Naruto Puppet Master

"The movements are clean and neat. Although they have not yet been exposed to martial arts and only have basic competitions, to achieve such achievements at this age, the two of them can be regarded as martial arts leaders, especially Morino Iken who has not forgotten it after joining martial arts. The basic ninjutsu of a ninja is really rare!" Ichiro Kazama said in admiration.

"President Kazama was impressed. This kid Ekin didn't fully follow his brother's practice because of his uncertainty. I'm afraid he will take a different path from his brother in the future." Unlike Ichiro Kazama's comments on Morino Iken Admired by the flexible use of the transformation technique, the Third Hokage was inadvertently satisfied with Ekin's speculation.

Although he spent most of his life as a ninja, the Third Hokage knew that fighting was all about fighting, and only the winner was qualified to talk about anything else.

But with his extraordinary (kage level) peak strength and vision, the Third Hokage has long known that the practice of martial arts and physical skills has certain requirements and restrictions on the practitioner's will and belief. Sometimes what is needed is this tendency to know that there is a tiger in the mountain. The momentum and perseverance of Hushan Xing, and being too clever will affect your beliefs. Once you encounter difficulties, the idea of ​​​​taking tricks will inevitably appear in your heart.

The same situation and choice means wisdom and talent for a ninja, but for a warrior sometimes it means escape.

Even if a cultivator insists on believing in his own choice, always doing so will inevitably make his martial arts lack an iron-blooded temper. Without this temper, it is absolutely impossible to achieve high achievements.

"It was just a mere competition, but Ekin actually chose to use ninjutsu to solve it. Although he has successfully won now, this is not a life-or-death challenge!"

"And if he had chosen to fight with physical skills just now, although he would definitely not have been able to win easily, it is not without a chance. On the contrary, if he had the faith to fight even if he was injured, he would probably have a [-]% certainty of causing Dashan to bleed. ." Thinking of this, the Third Hokage somewhat understood why Morino Ihiki clearly cared about this younger brother, but yet let him go freely.

"Are you hoping that he will realize it after suffering setbacks?" The Third Hokage said with some understanding in his heart.

"Ekin's biggest problem now is his heart. If it is not resolved, he may be restricted to a certain level and unable to move forward in the future."

"On the contrary, although Jiao Fang Dashan also uses Earth Escape, he is obviously using Earth Escape to assist him in fighting. Although it is not yet known whether he has realized the benefits of concentration, martial arts and physical skills are mainly used, and Ninjutsu is assisted. But his thoughts have been fully revealed, and his previous determination to launch Earth Escape rather than being injured and failed has become more courageous than Ekin."

"Whatever you said, it's true." After listening to the Third Hokage's words, Kazama Ichiro said with a stunned expression on his face: "Is it because of the lack of inner training and understanding?"

"Yes, although both of them can be regarded as experienced in many battles, Ekin's physical strength, recovery power, and even other resistance are very strong because he is good at extreme martial arts, and because he is good at speed, , enemies and dangers of the same strength rarely bring him real fatal danger."

"So the fearlessness in his heart is not true fearlessness."

"He has only cultivated to the limit of his body, so he can only be considered to have a good will. But without breaking through his mental limits or even tempering, he may easily go astray when faced with a real blow." The Third Hokage said without reservation.

"Is there a danger of being paralyzed by the blow to your faith?" After hearing what the Third Hokage said, the well-informed Kazama Ichiro was just stunned for a moment before he completely understood what the Third Hokage meant.

Although he hadn't thought of it before, it was only because of his habitual thinking that he didn't think of it. After all, how could even the most talented cultivator in this world have never truly faced the test of the heart!

Not to mention a warrior who is very dangerous both in training and fighting. Just one real life and death battle is enough to determine whether he is a strong person or a waste.

"Is it because at extreme speeds, enemies of the same level always have the possibility of retreat? That's really~~~"

Looking down at Morino Iken, who had already confirmed victory, and Jiao Fang Dashan, who had withdrawn from treatment, Kazama Ichiro's hesitant eyes completely left Morino Iken's fitness, and instead focused on Jiao Fang who was being carried down. On the mountain.

"He is from a small clan, has courage, dares to fight hard, and has potential. He is a suitable candidate."

