Chapter 106: It’s time to witness a miracle

In the Root Base, in the leader's office.

"Advanced production workshop, chakra pen, rune tester..."

"Plus the special effects techniques used in previous movies."

Danzo, who had just finished listening to his subordinates' report, tapped his fingers on the table and said thoughtfully,

"It turned out to be the right decision to send someone to keep an eye on Kimura Hideki. I didn't expect him to come up with so many new things so quickly."

"As expected of an inventive genius favored by Hiruzen."

"Fortunately, even if we cannot get him to join the Root for the time being, there are still ways to make him work for the Root..."

Thinking of this, Danzo's mouth curled up slightly.

——Danzo has been in high spirits recently.

Previously, in order to cope with the crisis of insufficient funds in the root, he almost burned all his savings and invested them in the toy store.

That's why he was able to build the toy production line so quickly and open the toy store before Hideki.

This decisive choice also gave him the most generous rewards, and he made a fortune by taking advantage of the opportunity.

At the same time, this also made Danzo realize the huge potential hidden in the inconspicuous blue ocean industry of the toy industry.

Therefore, he has made the decision to allow the roots to absorb more nutrients from here so that they can thrive better and protect Konoha.

In this way, Hideki Kimura became someone he both loved and hated.

I love him for being able to provide me with new ideas and continue to implement the strategy of feeling the way forward for Hideki.

I hate that I can't use him completely for my own business, and that he will soon open a shop and steal my business.

It's a pity that Hiruzen has sternly warned him not to use underhanded tactics and can only compete with them through legitimate business means.

Otherwise, Danzo has a hundred ways to make sure that Hideki's toy store will never be able to open...

Unlike now, he can only secretly bribe a few parents of apprentices in the workshop to ask their children more about Hideki Kimura's situation in class and in the workshop.

Danzo didn't think there was anything wrong with this.

After all, many businessmen would hire ninjas to steal business intelligence.

So for him, this is definitely a legitimate business practice.

For the time being, we have not sent anyone directly to the workshop to steal information, which is already considered giving face to Hiruzen.

Danzo continued to think.

According to the existing information, Hideki Kimura should be holding back to get back at me on the day the store opens.

However, there is no need to pay too much attention to the workshop.

Although the production workshop is more advanced, there is not much difference in quality.

Although the programming sealing technique invented by the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki has great prospects, it will probably take a lot of time for the ninja school students to master it.

So Kimura Hideki's killer move is still that movie...

The corners of Danzo's mouth couldn't help but curl up in a sinister arc again.

Indeed, with the magical special effects, the movies shot by Hideki Kimura should be quite interesting and attract many customers.

However, he had known the news for a long time and had naturally made all the necessary preparations.

The first thing he did was, of course, to repeat his old tricks. He had already sent people to record the unique yo-yo shapes of the movie protagonists, and then he made a warehouse full of counterfeit goods.

Just wait for the movie to be released and take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune.

In addition to this, Danzo also did something that made even himself applaud.

That is, he had secretly bought the cinema and the surrounding shops.

In order to avoid being caught, he did not force the sale, but instead spent a large sum of money to buy the cinema and the shop.

But he trusted Hideki's business acumen very much and felt that the reason why the other party was at a disadvantage was simply because of his humble background and lack of as much capital as himself.

Therefore, Danzo believed that as long as Hideki's movie was released, as the only movie theater in Konoha, its value would definitely increase by more than ten times.

At that time, you can use it to open a toy store to attract customers who have just finished watching a movie, and you can also rent it out at a high price. It's profitable either way.

Of course, the most important thing is that this is equivalent to grasping Hideki's weak spot.

Danzo knew that Hideki's workshop had received a lot of investment from the village and must produce results as soon as possible.

It is impossible for a cinema to appear in Konoha in a short period of time.

Therefore, if Hideki wants to get the movie released and make the factory officially profitable, he must cooperate with me.

Even if he wanted to recruit him as his disciple, he would probably only need to whisper in his ear:

"Kimura Hideki, you don't want the children in the orphanage to be without jobs, do you?"

After thinking it over, Danzo felt that his plan was almost perfect.

…

So time passed day by day, and soon it was the end of November.

There is only one day left until Hideki's toy store opens...

During this period, Hideki was still very busy, mainly carrying out various preparations for opening the store.

However, he has not been involved in the filming of movies recently.

After the filming got on track, Hideki became a hands-off boss and basically left everything to the students.

The name is to cultivate everyone's independent ability.

He only occasionally found time to go to the set to shoot special effects scenes and was responsible for the final editing.

