The days of being a puppeteer in Konoha

Chapter 6 First Lesson (Part )

"But before the class officially starts, I have a few words to say."

Hideki changed his attitude of having everything under control and smiled bitterly while rubbing the back of his head:

"First of all, I have to apologize to everyone..."

"Puppetry has a very bad reputation in Konoha. In order to let everyone at least see the real puppetry, I will resort to this desperate measure and use the puppet cat to lead everyone here."

"But no matter what, I was wrong to deliberately lock you all up here and restrict your freedom to choose courses. I'm very sorry."

"The warehouse door has been unlocked now. If you want to attend other training courses, you can leave at any time. It should still be in time."

"But since we are here, I still hope that everyone can treat it as a scam and listen to the content of this class first before making a decision."

What do you mean by "pretend"? They were obviously deceived!
Everyone was complaining in their hearts, but no one moved.

If it was just now, most people would probably choose to leave.

But after seeing the lifelike puppet cat and hearing the promises the teacher had made to them, they were no longer willing to move.

Everyone's initial resentment at being deceived also disappeared with Mr. Kimura's sincere apology.

Right.

Based on everyone's previous impression of puppetry, if the teacher didn't use some tricks, I'm afraid few people would be willing to come to class...

Anyway, there is a one-month selection period for the training course, so it doesn’t hurt to take a puppetry class first.

However, what the little ninjas didn't know was that what they were thinking was actually within Hideki's expectations...

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Hideki laughed evilly in his heart, feeling as if his conspiracy had succeeded.

Having been a child twice, he knows that blindly forcing children will only trigger a rebellious mentality.

So after painting a big picture to reassure everyone, he would immediately adopt such a low profile to eliminate the negative impact of deceiving everyone into coming to class.

Seeing that everyone had no intention of leaving, Hideki smiled with relief and said:

"Very good, then let's start the class formally."

He first glanced at everyone, and finally his eyes fell on a girl with two purple facial lines on each side of her face.

"My classmate, what is your name?"

"No...Nohara Lin."

Being asked a question suddenly by the teacher, Lin couldn't help but feel a little nervous and quickly stood up and answered.

Hideki comforted the other party with a gentle smile, and then asked:
"So, Nohara-san, do you know what puppetry is?"

Lin felt a little relieved when she heard the question because she had learned relevant knowledge in the Ninja Class.

So she thought for a moment and replied:

"Puppetry is a secret ninjutsu invented by the second generation Kazekage Shamon of the Sand Village, and later developed by the genius puppeteer Monzaemon..."

"This technique can remotely control puppets equipped with various hidden weapons through chakra lines to fight..."

"Oh, I remember the teacher also said that the number of puppets controlled is basically equal to the strength of the puppeteer..."

"Very good, Nohara Lin-san, you may sit down now."

Hideki continued,
"As this student said, when people talk about puppetry, the first thing that comes to mind is the strange puppets and the chakra strings that puppeteers use to control the puppets."

"And the two correspond exactly to the two most important parts of puppetry: puppet making and puppet manipulation." "In fact, this is also the reason why I chose this warehouse as a classroom."

"Because the production of puppets or mechanical ninja tools requires a lot of tools and materials, it is best to do it indoors, and the manipulation of puppets requires sufficient space."

"I chose this place as the classroom for the puppetry class to avoid running in and out."

"Because this place was just emptied, the tables, chairs and other equipment will probably not be fully equipped until the next class, so everyone just make do with it for now."

Naturally, no one objected to this.

However, some thoughtful little fellows couldn't help but guess that the reason why they didn't put tables and chairs there was because they were afraid that everyone would find out that this was a puppetry classroom right from the start...

Hideki naturally didn't know the dark and to-the-point thoughts of these people, and continued:

"You can probably imagine that puppet making is a complex subject that involves materials science, ninja tool making, mechanical engineering, sealing techniques, etc."

"If you want to master this, you must be prepared to spend a lot of time and energy."

Hideki paused for a moment, and seeing that everyone was beginning to look embarrassed, he quickly added with a smile:
"But since this is just a training course, there is no need to spend too much time on it."

"Based on my own experience, I have prepared several simple and practical hidden weapons for this course."

“All you need to know is how to assemble them, which is enough to pass the final exam for this course.”

"But don't underestimate them, because whether you can master and use these hidden weapons skillfully may mean the difference between life and death on the battlefield."

When the little ninjas heard this, they relaxed again.

Life and death are still too far away for them, and whether they can pass the exam easily is the key factor in whether they should consider staying.

It was a pity that Hideki's next words made them feel relieved again.

"Since puppet making is not the focus of the course, the core content of our course is naturally how to control puppets."

"As the foundation of the foundation, the creation and maintenance of chakra lines will be everyone's learning goal this semester, and will also be the focus of the final exam."

Although they had expected this, the young ninjas were still a little confused when they were asked to learn how to create chakra lines right from the start.

Did the teacher overestimate their level?
Creating chakra lines sounds difficult. Can they really learn it when they can't even climb trees or walk on water?
The more the little ninjas thought about it, the uglier their faces became, and they even began to prepare to back out.

Seeing this, Hideki secretly laughed in his heart, thinking that if the get out of class ended now, there might not be ten students who dared to come to the next class...

Fortunately, he had anticipated this, and said after a light laugh:
"Of course, as a former ninja school student, I know exactly what everyone is thinking."

"With everyone's current chakra control ability, it's probably not realistic to learn how to create and maintain chakra lines in one semester..."

"But it is precisely because of this that I, as a teacher, have value in existence."

"In order to achieve this goal, I have specially invented an interesting teaching aid for everyone..."

As soon as Hideki finished speaking, he shook his sleeves, took out three wooden balls and threw them forward amid everyone's expectant and suspicious gazes.

After the three wooden balls fell on the platform, they suddenly began to deform with a "cracking" sound, and eventually turned into three puppet beasts of different shapes.

Although not as lifelike as the previous black cat, the little ninjas can still recognize their prototypes from the simple mechanical appearance:
The first is a red lizard that walks on two legs.

The second one is a little blue turtle, which looks very cute.

As for the third green strange creature, they really couldn't recognize it... Let's just call it Garlic Turtle...

Seeing the little ninjas staring at the three puppet beasts with wide eyes and curiosity, Hideki suppressed his smile and explained seriously:
"This is what I call teaching aids. You can call them... pocket puppet beasts."

(End of this chapter)