The world I hear is completely different from yours.

The next moment, the swarm of Venomous Exploding Insects around Scorpion moved, and the sky full of Venomous Exploding Insects descended on the earth like a torrential rain!

Red Secret Technique* Queen Zagara's Endless Torrent of Banelings!!

Under Scorpion's control, this time it was a collective attack by thousands of poisonous insects! Instantly, the entire battlefield was filled with deafening explosions, and endless poisonous gas enveloped the entire valley.

So what if you're fast? I've sealed off the entire space with poison gas. Do you dare teleport into this gas and taste its effects? Sasori has always been very confident in the poison gas he concocts. In this world, besides his master Granny Chiyo, only a handful of people like Tsunade from Konoha can counteract his poisons, but this enemy in front of him is definitely not included. "So no matter how he teleports, on this battlefield shrouded in poison gas, all he can do is flee!"

Yes, even Minato Namikaze, the "Golden Flash," had to temporarily retreat in the face of this force that was rolling forward like a giant wheel of history.

Scorpion's expression was strange at the moment, a mixture of joy and heartache – he had gotten carried away smashing the puppets and accidentally smashed too many, so the money he had painstakingly earned by robbing caravans had suddenly diminished.

It was only after using self-destructing golems as his combat consumables that Scorpion truly began to feel the power of money.

Only with endless wealth can one purchase countless self-destructing puppets from the underground black market for use in battle, allowing the Celestial Puppet Saint Cloth to unleash its full power. Therefore, the saying "spending money equals power" perfectly encapsulates Sasori's current combat strength.

Young man, use your brain and think carefully. How can you become stronger without spending money? — That's what Manager Ma said.

"Looks like I'll have to find a place with lots of caravans and continue my robbing spree! Otherwise, I'll run out of my poison bugs after a few more raids!" Scorpion muttered to himself.

As for making money by doing missions like other ninjas? You're kidding, robbing a caravan is more profitable than doing a dozen missions, right?

So doing quests is impossible, absolutely impossible in this lifetime. I can't possibly do that many myself; the only way I can sustain myself through combat is by robbing caravans. Spending the money I robbed on the black market feels like coming home; the feeling of spending money is much better than doing quests! Everyone on the black market is talented and speaks very nicely; I love buying things there!

Thus was born Sasori, the most infamous "robber artist" of later generations; Naruto script deviation +1.

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PS First update

After much trouble, I finally got rid of my niece who loves to punch my chest with her little fists. Back to typing O(∩_∩)O

Chapter Nineteen: Please don't pick up strange things, you'll die.

When Minato Namikaze saw the swarm of poisonous insects rushing towards him, he realized he would probably have to retreat temporarily. However, a temporary retreat was nothing to worry about. After all, these self-destructing golems couldn't keep exploding here forever, could they? Once they were all used up, he would still have a chance.

Flying Thunder God Technique!

The next moment, Minato Namikaze teleported directly outside the valley. As a ninja with rich combat experience, he had placed several Flying Thunder God Kunai at different locations along the way as his teleportation markers, so that he could use them whenever needed in battle.

Looking at the valley shrouded in green poisonous fog in the distance, Minato Namikaze couldn't help but smile wryly: "Looks like we'll have to wait a while until the wind in this valley disperses the poisonous fog. But at the current wind speed, it probably won't disperse the fog even by dawn. Looks like I'll have to put in extra effort."

Then Minato Namikaze raised his hands and began to form hand seals: Wind Release: Great Tornado! A fierce tornado slowly began to take shape and swept towards the valley.

Although Minato Namikaze rarely used Five Elements Ninjutsu in the original story, this doesn't mean he couldn't. As a recognized genius in the village, Minato was not only proficient in space-time ninjutsu and sealing techniques, but also quite familiar with Five Elements Ninjutsu. However, since his Flying Thunder God Technique combined with Rasengan was sufficient to deal with his enemies, he basically didn't need to use other Five Elements Ninjutsu hand seals in battle.

In gaming terms, my fully geared character can kill all enemies with just a jump and a basic attack, so why would I need to go through the trouble of pressing extra buttons to use skills?

