Knock knock.
At this moment, the door to the Hokage Office was suddenly knocked.
"Enter," Mokgetsu looked toward the doorway and said.
Namikaze Minato pushed open the door and walked in, looking at Mokgetsu seated in the office chair, he was slightly stunned.
Since becoming a ninja, every time he opened the door to the Hokage Office, it was Sarutobi Hiruzen sitting there, now with a sudden change, he was a bit unaccustomed.
"Fourth Hokage," Minato called.
He is now the Hokage Assistant, and also one of the high-level officials, so he didn't need to call Mokgetsu "Lord Fourth Hokage."
"When it's just the two of us, there's no need for such formalities, just call me Mokgetsu like before," Mokgetsu said with a smile.
If it were appropriate, he would have wanted to pass the mantle of Hokage to Minato, naturally, he wouldn't mind these trivial formalities.
Seeing Mokgetsu still being the same as before, Namikaze Minato also eased his inner restraint, nodding with a smile.
Mokgetsu took out a document and handed it to Namikaze Minato, saying, "Minato, take a look at this first."
The reason Minato came was not because he had something to report, but because after the meeting ended, Mokgetsu asked him to finish his tasks and visit the Hokage Office.
After taking the document, Namikaze Minato began to read it carefully, and after ten minutes, an expression of astonishment and confusion appeared on his face.
"Mokgetsu, is this the reform you plan to implement on the Ninja Academy?" Namikaze Minato asked after looking through it carefully.
Mokgetsu nodded and replied, "Yes, but not entirely, the university will not be established for now, we will only add a middle school division."
Namikaze Minato breathed a sigh of relief, even though he wasn't particularly familiar with school institutions, he felt the university plan in the document was a bit unrealistic.
The Ninja Academy graduates at most three hundred people a year; with such few people, separating various majors and having Jonin or senior Chunin teach, would incur a huge loss annually.
"We'll change the current Ninja Academy to a four-year system, positioning it as an elementary school, and then add a three-year middle school. Combined, that totals seven years, which I think is feasible given the current peaceful era," Namikaze Minato expressed his thoughts.
During peaceful times, Ninja Academy generally employs a six-year system, which is just a year shorter compared to Mokgetsu's elementary and middle school period.
But in terms of Genin quality, Namikaze Minato was certain the Ninja Academy would be much stronger after Mokgetsu's reform.
Because Mokgetsu's four-year elementary school wouldn't just contain the content from the first to fourth grade of the original Ninja Academy, but would adjust and streamline the content from first to sixth grade into four years.
Then Mokgetsu's middle school would also teach C-rank ninjutsu developed by Mokgetsu himself; graduating from the middle school guarantees grasping at least one C-rank ninjutsu.
In comparison, the current Ninja Academy only requires mastery of the Three-Body Jutsu.
In peaceful times, an excess of ninjas would put too much strain on military funding. Although Mokgetsu's reform would make the ninja training period longer, the Genin graduating would be more outstanding.
Namikaze Minato increasingly thought Mokgetsu's reform plan was excellent.
"Mokgetsu, such a well-rounded plan, surely took a long time to develop and modify, perhaps you even started writing while teaching at the Ninja Academy," Namikaze Minato thought with admiration.
When Mokgetsu was a teacher, he sought ways to improve the Ninja Academy, and now as the Hokage, he must be endlessly contemplating Konoha's development every day.
Seeing Minato's approval, Mokgetsu nodded and asked, "Then regarding the university, Minato, what are your thoughts?"
He was ultimately someone who had been in the Naruto World for over four years, so he needed to refer to the opinions of local people from the Hokage's era to avoid impractical ideas.
"At the moment, it's not very realistic," Minato said as politely as possible.
Through the document, Minato could see Mokgetsu's affection for the school and the beautiful fantasy for its future development, but he genuinely felt the university could not be established, even fifty years down the line might be unrealistic, as for a century later, that's too far to predict, Namikaze Minato couldn't judge.
"I think the idea of dividing students' preferences and strengths into Fire Release, Water Release, Medical, Fuinjutsu and other majors is fantastic," Namikaze Minato continued.
He truly felt Mokgetsu's methods were excellent, appearing very detailed, he thought such a school could cultivate exceptional talents.
"However, our Ninja Academy only has about three hundred students per grade, splitting it like this would require too many teachers."
This was the biggest difficulty Namikaze Minato perceived; university courses tend to be advanced, some courses could only be held by Jonin.
But Jonin are the mid-high battle power of the Ninja Village; apart from the two principals, currently, the entire Ninja Academy has only one Jonin who doesn't teach.
The wealth created by Jonin executing entrusted missions for Konoha is unimaginable for ordinary people.
If a bunch of Jonin were to not perform missions and teach at the school for such few people, Konoha's commission income would plummet.
Moreover, a decline in mission completion efficiency could lead Konoha into a vicious cycle of loss in mission commissions.
Training a more excellent next generation is for what? Isn't it for the village's prosperity and strength, this isn't prioritizing the wrong things.
"Elementary school, middle school, and then three years of university, making the total duration ten years, is really too long."
Ultimately, it's all a matter of money; Konoha doesn't have enough idle funds to support students being out of work for ten years doing nothing.
"Hmm," Mokgetsu nodded thoughtfully, this issue was something he had considered as well, otherwise, he wouldn't have implemented only the middle school in Konoha.
Although compared to the flow from his previous life, it had been simplified greatly, but for the students of the Ninja World, ten years still seemed too prolonged.
Middle school graduates are official ninjas, already qualified to take on missions, but how would university studies balance with completing missions?
After discussing with Namikaze Minato for two hours, Mokgetsu gained considerable insights.
After all, Namikaze Minato is a local, sometimes his perspective on issues differs from Mokgetsu's, and this difference isn't necessarily right or wrong, it's just a simple alternate viewpoint with patching omissions and inspiring thoughts.
"Mokgetsu, why did you think about establishing a university?" Namikaze Minato asked curiously before leaving.
He felt the current Konoha's cultivation system was sufficient; Ninja Academy graduates were trained in teams by senior Chunin or Jonin, ensuring training and earning at the same time.
Mokgetsu smiled but didn't answer.
Should he say he's worried about aliens invading, so he wants to collect more rewards and strengthen the geniuses of the Ninja World along?
PS: This chapter is 5k, there will be another chapter later, but the time is uncertain,
Also, there's good news, Xiao Ju has decided not to go out during National Day and will be working hard writing at home for seven days straight.
Recently, due to work reasons, the updates have indeed become a bit sparse.