Naruto: Reshaping the Shinobi World with Sasori

Chapter 131 This art is very expensive (Second update)

Ding! Due to the host killing a story character, you have gained 1200 negative experience points!

Ding! Due to the host killing a story character, you have gained 1000 negative experience points!

Please note—Because the story character killed by the host is a member of a special era and background in Konoha, you will gain Konoha Hatred Value +60, and will be hostile and targeted by some story characters in Konoha!

Yubi heard the system's notification.

He gained less experience than he had expected.

After all, Inuzuka Tsurugi and Yamanaka Inoichi were members of the "Golden Generation of Konoha".

They will become the backbone and leaders of Konoha Village in the future. Although their role in the original story is not large, they still have a certain presence.

"It's about ability—"

Yubi Passage.

The two people of today are certainly not the same as those of later generations.

Although, being around twenty years old is not young for a ninja.

However, compared to himself and Sasori, his strength is still much weaker.

The Inu clan's Claws are somewhat better off. People like Yamanaka Inoichi and Shikaku are ninjas with special roles on the battlefield. Although they are also combat ninjas, they tend to be supportive.

"This means there will be two fewer Konoha 11s in the future—"

A thought flashed through Yubi's mind.

Inuzuka Tsurugi is Kiba Inuzuka's mother and the future head of the Inuzuka clan.

Yamanaka Inoichi's descendant was Ino.

However, Yubi doesn't seem to care too much about some of the original plot lines and characters.

Since he is not from Konoha, what he cares about—naturally—would not be hostile forces.

"If Minato had hesitated even a little longer, he could have taken this opportunity to kill Shikaku."

Yubi darted quickly through the forest, squinting.

Shikaku is a strategist and a front-line commander for Konoha's future battlefield. His role in Konoha cannot be ignored.

Yamanaka Inoichi's perception and intelligence capabilities can act as a "lubricant" on the battlefield, enabling perfect coordination and mobilization of troops.

As someone who experienced the last Shinobi World War, Yubi knew very well how terrifying an army that could perfectly execute tactics on the battlefield could be—although these two people seemed to be inferior to him in direct combat, their hidden value was great.

But things don't always go as planned.

Being able to kill Inoichi and Inuyasha's Tsurugi, and thwart Konoha's tactical plan, was already a great success.

Inuzuka Tsurugi was responsible for training ninja dogs for Konoha—her death was also a loss for Konoha.

As long as the enemy suffers losses, Sunagakure gains.

Fortunately, it was him—if it had been Scorpion dealing with these four people, they probably would have all messed up.

Minato's strength has not yet reached its peak, but it is already beginning to show.

Besides the information asymmetry and the fact that the Konoha members were not clear about his strength and methods, there was another important reason why he was able to win and effectively kill the enemy.

His advantage as a time traveler played a crucial role.

Because—Yubi has knowledge of several targets.

This is the core logic behind his ability to defeat Minato.

Otherwise, Minato's fighting style is simply that of a monster that can be killed on first meeting.

"Hate level—"

Yubi noticed that the amount of hatred generated by killing Konoha personnel this time was considerable.

Although it's unclear what this hatred level represents—now that the two sides are already at loggerheads and at each other's throats, they are already mortal enemies, so there's no need to care anymore.

However, Yubi had some guesses about the hatred value.

Orochimaru's previous attempt to assassinate him in Sunagakure was very likely related to this level of hatred.

Whoosh.

Soon—Yubi arrived at the battlefield where Scorpion was.

Compared to his battle with Minato and the others, Sasori's situation was a completely different story.

The commotion and noise they caused far exceeded their own.

The destruction of the terrain by both sides was even more extreme.

When Yubi appeared, she saw Scorpion using his secret technique—to end the battle.

Driven by Scorpion, countless densely packed puppet arms intertwined and spread, sweeping across the entire battlefield like a tidal wave.

These were not the puppet as a whole, but individual puppet parts equipped with mechanisms. Under Sasori's control, they were like a swarm of snakes, engulfing two Jonin from the Sarutobi clan of Konoha.

What's terrifying is that as these mechanical arms expand, they not only burst forth with countless kunai, but the arms themselves also decompose, revealing venom-coated daggers hidden within, which swiftly pierce their targets—the range of his secret technique is incredibly exaggerated.

This left the two Konoha ninja with nowhere to escape.

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Yubi's eyelids twitched.

He was not only marveling at the power of the Scorpion Puppet Technique, but also—feeling alarmed at how quickly the puppeteer's profession could burn through money.

"Ever since the clash with Iwagakure at the border, he has been operating separately from Sasori. In the years that followed, he was not quite sure how many samples Sasori had collected or how much weaponry he had stockpiled."

Looking back now, the collections he saw at Scorpion's house were just the tip of the iceberg.

"So many mechanical arms, even if each one is cheap to make—the cost and the time and effort required to manufacture them are unimaginable—and all of these were used up in one puppet technique." Yubi swallowed hard.

He felt a pang of heartache just looking at it—

Could it be that it can be recycled and reused?

He now understood why, after he paid back Scorpion's debt, Scorpion asked him for money instead.

It wasn't a loan; it was a matter of taking it from him with a clear conscience.

At that time, the village's industry had gotten on track and was quite profitable. As the person in charge of the industry, although the profits would be handed over to the village, Yubi's wallet also benefited—it became much fuller.

But most of the funds went to Scorpion.

In other words, Scorpion's puppetry and the money he burned—he had a part in it.

Undeniably, his appearance allowed Sasori's strength to develop at a faster pace than in the original story—after all, in Sasori's eyes, although he and Sasori were friends, they were always competitors.

He didn't want to lose to himself—

Because—this is an artistic comparison.

Art is paramount.

As the battle ended, just as Yubi was still hoping that Sasori would retrieve some of the puppet materials from the field, the latter had already discovered him, put away some of the complete puppets he was controlling at the same time, and dragged two Konoha Jonin corpses with chakra threads as he strode over.

As for the mechanical arms scattered on the ground, some were put into a roll, but most were simply destroyed to clean up the traces.

"——"

"What a waste of money!"

Yubi's eyelid twitched again.

Of course, in his eyes, the cost of producing these puppet parts was very high, but for Scorpion, it might not be a problem.

It can only be said that every profession is like a mountain to climb.

But the real money spent is visible.

It's fortunate that Sunagakure now has a pharmaceutical industry as its economic pillar; otherwise, this kind of spending speed would be beyond the reach of ordinary people.

"How is it?"

Sasori's ninja uniform was also somewhat damaged, suggesting that he must have encountered some trouble when fighting the two Jonin.

Overall, things are still stable.

Scorpion, oblivious to the odd expression on Yubi's face, asked indifferently.

"Two escaped, two died."

Yubi coughed.

"Where's the body?"

"Over there—"

"Walk."

The two then quickly left.