Red sand dust

Temari came here specifically to warn, but Daimaru only thought that they were both eldest ladies and just didn't like each other.

Although I didn't pay too much attention to it, I didn't ignore it either.

Now that his relationship with Temari has stabilized, Daimaru also tries not to do anything that could cause misunderstanding, and usually avoids contact as much as possible without contact.

However, during this period of time, the two of them had almost no contact. Daimaru felt that it was not his fault, but that Miss Saya deliberately avoided him. Even the necessary negotiations were entrusted to his sister Shanai, which made Daimaru a little surprised. I wonder what this girl, whose destiny has changed greatly because of her actions, is busy with recently.

…

One day later, out of curiosity, Daimaru finally agreed to meet and discuss with the other party. Under the leadership of the reluctant Shanai, he came to an underground base where nothing strange could be seen from the outside.

The location is about ten kilometers away from Sand Hidden Village, not too far, but not close either.

Using a hidden mechanical elevator that was rarely opened, Daimaru estimated that the core area was nearly fifty meters underground.

This depth is nothing to a ninja who is proficient in earth escape.

If you rely purely on manpower to build such an underground base, I don't know how much manpower and material resources it will cost. But for the Suna Ninja, it is a bit troublesome, but it is not too difficult.

Throughout the underground base, there were many ninjas wearing white work clothes. Everyone was very busy and had no time to talk to Shana and Daimaru, who seemed to have been familiar with them for a long time.

"Looking at the traces of excavation around it, it doesn't look like a recently built base..."

Daimaru asked casually and tentatively.

"It's been several decades. It is said that it used to be a secret research institute. It was later abandoned and reactivated not long ago..."

"Studying puppets?"

"certainly!"

Shanai replied,

"When it was originally abandoned, it was planned to be completely landfilled to cover up the traces. Later, my family took it over. It is regarded as private property. It was only recently used as a bargaining chip to cooperate with other puppet masters..."

"You mean...this big place originally belonged to your family?"

Daimaru estimated that the area was close to half the size of Sunagakure Village. It had two floors, and if it was filled with food and drinking water, it could feed the entire village for a long time.

"It's normal!"

Shanai glanced at Daimaru in surprise.

"You know my sister so well, but you don't know my family's background?"

"Know something, but not much!"

Daimaru touched the bridge of his nose awkwardly.

A big shot in Sunagakure Village who acts as a backdrop, never shows up in front of others, and silently exerts his influence, Daimaru once ignored him as a character.

"Before Sunagakure Village was established, my great-grandfather was a very powerful ninja. He followed Kazekage's first generation to start a business. After three generations of hard work, he has the current foundation..."

Such big forces in Sunagakure Village will basically not directly participate in the fight for the position of Kazekage, which is completely different from upstarts like Daimaru.

"This place was originally a testing ground for the Kazekage II to develop the puppet technique. It was funded by my family. It is normal to take it back when it is abandoned..."

Well, this kind of "quasi-ninja rich family" that has been in power for generations has almost no weaknesses except for its weak inheritance and lack of decent top masters. It has to resort to political speculation and even marriage to consolidate its power.

"I know you don't mean to show off your wealth. Let's forget about the past for now. Where is Miss Saya?"

"You'll see us later. Let me take you to the lower level first to see the core of our 'Psychic Puppet'..."

"also!"

It was almost the same as visiting his own reservation. Shanai led Daimaru through the gate that was blocked by layers of barriers, and saw a breathtaking scene.

The puppets of different shapes were placed on the ground covered with psychic runes. The total number was estimated to be close to five hundred, just like an army waiting for review, which was shocking.

At the same time, a strange aura came from the compound barrier, making Daimaru feel a little uncomfortable.

"here……"

Daimaru opened his mouth, but swallowed the words he was about to say.

In this underground space wrapped by a barrier, the concentration of natural energy is much higher than outside, which is very beneficial to talented ninjas or psychic beasts. However, some special physiques may also cause some problems, such as Zhonggo, here It is very easy to cause the curse seal to get out of control and go crazy.

Walking among the puppets in the array, Daimaru saw with his own eyes that two puppets were summoned to leave with the sudden brilliance of the channeling array beneath them, and one puppet returned here after completing the channeling.

"It's really turned on by you!"

Most of the hundreds of puppets look relatively primitive in appearance, and they should be stocks that have been accumulated over the past few decades.

Most of them have low practical value and have been replaced and eliminated by better models, but here, some value has been restored.

The powerful puppet masters looked down upon them, and those puppet apprentices and genin were very greedy. They could borrow them as long as they paid a little chakra, which was really what they wanted.

What worries Daimaru even more is that the chakra concentration here is higher than normal, and the obscure aura exchange with those psychic puppets makes Daimaru a little frightened.

"How did you do it?"

There was an inexplicable tremor in Daimaru's words, and he was really frightened.

Previously, I thought that the so-called "shared puppet" was just that, and at most it was as simple as swiping a credit card and riding a bicycle. Unexpectedly, what caught my eye was Bumblebee. The gap was really too big.

"It's been there before!"

Shanai was a little confused about Daimaru's excitement.

"The energy utilization method is still very primitive, and the efficiency of absorbing natural energy is very low. It needs to be improved..."

In words, the regret that the technology is not as good as the people and the practicality is not strong is palpable.

"When the Kazekage Nidaime studied how puppets could use natural energy instead, was it used directly as a weapon?"

Shana looked at Daimaru in front of him with an idiotic expression.

"At that time, the Ninja World War was in full swing. If we didn't study weapons to defeat the enemy, why would we spend so much time on it?"

"I... probably understand!"

Daimaru always thought that the second generation Kazekage Shamon studied puppetry in order to study the sage mode like himself, but it turned out that was not the case at all.

It is estimated that the ninja world at that time did not understand that the sage mode could be practiced successfully independently. They thought that the senjutsu of Senju Hashirama, the first generation of Hokage, was an unrepeatable personal talent just like the wood escape.

In an era of chaos and war, the only way to research destructive weapons of mass destruction is to research the destructive weapons of mass destruction. The natural energy is so violent and dangerous that it is too difficult for ninjas to control it. Use puppets to use powerful forbidden weapons, or simply self-destruct puppets that will perish together. This is the one The mindset that the Kazekage should have when leading the Suna Ninja in their struggle for survival.

"Studying the puppet sage mode?" Thinking too much..."