Became the mastermind behind the Akatsuki organization

Chapter 167 The Future of Puppetry

"Did Scorpion just come over to see me?"

After hearing this, Bai Ye was slightly surprised.

Ever since he recruited Sasori into the Akatsuki organization, Sasori has been staying in the Akatsuki laboratory all day long studying puppetry, living the life of a otaku who never steps out of the house.

In addition to having three meals a day delivered to the experiment, I would also apply for experimental funds myself.

If he was not experienced and powerful, and if he did not secretly control the chambers of commerce of the Rain Country and the surrounding small countries, he would definitely not be able to support the expensive research on puppetry with the budget of the Akatsuki organization alone.

However, over the past six months, Scorpion has provided a lot of useful research results and puppetry inventions.

In Bai Ye's eyes, these puppets used to kill people do not have much power, but if they are used for construction, production and transportation, they can often play a good role.

Bai Ye also looks forward to the day when Scorpion can create large puppets and remotely control them.

Salamander Hanzo nodded and said:

"It seems that there has been a new breakthrough in puppetry, but I am already old and can no longer understand those new puppets. I also destroyed quite a few puppets in the past..."

Seeing that Hanzo began to reminisce about the past, Bai Ye quickly said, "Teacher Hanzo, stop talking about those trivial things and think about how to train new people for me."

After being interrupted, Salamander Hanzo was not annoyed, and said with a smile:
"I have almost finished training those elite ANBU you asked me to train. Their upper limit is at most jonin. Even if we train them carefully, they can never reach the Kage level you mentioned."

"Xie is different. He is Chiyo's grandson. If you can convince him sincerely, you will have more helpers when you do something big in the future."

Bai Ye stared at the Salamander Hanzo for a while.

This old man who led the Hidden Rain Village to rise actually began to consider himself. Did he really regard himself as his disciple?

However, as a time traveler, Bai Ye is well aware of the weaknesses of these characters.

There’s no need for Hanzo the Salamander to worry about that.

Thinking of this, Bai Ye chuckled and said, "Thank you for the reminder, teacher. However, Scorpion and Kakuzu are both ninjas I recruited. I think I know very well what they want and will not let them leave easily."

Hearing this, Salamander Hanzo was slightly stunned, and then said: "Do you know what they want? Can you tell me?"

"sure…"

Bai Ye nodded slightly, and then said in a quiet tone: "Xie lost his parents when he was young and lacked the love from his relatives, so he was obsessed with the way of puppets. As long as you give him a little love, he will surrender."

"Although Kakuzu loves money, it is ultimately because he is afraid of betrayal. After the failed assassination attempt on the first Hokage, he was betrayed by the ninjas of his fellow village and was forced to become a traitor."

"I won't abandon him on my own initiative, and he certainly won't betray me and money."

After hearing Bai Ye's analysis of Sasori and Kakuzu, the smile on Hanzo Salamander's face stiffened a lot. It was not difficult for a ninja of his status to analyze Sasori and Kakuzu's current personalities and weaknesses based on their past.

But the question is, is Bai Ye’s ability to gather intelligence too outrageous?

It has only been seven or eight years since Scorpion's childhood, so it is normal for Bai Ye to know about it. However, it has been several decades since Kakuzu's childhood, so Bai Ye should not have been born at that time.

At this time, Bai Ye's eyes fell on the Salamander Hanzo and said lightly:
"As for Mr. Hanzo, you should care most about the Hidden Rain Village and the Land of Rain. As long as Yahiko and I can lead the Land of Rain to develop, you will never betray us."

The smile on Salamander Hanzo's face completely disappeared, replaced by a look of helplessness.

That was indeed what he was thinking, and Bai Ye had completely seen through him. However, it was not difficult to see through other people's weaknesses and soft spots. Being able to help others realize their dreams and ideals was the most difficult thing in the ninja world.

And Bai Ye just happens to have this ability.

But he always couldn't help but speculate in his heart about Bai Ye's true identity. Bai Ye's identity could never be as simple as a descendant of Uzumaki.

The Uzumaki ninja's chakra does exceed that of most ninjas, but Byakuya's chakra amount is really too exaggerated.

Moreover, it is impossible for the Uzumaki ninja to master the Wood Release Kekkei, which is a power unique to the first generation Hokage. Even if it appears on other people, they can only be ninjas from Konoha.

