The days of being a puppeteer in Konoha

Chapter 9 Solution
Indeed, the material cost of teaching aids is the biggest problem facing Hideki’s teaching method.

Just as Hideki said in class, in order to be able to control the puppetmon to make flexible movements with a small handle, the entire set of teaching aids will use a lot of precious chakra conduction materials.

Although Hideki has racked his brains to reduce costs by adopting various mechanical structures to reduce dependence on sealing runes and chakra conduction materials.

However, in order to simulate the characteristics of the chakra line as much as possible, the most inconspicuous handle line cannot allow any cutting of corners and must be made of chakra conducting materials.

This also means that in order to make a set of such teaching aids, a lot of material costs will be spent.

Unfortunately, Hideki's next answer confirmed Sandaime's concerns:

"The cost of the entire set of teaching materials is about two hundred thousand taels."

Although this price is much cheaper than what Sarutobi Hiruzen imagined, it is definitely not something the Ninja School can afford!

"Hideki, have you forgotten that the training course costs only 300,000 ryo for one academic year?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen rubbed his aching temple with his hand and said with a wry smile,

"So your puppet beast teaching method is very good, but we don't have that much money to buy the materials..."

Then he saw Hideki smiling and saying:

"Hokage-sama, you misunderstood."

"The materials for the entire set of teaching aids are indeed worth two hundred thousand taels."

"But the handle cable, which takes up the majority of the space, was specially prepared so that everyone can experience the fun of Pocket Puppetmon in the first class."

"If it's the handle cable that students usually use for practice, it's actually very cheap, or even free..."

The Sandaime almost slammed the table and stood up when he heard this, his eyes widened.

"How is this possible?"

You should know that chakra conducting materials have always been known to be rare and expensive.

If there really is free chakra conduction material in the world, then the structure of the ninja world will be rewritten!
"Of course it's possible."

Hideki smiled calmly and said, "Besides, this material can be found everywhere, and it can even be said to be within easy reach."

After saying this, he even pointed to his head with his slender index finger.

The Sandaime fell into deep thought upon seeing this.

Head...

Is Hideki saying that he has no brains so he can't think of it?
No…Oh, I get it!
Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes suddenly lit up, and he suddenly realized:
“It’s the hair!”

"Hideki, you are planning to use hair as the material for the handle string!"

"Great! Why didn't I think of this trick?"

In fact, in the history of the ninja world, it is not uncommon to use hair as a chakra conducting material.

For example, in the Chunin Exam in the original work, Yamanaka Ino also used her hair infused with chakra to restrain Haruno Sakura, thus gaining the opportunity to perform the Heart Transmigration Technique.

Not to mention Jiraiya, the evil disciple of the Third Hokage, who even mastered a set of ninjutsu that used chakra to control his hair to attack the enemy, and was known as the White-haired Boy.

The reason why hair is not widely used as a chakra conduction material is, on the one hand, because its own strength is very poor and it needs to be infused with a lot of chakra before it can be barely used in actual combat.

On the other hand, although the chakra conduction performance of hair is quite good, it is only limited to the time when it is still in the body. Once it leaves the body, the performance will drop drastically.

Therefore, using hair as a chakra conducting material is at most an emergency measure and is rarely used in actual combat.

It was understandable that Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't think of it for a moment.

But after Hideki's reminder, he realized that if hair was used for training, all its shortcomings seemed to no longer be a problem.

Sarutobi Hiruzen analyzed with a smile:

"Although the strength and chakra conductivity of hair are average, it is still sufficient as a teaching aid to simulate chakra lines."

"This can actually help you better train your control over chakra output."

“The problem of hair losing performance after it leaves the body is much simpler to solve.”

"The kids are still young anyway, they have lots of hair..."

At this moment, Hideki wanted to use a tape recorder to record these words and let his students listen to them.

Hey, this is what the Hokage said!
As the saying goes, every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt has its creditor. If any of you gets your hair pulled bald in the future, don't blame him. Go find the Hokage to settle the score.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was of course unaware of the rebellious thoughts in Hideki's mind, and was looking at Hideki again with admiration on his face.

What a genius!
He didn't expect that Hideki could turn decay into magic and use the hair that everyone had forgotten to train the children's chakra control.

Konoha has never lacked powerful ninjas, but what it lacks is ninjas like Hideki who can bring forth new ideas and changes to Konoha. He originally did not have high expectations for Hideki, who applied to be a puppetry teacher on his own. He was thankful that he could train a few more qualified puppeteers for Konoha.

But now it seems that if Hideki is given more trust and support, perhaps he can bring more surprises to himself and Konoha...

So Sarutobi Hiruzen waved his hand and said generously:
“Young people’s thinking is flexible.”

"Hideki, if you have any other ideas or difficulties in this course, please feel free to ask!"

Hideki said with surprise:

"Is this true?"

"really!"

"really?"

"really!"

"Then the funding..."

"Everything is negotiable except money!"

Seeing Hideki speechless, the Sandaime could only explain helplessly:
“The village really has no money, but as long as it makes sense in other aspects, the village will support you 100%.”

"Hokage, please listen to me first..."

Hideki smiled bitterly and said, "Although I want to talk about the funding issue, I am not asking you for money. Instead, I am going to discuss with you about helping the Ninja School make money."

make money?

The Sandaime was a little confused.

As a puppetry teacher, how are you helping the school make money? Do you want to collect tuition fees?
However, considering that Hideki has surprised him time and time again, the Sandaime decided to listen to Hideki's ideas.

"Go on."

Hideki sighed solemnly at first, then said slowly:

"Hokage-sama, you know that even though we no longer have to pay for the controller line, the problem of tight funding for this course has not been solved."

"After all, puppet beasts, handles, and materials for students to practice with all cost a lot of money, and the school's funds alone are not enough."

"So I plan to follow the example of many puppeteers in Sunagakure and build a workshop in Konoha."

“The workshop can cooperate with the school, so that students who are interested in puppet or ninja tool making can hone their skills by making various related products.”

“I call this work-study.”

“Or we can receive orders from various industries for machine repair, improvement or even invention as research topics for students.”

"This way, the school can make a profit, and part of it can be used as funding for puppetry classes, forming a virtuous cycle..."

Hideki began to chatter on and on about his workshop plan to the Sandaime.

This plan was certainly not something he came up with on a whim, but something he had been planning for a long time.

After all, being a puppeteer is a very expensive profession, and the teacher's salary alone is not enough to feed this money-eating beast.

So when Hideki applied to be a teacher, he was already prepared to set up a workshop.

As for the cooperation with the school, the purpose is to reduce the unnecessary trouble caused by the workshop being coveted by others, and incidentally, it can also train students' puppet making skills.

Originally, he was going to propose this plan to the Sandaime after the course had produced actual results.

But since the Sandaime seems to have high hopes for him, Hideki is naturally willing to implement the plan ahead of time.

But the older the ginger, the spicier it is.

The Sandaime did not accept Hideki's grand plan immediately, but asked Hideki to prepare a specific plan.

After all, Hideki only received his recognition for his talent in invention, and his talent in business has yet to be proven.

The Sandaime couldn't make a decision based on Hideki's one-sided statement. He had to conduct relevant investigations before making a decision.

Hideki naturally understood this very well.

Even if the Sandaime agreed directly, he would still have to worry about whether the other party would change his mind overnight, which would affect the implementation of future plans.

Afterwards, the two exchanged a lot of opinions on the issues of pocket puppet beasts and workshops, and both felt that they benefited a lot.

It was not until it was completely dark that the first conversation between the two came to an end, and the curtain fell in this happy atmosphere...

(End of this chapter)