Pupet Master in Konoha

Hideki couldn't help but scratch his head again.

Although Obito regained his composure quickly and worked hard to become stronger, Hideki was quite satisfied.

But he still needed to cool Obito's enthusiasm first.

"Obito, I don't mind teaching you how to practice the Fireball technique."

Hideki said a bit embarrassed:

"The thing is, I never learned how to escape from fires. Is that alright?"

Yes, Hideki had never learned to escape from fires.

Based on his memories from his previous life and the results of many brainstorming discussions, Hideki had ultimately decided to lower the priority of learning fire escape techniques, as he never found the time to study them.

The reason being, compared to other elemental escape techniques, Fire Escape was too monotonous.

It was either a fireball or a fire dragon, or a great sea of flames—pretty much the same thing.

Hideki's specialty was Puppet Jutsu, and the Five Element Escape Techniques were only supplementary.

Since Fire Release lacked many functional ninjutsu, it wasn't worth the time to master it for him.

Although he didn't know how to use Fire Escape, Hideki, with his spider-sense technique, felt that it shouldn't be a big issue to teach the local tyrant about the Fireball technique...

—What a big problem!

Obito thought to himself and couldn't help but look at Hideki with a suspicious gaze.

Unexpectedly, the seemingly omnipotent teacher had never learned Fire Escape? Yet, he still dared to instruct him?

Although Obito didn't voice his thoughts out of respect for his teacher, Hideki was well familiar with the expression.

In his previous life, he probably had the same expression when he saw someone selling online courses on how to earn millions a year.

Though Hideki had no intention of learning Fire Element techniques at the moment, he didn't want to miss the chance to study Fire Element techniques from the Uchiha clan closely.

So, he patted Obito's shoulder and comforted him:

"Don't worry, I'll give it a try later. If it doesn't work, I'll give you other training tips, my student."

Seeing his teacher's thoughtful approach, Obito felt both embarrassed and moved, so he nodded and accepted Hideki's plan.

Not long after, other students arrived at Hideki's with their carts to meet up.

Among them, Asuma's piggy bank, which was almost overflowing, caught everyone's attention.

"Asuma-san, you're amazing, you really earned that much money!"

"It's truly yours, Asuma. I've changed my opinion about you."

Everyone praised him, even Kurenai, who had always disliked him, rarely gave him recognition.

However, to everyone's surprise, Asuma just scratched the back of his neck and said modestly:

"Everywhere, it's all thanks to the support from the guests."

A bunch of question marks appeared above everyone's heads.

Could this Asuma be someone else pretending to be him?

Otherwise, how could he say such a thing?

Hideki couldn't help but curve the corners of his mouth behind the book.

It seemed that Asuma had gotten too involved in the drama and couldn't get out of it for a while.

But this wasn't any more pleasant than Asuma's usual attitude, so Hideki didn't feel the need to intervene.

He then tucked the book into his sleeve, clapped his hands, and said:

"Now that everyone is here, let's eat together."

"You all did great today, so let's have a barbecue for lunch!"

Everyone raised their hands and applauded:

"Alright!"

"Let's eat!"

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"Kushina, it's getting late, should we eat first?"

At Kushina's residence, Minato asked helplessly.

"Wait a moment, I'll eat after I win."

Kushina answered Minato with a surface-level tone, her hands still frantically rubbing the controller.

At the same time, two small figures, one yellow and the other brown, were chasing and fighting in the room at great speed, leaving traces everywhere.

Obviously, these were Kushina and Minato controlling Eevee and Pikachu to battle.

It's worth mentioning that although they still used controllers to control the Pocket Puppet Beasts, there was no controller link between the two.

Although neither of them had learned Puppet Jutsu, it was still easy for them to create a chakra link between the controller and the puppet.

Therefore, the two Pocket Puppet Beasts were able to break free from the controller's wires and use the whole room as a battlefield to have an exciting fight.

"Kushina, you just said this..."

