"Good morning, Teacher Mugetsu."
"Mm, good morning to you too, Teacher Kubo."
"Teacher Mugetsu, have you had breakfast yet? Want to grab a bite together after the eting?"
"I've already eaten, thank you."
It was early morning, and it seed news of Mugetsu's promotion to Special Jonin had already spread through the faculty—more people than usual were greeting him.
Fortunately, his mory was now exceptional; he could recall the nas of almost everyone he'd t, so returning the greetings was effortless.
The first eting of the new school year was a general assembly for all teachers, held in the lecture hall.
The Third Hokage was not present this ti; the head of the teacher class presided instead.
"A new sester has begun. I hope everyone continues to work hard in their teaching and strives to train excellent ninja for the village," the head began.
Mugetsu found his opening remarks reminiscent of the long-winded speeches from his past life's school leaders—whether useful or not was debatable, but they were certainly boring.
The rest of the eting wasn't much different. Outstanding teachers from the previous sester were recognized, and major position changes were announced.
"Teacher Mugetsu will serve as Grade 1 Head, responsible for the teaching arrangents of Grade 1," the head announced with a smile.
"During the break, Teacher Mugetsu worked tirelessly to train students and is a role model for all of us."
Mugetsu rose and responded politely, earning enthusiastic applause. No one was surprised.
Aside from the Third Hokage—who was the nominal principal—Mugetsu was now one of only three Jonin at the Academy, promoted to Special Jonin on the strength of his teaching ability. His promotion was completely natural.
"Jonin Mutsuki, congratulations on your promotion," Kimura Sugito said with a teasing grin.
"That's right," added Ikeya Yu with a smile. "You went from regular teacher to Grade 1 Head in just one sester. Impressive."
Ueda Aya also offered her congratulations. They all shared the sa small office and had a decent working relationship—at least on the surface.
"Just call Mugetsu like before. Being called 'Jonin' feels strange—and I'm not a full Jonin, just a Special Jonin," Mugetsu replied with a gentle smile.
"Special Jonin is still a Jonin," Ikeya Yu chuckled. "But fine, Mugetsu it is."
"Promotion and a raise calls for a celebration," Ikeya Yu said, grinning. "Let's hit an izakaya tonight. My treat."
"I'm in," Kimura Sugito said, slinging an arm over Ikeya Yu's shoulder.
"You can co—but you're paying for yourself."
"You're treating Mugetsu but making pay?" Kimura locked him in a headlock.
"Alright, alright, I'll treat you too," Ikeya Yu laughed, rembering that Kimura had lent him money before.
"What about ?" Ueda Aya asked, before calling out to Ikeya Yu in a drawn-out tone that made him shiver. Resigned, he declared the whole group invited.
Mugetsu smiled and nodded. He didn't mind the occasional get-together, but his main body was too busy—he usually sent a Shadow Clone for these outings. With their strength, they'd never notice the difference.
In his case, the "suffering of clones" was reversed—his main body worked tirelessly teaching students, while his clone went out drinking and eating.
There was no other way. Clones couldn't apply his skill effects, so to maximize the benefit to students, he taught in person as much as possible.
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That afternoon, Mugetsu attended another eting—this one smaller, limited to grade heads and the academic dean, Shimono Hisanobu.
This eting contained actual substance: finalizing the sester's teaching arrangents.
"Dean Shimono, I have an idea that could ease the teachers' workload," Mugetsu said.
The others turned to him. Despite being new, no one dared underestimate a teacher personally valued by the Hokage.
Shimono smiled and nodded. "It's true that the teachers' schedules are very full. What do you have in mind, Teacher Mugetsu?"
"Consolidate courses and conduct large-group instruction," Mugetsu said. "Arrange the sa course for two or more classes at the sa ti, gather them together, and have one teacher handle it. Instead of three classes needing three teachers, one could teach them all."
The grade heads exchanged thoughtful looks. The idea did seem like a good way to reduce teaching pressure.
"Wouldn't that affect the quality of learning?" Shimono asked after a pause. Even with the workload issue, quality couldn't be sacrificed.
"I tested large-group teaching during the sumr special training," Mugetsu replied with a smile. "The results were excellent—students made clear progress."
Two of the grade heads present had gone with the Hokage to observe.
"That's right, you taught three groups, didn't you?" one of them said.
"Yes. Three hundred and fifty-nine students, divided into three groups based on progress," Mugetsu confird.
"Perhaps we start with a pilot program," he suggested. "Grade 1 only, and for theoretical classes first."
He had already prepared his argunts and rehearsed potential questions—everything was going according to plan.
"Grade 1 only, and theoretical classes…" Shimono considered. It was feasible. Grade 1 was far from graduation, so even if theory classes dipped slightly, it wouldn't be critical—as long as practical skills didn't decline.
"Then I'll leave this to you, Teacher Mugetsu," Shimono said finally.
"Yes, I'll do my best," Mugetsu replied with a slight smile and nod.
Everything was unfolding exactly as he had expected. Now he just needed to arrange more large classes for himself, raise the strength of Class 1, Grade 1 to trigger improvent rewards, and with Obito's mission to take first place, his own strength would soon rise again.
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anwhile, Danzo was summoned by an Anbu to the Hokage's Office.
Danzo thought little of it—after all, as one of Konoha's high-ranking officials, it was normal for the Third Hokage to call on him for discussion.
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