As for what he would actually have to pay in the end, Sha Tie was unsure. Sand ninjas are pretty good at fighting and killing, but they may not be good at bargaining.
Thinking that the purpose of this trip would most likely not be achieved, Sha Tie couldn't help but feel a hint of gloom in his heart.
Sand ninja is here
His performance in the "King of Fighting" challenge was good. Except for Konoha Village, which was even better, he was already the best among several great ninja villages.
Such good news cannot relieve Sha Tie's worries. Since the establishment of Sunagakure Village, it has been working hard to expand its living space. The biggest problem is that the Country of Wind is too desolate and has too little output, which has led to Sunagakure Village's finances being somewhat stretched.
How can this situation be improved? The Suna Ninja's current efforts are to defeat the Leaf Village and seize the Fire Country's territory.
In essence, this strategy is contrary to the interests of the Gushan family. How to get Gushan Bu Shui, the leader, to agree to send the powerful human puppet back to Sand Hidden Village still needs to be thought about carefully.
On the other side, after bringing Xiao Hiiragi who was still unsatisfied, he asked her to share the fun of outings with her two younger sisters. Gusugi Bosui also received the results of the negotiations between his subordinates and the Sand Ninjas.
"Very urgent?"
"Yes, Master, the attitude of the Sand Ninjas is a bit abnormal. They seem to want to redeem powerful puppets that can be used as soon as possible. There is only one possibility, and that is that they are preparing for war."
"Yeah!" The Gushan family still has capable people, and they can see many clues from the details. Logically speaking, the current situation in the ninja world does not require forces at the level of Sunagakure Village to worry about their own safety.
Unless, they're going to do something else. This conclusion is correct, but it is not clear when it will be launched and who the target is.
"So, you suggest suspending it?"
"Yes, young master, once Sunagakure Village decides to put all its efforts into action, the combat power it can unleash is terrifying. Even Konoha Village cannot claim to be foolproof."
"Your opinions are very pertinent, but I will not change my decision. Return the things to them and try to get as much benefit as possible."
"Master, can you tell me the reason? Is there any information that is inconvenient for us to know?"
"It is indeed dangerous for a trapped beast to fight. We, the Gushan family, just have to watch quietly and watch the experienced 'old hunters' squeeze out its value. No matter who wins or loses, they will have to pay tribute to our Gushan family in the end. Without our endorsement, even if the Suna Ninja grabs it, it won't count. If they lose, that's another matter..." There is no business more profitable than intervening in a country that is on the verge of bankruptcy, or a ninja village.
"The world that remains unchanged may not be completely in line with the interests of our Gushan family. The so-called crisis, as long as you stand high enough, the 'danger' belongs to others, and the 'opportunity' belongs to us." The Gushan family has the winner and the loser. Such power.
"As long as the direct target is not our Gushan family, the process and results are not important. The key is that the Gushan family remains standing..."
"I understand." Gushan Bushui didn't say anything, but the hint was very clear. Be confident and bold in blackmailing, Gu Shan Bu Shui has already made a plan.
At the same time, the Red Sand Scorpion, which has been imprisoned for a long time, has its regenerative core implanted into an auxiliary puppet with almost no combat effectiveness, ensuring his limited mobility and communication capabilities, but there is no need to worry about his ability to ran away.
When he was first redeemed, Granny Chiyo even met him once, but afterwards, she kept him under house arrest and forced him to question him about the secrets of puppetry.
In the dark cell that no one had visited for a long time, a rare visitor arrived. Once again, the fourth generation Kazekage came to visit the traitor who had brought disaster to Sunagakure Village.
"scorpion?"
"Is it you, Luo Sha? I didn't expect someone like you to be a Kazekage. The village is really in decline."
"At least you should call me senior..." Luo Sha is about thirty-eight years old this year. If the Red Sand Scorpion had not been made into a puppet, he would be thirty years old now.
The age gap between the two is a bit big, but not too big. At the beginning, it was probably equivalent to the gap between Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha Itachi.
Of course, the status of the Red Sand Scorpion in Sunagakure Village is much more stable than that of Uchiha Itachi in Konoha Village. Before Rasa hurriedly came to power, his influence was not as good as that of Hatake Kakashi and Fuyi He and Ye Cang are more popular than him.
