The days of being a puppeteer in Konoha

Chapter 297 College Beast

Red toads, white slugs, and giant purple snakes.

The sudden appearance of such an unknown giant beast above the Ninja School naturally caused an uproar in the entire school.

Many children didn't care that they were about to go to class, and ran to the playground calling their friends, looking up with their mouths wide open, to watch this strange sight.

In various places in Konoha, many villagers were attracted by this wonder and could not help but stop to watch.

Fortunately, although the three giant beasts in the sky are huge in size, they are all round and look cute and not very scary.

In addition, their bodies were half real and half virtual, and it was obvious at a glance that they were not real, so they did not cause any disturbance.

Even some well-informed villagers and ninjas saw that there was a ninja school under the projection and roughly guessed what was going on:

Well, that crazy inventor Mr. Kimura must have come up with something new.

Yes, this projection was indeed created by Hideki, and its function is actually very simple...

"Everyone, look! Something seems to have flown up to the sky from the rooftop again!"

A sharp-eyed student suddenly pointed up and shouted loudly.

The young ninjas lowered their gaze slightly after listening to this, and sure enough, they saw three sparkling balls of light, which seemed to be made up of gems of different colors, flying from the rooftop into the sky.

Ruby flew to the toad, Amethyst flew to the serpent, and Diamond flew to the slug.

The balls of gem light eventually flew to the mouths of the giant beasts and were swallowed in one gulp.

Before the children could be surprised, they discovered that the three giant beasts had grown a little fatter visibly after their meal.

At the same time, a number appeared above their heads. The toad's number was 369, the slug's number was 428, and the giant snake's number was 486, which seemed to be the number of gems just now.

The giant snake, which was temporarily in the lead, raised its head high and looked down upon the other two beasts with a smug look.

The toad looked unconvinced and kept stomping his feet in the air.

As for the slug, it lowered its head slightly, looking a little frustrated...

The children were very interested in the vivid expressions of the three Q-version beasts and were looking forward to how they would interact next.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the figures of the three giant beasts gradually dissipated, and disappeared without a trace in a moment.

"Ah, why are they gone now? I thought they were going to fight..."

"Yeah, it's really boring. I want to see a river of blood!"

"So what did that scene just now mean?"

"Toads, slugs, and snakes, this must be related to the three major colleges. Could it be that..."

The smart students began to guess roughly, but the more clever Asuma had already turned around and caught Hideki, the mastermind behind the scenes, and asked the key question directly:

"Teacher Hideki, are those numbers the points everyone earned in the past two days?"

"Not bad, you guessed it so quickly."

Hideki chuckled and praised.
"In fact, your homeroom teacher will give you a detailed explanation later. What we just did was just a small surprise for you."

"To put it simply, the projection is a manifestation of the competition between the three major colleges."

"After all, it's boring to just look at which college has the highest score. I guess everyone will forget about it in a few days."

"That's why I created the projections of those three giant beasts - I called them college beasts, and used them as symbols of the three major colleges."

"In addition to using the points you earn every day for your own use, they will also be transformed into gems from the academy the next morning and fed to them to help them thrive and defeat their opponents by the end of the semester."

"Based on the number of points you earn every day, the accumulated points, and the lead and lag relationship, the projections will react accordingly."

"How about it? Isn't it more interesting and more motivated this way?"

Obito, who had also followed to inquire about the situation, nodded repeatedly and couldn't help but praise Teacher Hideki for his brilliant ideas.

Indeed, compared to the dry score, the interesting little drama just now can ignite his fighting spirit better. Now he is thinking about winning a game against Toad tomorrow.

Asuma, on the other hand, was thinking further ahead and couldn't help but gasp inwardly.

Teacher Hideki said it lightly, something about making it more interesting.

It's easy to figure out that with such a huge and bright projection playing above the school every morning, it would be difficult for the entire Konoha to ignore this matter.

If Sister Tsunade were here, she would probably open the betting line right away and have a lot of fun betting.

As a result, the college division system, which originally seemed to be just the icing on the cake, suddenly became the focus of everyone's attention.

Whether everyone is willing or not, they will have to seriously participate in this competition between colleges under the unconscious supervision of people around them.

And all of this was a complete conspiracy. Even if he had seen through it, he had no choice but to fall into the trap.

After all, even if I don't strive for the first place, my college is always at the bottom, which doesn't look good on me.

When Asuma thought about how he would have to raise the score of Myoboku Mountain by himself in the future, he felt a little tired...

Then the bell rang, and although the children were still excited, they had to go back to the classroom.

