Pupet Master in Konoha

Chakra Breathing Technique combined with Eight Gates…

That's so exciting!

Hideki secretly smiled in his heart.

There was no need to mention it to Matt Dai; he already had this idea in mind.

In fact, one could say that the Eight Gates itself was the final piece of the Chakra Breathing Method puzzle.

After all, although channeling chakra through the body's system is an excellent complement, it can't alter the status of the meridian system as the primary path for chakra flow.

Therefore, in Hideki's vision, the most important role of the breathing method is in its daily exercise function.

It's about using chakra from each attribute to gradually transform the body into an indestructible vessel to withstand the massive impact when the Eight Gates are opened.

The Eight Gates, however, requires years of arduous training to strengthen the body, with the qualification blooming in an instant.

The breathing method goes one step further and iteratively improves the body in all aspects, attempting to truly tame the chakra dragon in the meridians when the Eight Gates are fully opened…

At that moment, the key to summoning the dragon was in Hideki's hands.

Under Matt Dai's enthusiastic push, Hideki opened the Eight Gates scroll and took a look.

The result was exactly what he had suspected—the Eight Gates was simply an incomplete technique.

The most valuable part of the scroll explained how to mobilize chakra to impact the eight centers where chakra points gather, unlocking the restriction of chakra flow caused by errors.

Even Hideki, who had always been proud of his chakra control, greatly benefited from this information.

However, when it came to explaining how to resist the violent chakra that had been unlocked, the instructions became vague and only listed training methods that seemed absurd, as if saying:

"Just practice harder!"

Hideki seriously doubted that the inventor of this technique, the one who signed "Tennin" at the end of the scroll, could ever complete this training regimen…

Wait, Tennin?

Hideki felt those two words sounded familiar.

He wasn't sure if it was a name or just an abbreviation that the inventor used to express that he was a genius ninja.

Leaving this doubt aside for now, Hideki began to analyze with a smile:

"After a quick glance, it turns out that there won't be much conflict between the two arts."

"Even the breathing method can be used as a prerequisite for training for the Eight Gates , which greatly reduces the requirements for practicing the Eight Gates..."

Having said this, Hideki couldn't help but pause for a moment, feeling some sympathy for Matt Dai, who had been training hard for decades with such rudimentary methods.

Matt Dai, wise but somewhat foolish, seemed aware of Hideki's thoughts.

But he simply gave a thumbs-up and said with a smile:

"Youth is a race that never looks back!"

"So my dictionary is only filled with youth, but there is no word for regret!"

When Hideki heard this, he smiled, feeling relieved.

Of course, how could Matt Dai, who had been training ruthlessly for decades, be shaken by something like this?

The next few days passed quickly.

Hideki continued to be busy with teaching, workshops, and various research tasks.

Recently, Kushina had started learning sealing techniques, often writing letters to Hideki for academic discussions.

Of course, Hideki also took the opportunity to ask her about sealing and barrier techniques, which resulted in a fruitful harvest.

The only thing that bothered him a little was that every time they communicated through letters, they had to be sent through her boyfriend, Minato…

This always gave Hideki a strange sense of betrayal.

The only recent break he had was during the consultation meeting for the point system held by Minato at the school.

This time, all the young ninja representatives from various ninja clans attended.

Under Minato's introduction, Hideki finally became acquainted with these ninja disciples he hadn't been able to reach before.

One of the most interesting ones was Shikamaru's father, Nara Shikaku.

Because as soon as he saw Hideki, he reported a number:

"Twenty."

Hideki was puzzled and didn't realize it until Shikaku took out a Rubik's Cube and explained, barely holding back from going bald, that he finally understood.

It turned out that a challenge had been posed to the Nara clan to make the Rubik's Cube into a speed game.

That is, whoever could find the shortest number of steps to restore a random Rubik's Cube to the third level would be rewarded with a pocket-sized puppet beast.

This event had initially caused a Rubik's Cube craze at the school.

But since the problem was so difficult, even the Nara clan children had long given up.

Therefore, Hideki hadn't expected Nara Shikaku to still be thinking about this.

But what he didn't expect was that the answer given by Shikaku was actually correct!

Luckily, Hideki also had professional training.

So, even though his heart was turbulent, he remained calm on the surface.

"Shikaku, simply giving a number is not an answer."

Hideki smiled and said:

"Otherwise, if everyone were to guess a number one by one, they would have long been stripped of the reward."

"So you need to tell me the process of the test, and then I can tell you if it's correct."

Shikaku had been watching Hideki's face since he gave the number, missing no subtle expression.

Unfortunately, in the end, he couldn't find any flaws, so he had to chuckle:

"I haven't figured out how to prove it yet."

"It's just that after mastering this game, the number of steps to restore the Rubik's Cube never exceeded twenty steps..."

Hideki felt like he was facing a formidable opponent.

What Shikaku meant was that he essentially picked the shortest step every time, so it never exceeded twenty.

Even Hideki was relatively confident he could reach this level only when in his brainstorming state.

So, unlike Hideki, who was a test version of a genius for only a few minutes each day, Shikaku was a true super genius.

For this reason, Hideki decided to stay away from this person in the future to avoid exposing his hidden secrets.

As for the consultation meeting itself, there wasn't much to say.

Because the fact that these ninjas came to the meeting meant that the attitude of the clans behind them had softened.

Originally, Hideki wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to take them out.

For example, according to the value of the rewards they offered, the Ninja School partners' qualifications would be subdivided into diamond, gold, silver, and other levels.

Let them continue to fight amongst themselves...

It's a shame that the kind-hearted Minato was worried that this might make the system look bad, so Hideki had to let them go.

But to avoid wasting money, they still stipulated that the rankings for rewards of the same level at the exchange table would be determined based on the contributions of each ninja clan.

Even so, it still saddened some ninjas who had prepared to work hard but didn't put in the effort.

However, seeing that ninjas led by Sarutobi and Inogacho were actively offering rewards, trying to take positions at the front of the exchange table, everyone could only grit their teeth and follow suit.

After the meeting concluded perfectly, the consequences triggered an interesting phenomenon.

You must know that in the past, in order to preserve a certain degree of independence, most ninja clans kept some outstanding children within the clan to train them, at most giving them a name at school.

As a result, many young ninjas have recently started sending these children to the school.

The purpose of this was, of course, to let them compete for points at the school to make up for the losses of their respective clans. It would be even better if they could win a fortune in return.

Especially when the school announced the news of the First Ninja School with generous rewards, even the top ninjas were somewhat tempted and sent a few children to the school.

Hideki couldn't help but laugh bitterly, but the Third Hokage was delighted.

Konoha Village's policy was to continually reduce the influence of the ninja clans.

Unexpectedly, a feat that even the First and Second Hokage couldn't achieve would actually change due to a small point system.

And at school, due to the injection of this excellent new blood, the competition for points has become fiercer than ever.

Whether to become stronger, for the benefit of their ninja clan, or for the rewards they can exchange, all the young ninjas have to immerse themselves in this torrent called "involution" and begin their learning race.

As a result, the learning atmosphere at the Ninja School has become stronger than ever.

By this point, the goal of the point system plan had basically been achieved.

It's a shame that Hideki had no time to celebrate.

Because when everything seemed to be going in the right direction, he suddenly received some bad news from Asuma that left him speechless:

"Master, Master! All of our toys have been hacked by someone else!!"

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