Being able to successfully become the fourth generation Kazekage requires not only proper planning, but also good luck. The most important thing is that Luo Sha has the support of two elders, Chiyo Granny and Ebizo.
The Red Sand Scorpion raised his expressionless wooden head and said with a dry voice, "Senior? Don't be ridiculous!" As long as the Red Sand Scorpion didn't defect back then, no one in the entire Sand Hidden Village would object to him taking over. The Fourth Kazekage.
To say that he is popular is not enough to describe the status of this talented puppet master in the eyes of the Suna Ninja. When it was learned that he had assassinated the Kazekage Sandaime and defected, it directly triggered the Third Ninja War that almost destroyed Sunagakure Village. The emotions of the ninjas in Sunagakure Village were complicated.
This is just like the Sannin of Konoha Village. No matter how many bad things they have done in the past, as long as they want to change their minds and start a new life, the chances of being accepted are quite high.
"Whether you are joking or not, it doesn't matter. The village needs your power now..."
"My power? You don't even dare to give me a puppet shell of decent quality now. It's just a pile of rotten wood and iron sheets..." The Red Sand Scorpion said as he stretched out his big hand and knocked. Knocking on his body, there was a crisp metal collision sound.
"It's really funny that I'm so scared."
"We can't restore your combat effectiveness until your danger is eliminated, but the things in your head are useful..."
"You want me to help you make a puppet?"
"It's not for me, it's for the entire Sunagakure Village."
"It's all the same, it's all the same. Back then, the Sandaime also persuaded me in the same way. Just a few words over and over again. What's the point?" Simple preaching has completely failed to impress the Red Sand Scorpion.
"It makes sense. If you can help your compatriots improve their combat effectiveness, I can resurrect your parents?"
"Resurrection? Do you have such ability?" It's not that the Red Sand Scorpions look down on Rasa. The conditions in Hidden Suna Village are like this. Let alone the study of resurrection techniques, even the level of medical ninjutsu is relatively poor. Except for poisoning and detoxification, Except for surgery, everything else is very weak.
Putting aside whether the Sand Ninjas have such abilities, there are so few people in the Country of Wind that they may not even be able to gather enough experimental materials.
If what Luo Sha said is true, Luo Sha must have mastered some kind of resurrection channel that is not known to outsiders.
"It's Orochimaru, I guess. I didn't expect you to actually get in touch with such a person. It's impossible that you don't know how dangerous a traitorous ninja is, and you still hooked up with him. Did you reach some kind of agreement?"
"Whatever you think..."
"This is not what I think. You are so impatient to strengthen your armament, you really think that everyone else is blind!" At this point, Luo Sha couldn't help but frowned slightly.
After thinking for a moment, he still insisted.
"There is no turning back. The current situation is like this. It is impossible to do nothing just because you are worried about this. Don't you really want to see your parents again?"
"Things that have returned to extinction, even if they appear again, will not be the same as before." Death is death, and after resurrection, it will not be the same life.
What's more, the Crimson Sand Scorpion, who is proficient in human puppetry, can better understand the great horror between life and death, and how difficult it is to overcome it.
This is not something that can be accomplished with just one or two forbidden spells. The Scorpion of Red Sand, who had already seen Orochimaru's reincarnation in the dirty earth, would not think that this thing could be regarded as resurrection at all.
Like the Human Puppet Technique, the Reincarnation of the Earth is just a forbidden technique that disturbs the peace of the dead. The former uses a knife on a corpse, and the latter blasphemes the soul, both of which are not good things.
...In a small village deep in the mountains and forests, I have been wandering for a long time, avoiding the pursuit of Ruowuowu. It was not until later that I escaped from danger and settled here temporarily.
This is a closed place adjacent to the border between the Country of Grass and the Country of Taki. People in the village know that this is the territory of the Country of Fire, but they have not seen anyone from the government come to collect taxes for many years.
This village is really too poor. Most of the land on the mountains is barren land covered with rocks and gravel. It is difficult for even tea trees and fruit trees to survive, let alone crops.
Whether it’s wheat, rice or corn, even sweet potatoes don’t grow big. What's even worse is that the people here don't even have decent craftsmen. They only have masons and carpenters, and their skills are very poor. It's difficult to even build a house for people.
