Mutsuki went to the Academy as usual in the morning to work. As the grade head and the person in charge of the large class trial program, he had to arrange the schedule before the students arrived at school.
After some thought, Mutsuki decided to divide the large class into four classes, all of which would attend theoretical classes together in the large classroom.
Firstly, he was worried that the number of students was too small to trigger the rewards for the large class.
Secondly, there were exactly eight classes in the first grade, which could be taught by two different senseis for comparison.
One of them would definitely be himself, and as for the other one, Mutsuki planned to ask which theoretical class sensei was slightly more reliable, so that the reliable one could teach, to avoid too much difference in results later on.
With this large class arrangement, the course schedules of many first-grade senseis suddenly became much easier.
Mutsuki's arrangement meant that what originally required four senseis to teach became the responsibility of one sensei, allowing three senseis to rest during that time.
One of the first-grade senseis heard about Mutsuki's large class plan and came to the office to inquire and thank Mutsuki.
"With Yumi-sensei around, our little office has become much livelier," Ueda Aya said with a smile.
Their office space was relatively small, with only six senseis.
"After all, Yumi-sensei is now in charge of the first-grade teaching arrangements," Kimura Sugito nodded.
"I think Yumi-sensei's idea is really good. Why not implement it school-wide directly, instead of just trying it out in the first grade?" Chitani Isamu really liked Mutsuki's large class plan.
Because he had the most classes here, if there was a mechanism like the large class, he would definitely find it much easier in the future and would have more time to go on dates with his goddess.
Mutsuki smiled but didn't say anything.
By noon, a ninja found Mutsuki and asked him to go to the Hokage's office.
Mutsuki entered the Hokage Tower and encountered Danzo on the way to the Hokage's office.
"Danzo-sama," Mutsuki greeted Danzo.
However, Danzo, at this moment, did not have the same smile as yesterday in the Root. Danzo continued forward with a calm expression, as if he hadn't heard Mutsuki's voice.
Danzo and Mutsuki entered the Hokage's office in turn.
"Danzo, remove the Root Cursed Seal from Mutsuki," Third spoke up.
"Third Hokage-sama, I..." Mutsuki first showed a surprised expression, then tried to explain but was interrupted by the Third Hokage.
"Mutsuki, I know you have many questions, but we'll talk about them later," Third interrupted.
"Stick out your tongue," Danzo said coldly.
Mutsuki complied and stuck out his tongue.
"Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal·Resolution!" Danzo activated his chakra and pointed at Mutsuki's tongue in the air. The cursed seal on Mutsuki's tongue quickly dissipated, leaving no trace, as if it had never been there.
"Hmph." Danzo snorted coldly, then left the Hokage's office without saying a word.
"Third-sama, I'm sorry." After Danzo left, Mutsuki looked at Hiruzen with a guilty expression.
"Mutsuki, you have nothing to apologize for. I must thank you for helping to take care of Asuma" Hiruzen said with a kindly smile.
These days, his relationship with Asuma had been a bit strained, but after Mutsuki finished teaching him over the weekend, things had eased considerably. Hiruzen naturally knew who was responsible for that.
The reason why Mutsuki was brought in was also due to Asuma's influence.
"Actually, I was sent to the Academy by the Root organization..." Mutsuki confessed with guilt.
"So what? Although Danzo sent you to the school with impure motives, I can see that you are genuinely teaching and doing your best.
Otherwise, it wouldn't be possible to bring out such excellent classes, nor to improve the strength of the special training students in just five weeks and gain their trust," Hiruzen said with a smile.
Actually, he found it quite strange. Mutsuki, who originally had little presence in the Root organization as an ordinary ninja, unexpectedly possessed extraordinary teaching talent and happened to be assigned to the Academy by Danzo.
"But..." Mutsuki still looked guilty.
"There's no 'but.' I promoted you to Special Jonin, gave you Ninjutsu, promoted you to grade head, and brought you out of the Root organization.
Do you think I did all of this to make you feel guilty? What I need is for you to work even harder in the future to cultivate more outstanding ninjas for Konoha," Hiruzen made clear his good will towards Mutsuki.
Although he verbally stated that Mutsuki didn't need to feel guilty, Third intentionally listed all the benefits he had given to Mutsuki.
Because this was an excellent opportunity to improve their relationship, the greater Mutsuki's guilt, the more loyal he would be to him in the future.
"Mutsuki, you are someone with outstanding teaching abilities. In the future, you can focus on your teaching work at the Academy without worrying about anything else," Hiruzen said with a smile.
"Third-sama, I understand. I will definitely work hard to bring out more excellent students and cultivate more outstanding ninjas for the village!" Mutsuki expressed his gratitude.
"In order to alleviate the burden on the senseis and to try out new teaching methods, I am planning to conduct large-class teaching at the Academy."
Taking the opportunity, Mutsuki informed Hiruzen about his intention to conduct large-class teaching, showing that he was genuinely concerned about the educational cause of the Academy.
"It does sound like a good plan," Hiruzen nodded.
Then, Hiruzen jokingly sighed, "If every sensei in the school had your teaching level, Mutsuki, I think there would be no need to Beta test this plan; we could implement it directly."
The atmosphere between the two became increasingly positive. Third felt like he had gained another reliable talent, and Mutsuki finally got rid of the cursed seal that had been worrying him.
However, what left Mutsuki speechless was that Danzo still didn't trust him and continued to be suspicious of him.
After Mutsuki returned home in the evening, he received another scroll from the Root.
However, this scroll didn't contain orders or missions; it was all about brainwashing.
The gist of its content was that the reason for the coldness towards him during the day was because they were worried that Hiruzen would notice that Mutsuki was still loyal to the Root, loyal to Danzo.
In order for Mutsuki to have a better future with Third, Danzo appeared indifferent and unapproachable.
Mutsuki couldn't help but marvel. He had spent the noon earning Hiruzen's favor, only to come home in the evening and face Danzo's manipulative scrolls. His life was indeed full of challenges.
After a day's experience, Mutsuki felt that his acting skills had improved significantly.
Mutsuki spent ten minutes practicing calligraphy to calm his mind, then began studying the Contract Seal.
After advancing the Five Elements Seal to the Proficient level, Mutsuki gained a lot of knowledge about Sealing Jutsu. Learning the Contract Seal was swift, and by the time he was ready to sleep, his proficiency in Contract Seal had reached twenty points.
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