Konoha: The thirty-year-old Uchiha is not motivated.

Chapter 904 You put your students first, and they will lift you up high.

Most of the Root members went to the front lines of the Land of Rain with Danzo, which greatly reduced the number of informants Senju Hisama had to gather information on hot topics. As a result, she only learned about the incident long after it happened, when a certain ninja academy instructor was secretly using highly addictive, unlicensed, and illegal teaching materials.

When Senju Hisa led her men to infiltrate the training ground that had been taken over by Yuhi Makoto, she was shocked by what she saw. Not only were there students present, but also students' parents armed with guns.

At the end of the long queue stood a wooden dummy that was slightly different from the ordinary training dummies. The moment Senju Hisama saw it, he felt a ticklish sensation all over his body and his fingers itch.

Standing beside the dummy, Kurenai Yuhi held a list. One after another, excited students and parents stepped forward at his summons, drawing their weapons and rushing towards the dummy without a word. The brilliance of the escape technique and the cold glint of the hidden weapons instantly overwhelmed it.

After a satisfying and productive session, they wiped the sweat from their brows and left, completely absorbed in their work. There were no unnecessary words throughout the entire process, making it clear that this wasn't their first time doing something like this.

Such a strange ritual naturally aroused Senju Hisa's suspicions. With a curious heart, she transformed into a member of the Dark Guard who had been lurking in the team beforehand, ready to personally experience the legendary addictive teaching material.

After a long wait, it was finally her turn to enter. With a happy expression, Kurenai Yuhi simply checked her information and then stepped back to make way for Hisana Senju in the training area.

"This mannequin... it's just as annoying as that curly-haired guy."

Senju Hisa, also affected by the mocking aura of the dummy, muttered a couple of things to herself, then, imitating the person in front of her, drew her kunai and tentatively threw it at the obnoxious dummy.

"Bah!"

"Ok?"

As the sharp kunai pierced the dummy's brow with precision, a warm current surged through Senju Hisama's heart, but a hint of doubt flashed in her eyes. Looking down at her slender fingers, she had a strange sense that her already perfected throwing technique was about to break through to a higher level.

"Are you a parent visiting for the first time?"

As if sensing Senju Hisama's confusion, Yuhi Shinku, who had already figured out the effects of the dummy, asked with a smile,

"Yes."

Seeing the somewhat unfamiliar Kurenai Yuhi, Hisana Senju nodded slightly.

"No wonder you know how to use throws. Opportunities to use the textbook are rare, and those who know its effects will use their own special moves to practice it."

"Proficiency?"

"Don't you feel that your pitching skills have improved?"

Hearing this, Senju Hisama was finally convinced that her feeling just now was not an illusion; using skills on this annoying dummy would actually increase her proficiency.

"Such excellent teaching materials, how come I've never seen schools use them before?"

Upon hearing this, Kurenai Yuhi's previously smiling face instantly turned frosty, her bloodshot eyes fixed on Hisana Senju, who had asked the question.

"If you're not a student's parent, then who are you?"

"Have we been exposed?"

Senju Hisa frowned. It seemed that all the parents must have signed something like a confidentiality agreement before entering this training ground. Her abrupt question had just exposed her identity as an infiltrator.

Since that's the case, she can only take down Yuhi Shinku, who is spreading the Three No Ninja Tools, first, and then follow the clues to find out who is behind it all.

"Let's do it!"

At Senju Hisama's command, the infiltrated ANBU members tore off their disguises and first blocked the only exit from the training ground, while the others were responsible for maintaining order in the chaotic crowd.

"Surrender, Kurenai Yuhi. I am arresting you for illegally using substandard teaching materials with the intent to poison the seedlings of Konoha."

Meanwhile, Senju Hisa stopped Yuhi Shinku from running away and transformed back into her true form right in front of her.

"You, Senju Hisama? I'm innocent! I just wanted all the children to improve, is that wrong?"

Looking at Senju Hisama's serious face, Yuhi Maku gritted her teeth and questioned,

"Whether it's right or wrong isn't up to you or me to decide."

Senju Hisana shook her head. This suspicious item was very likely a trap set by a despicable enemy nation to poison the next generation of Konoha.

There are indeed ways to quench thirst with poison, but to ruin a child's future with a temporary boost is a despicable act that she will never tolerate!

"Thump~"

Knowing she couldn't contend with the village's higher-ups, Kurenai Yuhi slumped to the ground, her face gradually turning ashen.

"You're not allowed to take Ms. Shinku away!"

"I've used it several times already. Do you think we wouldn't know if there's a problem with this teaching material?"

"Release them! Release them!"

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Just as Senju Hisama took out handcuffs, preparing to bring Yuhi Makoto to justice, a chorus of shouts suddenly erupted from the surrounding students.

