Remnant bones

"...No." Payne hesitated for a moment, but unexpectedly rejected my application: "Kakashi is said to have the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan, so even if it is not as good as Itachi, the illusion is definitely better than ordinary people Too much. Kong Chen, you have absolutely no resistance to illusions, right?"

"..." With a cold look on my face, I slowly narrowed my eyes but didn't answer, which can be regarded as answering his question in disguise.

No matter what his intentions were to deny my challenge, at least on the surface, his reasons were sufficient.It's just that although my resistance to illusion is indeed almost zero, it doesn't mean that I will lose to Kakashi... To defeat him, I have at least three ways.

"The 'Elephant Turning Technique' can only grant 30% of the sacrifice's CKL, and the blood succession limit cannot be used at all." As if aware of my dissatisfaction, Payne seemed to explain and calmed me down: "There is no need to defeat Opponent, just delay time. Taijutsu-type ninjas are not suitable... Itachi, you go."

Compared with physical ninjas, ninjutsu is obviously a better choice.As for why Kisame was let go, it was not only because his CKL was one of the best, but more importantly, he was also considered to be a half-ninjutsu offensive type.A pure ninjutsu type ninja might not be able to get benefits from a Jagged Kai who is good at martial arts.

"I understand." Itachi glanced at me, and the moment his bright red Sharingan turned into my favorite Mo Hei the moment he faced me, it was obvious that he was signaling me not to be impulsive.

Impulsivity is nothing to say, in the final analysis, I will take the initiative to invite the battle more because of Itachi's physical considerations... No matter how well he conceals it, the fact that his eyesight has deteriorated is an undeniable fact.With his rare CKL-sensitive constitution, consuming a large amount of CKL will cause far greater damage to his body than others.

What's more, he is good at everything, but he has no sense of self-protection at all!He has been warned many times to use the pupil technique as little as possible, but for the purpose of the task or his own, the word "temperance" never stayed in his mind.

Moreover, Kakashi's Sharingan is obviously different from the Sharingan transplanted by other foreigners.According to the information I collected about him back then, if my guess is correct...

"Itachi." After closing his eyes and being silent for a while, Payne opened his eyes and called out.On the main body side, he has already arranged the necessary 'sacrifices'.

"Okay." Responded, the next moment, the projection of "Suzaku" also fell silent.

As far as I know, 'Penn' is not the ontology of 'Zero'.The CKL consumed by leading the ceremony is large, and the energy consumed by the avatar is doubled.In the case of uninterrupted rituals, it can be said that it is his limit to perform the "elephant turning technique" on the two of them.

In other words, there are only two places.

However, there is not only one person who can "turn the elephant".Although this is a ninjutsu unique to Samsarayan, after all, with the help of the scroll, I successfully performed it on Kimaru once.It is not possible to possess a living person and retain 30% of its strength. Simply transferring consciousness is not a living person.

If I have Sharingan, or if Sharingan helps, it is not impossible to directly use the more labor-saving "bend down"... However, Itachi will not agree.

"Scorpion, is there any more 'sacrifice'?" I turned sideways and asked the figure on the position of the thumb of my left hand.

The number of "sacrifices" was determined from the very beginning.The two of them this time happened to be the turn of the two undercover agents of the "Jade Girl" whose use value had been exhausted.

"It's gone." Even though it was a chess piece that was already determined to be discarded, there was no doubt about the loyalty of the two subordinates.After all, Xie was still a little psychologically unbalanced, and replied angrily: "Junin who can withstand that technique is not something that can be mass-produced for the masses!"

And the "sacrifice" at the level of the ninja can't even bear 25% of the CKL of this group of sub-kage-level personnel.

"Then, lend me the 'Red Bone'." Without a sacrifice, I had no choice but to retreat.

I can roughly guess what I'm going to do, but Scorpio is a little hesitant. Although the "Red Bone" is a test product imitating the production of a pure human puppet, there are no organs on it, it is just a simple empty shelf.But its internal structure is so precise that it can be called the top puppet in his hands, and its flexibility is even rarer.It's a pity to let the other party use it as a one-time substitute so easily...