Seeing Ichiro Kazama's gaze moving along with Jiao Fang's mountain, the corner of the Third Hokage's mouth curved slightly.

He knew that the other party had already developed a little interest in Jiao Fang Dashan, and this was exactly the purpose of the Third Hokage today, to introduce talents from Konoha commoners or small clans to the wealthy businessman Kazama Ichiro with strong capital.

These are the three basic requirements that no matter how strong people in the world grow, they are talent, resources, and access. The most indispensable thing is the effort that is always mentioned.

Because as long as there is pressure and desire, the most indispensable thing in this world is people who work hard. The reason why they don’t work hard is because the pressure and desire are not strong enough.

The mainstream of them are civilian ninjas and small clan ninjas who are desperately eager to rise successfully. They are eager to change their own destiny and the destiny of their families. They are not afraid of death or hardship. For the sake of strength and rise, they can bet their own lives on it. all.

However, in addition to their unknown talents, they also lack two other necessary factors on the road to successful rise, namely resources and pathways.

Although the temple and the Red Sand Empire have lowered this threshold to a great extent, hunting demons is still a very dangerous thing, especially after they leave the shelter of the Ninja Village base and truly enter the realm of demons, every time they hunt Demonic actions are actually risking one's life for the future.

Although strong people must be trained, the Third Hokage, as the head of a village, still hopes to take some care of some of these children who are very talented and valuable to cultivate.

After all, many years of life experience have told the Third Hokage that those who succeed at any time must be strong, but those who fail are often not necessarily weak. They may be just one step weaker than their opponents or just because of a small mistake. Although they died tragically at the hands of the other party, although they had their own reasons, it was mostly just bad luck.

"Jiao Fang Dashan, although he is from a small clan, the Jiao Fang clan has joined the guardian clan of Konoha Temple after all. At least he is not lacking in talents and training directions and methods, but even the temple cannot give them With so many resources, I hope this child can seize this opportunity this time!" The Third Hokage glanced expectantly at Jiao Fang Dashan who was being carried down.

Time passed, after Jiao Fang Dashan vs. Morino Iken, they came on stage one after another.

There are two games between Kane Tenichiro, who is good at swordsmanship, and Hyakudo Ichiro, who is good at hidden weapons, Shizune, who is good at medicine, poison and puppet control, and Honda Kazuo, who is good at wind escape ninjutsu.

Among them, Kintenichiro defeated Hyakudo Ichiro at the cost of minor injuries and became No. [-], with the qualification to challenge Jiao Fang Dashan later. Honda Kazuo, who is good at wind escape ninjutsu, was determined after defeating Shizune without injury. The position of own number nine.

However, even this took almost a whole morning, especially the duel between Jin Tianyirou and Hyakuji Ichiro. Both of them had a light and fast fighting style. As a result, the two people of equal strength were constantly consuming their respective physical strength and Cha. After the carats were almost equal, the victory was won by the more superior Jin Tianyilang.

Therefore, the Third Hokage quietly asked Jonin Kakashi to ask the two winners if they had the idea of ​​challenging the top three. If so, then continue the competition.

After all, the assessment rules have been spoken before, although it is unlikely that whether it is the seriously injured Jiao Fang Dashan, the collapsed Hyakudo Ichiro, or the chakra-depleted Shizune, they can still accept the battle.

Fortunately, although the nearly life-threatening battle was beyond the expectations of the Third Hokage and others, the situation of being so seriously injured that it was almost difficult to recover on the same day was also beyond the expectations of all the candidates. Therefore, both Kintenichiro and Honda Kazuo took advantage of the situation. Give up the idea of ​​competing for the top three.

And as the two of them gave up the fight for the top three, the arrangement of the assessment competition suddenly became clear. Although it is not yet known how the challenges among the group of candidates arranged on the other side will be, the Third Hokage believes that even if there are Even if there is a dark horse, it is impossible to challenge all the way on the same day.

Otherwise, for such a genius who is not inferior to Aburame Shison and Kurama Yakumo, the Third Hokage believes that it is absolutely impossible for him to know nothing about it.

Therefore, it would inevitably delay the selection of the Demon Hunters that day. Except for Morino Iken who was in good condition and wanted to challenge No. [-] Yakushi Kabuto, the Third Hokage postponed all other ranking challenges.

Although the other spectators watching the challenge were a little commotion, they didn't say much.

