Time: Konoha was built 300 years ago.

Location: Land of the Winds.

People: Many.

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The cracked earth of the mountains is like the wrinkles on the old man's face after the wind and frost, so clear and profound, so helpless and sad......

The sun bakes the earth like a big fireball, and the earth opens its mouth as if it longs for rain, and the people there seem to be desperate for a sip of water......

"Huh...... Haah...... "A peasant uncle in a tattered shirt and trousers, wearing a tattered straw hat, staring at the scorching sun, stood in front of the well, his sunken eyes, staring straight into the extremely dark well.

"Click...... Click...... "The emaciated hand grabbed the sun-dried handle on the roller hard, and desperately pulled the bucket up.

“…… Mom...... I'm so thirsty......" said a little girl with chapped lips and a hot forehead.

"Don't worry, kid, there's water right away. "Mom's lips were also chapped and she was very thin.

"Click!" the bucket pulled up.

"Water...... Water ......"

"Is there water......

“……”

"Is there water ......?"

Everyone gathered and immediately went to the well, looking expectantly at the bucket that had been pulled up, and at the bottom of the bucket, there was only a sun-dried plank.

"Ah......h

"Eh......"

Everyone was disappointed, some collapsed, some sat down, and some were already crazy with thirst......

"Water...... Water ...... "A person leans out directly, and then jumps down headfirst," ...... I want water......"

"Where...... There's water......"

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Years of drought have devastated this fertile land: the grass and trees have died, the earth has cracked, the rivers have cut off, and strong winds have ravaged the high, cracked hills, and the soil has gradually desertified. The wind blew away the dust and sand on the surface of the earth, and these small things, as the wind carried away, and when they encountered the hills, they could not overcome the high obstacles, so they fell to sleep on the windward slopes. In this way, the desert gradually formed.

"Sha-" A man puts his hand in the sand with his palm up, then slowly lifts the sand upwards and slides it down from his hand.

Looking at the sliding sand, his expression filled with sadness, he stood up and watched the land they had lived on become like this......

"Big brother, I've found the well!" shouted a man wearing only pants.

"Where?" the Boss's eyes lit up.

"Right in front of the abandoned village. "Someone who only wears pants.

"Is there any water?" asked the Boss expectantly.

"Lao You is turning around, and I don't know if there is water yet. "Someone who only wears pants.

"......" the boss still has a hint of expectation.

"It's better not to have expectations. "A seemingly bohemian man.

“…… What do you mean?"

"Because the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. "Seemingly bohemian people.

"......" Boss.

"If there was water in the well, the village would not have been abandoned. "Seemingly bohemian people.

"The bucket hasn't been pulled up yet, how do you know there's no water in the well?" said a man who seemed honest and honest.

"It's very simple knowledge. "Seemingly bohemian people.

"Knowledge, bullying us, our poor children can't afford to read?"

"This should be regarded as the common sense of survival in life, without water, there will be no villages, and all villages are built where there is water. "Seemingly bohemian people.

"Boss. "Someone who only wears pants.

"What's wrong?"

“…… I'm sorry, boss, but there's no water in the well...... "The man who only wears pants."

"It's providence, there's nothing to apologize for. "Boss.

"Oh no!" a man who looked like his subordinates.

The crowd looked to where the voice had come from.

"Oh no! boss!" looked like his men.

"What's wrong?"

"The sand and desert scorpion group is here!"

"!?" everyone.

"Listen to the order!Assemble now!Prepare to meet the enemy!"

"Yes. "Everyone.

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"Rack!"

"Whew!"

"Hah!"

“hou！”

A white flag with a poisonous scorpion motif flutters in the wind on the flagpole.

A group of people on horseback, dressed in white clothes with poisonous scorpion patterns, rushed towards the crowd.

"Boss, what should I do?"

"Don't panic, get ready for battle. Anyway, people will die sooner or later, and it is more pleasant to die of thirst and starvation, and to die in battle. "Boss.

The "......" crowd, led by the boss, occupied a sand dune to welcome the arrival of the desert scorpion group.

The Desert Scorpion Regiment surrounded everyone on a small sand dune and did not attack, and the people on the dunes did not attack the Desert Scorpion Regiment.

At this moment, three or four men who seemed to be the leaders rode horses, slowly approaching the people on the dunes.

The men gave way to them, and the leaders of these men came to the front.

"It seems that they are the people who seem to be bohemian. The leader of the ...... "Boss."

"Capture the thief first and capture the king, I will go and capture them first. "Seemingly bohemian people.

"No, they're not going to attack, let's see first...... "Boss."

"......" the leaders carefully observed the people on the dunes.

One of them asked aloud, "Who are you?" and they don't look like they're from the Wind Country's army. ”

"We were just civilians, and because the wind and sand hit our village, we wandered around looking for water. "Boss.

"That's ......"

"What about you...... Would you like to join our Desert Scorpion Band?" a leader tried to recruit them.

"This country is already in dire straits, why are you still plundering everywhere?"

"We did plunder, but we were all against the princes and nobles, and the armies who worked for them. "A leader.

"Like you, we are ordinary civilians, because of the tyranny of the king, we can't survive at all, so we established the Desert Scorpion Regiment in order to overthrow the tyrant and re-establish a country full of benevolence. "A leader.

"How's that? Do you want to join?" said one of the leaders.

"Our desert scorpion group is composed of four teams: scorpion head, scorpion pincers, scorpion body, and scorpion foot. I look at you, there are a lot of people, and the strength is not bad, it just so happens that our desert poisonous scorpion group is still short of a scorpion tail, otherwise, you should seriously consider it and join us. "A leader.

"Boss. "The people on the dunes all looked at the boss.

"......" The boss lowered his head and thought for a while, "Okay, I promise you." ”

"......" Several leaders immediately you look at me, I look at you, through eye contact.

"In that case, from this day on, we are brothers. "A Commander.

"Give them water. "A Commander.

"Yes. ”

A few of his men immediately threw the water bags hanging from the saddle to the people on the dunes.

"Water!"

"It's water!"

The crowd immediately scrambled for water.