After Xie Mao returned to reality, he walked to the window, quietly looking at the busy scene outside the window, and thinking about his future path.

"There is no way for a lone wolf to effectively transform this world, I need backing and help, and Shayin Village is my natural helper."

"Although the Sand Hidden Village is not as powerful as the Konoha Hidden Village, the good thing is that the Sand Hidden Village does not have so many ninjas, there are no intricate relationships, and there are no civilian ninjas who come out from time to time."

There are only a few famous strong people, a few big fish and a few small fish, and things will become very simple.

As long as he has enough strength and completes a certain number of tasks, Shayin Village will take the initiative to help him build momentum, let him take on the name of a hero, and boost the confidence of the villagers.

"Let's start with this mission."

Xie Mao couldn't help but want to catch Shan Tang directly, read his memories, find out the conspiracy behind them, and then catch all the undercover spies involved at once.

But this is obviously unrealistic, Xie Mao can't grab his companions from the same village because of the information obtained from divination, and no one allows him to do so.

In the final analysis, Xie Mao's identity is just a genius who has not fully grown up, and Zhongren's identity can't give him too much right to speak.

Only when they have made merits, become a ninja, and have more supporters behind them, will others slowly begin to believe in Xie Mao's judgment.

Although the goal is very ambitious, the road has to be taken little by little, and it is the right way to think about how to improve the strength first.

If he doesn't become a demigod in his lifetime, then he won't be able to realize any of his ideas.

In the brutal ninja world, strength is undoubtedly the real hard currency.

And if you want strength, you have to play.

Playing in the village is easy to clash with my current personality and attract suspicion, and not playing it completely and infrequently will make my digestion progress very slow...... Xie Mao rubbed the position of his temples with some distress, and suddenly heard a rumbling explosion in the distance.

Hey? Xie Mao turned around and walked to another window, and saw black smoke billowing up about three streets away, with the smoke as the center, one by one, he noticed that there were idle ninjas flying on the wall, and quickly rushed towards the place where the accident occurred.

Xie Mao also wanted to help, but there were enough people to see him, and it was estimated that he no longer needed any support, and the ninjas who rushed there in the follow-up were estimated to be able to stay outside and watch the excitement.

Now that the sun is so big, there's really no need for that.

Still a little curious about what happened...... Xie Mao rolled over and walked out of the window, stepped on the wall with his feet on the top of the building, and then stood in the shadows and looked into the distance.

But Xie Mao didn't see anything except the smoke, and most of the ninjas who ran over to support were also standing on the roofs near the smoke, and they didn't look like they were going to make a move, obviously either there were no enemies or the enemies had been subdued.

Soon, the smoke became lighter and lighter, and the surrounding ninjas quickly surrounded and dispersed like a crowd eating melons.

The explosion just now was like a vignette, and it soon disappeared into the main theme of the village itself, and people continued to run for life.

Xie Mao retracted his attention and planned to inquire later, he turned over and jumped into the backyard, ready to exercise his physical skills.

Then he heard the sound of the door opening in the hall, but no one should be in or out at this time.

Xie Mao immediately raised his vigilance, worried that it was another assassination, and then he saw Xiao Nan walk in.

Xie Mao was a little surprised: "You just went out?" ”

"Did you hear the explosion?" Xiao Nan asked rhetorically.

"I heard, there won't be any danger at a distance from us." Xie Mao thought that Xiao Nan was worried that the explosion would spread to this side.

"I was curious, so I went out and asked." Xiao Nan smiled and bared his teeth.

You're too actionable...... Xie Mao was also curious in his heart, but he said with a casual attitude: "Asked?" ”

"Well, it seems that a man named Yama Tachibana was assassinated, but he saved himself with a detonation charm in time and managed to survive." Xiao Nan said the news he had heard, and didn't notice that Xie Mao's expression suddenly became strange.

Did I hear me right, Yama Tachibana was assassinated? Isn't he undercover? Xie Mao almost thought that Xiao Nan was wrong, he didn't expect this kind of development before.

Could it be that his undercover identity was exposed? But there was no need to hide it, and the ninjas who were watching just now wouldn't be so calm.

Xie Mao didn't understand for a while, and Xiao Nan asked curiously, "Are you cultivating here?" ”

Xie Mao replied: "Yes, there is just a lack of a sparring partner." ”

"Huh?" Xiao Nan was half stunned when she heard that she was going to spar, she didn't want to be captured by the puppet again.

"Don't worry." Xie Mao saw Xiao Nan's thoughts, and he explained, "I want to train my physical skills, and I won't use puppets or ninjutsu, you can also take this opportunity to improve your physical fitness." ”

"Hmmm......"

