sansho Hanzo, the ninja school was almost monopolized by several large families. It was very difficult for ordinary people to enter the ninja school. Even after three years of instruction, they could only become cannon fodder on the battlefield.

Hearing this, Jiraiya nodded.

The ninja school under the rule of Sanshouyu Hanzo was in line with his expectations for Amegakure Village. Amegakure Village was just a small ninja village, and a few hundred ninjas was already the limit.

And this happens to be the number of ninjas in several large ninja families.

However, he was more concerned about how the Amegakure Ninja School had changed from being monopolized by the big family during the Sanshouyu Hanzo period to its current appearance.

Although he didn't deliberately count them just now, he roughly estimated the number of Ninja School students.

There are definitely more than two hundred students in the Amegakure Ninja School, and there are even five or six hundred people. This number of ninja students has exceeded that of the Konoha Ninja School, which is really an exaggeration.

Konan saw Jiraiya's surprised expression. After talking about the Ninja School in the Sanshoyu era, he talked about the current situation of the Amegakure Ninja School.

Today's Amegakure Ninja School is different from other Ninja Villages in that it does not train mercenary-type ninjas.

Except for a small number of students who need to learn escort and assassination ninjutsu, most of the other students only need to master the three body skills, and the rest of the time can be used to take other elective courses.

For example, medical ninjutsu, chakra industrialization technology, chakra bioscience, etc.

Only after you have completely mastered one of the subjects can you officially graduate from the ninja school.

Hearing this, Jiraiya breathed a sigh of relief, and then seemed to remember something, and asked Konan:

"It's a good thing that ninjas don't fight and kill, but are your requirements for students to graduate too harsh? It's not easy for ordinary people to master the Three Body Technique."

"Harsh?" Xiaonan shook her head, and then said: "Although no students in the village have officially graduated yet, we are different from Konoha. We do not have a three-year education, but seven to nine years."

"Seven to nine years!?"

Jiraiya was shocked. He originally thought that it would be a very long time for the third generation teacher to reform the Ninja School to six years, but he did not expect that it would take seven to nine years for Amegakure Village.

I remember when he was in the ninja school, he graduated and became a genin in less than two years.

In Minato's era, the requirements were much stricter, but it only took three years to graduate. Nowadays, ninjas are really living in a good era.

At this time, Yahiko came over and explained:

"Seven to nine years of education was first proposed by Byakuya. Later, I also discussed this matter with Senior Brother Minato. We always thought that the age of ninja graduation should be postponed."

"Ninja is a very cruel profession. If they are exposed to the cruelty of the ninja world too early, they can easily lead to a point of no return. They must wait until they have mature minds before they can make the final decision."

After a pause, Yahiko continued: "However, compared to cultivating new generations in ninja schools, Nagato and I are more inclined to popularize ninjutsu among ordinary people."

"Many young people, although they do not have the talent to become ninjas, can learn a few simple ninjutsu to improve their lives. The development of Amegakure Village over the years cannot be separated from their contributions."

Having said this, Yahiko smiled from the bottom of his heart. He had really witnessed the changes in Amegakure Village.

Yahiko's words made Jiraiya fall into silence, feeling very uncomfortable in his heart.

Not only because Yahiko mentioned Minato, his most proud disciple, the Fourth Hokage who died in the Night of the Nine Tails to protect the village.

It's even more because many of the reforms Minato promulgated in the name of the Fourth Hokage have all been abolished.

Under the rule of the Fourth Hokage, Konoha's major departments were forcibly split up, and even among the security forces, civilian ninjas appeared for the first time.

But after Minato died and the old man became Hokage again, everything returned to the way it was before.

He didn't mean that the old man's policies were bad. At least the old man saved the village during several wars and did not let it fall apart.

But I'm afraid of comparison in everything. With Yahiko and Amegakure as reference points, the old man seems to be a little indifferent and not doing anything serious.

Finally ended the war on Kumogakure's side.

The old man didn't think about how to develop the village. He kept suppressing Uchiha in the village and allowed clowns like Danzo to be active on the Konoha stage.

If this continues, the future of Konoha will be in jeopardy.