"Enough, old woman!"

The Red Sand Scorpion looked at the old man outside the prison and sneered, "Now that the matter has come to this, what else do you want to teach me?" ”

Hearing this, Chiyo was silent.

After coming out of Ryuji's house, she came directly to the prison.

Originally, it was to bring Ryuuji's words to him, and I wanted him to cooperate with him with peace of mind.

After seeing his grandson in a prison cell, he couldn't help but educate him.

Her son and daughter-in-law died in the Second Ninja World War, and her grandson, who had finally become a talent, did this kind of thing again.

This made Chiyo miserable.

She wondered what it was that made her grandchildren do such a thing.

But.

didn't say a few words, and was sneered back by the scorpion.

“…… You'll be fine. ”

After a moment of silence, Chiyo said.

"Huh?"

The scorpion was stunned and couldn't help asking, "I committed the felony of assassinating the Wind Shadow, and you can save it...... What exactly did you give? ”

"Nothing."

"Old woman, do you still want to lie to me like you did when you were a child?"

Hearing this sneering voice, Chiyo's cloudy eyes were clouded with sadness.

When his son and daughter-in-law died, the scorpion was only four years old.

Chiyo was worried that the young scorpion's mind would be traumatized, so she lied to him that his parents were just away on a long-term mission.

and teach him puppetry, as a way to divert his attention.

But paper can't hold the fire, and the lie will eventually be revealed.

The scorpion finally learns that his parents are dead.

Since then, the eyes of the scorpion, which was originally lively and uplifting, gradually became cold.

Chiyo also noticed these subtle changes in the scorpion at the time, but thought that the news of his parents' death made him depressed.

Although my heart was a little heavy, I didn't care much about it.

After all, ninjas, it's not a bad thing to have a little less affection.

But I didn't expect that the scorpion would eventually come to this point.

At that time, the scorpion may have been sad because of the death of his parents, but more because his only relative was still lying to him, so he was disappointed in the village!

From the scorpion's tone, Chiyo sensed the reason why he had come to this point.

(If we had been aware of this and given the right comfort and teaching, this would not have happened!) ）

Chiyo took a deep breath and looked deeply at the scorpion, at the grandson who didn't care about everything, but his eyes glanced at him from time to time.

The wrinkled old face couldn't help but squeeze out a smile, "My good grandson, the old man really didn't pay anything, it was the idea of the little ghost." ”

"Ryuuji?"

"Yes, that's him."

Next, Chiyo told Ryuuji what he had confessed.

The scorpion sat inside and listened quietly.

After a while, Chiyo finished speaking.

The scorpion was silent for a moment and asked, "Did he really say that the three generations of Kazekage are not dead?" ”

"Yes, say if the body is dead, but the soul is still there."

Speaking of this, Chiyo was also puzzled, "I am also a puppeteer, so I naturally know that this situation is impossible, but the puppet ......"

"Human puppets don't do this either." The scorpion snorted coldly: "The body is dead, but the soul is still alive...... I don't have the ability to kill my body and keep my soul intact. ”

"That little ghost is really deceiving people. But why tell such a lie that can be broken at the first poke? ”

There are many flaws in Ryuuji's words, and if you think about it carefully, you can find out what is wrong with it.

However, the high-level leaders of the round table couldn't wait to fight for power and profit one by one, and then their eyes were filled with the desire for immortality, and they couldn't calmly think about the loopholes in Ryuuji's words.

"It's not that easy to puncture."

Well?

Chiyo looked up at the scorpion who was snorting at this matter, and asked puzzledly, "Why?" ”

"You'll know when the time comes."

The scorpion looked up at the window of the cell opposite, thick clouds drifting, obscuring the last rays of moonlight.

Kill the body, keep the soul...... If you can do this, then you can really change your body at will and reach eternity.

……

4:00 a.m.

It is the time before dawn and people are most sleepy.

Sand Hidden is located in a canyon deep in the desert, surrounded by weathered and cracked cliffs that even ninjas can't navigate. Only in the direction of the perennial leeward, there is a road leading to the outside of the village.

At the end of the road, on the canyon.

The two peaks stand opposite each other, forming a natural pass fortress like a line of sky.

As long as hundreds of people are sent to garrison the two peaks, with the trap equipment set in advance, they can resist thousands of troops.

"Ah...... So sleepy! ”

On the edge of the mountain, a sand ninja standing guard yawned.

The companion on the side comforted: "It's almost time for the changing of the guard, hold on!" ”

"You're just too honest." The Sand Hidden Ninja waved his hand disapprehrovingly, "The Land of the Wind is full of deserts, and it is not profitable at all, who will come to attack our ideas!" ”

The ninja agreed with his companion's words, but was still a little apprehensive, "...... That being said, most of the people in the village have gone out to investigate Kazekage-sama's traces, and even the border guards have been transferred most of their manpower, and it is ...... at this time."

"Come on, come on, you're too cautious."

"It's better to be careful, the high-level meeting has terminated the mission, and it won't be long before the ninjas who went out will come back, and when the time comes, there will be more people changing the guard, and we will be much easier."

"Got it, got it, I'm just teasing, you're too ......"

"Poof!"

In the darkness of the night, something flew in and pierced his throat, and blood and tears flowed out.

He covered his throat and wanted to say something, but he could only make a "ho-ho" sound, and in the end he could only be unwilling to fall.

The other companion's eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at the rootless desert.

In the dark night, you can faintly see the silhouette of a large area of progress.

"Enemy attack!"

A heart-rending roar resounded in the sky above the sand, and explosions and roars followed.

The quiet night was shattered.

……

"It's finally done."

Putting the trap bird into the scroll, Ryuuji stretched, his bones crackling and feeling comfortable.

Suddenly, the roof trembled slightly, and dust kept falling.

The communicator hanging on the wall also rang, and a red voice came from inside, "Master, it's not good, there are intruders!" ”

"Intruders?"

"A lot of people, ninjas from other villages, and the village guards are fighting the enemy."

"I see."

Hanging up the call, Ryuuji clenched his fists, and an uncontrollable anger flashed in his eyes.

"Did those high-level executives grow up eating?"

The crisis could have been avoided, as long as the high-level meeting gave the order to terminate the mission as soon as possible, and the ninja who had gone out would have been able to return that night.

As a result, the first thing that the group of high-level leaders thought about was to fight for power and profit, and they did not put the safety of the village in the first place at all.

"Those guys have to be cleaned up, or the sand can't grow. But now is not the time to chase responsibility, first go and repel the enemy. Ryuuji glanced at the three generations of Kazekage who was lying on the console and had not yet woken up, and turned around and left the studio.