Not long ago, in the Hokage's office.
"After the school training class is over, ask Kimura Hideki to come to my place."
"Yes, Hokage-sama."
After watching the Anbu leave, the Sandaime Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen puffed on his cigarette and turned his gaze back to a crystal ball on his desk.
At this time, the scene inside shows the little ninjas enthusiastically trying out the pocket puppet beasts...
Sarutobi Hiruzen never thought that he would make such an interesting discovery just because he used the telescope technique to check the class situation on a whim.
Especially when he saw the rare innocent smiles on the children's faces, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.
But when his eyes accidentally caught a glimpse of a frontline report on the table, his smile quickly disappeared and turned into a long puff of white smoke...
well...
As the successor of the first and second generation Hokage, how could he not want to realize their wishes and let the children have a happy childhood.
As a qualified leader, he knew that sending children to the battlefield too early was just a temporary solution and would lead to the slow death of Konoha.
It's a pity that he has neither the incredible power of the first Hokage nor the intelligence of the second Hokage.
Faced with the severe situation of the ninja world being surrounded by wolves, he is really powerless, and he has no money to care about the physical and mental health of his children...
Therefore, if the efficiency of training can be guaranteed, he would be happy to see children training in this almost playful way.
At least in this way, we are a little closer to the future that the first Hokage hoped for.
Thinking of Sarutobi Hiruzen here, I couldn't help but cast my gaze on the handsome young man in the crystal ball who was instructing students on how to control the puppet beast.
Kimura Hideki...
The Sandaime couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
As the principal of the Ninja Academy, he knew that there was a student named Hideki who had excellent academic performance and was much smarter than his peers.
Unfortunately, the ninja world is ultimately a world where talent is king, and Hideki, who has mediocre ninja talent, did not receive much attention from him.
It was not until he learned that Hideki had mastered the secret puppetry of the Sunagakure through self-study that he realized that he had underestimated the boy's intelligence.
Perhaps only a genius like this could come up with such an interesting chakra line training method.
In particular, the idea of dividing the training of chakra lines into three stages through teaching aids to reduce the difficulty of learning made Sarutobi Hiruzen, a doctor of ninjutsu, applaud.
He even started to think about whether he could follow suit and use teaching aids to reduce the difficulty of learning certain ninjutsu.
However, his happiness did not last long, as Sarutobi Hiruzen realized that this teaching method seemed to have a fatal flaw.
If this problem cannot be solved, then this teaching method will ultimately be nothing more than a castle in the air and will be difficult to popularize in ninja schools.
So the biggest question now is, has Hideki realized this flaw, and has he found a way to solve it?
...
Not long after, there was a knock on the door of the Hokage's office.
"Hokage-sama, Kimura Hideki has been brought here."
"Let him in."
"yes!"
Afterwards, Hideki walked into the Hokage's office.
Sarutobi Hiruzen, who had already put away the crystal ball, first looked Hideki up and down, then jokingly said:
"I haven't seen you for a few years. I didn't expect that you have grown so tall and become a handsome young man."
"Do you have a girlfriend now? Do you want me to introduce you to one?"
"Now that you are a teacher at the Ninja School, your life and work are stable. This is a good time to accomplish your life's goal..."
What?
Will I be urged to get married even after entering the ninja world?
Because the scene was completely different from what he had imagined, Hideki was speechless.
However, considering the declining birth rate of Konoha ninjas and the current situation where there are not enough leeks to harvest, the Sandaime's behavior of playing the role of matchmaker is not surprising.
Of course, he also knew that the Sandaime was doing this just to chat with him and shorten the distance between them.
So he naturally went with the flow and said with a relaxed smile:
"Hokage-sama, please stop teasing me."
"Now I am focusing on my puppetry class. How can I have time to date a girlfriend?"
Of course, more importantly, the Third Ninja World War was about to begin, so how could he have the energy to find a partner right now?
If the Sandaime could guarantee that he would not be allowed to fight on the front line, then even if he was introduced to a girlfriend who was a dozen years older, a gambler, and even had a hemophobia, Hideki would have accepted it without hesitation.
When Sarutobi Hiruzen heard Hideki mention the puppetry class, he also got to the point and said:
"That's right, young people should really focus on their careers."
"I heard that you had a good first puppetry class today. It seems that you even invented a new teaching aid?"
Did you hear that?
This old man is really evil, and he never tells the truth.
Xiushu couldn't help but complain in his heart.
He has strong chakra control and is more sensitive to chakra fluctuations in the surrounding area.
So when he felt a hidden chakra fluctuation in the air above him during class, he knew that it was the Sandaime using the telescope technique to peek at him in class.
However, he was not too dissatisfied with this. After all, the more curious and concerned Sarutobi Hiruzen was about his courses, the more beneficial it would be for his future plans.
So Hideki didn't wait for Sarutobi Hiruzen to say more, and immediately took out the handle and a Charmander puppet beast and said with a smile:
"This is the teaching aid I designed. Could you please take a look at it, Mr. Hokage, and see if there is anything that can be improved?"
"Sure, sure."
Sarutobi Hiruzen took both with a smile, but his speed still revealed his impatience.
A man stays young until he dies.
To be honest, he had been envious of this pocket puppet beast since he saw the kids trying it out in the crystal ball, and now that he had the chance to play with it, there was no way he would miss it.
He swiftly connected the handle cable to Charmander's back, and then used the handle to control Charmander to wreak havoc on the desk like a little monster.
The skillful and heart-breaking smooth movements made Xiu Shu look sideways:
Chang Wei, you still say you don't know martial arts?
Sarutobi Hiruzen also just remembered that according to what he just said, he should have only heard of this pocket puppet beast just now, and he shouldn't be able to play it so well all of a sudden.
Fortunately, Hideki immediately clapped his hands in admiration and said,
"As expected of you, Hokage-sama. You are so skilled in controlling it right after you get started."
When Sarutobi Hiritsuka saw Hideki's sincere look, he didn't know for a moment whether Hideki was playing dumb.
However, he was happy to go with the flow. After saying a few perfunctory words about the topic, he began to carefully examine the puppet beast and the handle over and over again.
"Hideki, you are very thoughtful. The design of this teaching aid is really ingenious. It must have taken you a lot of time."
Although he had never systematically studied puppetry, Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was proficient in sealing techniques and various mechanical ninja tools, could easily understand most of the design principles of the pocket puppet beast and could not help but admire Hideki's ingenious ideas.
But more importantly, he felt Hideki's enthusiasm from the design of this teaching aid.
If you don't really want to teach students well, it would be impossible to come up with such sophisticated and complete teaching aids at the beginning.
"Thank you for the award, Hokage-sama."
Hideki said sincerely, "Actually, the things used in it are not complicated, so it didn't take me too much time."
There was truth in his words, because with the help of the magical brainstorm technique, this set of teaching aids was designed and completed in just one day...
But Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head and said:
"Hideki, you are too modest..."
"The simplest way is the best way. The real skill is to achieve your goal in the simplest way."
After praising Hideki, Sarutobi Hiruzen felt that the groundwork had been laid, so he decided to get to the most important topic.
So he asked, "But Xiushu, the materials for this set of teaching aids must be expensive, right?"