After the violent tornado passed, the poisonous gas in the valley slowly dissipated, revealing the valley that had been corroded beyond recognition by the poisonous gas.

The once lush and green grassland is now withered and yellow, filled with the corpses of various insects and small animals; the few remaining large trees are now just bare trunks, their bark riddled with large holes corroded by toxic gas, revealing the honeycomb-like trunks inside.

The soil and rocks were completely covered with a layer of bluish-green poisonous stains. These stains were formed from toxic gases dissolved in the dew, and even strong winds could not blow them away, continuing to slowly and steadily corrode the valley's environment. It is likely that after this battle, the valley's ecosystem will be completely poisoned and never recover.

The desolate and ruined scene before them was exactly a wasteland belonging to the undead race. It would not be surprising if a large group of ghouls, cave spiders, and death knights on horseback crawled out of the ground at the next moment.

Minato Namikaze cautiously entered the valley. The Flying Thunder God kunai he had left there had been destroyed, thus removing the spacetime markers and rendering him unable to use Flying Thunder God Teleportation. Even if he could teleport, Minato dared not enter rashly; what if it happened to be a cloud of poisonous gas? That would truly be courting death.

The rogue ninja who used puppets and was hiding in the valley has disappeared, and all the scattered and damaged puppets on the ground have been collected and taken away.

"Has the enemy already escaped? And did they clean up the scene to prevent leaving any extra clues?" Minato Namikaze looked at the empty valley and quickly made a judgment in his mind. It seems that the other party is a rogue ninja with considerable experience.

No, I just thought those old parts could still be sold for a little money, so I specifically collected them and took them with me—Scorpion.

Just as Minato Namikaze was confirming the situation in the valley and was about to leave, the ground beneath his feet suddenly cracked open, and a giant self-destructing puppet, as tall as two people, jumped out!

This giant poisonous insect was a special creation made by Scorpion himself. It possesses the power equivalent to the self-destruction of hundreds of ordinary poisonous insects. It usually hides underground and requires no manipulation; it will jump out and self-destruct as soon as it senses the presence of humans nearby. Scorpion specifically left it here to ambush enemies returning to the battlefield after battle.

"What an unexpected gift!" Minato Namikaze remained completely calm, quickly throwing out a specially made kunai. "Flying Thunder God Technique: Lightning Guide! Defensive application of the Flying Thunder God Technique! Teleports whatever the kunai touches to another location marked by another kunai!"

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Not far away, a group of Sand Ninja were marching at high speed.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! A series of explosions came from the valley.

"Everyone halt and on alert!" Taniguchi, the leader, raised his arm to signal the team to stop, then put his hand to his ear, holding his breath as he listened to the explosion coming from afar: "That sound... it sounds like ninjas are fighting over there?"

"Vice Captain Taniguchi! We've found a ninja tool left behind by a ninja from another village!" a sharp-eyed Sand Ninja shouted, and then brought the tool to Taniguchi.

It was a kunai, but unlike ordinary kunai, it had two extra small points on its blade, and the handle, which was slightly longer than other kunai, was engraved with some strange spells.

"What kind of kunai is this?" Taniguchi examined the kunai, which was engraved with the Flying Thunder God Technique, closely. "I don't remember any similar weapons. Where did you find it? Did you find any additional clues?"

"No, this kunai was just randomly stuck into the tree trunk. There were no clues around it, and it doesn't seem like a relic left after a battle. It's more like someone deliberately left it there as some kind of mark."

Flying Thunder God* Lightning Guide!

Just as Taniguchi was playing with the kunai in his hand, his eyes suddenly lit up. A huge red-robed puppet lay flat in front of him, staring blankly at the sand ninjas beside it with the puppet's characteristic dull eyes.

"Huh???" Taniguchi was startled and was about to ask a question when the puppet burst out with dazzling light.

Boom!

A mushroom cloud filled with green poisonous mist rose into the sky amidst the screams of numerous Sand Ninja, lingering for a long time!

"What happened?!" Maki and several Sand Ninjas caught up from behind, seeing the miserable state of the Sand Ninjas before them.

The original Sand Ninja team had completely disappeared. All their weapons and equipment were gone, and even their corpses were gone, completely corroded by the poisonous fog. All that remained was a desolate land emitting poisonous gas.

