Pupet Master in Konoha

"Did Hokage-sama finally approve the study and work program?"

Hideki immediately spoke these words.

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

Perfect!

This time, my design has made a huge step forward.

Since Minato was still present, Hideki had no choice but to suppress his excitement and suggested:

"In that case, let's discuss it first in my office."

After that, Hideki walked toward the office door, shot a line of chakra from his finger, placed it in the lock, and opened it.

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

"Sorry, I forgot my key."

In reality, Hideki never brought the key with him, because this was much quicker.

Even the door lock had been modified by him. If it were to be opened with a key, the lock would surprise the one using the pick...

The two immediately entered the office. After sitting down, Hideki asked:

"Would you like something to drink? Tea? Coffee? Strawberry milk?"

Though there was an obvious flaw, Minato didn't complain but declined Hideki's offer.

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

"Namikaze Jonin, I heard you've been very active on the front lines recently. Even I've heard many of your feats at the academy."

"Do you still remember Mr. Katakura, who taught you before? Lately, he's been boasting a lot in front of our other teachers."

Minato thought for a moment, then his expression turned a little strange, and he finally couldn't help but say:

"Sorry, is the Mr. Katakura you're talking about the one who teaches math?"

"Yes, that's him."

Hideki nodded.

Even Minato couldn't hold it in and said with a mix of laughter and tears:

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

After making the joke, Hideki asked the real question he wanted to know:

"By the way, Namikaze Jonin, you should have been on the front line a few days ago. Why did you suddenly come back and take on such a hard task?"

"If it's confidential, just pretend I didn't ask."

"Actually, there's nothing wrong to say."

Minato waved his hand and smiled:

"It's just that I plan to focus on practicing a ninjutsu recently, so I asked for permission to return to Konoha."

"And this task was also assigned to me by Hokage-sama, who saw me during the holidays and asked me to take it to improve my mood after training."

How can there be so many "coincidences" in this world?

Hideki complained to himself.

In his view, the Third Hokage must have specifically given this task to Minato.

You want to pick peaches? That's not enough...

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

Now, in his opinion, this study and work program and this workshop were just a useless measure to subsidize the puppet classes.

Moreover, Minato's character, as supported by the original work, wouldn't be capable of doing such a thing.

Therefore, in Hideki's opinion, the Third Hokage must have initially recognized his skills, so he created opportunities for the new generation of talents under his command to meet.

Secondly, he probably also intended to cultivate and test Minato's abilities in matters.

After all, Hokage not only needs to know how to fight and kill, but also has to deal with many things. If his ability isn't up to par, he might not even have time to go home to eat or pay for public meals...

Of course, the Third Hokage probably only considers Minato as a candidate for the fifth Hokage generation. Minato would have to wait a few more years before he could fully evolve into the Yellow Flash and become qualified to become the Hokage.

After resolving the situation, Hideki got to the point and pulled a stack of information from the drawer and handed it to Minato.

Minato took it, glanced through it, and found that there were actually two plans.

The information on the point system was fine, just a dozen pages.

But the information on the study and work program was as thick as a brick, which made Minato worry a bit while looking at it, fearing that he would spend all his vacation on it.

Seeing this, Hideki secretly chuckled to himself.

The points plan was casually proposed by him, and naturally, there wasn't much content.

But the study and work program was the foundation of his life, so it had to be thoroughly prepared.

Of course, the plan originally prepared for the Third Hokage didn't contain much practical information. It simply gathered a lot of fluff and asked for many resources, intended to negotiate with the Third Hokage.

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

Minato smiled helplessly and said:

"As for the study and work program, I'll wait until I get back and read the information before coming to discuss it with you."

"No problem, you can come to me anytime if you don't understand something."

Hideki suppressed his laughter and nodded seriously.

Then Minato took the information on the points plan and began to read it.

In fact, he also felt that although this points plan was quite creative, there probably wouldn't be much worth discussing.

But when he actually picked up the information and looked at it, he quickly became attracted to the content it contained.

Because, unlike the usual rough plans, Hideki had elaborated detailed regulations for the plan.

The points required for different levels of rewards, various methods of earning points, the upper limit of points awarded by teachers in each class, how to allow as many students as possible to earn points instead of being monopolized by a few people...

In short, as if discussed by many people, this plan took into account various possible situations, and even provided several options for some problems.

After reading the information, Minato couldn't help but smile helplessly and with gratitude:

"I feel a bit redundant because the plan is already perfect, and I can't find anywhere to offer suggestions."