"Anyway, all the talents who should be introduced to Kazama Ichiro have been introduced. Next, the Demon Hunter's assessment is the most important, and it must be confirmed today." The Third Hokage thought in his mind as he comforted other spectators on the high platform.

At the same time, the Third Hokage, who turned around and sat down, also saw Kazama Ichiro whispering instructions to a close guard.

"It seems that President Kazama's heart moved when he saw it!" The Third Hokage said with a chuckle.

Hearing this, Ichiro Kazama, who had just ordered the guards and signaled him to go about his business, turned around and said to the Third Hokage with a smile on his face: "I would also like to thank Hokage-sama for your generosity!"

"Without the introduction from Hokage-sama, I probably wouldn't be able to understand so many talents in such detail!"

Seeing Ichiro Kazama's expression of gratitude, the Third Hokage laughed and said: "Hahaha, there, this is an opportunity for those children. As the Hokage of Konoha Village, I regard them as my own children, and naturally hope that they can have Better opportunities for growth and a better future.”

"Now that President Kazama is willing to help these children, I should be the one to thank President Kazama!"

"Haha, it's just a win-win, a win-win, not much help, just a little financial help." Ichiro Kazama waved his hand generously and said: "Just think of it as providing a little kindness to these future anti-magic heroes. ."

"Hahaha, I wonder which one President Kazama is interested in?" The Third Hokage said with a smile and curiosity:

"Everything." Kazama Ichiro said.

"Uh, all of them." The Third Hokage, who had thought that there would be one or two that Ichiro Kazama would like as an investment target, looked at Ichiro Kazama in surprise and said.

Then the Third Hokage seemed to understand something, and his surprised expression immediately turned into a more sincere and kind smile.

The Third Hokage knew that under normal circumstances it was indeed impossible for everyone to be interested in investing.Not to mention, he just told Ichiro Kazama about the true situation of Iken Morino, which should have dispelled Ichiro Kazama's concern about Iken Morino. After all, the other party also has a powerful brother.

Maybe he simply doesn’t appreciate a little resource help from Ichiro Kazama!In this case, as a qualified businessman, Kazama Ichiro will definitely give up this kind of behavior that is not proportional to the reward and is obviously thankless.

After all, the so-called investment assistance by wealthy businessmen is not just to give a little money. Businessmen seek a strong future. Therefore, once the real target of investment is determined, although they will not fully support the growth of that genius, they will still pay every year. A lot of cultivation resources are given to the invested objects. At the same time, if it helps the genius grow, it will also help him with other things within a certain limit, or to inquire about information or find treasures.

Although the resources given by wealthy merchants are generally not equal in amount depending on the talent of the genius, each wealthy merchant will also determine a minimum value that is not low based on its own conditions.

Therefore, although each wealthy businessman may have invested in countless geniuses, in fact, there is a limit to the number of civilian geniuses he invested in at the same time. Only when the geniuses he invested in have grown up or died will he look for new investment objects. Make up for the gap.

But in fact, because investing in civilian geniuses has only started in recent years, it is impossible to have talents that have already grown up. Therefore, the number of investment targets in the minds of every wealthy businessman will be real for at least the next seven or eight years. Unless they die, there will never be any extra vacancies.

If Kazama Ichiro only picked Kōkata Oyama and Morino Iken and the other two victors, Kinten Ichiro and Honda Kazuo, then the Third Hokage would understand a little bit. After all, although one of them lost, it was still considered as his own recommendation. Yes, the performance was indeed very good, but the other one may just want to betray his brother as a good move.

But it’s not easy to have them all.

"As expected, he is indeed a wealthy businessman who can be selected and supported by the empire. His vision is indeed not comparable to that of ordinary businessmen." The Third Hokage praised in his heart: "This is investing in Konoha!" The Third Hokage thought in his heart.

Sure enough, the other party's next words made the Third Hokage feel the heroism and sincerity of Kazama Ichiro.

"Whether they won or lost just now, in my eyes they are all rare geniuses, so I have invested in them and have been contacted by others. If they don't object, then I will reach this kind of agreement with them. A win-win friendly connection.”

"And I'm also very interested in Kabuto Yakushi, whom Hokage-sama has admired from the beginning, and I'm looking forward to his performance next time."