"Since everyone likes toys so much."
"Then maybe we can find a way to divert their passion for toys to study and practice..."
When Hideki said this, the Sandaime stroked his chin thoughtfully and said,
"Is it like your pocket puppet beast?"
"Hokage-sama is indeed wise."
Hideki flattered him casually and then began to explain:
"But it's not easy to find a teaching aid like the Pocket Puppet Beast that perfectly combines play and training."
"So this time we are not using the process of playing with toys, but using the toys themselves as motivation for everyone's cultivation."
"Simply put, we can build a reward system in schools."
"For example, we can use toys to reward students who perform well or make significant progress in exams, competitions, and classes."
"In this way, everyone will naturally try their best to study..."
At this time, the Sandaime couldn't help but question:
"But Hideki, isn't your workshop going to start selling these toys soon?"
"Will people really work hard for something that can be easily purchased?"
Xiu Shu smiled and said:
"So our rewards are naturally toys that are not available on the market?"
"It's actually similar to some business practices."
"By changing the color scheme, using slightly better materials, or adding some patterns, we can claim that this toy is a rare collector's edition that is not available on the market."
"Although it may not be worth mentioning to other people, for students who really like the original toys, this is a treasure that they want to get at any price..."
This is too dark!
The Sandaime couldn't help but mourn for the students in his heart.
Because he knew that Hideki's method sounded a little weird, but it might actually work.
After all, this is similar to the premium of luxury goods.
For example, if his family runs a fruit business, he knows that some fruits are just a little better looking than ordinary fruits, but they can be sold at a price dozens of times higher, yet many people still flock to them.
It's just that the premium of Xiu Shu's rare toys, the students will pay it back with hard training...
Hideki then added:
"Of course, considering some children who are not so enthusiastic about toys, we can also choose other things as rewards."
"For example, it could be a pack of snacks, or a free ramen ticket, or ninjutsu, ninja tools, or materials, or even your personal instructions, Hokage..."
"Of course, for ease of management, we can introduce a points mechanism."
"We can give students points for their different levels of good performance."
"Then the points can be accumulated and used to redeem rewards of different levels."
In fact, Xiushu had been planning to implement the plan he mentioned in his own class after the registration for the training course ended at the end of the month.
After all, as he said, toys that cost little but are deeply loved by children are the best bait to encourage everyone to practice.
How could Hideki not make good use of such a powerful weapon?
However, in order to remedy the problem caused by the toy, Hideki brought it up in advance and saw if he could do something good for the children.
This time, the Sandaime did not speak immediately, but subconsciously lit a cigarette and smoked it while thinking about the pros and cons.
After a long while, he finally exhaled a long puff of smoke and said:
"Since it doesn't cost much, this method is worth a try."
"But in order to prevent you from causing any more trouble, I will send someone to work with you on this matter."
Wait, I just offered suggestions, but I didn't say I wanted to get involved in this?
Xiushu groaned in his heart.
Even though he is just a training class teacher, Hideki is very busy with the tasks of running the workshop and collecting materials.
But after all, the incident was caused by him, and the solution was also proposed by him.
In order to avoid having others do the task and having the responsibility fall on himself if it fails, Hideki had no choice but to accept the task.
However, when he asked who would be sent to cooperate with him, the Sandaime did not tell him, but just said that you will know when the time comes...
"Mystery teller, get out of Konoha!"
Hideki complained madly in his heart.
"Hokage-sama, if there is nothing else, I will take my leave."
Seeing that the matter was over, he prepared to say goodbye and leave.
However, the Sandaime tried to persuade him to stay:
"Don't worry, I actually have something personal to discuss with you, Hideki."
Personal matter?
Is he going to urge me to get married again?
Seeing the happy face of the Sandaime, Xiu Shu really didn't know what he was up to, so he just waited and saw what was going on.
"Hokage-sama, please speak."
The Sandaime said, "Hideki, do you remember Asuma? He has been attending your puppetry classes."
Seeing Hideki nod, the Sandaime smiled bitterly and said:
"Then you should have seen this child's character."
