The days of being a puppeteer in Konoha

Chapter 41 Points Plan
"Hokage-sama has finally approved the work-study program?"

Hideki blurted out these words immediately.

After receiving Minato's smiling nod in response, Hideki couldn't help but clench his fists hidden in his sleeves.

Very good!
This time my layout has taken a big step forward.

Because Minato was still there, Hideki had to suppress his excitement and suggested:

"In that case, let's go into my office first."

With that, Hideki walked to the office door, shot a chakra line from his finger, and reached into the door lock to open it.

Alaho is open!

Seeing that Minato's eyes suddenly became a little strange, Hideki explained casually:

"Sorry, I forgot my keys."

However, the truth is that Hideki never brought his keys with him, because it would be faster this way.

He even modified the door lock. If you really use the key to open it, it will give the unlocker a big surprise...

The two of them walked into the office and sat down. Hideki asked:
"Would you like something to drink? Tea? Coffee? Strawberry milk?"

Although there was an obvious flaw, Minato did not complain, but simply declined Hideki's proposal.

Hideki poured himself a glass of strawberry milk and said in a casual tone:

"Namikaze Jonin, I heard that you have been very active on the front lines recently. Even I have heard a lot about your deeds at school."

"Do you still remember Mr. Katakura who taught you before? He has been showing off in front of our other teachers recently."

Minato thought about it for a while, then his expression became a little strange, and finally he couldn't help but said:
"Excuse me, is the Katakura teacher you mentioned the one who teaches math?"

"It's him, it's him."

Hideki nodded.

Even Minato couldn't hold it in anymore, and said with a bit of a smile:

"As long as Mr. Katakura is happy..."

After making a joke, Hideki asked the question he really wanted to ask:

"By the way, Namikaze Jonin, you should have been at the front lines a few days ago. Why did you suddenly come back and take such a tough job?"

"——If it involves confidential information, then just pretend I didn't ask."

“There’s nothing bad to say actually.”

Minato waved his hand and smiled, "It's just that I'm planning to concentrate on practicing a ninjutsu recently, so I asked for leave to return to Konoha."

"And this mission was also given to me by the Hokage-sama when he saw that I was on vacation, so he let me use it to relax my mood after training."

How many "coincidences" are there in this world?
Hideki complained in his mind.

In his opinion, the Sandaime must have given this task to Minato on purpose.

Want to pick peaches? That's not the point...

After all, only Hideki knows how grand his plan is.

Now, in their view, this work-study program and workshop are just helpless measures to subsidize the puppetry class.

What's more, with Minato's character endorsed by the original work, he would not do such a thing.

Therefore, in Hideki's opinion, the arrival of the Third Generation should have initially recognized his abilities, so he created opportunities for the new generation of talents under him to get to know each other.

Secondly, it is probably intended to cultivate and test Watergate's ability in affairs.

After all, a Hokage can't just know how to fight and kill, he also has to deal with many affairs. If his ability is not up to standard, he may not even have time to go home for dinner and pay his taxes...

Of course, the Sandaime probably only regards Minato as a candidate for the Fifth Hokage. Minato has to wait until several years later to evolve into the perfect form of Yellow Flashmon before he is qualified to become the Permanent Hokage.

After sorting out the situation, Hideki got down to business and took out a stack of documents from the drawer and handed them to Minato.

Minato took it and looked at it, and found that they were actually two plans.

The information on the points program is okay, only a dozen pages.

But the information on the work-study program was as thick as a brick, which made Minato feel a little worried. He was afraid that he would have to spend all his vacation time on it.

Seeing this, Hideki also laughed in his heart.

He just casually proposed the points plan, so naturally there wasn't much content.

But the work-study program is the foundation of his life, so he must be adequately prepared.

Of course, this plan, which was originally intended for the Third Generation, did not contain much concrete information. It only made a lot of big promises and asked for a lot of resources, which were intended to be used for bargaining with the Third Generation.

"It seems that we should discuss the points plan first today."

Minato smiled helplessly.

"As for the work-study program, please wait until I go back and read the information before I discuss it with you."

"No problem, you can always come to me if you have any questions."

Hideki suppressed his smile and nodded seriously.

So Minato picked up the information about the points plan and began to look through it.

In fact, he also felt that although the points plan was quite creative, there was not much to discuss.

However, when he actually picked up the information and looked at it, he was quickly attracted by the content.

Because it was different from the usual rough plans, Xiushu had already made detailed rules for the plan. The points required for different levels of prizes, various ways to get points, the upper limit of the points the teacher gave in each class, how to let as many students as possible get points instead of being monopolized by a few people...

In short, as if it has been discussed by many people, this plan has taken into account various possible situations and even provides several contingency plans for some problems to choose from.

