In the Sand Village, the clones are everywhere, and the Arkham game begins

Chapter 45 Qingshui: Scorpion, from now on, we will discuss our own seniority

When Qingshui was summoned to the Fengying Building, he was completely confused.

Chiyo and Ebizo sat upright and looked at Shimizu, while Feng Shang Qianlan stood to one side with a serious expression.

I haven't betrayed the village, have I? Why do I have to act like a judge?

"Ahem, Qingshui, don't be nervous. I and others called you here just to talk to you."

Chiyo said to Shimizu with a kind smile on her face.

Feng Shang Qianlan stood behind Ebizo, nodded slightly to Qingshui, and blinked, indicating that there was no need to worry.

Seeing this, Qingshui felt a little relieved.

"Elder Chiyo, what do you want to know?"

"I want to know what your ideals are and what the Ninja Way is. You can choose not to answer later because at your age, you should have just started to shape your own Ninja Way. It is normal for you to have a vague concept of this."

Chiyo and Ebizo looked at each other and asked.

"As for my ideal...right now, it should be to become the Kazekage, right?"

If you become the leader of one of the top five most powerful forces in the world, you will probably gain a lot of luck, right?

As for the Ninja Way, this concept is actually quite vague. Naruto said that his Ninja Way is to do what he says; Orochimaru's Ninja Way is to learn all the Ninjutsu, master all the truths in the world, and become the ultimate individual; Jiraiya's Ninja Way is to achieve peace through mutual understanding between people; the Ninja Way of the First Hokage and Uchiha Madara can also be understood as winning peace in their own way.

Sasori's ninja way is the pursuit of the eternal art of puppets, while Deidara's is the pursuit of the ultimate gorgeous art of the moment of explosion.

In general, it can be basically summarized into two categories - one is the reason why ninjas learn ninjutsu, and the other is a declaration of the ninja himself.

It's a bit childish, but it has indeed inspired countless ninjas in this world and become the motivation for them to persevere.

It's more like a belief-like motto that comes from a combination of personal influences.

"As for the way of the ninja, it means to keep living and do everything I want to do, such as creating the most powerful and perfect puppet."

After thinking about it, Shimizu chose this statement that was relatively in line with the traditional concepts of the ninja world.

Ebizo nodded in satisfaction, gave Chiyo a smug look, and then said to Shimizu:

"Then in your opinion, what kind of puppet is the most powerful and perfect puppet?"

"It has an impenetrable defense that can provide the puppeteer with perfect protection without any blind spots, and it also has destructive power that can destroy everything."

"So the Fatty Puppet is the prototype of your idea?"

Ebizo said with a smile.

"Yes."

"Very good. If someone else said this, I would think it is unrealistic, but at least you have proved the feasibility of your idea with your work. Next, I have one last question for you."

Ebizo straightened his collar and said solemnly:
"Shimizu, a Chunin from the Sand Village, are you willing to become a joint disciple of me, Ebizo, and my sister, Chiyo?"

"Ah? ...Oh, yes, yes!"

Qingshui was stunned for a moment, then seeing Feng Shang Qianlan's constant eye contact, he quickly responded.

Chiyo and Ebizo looked at each other and smiled.

The reason why Chiyo accepted Shimizu as his disciple was not only because he promised Ebizo that he would protect Shimizu, Yegura, and Maki, the three most promising new generation of the Sand Village, in this war, but also because the two of them had been eyeing Shimizu for a long time.

Both of them are nearly fifty years old, and it is time to train successors.

Originally, the heir was Chiyo's son and daughter-in-law, but the two were killed by White Fang. Fortunately, the new generation of Shimizu and Sasori showed the potential to become top puppeteers.

Scorpion is actually Chiyo's grandson.

Now Shimizu has formed a master-disciple relationship with them. As long as these two can grow up before Chiyo and Ebizo become too weak to fight, it will be enough to guarantee the inheritance of Sand Village puppeteers for the next fifty years and provide protection for Sand Village.

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For Shimizu, the most direct benefit of becoming Ebizo and Chiyo's disciple is the change in the luck progress bar on the panel.

These two are the powerful elders in the Sand Village, second only to the Third Kazekage.

If we compare the Sand Village to a sect in the style of fairy tale novels, then when Shimizu entered the puppet army, it was equivalent to his transformation from an outer disciple to an inner disciple. Now, he has transformed from an inner disciple to a true disciple with a higher status.

In the DC world, ever since the deal with Two-Face ended, the power of the Hogg United has grown steadily and rapidly, with the gang now having over a hundred members. The progress bar of their luck has risen to 57.3 percent.

After becoming the disciple of Chiyo and Ebizo, the progress bar soared much faster than when Shimizu was promoted to Chunin.

In just a short moment, it had leaped to 91 percent.

It’s not far from opening the next world.

But it’s not all good news.

Because three days later, his team will be incorporated into the front-line troops and set out to attack the Rain Country again.

These three days are used to integrate logistical resources.

"Tonight, invite Scorpion to come to my house for a meal together."

Before leaving the Kazekage Building, Chiyo extended an invitation to Shimizu.

"Then how do we calculate our generations? Doesn't that mean you are one generation older than me?"

In the puppet base, Scorpion, who was trying to compete with Qingshui again, raised questions as soon as he heard the news.

"Hey, that's easy! Let's talk about it. You can continue to call me the same as you did in the past. From now on, I will call you my nephew, isn't that enough?"

Qingshui put his arm around Scorpion's shoulders and laughed.

The one who answered Qingshui was Scorpion's white eyes.

Compared to the past, Scorpion's expressions are much richer.

Although he still looks like a cool and aloof boy, at least his personality has become less extreme.

"Qingshui, I thought about what you said to me before for a long time after I went back, and asked grandma about it again yesterday."

After the quarrel, Scorpion suddenly looked serious and said to Qingshui.

"What words?"

Qingshui didn't remember it because he and Xie had talked a lot.

"Regarding why the Third Kazekage started the war, and the issue of uneven distribution of resources."

Scorpio continued:

"I asked grandma the same question I asked you before, and repeated your answer to her. Perhaps it was because of this that she made up her mind to accept you as her apprentice."

"She said that you were the first young man she had seen who could think like the Kazekage at the age of eleven."

This sentence……

It should be a compliment, right?

Shimizu couldn't help but think of a certain weasel who was praised as "thinking like a Hokage at the age of five."

(End of this chapter)