In the Academy, Natsuhiko's Sealing Jutsu classes proceeded systematically.
Due to Natsuhiko's increasingly skilled teaching methods and the students' concentrated attention, each class proceeded smoothly, completing the daily teaching mission.
During the remaining time, following the previous agreement, Natsuhiko usually used projection techniques to showcase various stories for everyone.
Since the girls' group had a significant advantage in homework scores over the boys' group, most of the time, Natsuhiko projected the stories of the priestess and the dog demon.
However, contrary to everyone's expectations of a Warring States-era romantic film, Natsuhiko presented several episodes depicting the affectionate daily life of the priestess and the dog demon. After everyone was sweetened to the extreme, he abruptly turned the plot upside down, having the priestess killed with a blade, and the dog demon sealed on the divine wood by the priestess.
Although this was a segment Natsuhiko had shown in the first class, the previous sweet and affectionate daily life as foreshadowing made this plot even more difficult for people to accept.
It nearly incited a rebellion among the young female students.
Even Biwako-sama and Kushina didn't give him a good look.
However, just as the girls were pooling resources to send Natsuhiko sensei a blade, in the next class, Natsuhiko abruptly changed the tone. He advanced the story several hundred years into the present, narrating the tale of the priestess' reincarnation.
Moreover, the story's setting was at Konoha!
As everyone watched the projection, a fictitious character named Maitai Zhenzi, walking through the familiar streets and alleys of Konoha, eating daily life food, and having similar troubles as normal female students...
Everyone felt a very novel sense of immediacy.
It felt like there was actually someone living in Konoha just like them.
Therefore, the female students postponed their plan to send blades to Sensei, wanting to see the development of the story.
Some imaginative girls were already speculating that the dog demon must have survived to the modern era, perhaps even becoming a Great Demon, ready to embark on a story of "The Tyrannical Monster King Falling in Love with Me."
Natsuhiko's subsequent story seemed to be heading in this direction.
Obviously, Maitai Zhenzi was a beautiful woman, yet all the characters in the story, including herself, found her appearance ordinary.
Even herself.
However, this seemingly ordinary girl had several vastly different handsome guys swirling around her.
This made everyone more excited, looking forward to the appearance of the legitimate dog Monster King causing a stir.
What everyone absolutely didn't expect was that Sensei Natsuhiko was just messing around.
This Maitai Zhenzi unexpectedly died after a few episodes, falling into an ancient well and transmigrating to the Warring States Period several hundred years ago!
Not only that, she partnered with the dog demon. Simultaneously, she embarked on a journey to find the seven Dragon Balls to return to the modern era!
This unprecedented story development left the young female students stunned. They quickly returned the blades, added money, and bought Natsuhiko Sensei a pen.
The message was clear: Sensei, continue the story.
Even Biwako-sama was deeply attracted to this story. She appeared in the Sealing Jutsu classroom without being deterred by heavenly tribulations, with an attendance rate even higher than Obito's.
Even at the Double Happiness Ramen shop, Natsuhiko overheard an unfamiliar female ninja discussing this story.
The discussion delved into profound questions: What wish would the dog demon fulfil with the seven Dragon Balls? Should it follow the agreement with Zhenzi to send her back to the modern era, become human and cohabit with Zhenzi, or resurrect the deceased priestess, initiating a peculiar love triangle of competing for a husband with herself?
Natsuhiko didn't have the heart to tell them that he couldn't continue the story and was planning to end it with a meteorite.
However, the enthusiasm for this story inspired him.
Since even such a haphazardly stitched together and improvised story could be so popular, what if he transferred classic stories from his previous life to the Ninja World using holographic movies? What kind of sensation would that create?
"How I Became a Movie Tycoon in Konoha," any potential?
But now, even the tavern hasn't opened yet, so Natsuhiko had to temporarily set aside this idea and wait for the right time.
...
October 24th, afternoon.
Approaching the end of the school day, Natsuhiko walked through the corridor on the first floor of the teaching building.
He had just finished his daily mission of scanning books in the library and was getting ready to go to his office to pack up and head home.
Recently, he had improved the Camera Jutsu, removing the blink photography feature he had randomly designed in his mind initially. Therefore, Aunt from the library didn't look at him with such strange eyes anymore.
Natsuhiko walked to the door of his office and heard voices inside.
However, he wasn't surprised and continued to push the door open.
Upon entering, Natsuhiko saw Kushina tutoring Obito in one corner of the office.
This situation had been going on for a while, so Natsuhiko wasn't surprised.
When he learned that Kushina was going to tutor Obito, he felt somewhat ashamed as the official Sealing Jutsu sensei. Therefore, when he heard they were looking for a tutoring location, he offered his office.
Therefore, upon hearing that they were looking for a tutoring location, he offered his office.
Anyway, he usually spent most of his time in the library.
Although the scene of the two of them, teacher and student, getting along harmoniously and happily, was something Natsuhiko had seen many times, he still felt a bit uncomfortable. His face would involuntarily show a strange expression.
After all, in the original work, Obito, this smelly brat, later played a crucial role in the Attack of Nine-Tails. He unsealed the Nine-Tails from Kushina, who had just given birth, directly leading to her death.
This made the amicable relationship between the two, in Natsuhiko's eyes, carry a strong sense of irony.
One could only say that the yet-to-be-blackened Obito, character-wise, was similar to Naruto, carefree, and had an excellent compatibility with Kushina, making them get along well.
At this moment, both of them heard the sound of Natsuhiko entering the office and looked over.
"Ah, Natsuhiko, you're back."
Kushina waved and greeted him.
"Good afternoon, Natsuhiko sensei," Obito also greeted Natsuhiko, his expression somewhat awkward.
Perhaps it was because natural fear of senseis was ingrained in students. Obito always felt that Natsuhiko sensei seemed a bit indifferent to him, especially recently, it became more apparent.
Thinking about the rumours of Natsuhiko simplifying the student numbers in the Sealing Jutsu class, Obito couldn't help but feel a bit anxious.
Danger!
"Hey, continue your tutoring; don't mind me," Natsuhiko greeted and headed towards his desk.
"We actually just finished our tutoring. We're chatting now," Kushina replied, then she seemed to suddenly think of something and clasped her hands together.
"By the way, Obito, Natsuhiko is so so smart; why don't we ask him if he has any ideas?"
Kushina suggested, using the same tone as Nobita seeking help from Doraemon.
Obito's eyes shined upon hearing this, and he turned his head, looking at Natsuhiko with anticipation.
Natsuhiko, who was originally walking towards his desk, also became slightly interested upon hearing this.
He stopped in his tracks and opened his mouth, "What's the matter? What ideas?"
"It's like this," Kushina glanced at Obito, seeing he had no intention of speaking, so she continued.
"Hatake Kakashi, you know about him, right, Natsuhiko? He's the son of the White Fang, a rumoured genius."
"Obito and I were discussing how to defeat Kakashi. Ideally, it should be before the end of this semester because Kakashi seems to be graduating at the end of this term."
Obito, on the side, kept nodding, indicating that what Kushina said was what he wanted to say.
"Defeat Kakashi?" Natsuhiko raised an eyebrow. So, the love-hate relationship between Obito and Kakashi had started since the first year of the ninja school?
What a fateful connection!
Then he heard Kushina continue, "Yes. My suggestion is to find an opportunity for a sneak attack on Kakashi. When I couldn't beat those senior students before, that's what I did. Anyway, winning is the main thing."
After reminiscing about her heroic days in the ninja school, Kushina curiously looked at Natsuhiko.
"Natsuhiko, what do you think?"
(End of this chapter)
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