The days of being a puppeteer in Konoha

Chapter 37 Teaching students in accordance with their aptitude
In order to make Asuma, who is overconfident but incompetent, understand the gap between them and to establish his authority as a teacher, Hideki decided to be a little more serious.

As a result, this battle between pocket puppet beasts soon ended with Asuma's defeat.

In less than ten seconds, Charmander had Squirtle behind him, easily pulling out the controller cord, and Squirtle collapsed to the ground.

After being defeated at light speed, Asuma realized that he had thought too simply just now. The teacher did not give his full strength in the exhibition match just now!
However, Asuma was not forced to quit the game because even though he lost quickly, he still caught some flaws in his teacher's movements.

Although he failed to find the flaw on the spot, if he tried it again, he would definitely not be defeated by the same move.

In order to verify his idea, Asuma had no choice but to say:
"Teacher, let's play another round. I'm not mentally prepared yet..."

"No problem." Hideki agreed with a smile.

Then, as expected, he was beaten again.

After Asuma was beaten, he was also depressed.

His strategy was to first use similar actions to the previous round to lure the teacher into using the flawed move, and then he would use the countermeasures he had prepared to counterattack.

And the script did proceed smoothly as he had imagined, until the last step...

It turned out that the teacher suddenly used a fantastic and cool move to break his counterattack method and defeated him.

But it doesn't matter, because Asuma found that there is also an opportunity to take advantage of the teacher's tricks...

If it happens again, he will definitely be able to fight back!

So he said again: "Teacher, let's play another game. I'm still a little rusty..."

Hideki also said it didn't matter.

So in the following time, Asuma seemed to be trapped in a time loop, repeating the previous operations over and over again.

Simply put:
Killed instantly, there is a flaw, begging for another fight, full of confidence, killed instantly...

Asma is not a fool after all. After experiencing the same routine again and again, he naturally realized that something was wrong.

He gradually realized that every flaw he found was actually created deliberately by the teacher.

But at this time, Asuma was not angry because of the teacher's leniency.

Because in the process of constantly fighting with his teacher, he found that his operating level and combat awareness were improving at a rapid speed.

This was not only because he inherited the fighting instincts from his father, the Sandaime, but also because of his teacher's well-timed feeding moves.

Although he crushed Asuma every time, he also left loopholes as a way to solve the problem.

These flaws will force Asuma to immediately improve his techniques and tactics in order to have a chance to crack them next time.

And each time, this improvement just stays within the limit of Asuma's talent.

Therefore, every time Asuma played a game, he could deeply feel his own progress from cracking his teacher's moves.

It does not come from the unknown genuine praise from others, but is real and comes from the improvement of one's own judgment.

Asma hasn't experienced this kind of pure joy from learning for a long time, so he can't stop and would never choose to give up.

Even now, when he asked the teacher to play the next round, his tone became much more respectful:
"Mr. Kimura, please play another round with me."

Hideki, who had anticipated the situation, nodded with a smile and said:

"Happy to accompany you."

Obviously, the fish has been hooked...

What Asuma was experiencing at this time was the practical training method that Hideki had tailored for him based on his talents.

Based on the memories of the original work, the introduction of the Sandaime, and the test in the exhibition match just now, Hideki is already very sure that this child is a combat genius.

Simply put, he is not a super genius like Kakashi who learns everything quickly, but his innate combat instinct allows him to always see through the enemy's weaknesses in battle, thus defeating the strong with the weak.

In the original work, his fighting style of wielding the double blades of Feiyan and walking between the enemy's blades is exactly how to use this talent to the extreme.

However, his strength is very easy to break. Once the opponent's ability exceeds the range that he can break immediately, then his fighting style can also easily cost him his life...

Hideki constantly triggers Asuma's passive talent by exposing his flaws in battle, forcing him to constantly evolve himself in battle.

Of course, this seems easy to say, but it is not that easy to grasp the right measure.

If it is too little, it will not serve the purpose of training; if it is too much, it will overwhelm Asma or even persuade him to quit.

Fortunately, Hideki has the most powerful ninjutsu for teaching, the Spider Sense Technique.

The thin chakra lines scattered around allowed Hideki to monitor Asuma's physical condition in real time.