"It's strange, since my teaching methods are the same."
"But this child is nothing like his brother. He is neither obedient nor diligent in his cultivation. He is a real worry to me."
"So I want to hire you, Xiu Shu, as his part-time tutor to help me urge him to practice. If you can change his awkward personality, that would be even better."
Inviting Hideki to be Asuma's tutor was naturally not a spur-of-the-moment idea of the Sandaime, but a well-considered decision.
Firstly, as he just said, although Asma has great talent, he is not working hard enough in his cultivation.
And Hideki is very good at using all kinds of novel and interesting methods to stimulate students' enthusiasm for cultivation.
Secondly, after last weekend, the Sandaime had a higher evaluation of Hideki's actual teaching ability.
Although the matter of the Chakra carving knife was not widely spread in the ninja school.
But as the Hokage, he naturally had many people reporting all the information to him.
Therefore, he knew everything about the principles of this technique, the learning methods, the various forms of transformation, and even the final form of the Chakra Workshop.
This made him feel pleased with Hideki's will of fire and amazed at his wild creativity and seemingly inexhaustible inspiration.
But what shocked the Sandaime the most was that Hideki had managed to help a group of ninja school students master a C-rank ninjutsu in just one day.
The key, of course, is the step-by-step diagram on how to use chakra to create a blade that Hideki drew on the blackboard.
Since Hideki didn't clean the shop at all, the Sandaime had actually seen the step-by-step drawings to copy.
Even according to the Anbu who went to imitate, when he sneaked in at midnight, he encountered at least three groups of people with the same purpose...
This made the Sandaime speechless. This kid is really bold...
However, after he made the chakra carving knife according to the instructions of the step-by-step diagram, he finally realized why Hideki was not on guard.
Everyone's chakra characteristics are different, and the location and size of chakra points cannot be exactly the same.
So it is indeed possible to make a chakra carving knife according to the step-by-step diagram, but the effect is only 60% to 70% of the complete one.
It's OK for crafting, but it's absolutely impossible to use it in combat.
The secret of the complete carving knife is not difficult to guess, it is hidden in the process of Xiu Shu teaching everyone step by step.
In other words, Xiu Shu tailors a unique chakra carving knife for each person based on the characteristics of each person's chakra and the location of acupuncture points on the palm!
To achieve this, the Sandaime guessed that Hideki should have highly accurate perception abilities.
As to whether he was born with this ability or achieved it through ninjutsu or ninja tools, the Sandaime did not know.
But he had no intention of delving too deeply into it.
There has never been a shortage of various ninjutsu with miraculous effects in the Sealed Book; what is lacking is the talent who can learn these techniques.
Now Xiu Shu is concentrating on using his own methods to help Konoha cultivate more such talents.
The Sandaime would certainly not do something like picking up sesame seeds and throwing away watermelons.
However, out of selfishness as a father, he still hopes to use Hideki's ability to teach his stupid son a lesson.
Especially the chakra carving knife.
This method of shaping chakra into a blade can actually be extremely powerful if it is integrated with wind-style chakra.
Asuma's natural chakra attribute is wind...
In fact, Hideki could guess most of what the third generation and above were thinking.
No wonder the Sandaime was so easy to talk to today, it turns out he was waiting here.
Hideki actually wasn't too keen on teaching Asuma.
Because this guy is almost the representative of the freeloader party in his class.
He treated the lectures as a performance and was extremely enthusiastic when playing with Pocket Puppet Monster. He was there just to have fun.
A descendant of the great ninja clan who is unlikely to focus on puppetry can't provide much help to Hideki's plan.
Xiu Shu was already very busy, and now he had the additional task of formulating point rewards. It seemed a waste of precious time to spend on this kid.
However, if I could become Asuma's tutor, there would probably be a lot of hidden benefits.
At least the third generation will be easier to talk to, and Asuma will also be a good fighter when he grows up.
Xiu Shu pondered for a moment, carefully weighed the pros and cons in his mind, and finally gave his answer:
"Hokage-sama, I appreciate your appreciation, but I refuse..."