Crash--
The rain slowly fell again after the Uchiha team passed by a small village.
Bai Yu and Zhi Shui sat in the first carriage, studying the puppet technique and describing the most precise and core part of the sealing technique. This is the essence of the red sand scorpion and the hidden sand puppet technique.
Just bite off this piece.
Learn to resurrect golems.
It will fall into place.
For a long time, the two of them read scrolls from afternoon to evening, forgetting to sleep and eat. At meal time, the carriage stopped in a forest, and the Uchiha food ninjas started to light a fire to cook, but the two of them remained indifferent.
Kakashi and Tenzo did not disturb the two teenagers, and the sounds of Bai Yu and Shisui communicating occasionally came from the carriage.
After a while, Uchiha Ryo's sister Qianxiang, led by Jiraiya Maki, carried the food box and placed the fragrant dinner in the carriage.
Qianxiang's eyes were red and swollen from crying. When she was about to leave, she couldn't help but turn around, bow to Bai Yu and Zhisui, and cried: "Please two big brothers, please save my brother!"
Only then did Bai Yu and Zhishui break away from the study state.
When the two heard the little girl's whimpering, they both raised their heads and stared outside the car.
Zhisui smiled slightly with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and said softly: "Don't worry, Qianxiang, your brother will be fine, we can guarantee it!"
"Well," Bai Yu had a sunny and confident smile on his face. He squatted in front of the little girl, raised his hand and patted her on the head, asking, "Have you eaten?"
"No...I can't eat it." Qianxiang shook her head with two pigtails.
Bai Yu divided his portion of the food box into two halves, handed one to the little girl who was worried about her brother, and said with a smile: "Eat well these days, and when you have eaten about the tenth meal, Your brother should be able to stand up and take you out to play!"
Qianxiang knew Bai Yu's prestige among Uchiha children, her eyes showed expectation, and she said in surprise: "Does breakfast count?"
"Well...forget it!"
Bai Yu nodded in agreement, his eyes still shining with a reassuring light of confidence.
"Uh-huh!"
Qianxiang got the exact answer and felt hopeful. She immediately took the bowl and started eating.
Juan breathed a sigh of relief.
This girl before.
No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't persuade him to take a bite of food.
Seeing this scene, Juan smiled and said:
"Um...you Uchiha probably know nothing about puppetry. Although I am not proficient in this aspect, I can help you answer some simple questions. I am better at puppetry than my master."
Bai Yu shook his head and said: "You, you will be responsible for delivering food these days, just be an on-call maid!"
Volume 1 and listen to this.
Suddenly unhappy.
Don't worry, I'll let you have a headache. You must know that the difficulty of getting started with Sunagakure's puppet making is more difficult than the healing ninjutsu.
Want to create precise and complex puppets.
You have to start understanding the function of a screw.
I want to take a look at the volume.
How could this disgusting young man accomplish what he boasted of?
In the carriage compartment, Bai Yu and Zhi Shui smiled at each other, simply ate their dinner, and continued to study the "Resurrection Puppet Technique" with the help of kerosene lamps. The two began to forget about food and sleep.
Basic knowledge about puppetry.
They don't need explanations.
With their epiphany abilities, they looked at the detailed illustrations on both sides and had a rough impression in their minds.
There is a guy who doesn't understand anything and gives advice.
On the contrary, it will get in the way.
Because, if you can't follow their ideas, unless that person is Rasa or someone of Chiyo's level, again, only a ninja like the future Kankuro who specializes in puppetry is by their side, and he is qualified to guide them. .
Luo Sha, Bai Yu does have it.
But Bai Yu can't control his thoughts. Even if he is tortured, he will most likely not be able to explain the essence of the art. It is better to study it by himself.
Concentrate your thoughts.
Bai Yu continued to study the scroll, and translucent prompt boxes kept popping up in his eyes:
"Proficiency in the Resurrection Puppet Technique +1!"
"+2!"
"+5!"
End of the convoy.
The ninjas on duty in the Uchiha team are composed of the previous Konoha security forces, and they change their guard in shifts. In fact, they don't know where the clan is migrating to.
But this is a secret that will be revealed soon.
…
…
The next day, it rained heavily, and the funeral of the Sandaime Hokage was held as scheduled. After all the procedures were completed, Konoha ninjas came one after another to bid farewell to Hokage for the last time.
Because some positions are special.
We can only pay homage in batches.
The Ninja School students were the first batch to come to the cemetery to bid farewell to the Third Hokage. Each student cried bitterly and placed white flowers in front of the tombstone in the heavy rain.
Naruto followed the group forward, feeling equally depressed.
