Zombie Sage in Naruto

Chapter 19 Sasori of the Red Sand in Action

The image in Chiyo's mind lingered on the zombie she had glimpsed from afar. After much contemplation, it overlapped with the sketch of the human puppet technique she had secretly shown to her grandson.

That night, five-year-old Scorpion clutched the newly made puppets of "Father" and "Mother" and asked her, "Grandma, is there any magic that can make Daddy and Mommy really move?"

"If we combine human puppetry with that level of Soul Reaper Technique to develop a completely new technique... then true human puppetry will definitely be born. It won't need chakra threads for remote control, and the puppeteer can stand in a safer place and command the corpse to carry out tasks."

When the time comes, installing various mechanisms to enhance combat power on the corpses, stuffing them with ninja tools contaminated with deadly poison, and combining this with their emotionless and fearless nature, they are destined to become killing machines.

At that time, the puppeteer system will become the most perfect system, with no weaknesses.

The Sand Village will finally escape the barren desert and live on the rich land of the Land of Fire, and perhaps even get rid of the damned nobles of the Land of Wind.

Due to financial constraints, the Land of Wind often finds opportunities to cut back on military funds allocated to Sunagakure, which is no secret in the ninja world and has indeed caused dissatisfaction among many radical factions in Sunagakure.

Sunagakure was already in a very passive position. If funding is further reduced, how can it compete with other villages?
In fact, if things had continued normally, after a few more years, especially after the Third Shinobi World War, the Land of Wind would have gone too far, actively packaging a large number of domestic missions for Konoha to complete—there was no way the Land of Wind could refuse, as Konoha's ninjas were of high quality and low price, and they could get things done beautifully for less money.

So much so that Sunagakure could no longer tolerate it and joined forces with Orochimaru to launch the Konoha Destruction Plan, attempting to prove to the powerful figures of the Land of Wind that Sunagakure was not a bunch of good-for-nothings who ate the national treasury for nothing, but had real abilities, and that Konoha was not so strong and did not deserve to receive so much money from the Land of Wind.

"If we can get hold of that Kaedeji Tsukasa's technique, it would be best to tie him up and let him further develop the technique." Chiyo had completely set her sights on Kaedeji Tsukasa.

If the new technique, after its combination, is applied to [Father] and [Mother], along with the forbidden technique she secretly developed... her son and daughter-in-law will come back to life in another form, and Scorpion will have parents again, instead of becoming increasingly cold and closed off.

Soon, Kaedeji's name began to spread among the ninjas of Sunagakure. Those with a little knowledge realized Kaedeji's value, and many began to seriously study information about him and formulate battle plans to hunt him down.

Having lost its intelligence advantage, Kaedeji's deterrent power has been reduced by more than half.

As for the information that Kaedeji is a genin, many people simply ignored it. Seriously, someone who can develop the Dead Soul Technique and use corpses to the point of briefly holding off a Chikamatsu puppet—no one would really evaluate Kaedeji by genin standards. He might even be a chunin by now.

a few days later.

In a three-story building in the southwest area of ​​Sunagakure, Sasori stood expressionlessly by the window, watching the sandstorm outside. After a while, he turned and walked down the steps, going straight into the basement.

The scorpion is piecing together the skull of a puppet.

The chakra scalpel precisely removed the necrotic flesh, revealing the neural synaptic interfaces connecting the puppet. As he embedded the last piece of cheekbone into the puppet's face, the puppet, submerged in the preservative solution, suddenly twitched its fingers.

"This level of human puppets is far from enough... The technology is insufficient, and the experimental materials are also insufficient."

Scorpion's pupils contracted in the dark blue liquid. He opened his lab log and frantically scribbled away, the image of his parents' deaths playing on a loop in his mind: Hatake Sakumo's short sword slicing open his father's chest, his mother exposing her vulnerability while protecting him...

"If they were human puppets, this wouldn't have happened. Konoha's White Fang attacked them many times without inflicting fatal wounds." Sasori's voice was devoid of any emotion; his world consisted solely of the human puppets before him. If he could obtain that Konoha ninja's Soul Reaper Technique, it might greatly accelerate the development of human puppets, bringing him one step closer to eternity, Sasori thought silently.

Of all the recent reports from the front lines, only Kaedeji's situation has piqued his interest.

Chiyo didn't want him to get involved with human puppets too early, but it was no use. Sasori's skill in puppetry was too high, and the village needed him to use his talent in this area.

What? You're asking if doing this will corrupt Scorpion's character?
There's absolutely no need to worry. The ninja world has no shortage of twisted lunatics. There are far too many ninjas whose parents, children, and friends have been killed. It's impossible to count them all. Instead of worrying about such trivial matters, it's better to squeeze every last drop of value out of talented people early on, so that if one of them suddenly dies, the village will truly suffer a loss.

At that moment, the door to the secret room suddenly slid open, and the maid's glasses reflected a cold light: "Lord Scorpion, I've come to bring you tea."

Scorpion's puppet strings instantly wrapped around her throat, and he said coldly, "Where did my original servants go?"

"We've been discovered? That's amazing."

Yakushi Nonou, disguised as a Sunagakure medical ninja, uttered this exclamation. The scroll in her arms contained a map of Sunagakure's defenses. At the entrance on the first floor, a real maid lay—the bloodstains from the cut in her throat were cleverly concealed, and she was posed as if she were lazily sleeping.

"Your infiltration skills are good, but your disguise is too crude. Your heartbeat and scent are all wrong, and my servants would never enter the basement," Scorpion said coldly.

"Is that so? It seems I can't treat you like an ordinary child... I'm sorry about the disguise. I'm short on time and could be surrounded by your village's ninjas at any moment. I don't have the energy to handle the details carefully."

Yakushi Nonou sighed, looking at the large number of puppets, a few corpses, and a few unfinished human puppets blocking Sasori's way.

"It seems my mission to take you away has failed. I couldn't defeat you instantly, let alone quietly take you away. However, I didn't expect Sunagakure to have researched human puppets to this extent, making them quite valuable in actual combat. I will pass this important information back to the village."

Yakushi Nonou felt a little regretful, but she felt that she had gained enough.

If this continues, she won't be able to leave on her own. She can't die yet; those war orphans still need her protection.

"Wait, I haven't given you permission to leave yet."

Sasori of the Red Sand suddenly tightened the chakra threads on his hands, but the next second his expression changed as Yakushi Nonou used a chakra scalpel to cut all the chakra threads wrapped around her.

"Medical Ninja?"

Yakushi Nonou responded, "So you should know that many of your techniques are useless against me. It would be better if I left quietly, otherwise I would have no choice but to take you hostage... I don't like to use force against children."

Sasori of the Red Sand said coldly, "Since you are a spy for Konoha, there is even less reason for you to leave. There is something I need to ask you. Do you know that guy who is good at using the Soul Reaper Technique? I am very interested in him and can exchange information with you."

(End of this chapter)