Chapter 986: New Teacher for the Genius Class, Sasuke Gets First Place Again

After letting Hinata Hyuga and Ino Yamanaka go to training, Kitazawa taught the genius class for a while.

More accurately, he was helping Kakashi Hatake teach, because he was leading a team out on a mission and hadn't returned yet.

That question surfaced in Kitazawa’s mind again.

Should he increase the number of teachers for the genius class?

Previously, Kakashi Hatake and Kosuke Maruboshi each took a team out for a mission every two weeks; if he added two more teachers, he could shorten it to one week.

After all, with eighteen students, six teachers leading one team would be just right.

In that case, the practical exam could be finished within one week, without having to drag it out for two weeks.

Kitazawa rubbed his chin.

He felt Kurenai Yuhi could be a teacher for the genius class.

Nowadays, besides training, she was either going on missions with him, and she had a lot of free time.

And teaching at the Ninja Academy wouldn't take up much time; it was mainly about guiding the students in their training.

Guiding students wouldn't affect her own training; she could just use a Shadow Clone.

But he had no clue who to choose for the second teacher for the time being.

Setting aside personality, Might Guy would be alright.

However, Kitazawa felt he definitely wouldn't be able to keep a straight face, and Kakashi Hatake and the others would also find it hard to hold back.

If he ended up corrupting a few students, that would be too terrifying.

Kitazawa gave a soft "eh."

He suddenly had a candidate in mind.

It was the one known as the Hidden Leaf’s strongest taijutsu ninja, the creator of the Leaf Dragon God, Chen Baojun.

In a sense, Chen Baojun was more suitable than Might Guy.

It wasn't that his personality was more normal, but that he could teach his taijutsu to Naruto Uzumaki and Rock Lee, especially the latter.

Because Rock Lee was too young, he couldn't learn the Eight Inner Gates, causing his strength to stagnate.

But if he couldn't learn the Eight Inner Gates, he could learn Chen Baojun’s Leaf Gust and Leaf Dragon God.

If he could really learn them, his strength could also advance by leaps and bounds.

Kitazawa recalled the plot from the original work.

On the surface, Chen Baojun died in the Third Great Ninja War.

But in reality, he didn't die; he just gave up on himself because of the death of his student.

When Rock Lee went to pay his respects, he met his granddaughter, Asami, at Chen Baojun’s grave.

Asami would come to bring him food every day and told Rock Lee that his grandfather hadn't died.

Thinking of this, Kitazawa had the Anbu investigate where Chen Baojun’s grave was, while he continued to practice at the Ninja Academy.

Half an hour later, the Shadow Clone’s memories returned.

Kitazawa paused, and soon understood Nagato’s situation.

It was about the same as he had anticipated; he was recovering very well.

After one more course of medicine, he could perform the limb regeneration medical ninjutsu on him.

At noon, Kitazawa arrived at the Anbu base.

Konan appeared shortly after.

She had arrived a while ago, but Kitazawa was teaching, so she didn't disturb him.

"I’m prescribing the medicine for him now."

Kitazawa sat at the desk and picked up paper and pen.

Konan stood to the side, waiting quietly.

After the first two courses, she now completely trusted Kitazawa, so she didn't look at the prescription he was writing; she wouldn't understand it anyway.

"Alright, go back and get the medicine."

Kitazawa exhaled and handed the written prescription to her.

"Thank Itachi."

Konan took the prescription and added, "The processing plant in the Land of Rain is built and can be put into use."

"Do Itachi know about market segmentation?"

Kitazawa asked with a smile.

Konan thought for two seconds and then shook her head.

"The simplest market segmentation can be divided into two types."

Kitazawa raised his index finger and said, "The first is the high-end market, with the target group being feudal lords, nobles, and wealthy merchants."

A look of realization appeared on Konan’s face.

The sky-high priced necklaces Kitazawa designed clearly belonged to the high-end market, serving only the wealthy.

As for the second market, she could guess it; opposite to high-end was naturally low-end.

"What Itachi’re mining in the Land of Rain is silver; silver is not as valuable as gold and gemstones."

Kitazawa said unhurriedly, "I think Itachi can focus on the second market, targeting ordinary residents and ninjas."

Konan fell into deep thought upon hearing this.

The low-end market certainly didn't make money as fast as the high-end market, but the market was larger, with more targets, and could rely on thin margins and high volume.

Most importantly, it wouldn't create direct competition with other jewelry stores.

The only problem was production capacity.

"We don't have enough manpower."

Konan thought for a moment and said.

"How could there be a shortage of manpower? Aren't the residents of the Land of Rain all your employees?"

Kitazawa said with a smile, "And letting them all participate can also earn money to support their families; in the long run, the Land of Rain will be more prosperous."

Konan’s heart shook.

She subconsciously looked at Kitazawa, surprise showing in her eyes.

Making the Land of Rain prosperous was the initial dream of her, Yahiko, and Nagato.

But even after having the Akatsuki, the Land of Rain still couldn't develop.

The reason was simple: the weather was harsh, and there were no special resources.

Now, Kitazawa’s words gave her hope.

This silver jewelry industry might really be able to drive the development of the Land of Rain.

"Of course, talking about this is still too far off; the urgent matter is to officially start production."

Kitazawa thought for a moment and said, "I will design three types of silver jewelry for Itachi and be responsible for the promotion, but I want half of the profits."

Konan frowned subconsciously.

Her first reaction was that Kitazawa was taking too much, asking for half right off the bat.

But thinking about it carefully, half might not be a loss.

From the popularity of the Ocean Heart jewelry store, it could be seen that the most important things were promotion and design; raw materials were secondary.

"If selling silver jewelry can double the market price of silver ore, I will agree."

Konan thought for a long time and added a condition.

Under normal circumstances, they intended to sell silver ore directly.

If the profit from selling silver jewelry could double compared to the profit from selling silver ore, then giving half to Kitazawa was acceptable.

"Itachi really have a head for economics."

Kitazawa chuckled and said, "Alright, we’ll do as Itachi say, but the premise is that Itachi must unconditionally obey when it comes to promotion."

Doubling it was underestimating him.

The Ocean Heart jewelry store didn't just double it; it was ten times, a hundred times more.

However, he could also understand Konan.

Her meaning was simple: the Akatsuki just needed to earn money from selling silver ore.

As for silver jewelry, the idea itself only sprouted under Kitazawa’s influence.

"I’ll give Itachi the design drawings tomorrow."

Kitazawa added.

He had seen many silver jewelry pieces, but for the grand opening, he definitely had to choose three that were more eye-catching.

"Mm."

Konan nodded.

Just then, a knock on the door rang out.

"Come in."

Kitazawa called out casually.

"Kitazawa-sama."

An Anbu ninja walked in and reported the location of Chen Baojun’s grave.

"Itachi may go."

Kitazawa waited for him to leave before heading out as well.

It was just noon, so he might be able to run into Asami delivering food.

Not long after, Kitazawa arrived at Chen Baojun’s grave.

With a thought, his perception spread, and he soon discovered his tracks.

Chen Baojun was in a tree not far away.

Kitazawa had thought he would be in the grave, but on second thought, lying in a grave would be too uncomfortable.

He didn't say much and waited on the spot.

A moment later, a little girl holding a lunch box appeared.

"Who are Itachi?"

Asami looked at Kitazawa and asked in confusion, "Itachi look somewhat familiar."