Pupet Master in Konoha

"Squirtle, use Water Gun!"

"Strange Seed, move away and use Seed Bomb!"

"Charmander, attack with Dragon Tail!"

In the puppet classroom, a unique battle was taking place.

It turned out that after a brief introduction, Hideki began controlling three pocket puppet beasts to initiate a fierce, close-quarters battle on the platform for demonstration purposes.

And their fighting methods had their own characteristics.

The blue turtle puppet named Squirtle could retract its body into its shell to reduce the damage it received. Whenever it had the chance, it would stick its head out and attack the enemy with Water Gun, primarily as a defensive counterattack.

The green garlic turtle puppet called Strange Seed danced its two vine whips perfectly, and combined with the seed bullets it occasionally spat from its mouth, it could be said to be both offensive and defensive.

The red lizard named Charmander was somewhat misnamed, as it couldn't spit fire at all. It could only use its extremely agile skills to deal with the other two.

The young ninjas had only heard of puppet techniques before and hadn't had a chance to see how puppets looked in battle. Let alone the fact that what was happening now on stage was a rare battle between puppets in the ninja world.

So at that moment, without exception, everyone slightly opened their mouths and stared at the dazzling chaos on stage, afraid of missing any detail.

The only thing that confused them a bit was that Mr. Kimura was obviously controlling the puppet beasts with chakra threads, so why was he giving such serious instructions?

However, under the exquisite control skills of the teacher, the three puppet beasts with simple structures seemed truly alive, making his verbal instructions seem less inconsistent.

Not long after, the three puppet beasts seemed to run out of ammunition and food, so they began a potentially deadly collision, and the three fiercely collided on the high platform!

Crash!

After the loud collision, the "click-click" sound of the mechanism changing was heard again.

The three puppet beasts actually died together, turning into wooden balls and falling onto the high platform simultaneously…

After a brief silence, there was suddenly an eruption of thunderous applause in the warehouse.

All the young ninjas clapped excitedly to express their admiration for this battle between pocket puppet beasts.

To be honest, the black cat on Mr. Kimura's shoulder was so vivid that it was hard for them to connect it to the puppet technique.

The three puppet beasts in front of them clearly had mechanical structures, which was more in line with their imagination of what a puppet should look like.

So after seeing such a wonderful battle between puppet beasts, their understanding of puppets really began to change.

It turned out that puppets weren't necessarily as fierce and strange as they had heard before; they could also look as cute as this.

And puppets weren't necessarily a treacherous method that could only sneak up on enemies in the dark; they could show off a magnificent fighting style through exquisite techniques and mechanisms!

The students who had reluctantly stayed in the class just to take a look at the cute cat puppet couldn't help but feel a bit tempted at that moment.

However, many kids still felt a little regretful and couldn't help but whisper:

"Why is that red puppet beast called Charmander, but it can't spit fire?"

"Obviously the other two have special abilities..."

At that moment, Hideki flicked his right hand, and the three puppet balls flew into his sleeves.

Hearing everyone's complaints, he couldn't help but roll his eyes inwardly.

Little brats, you said it too lightly.

It's not hard to make a puppet spit fire, but if the firepower is too weak, it's just for decoration. If the firepower is too strong, who's going to pay for the burned materials?

The school didn't provide many funds for the training courses. For the sake of his own pocket, Hideki had no choice but to give in to Charmander.

After all, Charizard isn't a dragon, so it's no surprise that Charmander can't spit fire…

After finishing his inner monologue, Hideki cleared his throat and then said once everyone had calmed down:

"After the demonstration just now, everyone should have a basic understanding of this pocket puppet beast."

"But you must be curious, how can this small puppet beast become a teaching tool and help you practice?"

The young ninjas couldn't help but look at each other when they heard this.

To be honest, after the wonderful performance of the puppet beast just now, they had completely forgotten about the teaching materials.

However, after the teacher's reminder, they began to feel curious about this topic, so they all nodded.

Seeing this, Hideki began to explain:

"The principle is really very simple."

"First of all, everyone should know that learning how to manipulate chakra threads can be broken down into three basic steps."

"The first step is to continuously and consistently transport chakra outside the body, which is called 'output.'"

"The second step is to condense these chakras into threads as much as possible and maintain them, which is called 'shaping.'"

"The third step is to control the puppet through the chakra threads while maintaining the first two steps, which is called 'control.'"

"As I said earlier, it's unrealistic to ask everyone to perform all three steps at the same time right now."

"So we could also divide the process of learning chakra threads into three stages."

"In the next first stage, we only need to focus on how to output chakra consistently."

"The modeling and manipulation will be complemented with additional teaching materials."

Having said this, Hideki once again shook his sleeves and took out something strange.