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

"For example, this university ranking system."

"Dividing all the students into different universities so that the points earned by individuals also accumulate in the university's points."

"This way, the individual competition among the students becomes a team competition. Even if students aren't interested in the rewards, they are likely to study hard for the glory of the team."

"But why not simply divide the students into different universities according to their classes or grades?"

Hideki's expression turned a bit strange when he heard this.

Because he had proposed this university ranking system. Though Minato mentioned the reasons, it was a bit of a personal joke.

Because this way, if a student answers a question correctly in the future, they can say:

"If the answer is correct, the Senju Hashirama Academy will gain five points!"

It's a pity that Minato couldn't fly to Hogwarts even if he knew how to fly to Thunder God, so Hideki could only start to say nonsense seriously:

"Because if we divide them by class or grade, not everyone will be able to compete as a team during regular classes and will only compete individually. So, the team scoring effect will be greatly reduced."

"As for why it's called 'university', it actually contains my little suggestions for school reform."

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

"Back then, there weren't training courses like the ones I'm responsible for. They have slowly appeared in recent years. The goal is to pre-train students with specific talents."

"And I think the school can continue to reform in this direction."

"That is, students are assigned to different universities directly based on their general types. The basic courses of each university overlap, but also have independent professional courses."

"For example, students with good physical condition can take more taijutsu classes. Students with ninjutsu talents can practice nature changes in advance. Even medical ninjutsu, I think it's worth becoming a professional course so more students can have the opportunity to learn."

"Finally, with training courses like mine, we can maximize the students' potential during this golden period at the ninja academy."

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

Because, in fact, this is about further perfecting the ninja profession and dividing it into different functional divisions.

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

In the original work, the Third Hokage also liked dividing students into body shields for close combat, long-range output, and support roles, and then forming a three-person team.

The problem is that this is a very rough division without clear instructions or guidance.

Just like Sakura in the original work, she was obviously the best student in school but didn't realize she was playing the support role until the end of the first part of the original work when the team disbanded.

Instead of letting kids go through all sorts of thoughts and detours before figuring out their role after graduation, they have to find their position again when changing teams.

It would be better to assign functions to ordinary students in advance and provide them with standardized training.

This way, they will quickly integrate into a team and form a combat force after graduation.

Although doing this would be like an assembly line and would erase much of the children's personalities, Hideki felt that this sacrifice was acceptable compared to dying prematurely due to insufficient team integration.

Of course, if other people heard Hideki's idea, they might still think it was a bit offbeat.

However, for Minato, who had grown up as a civilian and whose growth was restricted by the academy, Hideki's ideas resonated with him, even expressing thoughts that had not yet fully formed in his mind.

He couldn't help but say, "Mr. Kimura, your idea is very interesting. I think it could be presented to Hokage-sama and implemented at the Ninja Academy."

"Namikaze Jonin, please calm down first..."

Hideki poured a glass of strawberry milk for Minato and slowly continued, "After all, the Ninja Academy is the heart of Konoha. It impacts the entire village. It's not easy to implement drastic reforms."

"If something goes wrong, the situation in the village could get worse."

"So, for now, I'd prefer to keep the name 'university' and see if I can gradually turn it into something more concrete in the future."

"For example, we could use the universities as bait to encourage upperclassmen to mentor third-year students, creating a positive culture of mutual teaching."

"Or we could develop some voluntary extracurricular training programs based on the characteristics of each university. If they prove effective, we could incorporate them into the curriculum."

"In short, I prefer to take things slow rather than rushing and turning something good into something bad."

"Mr. Kimura, you're still thinking it through, but I'm being too impulsive."

Minato shook his head with a bitter smile and then drank the entire glass of strawberry milk.

It's too sweet!

As Mr. Kimura said, even though the ninja world is relatively peaceful right now, Konoha's situation is still precarious.

Of course, a department as fundamental as the Ninja Academy can't be changed lightly.

Realizing his own naivety, Minato admired Hideki even more.

Minato admired Hideki's wild creativity and his grounded execution.

But what he admired most was that Hideki always put himself in the students' shoes; otherwise, he wouldn't have thought of such a detailed and thoughtful plan.

Minato was actually a little confused about why Hokage-sama insisted on having him personally handle this seemingly simple task.

Now he finally understood: it's not the task itself that's important, but the people behind it.

Hideki Kimura.

It seems that from this puppeteer, who is so similar to him, he would be able to learn many things that are difficult to grasp on the battlefield...

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