The next morning.
Today is the second day of the Ninja School, but the little ninjas seem to be in a much higher mood than when school started yesterday.
The cause of this interesting phenomenon was naturally the puppetry training class that started yesterday.
Perhaps no one could have imagined that the puppetry technique, which had always had a bad reputation in Konoha, would become the new favorite of the young ninjas after just one class.
If we really want to find the reason, we can only say that the puppetry that Hideki demonstrated in class was too novel and interesting, so the little ninjas could not connect it with the demonized puppetry at all.
Therefore, whether it is the cute and charming puppet black cat or the unique chakra line segmentation training method, they have become topics that everyone talks about with great relish.
Of course, what attracted the most attention was the novel and interesting teaching aid, the Pocket Puppet Monster.
The little ninjas who were lucky enough to try out Pocket Monster in class all became the focus of everyone's attention.
They tirelessly recounted their gaming experiences and happily enjoyed everyone's envious looks.
Even Asuma, who had been picky in the class before, immediately became the most loyal fan of this course after trying Pocket Beast, and said that he would die without Pocket Beast to play with.
As everyone discussed, the content of the first puppetry class spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred.
Some people were amazed and praised, some were incredulous, and of course, many people still held prejudices, accusing Xiushu of trying to curry favor and deliberately please students...
But there is no doubt that Hideki's puppetry class has become a new wind blowing into the ninja school, bringing fresh air to everyone's boring ninja school life.
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"Let me tell you, that pocket puppet beast is amazing!"
"We haven't learned puppetry yet, but we can easily control the puppet beasts to fight just by picking up the controller and inputting chakra..."
In the classroom of Class 4-A, Uchiha Obito was sitting on the podium, spitting everywhere as he told his classmates who did not attend the puppetry class about his travel experiences.
"The puppet beast I controlled at that time was called Charmander, and the one controlled by my opponent Xuanjian seemed to be called some strange seed."
"The battle between us was so shocking that it made the heavens and the earth weep..."
"Although Xuanjian's strange seed has only two vine whips, they dance tightly and impenetrably. By the way, just like the legendary Wood Release, it is very difficult to entangle."
"Of course, this is not a problem for Master Obito."
"I moved up and down, left and right, BABA, and easily made the little dragon dodge all the vine whip attacks, and then hit the strange seed hard on the head with one claw..."
Obito was racking his brains and vividly describing the century-long battle between him and Genma.
As an outlier in the Uchiha clan, Obito has never been liked by children of the same clan, nor accepted by other children in the village, which is why he has developed this kind of personality that likes to curry favor with others.
Now that he has the chance to become the center of everyone's conversation, he certainly won't let it go.
However, before he could be happy for long, a student who also attended the puppetry class could no longer bear it and could not help but complain:
"Wait, Obito, I remember that you obviously lost badly and were defeated by Genma in just a few moves."
Obito's eyes widened immediately and he said: "How can you defame someone's innocence like this..."
The other party was not to be outdone: "What do you mean innocent? I saw with my own eyes yesterday that your little fire dragon was caught by the vine whip of the strange seed and hung up and beaten."
Obito's face quickly turned red, and the veins on his forehead were exposed. He argued:
"There's no such thing as winning or losing in practice... practice!"
Then came the hard-to-understand words, like "I didn't try my best" and "I'm a little unfamiliar"...
This caused everyone to burst into laughter, and the classroom was suddenly filled with a happy atmosphere.
Only Obito was so angry that his teeth were itching. He then shouted:
"Just wait and see, I will definitely become a pocket puppet beast master!"
In response to Obito's words, the little ninjas around him laughed even louder...
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Hideki had no idea how much trouble his puppetry class had caused because he was not even in the Ninja School at the time.
He went out early this morning and walked almost every street and alley in Konoha.
Of course, Hideki was not sightseeing, but was busy preparing for the workshop.
Although the Sandaime did not immediately approve his workshop plan yesterday, in order to save time, Hideki decided to start preparing in advance.
After all, the site selection and decoration of stores and workshops, the ordering and transportation of various equipment and materials, and the recruitment and training of staff all take a lot of time to complete.
After half a day's hard work, Xiushu had already solved the problems of store location and decoration, and the equipment and materials had almost been ordered through the familiar Ninju Manten Hall.
In order to solve the remaining problems of workshop location and manpower, Hideki began to go to a place he was very familiar with.
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The Hidden Leaf Village is not actually limited to the core area within the wooden wall, but also includes many settlements scattered outside the wall in the forests and fields.
And the place where Xiu Shu was heading now was a small settlement near the forest.
To be precise, it was an orphanage on a small hill not far from the small settlement.
Hideki walked along the path leading up the hill, looking at the surrounding scenery with nostalgic eyes.
Born as a war orphan, he spent most of his time here until he graduated from the Ninja School.
Therefore, whenever he saw a familiar scene, it was as if a small stone was thrown into the depths of his heart, stirring up ripples of memories.
Although most of them are boring memories of practicing in various places, they have a unique flavor when I think back on them now.
After a while, Xiu Shu reached the top of the hill.
At the end of the path is a large wooden building, but it looks quite old due to years of disrepair.
There was an open space at the entrance of the building, where several children aged three or four were chasing and playing, and their childish laughter could be heard from time to time.
What was a little strange was that there was a group of older children sitting in the shade of a tree nearby, watching them play.
Although the children's eyes were full of envy, every time they wanted to get up, they would touch their stomachs and suppress the urge to play.
As an experienced orphan, Xiu Shu already understood everything.
Because before he was admitted to the Ninja Academy and received the extra subsidy, he often entered the power saving mode like them because he did not eat enough, trying to reduce the consumption of physical energy as much as possible.
In fact, their current situation is already considered good, at least there is still light in their eyes.
Unlike some of the poor children that Xiu Shu saw when he was on a mission outside, even their eyes became dull and numb.
That's because the nutrients in their bodies are no longer enough to support their thinking, and they can't even temporarily escape the cruel reality through fantasy...