The days of being a puppeteer in Konoha

Chapter 28 Apprentice
In the makeshift workshop, each little ninja was concentrating on practicing by carving wooden blocks with chakra carving knives.

His hardworking appearance would make other teachers in the ninja school jealous.

But this is actually as it should be.

You have to know that the reason why many geniuses are obviously very talented and work very hard is not because they have high awareness.

Rather, it is because they can continuously gain the joy of cultivation from breakthroughs, so they are willing to work hard, and ultimately form a virtuous circle, where the strong become stronger.

Regardless of whether the little ninjas in the workshop are geniuses or not, with the help of Hideki's official plug-in, they all temporarily experienced the feeling of a genius in training.

How could they bear to stop in this kind of training process where one can make rapid progress every day and reap rewards as long as one puts in the effort?

Even at noon, no one planned to leave. They just went to the orphanage cafeteria at the teacher's urging, filled their stomachs, and then returned to the workshop to continue working.

This atmosphere of working hard was finally broken when Xi Ri Hong suddenly let out a scream.

"Are you injured somewhere?"

Hideki hurried forward to check and found that Hong was not hurt at all.

"It's not me, it's Ibiki who's injured."

Hong pointed at Morino Ibiki who was across the table.

When Hideki turned his head, he saw an older-looking boy with a cut on his thumb so deep that the bone was visible. Blood had stained his hands and the piece of wood in his hand.

But the child looked calm and didn't make any noise, as if the hand was not his own, which made Hideki respect him as a man.

Lin, who had basic medical knowledge, had already stepped forward to examine Ibiki's wound enthusiastically, then turned to Hideki and said:

"Teacher, this wound is quite deep. It would be better to send Ibiki to the hospital for treatment."

"Don't worry, let me take a look first..."

Hideki waved his hand, then walked over to Ibiki, held his injured hand and observed him.

After secretly checking with the chakra threads of the Spider Sense Technique, Hideki breathed a sigh of relief and said:
"Don't worry, there are no broken bones or nerves. I can handle this level of injury."

"Ibiki, it might be a little painful later, just bear with it and don't move."

After Hideki gave these instructions, he felt that his words seemed redundant and began to treat Ibiki.

I saw him continuing to hold Ibiki's hand with his left hand, and several transparent and thin chakra threads shot out from his fingertips to stop the bleeding and clean the wound.

After making sure there were no foreign objects such as sawdust inside, Hideki placed his right hand close to the wound, emitting a fluorescent green light.

Under the shining light, the wound on Ibiki's finger began to heal slowly.

However, this healing speed did not seem to satisfy Hideki, so at the same time, the chakra lines released from his left hand were also suturing the wound.

Extremely thin chakra threads went in and out of the wound, guiding the flesh and blood to heal seamlessly.

Finally, Hideki gradually removed the chakra threads used for sutures based on the progress of the wound recovery.

When he withdrew both hands, Ibiki's wound had completely healed, without even a scar left.

Then, at Hideki's suggestion, Ibiki tried to move his fingers, and he didn't feel any pain at all.

"That should be fine."

Hideki then stood up straight and said to the little ninjas around him,
"As you can see, although a sharp chakra carving knife is easy to use, it may hurt yourself if used improperly, so everyone must abide by the production specifications and pay attention to safety."

However, after Hideki said this, he realized that no one responded, but were looking at him with strange eyes.

"Why are you all looking at me like that?" Hideki asked curiously.

The young ninjas looked at each other for a few seconds, and finally it was Kurenai Yuhi who stepped forward and asked everyone's question:
"Teacher, you still say you don't know medical knowledge!?"

Hideki was slightly stunned, and then he realized that they were talking about what he had just said when introducing the Chakra Scalpel. He replied with a bit of a smile:
“Being able to cook doesn’t make you a chef.”

"I actually only know a few tricks to deal with trauma, but that doesn't mean I have the medical knowledge to perform surgery with a chakra scalpel."

Could that be considered a trick? The speed of healing wounds is comparable to that of a professional medical ninja.

The little ninjas couldn't help but complain in their hearts.

However, when he thought about the many novel and interesting ninjutsu his teacher had performed before, he thought that the treatment just now might just be a trick...

So no one thought about it carefully, only Nohara Lin seemed to be thinking about something.

Next, at Hideki's urging, everyone quickly returned to their seats and re-engaged in practicing the chakra carving knife.

After the incident just now, everyone became more careful, so no similar accidents happened again.

By the time dinner time approached, many young ninjas had successfully used chakra carving knives to recreate some toys with simple structures, or made some small items they wanted.

For example, Genma Shiranui, who seems to be quite good at handicrafts, made a yo-yo for himself, which he treasured very much.

And Nohara Rin, who is quite talented in chakra control, seemed to be inspired by Hideki's mini Thousand-armed Buddha statue, and finally carved a fairly lifelike cat wood sculpture.

Even Xi Ri Hong, who slacked off from time to time, made a Rubik's Cube for herself with her good talent.

She had already made up her mind to figure it out when she got home, and then give the little brat a surprise next weekend.

What surprised Hideki the most or left him speechless was the work of Ibiki Morino.

Because he actually built a miniature model of a torture chamber, complete with all kinds of torture instruments...

What’s even more terrifying is that the wood is stained with the blood from his recent injury, so the torture room is actually stained with blood, which makes it look very realistic.

This made Hideki wonder whether the child's injury just now was intentional or accidental?

When Hideki asked about the purpose of making this thing, Ibiki said a little shyly:

"My father's birthday is coming up in a few days, so I want to give him this as a birthday present."

Is there really anyone in the world who would be happy to receive this?

Hideki complained in his mind.

Fortunately, Hideki soon learned from Ibiki that his father worked in the Konoha Torture Department, so he finally felt relieved...

——Hey, hey, can you really feel at ease like this?

Although many children want to have dinner in the orphanage and then continue practicing in the workshop.

However, they are not orphans after all. In order to avoid being visited by their parents and affecting their reputation, Xiushu had no choice but to start driving them away, telling them to go home quickly or not to come again.

Amidst the widespread wailing, the children who were being held in the wrong place had no choice but to end their cheating experience and left the workshop with a sense of unfulfilled desire.

But when they left the orphanage and took out the toys they had made and started to share their experiences, everyone suddenly felt as if they were in another world:
He had mastered a C-rank ninjutsu and could even create such a realistic-looking toy...

Is this really something I can accomplish in just one day?
Everyone couldn't help but look back at the slightly shabby big house behind them. There was no more suspicion and contempt in their eyes as they had when they came here. Instead, they were filled with yearning and admiration.

It was as if it was not an ordinary orphanage, but a spiritual time house that could help them improve their level by leaps and bounds...

Standing under the big tree at the entrance of the orphanage, Xiushu felt relieved when he saw everyone leaving reluctantly.

He has invested a lot of money this time. If he still cannot win everyone's hearts, it will be a big loss.

However, most of them can only serve as apprentices to support the operation of the workshop.

There are far from enough people who are truly qualified to be his assistants.

Thinking of this, Hideki turned his gaze to Nohara Rin, who did not leave with the others, and said with a smile:

"Nohara-san, why are you staying here? Do you have something to ask me?"

Lin hesitated for a moment, but finally mustered up the courage to ask:
"Teacher, I have a question to ask you. Do you have time now?"

(End of this chapter)