Konoha no Wanderer

The pure yellow sand is endless.

There are not even weathered stones. Looking from a distance, the fine sand seems to reach straight to the sky.

Scorpion, just walking in this ocean of yellow sand.

He was somewhat resentful because he failed to find a qualified human puppet in the last village.

It happened that at this time, two figures appeared on the sand dunes in the distance. Because of the backlight, Scorpion could not see each other's appearance.

No, the chasing troops were too small.

Because the red-haired young man was in a bad mood, he continued to walk forward indifferently, without any vigilance that a ninja should have.

Years of victories have inevitably made Scorpio, who is still not too old, feel a little swollen.

He has the third generation Kazekage's human puppet in his hand. Even if the fourth generation Kazekage comes to hunt him down in person, he probably can't do anything to him with only a helping hand.

To know that an extremely good puppet master, more than a dozen is a required course.

The figures moved toward Scorpion at high speed, and one of them even spread his wings halfway and soared into the air.

What secret technique is this?

You must know that the number of ninjas who can use flying ninjutsu on the entire continent can be counted on the palm of a hand.

"who are you."

Scorpion, who was still dressed as a Sand Ninja and had not transformed himself into a puppet, raised his head and looked at the woman with paper wings attached to her back in the sky, and said:

"Come and find me what to do."

"We would like to invite you to join Akatsuki."

"Xiao" Xie's eyebrows raised slightly, and he continued: "I've never heard of it."

"The Akatsuki organization will provide you with information on most ninjas in the world." Xiaonan directly threw out his chips and continued: "As a deal, you need to complete the tasks assigned by the organization on a regular basis."

"Information about the vast majority of ninjas, haha, such a loud tone." After listening to Xiaonan's words, Xie's expression looked a little disdainful.

The other party was probably bragging that only the five major villages were qualified to have this kind of intelligence network.

"As long as you complete your mission, no organization will care about you."

Xiaonan was not angry because of the other person's attitude, but just stared at the other person quietly with emotionless eyes.

The red-haired young man turned to look at the man wearing a bamboo hat. He observed with interest the exaggerated length of the nodachi on the man's back.

"Although it sounds pretty good." Xie smiled and said, "It's a pity."

Before he finished speaking, the puppet master pulled out a scroll from his back, placed it on the sand and unfolded a section of its contents.

“I have always pursued personal autonomy”

Before he could bite his thumb to activate the space-time scroll on the ground, the man with the knife on his back was already beside him in an instant.

Xie's eyes shrank in an instant, and he quickly raised his hand to block to his left.

Snapped

Shiraishi's calf kicked Xie's hands, and the fierce force forced the opponent to retreat to one side.

"you guy"

The young man squatted on the sand, looking at Shiraishi's emotionless face with half-squinted eyes, and his eyes gradually revealed excitement.

"I will make you like the Sandaime, a human puppet of the highest level."

After saying that, he immediately pulled out another scroll he was carrying on his back and immediately stepped back.

Under Scorpion's control, the scroll unfolded in the air like waves, but what he didn't expect was that at this moment, a shadow blocked the sunlight shining on him.

In such a short period of time, Scorpion could only have a very brief thought flash through his mind.

So fast

砰

This genius, who had high hopes from Chiyo and was even considered by the villagers to have a chance to surpass the master of puppetry in the future, was once again kicked down to the sand by Shiraishi's unreasonable kick.

Scorpion, who rolled up from the sand with blood oozing from his gums, looked a little sluggish. He couldn't accept the fact that he couldn't even summon a puppet in the opponent's hands.

"Shiraishi, be gentle."

Turning into pieces of paper and flying quickly to Shiraishi, Xiaonan said with a slightly dissatisfied tone: "He will be your partner from now on."

"White Stone"

After spitting out the blood foam in his mouth, Xie opened his eyes slightly and focused on Bai Shi's face.

"You were the one who killed Ebizo"

"Ah."

The perpetrator glanced at the handsome red-haired guy not far away with disgust, then turned to Xiaonan and said:

"Look, I said he would care about this."

"Why should I care?"

Except for the former Sandaime Kazekage, Scorpion, who had never been crushed unilaterally like this, stubbornly bit his own finger and tried to summon a human puppet sealed in time and space.

Even just one.

however

As expected, the puppet master genius flew out again.

"Did we find the wrong person?"

Unable to overlap the other person with the Scorpion in his memory, Shiraishi raised his right hand and pointed at the young man in the distance, turned his head and said to Xiaonan:

"Such a silly person doesn't look like a puppeteer."

""

For a moment, she didn't know how to reply to Shiraishi's doubts. Xiaonan had no choice but to activate her mouth escape, which was barely on the passing line. She then spoke:

"You can reconsider and join us Akatsuki"

As she spoke, the woman slowly pointed at Shiraishi with her finger.

"This way, you no longer have to worry about not being able to summon the puppet in time."

Hearing Xiaonan's words, Xie, who was lying on the ground, stared blankly at the space-time scroll that fell to his right. After being kicked by Shiraishi's three kicks, he almost collapsed his worldview and murmured:

"This is the most imperfect part of the puppet master."

"If I were the puppet myself, I might be able to largely avoid the problem of being suppressed by physical skills."

Thinking of this, Xie stood up and sat on the hot sand, looking at Shiraishi and the other two.

After a moment, I heard him say: "This guy will be my partner in the future."

"good."

"Okay, I'll join your organization."

Hearing that Xia was willing to join Xiao, Xiaonan nodded with satisfaction and removed his paper secret technique.

"Let's go."

"Can I ask for a different partner?"

Shiraishi looked at Xie who got up from the ground and was packing the scroll, and said worriedly:

"I felt like he was going to get back at me."

I even kicked this guy out and got internal injuries, but in the end, the guy was still willing to partner with me

You can't just be a jerk.

Wiping away the remaining blood on the corners of his lips, Xie put the arranged scroll back on his waist. After hearing Shiraishi's words, he turned to look at his future partner.

"Don't worry, there is nothing in this world that I can hold grudge against."

"Now I just want to pursue eternal art."

"Eternal art, then come on."

With a casual polite word, Shiraishi threw a black-bottomed red cloud robe that he carried with him to the other party, then turned around and returned to Xiaonan on the way he came.

A certain person's speech in daily life has no ups and downs. Statements such as venom, ridicule, questions, etc. are all spoken in a tone of voice.

This led to some unnecessary misunderstandings about Xia Shiraishi, who didn't understand him well.

He actually thought that the other party was really cheering for him again.

Scorpio, who lacked family education since childhood and had no human interaction for a long time, suddenly developed a liking for this guy who kicked him three times.

This must be a man who understands art