Pupet Master in Konoha

The number of students in the classroom is now one hundred and eight.

A very fitting number, one that does justice to the gods.

After the little heroes took their seats, Hideki was ready to start the class.

However, upon seeing the expectant faces of the young ninjas in the audience, Hideki could only announce the news they were most eager to hear, for the sake of teaching efficiency later on:

"Don't be impatient."

"Master, I'll never break my promise. I will definitely lend you the Pocket Puppet Beast, but..."

When everyone was about to start cheering, Hideki quickly interrupted the chant of excitement.

"But not today, but the next class."

"Because the Pocket Puppet Beasts are assigned to each group, I still need time to divide you into groups."

"Master, just divide us into groups. It won't take much time, right?"

"Yes, or just assign us randomly! That's the fastest way!"

Some impatient little ninjas had already started shouting, and most of the little ninjas nodded, as if to say:

"Master, we have a condition that will kill us if we don't get the puppet beast. Please save us, teacher!"

"Are you sure you want to assign them randomly?"

The corners of Hideki's mouth curved slightly in amusement, and he said in a meaningful tone:

"You should know that in the future, you will use this group as a unit to perform many practical tests."

"For example, working together to make ninja tools, cracking mechanisms, and doing field training..."

"And I will organize a Pocket Beast Battle Competition at the end of the semester, with the winner's prize being an exclusive Pocket Puppet Beast."

"Are you really willing to leave your fate to the luck of the group?"

The little ninjas in the audience suddenly became like bells, shaking their heads like crazy.

Oh my God, what did they just hear?

It's just a practical test or something like that.

But the Pocket Puppet Battle Competition perfectly scratched their itch!

The little ninjas who love puppet battles dream of showing off their puppet skills in front of everyone and competing with their peers.

Even the little ninjas who aren't interested in the pocket puppet beasts are extremely envious of the exclusive pocket puppet beast prize for the champion.

And this also means that they and their team members will not just share puppet beasts, but will become comrades who fight side by side!

How dare they ask the teachers to assign students randomly?

But on the other hand, one student rolled his eyes and came up with a bad idea:

"Master, why don't we form our own teams?"

Ah, what a beautiful thought!

For the prize, it's easy to realize that this would only result in a galactic armored ship.

Hideki resisted the temptation to roll his eyes and explained:

"Aside from forming the group due to the insufficient number of puppet beasts, it's also to allow everyone to cooperate in groups, compete, and promote each other."

"Therefore, the overall level of each group must be similar, and the group members should complement each other."

"Otherwise, the gap in strength will be too large, and the training will not be effective."

"That's why I need to spend some time finding the most scientific grouping plan so that you can accept it."

Now most of the students finally understood the teacher's good intentions and nodded their heads.

Of course, the most important thing is that they understood that if the more powerful students choose to form a group, they would have no chance of getting their share of the championship prize...

Obviously, letting the teachers assign the groups is the solution that benefits most people.

Seeing that these young ancestors were finally convinced, Hideki sighed in his heart that teaching isn't easy and then said:

"If you have no further questions, let's start the class..."

"Yes!"

All the little ninjas began the class happily with the expectation of a better life in the future.

…

When the puppet class ended, each of the little ninjas shook their heads, their brains already soft inside, and walked out of the classroom like zombies.

Badly calculated...

They all deeply regretted the brain cells they had left.

Although everyone knows that once the enrollment deadline has passed and the training class enters the formal teaching stage, the difficulty of learning will increase significantly, they never expected that the puppet class would show its fierce side so quickly...

Not only had the difficulty increased drastically, but the density of the content had suddenly jumped as well.

What followed, of course, was the reduction in various demonstrations that the teacher had used to attract everyone's interest.

But that's not so bad. What really made them complain was that the time they originally spent playing with Pocket Puppet Beasts had been greatly reduced.

According to the teacher, they would be able to practice outside of class in the future, so there was no need to occupy so much class time...

Is this even human language?

Finally, the teacher assigned homework for the first time.

They were simply asked to summarize what was said earlier about the history of puppetry and the role of chakra strings in it. It should be at least 4,000 words. It must be submitted in the next class.

Four thousand words!

And the scariest thing was that the teacher also said that the puppet beasts would not be distributed to students who had not submitted their homework...

This made everyone not only have to work hard to complete the task but also observe other students completing their tasks.

Because they still didn't know who their teammates would be!

The teacher's intricate arrangements, like a sophisticated mechanism, reminded everyone of the rumors that all puppet masters were very cunning and sly.

It seems those rumors weren't entirely unfounded...

But what else can they do? They still have to forgive it.

With the carrots of Pocket Puppet Beast and Battle Competition dangling in front of them, everyone can only follow the teacher's steps and walk down the somewhat bumpy path of puppetry...

…

Hideki was humming a tune in his mind as he walked toward his office.

Showing the little kids some of the dangers of the world made him feel quite good.

Also, the completion of the training course meant that the study and work plan must be approved by the Third Hokage.

This way, the plans for the workshop could continue to move forward.

While thinking about this, Hideki almost had returned to his office.

Then he found someone standing at the door of the office, seemingly waiting for him for a while.

"Are you Mr. Kimura?"

A soft male voice sounded, and then the other person began to approach.

Under the sunlight coming through the corridor window, Hideki finally saw the true face of the visitor.

The golden, spiky hair shone in the sun, and the beautiful face was as striking as his own, with a smile as warm and sunny as spring.

In an instant, Hideki recognized the identity of the other person.

Namikaze Minato...

As a young jounin who had recently gained fame, Hideki often heard his name.

Of course, this person had a more important identity for Hideki.

He was the father of Uzumaki Naruto, the protagonist of the original work.

It could be said that the entire original story officially began when he sealed the Nine Tails into his son.

However, he and Hideki had little interaction, so why did Minato suddenly come to find him?

Though he had doubts, Hideki still showed respect for the father of the protagonist, smiled politely, and said:

"That's right. What can I do for you?"

"Great, I was worried I was looking in the wrong place."

Minato scratched the back of his head and smiled. He still seemed a little immature, not yet the yellow flash who would later frighten the ninja world.

Then he explained:

"Mr. Kimura, I'm Namikaze Minato. Hokage-sama asked me to come here to discuss the specific details of the point system you proposed earlier."

"Also, I will be in touch with you about the study and work program..."

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