He felt that all the bad things in recent days had been superimposed on him.
His best friend Bai Yu passed away, and the only elder in the village who was kind to him passed away. Even Zuosuke, his long-time rival, also left with his best friend.
well……
Naruto's face showed pain, and he suddenly felt that being in the Ninja School and in the village had suddenly lost a lot of meaning.
Fortunately, before Bai Yu left.
A task was assigned to him.
Practice hard and strive to be able to help Bai Yu when you see him again.
"Naruto, Naruto?" Yinluka came to Naruto who was as numb as a walking zombie, bent down and put down flowers in front of the Sandaime's grave, and reminded: "Put down the white carnations in your hands and go back. There are no classes in Ninja School today. "
"okay!"
Naruto no longer had his usual mischievous character. After sending flowers to the third generation, he took a serious look at the tombstone and lamented in his heart: "Grandpa Third Generation, please bless Bai Yu's safety on the road, and bless my relationship with Sakura to improve!"
Finished these.
Plus prayer.
The sadness in Naruto's heart faded a lot. He felt that Grandpa Sandaime, who had talked about the will of fire all his life, should have burned himself before he died, turned into fire, and illuminated their descendants.
Naruto always felt that again.
The Sandaime's death was a bit hasty.
…
Hokage Building.
Jiraiya immediately returned to work with a group of Jonin who had attended the funeral.
The position of Konoha Hokage has been vacant for half a month since the death of the Sandaime.
During this period, Shikaku handled official duties on his behalf.
But this is not a long-term solution.
Therefore, as soon as Jiraiya came back, Shikaku immediately wrote a letter to his name and gave up the position of acting Hokage to Jiraiya.
Shikakuyu suggested.
Even if Jiraiya becomes the fifth Hokage, no one inside or outside Konoha will object at this moment. When the time comes, Tsunade-sama returns and becomes the sixth Hokage, there will be no problem.
But Jiraiya clearly refused.
He can act.
Already rare.
If it weren't for Tsunade's night, her words "Have you ever looked for the prophecy child in Konoha?" moved him.
Otherwise, based on his virtue, after seeing Master off, he should go to a hot spring in the evening, which is a good name, to find the feeling of walking with Master before.
Jiraiya looked around the familiar Hokage's office, and then came behind the desk. Two Hokage advisors had been waiting for a long time.
After turning to bed, Koharu sighed bitterly: "Jiraiya, let me just say it, you should be the best to inherit this position."
Mito Monoyan echoed: "Yeah, it's gone round and round, and it's back again."
Jiraiya shook his head, and then said seriously: "Since I'm back, I would like to ask you two to temporarily resign as Hokage advisors, and step back to have a good rest!"
Xiaochun seemed to have guessed this situation when he went to bed.
She and Mito Kadoren looked at each other and nodded, a little reluctantly, and left behind the Hokage's desk.
Laozhu Shikadie, Hizu and others all felt relieved and expressed their appreciation for Jiraiya's iron-fisted methods.
Jiraiya was sitting on the Hokage's desk. He was originally an optimist, but now he felt the heavy pressure on his shoulders. All kinds of important responsibilities that he had seen his teacher shoulder in the past were rushing towards him, making him want to resign now and go there. Catch Tsunade and come back.
Fire two old antiques.
He was trying to appease the Konoha family clan leader below.
These two old antiques had often helped Danzo do bad things in the past, but now that Danzo's scandals had all been exposed, and they were still around, it would chill the hearts of many middle- and lower-level ninjas in Konoha.
Go to bed before Xiaochun leaves.
Sigh.
Unlike Sunagakure Chiyo, Chiyo knew that her time had long passed. These two old Konoha antiques did not want to leave the top management of Konoha at all.
But Hiruzen was gone.
No one spoils them.
From Jiraiya's point of view, since the big house in Konoha was in a mess before the master left, and he took over now, he would clean the big house inside and out for Tsunade.
…
…
Over the next few days.
The rain still kept falling.
Bai Yu and Zhisui, apart from eating, sleeping, and going to the toilet, spent the rest of the time studying the "Resurrection Puppet". Their learning progress has reached the final stage.
Some ninjutsu are suitable for one person to study, such as high fire extinguishing.
But the precision like this is extremely high.
And it is a ninjutsu that can cooperate with multiple departments.
Multiple people learn.
Better results.
On this day, Bai Yu raised his eyelids, stared at the rain curtain in the forest, and fell into thoughts.
In the past few days, Uchiha has not been heading to the southeast of the ninja world. Occasionally, he passes by the supply points prepared before, and Fugaku will ask people to bring those supplies.
stop-and-go.