Could it be that, in addition to being an Uzumaki ninja, Byakuya also has some connections with the Konoha ninjas, and even went to Konoha to start the Nine-Tails Rebellion?

When Salamander Hanzo came to his senses again, Bai Ye's figure had disappeared.

Sensing the remaining chakra in the air, Salamander Hanzo didn't think any more about it. After sighing softly, he picked up the thermos he carried with him.

Some things cannot be investigated too deeply. He still wants to keep his life to see how Bai Ye develops the Rain Country and what kind of storm he will stir up in the ninja world.

In the forest near the laboratory, Bai Ye found Scorpion who was assembling a puppet.

Scorpion was very focused on his work. It was not until Bai Ye deliberately made a noise that he turned around, looked at Bai Ye with complicated eyes, and said in a calm tone:

"Bai Ye, you're here."

"Didn't you ask me to come here?"

Bai Ye shrugged his shoulders, then walked to Scorpion's side, crouched down and began to observe the humanoid combat puppet assembled by Scorpion.

This time, Scorpion assembled a human puppet, and the corpse came from the black market bounty.

However, based on the corpse, Scorpion spliced ​​in a lot of special metals and made a lot of decorations, so it looks not much different from a living person.

After watching the human puppet, Bai Ye gave his evaluation:

"Not bad, you have made a lot of progress compared to before. The human puppets you made before were too scary. Now they are more artistic. It would be better if they could be made more handsome."

"Also, it's still too hard to find suitable human puppet materials. I'd rather you make some heavy-duty puppets. Nagato always complains that the breakage rate of heavy-duty puppets is too high."

"Heavy puppets have no artistic soul, I don't really like them..."

Although Scorpion was still a flesh and blood body, his tone did not contain much emotion. After a pause, he continued: "Bai Ye, I heard about what happened in Jiuwei Ye. You did a good job."

"How did you know about the Nine-Tailed Night? I shouldn't have told you this news."

Bai Ye frowned, wondering why everyone suspected that he was the one who caused the Nine-Tail Rebellion.

"I still have subordinates outside. They told me. And you said last time that Konoha will pay the price soon. So this Nine-Tails Rebellion is related to you."

Scorpion looked at Bai Ye with indifference, but his mood was not as relaxed as he looked, but rather very complicated.

To a certain extent, Konoha was also the murderer who killed his parents. Bai Ye's action this time obviously made him feel vented. Apart from that, people were shocked by Bai Ye's courage.

Although Konoha and Sand Village are both among the five great ninja villages, there is a big gap in their strength. He relied on sneak attacks and poisoning to barely defeat the Third Kazekage and turned him into a puppet of the Kazekage.

Bai Ye dared to break into Konoha with his own strength and killed the Fourth Hokage and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. This strength was beyond his imagination. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the strongest ninja in the ninja world.

Bai Ye enjoyed Scorpion's gaze, but he felt that he still needed to clarify something.

"Don't get me wrong, the Nine-Tails Rebellion was not caused by me, but the ninja who started the Nine-Tails Rebellion was indeed a ninja in the organization. When the time is right, I can take you to meet him."

"No need."

Scorpion shook his head slightly. He was not interested in the ninja that Bai Ye was talking about.

And even if the Nine-Tails Rebellion was started by other ninjas, Bai Ye, as the leader of the Akatsuki organization, cannot be separated from it. Maybe the order was given by Bai Ye.

Then, Scorpion continued to assemble the human puppet. After installing the human puppet, he said to Bai Ye:

"Captain Bai Ye, this is the remote puppet you asked me to develop. As long as the puppet is within a hundred meters of the puppeteer, the puppet can be remotely controlled."

After saying that, Scorpion began to demonstrate the ability of the remote puppet in front of Bai Ye.

After Scorpion formed seals with his hands, the human puppet on the ground stood up shakily, and then followed Scorpion's instructions, began to move continuously in the open space, attacking the targets placed on the ground.

There are two ways for the human puppet to attack. One is to use the shuriken and senbon carried in the body, and the other is to use the chakra in the human puppet's body to perform the ninjutsu he had in his lifetime.

With a whoosh, one of the targets was turned into a sieve by the Thousand Storms.

The rest of the targets were destroyed by wind and fire techniques, leaving only a trail of ash in their place.

After completing the attack on all the targets, Scorpion was about to stop performing the technique, but Bai Ye stopped him with his hand: "Scorpion, you continue to control the puppet. This time I will be the opponent of the human puppet."

