Naruto: From the capture of the main family to the behind-the-scenes mastermind

Chapter 219 The Hunted Scorpion of the Red Sand

Waking up sleepily, Hinata Miyuki discovered that the sun outside the window had already set.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone obliquely, shrouding the entire room in golden color.

The golden afterglow filtered through the thin curtains, casting a soft halo on every object in the room.

Hinata Miyuki walked to the window and gently opened the curtains. In front of her was a quiet town. The leaves of the trees on both sides of the street seemed to be dyed golden red under the setting sun. The mountains in the distance became soft and mysterious under the setting sun.

She took a deep breath, enjoying the quiet atmosphere and sighed.

“You can really run.”

This is the territory of the Kingdom of Hot Springs, and the reason she came here is to "settle the cause and effect."

She was originally capturing people in the Wind Country to learn puppetry, but the Fire Country suddenly launched an offensive, causing the Wind Country ninjas to no longer carry out missions.

Fortunately, she already understood the nature of her own pupil technique, so she didn't have to worry too much about it. But just as she was about to withdraw from the Wind Kingdom and return to the Snow Kingdom, she met someone by chance.

——The Scorpion of the Red Sand!
"The hatred for the puppets is really ridiculous when you think about it."

Hinata Miyuki shook her head helplessly, looking at the small clock on the bedside table that she had specifically asked the innkeeper for, and narrowed her eyes.

"It's almost six o'clock. The agreed time is almost up."

She put on her clothes, counted the ninja tools, put on a black cloak, walked out of the inn and headed towards the northwest street.

The Land of Hot Springs was not directly affected by the Ninja World War, and coupled with its reputation for hot springs, it was very rich. The situation at this time was quite good, and the streets were filled with a peaceful and prosperous atmosphere.

On both sides of the street, various shops are brightly lit, from shops selling local handicrafts to restaurants serving a variety of cuisines, attracting a constant stream of tourists and residents.

Hinata Miyuki sniffed the aroma and swallowed unwillingly.

However, thinking of her empty wallet, she still suppressed her desire and tried her best to ignore the delicious food, but her little thoughts could be seen from her eyes that occasionally wandered over.

"We can eat as much as we want when we get back. Now it's better to get the information about the Red Sand Scorpion first."

Thinking secretly in her heart, Hinata Miyuki came to a dark corner, in front of an old izakaya.

As soon as Hinata Miyuki walked here, she attracted the attention of the man guarding the door.

At this time, a window on the second floor of the hotel across the street was always open. Although there was no light inside, Hinata Miyuki could still easily detect with her Byakugan that someone was quietly looking at her in the dark window with a scrutinizing and vigilant look.

However, it seemed that because she had been here once before, she did not encounter any difficulties and walked into the izakaya easily.

Ignoring the hooligans who were looking at her from all sides, Hinata Miyuki walked to the counter.

"What would you like to order?" the waiter at the izakaya asked in a low voice.

"Same as last time, bloody dusk."

Confirming that it was the same secret code as last time, the waiter nodded and took out a bottle of wine and handed it to her, "One hundred taels."

"..."

Glancing at the drink in front of her, Hinata Miyuki's eyes twitched, "Why do you really have to serve the drink?"

The service staff smiled and said, "It's a service fee to improve efficiency! We work very hard to find relevant information within a day. We can make a little money anyway."

But do you know that one hundred taels is enough for me to eat well on the street for a while!

Hinata Miyuki glanced at the service staff with some resentment, silently expressing her dissatisfaction with this forced sale. "Sir, it will take some time for the information to be delivered. Please wait."

The waiter could see Hinata Miyuki's resistance from her actions. He coughed lightly and stopped provoking her. "During this time, you can go to the corner and play a few rounds."

Upon hearing this, Hinata Miyuki glanced at the corner and saw someone playing dice there. It was obviously a gambling game approved by this store.

But she has almost no money to eat, so why would she go gambling?

Hinata Miyuki sneered and shook her head.

It’s okay if you win the bet, but what if you lose?
She is not Tsunade, she will not go, absolutely not go!

……

Time passed quickly. Twenty minutes later, Hinata Miyuki, who had already lost five hundred ryo, walked out of the pub with a painful look on her face.

Why can’t I control this hand?

ah~
Hinata Miyuki returned to the inn and sighed in her room. While worrying about the days ahead, she picked up the information she had just exchanged.

As the former base of the underground black market, it has its own intelligence channels. Although it is not familiar with the intelligence of the entire Hot Spring Country, it is not difficult to find a famous S-rank rebel ninja.

"Northeast Street..."

Looking at the location in the intelligence, Hinata Miyuki frowned and fell into deep thought.

……

Scorpio never thought that this day would come.

Originally, he just heard that the Wind Kingdom was invaded by the Fire Kingdom and Elder Chiyo did not show up, so he thought about going back to the Wind Kingdom to take a look.

Chiyo had clearly returned from Konoha, but she did not appear on the battlefield, nor did she give advice to the Sand Village, allowing an unknown elder (referring to Uchino Shinji) to take all the credit instead. Such an abnormal situation would naturally attract his attention.

The Kingdom of Wind has fallen into that situation. If Chiyo hadn't been in trouble, she would definitely have stopped it.

Unless she's dead?
Well, it's not that he cares about the other person's life or death, but considering that Chiyo is his only relative, he is willing to come back to sweep the grave, and by the way, find an opportunity to kick the Wind Country again, send it completely into the abyss, and take advantage of the chaos to reap the foundation of Sunagakure.

However, all these thoughts were thrown out of Scorpion's mind after he met that woman.

A Hyuga ninja who was wandering outside Konoha and was very likely a traitor to Konoha appeared in front of him. It was equivalent to putting an excellent walking research material in front of him. How could he resist?
Then, after a fight, he regretted it.

I deeply regret it!

Until now, Scorpion still couldn't believe what happened that day, "How could there be a power in this world that could take away a puppet just by touching it?!"

That's right, puppet.

As the most important thing to a puppeteer, that woman named Hinata Miyuki could easily seize control of his puppet!
His strongest third generation puppet was easily snatched away by the other party right under his watchful eyes!!!
Scorpion took out a blank scroll with a gloomy look. There was only one word on it - "three". It was the scroll that originally stored the puppets of the three generations of Kazekage.

"Don't let me discover your little tricks, or I'll make you live a life worse than death!"

After saying this secretly, Scorpion began to review the fight between him and Hinata Miyuki.

At this stage, if Scorpion doesn't find the weakness in Hinata Miyuki's ability, he won't get close to her. Her ability seems to have been created to restrain the puppeteer, and is extremely dangerous.

(End of this chapter)