I'm retrieving corpses in Konoha.

"Just how many secrets does Scorpion still have?"

Juzo Biwa snorted, then held his Executioner's Blade horizontally in front of him, preparing to assist Sasori in the attack.

Scorpion, however, said calmly, "You don't need to go. My puppets are enough to kill him."

"Hmph, arrogant fellow."

Upon hearing this, Juzo Biwa snorted coldly. Although he put down the Executioner's Blade, he did not lower his guard.

Then, Sasori, controlling the Third Kazekage puppet, instantly rushed towards Uchiha Natsu's wood clone.

"call out!"

The puppet was incredibly fast; a distance of over ten meters was reduced to zero in the blink of an eye.

The Third Kazekage's puppet extended its right hand, from which a sharp longsword emerged and slashed at Uchiha Natsu's wooden clone.

"Shh!"

The long sword whistled through the air, tracing an arc before slashing through the chest of Uchiha Natsuki's clone.

"Crack!"

Struck by the long sword, Uchiha Natsu's wood clone was instantly split in two.

But then, both pieces of the body turned into wood and fell to the ground.

Uchiha Natsu's wood clone had already used the Substitution Jutsu to switch places with a piece of wood not far away.

Standing on the tree, Uchiha Natsu's wood clone looked at the human puppet and pondered silently.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through Uchiha Natsu's mind, and he realized a possibility.

Then, his gaze toward the human puppet suddenly became fervent.

From a distance, Scorpion saw that "Thousand Hands God" had once again escaped death by using the Substitution Technique, and couldn't help but sneer.

"Even the Substitution Jutsu is useless against Magnet Release."

As soon as he finished speaking, the iron sand behind the Third Kazekage puppet gathered in mid-air.

"Iron Sand Rain!"

With a low shout from Sasori, the iron sand that had gathered behind the Third Kazekage puppet instantly condensed into countless pebbles.

This ninjutsu has an incredibly large coverage area, and the iron sand is infused with potent toxins.

No one can survive this move!

Meanwhile, the Uchiha Natsuki clone opposite him was forming hand seals.

"Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique!"

Instantly, Uchiha Natsuki's clone felt a massive amount of chakra being drained from his body.

Then, a huge wooden dragon burst out of the ground beside him!

"Roar!"

The hundred-meter-long wooden dragon broke through the ground, causing large swathes of tall trees to collapse, creating an extremely frightening spectacle.

Uchiha Natsu's wood clone was as insignificant as a mouse under an elephant's feet compared to the wood dragon.

Immediately afterwards, Uchiha Natsu's wood clone waved its hand.

"boom!"

The massive wooden dragon suddenly launched itself forward, hurtling towards the Third Kazekage puppet.

"What is this wooden dragon?!"

Sasori and Juzo Biwa stared at the hundred-meter-long dragon, both utterly astonished.

This power is truly awe-inspiring.

Wood Dragon's speed was incredibly fast; before Scorpion could react, he had the Third Kazekage puppet tightly wrapped around it.

The wooden dragon coiled its body into a huge ball, then slammed it, along with the third generation Kazekage puppet inside, onto the ground.

Sasori was shocked to discover that the chakra threads he used to control the human puppets had been temporarily severed.

"This technique is too powerful. Fortunately, even if my chakra threads are temporarily severed, they can be restored."

Sasori muttered to himself, not believing that Senju Shinma could take away his puppet.

Even now, with the puppet enveloped by the wooden dragon, he can still sense its presence.

If the wooden dragon relaxes even slightly, he can reconnect the chakra threads and regain control of the human puppet.

At this moment, the wooden dragon slammed heavily onto the ground.

"boom!"

With a deafening roar, the entire wooden dragon instantly sank into the ground and disappeared.

Right where the wooden dragon struck.

Beneath the ground, Uchiha Natsu's true form was already waiting there.

As soon as the wooden dragon crashed down, Uchiha Natsu instantly used Wood Release to merge into the interior of the wooden dragon.

At the same time, they found the Third Kazekage puppet inside, which had gone out of control and was paralyzed on the ground.

"I don't know if it will work..."

Uchiha Natsu took a deep breath, then went to the Third Kazekage's puppet and squatted down.

His right hand pressed against the puppet's forehead.

"Shh!"

Immediately afterwards, the Third Kazekage's puppet instantly turned into dust and dissipated into the air.

In Uchiha Natsu's mind, the shop opened.

The puppet of the Third Kazekage appeared in my mind, carried by a mysterious force, and was sent into the shop.

The sound of keyboard typing followed, and the system displayed a message.

—Corpse rating: ?

—If a mutilated body is detected, it can be recovered and identified after the body is collected intact.

"A mutilated corpse?"

Uchiha Natsu frowned.

He originally thought that this human puppet made from a corpse could be directly recycled and scored.

But to my surprise, the body was still incomplete.

His body recovery system requires that all parts of the same body remaining in the outside world be recovered together in order to be successfully recovered.

However, if arms, legs, or even as small as a finger are burned or rotten, some parts cannot be recycled.

The system will then lower the corpse's rating.

If so, there is still even a small piece of recyclable flesh and blood left somewhere outside.

The body recovery system will temporarily store the current body.

Once all the bodies are collected, or once the external part of the corpse is destroyed, the corpse in the mind will be identified automatically.

Uchiha Natsu suddenly remembered something else.

"In the original timeline, Orochimaru also seemed to have used the Impure World Reincarnation technique to summon the Third Kazekage."

Upon realizing this, Uchiha Natsu immediately understood.

The remaining part of the corpse should be in Orochimaru's hands.

Chapter 48 Dark Figure

"It seems I'll have to go find Orochimaru sometime and collect all the remains of the Third Kazekage," Uchiha Natsu muttered.

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The Third Kazekage, known as the strongest Kazekage in history, must have had a very high corpse rating.

For Uchiha Natsu, such corpses were essential to collect.

With that thought, the wooden dragon automatically dissipated and disappeared into the air.

Uchiha Natsu's true form also quickly moved to another location to avoid being discovered.

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As Uchiha Natsu's main body teleported away, Sasori outside sensed something was wrong.

Where is my puppet?

The scorpion was filled with inexplicable horror.

Even ordinary puppeteers cannot remove his mark.

Just now, he discovered that he had lost his connection with the Third Kazekage puppet.

This situation could occur either because someone erased his chakra mark or because the Third Kazekage's puppet was destroyed.

The scorpion trembled all over, and its breathing became rapid.

He stared intently at the Uchiha Natsuki clone in the tree not far away.

"What did you do to my puppet?!"

Uchiha Natsu's wood clone had already shared the information of the main body in real time, so it laughed and said, "Your puppet has been destroyed by me."

"You!" Scorpion was so enraged that he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

These three generations of Kazekage puppets were his most treasured possessions.

If Uchiha Natsu erased the mark, he could find a chance to take it back.

However, it has now been completely destroyed, which has both shocked and enraged Scorpion.

"Shhhhh!"