"Damn it!!! Send a signal immediately to the village that our team has been attacked by the enemy and needs reinforcements! We'll retreat back to our previous camp and wait for reinforcements!" Maki ordered grimly. "Our operation to rescue the Third Kazekage must have been discovered by other ninja villages, which is why they sent people to attack us, trying to stop us from finding the Third Hokage! Tell the village that we must teach the other ninja villages a lesson!"

The following morning, the army of the Land of Wind crossed the border of the Land of Valleys and launched an attack on the ninjas of other villages. The Third Shinobi World War had begun.

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P.S. I have more time on weekends, so I'm updating earlier. O(∩_∩)O

Nagato's SOS Brigade Journey

When Minato Namikaze and Sasori were fighting fiercely in the Valley Country, it was also the time when Nagato of the Akatsuki and Nagato of the SOS Brigade were exchanging places.

Just as Nagato Uzumaki stood up from his seat, preparing to meet with "demigod" Hanzo with Yahiko and Konan, he suddenly realized that his location had changed. He was no longer in the Akatsuki's meeting room, but in a much smaller room.

Nagato glanced around warily and found himself standing side by side with two other strange people in the middle of the small room.

In front of Nagato was a table, and a girl with a red "Commander" armband on her arm was hunched over the table, muttering to herself, "Kyon, did you really post the SOS Brigade's recruitment notice for otherworlders yesterday? Why hasn't anyone come yet?"

Then the girl must have heard something, because she looked up and saw Nagato and the others standing in front of the table.

"Huh? How did you three get in? I didn't hear the door open at all." Then she turned to the people sitting on the other side and asked, "Kyon, Koizumi, Mikuru, why didn't you tell me when you saw these people come in?"

Nagato also looked over and saw several chairs placed against one side of the room, with two boys in matching outfits and a girl in a maid outfit holding a teapot sitting on them.

One of the smiling boys quickly answered the previous question: "I'm so sorry, I was distracted just now, so I didn't see it."

"Huh?" The girl wearing the "Captain" armband looked at him with suspicion. "That's strange, Koizumi, you can actually zone out? What about you, Kyon?"

The other boy, Kyon, didn't reply. Instead, he stared at Nagato and the others with his mouth agape in shock. Clearly, he had witnessed Nagato's sudden appearance in this world.

"Kyon, I'm asking you a question, why are you staring at me with your mouth wide open? Did you dislocate your jaw?" The girl wearing the leader's armband asked with an annoyed look. Then she turned around and looked at Nagato and the others standing in the room. "Well then, let me introduce myself first. My name is Haruhi Suzumiya, and I'm the leader of the SOS Brigade. Are you the otherworldly people who came here to be recruited?"

Nagato wanted to say something, but his body was firmly suppressed by an indescribable, terrifying force, making it impossible for him to move, breathe, or even speak.

Seeing that Nagato and the others remained silent, Haruhi Suzumiya frowned and pointed to the person on the far right, saying, "Why isn't anyone saying anything? Why don't you introduce yourself first?"

This time, it seemed that it was because of Chunri's designation that the person on the far right stepped forward and walked in front of everyone.

This was a giant man, as tall as an adult, wearing magnificent armor. However, his chin was unusually long, almost inhuman, and he had no nose. Only a pair of faintly glowing eyes were staring intently at everyone in the room.

“I am Alex, a High Templar of the Protoss. I was just fighting the Zerg for our homeland, Aiur! Human, I don’t know how you got me here, but please send me back immediately, because our forces are about to retake Aiur, and they need my strength!”

"The story is poorly written." Haruhi looked at the strange man who called himself Alex with a bored expression, then took out a novel with "StarCraft" printed on the cover from the drawer. "This is the novel that the computer research department next door sent over last time. Your story must have been copied from this, right? Sorry, our SOS Brigade recruits people from other worlds, not cosplay enthusiasts. Besides, isn't that El constantly falling for him?"

"What! You said..." Alex seemed to want to ask something more, but Haruhi crossed her arms and said, "Sorry, your story won't make me turn around. Please go back inside."

As Chunri spoke, Alex seemed to be suppressed by some force, turned around, opened the door to the room, and walked out.