And I am not in a hurry, quietly waiting for his reply.

"Hey, Brother Kong Chen..." Didara swallowed the word that was almost out of his mouth.He shrank his neck awkwardly, and then interjected: "As for the puppet, I also have it~ My latest researched 'C4 Garuda' can't help but have excellent flexibility and performance, lifelike appearance, and it also comes with top-grade explosives that are invisible to the naked eye balabala..."

Listening to Didara's "self-selling and boasting" getting more and more excited, I said to the scorpion very straightforwardly: "The reward is plus half of the spine, I want 'bare bones'!"

It's true that I plan to meet Kakashi, and it's true that Kakashi and the others are also our enemies, but I don't intend to bring a mobile human bomb to play with each other and die together!

"Okay." Scorpion, who had made a profit, agreed without hesitation.

"Hey, hello! What do you mean!?" Didara, whose taste was questioned, complained dissatisfied.

The scorpion tail hidden under the cloak drew out a scroll and threw it into the air.The scroll that cut the rope spread out by itself, and the moment it hit the ground, a naked humanoid puppet appeared out of thin air.

Close your eyes, and after a slight dizziness with the casting of the spell, you open your eyes again, and your field of vision has shifted to the ground.

After getting used to the new body, when I move my limbs, I can hear the slight sound of gears running in my body.Putting on the spare cloak, this puppet is exactly the same as the main body from the outside.However, due to the incomplete technique, it also consumes nearly 30% of CKL, but the strength that this body can exert is less than half, which is equivalent to 15%.

"Forget it, it's barely enough." Anyway, the purpose of my start is not to fight.

The "bodies" of Kisame and Itachi were not at the scene of the ceremony. They could have met the two teams of Konoha men and horses earlier, but I had to rush all the way to find them.

"Jue, give me the detailed route." I ordered, and Jue, who had been trampled by me for a long time, instinctively followed suit.

After confirming the detailed location, I opened the barrier and was about to go out, but Didara commanded his giant clay bird to follow behind me.Seeing my gaze, he curled his lips and explained: "Although you chose the work of Uncle Xie, let me tell you, my art is the real masterpiece~ Flying from the sky is faster than running with legs, right? Just be you Thank you for helping me heal my left hand~"

I couldn't help but hooked the corners of my lips, although the other party couldn't see it.I didn't say much, turned and left.

"By the way, let me tell you, as long as balabalabala... do this, you can let it bloom the most artistic smoke, hey! Just wait until I finish!" I couldn't help but began to introduce my own works again, waiting for the intoxicated Didara came back to his senses, and there was no one in front of him.

Turning over and stepping on the back of Big Bird, I patted its neck and ordered: "Go." The newly acquired mount listened to the order to take off, and rushed towards the destination Kakashi's team.

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Although I have a pair of wings to travel, I am not close to their location, and it took a lot of time to rush to the scene.Fortunately, Itachi wasn't much faster than me.

Landing on a hidden treetop, as soon as I got off the back of the big clay bird, the very obedient and convenient mount changed back to the original size of a palm with a "bang".I think it's because I'm too far away from the caster, and I can persist until now before it fails. I already underestimate that kid Didara.

Without a shot, this body is only a little better than ordinary people, not as strong as the Kaguya clan's powerful body, but it is only CKL with less than 15% of the body, and its effect is very limited.Besides, I don't have a mission, I'm purely an outsider who came to watch the battle, just keep a distance and don't get close to the battlefield.

The Konoha party present was indeed the seventh class led by Kakashi, but without Sasuke, there was a short old lady whom I was familiar with.

I always feel like I've seen it somewhere... Although it looks familiar, it's because the time is too long.It took me a while to recall each other's identities from their sporadic conversations.

Sand Hidden's elder advisor——Chiyo, that nasty old woman who made me retreat in embarrassment.

"Is she the representative sent by Shayin..." Speaking of which, it seems that Xie is the only person from Shayin in Akatsuki.There are only so many people in a village, maybe they still have some kinship.