They were all ninjas from small clans or commoner backgrounds. According to Konoha's examination standards, they would most likely have a hard time graduating. Even if they managed to become genin, they would be the kind of low-level ninjas who couldn't even do crowdsourcing jobs.

They thought their lives were destined to be nothing more than background characters, drifting aimlessly through the rest of their days, until the textbook recommended by Shinku Yuhi suddenly appeared, bringing a glimmer of hope to their bleak lives.

The effects of mannequins might be negligible for the strong, but for minor characters like them, it represents a qualitative leap.

Many students who couldn't even throw shuriken accurately became almost as accurate as experienced genin after a few tries.

Children in the family who possess one or two ninjutsu skills have miraculously mastered family ninjutsu that they had never even begun to learn. Even if it is just a C-rank ninjutsu that is not worth mentioning in a large family, they are still so excited that they cry tears of joy. Some even want to kowtow to Kurenai Yuhi on the spot.

"What kind of bewitching potion did you give them?"

Looking at the impassioned crowd, Senju Hisama stared intently at Yuhi Kurenai before her. To think she could incite so many students to plead for her—this woman's cunning was unfathomable.

"How could you ninjas from wealthy families, born with a silver spoon in your mouths, possibly understand the hardships these children endure?"

Ninjas from prestigious clans like Senju Hisama would never worry about resources for training, while Yuhi Shinku, who had struggled at the bottom of the ninja ranks, knew all too well the hardships her students faced.

He pursed his lips with a bitter expression, and to prevent the situation from escalating, he turned to the shouting students with a serious face and waved his hand.

"Stop making a fuss, everyone. The village will judge this matter. As for me, the instructor, I may have to say goodbye for now."

"No, instructor!"

"Without you, we wouldn't even be able to graduate!"

However, the surrounding students remained relentless. The other party was a cold-blooded and ruthless ANBU. Once Yuhi Shinku was captured, there was a high chance that she would never return, and they would never be able to enter this magical training ground again.

"I didn't expect you to be so well-regarded among them."

"Please don't make things difficult for them, they are just children."

Looking at the indignant faces in the crowd, Kurenai Yuhi was deeply moved.

So this is what Gintoki meant when he said, "If I keep my students in my heart, they will lift me up high."

At this moment, Yuhi Makoto was no longer the novice instructor who racked her brains for awards and commendations, but a good instructor who saw the students' difficulties, kept them in mind, and took action to help them.

"Actually, if you can reveal who's behind this, I might be willing to show leniency." Seeing that Yuhi Shinku wasn't a cunning person, and also to stabilize the increasingly chaotic crowd, Senju Hisami pondered for a moment and whispered her advice.

"A mastermind? What mastermind?"

"Then tell me, who is this mannequin, and what was its purpose in being given to you?"

This Kurenai Yuhi was probably deceived by outside forces. After being educated, he will still be a pure-blooded youth of the Will of Fire. I will just give him a chance to reform.

"Oh, so that's what you're asking about. There's a nameplate on the mannequin, you can check it yourself."

Anyway, the dummy will be taken back and dismantled by Senju Hisa sooner or later, and the conspicuous nameplate behind it will be discovered then. There is no need for Yuhi Shinku to hide it anymore. She raised her hand helplessly and pointed to the dummy next to her.

"what?"

Following the direction pointed out by Yuhi Shinku, Senju Hisana indeed found an incongruous nameplate behind the annoying mannequin's rear end.

Filled with curiosity, she walked around it, but upon recognizing the familiar handwriting on the nameplate, Senju Hisa's pretty face instantly darkened.

【sugar】

"Fall back!"

"what?"

Hearing their superior's angry shout, the members of the secret service who were maintaining order were all puzzled. Before they came, they were told that this was a major case involving foreign forces. How could it end so anticlimactically?

"Didn't you understand? Everyone, fall back!"

Seeing the ANBU members standing there dumbfounded, Senju Hisajin raised her voice, finally ordering them to leave.

After saying this, Senju Hisana turned and nodded to the bewildered Yuhi Shinku, her tone much gentler than before.

"This training ground can remain open today, but starting tomorrow, you must register with the Ninja Academy before it can be opened. Only students can enter; parents can have a brief experience. The number of people should also be re-planned. With so many people, if an accident occurs, it will be difficult for the school to explain to the village."

"Uh, yes! Thank you, Hisa-sama!"

Watching Senju Hisama disappear in a streak of blue light, Yuhi Shinku belatedly realized what was happening and got up to bow deeply into the air.

Uchiha Gin-zaku

"I'll ask you one more time, will you give it to me or not?"

