[Naruto] Tiantian's Puppet Show

Chapter 50

A cheerful figure of a boy ran over from far to near, shouting loudly: "Scorpion! Scorpion! Your puppet has received good reviews again! I also want to become a praised ninja, just like the puppet you made!"

idiot.

That's his only friend, Bug.

At that time, they were all 15-year-old boys.

Maybe it's not a friend to him.Because Xiao Chong always came to cling to him, and he had an indifferent attitude from the beginning to the end.

Xiao Chong was injured on a mission and lost his right arm, so he asked Scorpion to make a puppet prosthesis for him.Xiao Chong is very satisfied with this flexible and powerful prosthesis.

Later, the bug died.Died of poisoning.

Poison on prosthetics.

"Grandma Chiyo, it's not his fault."

On the operating table, Xiaochong's face was blue, and he was suffering from the poison/medicine, but he struggled to say the words of trusting his friend: "It's my fault, too careless, ah—"

The poison spread to the whole body, excruciating pain.

What is he doing at this time?

Scorpion was lost in thought.

Grandma Chiyo's words gave him the answer.

—— "Where's the scorpion?! Haven't you brought the antidote ratio yet?!"

Grandma Chiyo wiped the sweat off her face, her face full of anxiety.No matter how superb her skills are, she is helpless in the face of the poison produced by the scorpion, and can only watch the only friend of the scorpion lose her life.

Looking at this scene, Xie suddenly tilted his head and revealed a meaningful smile.

Was he really concocting an antidote?

Hehe, who knows.

Can not remember.

He only remembered that Xiao Chong became his first human puppet later on.

"Please cure him, please... the right arm was installed by you, right? So the left arm... the leg, the body, the soul should also be cured! Give it back to me... please cure my little one Worm, give him back to me!"

Xiao Chong's face was covered with a white cloth, and his mother grabbed Xie's sleeve and cried loudly, begging unceasingly.

and so……

[I hate making people wait... According to the commission, the task is completed. 】

……

"Scorpion, I order you to come back!"

A vast golden desert appeared in front of him, and a tall black-haired man was shouting at him.

Standing on the sand dune, the 15-year-old boy turned his head and looked at the man indifferently.

Since he left the village as a traitor, Sandai Fukage has been following him, and the two have fought countless times.

Is Fengying so free?

Or, for the sake of the development of the village, are you so unwilling to lose a puppet stylist?

"Don't do this kind of thing again, Xie." The man frowned, with a majestic aura.

Scorpion didn't speak, just threw a forehead guard over.

The forehead protection fell in front of Sandai Kazekage's eyes.In the middle of the hourglass logo, there is a long scratch.

After a stalemate for a long time, the man seemed to have finally made up his mind, and he began to use ninjutsu: "I will take you back."

Magnetic Escape·Sand Iron Shiyu appears.

Having seen the blood successor boundaries of the Three Kazekages several times, a new idea came to Xie's heart at that time.

This time the battle was more difficult than any previous one, but in the end, the puppet's long knife pierced Sandai Kazekage's chest.

"It seems that the so-called strongest Kazekage is too strong." Scorpion, who had been expressionless in the screen, finally showed a surly and bloody smile.

He is like a puppet without emotion, only getting a little joy at this moment.

But outside the screen, Xie, who was watching all this, suddenly realized something was wrong.

"Strange..." He couldn't help murmuring.

——Three generations of Kazekage can obviously avoid it.

Why hadn't he found out before?

In the void, there seemed to be a voice echoing over the vast desert, as if it came from a very far away place.

【If you don't go back, then let me accompany you. 】

"..."

Ridiculous!

……

Scorpion continued to walk forward.

Three generations of Kazekage disappeared mysteriously, and the third ninja world war broke out... Grandma Chiyo began to lead the puppet troops to study the art of reincarnation, a forbidden art of exchanging lives for lives.

It's boring.Did she think she had lived too long?

Later, because the cost was too high, the technique of reincarnation was banned.

"Scorpion... I originally wanted to use this technique to give life to your 'father' and 'mother', even if I lost my life to the old woman..." Ninjutsu was banned, and Grandma Chiyo didn't have any violent reactions. By the round window, looking at the bright moon in the distance.

She has deep feelings for Scorpion, but she is not good at expressing it.

"..." At this point, Xie's fingertips hanging by his side finally moved slightly.

ridiculous!

it is ridiculous!

When did you become demented?old woman.

Mother-in-law Chiyo finally retired to the outside of the village, and no longer bothered about Shayin's right and wrong.

……

Finally, a little girl with a ball head came running towards her.

The corner of Scorpion's mouth twitched.

asshole!Just looking at her makes me angry!

He shouldn't take any apprentice on a whim!Now it's all right, I was tricked by my apprentice!

If you let Didara know, you can't laugh like a fool.

The girl bounced around him, her sweet and melodious voice lingering in his ears.

"Master Master!"

"I also want to become a great artist like my master!"

"I will pass on the master's art all the time, all the time."

