The days of being a puppeteer in Konoha

Chapter 302: The Puppet Beast Competition Opens

The weekend soon came.

The first Pocket Puppet Beast Competition officially kicked off.

In fact, after school yesterday, Friday, Hideki had already held a preliminary competition in the school to select eight children who could participate in the main competition.

Including the students of the puppetry class, the non-staff player Kai, and Kushina who had promised to participate before, there are still more than a hundred participants in this competition.

So similar to the last Ninja School First Martial Arts Tournament, Hideki decided to split the main competition into two days.

The top eight will be decided on Saturday, and the final showdown will take place on Sunday.

This competition is not only intended to improve everyone's impression of puppetry, but also a promotional event for Bandai Toy Store.

If the event can be held for one more day, it will naturally attract more people.

Since the first day's schedule was quite tight, the competition had already started early in the morning...

"Come on, Myoga! Look at my multi-leaf dagger!"

"Don't underestimate my Squirtle's defense. My ultimate move: high-speed rotation three-point attack!"

"Although my practice time is limited, my Lada will not lose to you puppeteer apprentices!"

In the center of Konoha Square, on the four arenas that Hideki had built in advance, the contestants were already fighting fiercely.

It can be seen that many children’s puppet beasts have been upgraded, basically replacing them with upgraded parts and undergoing various unique modifications.

In addition to the basic three starter beasts, new pocket puppet beasts such as Rattata and Caterpillar also appeared on the stage.

They were all made by Hideki in his spare time last semester in order to increase the variety of Pocket Puppetmon and prepare for future promotions.

Because these ordinary puppet beasts are also used by ordinary students, Hideki gave them considerable strength.

Even without modification, their strength is quite impressive, enough to fight against the upgraded puppets of the three royal families.

In the outer area of ​​the audience surrounding the arena, various stalls were already set up, selling all kinds of Pocket Puppetmon-related food and souvenirs.

For example, there are marshmallows and balloons in the shape of puppet beasts, as well as related posters, stickers, accessories, etc.

It turned out that after seeing the open-air cinema and experiencing the New Year's festival, the shop owners and vendors around the square no longer had any doubts about Hideki's ability to entertain people.

So they heard about the Pocket Puppetmon competition a long time ago and went directly to Hideki to reach a cooperation.

Hideki knew that many shops were backed by the ninja clan, and he himself had no intention of eating alone, so he agreed to their request.

The result is the grand occasion before us, where a small class competition was turned into a festival with great excitement.

But these vendors' stalls are just a backdrop after all.

At this moment, the eyes of most of the villagers in the square were attracted by the huge puppet beasts fighting images above each arena...

The pocket puppet beast is too small, and if the spectators are a little far away, it may be difficult for them to see what is happening in the game.

In order to solve this problem, Hideki specially set up a three-dimensional projection device on each ring, just like the previous Academymon, so that the battle situation on the ring can be projected into the sky in real time.

Therefore, the originally small-scale battle between pocket puppet beasts suddenly took a big step into the gigantic version.

It was a performance far more powerful than usual, leaving many audience members stunned and fascinated.

Seeing this, Hideki, who was inspecting nearby, touched his chin unconsciously, feeling that there seemed to be a lot more to come from this technology...

In addition to the 3D projection, a larger open-air cinema screen was also continuously playing exciting replays of the game, attracting curious villagers from all over Konoha to come and watch.

But even without this, Konoha Square has long become the first choice for villagers to relax during holidays.

Listen to the news inside and outside Konoha reported by anchor Nono and broaden your horizons;
Watch the latest episode of Tom and Jerry's battle of wits and have fun.
Otherwise, it is also a good pastime to see what new programs have been launched recently.

So even without any special publicity, a large number of Konoha villagers gradually gathered in the square at this time.

Everyone was even more curious when they learned that a Pocket Puppetmon competition was being held here. As Hideki's first work to become famous after returning to the village, everyone has heard of the name Pocket Puppetmon.

However, it is the first time for most people to see it at such a close distance.
Charmander, Squirtle, Bulbasaur, Rattata... and their evolved forms all opened the eyes of the Konoha villagers.

It was hard for everyone to believe that the cute or handsome things in front of them were actually the cruel and weird puppets as rumored.

Sure enough, what you hear is false and what you see is true.

Maybe puppetry isn't as scary as they imagined...

Although it was only a fleeting thought, everyone's impression of puppetry was indeed changing...

"The next match, in ring number one, Kushina versus... Mizuki."

The shop assistant who was hosting the competition announced loudly.

After hearing about this wonderful combination, Hideki also walked over to check it out with great interest.

On the ring, Kushina was controlling the puppet Pikachu, easily beating up the Rattata controlled by Mizuki.

Mizuki is not Hideki's student, but a contestant who advanced from the preliminaries. It seems that he has spent a lot of time practicing controlling puppet beasts.

However, judging from the current situation, he probably can only stop here.

It seems that even though this world has gradually deviated from the trajectory of the original work, Shuimu is still in conflict with the horoscope of Uzumaki.

After a moment of silence for him in his heart, Hideki walked towards a blond figure next to the ring...

"Minato, you came to watch the game too."

Hideki raised his hand and said hello, then said,
"That's right. You've been practicing in my lab every day recently. It's time to relax."

"And if you don't stay with Kushina, I'm worried she might get mad..."

Minato could only smile bitterly at Hideki's teasing.

In fact, with the help of Hideki's laboratory, his recent progress in developing the Rasengan has been encouraging, and it has indeed made him somewhat addicted to it and unable to extricate himself.

So last night, Kushina had to persuade him in every possible way, until her hair was flying in anger, and he reluctantly agreed to take two days off and accompany her to the competition.

After exchanging a few pleasantries with Hideki, Minato hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help asking:
"Hideki, have you written the rest of the story for your Kamen Rider Kuuga script?"

In fact, in addition to researching the Rasengan, Minato has also been thinking about the script written by Hideki recently.

Minato's hobby was reading.

So when he saw the bizarre world view setting in the script that Hideki gave her, which was very different from the plot of today's novels, and the protagonist who was quite in line with his values, he quickly became deeply addicted to it.

However, what made him feel anxious was that the script that Hideki gave him was only the first ten episodes...

Although Minato didn't want to bring up the subject again, Hideki had the idea of ​​asking him to be the leading actor.

But in order to see the subsequent plot earlier, he couldn't help but ask.

Finally... this guy finally asked...

Hideki laughed in his heart as if his evil plan had succeeded.

But on the surface, he still sighed with a slight headache:
"The follow-up script? Not yet."

"Like 'Fire Boy King', I plan to film this series while it is being broadcast, so that I can adjust the plot based on audience feedback."

"So I do have an idea of ​​the general setting and plot direction, but the specific script will have to wait until the official shooting to be completed before I can slowly write it out."

"It's a pity that we still haven't found a suitable candidate for the male lead, and we don't know when we can start filming..."

After saying that, Hideki looked at Minato with a gloomy gaze, his intention was very obvious...

(End of this chapter)