So this journey is not that fast.
But there were no ninja ambush either.
Concentrate your thoughts.
Bai Yu figured out the last step of the "Resurrection Puppet Technique". In addition, enchanting Luo Sha on the puppet can absorb the seal of other people's chakra. He also learned that a prompt automatically popped up in front of him:
"Learn the Ninjutsu: Resurrection Puppet Technique!"
"Resurrection Puppet Technique: 0/100/Level 1."
Previous proficiency.
Just learning progress.
At this moment, you can truly get started with this ninjutsu, learn how to control combat puppets, and repair and create "Uchiha" resurrection puppets!
Shisui also stood up in the carriage. Even in the bumps, he felt like walking on flat ground. He opened his hands and stretched, his bones crackling.
The two smiled at each other and got out of the car.
Come to the middle of the convoy.
Under the tearful gaze of the little girl Qianxiang, she climbed into the carriage. Today happened to be the last day for her to finish ten meals, and Juan also climbed into the spacious carriage.
The broken Uchiha Ryo lay on the wooden floor of the carriage.
He relied on the chakra injected by Bai Yu to survive these days, which was not considered survival, but just maintained the basic operation of being able to speak.
Even if Ryo "shuts down" due to lack of chakra, he can be activated again by injecting chakra again.
Under Juan's surprised gaze.
Bai Yu and Zhisui began to piece together Ryo's puppet body that they had picked up from Sunagakure. Unfortunately, Shisui's initial squeeze was a bit rough and many of the parts were crushed.
Juan was stunned.
Judging from the two people's techniques, they have really learned it!
Zhisui looked at Liang's incomplete puppet body and said anxiously: "I'm going to cut down some trees and come back..."
Bai Yu pulled Zhishui, picked up a piece of prosthetic limb from Liang, studied it, and reminded:
"The shells of these puppets are made of forged wood. Ordinary trees will break after a day or two of use."
On the wooden floor, the upper body structure of Ryo's body was fine, but the lower body and waist parts were missing, and a right leg was also missing.
Bai Yu and Shisui did learn the puppet technique.
But now I feel helpless because I have no information.
Make bricks without straw.
At this time, Juan, who was sitting on the side, smiled. She took out the scroll from her arms, and then took out several scrolls marked with the word "equipment" from the scroll, handed them to Bai Yu and Zhisui, and explained:
"Now, this is wood specially made for puppets. It's leftover from the chakra fan I made. Although it's not the most advanced kind, the puppets made from it can be used for five or six years without any problem!"
Bai Yu and Zhisui's eyes suddenly lit up.
Zhisui smiled and said excitedly: "Thank you, Juan!"
"Thank you, big sister!"
Only then did Qianxiang know that the eldest sister who had taken care of her in the past few days had done a great favor to their family. Her eyes immediately turned red. She knelt on the wooden floor and kowtowed to the scroll. The two old people driving the carriage also sent words of thanks from time to time. , had they not driven a carriage, they would definitely have joined the kowtow team.
Juan helped Qianxiang up distressedly and said softly: "It's okay, little Qianxiang, you have been helping your sister introduce people to the clan these past few days. This is what I should do for you!"
Only Bai Yu didn't say thank you.
Juan finished comforting Qianxiang.
She naturally had to behave when she got an advantage. She looked at Bai Yu provocatively and said softly, "With a maid like me at home, what time will Master Bai Yu come home in the evening?"
Bai Yu took out the wooden board of the puppet shell from the scroll. He was stunned for a moment when he heard the sound of the clip. Then he looked at the scroll with an expressionless face and said calmly:
"Master, I am at home all over the world!"
"You...hum!" Juan was choked and speechless.
Bai Yu happily used the writing book as a ruler, took out a pen, and designed the size of the parts according to proportions. He used the chakra scalpel as a cutting machine to cut the wood board materials and make the internal parts of the puppet. He smiled and said:
"I caught you, didn't I just want you to do something for Uchiha? Otherwise, do you think I raised you in vain?"
After saying that, Bai Yu was so quick that he was about to roll a chestnut gently.
But the girl who was already prepared dodged away, and Juan hid behind Qianxiang, smiling excitedly:
"Haha, I won't accept your trick!"
Bai Yu shrugged and said, "I allow you to dodge when I attack in the future. Just think of it as my thanks to you!"
Shisui looked at the two of them and couldn't help but laugh.
Even Liang, who was lying on the wooden floor, his mood that had been suppressed for so long gradually improved, and the corners of the dull puppet's mouth opened slightly.
The work of repairing Ryo's body continues.