Bai Ye stretched out his hand and formed the Seal of Opposition towards Scorpion.

"I didn't expect that the leader of Bai Ye would be so childish..."

Scorpion snorted lightly, but still stretched out his hand and formed the Seal of Opposition with Bai Ye. The Seal of Opposition is a seal that only students of the ninja school can use, indicating that the two sides will become opponents from the next moment.

In a real battlefield, it is impossible for the enemy to cast the Seal of Opposition. This is purely a ritual.

Bai Ye nodded, and then said: "Life should have more sense of ritual. Besides, we are companions now, not enemies as before."

After saying that, Bai Ye instantly moved to the center of the open space and assumed a fighting stance.

Scorpion did not suspect anything and immediately controlled the human puppet to attack Bai Ye. He also wanted to test the performance of the human puppet. It would be great if Bai Ye was willing to be a sparring partner.

Bai Ye dealt with the attacks of thousands of human puppets, shuriken and even poison gas very easily.

However, he did not counterattack the human puppet, but silently defended and dodged, assisting Scorpion in testing various data of the puppet.

A few minutes later, the human puppet suddenly braked in mid-air and then fell to the ground.

Bai Ye waited for a while, and after confirming that this was not Scorpion testing the puppet's camouflage technology, he walked to Scorpion's side.

Scorpion glanced at the human puppet on the ground, recording the data with a serious expression, and muttered:

"Whether it's endurance or control sensitivity, the chakra stick is far inferior to the chakra line."

Hearing this, Bai Ye also nodded.

He could indeed feel the weakness of this human puppet. Compared with Scorpion's other puppets, this human puppet only had the strength of a Chunin at most, which was really a bit unfair to the living ninja.

However, there is no way around this.

Remotely controlling a puppet through a chakra stick inherently involves the problem of chakra transmission speed. This is just like WiFi and network cables in the previous life. The speed of WiFi is definitely not as fast as that of network cables.

However, the chakra stick has an advantage that the chakra string cannot match, and that is that it is free from the constraints of the string, completely liberating the puppet and puppetry, allowing both sides to become relatively independent combat forces.

At this time, Bai Ye seemed to remember something, and while picking up the human puppet on the ground, he said:
"Scorpion, you were not using the chakra stored in the human puppet to replace the chakra transmission of the chakra stick, were you?"

Scorpion nodded and said:

"That's right, I stored chakra in the human puppet in advance. Otherwise, relying on the speed of the chakra stick, it would not be able to support the consumption just now."

"And I am different from you and Nagato. I cannot make a black rod. I can only use this chakra rod mixed with chakra metal to replace the function of the black rod."

"However, this also brings new problems. This method can only be used on human puppets. Ordinary puppets cannot use this method at all. Even if chakra is stored in advance, it will be quickly consumed after leaving the main body."

"Of course, I have no problem making human puppets, but your subordinates may not be able to do that. The organization may not be able to find so many corpses..."

At this point, Scorpion had already imagined the scene of him creating thousands of human puppets for the Akatsuki organization.

This scene made him, a self-proclaimed puppet madman, feel a little chilly.

After hearing what Scorpion said, Bai Ye also fell into deep thought.

Scorpion was right. Storing chakra in a flesh and blood body was not at the same level of difficulty as storing chakra in an ordinary puppet.

Even a sage like Nagato chose six corpses as the Six Paths of Pain.

There are only two ninjas in the ninja world who are truly capable of long-distance chakra transmission. One is the rebel ninja Hyakuzu from Sand Village, and the other is Otsutsuki Toneri.

The former utilizes the power of dragon veins. In Loulan, which is built on the dragon veins, the puppet can be controlled regardless of the distance, which is a way of forcing the puppet to support itself.

The latter is the last Otsutsuki on the moon, possessing the power of the Great Samsara Eye.

The level of the Great Samsara Eye is no weaker than that of the Rinnegan.

There are two ways. One is to annex the ancient kingdom of Loulan in the Kingdom of Wind, and the other is to go to the moon and face the last Otsutsuki on the moon.

If it were really possible, the technology of remotely controlling the puppet would no longer be important.

For now, it seems that we can only hope that Scorpion will continue his research and develop more efficient transmission technology, or solve the chakra storage problem of ordinary puppets.

However, the technology provided by Scorpio is sufficient for now, so there is no need to rush.

(End of this chapter)