Naruto: I'm in Konoha, my name is Uzumaki Menma

From Chapter 108 onwards, it will be called the Land of Stars. [Please subscribe]

Inside the Star Ninja Base, the capital of the Bear Kingdom.

Laughter filled the courtyard of the Uzumaki family's residence as Haku and Kimimaro played a game of tag with Karin.

Karin, who rarely gets to play with children her own age, beamed with a bright smile.

Whirlpool Vanilla sat on the veranda, watching this scene with a look of satisfaction in her eyes, appearing very relaxed and content.

A year ago today, she was trapped in Kusagakure and forced to act as a 'human blood bag' to treat the injured ninjas of Kusagakure.

The reward she received was merely a place to stay and some food to fill her stomach. At that time, Xianglin was malnourished and emaciated, let alone receiving any proper education.

Her current life is already a great happiness for her.

"Once the new school is completed next year, the children will be able to attend school." A familiar voice suddenly came from beside Vanilla Whirlpool.

She quickly stood up and bowed, saying, "My lord."

"Don't worry about me." Menma waved his hand, gesturing for Vanilla to sit down, and then he himself sat down on the veranda.

With the Land of Bears and the Star Village on the right track, the construction of the Ninja Academy can begin.

We need to systematically train not only combat ninjas, but also medical ninjas, scientific research ninjas, artisan ninjas, and other technical ninjas.

It's not just ninja academies; Menma plans to establish a comprehensive education system in the Land of Bears, setting up schools for ordinary people in villages and towns, implementing free education, discovering commoner children with ninja talent, and recruiting them into ninja academies for systematic training.

Of course, given the current financial situation of the Bear Country, it cannot afford nine years of compulsory education. Therefore, the six-year compulsory education that Menma is currently planning to implement will be provided by the government in terms of school and teacher resources.

"Sir, I read your new policy before. Isn't six years of compulsory education too long?" Whirlpool Vanilla cautiously asked.

As the one implementing the new policy, she was well aware of its massive scale.

Although the Land of Bears is a small country, it has a population of about one million. According to Menma's six-year compulsory education system, children aged six to twelve must receive compulsory education, and then children aged twelve to sixteen must receive additional education.

In this war-torn ninja world, children mature very early; by the age of twelve, they are already an important workforce.

"To eliminate poverty, the most important thing is to eliminate illiteracy." Mianma deeply understands the importance of education.

In the ninja world, a supernatural world with a chakra system and a natural energy system, educational resources are mainly allocated to ninja schools, and ordinary people in other countries have very little access to education.

“We can gather the children with ninja talent together and have them study at the ninja academy,” said Vanilla Uzumaki, still somewhat puzzled.

There are 80,000 to 90,000 children aged six to twelve in the entire Bear Kingdom alone! And if we also need to provide additional education and night school for children under sixteen to encourage literacy, then this number may exceed 150,000.

Educating such a large number of people would be an enormous undertaking!

"You'll find out later." Menma didn't rush to explain the purpose of universal compulsory education to Uzumaki Vanilla.

The ninja world is a very cruel world; those without ninja talent will remain ordinary people for their entire lives.

The compulsory education promoted by Menma, which is aimed at ordinary people, mainly focuses on cultural education, and only ninja schools teach ninjutsu and other skills.

During the compulsory education stage, ordinary children with ninja talent discovered in the countryside will be sent to the ninja academy at the Star Ninja Base in the capital city for ninja training. However, compulsory education for ordinary people can also greatly improve the overall quality of the nation.

The simplest example is the ninja tool manufacturing factory within the Star Ninja Base, which produces kunai, shuriken, explosive tags, and various ninja swords.

Apart from a few master craftsmen who are ninja artisans, the other dozens of workers are ordinary people without ninja talent. Their education level is only slightly higher than that of ordinary people, and they now have to undergo cultural education during the night shift every day.

“My lord!” An ANBU ninja landed in front of Menma, knelt on one knee and said respectfully, “The envoy from the Land of Birds has arrived.”

Menma said to Vortex Vanilla, "Go and take a look."

"Yes." Whirlpool Vanilla stood up and accepted the order.

Inside the reception room, the envoy from the Bird Kingdom was initially trembling with fear.

"Are you the new leader of the Star Ninja Village and the new ruler of the Bear Country?" The envoy from the Bird Country, dressed in finery, trembled the whole way there, fearing he would be killed. He had heard plenty of stories about how the daimyo and nobles of the Bear Country were slaughtered.

But when the envoy from the Bird Kingdom saw the red-haired woman sitting in the main seat, he was stunned. He had not expected that the person in charge was such a young woman.

“I am not the leader.” Vanilla Whirlpool shook her head and looked at the thin envoy, whose previous tension had turned into an arrogant demeanor: “I can convey your message and I also have the authority to conduct diplomatic talks with you.”

The envoy from the Bird Kingdom muttered something to himself, his eyes constantly scanning the swirling vanilla.

Then, with a smile, he said, "Our daimyo wishes to establish good relations and trade with your country, and to recognize your new... daimyo."

"The name 'Bear Country' can also be dropped; let it become history."

The destruction of a small state was a common occurrence during the Warring States period; only powerful states like the Five Great States could maintain relative stability.

Even in the fifty years following the end of the Warring States period, two countries were destroyed: the Country of Whirlpools and the Country of Sky.

The daimyo and nobles of other countries did not care about the destruction of other countries, as long as it did not happen to them.

The main reason why the upheaval in the Land of Bears caused such a strong shock in the western countries of the ninja world was that this time, the ninjas of the Star Village in the Land of Bears slaughtered the daimyo and nobles, breaking the previous employer-employee relationship between the daimyo, noble class and ninjas.

In the six months following the upheaval in the Land of Bears, the ninjas of Hoshigakure did not expand outwards or attack other countries, but remained peacefully within the territory of the Land of Bears.

The daimyo and nobles of the surrounding countries were relieved, and some even speculated that the massacre of the daimyo and nobles was due to a personal conflict between the daimyo of the Land of Bears and the Star Village.

So, at the urging of the Land of Earth's daimyo, the Land of Birds' daimyo sent an envoy to the Star Village in the Land of Bears to acknowledge the new daimyo.

After conveying the message of their lord, the envoy from the Bird Kingdom withdrew to await a reply.

Mianma emerged from the shadows.

"My lord, how should we reply?" Whirlpool Vanilla asked in a low voice.

The Land of Birds is just an ordinary small country without any ninja villages, and its national strength is even weaker than that of the Land of Bears. There must be a powerful country manipulating things behind the scenes.

"From now on, let's call it the Land of Stars." Menma decided to wait and see what these daimyo were up to.

(End of this chapter)