Chapter 30: Toys

It was mid-September, the third week since classes began.

At this moment, the heated discussion sparked by the puppetry class had gradually subsided.

However, the appearance of new toys and chakra carving knives was like a depth charge that shook the entire ninja academy once again.

As a result, the Puppetry Class easily reclaimed the top spot as the most popular topic in the Ninja Academy.

By the way, second place was whether Mr. Kimura had a girlfriend...

But, in fact, compared to the new toys, the chakra carving knife didn't attract much attention.

Because in the ninja world, keeping ninjutsu secrets is a natural thing.

Therefore, even though Hideki hadn't warned them, the apprentices in the workshop reached a consensus and did not reveal specific information about the chakra carving knife to other students.

As a result, other students thought that chakra carving was simply a manual technique and didn't pay much attention to it.

On the other hand, the new toys were vigorously promoted by the apprentices in the workshop and quickly became popular throughout the academy.

"Toys? We're no longer three or four years old. How could we still like playing with toys?"

Many younger children mocked this at first.

But when they saw with their own eyes the new toys produced by the workshop, they all instantly fell in love with them and exclaimed how amazing they were.

Don't blame them for their weak willpower.

After all, the first batch of toys launched by Hideki were all classics that had withstood the test of time.

For these young children, who had only ever played with toy kunai and toy shurikens, these new toys naturally caused a dimensionality reduction attack.

Not to mention that this batch of toys was carefully selected by Hideki to cover almost every type of child's needs.

For example, the yo-yo is very popular among children from the Uchiha clan and other major ninja clans due to its high maneuverability and its convenience for showing off skills.

For ordinary children, the easy and exciting spinning battles are also a great option.

If you're a girl who doesn't like to show off her skills or engage in fighting and killing, then the simple wooden-carved toys will definitely satisfy her.

Although the wooden carvings' prototypes are all heroes from Konoha's past, this doesn't prevent the girls from using them to perform various domestic dramas.

However, according to the screenwriter and director Kurenai Yuhi, there was a severe shortage of female wooden carvings, so they had to use some male carvings for their roles.

So Hideki, as a special guest, saw the spicy wooden-carved scene where Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara fell in love...

Worried that Madara might come and say something sincere to him one day, Hideki built a bunch of wooden carvings of Uzumaki Mito overnight.

But it seems that the scene where Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama had sex in the house hadn't disappeared entirely.

This made Hideki wonder if he had accidentally awakened some terrible hobby in these little girls...

——Even if the previous toys weren't to their liking, there were also educational toys suitable for all ages, which definitely made everyone willing to play with them.

In particular, the Rubik's Cube recommended by Hideki attracted the intelligent students, led by the children of the Nara clan, who couldn't put it down.

Not to mention that these children's intelligence was beyond question.

Within two days, they had initially summarized the universal formula to solve a 3x3 Rubik's Cube.

Thus, children like Yuhi Kurenai, who are good at playing and love to play, could finally experience the joy of playing with the Rubik's Cube.

But for these Rubik's Cube scientists, it could be said that Hideki loved and hated them.

Because although their research played a role in promoting the Rubik's Cube, it also turned the toy from an intellectual toy into a tool for memorizing formulas and comparing hand speeds, losing Hideki's original intention of allowing everyone to use it to exercise their spatial thinking ability.

To prevent them from further damaging other educational toys, Hideki decided to reward them with a Pocket Puppet Beast as bait and gave them a very interesting Rubik's Cube problem:

How many steps are needed to restore a randomly scrambled 3x3 Rubik's Cube?

At first glance, the problem didn't seem too difficult, and there was a Pocket Golem as a prize.

So, besides these smart students who started studying the problem day and night, many other students and even teachers also joined in this puzzle game.

Hideki could only express his deep sympathy for this.

Because in his previous life, scientists had researched this topic for decades but hadn't come to a clear conclusion.

It wasn't until the development of science and technology that scientists, with the help of computers, finally found the number 20, which had troubled Rubik's Cube enthusiasts for many years.

And if the computing resources they used were turned into ordinary household computers, it would take thirty-five full years to obtain this answer...

However, Hideki had great confidence in the intelligence of the Nara clan children and believed that they should be able to solve this problem before Boruto started.

Although this minor episode was resolved, two days later, Hideki faced another problem that left him even more dumbfounded...

That was the magic of the new toys, which seemed even more exaggerated than he had expected.

Naturally, this was a great thing for the workshop, which had not yet officially opened, but it wasn't very interesting for the ninja academy.

Because everyone's enthusiasm for the toys had begun to affect the normal order of teaching.

Although the children were precocious, they were still a bunch of kids under ten years old, and we couldn't expect too much self-control from them.

Before, they weren't playful simply because there was nothing fun to do, not even as interesting as practicing.

But now, with these toys and gems in front of them, the enthusiasm of the little ninjas for learning suddenly dropped to a new level.

To deal with this situation, the Ninja Academy quickly formulated a new rule: students are strictly prohibited from bringing toys to campus, and if found, they will be confiscated.

As the instigator, Hideki himself was invited once again to the Hokage's office for tea.

"Pocket Puppet Beast, Puppetry Workshop, Work-Study Program, and now we have this new toy..."

"Hideki, Hideki, why are you so harsh?"

In the Hokage's office, the Third Hokage sighed helplessly.

Hideki, on the other hand, stood obediently in front of his desk, looking as if he were bowing his head and humbly accepting the instruction.

However, he secretly complained in his heart:

"Sandaime, before you say this, put the Rubik's Cube down..."

It seems that anyone who has some confidence in their IQ will find it difficult to resist the temptation of the Rubik's Cube.

But the Third Hokage was talented in this area.

He had just picked up a Rubik's Cube from Hideki and solved it successfully in a short time. He truly was a medical ninja.

Resisting the urge to do it again, the Third Hokage put the Rubik's Cube in a drawer, then ignored Hideki's strange look and began to speak seriously:

"Hideki, I know you invented these toys to enrich the children's entertainment activities so they could combine work and rest."

"The intention is really good, but we still have to be careful."

Although not too many people knew about Hideki's reason to combine work and rest, it had gradually become more known due to the spontaneous promotion of Rin and Kurenai, who had heard about this idea.

Naturally, the Third Hokage also found out and agreed with it quite a bit.

In his free time, he occasionally used telescopes to inspect the girls' baths, so he personally practiced the principle of combining work and rest.

He even sympathized with the martial arts master who proposed this theory...

So he didn't criticize Hideki too harshly about the school matters. He simply sighed and said:

"Everyone's hearts are running wild now. It may not be so easy to calm them down."

"Hideki, do you have any solutions?"

As the guilty party, Hideki naturally had to give the Third Hokage some advice.

He first said in a comforting tone:

"Hokage-sama, I actually think this problem isn't as serious as you think."

"The kids have simply repressed it for so long that they've gotten into revenge games."

"After a while, when they're completely tired of playing, they'll naturally give up..."

In fact, these were Hideki's true thoughts. He felt that the Third Hokage and the others were making a fuss.

But evidently, this plan didn't satisfy the Third Hokage.

So Hideki quickly added:

"Of course, if you want to speed up the process, I have a way."

"And if used correctly, it might even turn the bad into good..."

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