Naruto Kakashi

Seeing someone exploring the way ahead, Kakashi and Kakuzu quickly followed them into the cave.

Across the entrance of the cave is a staircase leading directly to the ground.

The view inside the cave is obviously much darker, but fortunately there is a light installed at every distance on the wall on one side of the steps.

The steps are not very long, and if you look along the light, you can see the bottom.

Kakashi and Kakuzu reached a rare agreement on their thoughts, and both turned to look at Konan, hoping that Konan would continue to explore the way.

Xiaonan didn't even look at the two of them, and walked up the steps very calmly.

I watched Xiaonan walk five or six meters along the steps, but the expected trap did not appear.

Seeing that there was no danger, Kakashi and Kakuzu followed, but they always kept a distance of two or three meters from Konan.

I don’t know what kind of material the steps are made of. They are dark in color and very solid in texture.

For Kakashi, who had been wandering in the desert all morning, such a solid touch made him feel comfortable from the bottom of his heart.

Although Konan was the forerunner, Kakashi was still very energetic.

Although there is no danger yet, after all, this is the base of the puppet master. If there are no traps, it will be a failure for the puppet master profession.

But what surprised Kakashi was that until the end, no traps appeared.

At the end of the steps, there is a passage four or five people wide connected to it.

The passage is not neat, but winding and leads to nowhere.

"This can't be a maze." Kakashi couldn't help but said after seeing the narrow and winding passage.

Konan and Kakuzu did not speak to each other, but maintained their formation in tandem and walked into the passage.

Moving along the winding passage, a three-way intersection soon appeared in front of the three of them.

Kakuzu couldn't help but look at Kakashi with a crow's mouth expression.

Xiaonan still maintained an expressionless expression.

She raised her right hand slightly, and several pieces of origami separated from her body, and then flew into the three passages in front of her.

After a while, the paper returned again and returned to Xiaonan's body.

"This one." As the pieces of paper were returned one after another, Xiaonan pointed to the middle passage and said.

However, although Xiaonan pointed out the way, her body did not move.

If Konan didn't leave, Kakashi would naturally not go first, but looked at Konan with doubtful eyes.

Xiaonan did not explain, but used origami to form a clone again, and then directed the clone to step into the middle passage.

There was no danger at first, but when they reached the middle of the passage, a clear sound of gears suddenly sounded, and then Kakashi saw countless steel needles shot out from both sides of the passage.

The steel needle shot out directly penetrated Xiaonan's clone, and instantly scattered her clone.

The origami that made up the clone was shot into pieces by the dense steel needles.

The steel needle that passed through the clone hit the wall on the other side with unabated force, making a sound like a shower.

This time Kakashi finally saw the existence of the trap as he wished.

The sound lasted for more than ten seconds.

Looking at the steel needles scattered on the ground with a faint light, and the origami that was shot into pieces, Kakashi couldn't help but take a breath.

If you step into it unprepared, you will probably be shot into a hedgehog.

"Let's go." Xiaonan walked into the passage without changing her expression.

Following Konan, Kakashi walked in the passage for more than an hour.

As he went deeper and deeper, the forks became more and more complicated, and Kakashi felt like he was walking in a huge ant nest.

Of course, there are no traps such as poisonous needles, rolling stones, poisonous gas, etc. in the ant nest.

But fortunately, there is Xiaonan, a professional leader and engineer.

The three of them had hardly traveled the wrong path, and headed towards the unknown destination with their bodies intact.

Boom~ In a passage full of flames, a huge water ball was traveling at high speed.

Soon the water ball rushed through the channel.

The water curtain dissipated, and in a burst of thick water vapor, Kakashi and the other three walked out.

"This trap is getting harder and harder to pass." Kakashi complained while wiping the sweat from his forehead while looking at the flame passage behind him.

"The exit is ahead." Xiaonan took back the origami that was used to explore the way, then pointed forward and said.

"Exit?" Kakuzu was obviously fed up with the torture of the machine. When he heard that the exit was right in front, he couldn't help but look happy. He even passed Konan directly and ran out of the maze first.

Kakashi was also fed up with the maze, but the burning sensation of the flames in the passage behind him calmed him down, so he didn't rush out as recklessly as Kakuzu.

However, Kakuzu was lucky, and nothing unexpected happened until he walked out of the maze.

Therefore, Kakashi also left the maze.

Walking out of the passage, Kakashi felt a sudden sense of enlightenment.

Unlike the narrow passage, there is a very wide space outside the passage.

The first thing that comes into view is a huge platform.

There are many towering sand iron pillars standing on the platform, and it is these sand iron pillars that support the entire space.

In addition to these towering sand iron pillars, there are also many lower pillars.