The battle between ninjas who are good at illusion is far less intense than imagined in the eyes of onlookers.Among the four of Kakashi, except him, the other three froze there suddenly, and then completely moved, obviously having been hit by Itachi's illusion.Although they have been very careful to avoid Itachi's eyes... However, I gave him the physical hints.

However, the auxiliary list without Sharingan is just an ordinary illusion. It is okay to deal with people like Naruto who are not good at illusion, but for the other three, Kakashi has half Sharingan, and his resistance is much stronger than ordinary people. Many; Sakura is originally a ninja of the illusion department, and she has a lot of experience in this area; Chiyo is an old man, and there is something she hasn't seen.

As a result, the trick of illusion was not very effective on the people on Konoha's side.

Kakashi's sneak attack disrupted Itachi's rhythm, and Chiyo and Sakura who released the illusion successively helped Naruto escape from the illusion.

"Naruto, cheer up!" Sakura patted Naruto on the cheek, and encouraged her companion who was obviously dull-eyed.

"..." Before he was completely relieved from the hallucination, Naruto was slow for three seconds before he gradually came to his senses: "Ah... oh." What was just now was...

"That's an illusion!" The sneak attack failed, but he also achieved his goal. Kakashi retreated to the front of the three companions and greeted: "Naruto, let me demonstrate!"

Naruto didn't react at first, but after seeing Kakashi's actions, he suddenly realized.The corner of his mouth couldn't help evoking a confident smile, so that's it!

"Fire Escape · Fireball Jutsu!" Concentrate on resisting Kakashi's attack, because of the limited vision, Itachi didn't notice Naruto's hands and feet after getting up.

However, I, who was far behind the Konoha people, could see clearly.

Frowning subconsciously, I tensed my nerves and gave up the idea of ​​purely watching the battle at first.Kakashi obviously sensed something was wrong from Itachi's ninjutsu power, and probably realized that the one in front of him was not the real body... I have never seen Naruto's pose, but I have heard a little from the information Yae gave me.

"Didn't the fourth generation of geniuses fail to complete the technique until his death..." When Kakashi, who was entangled with Itachi, was completely unaffected by the illusion, I knew that trouble was coming!

"Naruto, destroy even my shadow clone!" Kakashi's body appeared more than ten meters away from the shadow clone, and he shouted at the golden-haired little fox who was already ready to go.

"Understood!" The two Naruto replied loudly, the six-legged beards on their cheeks became more distinct, and the originally blue pupils showed the characteristics of Nine-Tails because of the violent promotion of CKL.I saw that they teamed up to hold a football-sized wind ball and quickly hit the target.

"Hmph..." I gritted my teeth, and the puppet I possessed was brought into full play by me. With one hand, I pulled out the bone umbrella I brought with me, and I greeted Naruto.

——"Dayu Spiral Pill!!!"

With a roar, the highly condensed energy body mixed with wind attribute CKL suddenly exploded.

The tiny wind blade passed through the gap in the defense, blowing my cheek sorely.Itachi's eyes couldn't hide his surprise, and then a soft color flashed across it.But I didn't have time to look back at all, the possessed puppet creaked, the right arm holding the umbrella broke and broke, half of my body was torn by the sharp wind blades, even the umbrella flew out.

Fortunately, this attack came and went quickly.

"Who are you!?" Naruto released the shadow clone, and quickly retreated to the side of his companion with a face full of vigilance.

Itachi looked at the paralyzed side of my body, and said slowly with a trace of helplessness: "Jun... why are you here?" The puppet...is it the scorpion's, but luckily it's not me.

"I knew you were going to use up all the CKL." He said his intention angrily, and with a wave of my hand, I pulled the CKL line at the handle of the umbrella and took back my umbrella.The next moment, he directly pierced his heart with the sharp umbrella tip, and said with a slight warning: "This is not a mission requirement... You go back first, and I will come next."

"...Okay." Itachi vomited blood, but he didn't feel much pain, and fell to the ground out of breath.

"Hey... what are you doing!? Isn't he your companion?" Naruto yelled at me in disbelief, but Kakashi at the side saw the clue and stopped his subordinates from rushing forward go.

