Naruto Reborn: The Rise of the Tsar

Chapter 263 The Desperate Puppet Master

"One more thing." Fukawa stared at Chiyo secretly, pretending to be casual and said, "I seem to have found traces of Scorpion."

With a plop, the things in his hands suddenly fell to the ground. Chiyo stared at Fuchuan in a daze, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses.

"Yes, it turns out he is still alive." Then a smile appeared on his face, "As expected of Kazama's bloodline, how is he doing now?

"It's just some intermittent news," Fukawa seemed to be hesitant as he said, "In the underground world of Sand Hidden Village, a young ninja named 'Desperate Puppet Master' has emerged in the past two years. It is said that he is ruthless and specializes in hunting down Sandstorm people. The highest number has been The head of a separate family died under his assassination, but he was very alert and escaped the ANBU's pursuit many times, but it caused a headache for the senior management of Sunagakure."

"Desperate Puppet Master" frowned, "Puppetry is generally only spread among my Fengjian clan, but could it be spread among other clansmen?"

"Probably not."

Fukawa's tone was firm, "It is said that this puppet master is extremely young, has superb puppet manipulation skills, and has bright red hair, so some ninjas who secretly hate the rule of the Sandstorm clan secretly call him the 'Red Sand Scorpion'"

"How can we find him?" Ebizo hesitated as soon as he spoke, "No, what we are going to do next is dangerous, so why don't we contact him?"

"No." Fuchuan shook his head, "We now need to gather all the forces we can unite to succeed. If we look forward and backward, the result will be nothing more than losing more lives."

"Besides, instead of letting Xie continue to fight alone, and sooner or later he will be caught by the ANBU, it is better to join us as soon as possible and act together, which will be safer."

After thinking about it again and again, Chiyo nodded firmly and agreed with Fukawa's idea.

On a dark and windy night, at a sentry point in Sunagakure Village, four ninjas were gathered around a stove, playing cards and drinking while warming themselves, making it a lively scene.

"Hahaha!"

"Brother Kamakura is so lucky!"

"Hey, hey, if you can't afford it, don't play anymore, hand over your money!"

This outpost belongs to the patrol team. The current patrol team is no longer under the command of the original Sandstorm Shinichi, but has a new captain. Of course, he is also a member of the Sandstorm clan. It is said that the current captain was originally Liuli Dou, the previous leader of the Sandstorm clan. of security personnel.

It stands to reason that when Lord Liuli Dou was stabbed, not only did this man not apologize with death, but for some unknown reason, he continued to be valued by the Third Kazekage, and even gave him a lucrative job in the patrol team.

As for the Third Kazekage's younger brother, Sandstorm Shinichi, he was naturally promoted to the ANBU commander, supervising the internal and external defense of the entire Sunagakure Village, and became extremely powerful for a while.

In the past, of course, during the Second Kazekage period, entertainment activities such as playing cards and drinking were not allowed when the sentinel was on duty. However, after Sandstorm Renya came to power, he issued the 'Blood Appraisal Order' and advocated governance by blood. In the village, key positions can only be filled by direct bloodlines of the ninja family. Of course, the bloodline of Sandstorm is the highest, so the patrol team is filled with Sandstorm people.

At the same time, because the proportion of Sandstorm tribesmen in the ANBU has further increased, when everyone is performing tasks or official duties, they find that their mission partners are all uncles, uncles, and cousins ​​from the previous tribe, and some of the previous restrictive systems have gradually relaxed. .

If it were in the past, just for gathering people to play cards during patrol, once they were discovered by the secret patrol members, the patrol members involved would be tied up and twisted to the Kazekage-sama's office that night. But now, the members of the secret whistle don’t know where they are wandering around. Even if they find out, they are all of the same race. It’s enough for everyone to bully people with foreign surnames. How can they have the nerve to deal harsh blows to their own people? Most of them turn a blind eye. One eye.

As a result, in less than a year, the defense level of the entire Sunagakure Village dropped back to the time when the village was founded.

The Third Kazekage was well aware of this, but since he had only been in power for a short period of time, he urgently needed the support of his clan members. At this time, it was impossible to attack his clan members for some minor issues. Secondly, his focus has long been on the reconstruction of the ANBU and the army. The previous funding for patrols and garrison teams has been cut by more than half. In order not to provoke a backlash, he can only turn a blind eye to some non-principled issues. One eye is closed.

It was already late at night, and the ninja named Kamakura suppressed his sleepiness and patted his three drunken companions beside him. When he saw that they still couldn't pat him, he burst out laughing.

"Hahaha"

"Let's just say you are not good at it and you are so stubborn. If you hadn't been so drunk, I would have won you the pants tonight."

The ninja named Kamakura suddenly felt the need to urinate, so he stood up unsteadily and prepared to relieve himself outside. As soon as he opened the door, he noticed something was wrong and subconsciously rolled to the side.

Ding Ding Deng!

A few undetectable things flew past his cheek, leaving a trace of blood on Kamakura's face.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of more than a dozen steel needles shining coldly on the door panel beside him. Kamakura was shocked and angry. If it weren't for the vigilance he had honed during his years of service in the military, those few steel needles just now would have been lost. It all hit my face.

"Who!" Kamakura asked loudly, holding a kunai and looking around with vigilance, while the other hand slowly touched the warning bomb behind him.

I saw a slightly weird figure slowly appearing from the shadows in front of me. I saw that the figure was wearing a black robe, only showing his head with a scarf, and his body was hunched. Under the dim light, he looked like a scorpion. .

"How dare you raid the Sunagakure Village outpost? I think you are tired of living!"

Seeing the scratch on the forehead of the opponent's head, Kamakura was shocked in his heart, traitor? How dare you appear in front of me so arrogantly?

"Stop talking," a slightly hoarse voice said, "Hurry up and trigger the alarm. My time is precious and I don't want to waste it on a bastard like you."

"Arrogant!" Kamakura was furious. He had been a Jonin for many years, and this was the first time he was looked down upon like this. He raised his hand to fire off warning bombs. Suddenly, he felt numbness all over his body, and his hands and feet were a little bit unwilling to listen. handle.

With a plop, Kamakura couldn't stand and fell to the ground, still holding the warning bomb in his hand.

Were those steel nails poisonous just now?

Damn it, I can't resist at all with my own chakra!

Kamakura could only watch as the other party slowly walked up to him. The scorpion-like weapon swung down, and the whole world was suddenly stained with blood red.

At the last moment when his consciousness disappeared, he saw three or four different warning bombs rising in the night sky around him.

(End of this chapter)