The days of being a puppeteer in Konoha

Chapter 42 Three Harvests
In fact, Hideki knew in his heart that he was not smarter than Minato, he was just relying on the memories of his previous life for reference.

So he just waved his hand modestly:
"I just thought about it a long time in advance, so I thought more comprehensively about the college."

"In fact, there are still many details here that are worth discussing. If you are interested, Namikaze Jonin, we can continue to improve it together in the future."

Hideki's modesty made Minato more confident in his own thoughts, and he nodded sincerely:
"Then it's settled."

As the true successor to the Will of Fire, he was of course very happy to contribute to the children's growth.

But at this point, Minato suddenly realized a problem:
What we were discussing today was the points plan, how come it turned into school reform?

After shaking his head and smiling, Minato returned to the subject:

"Since you have such an interesting idea, Mr. Kimura, then the name 'Academy' will continue to be retained. I will help you explain it to the Hokage."

"As for the specific name of the academy, well, that is indeed a problem..."

Speaking of this, Minato also felt a little troubled.

In fact, there are several options given in the plan.

For example, in order to commemorate the founder of the ninja school, it is divided into three academies: Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, Madara Uchiha (crossed out), and Mito Uzumaki.

There is also a way to directly divide them based on the successive Hokage, which is to remove Uzumaki Mito and replace him with Sarutobi Hiruzen.

If you want everyone to take the Three Ninjas as role models, they can also be divided into three academies: Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru.

In addition, there are also ways of naming after the three holy places, the five elements, and even the three pocket puppet beasts...

Minato felt that each division method had its own merits and it was difficult to make a decision.

In addition, he just learned that behind the word "college" was Hideki's desire for reform, so he felt that he couldn't be careless, so he had to say:
"As expected, this issue still needs to be decided by the Hokage himself."

Hideki said without hesitation, "I second the motion."

After throwing their troubles to the Sandaime, the two couldn't help but smile at each other.

Afterwards, the two negotiated and fine-tuned some details of the points plan.

Although Minato thought there was nothing wrong with this plan at first glance, after Hideki's reminder, he gradually realized that there were many difficulties in it.

Especially in terms of prizes, most of them are collectible toys provided by Hideki, as well as special guidance services provided by school teachers.

Even if we add Hideki's suggestion of offering some common ninjutsu and ninja tools as prizes, and using the Hokage's personal guidance as a gimmick, the prize list is still a little insufficient.

There is no other way. A good cook cannot cook without rice. The budget for this project is limited. No matter how capable Hideki is, he cannot create something out of nothing.

But this is when Minato showed his strengths.

He immediately volunteered, as he had a much wider network of contacts than Hideki, and said that he would persuade some of his comrades to join the program with him, offering special guidance as a prize.

He even planned to organize a fundraising campaign to encourage everyone to contribute to the school.

Seeing that Minato was so enthusiastic, Hideki was happy to let him arrange everything.

By the time the discussion was over, it was almost dark.

So the two of them came to the school gate and began to say goodbye to each other.

Minato smiled and said:
"I really benefited a lot today. Thank you for your guidance, Mr. Kimura."

"I will follow up and complete the points plan as soon as possible, and I will also finish reading the work-study materials as soon as possible..."

"Don't be too anxious."

After that, Hideki hesitated for a moment and then continued,

"But if possible, there are two things about this plan. I hope you, Namikaze Jonin, can give me an answer as soon as possible."

"You said."

"First, there is land near the orphanage. I would like to apply for the land to build a formal workshop. I hope to get the approval of the Hokage."

"The second is about sealing techniques."

"Although the creation of puppets uses seal runes, I only imitated them before and didn't study them in depth."

"In order to develop more products for the workshop in the future, I want to learn the sealing technique from scratch and hope to get the relevant basic information."

Minato had done some research beforehand, so he smiled after a brief pause:

"Both applications are reasonable and should not be a problem. I will talk to the Hokage tomorrow."