"Wait, don't be impulsive! That's a stand-in, not the main body." Looking carefully at the person who came, Kakashi frowned, and his eyes stayed for a second on the right arm of the stump, which was obviously not a human body, and then his tone He said affirmatively: "I'm afraid, you are not the main body... Long time no see, 'Jun Mai'."

Although his appearance has changed quite a bit, but that peculiar gray hair...he didn't think about it.

"...I am now called 'Sora Chen'." I corrected his mistake, but I did not deny it: "Long time no see, Kakashi... and Naruto, Sakura."

Naruto and Sakura's eyes widened in astonishment, looking at the "dead man" whose name had been engraved on the memorial tablet in front of them, who had passed away for more than three years, they were speechless for a long time.Chiyo didn't know the reason, but simply felt that the other party looked familiar.

Kakashi had already had a premonition, and was not as surprised as they were: "I guess you may not be dead, but I didn't expect that you would join 'Akatsuki' later."

"It's not after, it's before." Shaking off the blood on Umbrella, I said, "I was already Akatsuki's 'Kuchen' before Konoha settled down. It's just that I'm not responsible for the task of catching tailed beasts. I can be regarded as half a logistics technician, even in Akatsuki, few people have seen my current appearance."

Most of their impressions of me stayed when I was 13 years old.

I always feel that there are many mysteries about the other party...Kakashi twitched the corner of his mouth under the mask, and suddenly asked back with a sentence I used to say: "...Or 'Answer all questions'?"

My eyebrows were slightly raised, and I pointed at the other party with a bone umbrella in my hand: "You think beautiful."

"I knew it." Shrugging, Kakashi didn't expect the other party to really agree, this sentence was unreasonable no matter how you look at it, and he was just trying his luck.

"This wasn't my mission originally. I came here just to tell you one thing... Naruto, take back your shadow clone." The tip of the umbrella turned sharply, and I warned the dishonest little guy: "Even if There is only one arm left in this body, and it is not impossible for me to take you back, as a favor to the group of colleagues in charge of 'Nine Tails Jinchuriki'."

Although the vibration from the ground was slight, how could I not have noticed his little movement.Although the possibility of the other party being ungrateful is relatively high... But from a practical point of view, what I said is actually just scaring people.

It's a pity that the impression of "Kaguya-kun Mai is super strong" left in his mind when he was young, and the kind of brother-like feelings he always maintained, made Naruto still subconsciously unable to go against my intention.What's more, there is also the concern of not wanting to fight directly with the other party.

Pursing his lips, he had no choice but to give up his idea of ​​sneak attacking and capturing the opponent alive, and recalled three shadow clones who were quietly circling around.

"Okay, back to the topic." Pointing the weapon at Kakashi again, I continued: "I will try my best to save Gaara's life..."

"Really!?" I thought I was completely on the opposite side of them, but as soon as this sentence came out, Naruto exclaimed in unspeakable surprise.

"Shut up! Listen to me." I sighed and winked, signaling Kakashi to shut Naruto's mouth.

This croaking brat still can't change his reckless nature until now, and after Itachi undoes the "Elephant Turning Technique", Payne should soon be aware of my departure, and I don't have much time left.

After confirming that I would not be interrupted again this time, I continued: "After the ceremony ended, he was in a state of suspended animation for about half a day. Due to the lack of vitality, his soul was damaged. Before he is destroyed, and before he is found to be 'humanely destroyed' for the second time with his breath still alive...then, there is nothing I can do."

"Then we will forcibly terminate the ceremony!" Sakura couldn't help but said.

"I'm here, it means that you are too late." After such a delay, unless they can get a transport mount in the air, they will not consider the possibility of arriving in time at all.

"We know." Knowing the importance of the matter, Kakashi promised with complicated eyes.After hesitating for a moment, he answered again: "Would you like to go back with us... Jun Ma Lu is still waiting for you."

Just as he was about to answer, news came from the main body.

I frowned, and then I shook my head at Naruto who was staring at me nervously: "I am not surnamed 'Kaguya'...don't tell Junma Lu that I exist. And this is because I can help you the last time."

After finishing speaking, I input all the CKL of my body into the clay bird before.I saw a mud bird about the size of a small night vulture flying away with my bone umbrella in its mouth.