Senju Hisama, who had rushed over from the training grounds, raised her bulging pink fist and looked coldly at Uchiha Gin in front of her.

Even if I had it, I wouldn't give it to you. If you want it, you'll have to wait in line.

Completely unmoved by her act, Uchiha Gin lay sprawled on the sofa, watching the white-haired man's incompetent barking with amusement.

"You forced me!"

Seeing that Uchiha Gin ignored her threats, she gritted her teeth and slowly opened her tightly clenched fist, and a wad of pink fabric instantly swelled up.

"You really are a born despicable Thousand-Handed White Hair, actually using it to threaten me!"

Seeing the strawberry-shaped panties held in Senju Hisami's hand, Uchiha Gin suddenly sat up straight, his lifeless eyes filled with resentment.

"Hmph~ If you give me a mannequin of the same style, I might as well return these smelly underwear to their rightful owner."

"Ha! You haven't washed yet?"

Upon hearing this, Senju Hisa's pretty face flushed red. The "stinky" she described was merely a figure of speech.

"How is that possible? I washed myself with water magic more than a dozen times!"

"A dozen times? And still using water escape!"

Uchiha Gin stared with annoyance at the panties fluttering in Senju Hisami's hands, noticing that they were indeed washed faded, the strawberry pattern had faded, and a large hole had been washed into the crotch area.

"Damn white hair, I told you to wash it by hand."

"I'm already being kind by washing you."

Knowing she was in the wrong, Senju Hisana instinctively shrank back, but it was precisely in situations like this that she couldn't afford to show weakness.

"Hijin, why don't you eat some strawberries first?"

Just as the two were locked in a tense standoff, Senju Itama walked over carrying a bowl of strawberries. Upon seeing the familiar panties in Senju Hisa's hand, her smiling eyes instantly turned sharp.

"Curly-haired baboon, I need you to explain why these underwear I've been looking for for so long are in Hisa's hands?"

"And you, Hishin, why did you throw Curly-haired Baboon's tattered underwear?"

Gudong~

Feeling the surrounding air growing increasingly cold, Senju Hisami subconsciously swallowed, realizing that her act of swinging her strawberry-patterned underwear around seemed somewhat indecent.

"Auntie, actually..."

"Actually, she helped me find my underwear that was stuck in the gap of the sofa. I was wondering why I hadn't been able to find it for so long. Turns out it was stuffed in there."

"Uh?"

Senju Hisa looked at Uchiha Gin, who was trying to exonerate her, with disbelief, and subconsciously handed him her neatly folded underwear.

"Curly, be more careful next time. It's only because it was me who noticed. If it were anyone else, they would have thrown you in the trash."

"Phew, so that's how it is~ I thought it was you, Hisana, who stole Curly-haired Baboon's underwear to take home for a deep inhalation."

"what?"

Seeing her younger sister's face brighten from cloudy to sunny, Senju Hisami's heart, which had just calmed down, was suddenly jolted by the other's next words.

"Who would use his tattered underwear to pass through their lungs?"

"Uh yeah, I would never let this curly-haired baboon's tattered underwear pass through my lungs!"

Senju Itama blushed, hurriedly dropped the strawberries, and scurried back into the kitchen.

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"Damn curly hair, what have you done to my sister?"

Senju Hisama, who had vaguely guessed some unspeakable details, stiffened, her face turning ashen as she stared at Uchiha Gin carefully collecting the remains of the strawberry panties.

"Hey, now you know why I only have this one strawberry-patterned underwear left, right?"

Uchiha Gin sighed with a look of deep regret. It's true what they say, it's hard to guard against a thief within your own home. His used underwear always mysteriously disappears from the house. It's so hard to guess who the culprit is.

"Alright, I'll settle this score with you later. So, are you going to give me the dummy or not?"

Knowing that her sister had been completely defeated, Senju Hisami could only suppress the inexplicable bitterness in her heart and steer the conversation back on track.

"Tell me what you need that thing for first?"

If Senju Hiiro truly intended to dismantle her training dummies, Uchiha Gin, even if he had nothing left, wouldn't give away the few dummies he had.

"The ninja tool is quite effective. I plan to specially approve a training ground and add the right to use the dummies to the mission reward pool for all Konoha ninjas to choose from."

Such a magical ninja tool is too good to be left to students to try out. Senju Hisa decided to make this dummy available to the entire village, so that everyone could have a dummy to beat up and everyone could practice their skills.

"Dangdang!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a towering training dummy landed in front of her. Behind the dummy, Uchiha Gin rubbed his hands together, his expression as obsequious as could be.

"Bai, no, Hishin-sama, you should have told me sooner about this great thing that benefits everyone! How many more mannequins do you need? I'll make them for you right now!" (End of Chapter)