With the teacher's explanation, they finally understood the mechanism of the academy beast projection.

As Hideki expected, except for old ninjas like Asuma who had been tormented too much by him, most of the young ninjas showed great interest in this.

The division of the colleges, which had no real sense at first, suddenly became clear after watching the little drama just now. The most obvious change was that in the following classes, what had originally become a battle for points among several countries at the end of the last semester, now returned to the chaotic times of the Warring States period.

Many students who decided to give up because they could not compete with others now have to cheer up and participate in this endless war.

Some of them did it for the cute college beasts, while others were worried about questions from their parents and neighbors.

More children are forced to join this trend under the influence of collective consciousness.

Of course, collective consciousness cannot be cultivated overnight, and I guess everyone's enthusiasm will slowly decline in a few days.

Everyone's sense of belonging to their respective academies only goes so far as to argue over whose academy beast is the most handsome and cutest.

So for the time being, everyone just developed a habit of running to the playground every morning to watch the Academy Beasts mini-theater.

But this was also within Hideki's expectations.

Human emotions are always ambiguous.

The simple suspension bridge effect can make people misunderstand the accelerated heartbeat when facing danger as a fondness for the people around them.

So when everyone gradually transforms their love for the academy beasts into a sense of belonging to the academy...

Then the battle for college points will naturally begin.

Of course, these are just afterthoughts.

In the next few days, the children's attention was quickly drawn to other things, that is, the pocket puppet beast competition at the weekend.

In order to defeat the competition and get the exclusive puppet beast as a reward, everyone tried their best.

Ordinary students would sneak into the puppetry classroom whenever they had time and borrow pocket puppet beasts to practice their skills.

Students in the puppetry class took advantage of every opportunity and took out the pocket puppet beasts shared by the group to practice repeatedly during breaks.

The arms race surrounding puppet beast parts is becoming increasingly fierce.

Some confident or blindly confident children even used the points they had worked so hard to save in the previous semester to exchange for parts.

After all, it costs 648 points to redeem the exclusive puppet beast.

If they could make a small profit with a big risk, they would make a fortune.

Of course, there are also many more stable students who are trying to obtain better parts through self-manufacturing, purchasing and exchanging.

As a result, workshop apprentices with good skills suddenly became very popular.

They made their first fortune before the game even started.

Hideki was happy to see this happen.

For the sake of fairness, all parts of the puppet beast must be made using materials provided by him, and corresponding material fees will be charged.

So no matter how much they earn, Hideki will never lose money.

So after school these days, many workshop apprentices would rush to the Kimura workshop without stopping, and use the complete equipment and easily available materials here to concentrate on making parts.

Hideki, who was sitting at his private work desk next to the podium, was actually preparing for the weekend's competition and was making a rather large machine.

After his deliberate publicity, this puppet beast competition has aroused considerable curiosity among the villagers of Konoha.

Of course he would not miss such a great opportunity to promote new products.

It’s a pity that the material problem has not been solved yet, and the children’s rune drawing skills are not up to par, making it difficult to draw smaller rune pieces.

Therefore, the mass production of pocket puppet beasts is still difficult to achieve, and the weekend’s competition can only be regarded as an advance preparation.

This is actually the reason why rune creations have been so rare in the ninja world for many years.

The simplest flash yo-yo is actually the current limit, and even at cost price it is not affordable for ordinary people.

Although the Wood Release Plant Exploration Project is already underway, the problem will be solved sooner or later.

But in order to keep the toy store business booming, Hideki came up with a solution.

After all, when he was a child in his previous life, he had seen many "toys" that ordinary people could hardly afford.

But they still bring countless happiness to children in a compromise way, and make businesses earn a lot of money...

Hideki stretched out his left hand and assembled several tiny parts together through the chakra lines shot out from his fingertips. Then he flew lightly into the machine, made many twists and turns to the deepest part, and embedded himself steadily in it.

"It should be alright now..."

Hideki muttered to himself, then picked up the handle connected to the machine and pressed the start button on it.

Then the curtain covering the top of the machine was pulled open, and behind it seemed to be a piece of glass similar to a screen, and behind the glass was a scene that made Hideki miss it a little:

Under the blue sky and white clouds, there are red bricks floating in the air for unknown reasons, and huge green water pipes standing on the ground...

There are also small chestnut-like monsters moving back and forth on the horizontal axis.

Of course, the key protagonist is indispensable in the end.

Under Hideki's control, a little guy wearing red overalls, with a big nose and a mustache was running around flexibly, and from time to time he would jump very high with a light jump...

(End of this chapter)