Red Dust

Even if you can't deceive yourself, how can you deceive the red sand scorpion who is better at camouflage?

"Okay, as long as you like..."

With a sigh, Kurama Yakumo formed a seal with both hands, and in an instant, a dark shadow space enveloped the two of them.

Daimaru, who was not surprised, stretched out his palm, and a milky white light group appeared and floated into the air. Kurama Yakumo stretched out his hand to take it. After a little adjustment, the light group turned into the appearance of Daimaru sleeping with his eyes closed. Pressed into the body of the substitute puppet.

"Extract some of my own memory, and then pinch it into a false will to act as my agent, while I hide behind the scenes..."

Kurama Yakumo asked quietly,

"This is an almost unavoidable dilemma, and I want to fake death to escape the calamity..."

"Sure enough, I can't hide from you..."

It's hard to have the best of both worlds in this world.

Of the masters who can reach the pinnacle of the ninja world, which one is not a human being?Uchiha Itachi, who bears the notoriety of slaughtering the entire clan, went to "Xiao" to organize undercover, and was still being guarded everywhere.

Chisha Scorpion, who has been incognito as a "dead man" for more than ten years, is a senior, and it is difficult for Daimaru to hide this trick from his eyes.

Taking "death once" as the preset premise, it is the only way to let the Red Sand Scorpion and Deidara enter the Sand Ninja encirclement with confidence.

"Don't die..."

Looking at Daimaru, who was still smiling calmly with his eyes closed, Yakumo Kurama shook his head slightly.

"The pommel horse family's bloodline limit, after all, is only a shadow, it can be given shape, but it has no ability to revive the dead..."

Even if it is to create a false will, it is not out of nothing, but Daimaru provides "materials" and shapes it with the real ability of the illusion of the blood and the limit.

"Don't worry, I'm so afraid of death, I'm not sure, I won't take risks easily..."

Daimaru, who was talking, took out a stand-in puppet again, merged with himself, and disappeared into the air.

"Are you going to start disguising now? I still want to say a few more words..."

Said Kurama Yakumo, patted the puppet Daimaru on the ground with both hands, smoothed the strange fluctuations, adjusted the matching of chakra and spirit, straightened it, and then put away the illusion space.

A few minutes later, "Daimaru" opened his eyes and looked at Yakumo, the saddled horse, who was staring at him strangely.

"Is there something dirty on my face?"

"Just a little curious..."

"Curious what?"

Kurama Yakumo smiled but did not answer.

Everyone's evaluation of others may be different. I have known a lot of Kurama Yakumo since I was young. I am really curious. What does Daimaru think of himself? The performance of "Daimaru" in front of him may explain something question.

"Don't say anything..."

It's just a little thing, "Damaru" didn't take it to heart,

"What you said just now, renting my 'Bai Jue clone' at a huge price, is it true?"

"Uh?"

Kurama Yakumo's face stiffened, and then he understood something, and he couldn't help but start shaking his shoulders.

"Sorry, let me laugh for a while..."

"This...you're not fooling me, are you?"

"Damaru"'s face is not good-looking, and I really can't think of anything funny.

"Absolutely not!"

Kurama Yakumo held back his laughter and pretended to be serious,

"Just suddenly remembered something happy..."

"What fun?"

"secret……"

The little girl who adjusted her attitude said narrowly,

"As long as we can pass the assessment, money is not a problem. Our pommel family is so poor that only money is left..."

"It's amazing to have money..."

"Damaru", who was muttering with a sour taste, seemed unbearable that others seemed to show off their wealth in front of him, and got up awkwardly.

"Then it's settled. When my mission to the south comes to an end, the transaction will be completed! You must prepare the money and pay it all at once, and do not accept IOUs and installments..."

"Daimaru", who was thinking about how to negotiate an agreement with the big customer introduced by Joinin Centipede who was eager to help, left in a hurry.

When the house returned to calm, Kurama Yakumo, who couldn't help laughing, lay lazily on his side on the tatami, preparing to take a lunch break to digest food.

"You're such a big idiot, if you want to help, just say it, but I didn't say I didn't accept it.He also pretended to negotiate the price, making it look like a fair deal.Afraid that my entanglement will affect you and Temari Qingqing me and me? 』

"Daimaru", who has the necessary memory, has a lot of discrepancies between the key points and the facts. Such a cautious appearance reminds Kurama Yakumo of last year, when he met Daimaru for the first time and captured him.

After the "Konoha Crash Plan", Daimaru, who fled in a hurry, accidentally met himself, and there was a later story.

Being able to lift the ban and get the qualification to continue working hard for the dream of becoming a ninja is really thanks to the accident at that time.

"Come back early, I really want to know what the big price in your heart is..."

0394 Negligence

The so-called "negotiation", when one party's intention is not here, but has other plans, it is not important to be used as a disguised condition.

Shortly after "Daimaru" put forward the conditions, the representative of the chamber of commerce named "Iyu" introduced by Joinin Centipede agreed with hardly any comments.

The impatient attitude of the other party surprised even Deidara and the Scorpion of Red Sand, who had no ulterior motives, and "Daimaru" who had no memory of the existence of a spy.