He saw her unremitting efforts all the time, puppet art, ninjutsu, and body art go hand in hand.After joining the third class, he persisted in carrying out the tasks of Anbu, practiced hard, and took good care of the puppet according to his instructions, without falling behind even once.

"..." Scorpion pondered.From this point of view, it doesn't seem so embarrassing to be defeated by her.

He saw her leaning on the window sill, holding her chin, the bright moonlight outlined her cheeks softly and beautifully.Also saw that she received his reply letter, overjoyed.After opening the scroll and seeing the corpse of Sidai Kazekage, he was full of shit.

He saw her face Orochimaru during the Zhongnin exam, and when he heard Orochimaru sneered at him, he attacked without restraint.

"……Ah."

Women, what a creature that likes to do frivolous things.

For the first time, the Scarlet Sand Scorpion let out a long sigh.

He always thought of himself as a puppet, a work of art, with no pain in his body or any feeling in his heart.

He is immortal, eternal, has an infinite lifespan, and can live forever.If you need companionship, just make a puppet.Of course, he doesn't need company.

but……

Sure enough, if the 'core' is still the body, he is still an incomplete puppet.

Otherwise, how could I have such a feeling in my heart.

Like a wave of calm stagnant water, ripples appeared again and again.

He looked down at his palm, just like Tian Tian did when he was in the Valley of the End.

The joints are distinct, the fingers are slender, and the fingers move slightly in the void, and the movements are extremely sensitive. They belong to the strongest puppeteer of this era.

It's just that there are no fine palm lines, no calluses that will be produced after the body is sharpened, and there are no small blood vessels that are surging with life.

Just a puppet.

These are all eternal costs.

"..." Scorpion watched silently, as if lost in thought, but didn't seem to think about anything.

[Children, it is loneliness that accompanies eternity. 】

A familiar yet unfamiliar voice.

It is the voice of parents deep in memory.

Scorpion raised his head in astonishment, and the surrounding chaos turned into a dreamlike whiteness.At the end, his parents walked towards him with a smile.

【Let's go, kid...】

Their figures turned into little stars and dissipated two or three steps away.

Tian Tian's figure sprinted closer, panting heavily, sweating profusely, as if he had driven a long way.

She reaches out.

——【Let's go, master! 】

***

Scorpion woke up suddenly.

It's like an eternity.

He propped himself up, looked at the folds of the quilt, and panted heavily.

Underhand is the soft and comfortable touch of the bed.

and many more!

Was he sleeping just now? !How could a human puppet still need sleep?

A terrifying thought exploded in Scorpion's mind.He slowly raised his hand——

The joints are distinct, the fingers are slender, the shallow palm lines criss-cross, and the tiny blood vessels are faintly visible under the fair skin.

Xie took out a thousand pens from his sleeve with his backhand, and slashed fiercely at his arm——

【pain……】

The delicate skin was scratched in an instant, warm blood overflowed and flowed down the arm, bringing a strange tingling sensation, and then dripped onto the snow-white bedding.

Scorpion stared at everything in front of him.

"Scorpion, why don't you care about your body so much!"

"This kid, what are you doing..."

The voices of a man and a woman sounded, and the voices of reproach revealed gentle kindness.

Scorpion's whole body trembled, only then did he realize that there were two people beside him.

He raised his eyes and looked slowly.

At that moment, his eyes froze.

All sounds are silent.

All colors faded, and all sounds were instantly silenced.

Between heaven and earth, only those two figures remained.

It seems like forever.

His parents smiled slightly.

"Sorry to keep you waiting……"

"scorpion."

***

Scorpion opened his mouth, but didn't make a sound.

His thinking is still a little slow.

Is it illusion?Or is he still in a dream?

"Xie, what's the matter, are you still not feeling well?" Seeing this, Xie's mother came over and asked worriedly.

"Don't come near me!"

Scorpion's low shout made their footsteps stop abruptly in place.

"scorpion……"

Xie raised his eyes, a cold light appeared on his face, it was the indifference and sharpness condensed after countless murders.A piercing light burst out from the beautiful and exquisite pupils. "who are you?!"

The two lowered their eyes, their faces complicated and difficult to distinguish.

"Ah, Xie, don't say that..." The door was pushed open, and bright light came in.

"They are your parents."

Xie glanced at Grandma Qiandai, snorted coldly, and was so angry that she almost wanted to laugh: "Damn old woman, you still want to hide it from me now? My parents are already dead."

"How should I put it, they are indeed dead." Grandma Chiyo walked in, "But now, with someone's help... they have been resurrected."

"What a joke!"

Scorpion didn't want to participate in these nasty family reminiscences anymore, and began to organize his thoughts.

Before he passed out, he was undoubtedly fighting with Tian Tian, ​​but later he was collected into the red gourd and saw some past events.

After waking up, his body turned back into flesh again, and his parents who had been dead for many years came back to life...

He suddenly recalled the price of reincarnation.

At the same time, he remembered the person who had never appeared.

Scorpion's pupils suddenly shrank.

There was a sudden feeling of suffocation in the heart.

The author has something to say:

★Scorpion: When I wake up, the world has changed...

★818 The scorpion who is worried about Tiantian but unwilling to admit it.