>>5790779>>5790782>>5790783>>5790788>>5790799>>5790806>>5790820>>5790828>>5790837>>5790879>>5791060>>5791130>>5791157>>5791297As you flow into the second semester of your second year, Juro-Sensei gives you a bit more information about the general flow of what the academy emphasizes each year and how graduation is going to function.
Year 1: Basic Physical and Knowledge Foundation
Year 2: Physical and Knowledge Foundation, Introduction to Ninjutsu/Genjutsu
Year 3: Mission Skills (Stealth, Tracking, Deception, Team Coordination, Classified Material Handling, Etc), Ninjutsu and Genjutsu.
Year 4: Remedial Classes or Advanced Classes
At the end of year 3, you take your first graduation exam. If you pass, you don’t need to worry about doing it again and you can do advanced training for all Year 4. If you fail, your first semester of Year 4 will be remedial training with another test at the end. Another chance to pass and get into advanced classes, or another chance to fail and be in remedial training for another semester. The third and final test at the end of Year 4 is your last chance to pass normally. There is some kind of informal pipeline for what to do with people who fail (Either by not being able to pass the final or by being rejected by your jonin team leader.), but Juro-Sensei informs you that if it comes to that you should probably just consider quitting. He is not, however, worried about any of your chances, though two of you he expects to see in remedial training for at least a semester, possibly more depending on if some of you turn out to be stunted on ninjutsu training.
Shigure Uchiha is one of the Chunin-Sensei for another cohort. An older ninja with a gravelly voice, he takes charge of a lot of your ninjutsu and genjutsu classes because Juro-Sensei is self-admittedly more of a taijutsu guy and weapon specialist.
“Genjutsu… is not emphasized in this academy. It is considered to be an advanced specialty, and not something you’re expected to be experts in as genin… Owing largely to the fact that it's true usefulness is only unlocked at quite high proficiencies. The academy does not want you to focus on it because it will not yield results without serious investment, investment that would absorb too much of your time-” Shigure-Sensei is cut off by a large amount of kunai bursting through one of the classes windows, one impaling him in the eye and another six slamming into the floor at the front of the class, covered in explosive tags.
“Fuck-” Shigure-Sensei murmurs, clutching his bleeding eye. He falls to one knee “- Everyone, get BACK!”
A lot of things happen at once.