As for the usual director position, he gave it to Ebisu.

Ebisu was so happy at that time that he patted his chest and promised not to let his teacher down.

This made Hideki feel a little guilty.

Because he chose Ebisu simply because this kid wears sunglasses all day and looks like he would be good at making movies...

Fortunately, Mr. Ebisu's reputation as a know-it-all was well-deserved, and even the filming of movies soon became quite professional, which made Hideki less worried.

If there is a flaw, it is that this kid really took this task seriously, so he was too meticulous during the filming.

He would take ten or more shots in a row, which Hideki would normally shoot in one take.

Fortunately, he is still filming according to the script, otherwise Hideki would have to wonder if he has also been infected with the problem of a certain director wearing sunglasses.

Because of this, the filming progress of the movie began to fall behind, and it seemed that it would not be able to catch up with the opening day of the toy store.

However, Hideki did not rush Ebisu, and encouraged him to continue at his own pace, seeming not to be in a hurry at all.

This may be related to the fact that the progress in the workshop is not going smoothly...

As the children in the orphanage become more skilled, production in the ordinary toy workshop is also getting better.

A large number of toys have filled the newly built warehouse, just waiting for the day when the toy store will open.

But over at the apprentice studio, the students' rune learning progress was not as good as expected.

The main problem is similar to that of a little monkey picking corn.

Under Hideki's hands-on guidance, the children learned the basic runes very quickly.

But once you learn a new rune, your impression of the previous rune will quickly become blurred, and you may even need a teacher to guide you again.

As a result, after the instruction, I forgot the new runes I just learned...

It's not that they are deliberately making things difficult for Hideki.

In fact, Hideki's quick method is useful.

But the children knew nothing about the runes they had mastered, and there were no connecting points to consolidate their memories, so they could only rely on a sense similar to muscle memory to force them to remember.

So once learning other runes interferes with this feeling, the old runes will be forgotten immediately.

Hideki doesn't seem to have a good solution for this.

He could only slow down the pace and let everyone practice the two or three runes they were best at first, and try to make them completely their own.

At the same time, he began to briefly explain the sealing technique and the functions of these runes, hoping to help everyone consolidate their memory.

But in this way, the day when the children can draw a complete rune formula seems to be a long way off.

The setbacks on both the movie and the workshop made the Sandaime and Minato a little worried when they heard the news, and they each expressed their condolences to Hideki.

They all felt that even if Hideki wanted to retaliate against Danzo, there was no need to rush. It would not be too late to open a toy store and make the workshop profitable first.

In response, Hideki just smiled bitterly and nodded, as if he had already resigned himself to his fate and accepted the advice of the two.

…

That evening.

"Okay, okay, that's enough practice."

"Everyone should go to bed quickly so that you can have enough energy to cope with tomorrow's test."

In the lobby of the orphanage, Hideki said helplessly to a group of little brats who were pestering him.

These older children, probably around 11 or 12 years old, will all be clerks in the toy store in the future.

Although they had already had a lot of practice before.

But when the time came, he started to feel a little unconfident, so he pestered Hideki to practice the etiquette of receiving guests again.

"Just do it again!"

"I'm counting on you, Brother Hideki!"

"Me too!"

Fortunately, Aunt Kelly showed her power.

"Mikazuki! Takaki! Yamaki! Ryder!"

"I'll count to three. If you don't go to bed, you won't have any breakfast tomorrow!"

"three..."

Swish!

In the blink of an eye, there was no one beside Hideki.

The little devils all ran away at a speed that would make Minato Namikaze ashamed.

no way.

For them who had just had a full meal for a few days, the punishment of not being able to eat breakfast was too terrible.

"It turns out that only Aunt Kelly can control these little monkeys."

Hideki then wiped his sweat and smiled at Kelly.

Aunt Kelly still kept a straight face and said:

"Hideki, you too will be very busy tomorrow, so you should go to bed soon!"

"Recently, I've noticed that the lights in the attic don't go out until late at night. You should take care of yourself and don't stay up late all the time..."

"Okay!"

Hideki then realized that he was also a monkey in Aunt Kelly's eyes. In order to avoid Aunt Kelly's nagging, he ran away.

However, Hideki did not really go to sleep, but secretly went to the warehouse.

Because he still has an important preparation to complete in order to open the store tomorrow.

He walked into the warehouse carrying a large wooden box and put it down casually.

You can see that it seems to contain rune tablets used by children to practice drawing runes.

"Then, it's time to witness a miracle..."

Hideki said softly, then clasped his hands together.

In an instant, countless toys in the warehouse flew out of their packaging and then all floated in the air...

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