But Nagato didn't hear any footsteps after that person, as if Alex had disappeared after leaving the room: "Could it be that he's gone back to that El to continue working as an insecticide exterminator or something? So, the one who brought me here is this woman named Kasuga?"

"Alright, next person, please continue with your self-introduction!" Haruhi Suzumiya looked at the person standing in the middle with great interest, behaving like a judge on a variety show.

This is a young girl wearing a miniskirt, over-the-knee boots, and a yellow hat. Although she looks young, she has a very mature physique and exudes a charm that is very attractive to men.

"My name is Mami Tomoe, and I'm a magical girl," the girl said.

"Eh? Magical girl? So your outfit is a cosplay of that senior from that anime?" Perhaps because this "otherworldly person" didn't look fierce at all, the maid named Mikuru next to her spoke timidly, seemingly quite interested in cosplay.

The other two boys, Kyon and Koizumi, also looked at this otherworldly person who claimed to be a magical girl with great interest. It seems that no matter where you go, beautiful women are always more attractive than tall, muscular Protoss men with long chins.

“Besides being a magical girl, my other profession is a headless knight,” Mami Tomoe said, casually removing her head and carefully wiping the sweat from her forehead as if she were dusting a ball.

Mikuru: "......!"

Kyon: "......!"

Koizumi: "......!"

"Is this an illusion? Or some kind of special ninjutsu?" Nagato stared in utter shock at the girl who was casually playing with her own head. Are people from another world so bored that they just take their heads off and play with them like balls? Is she really still human?

"Your magic trick was quite interesting. I didn't expect you cosplayers to know a thing or two about magic." Haruhi continued her comments with an unmoved expression: "But it still won't do. Your story must have been copied from that anime 'Puella Magi Madoka Magica,' right? But in the original story, the senior student sacrificed herself after losing her head, and didn't become some kind of headless knight. As a cosplayer, you can't change the character's setting on your own."

"I'm sorry, I still can't let you through this time. You should go back outside," Haruhi concluded.

After Mami Tomoe walked out the door, the boy named Kyon asked Kasuga, "Kasuga, how can you be so sure they're not from another world?"

"Is that even a question? These people from another world are all speaking our language and communicating with us. Do you think the language of another world and our world language are interchangeable? So it's obvious they're just a bunch of cosplayers pretending to be from another world!" Haruhi said to Kyon with a look of utter disbelief.

"Why are you so particular about such small details?!" Ah Xu complained.

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PS: A minor character from a reader's comment section has appeared.

Interlude (II): The Revolutionary Parents Who Changed the World

Haruhi Suzumiya is right. The language and writing of people from another world are naturally different from those here. So even if these people who speak the local language have strange appearances and can even take their heads off and play with them like balls, they are just a group of cosplayers who know a few magic tricks.

However, Haruhi did not expect that since she already possessed the power to summon people from other worlds to the present world, it would not be difficult to instill a language and script of this world into them.

Of course, Nagato himself didn't understand this, but he did see it clearly: as long as the girl in front of him, Haruhi Suzumiya, said something like "You can go home now," he would be free and wouldn't have to continue being tightly bound by a huge force and standing there motionless.

"Now, next contestant, please get ready!" Haruhi looked at Nagato, scrutinizing the motionless Nagato with the same eye a judge would give a contestant on a variety show, preparing to hear the next story.

"My name is Nagato, and I am a member of the Akatsuki organization. Our Akatsuki organization is actively seeking ways to achieve world peace without resorting to extreme violence." Under Haruhi's gaze, Nagato finally spoke the truth. His intuition told him that if he were to tell a lie now, the consequences would probably not be good.

Just as Haruhi was about to make a comment, there was a loud knocking on the door: "Haruhi Suzumiya! Your unauthorized use of another club's activity room has been discovered by the Hekiyo Student Council! Please come out to the Student Council office immediately to discuss the relocation and when to return the activity room to the Literature Club!"

"What?!" Suzumiya Haruhi jumped up like a cat with its fur standing on end and rushed towards the door, grabbing Kyon, Koizumi, and Mikuru who were sitting next to her. She stormed out the door to confront the student council members.