The days of being a puppeteer in Konoha

Chapter 3 Brainstorming
Before officially starting brainstorming, Hideki still had to do some preparatory work.

He first got up, closed the office curtains, locked the door, and then came to the open space in front of his desk.

Then Hideki pulled out a storage scroll from his arms, unfolded it and unsealed it, then took out six hats that were put together.

The hats look similar to the top hats that traditional magicians often wear, and come in different colors: red, yellow, green, blue, black, and white.

At the same time, each top hat is inlaid with a gem of the same color as the top hat, and there are many faintly visible strange patterns painted around it.

Hideki first picked up a blue top hat and put it on himself. After thinking for a while, he took out a white, red and green hat and placed them on the table.

After he was fully prepared, he began to make seals with his hands.

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

The next moment, three balls of white smoke exploded, and three figures who looked exactly like Hideki suddenly appeared in front of him.

As soon as they appeared, they rushed to the hats on the table without waiting for the main body's instructions.

After two whoosh sounds, the two shadow clones had already grabbed the red and white hats.

The shadow clone, who was a little slow due to his position, had to put on a bitter face and reach out to the remaining green hat, mumbling:

"I know this is imitating the use of the six thinking hats, but can't the green hat be replaced with a different color?"

The so-called thinking hat is actually a thinking management method that Hideki knew in his previous life.

It compares different thinking angles to hats of different colors, allowing people to think about problems more systematically and comprehensively by switching "hats".

For example, Hideki, as the original body, wears a blue hat, which represents planning and command. He is responsible for regulating the entire thinking process and drawing conclusions in the end.

The white hat represents objectivity and focuses on information collection, while the red hat represents emotion and emphasizes feelings and perception.

The yellow hat represents optimism and is responsible for providing positive views, while the black hat represents pessimism and is responsible for providing negative and skeptical views.

And the green hat at the end naturally represents forgiveness... No, it should be creativity, which is responsible for providing solutions to problems and innovative ideas.

In order to make more efficient use of his genius time of three minutes a day, Hideki borrowed the idea of ​​thinking hat to think about problems more comprehensively.

And because of the existence of shadow clones, Hideki does not need to switch "hats" one by one to change his thinking angle, but directly assigns a specific thinking angle to the original body and the shadow clone.

In this way, not only can you think about the problem comprehensively, but shadow clones with different thinking angles can also communicate in real time, making it easier to inspire unexpected inspiration.

So theoretically speaking, there should be six people including the original body and shadow clones in order for this technique to achieve the best effect.

It’s a pity that Hideki doesn’t have enough chakra, and the more shadow clones he has, the greater the burden on his brain.

Therefore, creating three shadow clones was the best choice that Hideki came up with after many tests.

After the third shadow clone reluctantly picked up the green hat and put it on, Hideki's real body and the shadow clone sat cross-legged in the open space.

Seeing that the shadow clone was ready, Hideki raised his right hand to his chest and said softly:

"Brainstorming technique."

As soon as he finished speaking, four thinking hats shot out clearly visible chakra lines from the gems, connecting with the thinking hats on both sides to form a blue square.

At the same time, the heads of the three shadow clones suddenly tilted back, their eyes rolled up, and their handsome faces became a little distorted, looking as if they were experiencing considerable pain.

The strange patterns around the thinking hat gem suddenly became clearly visible, forming a series of faintly glowing rune spells.

Hideki did not have the time and means to systematically learn the sealing technique before, and only learned the basics.

Therefore, the function of these rune spells derived from sealing techniques is very simple, which is to limit the flow rate of chakra in the chakra line.

In this way, although the speed of information exchange will decrease, the burden on the shadow clone's brain will also be reduced. It will not explode due to excessive load all of a sudden, and the final effect will be better.

As for the real Hideki, he was concentrating with his eyes closed, and his expression was not as exaggerated as that of the shadow clone.

Because the main body's brain is not a disposable item that would not be a pity if it exploded, it is not responsible for specific thinking work.

Hideki's task at this time was just to evaluate and regulate the various ideas generated by the three shadow clones through crazy communication and thinking, and to determine whether to continue to dig deeper in the corresponding direction. Even so, processing a large amount of information in a short period of time would still give Hideki a headache for several hours.

However, compared with the effect of this technique, paying such a price is already very worthwhile.

Moreover, after using this technique many times, Hideki discovered the unexpected benefits it brought.

Perhaps similar to the principle of muscle training, Hideki would find a slight increase in his mental energy after each headache.

Although the effect was not very obvious, it accumulated over time and allowed Hideki to gradually develop quite good mental strength.

In addition to gradually prolonging the time it takes for the shadow clone's head to explode, it also allows Hideki to become more adept at controlling chakra.

Thanks to this, he was able to master the technique of controlling puppets with chakra strings in just a few years.

Therefore, Hideki always consciously adjusts the chakra restriction technique of the thinking hat, so as to create appropriate burden on the brain for exercise during the performance of this technique.

Three minutes passed quickly.

At this time, the heads of the three shadow clones had begun to smoke, and then exploded one by one with a bang, leaving only three top hats that fell lightly to the ground.

The remaining chakra of the shadow clone began to return to the main body, and the memory of his previous thoughts also flooded into Hideki's brain, giving him another headache.

But the rich harvest still made Hideki stand up in surprise and shout:
"Eureka!"

However, Hideki did not start sorting the harvest immediately. Instead, he took out a bottle of strawberry milk that he had prepared in advance and drank it all in one breath.

Because the brainstorming session just three minutes ago had already consumed a large amount of sugar in his body, which had to be replenished immediately.

After replenishing his sugar intake, Hideki massaged his temples with both hands to relieve his headache, while pacing back and forth in the office and began to sort out his gains this time:

"Such a simple solution, why didn't I think of it just now?"

"The reason why it's difficult for small puppet beasts to become teaching aids right away is that students probably don't even have the skills to create chakra lines right now, so they can't use them to practice at all."

"But the creation, maintenance, and even manipulation of chakra lines are ultimately external manifestations of chakra control."

"So as long as it can help you train your chakra control, you don't have to stick to using chakra lines to control it from the beginning."

"Maybe we can design an auxiliary ninja tool first."

"Even if students don't know how to create chakra threads, they can use them to control puppets and practice chakra control at the same time."

“It’s like learning to ride a bicycle with training wheels on.”

"Instead of letting children fall and suffer setbacks at the beginning, it is better to give them some assistance and let them experience the joy of riding a bicycle first, and perhaps they can improve faster."

"——Of course, how to prevent them from becoming dependent on 'training wheels' is also a problem that needs attention."

In just three minutes of genius time, Hideki had figured out how to improve the small puppet beast so that it could meet the requirements of becoming a teaching aid.

In order to avoid forgetting the details, Hideki quickly sat back in his seat and began to write furiously in his notes.

When he put down his pen, Hideki realized that he had already written more than a dozen pages of densely packed notes.

Because it not only contains the basic form of teaching aids, but also how to upgrade them in the future to suit the students' level, Hideki has also made a lot of plans.

"Everyone will be surprised tomorrow."

Hideki looked at the teaching aids he had just designed, and thought about how shocked the little ninjas would be when they saw the finished product, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up in joy.

But now is not the time to rest.

Although Hideki still felt a dull pain in his head, he just wanted to have a good sleep.

But in order to make the teaching aids before tomorrow's class, he had to set out immediately to prepare...

(End of this chapter)