Kitazawa's Ninja Academy grades were not ideal.
Uchiha Itachi graduated from the Ninja Academy at seven, while he barely graduated at thirteen.
Uzumaki Naruto became a savior at seventeen, while he struggled to become a Chunin at seventeen.
In this ruthless Ninja World, Kitazawa was a 'three-no' Ninja: no talent, no bloodline, and no backing.
To survive until the grand finale, he chose to teach at the Ninja Academy, a job he held for five years.
"Today, Konoha is another peaceful day."
Kitazawa stood up and walked to the window.
It was the annual enrollment day again, and the Training Ground was bustling with people.
Kitazawa looked down at the new student files in his hand, and familiar names came into view.
Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke, Hyuga Hinata, Ino Yamanaka, Sakura Haruno, Akimichi Choji, Nara Shikamaru, and Inuzuka Kiba, among others.
"Five years, a full five years, I've finally waited for these protagonists."
Kitazawa sighed inwardly.
After this, his life would only have two major calamities left.
One was Orochimaru's Konoha Crush, and the other was Akatsuki Organization Nagato's Pain's Invasion.
The former didn't involve the Ninja Academy, so it wasn't a big problem.
The latter was more troublesome; that one bag of rice carried up a few floors destroyed half of Konoha Village.
Kitazawa's plan was to escape beforehand, taking leave to exit the village.
As for the specific timing, he could estimate it based on Uzumaki Naruto and the others' enrollment time.
Just as he was pondering the timing, he suddenly heard a 'ding'.
【Detected that the host has reached six years old and successfully enrolled. The Strongest Hokage Cultivation System is now activated.】
Kitazawa was suddenly stunned.
After waiting twenty-one years, at the moment he had given up all hope, the door finally opened.
Luo Mingfei only waited seventeen years; why is this system only coming now?
Wait!
What a mess! Am I six years old?
"System, is there something wrong?"
Kitazawa couldn't help but ask.
【Host, please complete the first stage of the main mission: Dominate the Ninja Academy and become the strongest graduate.】
No, buddy, is this that idiotic?
I'm happy you're here, but you got the time wrong, and I'm very unhappy.
How am I supposed to be a graduate now? Answer me!
No wonder they say blue is the color of wisdom.
Kitazawa now understood that this damn system was fifteen years late.
Could it be... that he waited in vain?
【To dominate the Ninja Academy, you must first conquer your classmates.】
【Current Mission: Please gain the initial approval of your classmate, Uzumaki Naruto.】
【Mission Reward: Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique.】
【Accept?】
Kitazawa was speechless.
He wasn't Uzumaki Naruto's classmate; how could he complete the mission?
If he applied to return to the Ninja Academy as a student, Hiruzen Sarutobi would probably tell him, 'Your family needs to consult a master, no, a Medical Ninja to see if your brain has been eaten by zombies.'
"Who designed this system? The legendary I-person team?"
Kitazawa rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on.
There was no other way; he could only make the best of a bad situation.
If he couldn't complete the mission, he... couldn't do anything either.
Aside from getting angry, he'd just get angry, at most uttering a few curses.
But what if this idiotic system's mission could be completed?
Thankfully, there was no penalty for not completing or not accepting the mission.
"A person can't always be this unlucky, right?"
Kitazawa chose to accept the mission.
He put down the student files and left the office.
As soon as he reached the Training Ground, he heard many rude remarks.
"Don't go near him; that guy is a monster."
"You absolutely must not play with him; stay far away from him."
"I really don't understand why Hokage-sama would allow him to attend school."
Kitazawa looked at a yellow-haired little boy sitting on a swing.
He hung his head, appearing taciturn, separated from the surrounding liveliness by a pathetic thick barrier.
You guys are truly impressive.
Daring to hiss at a little boy with a nuclear bomb, aren't you afraid of becoming 'cooked'?
Kitazawa ignored the strange looks from everyone and walked forward.
Uzumaki Naruto heard footsteps and instinctively looked up, meeting a pair of black eyes.
