Saving Uchiha starts from being the patriarch Uchiha Zongxian

"Very strange smell."

"strangeness?"

"...It's hard to say, well, how to describe it..." Parker squatted on Kakashi's shoulder, stretched out his paws and rubbed his head, with a look of embarrassment and entanglement on his face, "I have never I have never smelled such a strange smell, how can I describe it? The human smell is very weak!"

This strange description also stunned Kakashi.

What does it mean to have a weak smell?

This strange statement... is very interesting!

"Do you think that young man is not a human being?"

The squad leader of the corpse disposal team standing nearby looked shocked.

"No, it's hard to say, the human smell is very light, but it doesn't mean that there is no human smell at all, it's just very light, like that..." Parker felt very uncomfortable, why is today's work so difficult? ah!It just wanted to endure the strong corpse odor in order to have the autonomy to choose shampoo. The smell it was asked to identify was also strange and it didn't know how to describe it. It had never encountered such a strange smell before.

"In addition to the faint human smell, there is also a smell of metal and wood. These smells are mixed together...it always feels a bit familiar?"

Kakashi narrowed his eyes, metal?wood?

There is something vaguely touched in my mind, but there is too little information, so it is still impossible to determine who this Scorpion is. We still have to wait for the investigation results of Uchiha Itachi and Kimimaro, and so far, this Scorpion is suspected of committing a crime, and has not There is no evidence that he actually did it.

"Squad leader Takano, where do you store the corpses? Please take me to see them."

Kakashi asked.

"This way!"

Under the guidance of squad leader Takano, they came to the temple's library. Such a large temple could not build a pavilion specifically to store scriptures, and there was not enough space to store the books. In fact, this small library could not There is quite a lot of space left vacant.

"This is the library of the temple. All the scrolls containing the corpses are here."

On the left side of the bookshelf are books of scriptures, and on the right side are a large number of scrolls stacked, with hundreds of them. Don’t think that the storage capacity of scrolls is unlimited. Most scrolls can actually seal the things they store. The quantity is quite limited. Generally speaking, one sealing scroll can accommodate about ten corpses.

The number of Konoha ninjas who died in this battle was in the thousands, and the scrolls needed were naturally in the hundreds.

As for scrolls with huge reserves, firstly, they are rare in number. The production of scrolls has similar conditions to the detonating talisman. The production of detonating talisman requires the maker to master the fire escape technique, and the scroll requires the maker to master it. Sealing technique.

Compared to fire escape,

Obviously, the practice of sealing is more difficult.

This leads to the high labor cost of the scroll. Secondly, the scroll is not cheap, especially those with huge reserves. The daughter of a ninja shop, a legendary female ninja who once summoned the sea and giant ships, and was known as the "legendary portable warehouse".

Without such a deep family background, ordinary people simply cannot use that kind of scroll, and to be honest, there are no scrolls with exaggerated storage capacity on the market. All these large-capacity scrolls, if they are not made by oneself, are customized at a high cost.

"So many scrolls...how many scrolls are lost?"

Kakashi asked, looking at the scrolls stacked on the bookshelf.

"There are twelve lost scrolls, and a total of 110 seven corpses are stored in them, including 43 jonin corpses and 74 special jonin corpses."

"Twelve scrolls."

Kakashi looked at these scrolls that were obviously of the same size. He thought for a few seconds and had a vague guess in his mind. The person who stole the scrolls must have acted alone, because the scrolls cannot be overlapped and sealed into the scroll. , can only be carried on the body, and a person can only carry more than ten scrolls at most, and there will be no place to put more scrolls on the body.

Because I couldn't take them all away, I picked the most valuable parts.

"Kakashi."

At this time, Parker, who was squatting on Kakashi's shoulder, raised his paw and patted it, "It has the same smell here!"

"...Same smell as a document signature?"

"Yes."

Kakashi immediately turned around and looked at Takano, "Squad leader Takano, has that guy named Scorpion been here?"

"No, this is the place where the scrolls are stored. It is not open to the public. Unless there is an order from the Hokage Assistant, no outsiders are allowed to enter except members of our corpse disposal team." Squad Leader Takano shook his head repeatedly.

Immediately,

The honest monitor also came to his senses.

The smell of an outsider appeared in the library, which only members of the corpse disposal team had access to. It didn't take a lot of thinking to figure out what this meant. An outsider had invaded here.