Bai Yu was responsible for cutting the internal parts, and Shisui was responsible for assembling it. The two divided the labor and worked together very quickly. In a short time, most of the pieces were put together.
The work continues.
But Juan was shocked beyond measure.
This young man who likes to bully himself has really terrifying talent. No wonder his master falls for this guy.
Without anyone's guidance.
They just relied on the two of them to memorize various puppetry knowledge points, and with her full attention, they really fulfilled their previous promise on the morning of the fourth day after Xiao Qianxiang had eaten her tenth meal.
This kind of talent intensity.
It should be comparable to their former legendary puppet master "Red Sand Scorpion"!
…
Behind the Uchiha carriage procession.
The Fugaku family responsible for the end of the war.
Fugaku and Itachi were in charge of driving. The father and son had not yet recovered from the truth about the "night of true genocide", and they didn't know how to get along for a while.
And in the carriage.
Zuosuke always felt bored sitting in the carriage. Mikoto doted on her little son, and suddenly thought of something. She looked up at Fugaku and asked, "Baiyu is studying puppetry with Shisui, why don't you let Zuosuke learn it?" "
Fugaku hesitated for a moment.
Mikoto smiled and said: "Our Zuosuke's talent is not bad at all!"
"Well, okay, Zuosuke, go ahead and be safe!" Fugaku didn't want to restrain his second son. The big boy beside him was considered useless, so he could only put the hope of the family on his younger son.
It is the hope of the family.
Not the family's hope.
It was the family's hope that Fugaku had already appointed Bai Yu to take on this important task, and it was useless for anyone to deny it.
With the permission of his parents, Zuosuke jumped out of the car and when he passed by Itachi, he still had a blank look, showing that he was very different from his former brother, who was extremely close to him.
Itachi could only sigh silently.
He deserves this.
…
When Zuosuke found the carriage where Bai Yu and the others were, Liang's assembly work was about to reach its final stage. Bai Yu immediately asked everyone to get off the carriage and wait nearby.
Although Juan doesn't understand.
But he still grabbed Zuosuke and Xiao Qianxiang who had just arrived, and protected them.
In the carriage.
Shisui put the last part in Ryo's waist and clicked it, and the puppet shell closed automatically like a machine.
"Go quickly..."
The cold and eternal Sharingan glowed with red light, and he reminded loudly in surprise.
His repaired right arm suddenly popped out the bone knife and stabbed Shisui, executing the last command Luo Sha received before it was scrapped, killing Shisui!
Shisui dodged the bone knife with his side face.
Bai Yu had quick hands and eyes. After activating this command, he found the command input part of the sparkling puppet shell placed behind Liang, injected his own chakra, and then completely destroyed the mental command receiver.
The whole body cooled down.
He raised his severely stitched face in surprise, looked at Bai Yu, and said in surprise:
"Why...not...mark...your control mark?"
After being made into a puppet.
When he spoke, he could only speak with a pause, using the mechanical parts inside his throat to produce sounds.
Originally, Luo Sha was pursuing killing machines, so there was no need to study these. However, in order to show that he had this ability, many bionic systems were added to Ryo, such as puppet vocal cords and the like.
Of course, there is huge room for improvement in these things.
Bai Yu smiled and stretched out his hand, patted Liang's hard shoulder, and reminded him seriously: "You are not anyone's plaything, nor are you a real puppet. You are just a person living in this world with the help of a puppet body. You are a human being." !”
Liang's emotions suddenly erupted like a torrent.
Although he had no tear ducts and could not cry, the three magatama kept flashing red like a breathing lamp, which showed that his emotions were constantly ups and downs.
He heard Bai Yu's words.
Looking at the young man in front of him, who was originally assigned to carry out important tasks and now given a new life, he seemed to see a living god.
Liang sobbed: "I am willing to dedicate everything in this life to Lord Bai Yu!"
When Bai Yu heard the word "sir", he felt a headache. He glanced at Zhishui who was snickering, and said, "Zhishui has the greatest credit~"
Shisui: "..."
Ryo stood up immediately, knelt in front of the two of them, and thanked them sincerely. Shisui stepped forward to help them.
Bai Yu said helplessly: "You do things for Uchiha, and Uchiha will naturally give you something back. However, in the future, in order to perfect the resurrection puppet technique, you may have to be wronged."
Liang replied without any complaints: "I will help you complete your research!"
At this time, Qianxiang and Liang's elderly parents climbed into the carriage and the family hugged each other.
Bai Yu and Zhisui breathed a sigh of relief, packed up some scraps of puppet wood, and left the carriage, leaving space for the family.