Hideki would then judge Asuma's stress level based on his chakra fluctuations and heartbeat, and fine-tune the assignments he was given.

In this way, Asma can continue to enjoy this painful and happy journey of suffering.

However, just as every journey has an end, when the bell rang for the end of get out of class, Hideki also ended his battle with Asuma.

It was obviously just a game of controlling puppet beasts, but Asuma was already sweating profusely, panting, and even his chakra was insufficient.

At the same time, he also had a sense of loss in his heart. Is it over?

I don’t know when I will be able to experience this feeling again…

What made him feel most regretful was that he ultimately failed to win.

Yes, although Asuma is already well aware of the huge gap between himself and his teacher in terms of control.

But after a series of fierce battles, he also realized that if he was restricted to the framework of the pocket puppet beast, he might still have a chance to win.

Although this seems to be no different from his original idea.

But the previous ones were just the fearless delusions of the ignorant, while the current ones are the conclusions drawn after careful calculation.

Even in the last few rounds, he was able to exchange many moves with the teacher, and it seemed that victory was just a matter of probability...

However, Asuma had already suffered from PTSD due to the teacher's layers of traps, and was afraid that this was also a trap set by the teacher.

So he didn't pretend anymore and asked directly:
"Mr. Kimura, if we keep fighting, do I have a chance of winning against you?"

"That's true."

"Because the Pocket Puppetmon's operation limit is not high after all, and there is also the obvious weakness of the handle line, so when the strength of both sides reaches a certain level, this will gradually become a game of rock-paper-scissors."

Hideki's words were undoubtedly heavenly music to Asuma, and his efforts were finally not in vain.

But he also felt a little regretful, as he felt that he had seen the end of this interesting game.

Obito, who was standing aside, was confused and envious. He could not understand what they were saying at all.

However, in order to prevent Asuma from seeing through him, he quickly tightened his face and began to nod repeatedly, as if agreeing with what the teacher said.

At this moment, the two of them didn't know that the teacher's next words would make their faces change drastically:
"Although it's a rock-paper-scissors game, Asuma and Obito, with your current level, you'll have to play hundreds of rounds to have a chance to beat me once..."

Asuma was stunned.

However, what surprised him was not that he had to play hundreds of games to beat the teacher once, but why the teacher compared himself with Obito, who was the last one.

Obito himself was so surprised that his eyes almost popped out of his head.

—Luckily he was wearing goggles…

At this time, Hideki suppressed his smile and pretended to be puzzled:

"Didn't either of you realize that I had removed the chakra lines that were controlling Obito in the last few rounds?"

"So the one who fought against you, Asuma, was actually Obito."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Asma looked doubtful about life.

How could it be that the person who defeated him with exquisite operations in the last few rounds was Obito, who had always been a laggard!
But thinking of this, he began to recall that some of Charmander's operations in the last few games were indeed substandard...

However, he thought it was another flaw that the teacher revealed on purpose, so he didn't take it too seriously.

But even so, the level of the guy fighting against him was definitely extraordinary, otherwise he would not have defeated him.

How could it be possible that Obito, who was just being toyed with by him, became stronger than him so quickly?

In fact, not to mention Asuma, even Obito himself had the same idea.

Wasn't he just a tool? How did he suddenly become the real boss?

So Obito pulled Hideki's clothes with a confused look on his face and asked:

"Sensei, when did I defeat Asuma?"

Hideki gave Obito a slight slap on the head in silence, and then explained to him:

"Obito, have you forgotten that my human body saigong does not directly take over your body, but controls the body together with you."

"And during the battle between Asuma and I, you experienced firsthand how to perform each move and how to handle each combat scene."

"So before you know it, you have learned my techniques, and your thoughts are gradually reflected in your fingers."

"When I found out about this, I didn't completely suppress your finger action."

"When you do the right thing, I'll just let it go."

“Of course, when I make mistakes, I will still make corrections.”

"In this process, your accuracy will naturally continue to improve."

"Since Pocket Golemmon only has a few buttons, the variations are limited, so your operation was not a big problem in the end, so I simply withdrew all the chakra lines."

"So there is no doubt that you were the one who won the last few games."

(End of this chapter)