Sixteen Years Old, The Fourth Generation of Mizukage

In a puppet workshop hidden among the mountains and forests, the missing Minazuki Aoba was staring blankly at the blood-stained ceiling above his head, quietly waiting for death to come to him.

The team members who disappeared with him had been taken away by a group of people wearing masks similar to Konoha ANBU, and he himself fell into the hands of the young puppet master who controlled an extremely powerful puppet, and became the opponent's production Puppet material.

Minazuki Aoba's hands and feet were cut off and transformed into puppet parts that concealed various sinister weapons. His internal organs were also removed one by one, but for some reason, he should have died immediately after his lungs were removed. However, he survived in a way that he could not understand.

He could feel that the other party was stuffing some parts that should never appear in the human body into his abdominal cavity, completely filling the empty parts after the internal organs were removed, and he could also feel that his body was being reduced to nothing day by day. A puppet controlled at will in the hands of others, but his brain still survives very tenaciously, ordering him to record all the actions of the red-haired boy who transformed him——

"interesting."

Seeing that Minazuki Aoba had been completely transformed from the neck down, with only his head still the original, but still staring at him, the Red Sand Scorpion revealed a look of calmness and indifference on his face. With a look of interest, "You have been transformed to this point, but you are still not completely dead... Your body contains quite a few secrets, Kirigakure ninja."

Eh?

The power that keeps me alive...isn't it your puppetry?

Such doubts could not help but appear in Minazuki Aoye's mind, but after such doubts arose, boundless darkness surged in like a raging tide, completely swallowing up Minazuki Aoye's last consciousness.

Seeing Minazuki Aoye's eyes suddenly lose their highlights and quickly become hollow, the Red Sand Scorpion just raised his eyebrows slightly, and then said to himself with great interest:

"Is this the power of the curse seal given to you by the Fourth Mizukage? It's like a snake that has been decapitated and still has a chance to attack enemies who are carelessly approaching... As the strongest of this era Well, your art is also very interesting, Rei Kaguya."

The Red Sand Scorpion has never met Kaguya Rei, but in the battle to capture Minazuki Aoba, with the unlimited power of the curse seal and the fearless fighting style, Minazuki Aoba Successfully destroyed two of the more commonly used battle puppets of the Red Sand Scorpion. Although after that, he was inevitably defeated by the Third Kazekage's human puppets, but Minazuki Aoba's amazing performance His explosive power and tenacious vitality still aroused a lot of interest in the Red Sand Scorpion.

This is why the Red Sand Scorpion chose to try to make Minazuki Aoba into an adult puppet without killing him.

He was very curious about how far this bloody ninja, who had obtained the power of Kaguya Rei's curse seal, could persist before finally dying, and the result did not disappoint him. The kind of snake-like tenacious vitality gave him He brought a lot of inspiration.

"Lord Xie, my subordinate has something to report."

Just when the Red Sand Scorpion was happily admiring Minazuki Aoba's human puppet and thinking about how to transform the last of his body into a puppet, a male voice with a weak mood and no personal characteristics emerged from The sound coming from outside the transformation room interrupted the Red Sand Scorpion's thinking. The red-haired young puppet master's face darkened, and he replied in a cold and stern tone:

"It's best to have important news that can offset the fact that you disturbed my inspiration... Otherwise, you should become a puppet in the exercise of hundreds of machines."

"The source of the news is Master Judah of the 'Gen' Department. He sent a notice to his subordinates, saying that both Konoha and Kirigakure have sent their own elite teams to investigate the recent incidents against the jounin of their village. At the same time, the Akatsuki organization from the Kingdom of Rain also dispatched Nagato, the most powerful of their three leaders, towards the Kingdom of Wind..."

Upon hearing this news, the Red Sand Scorpion narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Konoha's affairs are none of my business. That's something Kakuzu and the others need to worry about. But the people on Kirigakure's side... have you ever mentioned that person's identity?"

"Ha, Lord Zetsu said he is one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen newly promoted by the Fourth Mizukage Kaguya Rei, but it is not clear which one it is, because the members of the New Seven Ninja Swordsmen all have four generations. The Heavenly Curse Seal given by Mizukage Kaguya Rei has a very keen perception of natural energy, and it does not dare to get too close to the opponent."

"Oh~ the curse seal of heaven?"

The Red Sand Scorpion's tone rose slightly, with a hint of excitement and curiosity, "That thing should be an upgraded version of the curse seal on Minazuki Aoba, right? Very good, in this case, I can also see it. You are a true artist, Kaguya Rei..."

"Are you planning to capture the new members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen like you captured Minazuki Aoba, Scorpion-sama? According to the information provided by Master Jue, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen who have obtained the Curse Seal of Heaven The members basically have the ability to suppress the wild three-tails alone, and it will be very difficult to capture one of them."

"That's why it's more valuable to make him a puppet."

The hand of the Red Sand Scorpion slid across Minazuki Aoba's already cold cheek, and responded unhurriedly:

"Go down and mobilize your manpower. I allow you to use all the intelligence personnel to search for the intelligence and whereabouts of the seven ninja swordsmen sent by Kirigakure. It doesn't matter if the movement is a little louder. Anyway, Fei and Zetsu's request is to let us have more Create some noise to attract the attention of major ninja villages..."

"Then, can I allow a certain intelligence officer to pretend that he accidentally exposed his traces, and then guide the visitor from Kirigakure to one of your strongholds, Lord Scorpion, to provide you with the opportunity to wait for work?"

"Can."

The Red Sand Scorpion thought for a while, accepted the proposal from his subordinates, and then quickly calculated that he had completed the human puppet of Minazuki Aoba, and became familiar with his various abilities, so that he could compete with the Third Kazekage's human puppet. After the time required for the puppet to cooperate, he said in a deep voice:

"Seven days. After seven days, you let one of your intelligence officers expose his whereabouts, and then lead that guy to the stronghold of Kawano Country... I will wait for his arrival there."

"Subordinates take orders."

After the man outside the door responded, he quickly left the stronghold to convey the will of the Red Sand Scorpion. After arranging the subsequent battlefield, the Red Sand Scorpion also turned his attention to Minazuki Aoba and began to work. He transformed the opponent's last remaining head and made final preparations for the subsequent ambush battle.

"The poison used before was not very effective against Minazuki Aoba who has the curse seal. So if it is used on the guy who has the curse seal of the sky, the effect will only be worse. The formula of the venom needs to be adjusted... …”

"As a new member of the Seven Ninja Swordsman, physical skills must be one of his strengths. I need to prepare a few more defensive puppets..."

"There are also Minazuki Aoba's human puppets... Should they be used early to influence the enemy's mentality, or should they be used as a trump card together with the Third Kazekage?"

While the Red Sand Scorpion was handling Minazuki Aoba's body, he leisurely conceived his own tactics.

Said, I will keep everything that is done by Qin Qin