So after reading the information, Minato couldn't help but smile with both helplessness and appreciation:
"I feel like I'm a bit redundant because the plan is already so complete that I can't find any room for suggestion."

"And Mr. Kimura, your idea really opened my eyes."

"For example, the school system."

"Divide all students into several colleges, so that the points earned by individuals will be added to the college points at the same time."

"In this way, students' individual efforts become team competitions. Even if students are not interested in prizes, they are likely to study hard for the glory of the team."

"But why not just divide the students into different colleges according to class or grade?"

Hideki looked a little strange when he heard this.

Because he proposed the school division system, although it was for the reasons Minato mentioned, it was more of a small bad taste.

Because in this way, when students answer the question correctly, they can say:
"If you answer correctly, you will get five extra points from the Senju Hashirama Academy!"

It's a pity that even if Minato knew the Flying Thunder God Technique, he couldn't fly to Hogwarts, so Hideki had to start talking nonsense seriously:

"Because if we divide them by class or grade, then during normal classes, everyone will not be able to compete as a team and can only compete on their own, and the effect of the team score will be greatly reduced."

"As for why it is called 'College', it actually contains my small suggestions for school reform."

"Minato, you know that everyone takes exactly the same courses in school."

"The training courses I am responsible for did not exist in our time. They have only gradually appeared in recent years. The purpose is to provide early training for students with specific talents."

“And I think the school can actually continue to reform in this direction.”

"That is to say, students are directly assigned to different colleges based on their general types. The basic courses of each college overlap, but they also have their own professional courses."

"For example, students with good physical fitness can have more Taijutsu classes, and students with a talent for Ninjutsu can practice nature changes in advance. I even think that medical Ninjutsu deserves to become a professional course so that more students have the opportunity to learn it."

"Finally, combined with training courses like mine, students' potential can be fully developed during the golden age of the Ninja School."

As Hideki spoke, he actually felt that what he said made sense.

Because in fact, this is to further refine the profession of ninja and divide it into different functional divisions.

No matter which field, this is the inevitable result after development reaches a certain level.

In the original work, the Sandaime also liked to divide students into melee tanks, ranged output and auxiliary, and then form three-person teams.

However, this is only a very rough division of labor, without clear instructions and guidance.

Like Sakura in the original work, she was obviously a top student in school, but after the first part of the original work ended and the team disbanded, she realized that she was playing a supporting position.

Instead of letting the children go through various thinking and adjustment after graduation before they know where they are, they may even have to find their position again after changing teams.

It would be better to assign functions to ordinary students as early as possible and provide them with standardized training.

In this way, they can quickly integrate into the team and form combat effectiveness after graduation.

Although doing so would be like an assembly line, grinding away many of the children's personalities, Hideki felt that this sacrifice was acceptable compared to their early deaths due to lack of team coordination.

Of course, if other people heard Hideki's ideas, they might still find them a bit unorthodox.

However, for Minato, who was born into a commoner family and whose growth rate was indeed restricted by the school, Hideki's ideas coincided exactly with his, and he even expressed ideas that had not yet taken shape in his mind.

So he said impatiently:
"Mr. Kimura, your idea is very interesting. I think it can be reported to the Hokage and implemented in the Ninja School."

"Namikaze Jonin, calm down first..."

Hideki took out a cup and poured a glass of strawberry milk for the other party, then slowly said:
"After all, the Ninja School is the engine of Konoha. If one move affects the entire body, it is not easy to make drastic reforms..."

“If something goes wrong, it could make the situation in the village even worse.”

"So I just hope to keep the name of 'college' for now and see if I can slowly turn it into reality in the future."

"For example, we can use the division of colleges as bait to encourage senior students from the same college to guide junior students, thus forming a good trend of mutual learning."

"Or we can develop some voluntary extracurricular training programs based on the characteristics of different colleges, and then include them in the school curriculum if they are effective."

"In short, I would rather go slow than rush and turn a good thing into a bad thing."

"Mr. Kimura, you are very thoughtful. I was too impulsive."

Minato shook his head and smiled bitterly, then drank the glass of strawberry milk in one gulp.

It is too sweet!
Just as Sensei Kimura said, although the ninja world is relatively peaceful now, Konoha's situation is still precarious.

Of course, a blood-making department like the Ninja School cannot be changed casually.

After realizing his own naivety, Minato admired Hideki even more.

Minato admires Hideki very much for his wild creativity and down-to-earth execution.

But what he admired most was that Hideki always put himself in the children's shoes, otherwise he would not have come up with such a meticulous and thoughtful plan.

Minato himself was actually a little puzzled as to why the Hokage insisted on carrying out this seemingly simple task himself.

Now he finally understood that what was important was not the mission but the people.

Hideki Kimura.

It seems that from this puppeteer who is about the same age as me, I should be able to learn a lot of things that are difficult to learn on the battlefield...

(End of this chapter)