Almost every one of those low pillars has a puppet tied to it.

Some are ordinary machine puppets, while others are human puppets.

Some are finished products and some are not yet finished.

Looking at each of the lifelike puppets on the pillar, Kakashi suddenly felt a strange feeling that made him very uncomfortable.

But soon the eyes of Kakashi and others were attracted by a sand iron throne in the center of the platform.

On top of the throne is a handsome red-haired boy who does not look like a real person, and a human puppet carrying steel wings.

"Everyone, I have been waiting for you for a long time." The red-haired boy saw the arrival of Kakashi and the others.

"This must be the first time we meet. Let me introduce myself. My name is Scorpion, Scorpion of Red Sand." Scorpion looked at Xiaonan and Kakuzu, "I remember you. You are the people entrusted by the Kingdom of Rock to help them defend the city."

But when he looked at Kakashi, he was stunned and a little lost.

The red-haired boy turned out to be a scorpion.This surprised Kakashi.

Kakashi originally thought that Scorpion should look like a middle-aged uncle, or even an adult.

The red-haired boy in front of him looked to be only fifteen or sixteen years old.

So how old was Scorpion when he killed the Third Kazekage?Seeing Scorpion's young face, Kakashi couldn't help but think of this question.

"We are not your enemies, but we want to invite you to join our organization." Seeing that the other party did not take action immediately, Xiaonan immediately spoke to express his intention.

"Oh? What are the benefits for me to join your organization?" After hearing what Xiaonan said, Xie recovered from his daze and asked with interest.

"We know that you plan to destroy the Kingdom of Rock in order to make human puppets. As long as you join us, we can provide you with more powerful materials." Xiaonan replied, "And we can also provide you with shelter."

"Can you have more powerful materials than this?" Xia summoned the puppet of the Third Kazekage in front of him and said with confidence, "And my idea has always been to protect myself from borrowing from others. I have such a A solid barrier does not need your protection."

"In other words, you refuse to join?" There was no emotion or anger in Xiaonan's voice, but the papers gradually rising around her revealed her intention to take action.

Obviously Xiaonan has already prepared the idea of ​​using force to bring Xia into the organization.

At the same time, Kakashi and Kakuzu also prepared for battle.

But Scorpion's answer made Kakashi and the others stunned.

"No, I'll join." Ignoring the stunned three people, Xie continued, "But I still have one condition."

"What conditions?"

"The conditions are very simple." Xia said easily at first, then suddenly his face turned cold, and he pointed at Kakashi with murderous intent and said, "As long as you kill him, Kakashi Hatake, I will join you. "

"Do we know each other?" Seeing Scorpio looking at him with murderous eyes, Kakashi was full of doubts.

Although there are many people who hate him, there is a long queue of people who hate him.

But Kakashi never remembered that he had offended such a powerful puppet master.

Wait, Puppet Master?

Kakashi suddenly remembered that his father killed two very powerful puppet masters during the Second Ninja War.

This was one of the only times his father rarely talked to him about what happened on the battlefield.

Although it had been many years, Kakashi still remembered the frightened expression on his father's face when he mentioned the two Sunagakure puppet masters.

Could it be that the scorpion in front of him is the descendant of the puppet master who died at the hands of his father?

Thinking of this, Kakashi couldn't help but look up at Scorpion.

"It seems you have remembered something." The murderous intent in Xie's eyes became more solid, "My parents died at the hands of your father back then."

"I wanted to take revenge on your father, but your father committed suicide, so I had to take my place."

In fact, when Xie was very young, he didn't know that his parents died on the battlefield.

After learning the truth, Xie began to practice hard for the purpose of revenge for his parents.

But just when he thought he had enough strength to take revenge, he heard the news of Hatake Sakumo's suicide.

Without the target of revenge, Scorpion transferred the hatred in his heart to the third Kazekage and Sakumo's son Kakashi Hatake.

In his opinion, the Third Kazekage, as the village chief, caused the death of his parents precisely because of his negligence.

So he set up a trap and successfully killed the Third Kazekage with poison.

Originally, Scorpion planned to make the Kazekage into a puppet and then go to Konoha to seek revenge from Kakashi.

But what he didn't expect was that the Third Kazekage roared, and the Third Ninja War broke out immediately.

The outbreak of the war made it impossible for Scorpion to find a way to get close to Kakashi, so he had to wait until the war was over.

But not long after the war ended, Kakashi actually joined the Konoha ANBU, and his whereabouts became even more secretive.

Scorpion has naturally postponed his revenge plan to this day.

But now, Kakashi actually appeared in front of him. No matter how calm he usually was, he couldn't hold back the restlessness and murderous intention in his heart at this moment.