He couldn't help but freeze because the other person's attitude was very gentle, completely devoid of malice.
"What's your name?"
Kitazawa sighed inwardly and asked patiently.
Gaining Uzumaki Naruto's initial approval, this mission was actually very simple.
Because in his world, only two people currently approved of him: Hiruzen Sarutobi and Teuchi.
"I... My name is Uzumaki Naruto."
Uzumaki Naruto felt a warmth, and his spirits lifted as he asked, "And you?"
"Kitazawa."
Kitazawa replied.
"Hello, Big Brother Kitazawa!"
Uzumaki Naruto said with some excitement.
"Don't call me Big Brother."
Kitazawa's mouth twitched as he said, "You should call me Teacher."
"Teacher?"
Uzumaki Naruto's eyes lit up as he asked, "Are you the teacher for First Year Class A?"
"Mm."
Kitazawa nodded.
"That's great!"
Uzumaki Naruto said happily, "I'm also in First Year Class A."
"I'll take you to register."
Kitazawa reached out, patted his shoulder, and said.
"Thank you, Teacher Kitazawa!"
Uzumaki Naruto excitedly jumped off the swing, but after two steps, his expression suddenly froze, and he lowered his head.
He sensed the disgusted looks nearby, and this time, even Kitazawa was affected.
"Teacher Kitazawa, I can register myself; you don't need to bother with me."
Uzumaki Naruto stopped and said.
"If you care too much about what others think, you'll only become their prisoner."
Kitazawa said calmly, without turning his head.
Uzumaki Naruto stared blankly at his back.
He sort of understood, and sort of didn't.
"Keep up."
Kitazawa raised his hand, wiggled his fingers, and said.
Uzumaki Naruto snapped back to reality and instinctively quickened his pace to catch up.
First Year Class A.
When Uzumaki Naruto appeared, the entire classroom fell silent, and all eyes fell on him.
This included the teacher responsible for registration, Iruka Umino.
Uzumaki Naruto instinctively wanted to lower his head, but for some reason, he remembered what Kitazawa had just said.
He mustered his courage and faced those gazes directly.
"Iruka."
Kitazawa smiled as usual and spoke.
"Senior Kitazawa."
Iruka Umino suppressed the emotions in his heart and said.
In the original work, his parents died in the Nine-Tailed attack.
And now, Uzumaki Naruto was considered a monster, so Iruka Umino initially harbored hatred towards him.
"He is Uzumaki Naruto, a new student in First Year Class A."
Kitazawa said with a normal expression, "You handle his registration."
Iruka Umino took out the roster to register him, then gave Uzumaki Naruto his first semester's textbooks and schedule.
After registration, the two left the classroom and arrived at the school gate.
"Tomorrow is the first day of school; remember not to be late."
Kitazawa reminded him.
"Mm!"
Uzumaki Naruto nodded heavily and said, "Thank you, Teacher Kitazawa!"
"See you tomorrow."
Kitazawa waved his hand and said.
Uzumaki Naruto was the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki, monitored by Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Anbu, so he couldn't appear too purposeful.
Fortunately, he was a teacher, not a Ninja from the Uchiha Clan, otherwise, he'd be carrying eight kunai on his back the next day, dead by suicide.
"Teacher Kitazawa, goodbye!"
Uzumaki Naruto turned and skipped away, appearing to be in a good mood.
【Host has completed the mission; reward issued.】
Countless pieces of information suddenly flooded Kitazawa's mind.
In an instant, he had completely mastered the Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique, from beginner to master.
Kitazawa immediately put on a dramatic change of expression.
This was indeed an intelligent... a conscientious system.
Although the Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique was jokingly said to have never killed anyone, for an ordinary Chunin like Kitazawa, it was already a lethal move.
"What are you laughing at? So happy?"
A sudden voice sounded.
Kitazawa instinctively looked over.
Not far away, stood a beautiful, long-haired woman.
She had a smile on her face, and under the sunlight, her ruby-like eyes sparkled.