The days of being a puppeteer in Konoha

Chapter 31 The Sandaime's Invitation

"Since everyone likes toys so much."

"Then maybe we can find a way to transfer their enthusiasm for toys to learning and cultivation..."

When Hideki said this, the Sandaime also stroked his chin thoughtfully and said:
"Like your pocket puppetmon?"

"Hokage-sama is indeed wise."

Hideki flattered him casually and then began to explain:

"But it's not easy to find teaching aids like Pocket Puppetmon that perfectly combine play and training."

“So this time we are not using the process of playing with toys, but using the toys themselves as motivation for everyone to practice.”

"To put it simply, we can establish a reward mechanism in the school."

"For example, we can reward students who perform well in exams, competitions, and classes, or who have made significant progress with toys."

"In this way, everyone will naturally study as hard as possible..."

At this time, the Sandaime couldn't help but question:
"But Hideki, isn't your workshop going to start selling these toys soon?"

“Will people really work hard for something that can be easily purchased?”

Hideki smiled and said:

"So our reward is naturally a toy that is not available on the market?"

“In fact, it is similar to some business routines.”

"By changing the color scheme, using slightly better materials, or adding some patterns, we can claim that this toy is a rare collector's edition that is not available on the market."

“Although it may not be worth mentioning to other people, for students who really like the original toys, this is a treasure that they want to get at all costs…”

This is too dark!

The Sandaime couldn't help but mourn for his students in his heart.

Because he knew that Hideki's method sounded a little outrageous, but it might actually work.

After all, this is similar to the premium of luxury goods.

For example, if his family runs a fruit business, he knows that some fruits are just a little more beautiful than ordinary fruits, but they can be sold at a price dozens of times higher, yet many people still flock to them.

It's just that the students will pay back the premium of Hideki's rare toys with hard training...

Hideki then added:

"Of course, considering some children who are not so enthusiastic about toys, we can also choose other things as rewards."

"For example, it could be a pack of snacks, or a free ramen ticket, or ninjutsu, ninja tools, or materials, or even your personal guidance, Hokage-sama..."

"Of course, for ease of management, we can introduce a points mechanism."

"We can give students points for different levels of good performance."

"Then the points can be accumulated and used to redeem rewards of different levels."

In fact, Hideki had originally planned to implement the plan he mentioned in his own class after the registration for the training course ended at the end of the month.

After all, as he said, toys that cost little but are loved by children are the best bait to encourage everyone to practice.

How could Hideki not make good use of such a powerful weapon?
However, in order to remedy the problems caused by the toys, Hideki brought it up in advance and see if he could get some benefits for the children.

This time, the Sandaime did not speak immediately, but subconsciously lit his pipe, smoking while thinking about the gains and losses.

After a long while, he finally exhaled a long puff of smoke and said:

"Since it doesn't cost much, this method is worth a try."

"But in order to prevent you from causing any more trouble, I will send someone to work with you on this matter."

Wait, I just gave my opinion, I didn't say I wanted to get involved in this?

Hideki groaned in his heart.

Even though he is just a training course teacher, Hideki is very busy with the tasks of running the workshop and collecting materials.

But after all, the incident was caused by him, and the solution was also proposed by him.

In order to avoid having others carry out the task and having the responsibility fall on himself in case of failure, Hideki had no choice but to accept the task reluctantly.

However, when he asked who would be sent to cooperate with him, the Sandaime did not tell him, but only said that you will know when the time comes...

Riddler, get out of Konoha!
Hideki was complaining madly in his mind.

"Hokage-sama, if there is nothing else, I will take my leave."

Seeing that the matter was over, he prepared to say goodbye and leave.

However, the Sandaime tried to persuade him to stay:

"Don't worry, I actually have something personal I want to discuss with you, Hideki."

Private matter?

Are you urging me to get married again?
Seeing the Sandaime's friendly face, Hideki really didn't know what he was up to, so he could only wait and see and said, "Please speak, Hokage-sama."

The Sandaime said, "Hideki, do you still remember Asuma? He has been attending your puppetry classes."

