Pupet Master in Konoha

After Minato left, Hideki didn't leave the school with him but stayed behind to correct his homework.

If he didn't finish it now, Hideki doubted he'd find time to do it in the future.

Naturally, there were no glaring errors or omissions in the tasks supervised and checked by the students, but this made the correction process even more tedious.

"Maybe we can find some students to help with the corrections, and the reward could be paid in points."

Hideki started to form a mischievous idea.

"Or we could just have the students correct each other's work, which could create a mutual teaching effect, and I wouldn't have to spend any points, hehe..."

After calculating the children, Hideki's thoughts returned to Minato's visit earlier.

After investing many resources and creating a huge cake, Minato and Kushina's preferences should be nearly the same by now.

It seemed that subcontracting the search for basic runes to the two of them wouldn't be a huge problem.

However, the greatest cost was revealing the fact that he had extraordinary chakra control.

Fortunately, everyone gradually realized that this secret was actually part of Hideki's plan.

With the success of the puppet class and the development of the workshop, Hideki would inevitably attract a lot of inquisitive eyes.

Many people would try their best to figure out what could turn an ordinary civilian ninja into Konoha's only puppeteer in such a short time.

To conceal the brainstorming abilities most important to him, Hideki had to prepare a perfect response to deal with these questions.

So he planned to use the chakra control obtained through brainstorming techniques to play the part of a buried genius.

Fortunately, this situation wasn't uncommon in the ninja world.

Because the difficulty in acquiring Ninjutsu is so high, even if civilian ninjas have some talent, it's hard for them to find the ninjutsu that best suits them from the start.

Just like Haruno Sakura in the original work, she was clearly an excellent student, but by the end of Part 1, she only knew the Three Body Technique.

It wasn't until she became Tsunade's apprentice that she discovered her talent for medical ninjutsu.

And someone in a situation like hers is considered very lucky.

Most of the time, this type of ninja would waste their best training time searching and even lose their life in the process.

Only a small number of people randomly acquire the right ninjutsu and, from that moment, leap into greatness.

Hideki wanted to play the role of one of those fortunate individuals.

If there were really enemies who naively thought this was Hideki's trump card, then he would definitely give them a big surprise in battle...

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The next morning, Hideki went to the orphanage to inspect the progress of the workshop construction.

At that moment, the area around the orphanage lost its usual tranquility and turned into a large construction site.

With the approval of the Third Hokage, Konoha's official engineering team arrived several days ago and was in full swing building the workshop and several auxiliary buildings.

Hideki was very satisfied with the professionalism of the construction team, which was nearly as good as the best construction team from his past life.

Although they didn't have access to large machines, they did have several ninjutsu as substitutes.

When he saw a giant from the Akimichi clan using the Super Expansion Jutsu to carry wood and construct a building like blocks, Hideki knew that the completion of the workshop was just around the corner.

After repeatedly telling the children at the orphanage entrance not to get too close to observe the giant, Hideki followed a foreman to a large cement building for inspection.

"Boss, your building requirements are really strange."

"No windows, just a thick door, and the walls must be strong and well-sealed..."

"If I didn't know better, I'd think you were building a prison cell, boss!"

The old gray-haired foreman yelled in anger.

His bold voice echoed throughout the empty cement building, making Hideki feel dizzy.

Although Hideki was very satisfied with the house, he decided to leave this place for now.

When the two reached the door of the building, Hideki smiled and said, "I'm very satisfied with this training room. Thanks for the trouble."

"This is a training room?"

The old foreman murmured, "Isn't this kid afraid of closing the door and suffocating inside?"

A few black lines appeared on Hideki's forehead.

Hey, hey, I'm right here, do you think I can't hear you if you whisper?

Well, Hideki just pretended he didn't hear him.

At that moment, a green figure appeared before his eyes, carrying several logs and quickly crossing the construction site.

Hideki couldn't help but brighten up his eyes.

