Naruto: The Ninja World's Life Buyer

Chapter 229 Breaking Free from Shackles, the Pinnacle of Art

Sosuke instantly appeared between the two.

He looked at the disheveled scorpion with a smile on his face.

"How is it, Mr. Scorpion?"

"Now that you're calm enough to listen to me talk about business, right?"

Scorpion looked at Sosuke warily.

"What do you want to do? Kill me?"

"Kill you? No, no, no."

Sosuke shook his finger.

"You are an artist. Artists are priceless."

"I led you here not to kill you, nor to humiliate you."

"I'm doing this to provide you with a better creative environment."

Sosuke took a few steps closer.

"You want me to do things for you?" Scorpion asked.

"No, it's cooperation."

Sousuke corrected.

I know what's going on with you right now.

"You're not happy in Sunagakure. Those old guys don't understand your art. They only see you as a tool of war."

"Your parents were also used as tools and died on the battlefield."

When his parents were mentioned, Scorpion's expression turned somewhat gloomy.

"My parents were killed by you Konoha ninjas."

"Yes, your parents died at the hands of Konoha, so it's normal for you to hate Konoha."

"But your parents didn't have to die."

Sosuke's tone carried a hint of pity.

Scorpion was stunned.

Although he was a genius, he spent most of his time in the laboratory and was not politically astute.

"What do you mean?"

"The meaning is very simple."

Sousuke looked directly at him.

"War should not exist. If there were no war, your parents would not have died."

"But why must there be war?"

Sousuke sneered.

"Because your great names, your Kazekage, need war to maintain their rule."

"They used the slogan of sacrificing themselves for the country to push countless people like your parents to the battlefield to die."

"Your parents were like that, and so are you, Sasori of the Red Sand. You are both just tools in the hands of the rulers. No one cares whether you live or die."

Every word is piercing to the heart.

Scorpion remained silent. He thought of his parents' cold corpses.

Yes. What did the village give him?

There was nothing but endless tasks and cold, impersonal commands.

Grandma Chiyo's love could not fill the emptiness in his heart.

"What exactly are you trying to say?"

Scorpion stared at Sosuke.

Sousuke smiled.

"You're an artist, Scorpion. An artist shouldn't waste their talent as a henchman for politicians."

Sosuke leaned forward slightly.

"And don't you want to end the war? To prevent countless children like you from suffering tragedies that could have been avoided."

"I have no interest in ending the war. Nothing lasts forever anyway; they'll all die sooner or later, and it makes no difference whether they die in the war or not."

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"Scorpion said indifferently."

"Moreover, the more people die, the more material I'll have for my research."

Sousuke smiled.

"Those ordinary corpses are a complete waste of your talent."

"You need better material."

"You crave to create an eternal puppet, don't you?"

Scorpion's eyes lit up; this was his obsession.

Sosuke slowly and deliberately put forward a shocking proposal.

"Then————"

"What material could be more perfect than the living Third Kazekage, hailed as the strongest in history?"

The scorpion's pupils trembled.

Turn Fengying into a human puppet?

This is utter treason! This is betrayal of the village!

but----

The scorpion's heart began to pound violently.

The Third Kazekage. The man who possessed the strongest Magnet Release technique.

If we could turn him into a human puppet, preserving that immense power forever within his incorruptible body—

What a pinnacle that art would be!

Scorpion's breathing became heavy; he even felt his soul trembling.

However, he quickly regained consciousness.

"Your suggestion is excellent, I admit, I'm tempted."

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The scorpion spoke.

"However, you underestimate the Third Kazekage."

"His magnetic escape technique is the natural enemy of all puppeteers. My metal mechanisms simply cannot function within his magnetic field."

"I can't kill him now."

This is reality.

The dream is grand, but the strength of the Third Kazekage is undeniable.

"Since I dared to bring it up, I naturally have a solution."

Sousuke pulled a specially made sealing scroll from his pocket.

"untie."

Bang.

As the white smoke dissipated, Sosuke found two small glass bottles in his hands.

The bottle on the left contains a dark purple, viscous liquid. The bottle on the right contains a completely transparent liquid.

Sosuke threw it to Sasori.

The scorpion caught it.

"What is this?"

"The colorless one is a neurotoxin; it's colorless and odorless. It can paralyze the nerves, rendering him unable to move."

"The purple one is a [Chakra Suppressor], which can stop the flow of chakra in a Kage-level expert for one minute."

Sosuke's eyes were deep and unfathomable.

"On your own, you can't defeat the Kazekage. But with this, plus your status as an elite Sand Village member, a sneak attack—"

It's not difficult.

"This is my sponsorship for you."

"Use my materials to transform your wind and shadows into your eternal works of art."

Scorpion held the two bottles.

The bottle is cool to the touch.

He struggled internally for a moment. But only for a moment; his passion for art overwhelmed his loyalty to the village.

Apart from his deceased parents and elderly mother-in-law, there was nothing left in that village for him to cherish.

A corrupt system, endless wars.

Why not————

Make it eternal.

"make a deal."

Scorpion put the bottle away.

"very good."

"The day you succeed—if you have nowhere to go, the doors of Takaya Trading Company will always be open for you."

"Not interested." Scorpion refused without hesitation.

Don't rush to refuse.

Sousuke smiled.

"You just saw it. Your puppet, though exquisite, is too fragile due to the limitations of the materials used."

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"You crave eternity, but can your current technology truly achieve it?"

Scorpion fell silent. Of course he knew. Wood rots, iron rusts, and mechanisms wear down.

"You need better materials. Better technology."

"I have money. I have technology. I have resources you can't even imagine."

Sousuke pointed at Hyuga Katsumi.

Scorpion's eyes suddenly lit up.

Those bones—they were indeed top-quality materials.

"I'll consider it."

Scorpion gave Sosuke a deep look, then turned and left.

"Mr. Sosuke."

Hyuga Masaru walked up to Sousuke.

"Do you really believe he would kill the Wind Shadow?"

"He will do it."

Sosuke looked in the direction where Sasori had disappeared.

"Because he's a madman. And a madman can't resist the temptation of perfection."

"Once the Third Kazekage dies, Sunagakure will fall into internal strife and be leaderless. At that time, the battle lines in the Land of Rivers will collapse on their own."

"We will win this war very soon."