"Then I'll trouble you, Namikaze Jonin." Hideki nodded in thanks.

Hearing this, Minato suddenly scratched his head and said, "Actually, we are about the same age. Teacher Kimura, you can just call me Minato from now on."

"Namikaze jonin or something like that, I'm still a little uncomfortable hearing that."

"Then you might as well call me by my name Minato."

Hideki also nodded.

"Okay, see you next time, Hideki."

"Goodbye."

Watching Minato leave with a stack of information, Hideki felt both happy and emotional.

It was great to get to know Minato Namikaze and solve the land problem for the workshop.

But what made Hideki happiest was that he could finally start learning the sealing technique seriously.

You should know that like chakra conducting materials, sealing techniques are used in important fields such as barriers, talismans, and advanced ninja tools, and have always been a highly confidential matter among villages and countries.

Even though Iruka knows some sealing techniques in the original work, he cannot be considered an ordinary person as his parents are both jonin.

Hideki, who was born into a commoner family, had no way of learning the sealing technique.

Even after being promoted to a special jonin, Hideki could only apply to borrow some basic sealing scrolls.

But these scrolls did not record much of the principles, they just told people to follow the instructions and carve the rune formulas.

Even for Hideki, who possesses the skill of brainstorming, it is difficult to reverse engineer the meaning of the Sealing Runes without much information.

All he could do was refer to the rune formulas inside his trophy puppet and break down some basic puppetry into several crude black box modules.

I only know what results will be obtained by inputting chakra, but I don't know the principle behind it.

All the puppets and ninja tools invented by Hideki so far have been able to barely achieve the functions he wanted in this way.

So it is obvious that whether it is to develop more popular products for the workshop, to create stronger puppets, or even to explore the mysteries of chakra more deeply, Hideki must master the tool of sealing technique.

So, taking advantage of the official start of the work-study program, Hideki had a perfect reason to develop products for the workshop and took the opportunity to ask for basic knowledge of puppetry.

And as Minato said, with such sufficient reasons, the Sandaime should not reject his application.

But this is also what makes Hideki feel emotional.

Because at this time Minato did not yet have the name Yellow Flash.

Therefore, the ninjutsu that he came back to concentrate on practicing this time is most likely the Flying Thunder God Technique that allowed him to gain this title.

Although this technique is a space-time ninjutsu, it also requires the use of very advanced sealing rune techniques...

Thinking that Minato had already started to learn S-level sealing techniques, Hideki felt that the basic knowledge of sealing techniques that he was about to obtain was not so attractive...

Thinking that Minato's knowledge of sealing techniques should have been learned from his future wife Uzumaki Kushina, Hideki couldn't help but drool with envy and jealousy...

The only thing he was thankful for was that his nonsense academy plan actually left a good impression on Minato.

This also means that you, who have always been taking advantage of others for free, finally have the opportunity to take advantage of others for free.

Although it is impossible to discuss specific sealing techniques, Hideki believes that even if they just exchange basic knowledge, he will benefit a lot.

So I hope that Watergate's holiday can last a little longer...

……

A few days later, it was weekend morning.

At the corner of Konoha Shopping Street, a little boy of about eight or nine years old was standing in front of a stall and shouting:

"Dear fellow villagers, brothers and sisters, here are the newest and most interesting new toys in Konoha, you have definitely never seen them before!"

"During the promotion period, all toys in the store are 8% off! All toys in the store are 8% off!"

"You can't afford to suffer a loss, you can't afford to be cheated, don't miss it if you pass by..."

A new type of toy you've never seen before?
And it’s 20% off for all?
Lang Lang's catchy hawking sounds, childish voice, and the curious advertising slogan attracted many adults and children to take a closer look.

But just by looking at it, the children seemed to be petrified and could not walk at all.

The adults secretly cried out in dismay, feeling that their wallets would probably bleed heavily and that rescue would be futile.

Because what the little boy said was actually true, the various toys displayed on the stall were things they had never seen before!

(End of this chapter)