"And the smell here is clearer than the smell on that piece of paper... the source of the smell should not have been away from here for more than twelve hours." Parker continued.

Twelve hours?

This time is not important. According to Squad Leader Takano, yesterday he counted all the scrolls at [-] o'clock in the evening and confirmed that there were enough before going to rest. However, when he came here this morning, he found that the scrolls were missing, which means that the person who committed the crime The time was on my wrist yesterday, and now it's past [-] noon.

In other words, the thing was lost in the middle of the night, and the information about the time is of little value.

What Kakashi valued was another sentence Parker said. The smell in the library was clearer than the document, "Parker, can you try to trace it?" Since the smell here is clearer, Parker might be able to use this to track down the intruders who have left.

"I'm not sure, but...it didn't rain yesterday, I'll give it a try."

Parker jumped off Kakashi's shoulder, carefully smelled the smell still lingering in the air again, and then scurried out like a rabbit hit by an arrow. Kakashi quickly followed after seeing this. Going up, the honest squad leader, who was a beat behind, was stunned for two seconds before chasing out. In the end, he only saw Kakashi's back over the west wall.

Takano stood there and hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether he should follow him, but soon he no longer had to worry about this problem, because when he jumped up the wall, he found that Kakashi's back was completely invisible. .

"Monitor Takano?"

The cry came from below.

After regaining consciousness, Takano looked back and saw the two little carrots from before, Uchiha Itachi and Kaguya Kimimaro.

"It's Itachi-kun, you came back so quickly!"

"President Takano, where did Kakashi-senpai go?" Itachi Uchiha did not see Kakashi.

"How do you say that? It's a bit complicated..." Takano explained the situation with a prophecy that was not concise, and could even be said to be a bit long-winded. Fortunately, Uchiha Itachi was extremely patient, and neither was Kimimaro. With impulsive personalities, the two patiently listened to Takano's explanation and quickly sorted it out.

"That is to say, Kakashi-senpai discovered the whereabouts of the guy named Scorpion and has already tried to track the target, right?"

"That's right."

Takano nodded.

He lowered his head and looked at the two little carrot heads in front of him, both of whom were slightly paralyzed, and asked hesitantly: "Um, Mr. Weasel, have you found the whereabouts of this Scorpion?"

"There is no such person in the army."

When Uchiha Itachi spoke, he jumped up and stood on the wall, looking up into the distance. He didn't see Kakashi's whereabouts at all. However, this difficulty was not enough to stop him from chasing after him. He bit his thumb and formed a seal. Using psychic techniques, he summoned the crows raised by Shisui.

These crows can't speak, but they are full of spirituality. They can even be used to rely on their pupil power and serve as a bridge to perform illusions. After receiving the order, the crows spread their wings and fly high into the sky, looking down at the bottom, looking for the white A man with hair, a mask, and probably a puppy by his side.

"no such person?"

Hearing Uchiha Itachi's answer, Takano was stunned for several seconds before he realized what he meant. There was no such person in the army, which meant that the young man who claimed to be Scorpion was most likely not a Konoha ninja. .

"So, I was deceived?"

Takano murmured, with a look of extreme guilt on his face. Recalling the day when he came into contact with the young man, he seemed to have been fooled into many things.

"Wow-wow-"

The crow made a hoarse cry in the air.

Uchiha Itachi, standing on the wall, looked solemn and shouted: "We found Kakashi-senpai, Kimimaro, let's go."

Before leaving, Uchiha Itachi looked back at Takano, who was in a state of guilt, and said, "Squad leader Takano, don't feel too guilty. From the current situation, it seems that the other party deliberately did this kind of thing, and changed the situation without knowing it." It’s hard for anyone to be prepared in advance.”

I left behind such a sentence,

Uchiha Itachi began to fly towards the west, Kimimaro followed closely, and the crows spread their wings and flew quickly in the sky, leading the way for the two people below. Under the guidance of the crows, Uchiha Itachi and the two of them did not spend too much time. It took a long time to find Kakashi.

Unlike Uchiha Itachi and Kimimaro who were focused on their way,

Kakashi and Parker's tracking trip was a stop-and-go process. Although it didn't rain last night and the smell residue in the air had not been washed away, Parker still needed to stop and confirm the direction of travel.

"Kakashi-senpai, we are back."

"Any results from the investigation?"

Kakashi glanced back at the two.