When Xiao Nan was still hesitating, Xie Mao beckoned and said, "Just learn." ”

"Can I use ninjutsu?" Xiao Nan asked obediently as he leaned over.

"Yes." Xie Mao was also worried that Xiao Nan would be defeated by him quickly if he relied on physical skills alone.

"That's good." Xiao Nan suddenly became excited, feeling that he had the opportunity to teach Xie Mao a good lesson and avenge his arrest.

After coming here for a few days, she gradually got to know the puppeteer, and knew that the puppeteer was often fragile and dependent on the puppet.

Now that Xie Mao has taken the initiative to give up the puppet and ninjutsu, which is equivalent to giving up his strongest place, Xiao Nan suddenly has the confidence to defeat the other party.

The two distanced themselves, and Xiao Nan posed a handprint similar to a sword finger, waiting for Xie Mao's response, but Xie Mao stuck his waist and looked unmoved.

"What are you waiting for?" Xiao Nan tilted his head and asked.

"What are you waiting for?" Xie Mao asked rhetorically, he was waiting for Xiao Nan to make the first move.

"Me? I'm waiting for you to seal it, as the teacher said, you must first form the seal of opposition before you fight. Xiao Nan thought that Xie Mao didn't know, so he immediately explained in a soft voice.

Oh, there's such a thing, but it doesn't matter if you don't do it...... Xie Mao indifferently stretched out his hand and compared the seal of opposites: "Can you do it now?" ”

Xiao Nan's hand, which was originally holding the seal of opposites, immediately reached into the ninja bag, threw out several paper shuriken from it, and his body took advantage of the momentum to squat slightly, and ran quickly towards Xie Mao in a circle.

Xie Mao only planned to use physical techniques, so he turned his body and feet dexterously, and after easily dodging the paper shuriken, he saw Xiao Nan take out a kunai thorn and come up, Xie Mao turned sideways and lightly pressed Xiao Nan's wrist, and then grabbed it and threw it, and it didn't take much strength to throw Xiao Nan out.

"Huh!?"

Xiao Nan, who was thrown into the air, hurriedly adjusted her body, flipped over and staggered to the ground with her feet, but before she could stand firmly, Xie Mao had already approached quickly, and kicked so hard that Xiao Nan had to raise his arms to block, but Xie Mao's strength was far beyond Xiao Nan's imagination, and this kick actually kicked her off the ground directly, and her arms were close to her chest and almost numb.

That's a lot of strength...... Xiao Nan was stunned, and saw Xie Mao continue to bully her, so flexible that she didn't look like a human, and a hand was already coming straight towards her neck.

Not good! If you get caught, you lose! Xiao Nanqiang endured the numbness and shook off the kunai in his hand, hoping to buy a little time.

Seeing this, Xie Mao paused, and his body slightly let Ku Wu catch it again, and did not chase after him at the first time.

If it was on the real battlefield, the kunai that Xiao Nan threw with little strength was completely unharmed, and the more daring ninjas might be injured or bite the kunai with their mouths and continue to bully and pinch Xiao Nan.

But now it's just an ordinary competition, and Xie Mao didn't want to kill Xiao Nan too quickly, so he simply took a step back.

As soon as Xiao Nan landed, he quickly retreated, his hands endured the discomfort and quickly sealed, Xie Mao was not too good at releasing water, he threw the kunai back in his hand quickly, and with the other hand, he quickly took out a small stack of shuriken from the ninja bag and shot out, sealing the possibility of Xiao Nan dodging left and right.

Xiao Nan's eyes quickly looked left and right, and he actually stopped, gritted his teeth with a resolute expression, and stopped the seal on his hand.

In the next moment, she was directly pierced by Kunai, but it didn't bring out a single trace of blood, but only flying pieces of paper fluttered on her pierced chest.

"The Dance of Paper?" Xie Mao was a little surprised, but he didn't expect Xiao Nan to dare to use this technique directly in battle.

Although it's just a competition, it's also a real battle, and in the face of the attacking kunai, he actually has the courage to use immature techniques.

[Dance of Paper]'s ability to turn itself into pieces of paper is very immune to damage caused by pure physics, that is, it is very restrained in physical arts.

Of course, if it is a physical technique that can be well combined with chakra and creates a vision, the injury-free effect of [Shiki-Paper Dance] will be much worse.

Xie Mao didn't have that level of physical skills yet, but he thought that he still had a good chance of winning now.

After all, Xiao Nan's [Dance of Paper] is still very immature, and it can neither be papered all over the body, nor long enough, as long as Xie Mao seizes the opportunity and finds a flaw, it is not difficult to defeat Xiao Nan.

Xie Mao approached again with an arrow, twisted his waist and threw his arms, and a cannon fist blasted out fiercely, Xiao Nan, who could no longer maintain the paper, had to retreat again, but Xie Mao did not stop walking unexpectedly, and kept swinging his fists to force Xiao Nan to retreat.