Seeing Hideki nod, the Sandaime smiled bitterly and said:

"Then you should have seen this kid's character."

"It's strange, since my teaching methods are no different."

"But this child is completely different from his brother. He is neither obedient nor very diligent in cultivation. He makes me worry at all."

"So I want to hire you, Hideki, as his tutor part-time to help me supervise his training. If you can change his awkward personality, that would be even better."

Inviting Hideki to become Asuma's tutor was certainly not a spur-of-the-moment idea of ​​the Sandaime, but a well-considered decision.

Firstly, as he just said, although Asuma has great talent, he is not working hard enough in his training.

And Hideki is very good at using all kinds of novel and interesting methods to stimulate students' enthusiasm for practice.

Secondly, after last weekend, the Sandaime had a higher evaluation of Hideki's actual teaching ability.

Although the matter of the chakra carving knife was not widely spread in the ninja school.

But as the Hokage, he naturally has many people reporting all the information to him.

Therefore, he knew all about the principles of this technique, the learning methods, its various forms, and even its final form, the Chakra Workshop.

This made him feel gratified by Hideki's will of fire, and at the same time amazed at his wild creativity and seemingly inexhaustible inspiration.

But what shocked the Sandaime the most was that Hideki had managed to help a group of ninja school students master a C-level ninjutsu in just one day.

The key, of course, is the step-by-step diagram that Hideki drew on the blackboard on how to use chakra to create a blade.

Since Hideki didn't wipe the blackboard at all, the Sandaime had actually seen the step-by-step drawings for copying a long time ago.

According to the Anbu who went to copy, when he sneaked in at midnight, he encountered at least three groups of people with the same purpose...

This made the Sandaime speechless. This kid is really bold...

However, after he made the chakra carving knife according to the step-by-step instructions, he finally realized why Hideki was not on guard.

Everyone's chakra characteristics are different, and the location and size of chakra points cannot be exactly the same.

So it is indeed possible to make a chakra carving knife by following the steps in the diagram, but the effect is only about 60% to 70% of the complete one.

It's OK for crafting, but it's absolutely impossible to use it in combat.

The secret of the perfect carving knife is not difficult to guess, it is hidden in the process of Hideki teaching everyone step by step.

In other words, Hideki has tailored a chakra carving knife for each person based on the characteristics of their chakra and the location of acupoints on their palms!

To do this, the Sandaime guessed that Hideki should have highly precise perception abilities.

As to whether he was born this way or achieved it through ninjutsu or ninja tools, the Sandaime did not know.

But he had no intention of delving too deeply into it.

There has never been a shortage of ninjutsu with miraculous effects in the Sealed Book; what is lacking is the talent who can learn these techniques.

Now Hideki is concentrating on using his own methods to help Konoha cultivate more such talents.

The Sandaime would naturally not do something like picking up sesame seeds and throwing away watermelons.

However, out of his selfish desire as a father, he still hopes to use Hideki's ability to give his stupid son some special treatment.

Especially the chakra carving knife.

This method of shaping chakra into a blade can actually be extremely powerful if it is integrated with wind-style chakra.

Asuma's natural chakra attribute is wind...

In fact, Hideki could guess what the third generation and above were thinking.

No wonder the Sandaime was so easy to talk to today, it turns out he was waiting here.

Hideki actually wasn't too keen on teaching Asuma.

Because this kid is almost the representative of the freeloader party in his class.

When teaching, he treated it as a performance, but when playing with Pocket Puppet Beast, he was extremely active, with the mentality of just coming there to have fun.

A descendant of the great ninja clan who is unlikely to focus on puppetry cannot provide much help to Hideki's plan.

Xiushu was already very busy, and now he had an additional task of formulating point rewards. It seemed a waste to spend his precious time on this kid.

However, if I could become Asuma's tutor, there would be many hidden benefits.

At least the third generation should be easier to talk to in the future, and Asuma will also be a good fighter when he grows up.

Hideki pondered for a moment, carefully weighed the pros and cons in his mind, and finally gave his answer:

"Hokage-sama, I appreciate your appreciation, but I refuse..."

(End of this chapter)