"Hokage!"
Tonokawa, head of the Science Craftsmen Department, came to the Hokage's Office with an excited expression to report their latest progress to Shin.
"Those String Puppets aren't purely puppets!"
After hearing this, Shin considered it briefly and asked, "What do you mean?"
"If they were merely puppets, they couldn't operate on their own. That completely defies logic. But these String Puppets can act by themselves without anyone controlling them and carry out their master's will. This has already gone beyond the concept of puppets."
Shin pondered. "I understand all that."
He had also read the books and materials about the String Puppets brought back from the moon, but they involved a vast and complicated body of knowledge. It would take time to fully understand them, and Shin had only skimmed through them rather than studying them in depth.
After all, he was not someone like Orochimaru, capable of devoting himself entirely to a single matter. He did not have a "Hokage's assistant, Hyuga Shin" at his disposal to use as he pleased.
Tonokawa said, "Mizutani and I carefully studied those String Puppets. Though the various Jutsu Formulas inside are numerous and complicated, they actually provide this kind of puppet with a massive internal control system."
As he spoke, he could not help gesturing wildly, his expression exaggerated as he marveled at both his discovery and the very existence of the String Puppets.
The Mizutani he mentioned was Mizutani Rin, captain of the Sealing Squad and a talented young man personally promoted by Shin after he succeeded to the position of Hokage.
Tonokawa continued excitedly, "This internal system imitates the various functions of the human body, consuming Chakra to perform all sorts of actions. Though its entire shell is nothing more than an ordinary puppet body once dissected, the Jutsu