“Konohagakure isn’t limited to just one school.” Uchiha Ken-ta replied to Chin-yueh.
He was originally contemplating his father’s words, understanding the true expectations he had for Chin-yueh, and thought: The Hokage position?
Indeed, if Chin-yueh truly awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, then limiting his gaze to the position of the Uchiha clan head would be narrow-minded.
With the Senju clan now in decline, who in Konohagakure could stand against the Uchiha clan, led by someone with a Mangekyo Sharingan?
However, the prerequisite was to possess a Mangekyo Sharingan. After obtaining the Mangekyo Sharingan, he could reclaim the position of clan head, unite the Uchiha clan, and use it as a foundation to intimidate the opposition forces within the village.
“Can Chin-yueh’s eyes evolve into the Mangekyo Sharingan?”
Uchiha Ken-ta, unaware that his grandson’s eyes were already the Mangekyo Sharingan, could only look forward with hope. He also no longer stopped his father from sending Chin-yueh to attend the village school.
At that moment, he heard Chin-yueh asking, “Is there more than one ninja school?” So, Uchiha Ken-ta explained: “The school in the village refers to the school established by the village. The clan school is a school specifically for training clan members…”
It turned out that during the turbulent Warring States Period, to ensure the continuation of their clans, ninja clans like the Uchiha, Senju, Hyuga, Sarutobi, and others established places to nurture their clan members and teach them clan jutsu, which is what Uchiha Ken-ta had previously referred to as clan schools.
These clan schools, elite educational institutions that existed within major ninja clans during the Warring States Period, still existed today. Alongside Konohagakure’s official ninja school, they jointly trained a large number of ninja for Konohagakure.
Konohagakure’s official ninja school, the ninja school that Uchiha Chin-yueh remembered, also known as the “village school” that Uchiha Ken-ta mentioned, was established by Senju Tobirama, about ten years after Konohagakure’s founding.
After decades of development, Konohagakure’s ninja school had become the village’s largest ninja educational institution, providing a large number of qualified Genin to the village every year, far exceeding the number of ninja from all the major clans.
However, because the educational resources and teaching staff were too common, it was not favored by the major clans.
But, to express their support for the village’s policies, major clans would choose to send some of their clan members to Konohagakure’s ninja school to receive the village’s education.
The rest of the clan members remained in the clan school to receive elite education from the family.
“Clan schools actually exist within the ninja clans!?”
After hearing Uchiha Ken-ta’s explanation of the “village school” and the “clan school,” Uchiha Chin-yueh was deeply shocked.
The existence of Konohagakure’s ninja school, which was present in the original story, wasn’t surprising. However, the Uchiha clan having its own clan school was truly astonishing.
Not to mention, according to Uchiha Ken-ta, there were many clans in Konohagakure with their own clan schools.
Major clans having clan schools, educational institutions specifically for training clan members, then the ninja they ultimately trained would be inherently on the side of their clan, not the village. Would this be in the village’s best interests?
Although, in the original story, the Hyuga clan did indeed have a depiction of the main family heir not enrolling in school, but being internally trained, this was different from the concept of “clan school.”
However, one part of the clan receiving family education and another part receiving education at Konohagakure’s ninja school made Chin-yueh think of a possibility.
“Could the formation of the ‘hawks’ and ‘doves’ within the Uchiha clan in the original story be due to the different education they received from a young age?”
“Konohagakure school and clan school coexisting, such a system being able to appear, must have a story behind it. Unfortunately, Grandpa seems to think I’m just a child and doesn’t intend to talk about this.”
Chin-yueh felt a little regretful. His intuition told him that there might be some power struggles between the village and the clans involved. If he could figure it out, it would definitely help him understand the current situation in Konohagakure.
But he couldn’t directly ask, as it wouldn’t be appropriate for a child to ask that.
Regarding ninja aptitude, Chin-yueh didn’t mind showing his talent, but in terms of intelligence and thoughts, he wouldn’t let himself appear too detached from a child.
After all, it’s a world with supernatural powers, so it’s best not to be too exaggerated, or they might suspect that he’s been ‘possessed’ by someone, which would be a disaster.
“I wonder if there’s a book like ‘History of Konohagakure Ninja School’? I should look for it in the library later.”
Chin-yueh learned about the related information regarding the Uchiha clan’s lineage system in this world through a book called ‘Development and Evolution of the Uchiha Lineage System.’
If the clan collection had books about the records related to Konohagakure’s ninja school, then his doubts might be answered.
The library, similar to the ‘Hidden Scripture Pavilion’ in martial arts novels, holds a vast collection of books and scrolls. From ordinary secular literature to books recording the history of the Uchiha, as well as various jutsu scrolls, it could be said to encompass everything.
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