"Hey, isn't this a bug?"
Chiyo, who had just finished the meeting and was walking down the street, met a boy holding three puppets.
Hearing the sound, Xiaochong raised the crow that was covering his sight and showed a smiling face: "Grandma Qianyo."
"Well, how well you carry it..."
"It's a puppet made by Scorpion for customers."
Chiyo was stunned, "Is it done so quickly?"
"Yes, Xie is a genius!"
After hearing this, Chiyo smiled slightly, stretched out his arm, helped Xiao Chong lift the puppet up, and then asked, "Has anything unusual happened to Scorpion recently?"
"Abnormal..." Xiaochong pondered for a moment and shook his head: "Apart from being as withdrawn as ever, he has recently been making some precise puppet arms, which are exactly like real people!"
"Yeah," Chiyo nodded without paying attention. "Then go ahead and be safe."
"Yes, Granny Chiyo."
After watching Xiaochong disappear around the corner with the puppet in his arms, Chiyo turned around and walked slowly towards the puppet room.
Xiao Chong is Scorpion's only friend, and it can also be said to be the link between Chiyo and Scorpion. She usually uses Xiao Chong to understand Scorpion's movements.
But today was a little special. After meeting Xiao Chong, she decided to go and see her grandson, whom she had not seen for a long time.
Yes, long time no see.
In the past few years, the relationship between Chiyo and Xia has not been harmonious, and can even be said to be tense. Apart from occasionally discussing the issue of puppets, there were very few other exchanges between the two.
Not to mention Ebizo, even Xiao Chong and Scorpion had more interactions than Chiyo.
Looking back now, it was probably because she had just been redeemed at that time and she didn't know how to explain the deaths of Tongya and Gin, nor how to face Scorpion, so she chose to escape and alienate.
"I must have hurt him deeply at that time, right?"
Chiyo knew this clearly, but there was nothing she could do about it, because at that time, she was just a poor woman who had just lost her son and daughter-in-law.
Pushing open the door of the puppet room, under the dim oil lamp, the red-haired boy continued to be busy.
"Why are you back again?" Xie asked in a calm tone.
But he found that the frequency of the footsteps was different from Xiao Chong's. He turned around and found that it was his grandma Chiyo.
Xie didn't speak, pursed his lips, then lowered his head and continued to make his own puppet.
Chiyo felt that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, so she also did not speak, but stood silently behind Xia, watching him make the puppet.
The puppet master's entire ability lies in the puppet, and the manipulation of the puppet relies on his ten fingers. Therefore, the puppet master's hands are more flexible and delicate than those of ordinary ninjas.
The same is naturally true for Scorpion. At a young age, he is already better than many jounin in terms of speed in forming seals. When playing with the puppets, he flips his fingers, which is a bit dazzling.
Chiyo nodded silently. Xia's achievements in puppetry were rare. Not to mention Tongya, even at his age, he was far inferior.
"Are you going to the battlefield?" Xie, who had been silent until now, suddenly asked,
Chiyo was stunned and asked in confusion: "How did you know?"
"You rarely come to see me, let alone the puppet room, but today is so abnormal, and..." Xie pursed her lips and continued: "I heard from Xiaochong that the battle was lost on the front line."
Chiyo nodded, a little surprised at Scorpio's sensitivity.
"Yes, the battlefield will be going on soon. Konoha White Fang is on the front line now. I want to avenge Tongya and Gin."
"You couldn't kill him four years ago, can you do it four years later?" Xie said calmly.
Chiyo was speechless for a moment.
Yes, Sakumo was so powerful four years ago when he was not at his peak. Now that so much time has passed, how could she be his opponent
"Don't go looking for Konoha White Fang again when you go to the battlefield. I will avenge this in the future."
Scorpion's tone was very calm, as if killing White Fang was nothing more than a small matter to him.
Chiyo frowned and remained silent.
Scorpion is indeed a rare genius in decades. He graduated from the ninja school at the age of 7 and became a chuunin at the age of 8. This is really rare in Sunagakure Village.
But the question is, isn't White Fang a genius
At his current age, he still has at least ten years of his peak period. Scorpion is still very young, so how can he take revenge
Arrogance is a common problem among geniuses. Chiyo was a little worried about Scorpion's head, so he advised: "I believe you can take revenge in the future, but you are still young now. If the front is tight and you are sent to the battlefield, don't go to White Fang! "
"Why, are you afraid that I will die in his hands? I remember that Konoha Raiguang defeated Shukaku in the Land of Rain when he was ten years old."
Chiyo looked into Xia's amber eyes and didn't know how to answer.
She was very clear about Scorpion's strength, and she was equally clear about Uchiha Tatsu's strength when he was ten years old. Compared with the former, there was obviously a huge gap between the former and the latter.
Not convinced? Would you like to try hunting a tailed beast
But there is definitely no way to say this. Not only will it damage Scorpion's self-confidence, it will also easily arouse his desire to win.
What if Scorpion is impulsive and actually goes to the tailed beast to prove himself
After thinking about it, Chiyo had no choice but to bite the bullet and said, "I just don't want you to take risks. You are destined to become the fourth Kazekage."
"The Fourth Kazekage?"
"Yes, I came back this time because I made an agreement with the Sandaime. He will support you to become the Fourth Kazekage. Likewise, I will support him during the war."
Xie sneered: "Do you believe him?"
Chiyo nodded: "Rasa's defeat on the front line is a stain that is difficult to erase. The Third Kazekage just wants to push him to the top, and the ninjas in the village will be dissatisfied. Other than that, the Third Kazekage has no better choice." ”
"What if he dominates the position and doesn't leave?"
"The Third Kazekage is indeed a man who loves power, but since he made his decision to abdicate at the Elders' Meeting, if he breaks his promise, those big families will completely destroy him."
Xie was silent for a moment, then shook his head: "I may not be the person you want me to be."
Chiyo was stunned and said in disbelief: "You don't want to be the fourth Kazekage?"
"In no mood."
"But I remember you when you were a child..."
Scorpion's tone immediately changed from calm to cold: "I am no longer the person I was then."
Yes, he is not who he was then.
If Scorpios have learned anything over the years, it's probably that gentle and kind people always have a hard time surviving.
Because... this ninja world is neither gentle nor kind.
The wind outside the window blew in. Although it was not cold, Chiyo felt her hands and feet were a little cold. For the first time, she discovered that Scorpion was so unfamiliar.
Especially those amber eyes without any emotion, made Chiyo almost rush out of the door.
She finally sighed, patted the dust on the corner of Xie's clothes, stretched out her hand to help him adjust the loopholes on the puppet, and then slowly turned around and left.
In the meantime, not a word was said.
Scorpion sat on the chair and maintained his previous posture. After a long time, his stiff body gradually relaxed.
"Grandma, don't die."
After showing some tenderness, Scorpion returned to being indifferent again.
"Konoha White Fang, Third Kazekage, Konoha Thunder..."
He whispered a series of names. These people were all related to the death of his parents, or people who had offended him. They were also on his list of people to kill.
"When these people are killed..."
Scorpion raised his arm, gently pressed his slender fingertips on the location of his heart, and said in a fervent tone: "I will devote myself to eternity."
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