The next afternoon.
In order to give students time to learn family secrets or practice on their own, Ninja schools usually let students go around 3:00 p.m.
The training classes are similar to the club activities or interest classes that Xiu Shu has participated in throughout his life, and are also held after school.
It just so happens that school has just ended and there is still some time before the training class starts.
Some students who were not interested in the training classes had already packed their bags and were ready to go home, or were calling their friends to find a place to practice or play together.
But more students gathered in groups of three or five, discussing which training class to take next.
"I'm going to go to the Ninja Tool Specialization Class. I heard that Mr. Fuma is very good at teaching students."
"You guys are fine. I'm from the Nara clan, so I can only go to tactics class. It's so troublesome."
"Then I'm going to the flower arrangement class later. I heard that this class is only for girls... hehe."
"Nonsense, don't you know this course is for girls only?"
"What? Then why did I spend a whole vacation catching up on flower arrangement knowledge?"
The crowd suddenly burst into laughter, and the air around them was filled with joy.
Tracking class, tactics class, medical class, code class...
Everyone is repeatedly discussing and comparing the pros and cons of various training courses, trying to find the course that suits them best.
Because as long as they perform well in the training courses, they may be assigned to work in the corresponding departments first after graduation.
Compared to the precarious life of an ordinary ninja, working in a department with safety and a stable income is certainly more attractive.
It seems that even the ninja world cannot escape the laws made up at the end of the universe.
However, it is worth noting that among the many training courses mentioned by everyone, the newly opened puppetry course has almost no interest.
It's as if no one knows it exists.
Sure enough, the opposite of love is not hate, but indifference.
The bad reputation that puppetry has accumulated in Konoha over time has caused everyone to subconsciously ignore its existence, and they don't even know where to take classes.
Even if there are students who are interested in puppetry, it would be difficult for them to make up their minds to go to the puppetry classroom to take a look under such circumstances.
At this moment, a burst of surprised screams rang out from the door of Class 4-A.
The students who were discussing the matter nearby were immediately drawn to the situation and came closer to see what was going on.
As a result, after seeing this, everyone couldn't bear to take their eyes off it.
It turned out that a little black cat came from somewhere at the classroom door and was surrounded by several girls.
It was seen squatting on the ground obediently, raising its little paws from time to time to push away the salty pig hands that were stretched out towards it.
It was still meowing in its mouth, its voice was so sweet and childish that it was so cute that it killed everyone.
"Wow, what a cute little kitty!"
Nohara Rin, who had just come out of the classroom, took one look and was captivated by the cuteness of the little black cat.
But soon her expression became a little worried again, and she murmured softly:
"This child is so fearless, he must have an owner. I wonder if he is lost..."
But her thoughts were quickly interrupted by Uchiha Obito who also came over to join in the fun.
"Lin, it turns out you like cats."
Obito said in a flattering manner,
"To be honest, we have a lot of cats in our Uchiha clan, and they can all do backflips. How about you come to my house one day and take a look?"
Nohara Lin smiled sweetly and said, "Okay, thank you Obito."
When Obito heard this, his bones went soft and he looked as if he was floating in ecstasy.
Asuma, who was standing by with his hands in his pockets and surrounded by a group of followers, followed suit and approached Kurenai and said coolly:
"Hong, my monkey can also do backflips. Do you want to come to my house and see?"
"A monkey can do a backflip...what's so strange about that?"
Hong looked at Asuma as if he were a fool.
Unlike Nohara Rin, who is friendly to everyone, Yuhi Kurenai, who is still in the face control period at this time, is usually gentle only to handsome guys.
Although Asma is rich, powerful and well-known, he is not handsome!
However, Asma seems to be sold on this.
As the son of the Hokage, he was already used to everyone's flattery.
Therefore, Yuhihong, who had always been unfriendly to him, made him feel that she was real and unpretentious, and was an interesting woman.
——Of course, the prerequisite is that you have to have a high appearance value like Hong...
At this moment, the girls exclaimed in unison again.
It turned out that they were not paying attention, and the originally well-behaved little black cat suddenly ran out of their encirclement.
Everyone who thought the little black cat would run away immediately was already sighing with regret.
But to their surprise, the little black cat ran to the stairs not far away and stopped, blinking its big eyes at them.
Everyone was naturally delighted, but this time they did not dare to be careless and tiptoed towards the little black cat.
But as soon as I got close, the little black cat jumped downstairs again.
"Hey, wait!"
The girls were now anxious and hurriedly followed the cat downstairs, only to find that the little black cat was squatting at the entrance of the stairs downstairs waiting for them, barking from time to time.
"Is this little cutie playing with us?"
"I think it's more like we should catch up."
After a brief discussion, the girls decided to follow the little black cat to see where it would take them.
Many boys followed along with the intention of joining in the fun.
At this moment, everyone seems to have forgotten something very important...
So the little black cat began to take them around the teaching building.
During this time, their team naturally grew stronger. Some of them also liked the little black cat, some were curious, and some were just following the crowd...
Then the little black cat led them out of the teaching building, across half of the playground, and came to a large warehouse that had not been used for a long time.
Seeing the little black cat slip into the warehouse through the half-open door again, everyone who had followed it here naturally would not give up halfway and followed it in.
As soon as they entered the door, everyone was surprised to find that the miscellaneous items that were originally piled up in the warehouse had disappeared, and it became empty, with only a small platform on the east side.
The little black cat was now sitting on the platform, licking its fur leisurely.
Everyone followed and started discussing in front of the platform why the cat brought them here.
But before they could come to a conclusion, the warehouse door was suddenly closed with a bang.
The student who was nearest to it rushed forward to check, but no matter how hard he pulled or pushed, it wouldn't open.
Just when everyone felt something was wrong, a piece of white cloth above the door suddenly fell down, revealing a line of words that had been written on the wall:
"Welcome to the puppetry classroom!"
At the same time, the bell for the elective course rang...
All the little ninjas couldn't help but look at each other in bewilderment, and at the same time, a terrible guess came into their minds:
"Why do I feel like... we've been tricked?"