"There is no such person."

"Is there no such person?"

"Yes, the name Xie is not on the roster. I have also checked the list of the dead and there is no such person. I originally suspected that this was a fake name, but when the clan leader heard the name Xie, he said that if it was not If you use a pseudonym, it’s very likely that the perpetrator is a rebellious ninja from Sunagakure Village.”

"...Ah! That genius stylist of the puppet army of Hidden Sand Village, the Scorpion of Red Sand."

Kakashi remembered.

This is a very famous guy. He was originally a rising star in Sunagakure Village. However, somehow, shortly after the death of the third generation Kazekage, the Third Ninja World War broke out. It was supposed to be Sunagakure. The Red Sand Scorpion, a sharp sword in the village, was declared a traitor by the Sand Ninja.

At that time, many people in Konoha were excited about the news. It was naturally a good thing to lose a difficult enemy.

"The Scorpion of Red Sand...is it the puppet master? No wonder I can smell the smell of metal and wood, it's a puppet!" Parker also suddenly realized that despite its small size, it is not young at all. , before Hatake Sakumo committed suicide, it followed Konoha White Fang on several missions in place of its injured parents, and had dealings with the Suna Ninja puppet masters. Those two Suna Ninja puppet masters were quite powerful!It's a pity that he is no match for Konoha White Fang after all.

"But why would a puppeteer steal a body?"

After figuring out the truth about this smell mixed with metal, wood and human scent, what emerged in Parker's mind was more confusion. According to his understanding, the puppet master played with puppets, puppets made of wood and steel. , what do you want to do by stealing the body?Are you short of money and planning to exchange the corpse for money?Something doesn't feel right!

Parker is not the only one who has the same doubts, Kakashi is also confused.

After figuring out the true identity of the thief, instead of suddenly realizing it, he became more and more puzzled. He couldn't figure out why the Red Sand Scorpion would do such a sneaky thing. It was simply... inexplicable!

"The patriarch told me the reason."

Uchiha Itachi's sudden answer made Kakashi stop. Parker also stopped and looked back at Uchiha Itachi.

"Before I left, the patriarch told me that if the thief is really the Red Sand Scorpion, then be careful of the Red Sand Scorpion's puppets. The puppets used by the Red Sand Scorpion are not only the conventional steel that we know. He also has a puppet made of wood, and he also controls a kind of human puppet." Before Kakashi could ask, Uchiha Itachi relayed what Sogen said in one breath.

"Human puppet?"

When this special word was combined with the stolen corpse, a horrifying thought suddenly emerged in Kakashi's mind, "Could it be that this so-called human puppet was made from the corpses of ninjas as raw materials?"

"This is what the patriarch said. The human puppet of the Red Sand Scorpion can retain the chakra meridians of the ninja, and can use the ninjutsu and blood inheritance limits that he mastered during his life. He also said..." At this point, Uchiha Itachi swallowed. No matter how talented he was, such shocking news still made it difficult for him to maintain his composure.

"They also said that the Sandaime Kazekage was probably made into a human puppet by the Scorpion of Red Sand. If we really encounter the Scorpion of Red Sand, we must be careful of the Sand Iron Technique of the Third Kazekage. At the same time, let me tell Kakashi Senior, you said there is no need to fight to the death with the Red Sand Scorpion, and we are allowed to retreat at any time if we lose."

Kakashi was dumbfounded.

The Sandaime Kazekage...was made into a human puppet?

What kind of shocking news is this?Because of the disappearance of the Sandaime Kazekage, the Sand Ninjas suspected that it was the hand of Konoha, so they launched a war and opened the curtain of the Third Ninja World War... Regardless of the underlying reasons for the outbreak of the war, at least it was clear. It is well known that the disappearance of the Sandaime Kazekage was the trigger for the Third Ninja War.

Unfortunately, until the end of the Third Ninja War, the missing Sandaime Kazekage was not found, and it became a famous unsolved case in the Ninja world. It is said that the Suna Ninja have not given up looking for this person who is known as the strongest Kazekage in history. The third generation.

If Hokage Assistant-sama's information is correct,

Was the disappearance of the co-authored Sandaime Kazekage the Suna ninja's own fault?As a result, he put the shit basin on Konoha's forehead, and started a war that lasted for several years, during which countless Konoha ninjas sacrificed, including his two teammates, Uchiha Obito and Nohara Rin.