Minato said, his face full of astonishment.

One could only say that this game drove all the ninja students crazy. Even he himself was a little obsessed with it, not to mention Kushina, who had never had any entertainment activities before.

Moreover, Kushina had that kind of character that refused to admit defeat. It seemed she wouldn't stop until she won the last round.

It was a pity that Kushina's battle experience didn't compare to Minato's, who had gone through hundreds of battles. So, if they started at the same time, Kushina wouldn't be able to beat Minato.

"It's my fault that this fox is too weak..."

Kushina watched as her Eevee was cornered by Pikachu again, its defeat was imminent, and she began looking for excuses.

Malfunctioning controller, interference from the barrier, lack of seriousness...

After exhausting these excuses, Kushina finally blamed the machine's performance.

"I think the performance of both Pocket Puppet Beasts should be about the same."

Minato analyzed clearly.

"No way, the fox is obviously weaker, it can't compare to your rat and Minato's!"

At that moment, the battle entered the decisive round, and the two stopped chatting.

"Super Round Dance Lightning Electric Roar, Three Styles!"

Pikachu became a yellow flash, bouncing back and forth on the bookshelves on both sides of the corner, blocking all escape routes for Eevee, which was cornered.

Then Pikachu jumped high and began rolling forward at great speed. At the same time, its tail started glowing, becoming a halo.

"Spiral Flash Steel Tail Zero Kai!"

The previously ordinary steel tail, under the double blessing of gravity and rotation, turned into a terrifyingly powerful special move, hitting Eevee with strength and power.

When it was clear that the winner had been announced, Kushina couldn't help but close her eyes, but something unexpected happened.

Probably when Kushina unconsciously pressed the buttons, Eevee, which had been huddled in the corner, kicked its legs and struck Pikachu mid-air as if it were suicidal!

But precisely because it jumped early, Pikachu received a heavy hit to the face before it could strike with its tail, and was sent flying like a cannonball!

Boom! Bang, bang, bang, bang!

Pikachu was first slammed against the bookshelf, knocking down a row of books and furniture as if it were a bowling ball.

Then it slid to the floor, turned back into a puppet, and slowly rolled across the ground...

Minato and Kushina looked at the scene in front of them in disbelief, and after a long time, they looked at each other.

Especially Kushina, if she hadn't opened her eyes halfway and seen the scene of Pikachu being knocked down, she would have definitely thought Minato was messing with her, and his acting skills were poor...

Who would've thought that by randomly pressing buttons in desperation, she could break the special move Minato had carefully developed?

No matter what, a win is a win.

Although she didn't remember how she did it, Kushina happily accepted the result of the battle and began laughing with her hands on her hips:

"Haha, I finally won!"

"It looks like Konoha's genius, Namikaze Minato, is nothing special."

In contrast, Minato felt as though he had eaten a fly.

The special move he had finally developed, with such a beautiful name, had been broken by Kushina's random button presses.

Even the kind-hearted Minato felt a little scared.

"Kushina, how about we have another game?"

Minato finally couldn't help but suggest.

"No, no, no, Minato-san."

Kushina had already gotten up and packed the Pocket Puppet Beasts and fallen books, while sternly warning Minato:

"Games are just for fun, don't get too carried away. Let's eat quickly."

"..."

Minato shook his head and smiled wryly, then looked at Kushina's back, lost in thought.

Because the final hit from Eevee was perfect, regardless of angle, strength, or timing. If there had been the slightest mistake, it would have been a trap for him.

This kind of action, which might not succeed even if Kushina tried to repeat it a thousand times, could it really have been achieved by simply pressing buttons randomly?

But if it wasn't luck, or the potential explosion Kushina had spoken of, then there was only one possibility...

But Minato quickly shook his head and dismissed that possibility.

That's right...

How could the Nine-Tails Fox, the legendary embodiment of hate and natural disaster, deliberately take control of Kushina's body for just a moment to help her win a game?

Impossible, absolutely impossible...

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