The days of being a puppeteer in Konoha

Chapter 65 Blue Cub
Hideki arrived at the gate of the orphanage and saw Might Guy who had also come here with his father.

I saw that this kid did not forget to exercise even though he had just moved. He was walking back and forth in front of the orphanage while standing upside down.

There were many children nearby clapping and cheering happily.

Hideki walked forward, took out a handful of candy to bribe the children who were watching to leave, and then smiled and said to Kai:

"You must be Senior Dai's son. You look exactly like him."

Akai stood up straight and tilted his head and said:
"Really? But Daddy said I look more like Mom."

Hideki was slightly stunned, then he touched Kai's watermelon head and said:

"Don't say that again, or your mother will be very pitiful."

"Oh."

Akai nodded, then tilted his head, feeling that something was wrong...

Hideki then laughed and said:
"I'm sorry to ask you to move in so suddenly. If you find anything you don't like, just tell me and Aunt Kelly."

"Especially Aunt Kelly. She is very strict with the children, but it is for their own good."

"After spending more time with her, you'll find that she's actually a very nice person."

After saying that, Hideki said silently in his heart:
Aunt Kelly, Senior Dai, this is all I can do to help you.

Might Guy also nodded to show that he understood.

Then Hideki patted his forehead and said:
"By the way, I almost forgot to introduce myself. My name is Kimura Hideki, and I'm a puppetry teacher."

"If you graduate later, Kai, you could become my student."

"Oh! So you are Mr. Hideki. I've heard about you from others."

Akai's eyes lit up and said,

"The most popular pocket puppet beast in school was invented by you, teacher, right?"

After receiving a positive answer from Hideki, Akai happily asked him for a lot of relevant information.

Hideki didn't expect that Kai, who had already graduated, also knew about Pocket Puppetmon and was so interested in it.

It seems that no matter how obsessed he is with physical skills, Kai is still just a child after all and cannot completely get rid of the temptation of toys.

This made Hideki feel a little sympathetic towards the child.

Because he had already inquired and found out that unlike Might Guy and Kakashi, he did not graduate from school early because of his excellent grades.

Rather, it was judged that he would not make much progress even if he continued to stay in school, so he was allowed to graduate early.

Because unlike ninjutsu which can be quickly mastered as long as one has talent, simple taijutsu can only truly blossom and bear fruit after years of hard training.

Even if Might Guy has a great talent for physical skills at the age of seven, it is impossible for him to go from being a loser to a genius in just two years.

The reason why he graduated early was related to Kakashi's father, Sakumo Hatake.

It turned out that after White Fang's death last year, the major ninja villages that had originally been quiet began to stir again.

In order to suppress these ninja villages, Konoha had to increase the number of troops on the front line.

In order to fill the shortage of Genin in the village, the school decided to graduate a group of students with no potential and become Genin in advance.

It is called learning through practice, but in reality they are responsible for miscellaneous work such as farming and harvesting.

But for Akai, this was actually a blessing in disguise.

Wearing a heavy bag and doing these rough tasks really helped him more than sitting in school and listening to lectures.

But if he were to separate from his peers early, this child would probably feel lonely...

Out of sympathy, Hideki smiled and suggested:
"Akai, if you are interested in Puppetmon, I can give it a try."

But to his surprise, Akai did not happily agree, but said seriously:

"No need, Mr. Hideki. I actually already have a pocket puppet beast." After saying that, Akai took out a bowl-sized thing from somewhere and showed it to Hideki.

After taking a look, Hideki couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Because no matter how you look at it, it's a round turtle shell...

Fortunately, he understood what Might Guy meant afterwards.

Akai carefully placed it on the ground, and then began to make strange noises from his mouth:

"Kakakaka...bang!"

Under his artificial dubbing, the turtle shell actually cooperated very well and suddenly stretched out its head, limbs and tail.

At the same time, there is a line tied to the turtle, and the end of the line is connected to a piece of wood with a few button patterns drawn on it with a pen. It looks like a handle...

Then Matt Dai began to follow the pattern on the wood, while giving instructions with his mouth:

"Turn left, move forward, and charge!"

What's more, the turtle actually seemed to understand what people said. It performed various actions according to Akai's instructions, and finally even charged towards Hideki's left foot!

But according to Hideki's estimation, this charge will take at least thirty seconds to arrive...

After the performance, Akai said with anticipation:

"My former classmates all said that you stipulated that pocket puppets cannot be lent to others, so I made one myself."

"Teacher, do you think this is a pocket puppet beast? Can we use it to play with everyone?"

Hearing this, Hideki almost burst into tears...

"Yes, of course."

He touched Akai's watermelon head and said gently,
"Because Pocket Puppetmon is free, but..."

As he spoke, he looked down at the turtle who had stopped to rest halfway through his charge.
"We need to strengthen your turtle first. Come with me, Akai."

So Hideki led Akai to the temporary workshop.

While Kai was curiously looking at the tools on the wall, Hideki had already taken out a bunch of parts and gave the turtle a major transformation in the blink of an eye.

When Akai turned his eyes to the turtle, he found that it had completely changed.

In order to enhance its maneuverability, Hideki first made a mini scooter as its vehicle.

Now, if you push the turtle with your hand, its body will sit on the scooter and run a long distance on the table.

Then, in order to increase the means of attack, Hideki transformed a Squirtle's water spray device into a rotating turret and installed it on the turtle's shell.

Even the smallest water cannon can easily knock away a Rubik's Cube-sized piece of wood.

Finally, Hideki installed a set of breathable armor on the turtle's entire body, including the shell itself, and the core of the puppet beast was hidden inside.

In this way, this living puppetmon also has a life value system, so that it can comply with the rules of pocket puppetmon battles.

"As long as he wears this set of armor, this turtle can fully participate in the battle against Pocket Golemmon."

Hideki returned the transformed turtle to Kai and said with a smile,
"By the way, it seems that it doesn't have a name yet, right? Then Akai, you might as well give it a nice name."

Akai took the turtle and happily ran around the workshop holding it.

"I thought of it!"

After venting his excitement, he ran to Hideki and said loudly:

"Bluse Turtle, teacher, can we just call it Blastoise from now on?"

Unexpectedly, Hideki shook his head and said:
"This user name already exists, please register again."

(End of this chapter)