Originally, Daimaru's main body, thought to replace his puppet, was able to express a little doubt about the unexpected development.

The result is a little embarrassing. The smooth sailing situation for more than a year has concealed the fact that his own temperament is not particularly good.

Having lost the intelligence advantage of foresight, the impatience and reckless mentality of "Daimaru" dominated the way of behavior, and the choices made made the body who was observing secretly sigh.

In the past, the performance of genius that was unfavorable in the past was not his true ability. Now the choice of the puppet, Daimaru, revealed the actual level of Daimaru.

The Shangin Centipede who played the "opponent play" with Daimaru and Yi Yu, the representative of the chamber of commerce, were not without flaws, but "Daimaru" did not find any of them, and hurriedly wanted to go to the southern country for a site inspection.

Such a poor performance made Daimaru secretly sweat, and he didn't know if it would arouse the suspicion of Chisha Scorpion.

……

A week later, in a bay less than [-] kilometers away from the border between the Land of Winds and the Land of Rivers, "Damaru" stood on a small sand dune not high above sea level, looking at the calm sea, with great satisfaction.

In the sparkling waves in the distance, there are occasional scenes of sea beasts playing.

Since there are many marine creatures here, the water quality must not be too bad, and the water intake conditions are also good.

I have inquired about the residents of the oasis not far away. There is very little severe weather here, the temperature difference is not large throughout the year, it is dry and rainy and there are few people.

Except for the occasional fishermen to stop and rest, basically no one comes here.

The conditions for the construction of thermal power plants and desalination plants are good. The only problem is that the water depth is insufficient, so it is not a good seaport.

Fortunately, there are ninjas, and it is not a problem to use the power of ninjutsu to make a little transformation.

The external conditions are definitely not bad. The rest depends on the nearby geological conditions, whether it is suitable for human settlement, how well the water storage conditions are, whether large-scale reservoirs can be built, whether the soil salinization degree is serious, and so on.

As the first benchmark of the Daimaru initiative, it is not enough to build factories and settlements, but also to have the potential to be seen. It took a lot of money to do a superficial project, and it could not be self-sufficient. meaningful.

If you want to realize the rhetoric of going south to the ocean, at least this place must be turned into a small town full of vitality.

Because Shangnin Centipede and Yi Yu, the representative of the Chamber of Commerce, are too poor in their ability to move, they can't keep up with the speed of "Daimaru", so they can only investigate by themselves.

"Let me see, the so-called natural underground cave is here, right?"

Holding a simple map in his hand, "Daimaru" finally found a place.

Many ninjas in Sandyin Village are good at sand ninjutsu and wind escape, and there are some who know how to escape. If there is strong support from the village, it is not impossible to build a reservoir.

But Daimaru doesn't have many resources at the moment. If there is a ready-made underground space, it will be a ready-made reservoir with a little modification. Naturally, it will be better.

Looking at the water intakes on the rock wall that looked like karez, Daimaru knew it.

Many years ago, it was probably a very prosperous town, as evidenced by the traces of human activities buried in the sand around it.

From a geological point of view, the source of groundwater supplementation here is likely to come from the country of Sichuan not far away, but unfortunately, the excessive extraction of groundwater seems to have caused irreversible consequences, causing the place that was originally a livable place to be swallowed by the desert. , became what it is today.

"That's good, at least not without foundation, this place has great potential..."

Perhaps, not only can this place be transformed into an underground reservoir, but an emergency shelter can also be built.

"Damaru", who was full of the beautiful blueprint in his mind, was still a little vigilant when he wandered into the dark space. After a little inspection, he found no signs of danger. After hesitating for a while, he went inside.

Passing through the corridor of no more than 30 meters, a huge space appeared in front of "Daimaru". The traces of water erosion around it are not surprising, but some crystal clear crystals inlaid at the bottom of the cave are really surprising.

"This kind of place, there is such a thing..."

These natural crystals clearly have traces of being mined.

Now that artificial glass has long been popular, it is naturally less precious, but some are still valuable.

Many years ago, natural crystal was a good thing, and it is not surprising that it was mined as a precious gem.

Just as "Daimaru" was checking this place, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a suspicious shadow from the reflected dim light.

"Who's over there?"

Daimaru, who was suddenly startled, shouted sharply.

"Have you finally seen me?"

Deidara, sitting quietly on top of a flattened crystal, laughed wantonly,

"I'm so vigilant, I really don't know how your great reputation got out! That bad old man really can't do it. Without me, he was beaten to pieces by a idiot like you..."

"Deidara?"

"Damaru", who was horrified in his heart, suddenly had an inexplicably ignored memory in his mind.

"It's me, it's been a long time! I've been waiting for several days for you. How do you kill the guy who dares me and Big Brother Scorpion to wait so he can vent his dissatisfaction?"

Deidara, who was about to laugh, suddenly became stagnant, and his whole body seemed to be restrained and unable to move.

A faint light flashed, and the "Damaru" that swept across the space between the two instantly, with the right palm like a knife, pierced Deidara's abdomen, and then swept diagonally, cutting his waist in half.