[Temporary Mission: Puppet of the Thousand Winds Sands: Event Time: At 11:42 on September 22, Konoha 42, you are about to explore the old ruins of the buried Monzaemon Gate]

[Quest content: Explore the old ruins and the truth behind them]

[Mission Progress: 100%]

【Reward: To be settled】

It's really over...... Xie Mao looked at the description of the task, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and when he was about to settle the settlement, he heard the sound of running not far away.

Xie Mao, who was worried about something unusual in the settlement, stopped his movements, and looked in the direction where the voice came from with Chiyo, and saw that the ninja who was in good digital condition was hurrying over.

"Chiyo-sama!"

The ninja at the head was a middle ninja, and he immediately fell to Chiyo's side after seeing Chiyo, knelt down on one knee and bowed his head, "I'm sorry, we're late!" ”

"It's okay, it's me who announced it late."

Chiyo coughed after speaking, and it took her a while to ease her airway, "The seal has been completed." ”

Nakashinobu had already seen the "mummy" lying on the ground, and he said in a tone of admiration and awe, "It's worthy of Chiyo-sama." ”

"You clean up the battlefield, recover the battle damage, and I will bring back the seals myself." Chiyo commanded.

"Yes!"

Chiyo turned his head sideways, looked at Xie Mao and said, "Scorpion, let's go back." ”

"Okay." Xie Mao looked at Chiyo, who was sitting on the ground with a weak breath, and thought for a while, "I'll take back the Ten Men of Konmatsu first." ”

"Well, please." Chiyo smiled heartily and handed over the seal scroll.

After recovering the ten people of Konmatsu who were each damaged, Xie Mao took control of the [Sand Wolf] and carried Chiyo and Kazama.

They walked on their way back to the camp.

"Scorpion, you've really grown a lot during this time."

Chiyo looked at Xie Mao gently and said with appreciation: "In the end, I can think of that way to seal the glass snake, it's really good." ”

"It's over, even if there is no me, the ninja who came here can complete the seal." Xie Mao was actually still a little apprehensive, if it weren't for his inspired warning, I was afraid that he would have been hit by the first sneak attack of the Glass Snake.

"They may not be able to help." Chiyo looked back, "This time, both [Father] and [Mother] are damaged, and Grandma will help you remake it when she goes back." ”

In fact, it is very strange to fight with a puppet with the appearance of parents...... Xie Mao couldn't refuse, so he could only respond: "Okay." ”

Seeing that Xie Mao did not show obvious abnormalities because of the damage of [Father] and [Mother], Chiyo smiled with relief.

She doesn't want her grandchildren to be immersed in grief all the time, and they are only made of the same appearance [father] and "mother", after all, just lifeless puppets.

As a battle golem, damage is a normal thing, and it would be too fragile to grieve and suffer too much because of it.

People have to look forward.

"The level involved in this mission is very high, enough to be promoted to an S-level mission, and the S-level task was completed as a key when the lower ninja was completed, which is really rare, if the conditions are a little looser, you may be able to directly upgrade to the middle ninja with this task." Chiyo said with pride.

"I'm not the key, grandma, you and Lord Ye Cang have done more, you deserve to be the pinnacle of puppet skills." Xie Mao didn't have the idea of taking credit, he knew that he was a few pounds and taels now.

If you really want to promote him to a middle ninja, you have to accept more difficult tasks, and you really don't know how to write the word "death".

Not every mission will be as lucky as this one.

Chiyo smiled after listening to Xie Mao's words, shook his head lightly and said, "I'm not." ”

"Huh?" Xie Mao looked puzzled, not understanding why Chiyo denied it.

"The real culmination of puppet skills is the future you." Chiyo said firmly in a confident tone with longing, "You will definitely surpass Lord Shamon, Lord Mozaemon, and me." ”

"......" Xie Mao pursed his lips and did not speak again.

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After returning to the camp, Xie Mao and Chiyo met Hakura, who came to greet them.

Despite being away from home for many years, Hakura's skin was well maintained, showing a healthy white, which could even slightly hide the exhaustion and weakness on her face.

The short rest didn't make Hakura recover, but she was worried about Xie Mao and Chiyo, so she took the initiative to come out to greet them.

Seeing that they were fine, Ye Cang smiled sincerely: "Welcome back." ”

Chiyo slowly bowed his head and said, "After resting for a while, I will return to the village." ”

Chiyo is not in a good state right now, and if she is in a hurry to return to the village, she can hardly cope with any unexpected situation.

"Yes."

Hakura agreed with Chiyo's decision, she looked at the "mummy" on her back on [Sand Wolf], and asked, "What about Kazama?" ”

Xie Mao glanced at Ye Cang when he heard this.

The previous middle ninja had no intention of asking at all, but Ye Cang did not shy away from asking.