However, in such a small village with almost no merit, Sora unexpectedly discovered that it produced natural chakra metal with high purity, high-grade stone and wood suitable for making weapon-level puppets.
What's even more embarrassing is that because no one knows it, it has been treated as raw materials of poor quality and wasted a lot in the past.
In order to thank the villagers for taking them in, Kong plans to teach them how to mine and find suitable channels to sell them when he goes out for a while.
However, before he could make the next move, the place changed its owner. A seemingly wealthy trading company bought all the surrounding hills and small villages, and then gave the villagers a generous relocation compensation.
Compared with the priceless mineral deposits hidden underground and the mountains of precious stone and wood, the compensation is certainly not worth mentioning, but it is already a large sum of money that these villagers will rarely see in their lifetime.
Therefore, everyone happily took their money and valuable belongings and moved to nearby small towns to enjoy their happiness.
Sora, who obviously wanted to do something practical for everyone, felt a little wrong, but he didn't care too much, so he thought this was fine.
I didn't understand the reason why holding a treasure is a crime before, but now that I have experienced it a lot, Kong also understands that without enough power, having a treasure far beyond the ability to control is a disaster rather than a blessing.
The branches of the Furusugi family, wearing trading company vests, took over all the nearby land, quickly took away the precious minerals and specialties that were easier to mine on the surface and were more conspicuous, and quickly backfilled the earthwork, burying the coveted wealth. Get up, keep only a few small mines, mine them slowly, and then put them on the market.
This is not because Gushan Bushui doesn't look down on the rich ore here, but because the strategic material of the Ninja world has just been speculated to a historical high. If too much is mined at once and put on the market, it will easily lead to a price collapse.
This...does no good to the Gushan family. Mining slowly, selling slowly, what's the rush? How the gem merchants in the previous life turned diamonds, a crystal with almost no merit except for its hardness, into something more precious than gold, and still enjoyed the dividends for more than a hundred years, is really amazing.
It just so happens that the Kosugi family has the conditions to imitate such a routine, inflating the prices of some materials that are obviously not very precious to extremely high prices, controlling the reserves of the ninja world's weapons, adjusting the possible intensity of the war after it breaks out, and suppressing local wars. hazards, it is still very effective.
After several years of trying, Gushan Bushui, which has achieved initial results, will naturally not sit back and watch a large mine be discovered and then impact the existing price system.
Therefore, it became a very important task to surround this good place that Kong accidentally discovered and then hide it.
At the same time, Sora, who was about to say goodbye to this place, met someone who looked a little familiar.
"Orochimaru?"
"I found you." Orochimaru stuck out his long tongue, licked the corner of his mouth, and said excitedly,
"It's been almost three years. I finally found the guy who caused trouble on the night of the genocide. Let me see what kind of secrets you hide." As soon as he finished speaking, he quickly turned on the tailed beast and opened his mouth. Just a shot of Tailed Beast Jade, which smashed Orochimaru into pieces, but turned into dirt and fell down.
Earth clone, or earth substitute? No matter which one it is, it proves that Orochimaru does not mean to underestimate Sora.
In fact, Sora didn't even remember what he did on the night of the Uchiha genocide. The memory is very vague. I only know that I have indeed been to Konoha Village and fought with someone.
I don't know more details.
"Kyuubi Chakra, and the Three Magatama Sharingan, as expected, I read it correctly. Who threw the chess pieces from you? Is it the third generation old man, or the indecisive guy Uchiha Fugaku?" I can't answer.
Sora really didn't know. Just understand that you are indeed in grave danger. In the tailed beast state, there is nothing he can do to Orochimaru in his current state.
I saw that the opponent continued to absorb natural energy into his body, and purple-black chakra tornadoes appeared around his body.
This is a sign that the fairy mode is on. In order to prevent Sora from escaping again, Orochimaru was not going to let go this time, but would go all out to catch this little guy who almost ruined his big event.
"What's your name? I heard someone call you Sora. Is this your real name or a pseudonym?" Seeing the other person's stupid look, Orochimaru was also a little worried. Does this person know some important information? If It's just bait thrown out by others. Is there any danger in rushing up to bite the hook?