"Wait, Brother Kaguya!" Realizing the meaning of my actions, Naruto rushed forward, but only received a limp humanoid puppet.

Kakashi stepped forward to check where Itachi fell before: "Sure enough, as expected, it's a substitute..."

"Huh? This is..." Grandma Chiyo, who had never said anything, discovered something. She stepped forward and examined the puppet carefully, and finally found the familiar mark in her memory: "It's the mark of a scorpion... This is the work of the Scarlet Sand Scorpion, although it is just a proto-embryo without mechanisms, it is a recent product."

Scorpion, are you really "awakening"...

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When the field of vision went dark and the light in front of me was distorted for a while, I opened my eyes and returned to the dark cave.

"Where did you go?" Payne, who was awake after the lifting operation, asked me.

"...Personal matters, I don't think you will be interested in the little things between me and Itachi~" Although using Itachi as a shield is a bit unkind, Payne really didn't ask any more questions.

Itachi rewarded me with a knife eye, but it fit my rhetoric.

Deidara and Hidan, who didn't know it, wandered between Itachi and me with weird eyes.Others who knew about it looked at the expressions of these two people, and laughed for a while.

"Okay, at least the purpose of delaying time has been achieved." After a while, Payne motioned for silence, and then began to assign the next task: "Jue, you go to deal with those two corpses. Itachi, tell me their number and characteristics. "

"The ones who came were Kakashi Hatake from Konoha, Sakura Haruno, and Naruto Uzumaki from 'Nine-Tails Jinchuriki'..." Itachi reported truthfully: "There are also four people composed of Kakashi Sagakushi's advisor, Chiyo. Squad."

I paid special attention to it. When Chiyo was mentioned, there was a subtle difference in Scorpio's expression.

Sure enough, they are related acquaintances... I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, and I couldn't help but think of a sentence.This world is so small~

The previous obstruction had an effect, until the ceremony was successfully concluded three days later, and Konoha's people failed to arrive in time.

Scorpion and Deidara decided to stay, and Konoha and the others came to capture Kyuubi's Jinchuriki by the way.Ask Itachi about his characteristics, the phrase "the one who growls first is." Those of us who have seen Naruto himself can't help but twitch the corners of our mouths in amusing.

It's really an apt description~

The projections of Akatsuki members disappeared one after another.Itachi signaled me to follow with his eyes, then he ignored the inquiry of the two missionaries and canceled the projection.Before leaving, Jue told me the exact time when the two teams arrived here, and then left.And I, who didn't plan to run into A Kai's brown candy in front of others, also took the time to leave before them.

Open the barrier and catch the bone umbrella brought back by the clay pottery bird who has been waiting outside. Before I left, I turned around and asked Didala and the others: "Are you really going?" This task is not rigid, but Kyuubi was set as the target of the final seal, and he was not in a hurry to do it now.

They had just gone through a fierce battle, and their state was not at their peak, and Didala was even more seriously injured.It's not wise to do it now, it's still two against eight, and Konoha's little ghost is not easy to deal with.

"It's okay, thanks to Brother Kong Chen, my hands are completely healed~" Refilling my own clay pottery with CKL, Didara sat on Gaara's body, waved and said, "You go first, I I want to see what kind of person that 'Nine-tailed Jinchuriki' is~"

"That's up to you." I didn't try to dissuade you, but said to Xie again: "Your reward is still with me... remember to collect it in two weeks."

"I know." Scorpion seemed to realize something, and gave me a meaningful look before replying.

"Then, see you later." Greeted, I didn't head towards the open space where Itachi and his group stayed before, but ran directly to the direction of the wave country.

Not long after I left, the two Konoha squads met in front of the cave one after another.

The next day, Itachi, Kisame and I, who were still on the border of Tanokuni, received the news:

——A member of "Xiao", code-named "Jade Girl", the Red Sand Scorpion was killed, and "Blue Dragon" Didara was seriously injured.The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki capture mission failed, so it will be postponed for now.Finally... A Fei inherited the ring of "Jade Girl", and after seven years, he finally became a full-time member and officially joined the organization.