I am reincarnated in Naruto World

"Ding".

"Achievement accomplished: Gain the upper hand in the first confrontation with Kankuro."

"Reward: Human Puppet Making Skill Scroll."

"A scroll that is priceless to a puppet master. It records in detail the experience and key points of puppet making by the Red Sand Scorpion. It can be called the intangible cultural heritage of Sand Hidden Village."

An unexpected achievement, Xia Yan was not interested at all in this reward.

Producing puppets is probably even more unacceptable than being an embalmer.

Think about the process of making a puppet of a scorpion, bleeding, skinning, bone removal, embalming...

After this set of procedures, I probably won’t be able to eat for three days.

"Oh...this happened."

Xia Yan let out a sigh of relief, and the atmosphere at the scene suddenly changed.

Toszhin was startled, then laughed: "Wu Wu, well done, you are worthy of being my little brother!"

The stirrup and harp also cast admiring glances.

This genin seems to have something!

Xia Yan pursed his lips helplessly, picked up the heavy puppet with both hands, patted the footprints and dust on the "crow", and ran towards Kankuro who fell to the ground, dragging his long robe.

He placed the crow next to Kankuro and said seriously: "Now, return the puppet to you. Don't do it again. I really don't want to cause trouble."

Kankuro clutched his stomach. After being kicked in the lower abdomen, his internal organs seemed to be turned upside down.

He endured the pain, his eyes widened, and he could no longer control his angry emotions.

Although Kankuro loves strategy and has the caution inherited from a puppet master, he also has an impulsive side.

"What I hate most is that there is a kid shorter than me standing in front of me, while I am lying on the ground!"

Angrily, he tore off the cat-eared cloak on his head, and chakra lines stretched out from the ends of his fingers.

"Click click click..."

The originally limp puppet crow suddenly flew up, its four bamboo-shaped arms swinging and making strange noises. The joint of one of the arms opened with a "pop" sound, and a smoke bomb containing potent poison popped out. "Bang" Green smoke emitted, blocking the view.

"Black secret skill, poisonous smoke bomb."

In an instant, everyone covered their noses and jumped away, including Toss Anvil.

Xia Yan was shrouded in green smoke, and his body began to feel numb after inhaling the poisonous mist.

The diamond-shaped Yin seal on the forehead releases chakra and quietly activates the "Hundred Heroes Art".

No fear at all of the poisonous fog!

In the green smoke, there was a little light shining.

A poisonous dagger popped out of Crow's wrist and shot towards Xia Yan with a "whoosh" sound.

"Secret skill, hand dagger."

Xia Yan grinned and took the sword with his bare hands!

He easily caught the incoming dagger.

What followed was a high-frequency kunai shot out from the crow's mouth.

With dexterous flips and ricochet, he once again avoided the kunai attack and disappeared like a ghost.

Kankuro squinted his eyes and looked around for Natsuhiko.

Suddenly, I felt a chill down my spine!

There is warm breath behind the ear, and the body feels a little weak.

Then, there was a soft whisper, like a devil whispering in his ear.

"My lovely Kankuro-kun, let's calm down for a while... By the way, do you want to know the secret of the genius puppet stylist Akasa No Scorpion?"

One sentence immediately made Kankuro freeze in place.

Red Sand Scorpion!

The "genius puppet stylist" of Sand Hidden Village, the idol of all puppet masters!

It’s just that for some unknown reason, Scorpion, like the Third Kazekage, disappeared many years ago. Although Sunagakure Village searched for it in many ways, there was no trace of it; of course they didn’t know that the Third Kazekage was actually killed by Scorpion. , and was also made into a human puppet.

Kankuro was certainly not a fool, but he calmed down immediately.

It's okay not to calm down, because there is a sharp kunai against his waist!

Taking a deep breath, Kankuro asked softly: "Stop joking, what do you want to say?"

The name of Scorpion spread throughout the ninja world, and Kankuro certainly wouldn't think that Natsuhiko really knew the secret about Scorpion.

But the next sentence made Kankuro have no choice but to believe it.

This mysterious "black coal ball" in front of me must know something.

"Crow, Sanshou Fish, Black Ant... To be honest, these three puppets are all garbage that Scorpion doesn't want. If you are interested, I have a scroll here about how Scorpion makes human puppets. Anyway, it doesn't matter to me. It’s of no use, I’ll give it to you if you want it.”

With a "grunt" sound, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

A drop of cold sweat slipped from Kankuro's forehead.

Human puppets... In Sand Hidden Village, this is an absolute taboo!

Not only is the craft of making a puppet very difficult, it is also because it is so cruel.

Ever since the Second Kazekage Samana developed the "puppet technique", human puppets have been called the "highest pursuit" of puppet masters. Of course, there are only a handful of puppet masters in history who can make human puppets.

And the Red Sand Scorpion is one of them!

There is a past story circulating in Sand Hidden Village. Scorpion once made his best friend into a human puppet. !

Kankuro asked softly: "Why...why do you have such a thing?"

Xia Yan smiled and replied: "Don't worry about it, just tell me whether you want it or not?"

I was resisting in my heart, but I was honest with my mouth.

After all, this is a top-notch treasure that even a puppet master cannot refuse.

Kankuro thought for a few seconds and replied: "Of course I want it, but how can I trust you, and...why did you give me this thing for no reason?"

Xia Yan replied: "There are so many reasons. This thing is of no use to me in the first place. Let's do this. You and I will stop each other. After the written test tomorrow, you can come to me at Konoha Izakaya and I will give you the scroll then. OK ?”

"Okay, if you lie to me, I will definitely kill you."

"Okay, then we will be good friends from now on. In addition, this matter is a secret between you and me. You'd better not leak it to a third person. You also know that making human puppets is absolutely prohibited in Sand Hidden Village, right? "

"Of course I know, but what does it mean to be a good friend?"

"What, you don't want to be friends with me?"

"Okay, let's just treat you as a friend for now."

Sure enough, although Kankuro is a decisive ninja, he is a brat.

Now, Natsuhiko somewhat understands why Orochimaru likes to fool orphans.

This feeling is so unspeakable!

Soon, the green smoke gradually faded away.

Everyone speculates that one side will always fall in this conflict.

But what happened next shocked everyone.

Natsuhiko and Kankuro actually hooked up like friends!

Toss Anvil was furious, raised his fist and shouted loudly: "Wisty, what's going on with you?"

Temari didn't seem to believe it either. She asked sharply: "Kankuro, what happened?"

Not far away, on the branches of a big tree.

Uchiha Sasuke's eyes were blood red, taking in everything that had just happened.

The fine sand condensed, and a dwarf carrying a gourd quietly appeared next to Kankuro.