Naruto: Reshaping the Shinobi World with Sasori

With the death of the leader who had been identified by the Kazekage as the one who had been secretly inciting civilian ninjas to passively resist the village's will, Sunagakure seemed to have returned to a brief period of peace.

His act of making an example of someone to deter others seemed to have a deterrent effect.

The situation within the village's various departments gradually stabilized.

But soon... something unexpected happened.

One of Luo Sha's deputies died at home and was secretly disposed of.

The killer made no attempt to cover up the crime or clean up the scene.

When he was found, he was lying stiffly in a pool of blood on the floor of his home.

The surrounding residents didn't notice anything amiss, nor did they hear any noise, which indicates that the deceased did not have an accomplice and that the crime occurred within the village... It must have been committed by someone known to the victim.

They're one of us!

The fact that this happened so soon after the deaths of the Nohara and Fukushima families makes the murderer's intentions all too clear.

And the person they were targeting was Luo Sha's deputy.

The conflict between Rasa and Murashi and Fukushimaoka was actually the trigger for the whole thing.

Although they killed the deputy, it was clearly aimed at Luo Sha.

When the Third Kazekage heard about this, his face immediately darkened.

"The patrolling guards didn't find anything unusual last night either..."

In the office, Sasori calmly reported to the Third Kazekage.

The deceased head of the Nohara family, who was also Sakamoto's father, was the former captain of the guard.

This captain was the one who handled the attack on Yubi when he was attacked by people from Konoha.

It's hard not to make connections to this.

Although the head of the Nohara family is dead, the team he built still exists, and the guards are mostly composed of civilian ninjas.

"Investigate... No matter who the murderer is, we must find out who ordered it!" Fengying said calmly.

His decision is not to be disobeyed by anyone.

Clearly, the death of Luo Sha's deputy was due to someone's dissatisfaction with him.

Moreover, it is highly likely that it is related to the Nohara and Murashi families. In any case, these families are part of Sunagakure's military forces. Taking down the head of a family alone would not be a problem, but even as the Kazekage, he could not make a big move to take action against the entire family, because it would cause a violent upheaval in the village.

Therefore... we must find evidence.

There is a perfectly legitimate reason.

The fact that he attacked his own people alone is enough to convict him.

"Yes."

Scorpion lowered his eyes and responded with a sound.

Then, he turned and left the room.

He is now the person in charge of the secret service investigating and handling the whole matter.

Kazekage would never have imagined that he was the one who killed Rasa's second-in-command.

It should be noted that there are not many members in the entire Anbu who can perfectly execute the Kazekage's orders and have the ability to eliminate the village's original high-ranking members. Sasori is one of them. Although some veteran Anbu members like Arai can also do it, they are easily exposed because the target is too familiar to them.

Because he successfully dealt with some troublesome family heads, Scorpion gained the trust of the Kazekage and was given full authority over the matter.

Scorpion is the most useful and sharpest weapon in Kazekage's hands right now.

According to Yubi's plan, instigating internal conflicts within the village was one aspect, but it also allowed him to further contact the Kazekage and secretly rise to power.

Yubi also set his sights on Rosa's deputy.

Scorpion originally planned to target some high-ranking officials directly, but Yubi stopped him... because in Yubi's view, the choice of the first target must be careful so that no one else would have any suspicion.

Moreover, the focus must be on "Rasa," whose deputy is insignificant but has the "value" of exacerbating conflicts.

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Meanwhile, Yubi was still working away from home.

Several months later, with sufficient funding, his pharmacological research was finally completed, taking a full year in total.

Next, we will mix the various drugs and conduct in vivo experiments.

We still need money.

But this part of the experiment was conducted very quickly.

It is estimated that it will be completed in about six months.

Then... the finished product can be produced. As for how many types of finished drugs there will be, it depends on the experimental results.

Next, they would utilize the village's existing trade routes and itinerant merchants to find ways to distribute the medicine throughout the ninja world and begin marketing it.

Step by step.

The plans for the next two phases will also require substantial financial support.

However, the mission Yubi is now taking on is no longer to assassinate nobles... The wanted lists for nobles only represent a small portion of the list, and the number of them is not large.

Because those who can target nobles and afford to pay generous rewards are few and far between, the entire underground network mainly targets the military forces of various hostile forces, primarily ninjas from certain villages... In addition, with the smoke of war clearing up in the ninja world and the current climate being relatively peaceful, there are fewer wanted notices related to this.

So, during this time, Yubi was assassinating ninjas from some small ninja villages... or plundering some forces and organizations along the way.

However, there weren't many warrants for this, and the bounty was relatively small... Therefore, Yubi eventually set foot on the land of the Rain Country.

There is no other reason.

This is because the situation in the Land of Rain is still quite 'lively'.

It is also currently the largest 'battlefield' in the ninja world.

Where there is a battlefield, there is a market... This is profitable for 'mercenaries' or certain organizations.

So, Yubi also wanted a piece of the pie.

As long as it makes money, Yubi doesn't care what he does.

"Every time I come here... I feel very depressed." Wearing a raincoat, he strolled in the rain, looked up at the gloomy sky above, and sighed softly.

Ahead lay the village he was about to reach.

He was also keeping up with the current situation in Sunagakure through Sasori's message.

Moreover, he would still return to the village every now and then.

Killing Rasa's lieutenant... would certainly be seen as the work of civilian ninja forces, because it was revenge against Rasa, not simply dissatisfaction with the village's higher-ups. But if this blame were placed on those people, they would feel wronged, and even if they explained or complained, given the Kazekage's personality, he might not believe them.

Nothing is more frustrating and unbearable than this.

Moreover, after the series of events that have occurred, the civilian faction is even more convinced that the Wind Shadow is intentionally suppressing them.

There's no way to explain it.

The opportunity for "communication" between the two sides has been completely cut off.

Later, even if Scorpion doesn't make a move, the two classes will still fight each other in private.

"Who is it?"

Just as Yubi appeared at the village entrance, several farmers dressed in patched clothes, carrying weapons, jumped out and warned him.

"The person you're looking for."

Yubi smiled slightly.

This is a village in the Land of Rain that is frequently oppressed by local forces. The village chief secretly gathers everyone and spends money to commission outside help to fight against the local forces.

However, the amount of money they can come up with is very limited.

Yubi naturally wouldn't even consider such a small amount of money.

The reason he was willing to lend a hand was because... his target was the leader of that local power.

They simply used the village's identity as a pretext to rightfully destroy the enemy and then loot all their property.

After explaining their purpose, Yubi followed the group into the village.

Once inside the village, he realized that this dilapidated little village was not as simple as it seemed on the surface.

Many of the people hiding in the shadows of the houses were clearly not ordinary villagers... more like bandits and robbers. Their eyes, as they peered at this stranger, were filled with vigilance and ferocity.

Some houses even contained wounded people.

"It seems this is still a stronghold of a group of traitors..."

Yubi Passage.