"Teacher Hideki, I finally found you. The Hokage asked you to go to the principal's office now."
Near the registration point on the playground, Hideki, who was still surrounded by the little ninjas and asked questions, was suddenly stopped by Funano Daikoku.
"You all heard it. The Hokage-sama wants to talk to me about something. Please make way."
Hideki had already been a little overwhelmed by the children's wild questions, so he took the opportunity to run away.
He and Funano Daikoku came to the teaching building and heard many teachers' congratulations along the way.
"Congratulations on becoming an excellent teacher."
"Is there a C-rank ninjutsu you'd like? Do you need my advice?"
"Remember to treat me to dinner tonight, Funano-sensei!"
Funano Daikoku kept wiping his sweat and forced a smile to deal with everyone. He felt a little pressured standing next to Teacher Hideki.
After all, if that accident hadn't happened, the reward should have belonged to Teacher Hideki. How could it have been his turn?
Hideki didn't feel too upset. In order to appease Mr. Funano, he congratulated him with a smile.
As a result, Funano Daikoku became even more frightened.
Fortunately, we arrived at the principal's office very quickly.
After watching Funano Daikoku leave as if he had been pardoned, Hideki shook his head and laughed, then knocked on the door and entered the principal's office.
I saw the Sandaime holding the students' report cards and looking at them, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, seeming to be in a good mood.
"Hideki, you're here, please find a seat and sit down."
The Sandaime was still studying the report card, as if there was some secret in it.
"The points system is indeed very effective. The average score of each grade has increased by several points compared to last year."
"But I also found that the students who made the most progress this semester were those who enrolled in the puppetry course."
"That's right. The control and expanded meridian branches gained through practicing chakra lines can also be used in ninjutsu and taijutsu."
"But why everyone's academic performance has improved, I really don't understand."
Hideki pondered for a few breaths, then spread his hands and smiled:
"I'm not sure."
"But maybe it's because I divided everyone into a dozen study groups to share one pocket puppet beast."
"As long as one person in the group fails the assignment, the pocket puppet will be confiscated for a week."
"So everyone has long developed the habit of doing homework together and urging each other to study."
"Maybe they do the same thing in other subjects, and that's why their grades have improved so dramatically."
"It seems that's why."
The Sandaime suddenly realized,
"I didn't expect that such a small study group could produce such a big effect. Maybe we can try to promote it next semester..."
Hideki smiled and said,
"Don't worry, Principal. There is actually a similar plan in the points plan that Minato and I designed."
"I was just worried that the rules would be too complicated and difficult to understand at the beginning, so I didn't implement it this semester."
The Sandaime was slightly stunned, then shook his head and smiled:
"You young people really have good brains. You have already thought so far ahead."
"And Hideki, your talent for teaching is not inferior to your talent for invention."
"Thank you for the compliment, Hokage." Hideki said modestly.
Unexpectedly, the Sandaime suddenly said seriously:
"So Hideki, do you know why I didn't give you the Outstanding Teacher Award?"
Since the Sandaime said so, it probably isn't because of the final exam.
So Hideki smiled and said:
"Other teachers work diligently for a whole semester just for this reward."
"I'm already a special jonin, how can I have the nerve to compete with them."
The Sandaime shook his head and said:
"As long as you are the teacher with the best performance, no matter if you are a special jonin or a jonin, you deserve this award."
"But this is ultimately about the normal situation."
"The new puppetry class, work-study program, points program, and the breathing method that we are preparing to officially promote..."
"Hideki, your talents and contributions cannot be summed up by the term 'excellent teacher'."
"If your puppetry class had not just started, I would have transferred you to a place where you can better utilize your talents."
"It's really embarrassing for other teachers to compete with you for this."
"So I decided that your reward should be distributed separately, and that's why I asked you to come here."
At this point the Sandaime sighed and said,
"In fact, this reward should have been given to you a long time ago."
"But Konoha is not a place where I have the final say. The elders insisted on giving out rewards only after seeing results, and I couldn't persuade them."
"Fortunately, now that we have this transcript as evidence, we can finally shut them up..."
Hideki was somewhat skeptical about the Sandaime's reasons, and he guessed that this guy would be one of those who would not act until he saw the rabbit.
But he was not in the mood to care about these things. He just wanted to know what kind of reward the Sandaime had prepared for him...
…
It wasn't long before Nono arrived at the Root's underground base.
To her surprise, the base was completely silent and there was not a single person in sight.
Although the root base was quiet before, one could still vaguely hear the sound of metal clashing in the training ground.
I looked over and saw that there was indeed no one there.
If she hadn't seen the ninja on duty at the entrance, she would have suspected that the Root had moved.
Fortunately, at this moment, footsteps were heard not far away.
Nono hurried over to take a look and saw a little ninja carrying a pile of boxes, but he didn't know where he was going.
He also saw Nono at the same time and showed a wary look.
Nono smiled and said, "Hello, may I ask where the others are?"
Perhaps because of her friendliness, or perhaps because of his trust in the Root base's security system, the young ninja let down his guard a little and said,
"Danzo-sama has ordered that anyone without a mission must help out at the production department."
Production department?
Did they develop some new ninja tools recently?
Or was it because war was about to break out again and they needed to rush to make more ninja tools?
Is it related to this matter that Danzo-sama is so anxious to find me back?
Nono quickly sorted out his doubts in his mind and decided to go over and find out.
At this time, the little ninja was already walking forward on his own.
Seeing this, Nono hurriedly followed and took some of the boxes, then smiled and said:
"Then I'll go over and help. By the way, what's your name?"
"Terai."
…
Soon, Nono followed Terai along the dark passage and arrived at the production area.
She had encountered many confusing things since returning to Konoha, so she had prepared herself mentally in advance.
But the scene before her was beyond her imagination...
Huge factories, countless assembly lines, and machines running non-stop...
There were also quite a few Root ninjas she had seen dotted around, carrying out various production operations.
Although Nono knew before that the Root would need to raise ninja tools on its own after separating from the Anbu, a production department was set up in the base to save costs.
But she never expected that the production department of what was once a small workshop has now become a huge machinery factory!
Is Master Danzo planning to rebel?
Otherwise, how could his tiny root consume so many ninja tools?
Fortunately, Nono's doubts were soon resolved, but she also had greater doubts...
Because Terai on the side had already put down the box and took out a bunch of colorful yo-yo packaging boxes from it.
At the same time, Nono discovered that what was being transported on the assembly line were not ninja tools, but yo-yo parts...
What is going on?
No matter how she looked at it, the scene before her could only lead Nono to an unbelievable conclusion:
Could it be that the Lord Danzo, who was feared by all the major ninja villages and was known as the Darkness of the Ninja World, was really leading the Root to enter the toy industry?
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