"Right here." Chiyo patted the "mummy" in front of him and said, "I'll talk about it when I go back to the village later." ”

Ye Cang frowned, she didn't know what was going on without knowing the glass snake, but fortunately, her trust in Chiyo overpowered her worries, and Ye Cang nodded slowly and didn't ask more.

The three of them entered the camp together, Xie Mao handed over the [Sand Wolf] to Chiyo, and then found an empty tent and went in to rest.

Hiss~ Xie Mao was lying on the mat, feeling that his whole body was falling apart, but there was a faint sense of comfort, which made Xie Mao almost fall asleep all at once.

Settle the task first! With such an obsession, Xie Mao didn't think much about it, he didn't fall asleep, looked at his system, and chose to settle.

Bite!

[Mission Progress: 100% (Settled)]

[Task Reward: 80% increase in digestion progress (doubled), a special reward (to be drawn)]

Xie Mao blinked, gone?

That's it? It's really just the progress of digestion......

It's too basic.

Xie Mao just wanted to draw a special reward to see if there could be any surprises, but the blink just now made his sleepiness surge, and his already very tired body could no longer hold on, and immediately fell into a deep sleep.

When I woke up again, the first thing I saw was the female ninja named Gan Qingya.

Xie Mao pressed his still somewhat drowsy brain and said vaguely, "Is it time to leave?" ”

"Uh-huh!"

Gan Qingya said energetically: "It's good if you wake up, I still have to wake up the others, you must not fall asleep again." ”

“…… Got it. Xie Mao really almost fell asleep, he felt that his eyelids were like glue, and they could be completely glued together with just a light touch.

It's so sleepy! Xie Mao sat on the mat and was in a trance for two minutes, and it was not until there was a distinct sound of movement and conversation outside the tent that he came to his senses, got up and walked out of the tent.

It was not warm when the sun had just risen, and at dawn, the darkness in the sky had not completely faded, and the position of light and shadow at the junction was blurred, and Xie Mao looked up quietly for a while before retracting his gaze.

The team of ninjas is almost assembled, and Xie Mao is the last group to come out.

Hakura, who was in the lead, quickly counted it, and then said to Chiyo beside him, "It's time to go." ”

"Hmm."

Chiyo nodded slightly, and waited until Xie Mao walked to her before speaking again: "Let's go." ”

When he was on the way, through the chat between Chiyo and Hakura, Xie Mao knew that Kazama himself had certain problems, such as having privately collected information about the second-generation Kazekage who was good at ninjutsu such as [Michen Country], and this kind of violation would be punished after Kazama returned to normal.

He has a hatred for Nidaime, suspecting that Nidaime killed Mozaemon, but what does this have to do with his collection of information about forbidden arts? Xie Mao didn't ask the question, because he intuitively felt that Chiyo and Hakura were not clear either, and it was not an issue suitable for public discussion.

By the time the ninjas returned to the village, it was already early in the morning, and the entire village was already lively, and Chiyo and Hakura would take Kazama to report on their work, and the others could go back to rest first, or they could go to get paid first.

Xie Mao's reward will be collected by Chiyo, so Xie Mao chose to go home directly to rest, and by the way, he gave a special reward.

After separating from Chiyo, Xie Mao stood at the gate of the village and raised his eyebrows slightly, seeing a large number of ninja squads that were about to leave the village.

That's not entirely good.

The Second Ninja War was still the final victory of the most powerful Fire Country, and the weaker Wind Country paid a lot of ninja lives, but only grabbed a small amount of resources from the war, which is really not very profitable.

Disappointed by the performance of the Sand Hidden Village, the Daimyo of the Land of Wind took this opportunity to start cutting the military spending of the Village of the Sand Hidden Village, presumably with the idea that no matter how hard he tried, he could not compare to the Land of Fire, and the Daimyo of the Land of the Wind chose to enjoy life.

Naturally, the village of Sand Hide, which was forced to lose some of its key economic income, was greatly affected, not only by the reduction in the size of the ninja school, but also by the reduction of the price of commissioned tasks, so that people could be stimulated to spend money on more tasks, so that the village and the ninja could have more income.

The large number of tasks that can be increased will undoubtedly make the ninjas more tired, after all, they are not machines but people, and doing heavy or dangerous tasks for the sake of remuneration will naturally continue to accumulate pressure and pain, and will also greatly increase the ninja's loss rate.

This is an inevitable problem.

Xie Mao didn't look at it again, running all the way made him fully conscious, but the injury was not alleviated, and his whole body was still aching, especially the part that was hit hard, such as the abdomen, which hurt so much that it seemed like he had lost.

Forced to return home, and after explaining a word to the old housekeeper, Xie Mao fell on the bed groggily and fell asleep.