The young ninjas looked at it curiously and saw that it was a flat piece of wood the size of a palm. It appeared to have a wooden post and several buttons, with a thin string extending from the back.

"I call this material 'the handle.'"

Hideki suppressed the bad taste in his heart and said seriously:

"Don't be fooled by its humble appearance. In fact, its technical content and value are higher than the Pocket Puppet Beast at this point."

"The most valuable part of it is this handle wire, because it contains a lot of chakra-conductive materials…"

As soon as he finished speaking, the eyes of some ninjas from clans lit up, and they seemed to vaguely understand part of Hideki's idea.

However, to take care of other students, Hideki still had to continue explaining:

"You all know that most things in the ninja world are difficult to inject and transmit chakra into, and only a small number of special examples have the so-called chakra transmission."

"The most famous of these is, of course, the metal chakra that is often used to make high-grade ninja tools."

Since the teacher had introduced the role of metal chakra in other classes, the young ninja, born as a civilian, also began to think deeply.

"It seems that everyone already knows the secret."

Hideki ignored Obito, who still seemed confused, and smiled:

"The handle wire mixed with a large amount of chakra-conductive material can be considered as a tangible chakra thread, which is enough to take on the task of shaping."

"The handle I invented has an embedded mechanical device and simple sealing rune spells. It can control the puppet beast just by using the joystick and buttons."

"And this also means that in the first stage, we will use the power of the wires and handles to practice how to produce chakra stably by controlling this pocket puppet beast."

"Likewise, in the second stage, we will remove the wires from the handle and learn how to transform chakra into threads."

"In the third stage, we will remove the handle entirely and learn to control the puppet directly through chakra threads."

To demonstrate the real effect, Hideki transformed Charmander and then connected it to the wire of the handle.

Then, under his control with the handle, Charmander began performing basic movements like walking, jumping, biting, scratching, etc.

Although the movements were obviously much stiffer than when controlled directly by chakra threads, it was precisely because of this that the young ninjas had the illusion that they could try it themselves and couldn't wait to get their hands on it.

After Hideki's detailed explanation, all the young ninjas finally understood and were moved at the same time.

This Mr. Kimura really wants to teach us…

They couldn't help but think that.

They had always thought that learning ninjutsu was based on understanding and hard practice. They had never seen the teacher's practical teaching method, which almost brought food to their mouths.

And it was not hard to see that the most important teaching aids were the handles and the threads from the handles. The puppet beast itself could take on a simpler appearance.

Mr. Kimura deliberately made it interesting and fun, just to make the practice process more engaging.

How could they not be moved by such good intentions?

"Teacher, I want to learn how to control puppets!"

At that moment, the young ninjas were finally convinced and shouted from the bottom of their hearts.

Do you want to learn puppets? You're greedy for the body of a puppet beast, how despicable!

Hideki murmured in his heart but put on a warm smile on the surface:

"As the puppet class teacher, I naturally welcome this…"

With this scene of deep love between teacher and students, it's hard to imagine that these kids were still angry just now for being tricked into coming to class…

Then Hideki clapped again and said:

"Since this is the first class, I won't go into too many specific details."

"—Even if I want to keep talking, I'm afraid you won't be able to hear me now…"

The young ninjas seemed to realize what Hideki meant, and they all looked at him expect

Hideki, following the crowd's enthusiasm, shook his head, smiled, and said,

"Next, for the rest of the time, each of you will take turns experiencing this Pocket Puppet Beast..."

However, before he could finish speaking, the cheers from the little ninjas drowned out his words...

...

Good times are always fleeting.

When the bell for the elective class rang, all the students let out loud sighs, especially the poor kids who hadn't yet had their turn to try it.

But after Hideki's repeated pleas, which made them laugh and cry, the little ninjas reluctantly had to leave.

The moment they exited the warehouse, they felt as though they had stepped into another world.

Because in this short elective course, their perspectives had been profoundly impacted.

They had never expected that those who had been tricked into attending the class would now become so obsessed with the magical puppets.

Of course, to be precise, it was the fun Pocket Puppets.

Especially the kids who had the luck to try the Pocket Puppet Beast right now; they couldn't let it go and even set their grand ambition to become masters of the Pocket Puppet Beasts...

After watching the children leave, Hideki completely relaxed and couldn't help but yawn.

Due to time constraints, he had stayed up all night creating the Pocket Puppet Beast and handling it for the demonstration.

But judging by the smiling and excited faces of the children as they left, his efforts were not in vain.

After packing up, Hideki was ready to return to his office and take a good nap.

But just then, a ninja dressed like ANBU suddenly appeared at the door, interrupting his plan to recover some sleep with one sentence:

"Kimura Hideki, Hokage-sama requests your presence."