The days of being a puppeteer in Konoha

Chapter 196 Kushina's Request
mouse?

Nono maintained a kind smile, but his heart was already in turmoil.

She was just about to look for the mouse that the rat had transformed into, and it just so happened that the little girl had a pet mouse.

This is not a novel, how could there be such a coincidence?

Is it a test?
Perhaps the infiltration of the rat has been discovered, so Hideki Kimura is using the pet rat to test the reaction of the newcomer?

Or maybe the Jerry that the little girl was talking about was really the guy named Rat.

But doesn't that guy always like to transform into an ordinary rat and sneak in to steal information?
Why did you choose to be a pet rat this time?

——Yes, it’s because of the trap!
Nono recalled that Kimura Hideki had just said that there were traps in many places in this workshop park.

Rather than using the body of a rat to break the difficult trap set by the puppeteer, it is safer to disguise as a pet rat to gain trust and quietly wait for the opportunity to be brought in.

The more Nono thought about it, the more he felt that this was very much in line with Senior Zishu's thinking.

As for why he lost contact, it may be because he was locked in a cage and did not break out forcibly to avoid being exposed.

So, is its disappearance now just to get in touch with the roots?
However, this is just her guess after all, and she needs to collect more information before she can draw a conclusion...

After Nono quickly sorted out his thoughts in his mind, he smiled and asked:

"Your name is?"

"Atra! What about you, sister?"

"Yakushi Nonou."

After Nono said that, he looked around.

"Well, Atla, I've almost finished cleaning here. Why don't I talk to Ms. Kelly and then I can help you look for it?"

"It just so happens that I also want to take a good look at places other than the orphanage."

Nono directly expressed his true thoughts.

Being experienced, she knew that this would be less likely to arouse suspicion.

Atla was delighted when he heard this:
"Great, then I'll take you to visit some interesting places!"

Nono nodded in agreement, but looking at Atla's expression, it seemed that he had forgotten about Jerry...

With such a master, if the rat is really Jerry, then he has a hard time.

……

At the same time, at the entrance of the Hokage Building.

Hideki was walking out, tossing and catching three scrolls in his left hand, with a look of delight on his lips.

He had just redeemed his end-of-term reward from the Sandaime and obtained the right to borrow sealing techniques below level B.

Then he struck while the iron was hot and went to the library to borrow two scrolls of sealing techniques, preparing to use them as a pastime during the holiday.

The third scroll was a pleasant surprise.

As expected, the quick-success-oriented ninja tool materials and the unrealistically ambitious S-level ninjutsu are both wrong answers.

The Sandaime was very pleased with Hideki's choice, so he personally rewarded him with a sealing technique notebook.

It records his insights and improvement plans on many low- and medium-level sealing techniques that he has summarized over the years.

Although Hideki often teased the title of the Sandaime's strongest Hokage in his heart, he was still very convinced of his title of Ninja Doctor.

With his experience as a reference, he believes that he will be able to spark a lot of creative ideas.

After receiving the reward, Hideki originally wanted to go directly back to the orphanage.

However, thinking that he would have to stay in the orphanage to keep an eye on the children for a while, he decided to go to his own Sealing Art consultant first.

A moment later, Hideki arrived at Kushina's residence, the Uzumaki Tower.

Because the Sandaime had given notice in advance, Hideki entered the tower smoothly after passing the detection of the sensing array at the door without being stopped by the Anbu.

He climbed up the spiral staircase and came to Kushina's study.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw Kushina sitting on a chair with her head lowered, her hands hanging limply, and her whole body seemed to have lost all color...

"I have burned out, leaving only snow-white ash..."

Kushina's weak voice rang out from the room.

"Don't be in such a hurry to turn into ashes."

Hideki said calmly,
"So, have you completed the task I assigned to you before, Kushina?"

He was in a hurry to go back to watch a movie... no, to keep an eye on her, but he didn't have time to show off with Kushina.

"Hideki, are you a devil?" Kushina suddenly regained her health, stood up abruptly, raised her hands high and accused,

"Black-hearted boss! Smiling tiger! The collective that humans hate!"

"Listen to the noise outside. The whole village has already had a holiday. Why am I still working here?"

Hideki spread his hands speechlessly and said:
"It's because you were always lazy before..."

"Without Minato's supervision, your self-control is really not good enough Kushina."

"I heard that you've become the king of the toy store recently."

"It seems like we've already won the yo-yo competition for the third time in a row this weekend..."

"It's the fourth consecutive championship..."

Kushina, who was just filled with righteous indignation, suddenly lost her confidence and pointed her finger at him, aggrieved.
"But...but Minato can't even come back for the New Year, and I'm really bored."

"And when I'm bored I don't feel like working..."

Hideki found a chair and sat down, crossing his legs.
"Tell me, what do you want this time?"

"A New Year's special edition yo-yo? Rare puppet beast parts?"

"I'm not a demon after all."

"For the sake of the New Year, I can consider it as long as it's not excessive."

"Of course, the prerequisite is that you have to complete the programming flow perception array as soon as possible."

"Whether we can completely transform the high-precision perception array into a programmed sealing technique will determine whether the training camp next month can proceed smoothly."

"Considering the effort required to create the physical object, there is not much time left."

Kushina rubbed her hands and smiled:
"I heard from Obito and the others that Hideki, are you planning to hold a Pocket Puppetmon competition?"

"Can I join in, too?"

Xiu Shu said with a hollow look:

"They are just children..."

"If you participate, you're literally bullying a child."

"I can limit the amount of chakra. This is how I usually fight against Obito and the others..."

Kushina clasped her hands together and said,

"Please, this is a once in a lifetime request!"

Hideki gently held his forehead, because he had actually heard this several times...

Then he pondered for a moment, weighed the two options, and finally nodded helplessly.

"OK then……"

Anyway, Kushina’s puppet-controlling skills are very poor, and she simply relies on her great strength to create miracles.

Once the amount of chakra is restricted, she probably won't be able to advance for a few rounds, so the impact won't be significant.

But Hideki still had to remind again and again:
"Remember that the premise is that you can complete your work tasks before the New Year..."

"Here, take it."

Suddenly, Kushina took out a scroll and threw it to Hideki, then smiled evilly as if her evil plan had succeeded.

"Jie Jie Jie Jie..."

"You didn't expect that, Hideki. I've actually been working all night for several days and have completed what you want!"

"Remember, don't break your promise!"

Hideki was speechless. He finally knew who Naruto inherited his annoying personality from.

Then he opened the scroll and took a quick look. It was indeed what he wanted, and his expression eased a little.

"Don't worry, I won't break my promise."

Hideki said calmly, and seeing Kushina's happy face, he added,
"But since this task has been completed ahead of schedule, let's talk about the next research task..."

……

A moment later, in a somewhat messy study.

Kushina directly used force to expel Hideki, and then sprinkled two handfuls of salt at the door to ward off evil spirits.

Then she returned to the study and sat down, lowering her head and touching her belly while mumbling:
"This guy will be able to keep quiet for a while now..."

(End of this chapter)