The foreman noticed Hideki's gaze and said happily, "Boss, do you know that 10,000-year genius, Matt Dai?"

"We're on a tight construction schedule, so we recruited a few Genin to help, and unexpectedly, we found this treasure."

"Turns out, Dai is no good as a ninja, but he's amazing as a construction worker. He really is in the wrong profession."

Hideki's expression was a little strange when he heard this.

No, no, no, actually, I'm pretty good at being a ninja.

In a few years, this guy will unlock the Eight Gates of Dunjia and turn the famous Seven Ninja Swordsmen into three auspicious treasures...

However, Matt Dai's appearance made Hideki think for a moment.

The so-called strengthening meant that, in addition to lengthening the long board, he also needed to complement the short board appropriately.

In the past, to seek profitability, Hideki always added skill points to life-saving evil spirits.

So, he rarely faced his enemies directly, and there was no need to improve his physical abilities.

Although he plans to keep his previous fighting style in the future, it's a shame that the powerful enemies he might face won't be so easy to deal with.

So, Hideki had long included physical training in his plan to become stronger, and he would gradually implement it once the workshop was up and running.

As a master of hidden physical arts, Matt Dai was naturally part of his plan.

But now that they met by chance, Hideki didn't mind letting the plan proceed a bit ahead of schedule.

After saying goodbye to the foreman, Hideki walked toward Matt Dai, who was focused on moving bricks, and greeted him:

"Hey, Dai, long time no see."

"Excuse me, who are you?"

Matt Dai put down the wood he was holding and looked at Hideki in confusion.

Hideki's expression froze for a moment, and then he said helplessly, "It's me, Kimura Hideki. I asked you for advice on taijutsu before."

Yes, Hideki had actually asked Matt Dai for taijutsu advice back then.

At that time, he hadn't developed his brainstorming technique yet, so to get stronger, he once planned to follow the physical arts route and work hard to make up for his lack of talent.

And the person he could ask for advice from was, of course, Matt Dai, who mastered the Eight Gates.

It's a shame that Hideki eventually gave up on this path.

Because after practicing under Matt Dai's guidance for a month, he ended up in the hospital for a month due to his body not being able to take it anymore...

When he was discharged, Hideki found his body even weaker...

From then on, Hideki realized that everything in fairy tales was a lie. Turns out, hard work requires talent.

With such intense training as Matt and his son, without incredibly strong natural bones, it would be impossible to persevere!

"Are you Hideki, kid?"

After hearing Hideki's introduction, Matt Dai struggled to recognize him.

After all, it would be hard for anyone to connect the young, handsome, and elegant ninja in front of him with the skinny ninja student he once was.

"I haven't seen you in a few years. I didn't expect you to grow so much, Hideki!"

Matt Dai said nothing more and tears instantly filled his eyes.

"—Is this the magic of youth?"

Hideki mentally complained, then replied with a smile, "Dai, you haven't changed at all, still full of energy."

"Of course, my youth still burns fiercely!"

Matt Dai gave a thumbs up and smiled, revealing two rows of bright, white teeth.

After exchanging some jokes, Matt Dai curiously asked, "By the way, Hideki, are you here to work at the construction site today?"

Hideki's expression suddenly froze. He looked down and glanced at himself in his dark blue uniform. It didn't seem like he was here for work.

Fortunately, Matt Dai quickly realized the issue and said with much consideration:

"Don't worry, I have spare socks I can lend you, Hideki!"

Saying this, Matt Dai, who obviously had no pockets, pulled out some wrinkled socks from somewhere and handed them to Hideki. They were still warm to the touch...

Then he gave a thumbs up again and showed his characteristic smile.

Ugh!

Hideki suddenly remembered.

Besides not having talent, I gave up on Taijutsu because I just couldn't handle this passionate guy and his brilliant mind...

This made Hideki start to doubt: Do I really want to continue this bad relationship just for physical training?

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