The two fought all the way to the wall, and Xiao Nan had no choice but to raise his numb arm to wrap around Xie Mao's fist.

But Xie Mao was much sharper than her, as soon as Xiao Nan's arms were stretched out, Xie Mao locked the other party's arms with both hands, and then stuck Xiao Nan's leg with one foot, pulled up his waist and abdomen violently, and threw Xiao Nan out over his shoulder.

Obviously she is the same age, and her strength is much greater than her, but she didn't expect Xie Mao to move so fast in an instant, and she was thrown out as soon as she reacted.

Fortunately, Xie Mao didn't use too much strength to throw people, Xiao Nan barely grasped his balance in the air, and stumbled again after landing with his feet, but this time he couldn't stand firm anymore and fell to the ground.

Before she could stand up, Xie Mao had already put the kunai on her neck, announcing Xiao Nan's defeat.

Xiao Nan couldn't help but pout, she wanted to use a paper clone to see if she could turn defeat into victory when she landed, but Xie Mao's movements were too fast, and she was held by kunai against her throat before she could make a seal.

"Looks like we need to practice again." Xie Mao put away the kunai, stretched out his hand to pull Xiao Nan, and made a seal of reconciliation.

He only uses physical skills, and I can't beat him...... Xiao Nan asked a little dazedly, "Why is your physical fitness so powerful?" ”

She was referring to Xie Mao's strength and agility, which pressed her almost the entire time.

The last time I felt this way, it was when I faced Mr. Jiraiya.

My original physical fitness was not excellent, mainly due to the potions...... Xie Mao's face did not change: "Cultivate hard." ”

"Do puppeteers also want to practice physical arts like this?" Xiao Nan was stunned and asked.

"You should know that the puppeteer's weakness is the body, right?" Xie Mao asked rhetorically with his hands behind his back.

Xiao Nan blinked and thought about it, and after strenuous exercise, his white and red face showed a look of memory, and finally nodded definitively: "Yes." ”

"Then if you're an enemy, can't you help but stick your face out?" Xie Mao asked again.

Protruding face...... Xiao Nan could probably understand the meaning of the word, she imagined the scene where Xie Mao controlled the puppet to shrink behind, and felt that she would definitely not be able to help but bypass the puppet and attack the puppeteer himself.

So she nodded again: "I think so." ”

"So I need to make up for my weaknesses so that the enemy can't get close."

Xie Mao glanced at Xiao Nandao, who was relieved: "Okay, it's time to continue, your physical foundation is a little worse, you must strengthen your exercise more often." ”

Xiao Nan, who was eager to become stronger, thought about it and felt that what Xie Mao said was very reasonable, she nodded lightly and said, "Yes!" ”

In the afternoon, Xie Mao continued to practice physical arts with Xiao Nan, and when the sun was about to set, Xiao Nan first went back to the room to prepare for housework, and Xie Mao, who exercised more, went to take a shower with sweat, and then went downstairs to enjoy dinner.

While eating dinner, Xie Mao recalled the second person he pulled up when he was above the gray mist, and that person's hairstyle, hair color, and eye color all made him somewhat familiar.

There are quite a few people with yellow hair, but if the "crimson" stars above the gray fog are all characters with names and surnames in the original book, then the scope will be greatly reduced.

Coupled with that shaggy and lush hair, the tone of voice ......

It won't be a wave of wind and water, right...... Xie Mao thought a little hindsightly.

If it's really him, then the two people he made contact with are all Konoha people.

If both of these men had reported to the Konoha higher-ups that they had fallen for an illusion that would lead to the magnificent palace in the gray mist, then Xie Mao's idea of establishing a mysterious organization would have to be half aborted.

I hope that Bo Feng Shuimen can keep his last promise and don't let the matter of Gray Fog be made public...... Xie Mao was sitting in the living room after eating, still thinking about the gray fog, when he heard a quick knock at the door.

Xie Mao's eyes gestured to Xiao Nan, who was studying how to make strong tea, Xiao Nan didn't complain, and trotted to open the door.

"Hello, who are you looking for?" Xiao Nan saw the strange young man at the door and asked suspiciously.

The young man was stunned, the anxiety on his face paused as if he had pressed the pause button, he took a step back and looked up, and asked, "This is... Scorpion's home, right? ”

"Looking for me?" Xie Mao got up and looked at the door, and said unexpectedly, "Yan Zuoxiu?" ”

Is this something you want to work with?

"Scorpion!"

Iwasasu immediately raised a note in his hand, swallowed his saliva and said with difficulty: "Kaoru Kooru has been kidnapped!" ”