"Very good. As for the salary issue...wait, Hideki, you said rejection? Why?"
The Sandaime suddenly reacted and was somewhat surprised by Hideki's choice.
Because what I, Kimura Hideki, like to do most is to say "NO" to those who think they are strong!
After playing a joke in his heart, Hideki could only explain honestly on the surface:
"Because in fact, in terms of teaching, what I can teach Asuma is not much different from what I teach in class or in the workshop."
"So instead of letting Asma take classes alone, it would be better to let him learn and communicate with more people of his age. This way the effect should be better."
"As for his personality, I'll be frank with you, but I guess the reason why Asuma is more rebellious is probably because he has been treated specially by people around him since he was a child because of his status as the son of the Hokage."
"Sometimes, it may be the result of hard work, but it is simply brushed aside with a sentence like 'As expected of the Hokage's son'."
"Sometimes, it may be an ordinary performance, but it is praised to the sky by some flatterers."
"Whether you work hard or not, you can't get rid of the shadow of your identity."
"Over time, the child will naturally develop a rebellious personality that is unwilling to work hard and cannot stand bad words."
The Sandaime fell silent upon hearing this, and felt a little touched.
Because he is actually not even as good as the first type of people that Hideki mentioned...
Even when Asma performed well, he rarely gave positive comments.
In order to prevent the child from getting carried away, he would even often bring up the performance of his eldest son Shinnosuke to suppress him.
Now, after listening to Hideki, it turns out that this is wrong?
The Sandaim wanted to refute, but when he thought about Asuma's dejected expression when he repeatedly failed to receive praise from him, the words in his mouth could only turn into a sigh.
It seems that because of the example of my eldest son Shinnosuke, I subconsciously set too high a standard for Asuma...
"Then Xiushu, do you have any good solution?"
The Sandaime looked at Hideki with anticipation.
"The first thing is to reshape Asma's concept of rewards and punishments, so that she knows that if she does well, she will be praised, and if she does not do well, she will be criticized."
Hideki said, "For this, we'd better change Asuma's environment and try to minimize the influence of his status as the son of the Hokage."
"Hideki, it's easy for you to say, but where in Konoha is there such a place? Do we have to send Asuma out of the village?"
Having said this, the Sandaime touched his chin, and seemed to really begin to consider the feasibility of this plan.
Throwing his stupid son out of the village to be beaten by society seems to be a good choice...
However, Xiu Shu and Asuma had no grudges against each other, so he would not do such a thing to him. He quickly reminded him:
"Of course there is, Lord Hokage, you forgot that my workshop is still recruiting apprentices..."
The Sandaime was speechless.
This guy always spares no effort to recruit apprentices for the workshop, and now he is even setting his sights on Asma.
So he couldn't help asking:
"But Xiushu, the apprentices in your workshop are actually students in the school. How is it different from the usual environment?"
"What a difference!"
Hideki explained with a smile, "Because the workshop has just been established, it is a brand new environment, so as long as we set the tone of equality from the beginning, we can greatly reduce the influence of status."
"Besides, ninjas ultimately speak with strength."
"In the ninja school, Asuma is very talented and has always been at the top of the class without having to work too hard, so his status as the son of the Hokage will come in handy."
"But his talent in puppetry is only mediocre."
"If you don't perform well in the workshop, the adults won't care, but the children won't care if you are the Hokage's son."
"No matter whether Asuma works hard and uses his grades to maintain his title as the son of the Hokage, or breaks free from the constraints of his status and learns to look at things from a new perspective, we will definitely gain."
After listening to Hideki's plan, the Sandaime began to think again.
Although Hideki failed to become a tutor, Asma was able to bring the two closer.
But this plan to get Asuma to join the workshop doesn't seem to be a bad one.
At least the purpose of letting Asuma learn the Chakra Carving Knife was achieved.
Then, based on his performance in the workshop, we can decide whether to let him stay and continue studying.
And the Sandaime is also a little curious about what choice Asuma will make in the end...
So the Sandaime thought for a moment and nodded:
"Then I'll leave it to you, Hideki, to take care of it."
"I will let Asuma go to the workshop to learn next weekend..."
But before he could finish, Hideki quickly stopped him,
"Wait, Hokage-sama."
"In order for Asuma to stay in the workshop and not give up easily, we have to make him feel that going to the workshop is his own idea."
"Although the specific method depends on the situation, it's best for you to play a proper role in the opposition, Hokage. For example, you can forbid him from coming to the workshop. Maybe he won't be able to hold on for long."
"This way we can take advantage of his rebellious psychology, and my future work will be easier to carry out."
The Sandaime's mouth twitched when he heard this, and he couldn't help but mourn for his foolish son in his heart...
If this child meets such a cunning teacher, he will probably have a hard time in the future...
When Hideki saw that the Sandaime agreed to the plan, he breathed a sigh of relief.
If he really wanted to devote a lot of energy to teaching Asuma as the Sandaime wanted, it would be difficult for him to do so.
But if Asuma could just become a member of the workshop and receive some psychological counseling, Hideki would still be willing to help.
As for whether Asuma can get rid of the shackles of being the son of Hokage ahead of time, it depends on his own luck...
…
It was Thursday afternoon, during the puppetry class.
As usual, Hideki explained the basics of puppetry and deepened everyone's impression through novel and interesting practical demonstrations.
After the teaching part came to an end, the emotions of the little ninjas gradually became higher.
The reason is simple, because it's time for Pocket Beast again...
Although the recent emergence of new toys has indeed made everyone very addicted, it is still unable to shake the status of pocket puppet monsters in the hearts of most children.
On the one hand, the gameplay of Pocket Monster is similar to that of video games, and the unique gameplay will naturally have a dimensionality reduction impact on traditional toys.
On the other hand, things are valuable because they are rare.
The pocket puppet beast, which we can only play with for a short while in each puppetry class, naturally makes everyone obsessed with it.
But things like this will soon change.
Because Hideki began to announce:
"I think everyone knows that the registration for the training course will end next week and the number of students will stabilize."
"So, in order to facilitate everyone to practice outside of class, I will start lending you pocket puppet beasts..."
Before Xiushu could finish his words, deafening cheers had already echoed throughout the entire classroom, almost blowing the ceiling off.
Here it comes!
Finally, I have waited for this day!
The faces of the little ninjas were filled with excitement and they chattered and celebrated with their classmates around them. Their giggles and cheers were endless.
Xiu Shu did not say anything to stop everyone from celebrating, but just watched the scene in front of him with a smile.
At least compared to the children's enthusiastic expressions at the opening ceremony, their joyful expressions now look more pleasing to the eye.
Although it was still insignificant, Hideki began to truly realize that the changes he had caused were slowly changing Konoha...
After their excitement, the children soon calmed down and wanted to hear more specific details.
Xiu Shu then continued:
"Of course, everyone knows that due to limited course funding and the pocket puppet beasts are not cheap, it is impossible for everyone to have one."
"So I will divide you into groups, assign a puppet beast to each group, and take turns to practice after class."
The little ninjas naturally had no objection to this.
Although it's a pity that I can't have my own pocket puppet monster, being able to have more time to try it out is already a big improvement.
However, the teacher's next announcement left everyone confused:
"Besides that, I have obtained the approval of the Hokage-sama."
"In the future, there will be some pocket puppets left in this classroom, open to all students in the school during extracurricular time."
"Anyone who wants to practice chakra control can come here and practice."