"I lost."

The worm opened his mouth to admit defeat, and when he was wearing it, he took back the chainsaw in his hand and took a few steps back to allow the worm to turn around.

Xiao Worm looked strange for a moment, obviously losing to Zhengdai, but his face showed a bit of strange excitement, and after a few seconds of adjustment, he turned his head and smiled sincerely: "It's worthy of the legendary Konoha Zhengdai, so strong, I'm not an opponent at all." ”

"There is no legend about the award. The way the puppeteer fights was also an eye-opener for me. Zhengdai replied politely, and said, "I'm sorry, little worm, I broke your puppet a little." ”

"It's okay, it's just a minor issue, I'll be able to fix them soon when I get back. Oh, I'll go fix it now, and I won't bother you. ”

"See you later, little worm on-ninja." Ye Cang answered, and walked to Zhengdai's side.

Zheng Dai also said goodbye to the little worm.

When the insect's body disappeared, Zhengdai took a light breath and felt a toothache.

"What's wrong?" Seeing this, Ye Cang asked.

“…… No, you little worms are not weak. Zhengdai asked, "Although I haven't fought against other puppeteers, but the puppet can almost keep up with my speed, there shouldn't be many such people in your Sand Ninja Village, right?" ”

"Didn't you lose to you, and you boasted about it?" Ye Cang smiled and agreed: "I really didn't notice it before, but the little insect is so powerful." That's right, after all, it's a scorpion's playmate, and the puppet's skills will be very proficient, and it's not surprising that the strength is stronger. ”

Zhengdai nodded slightly, full of thoughts.

This contact with the worm gave him an inexplicable sense of familiarity and unhappiness.

"Stop the bridge Dazna, Mr. Cardo, the bridge builder? Don't do this, do you want people's lives? ”

"Let's go, I'll show you around the village."

Ye Cang said, and lowered his voice again: "I will work with you to investigate the 'real' cause of death of the three generations of adults, where are you going to start?" ”

Where to start......

Zhengdai thought for a while and said, "You can tell me more about the little worm Shangnin just now, I'm more interested in him now." ”

"Huh?" Ye Cang was stunned: "Interested in the little insect Shangnin?" I'm ...... with him I don't know him very well, or the puppeteer is more likely to socialize with other people who are also puppeteers, I only know that he is probably the second puppet genius in our village besides the scorpion......"

……

While the two of them were wandering and talking about the worm, the worm had returned home with the two broken puppets and entered the room where he had assembled the puppets.

Placing the two puppets in front of a pile of puppet parts, the little worm did not rush to repair them, but walked to the table next to the side with a slightly apprehensive expression, and sat on his elbows. His eyes closed slightly, and scenes flashed.

'Oh? Is this a golem modification you made? It's an amazing idea. Yes, the bug also helped, and the bug is not bad, not bad. The middle-aged puppeteer praised the scorpion with sincerity on his face, but his face became a little perfunctory when he turned to him.

'Controlling three puppets at the same time?' Little worm, good job, but don't be proud, I heard that the scorpion can control four puppets at the same time, right? His mother praised him, but she did not forget to mention the scorpion.

'Congratulations on being promoted to Shangnin, 15-year-old Shangnin, only a year later than the scorpion, very good. Instructor Shangshinobi's face gradually turned hideous.

'Without the scorpion, you're the strongest puppet genius in our Sand Ninja Village, little worm. The words of the unfamiliar face who seemed to have used the transfiguration technique were full of temptation.

The scene of playing happily with the scorpion when he was a child loomed in front of his eyes and gradually faded away.

"Scorpion, scorpion, scorpion!" whispered a few times, the little worm clenched his fists tightly, his body trembled, and suddenly two lines of tears burst out of his eyes, "I don't want to be like this, I don't want to be like this, I don't want to be like this......"

After sobbing for a long time, the little insect wiped away his tears, the feelings on his face faded, and gradually became indifferent, picking up a tool hammer, looking at the two broken puppets, and suddenly another picture appeared.

'Is this a puppet you made yourself, little worm?' Hey, it's like the 'father' and 'mother' of the scorpion. ’

'I've made my own improvements......

'The puppeteer must have his own ideas in order to surprise the enemy in battle, and blind imitation is not advisable, worm. ’

'I've made changes, teacher, you see......

'It's exactly the same, can't you even change the faces of two puppets?' ’

Boom!! Sawdust splashes!

The little worm carried a tool hammer and smashed the male golem's chest hard, then hammer after hammer, and soon smashed it into a pile of broken parts!

After that came the female puppet, smash!

When he had done this, he sat down on the ground like a force, in the middle of the pile of broken parts, and muttered incessantly:

"Why, why is it always a scorpion?!"

"I want people to remember me, bug! And not the child whose puppet talent is second only to that of a scorpion! ”

"I want to be remembered!"

"Konoha Zhengdai is really strong, stronger than me, and stronger than the scorpion, Dai Fengying was injured by him, what if ...... If I can make him a puppet, the whole ninja world will remember me, right? ”

He got up, walked to another table, and took the bottles and cans on the table and adjusted them.

"Even three generations of Kazekage-sama can be poisoned, so it's definitely no problem to poison him! It's a pity that the three generations of Kazekage-sama, my puppet's skills are not skilled enough, and I can't leave his magnetic escape, so it's better to hand him over...... But this time, I'm sure I'll be able to keep some of Konoha Masatosa's abilities! ”

……

"This guy is literally living in the shadow of a scorpion." After listening to Ye Cang's explanation, Zhengdai couldn't help but have this thought in his heart.

The puppet control talent is inferior, the ability to create and develop the puppet is inferior, and the promotion to Shangnin is also a year late, and everything is three points behind the scorpion.

After Ye Cang finished speaking, he was also stunned, shook his head and said, "No wonder I have a very shallow impression of the little insect Shangnin, he ...... Everyone should have the impression that he is a genius puppeteer who is not as good as a scorpion, and it is estimated that he himself will be very distressed by this, right? ”

"yes, it's a little pitiful." Zhengdai echoed: "The same type of ninja has been suppressed by a few points in all aspects, and the presence of the second place is much lower than that of the first place." ”

"Hmm." Ye Cang nodded: "Even I said just now that he is strong because he is a childhood friend of the scorpion, and he is familiar with it, and others probably think so." It didn't take his own efforts to swallow it up. ”

"yes, that's not right." Zhengdai looked at Ye Cang, "If the little worm is a little more extreme, will he hold a grudge against the scorpion?" ”

"Hold a grudge against the scorpion?" Ye Cang was stunned: "You mean...... No way? ”

"That's not good."

Zhengdai shook his head, saying 'It's not good', but his heart was already sure.

It's normal to live in someone's shadow all your life, can't stand it, and want to erase the shadow!