Naruto: By lying low and hiding, he eventually became the leader of the Legendary Sannin.

You should know that this boy, who will be hailed as a puppetry prodigy in your village in the future, will soon turn to the dark side after Sakumo Hatake kills his parents.

Finally, he secretly killed your respected "Strongest Kazekage," the Third Kazekage, and then betrayed the village.

However, now that he has experienced the butterfly effect of time travel, he doesn't know if Sasori's parents will still die in the Second Shinobi World War.

If that's really the case, how far could Scorpion grow without turning evil?

While Kagura was lost in her thoughts, he had unknowingly prepared ramen for the two of them, which Tsunade then presented to Chiyo and her brother.

Chiyo's eyes lit up as she looked at the steaming ramen in front of her and she couldn't wait to start eating.

Having found no loopholes through questioning, Ebizo stopped asking questions and picked up his chopsticks to eat.

For a moment, the only sound in the room was the rustling of noodles being eaten.

The best compliment to delicious food is not verbal praise, but the silent act of a customer eating.

As for the young scorpion, it could only suck its thumb and watch pitifully as its grandmother ate noodles.

Kagura thought for a moment, then finally cooked a small bowl of rice porridge and brought it over.

In just a few minutes, the two siblings finished their food and simultaneously let out a satisfied burp.

At this point, Chiyo finally understood why this store was so popular.

She was picking her teeth in a completely unladylike manner when she was about to say something to Kagura.

Just then, a huge explosion came from outside the store.

Chiyo and Ebizo were taken aback at first, then immediately rushed out.

Looking in the direction from which the huge plume of smoke rose, a shadow of gloom clouded the eyes of both of them.

"This is......

"One-tailed Shukaku!"

Looking towards the location of the explosion and the figure vaguely visible in the smoke and dust, Ebizo murmured to himself.

Chapter 12 The Third Kazekage

Having reverted to its original form, Shukaku looked at its claws and, unable to contain its excitement, roared at the sky.

Freedom is the most basic pursuit of every living being.

Even the tailed beasts are the same.

Although Shukaku also held the same respect for its previous Jinchūriki, the venerable monk Bunpuku.

After all, that person was the only one since its birth who reminded it of the Sage of Six Paths.

However, this will not diminish its anger towards Sunagakure.

On the contrary, after so many years of accumulation, it harbors a deep-seated resentment towards the village before it.

Looking at the guards gathered at its feet, trying to block its advance, a hint of mockery appeared in its vertical pupils.

He slightly opened his mouth, and a pitch-black sphere began to appear inside.

The small black ball rapidly expanded, and when it transformed into a huge black energy ball, it spewed out from its mouth.

The black energy ball rushed into the middle of the guards, and after a moment of silence, a huge explosion occurred.

The shockwave from the explosion instantly flattened the entire valley, and the accompanying massive explosion swept through the entire village.

This is the Tailed Beast Ball, unique to Tailed Beasts.

There was no need to obtain news of the Tailed Beast's rampage from the Guardian Office; the Third Kazekage, who was far away in the Kazekage Building, rushed over immediately after hearing the huge explosion.

The Third Kazekage was a young man with blue hair and yellow eyes, wearing a white Kazekage robe with a blue ninja outfit underneath.

At this moment, he was standing on a patch of black iron sand, flying rapidly through the air.

As the Kazekage who possesses the Magnet Release bloodline limit, he has brought the sand control technique developed by the Second Hokage to its fullest potential.

Moreover, because he controls not soft sand, but hard iron sand, his techniques are more powerful than ordinary sand control techniques in some aspects.

As he watched the enormous tailless creature steadily approaching the center of the village, a hint of anxiety and helplessness flashed in his eyes.

As the Kazekage who had only been in office for a few years, he continued to use some of the policies of the second generation and firmly implemented them.

As for Shukaku, he always chose a more conservative approach to avoid the possibility of the village being destroyed.

However, with the passing of the previous Jinchuriki, the esteemed Lord Bunfuku, his life came to an end.

He was forced to begin a new experiment on the One-Tailed Jinchuriki.

Unlike the tailed beasts of other villages, One-Tail is quite special.

Becoming its jinchūriki means never being able to sleep peacefully again, because the One-Tail will gradually gain control of the body while the jinchūriki is asleep, thus causing it to go berserk.

Although they have been working on more effective methods for sealing Jinchuriki over the years, they have not made much progress.

The young man who became the new Jinchuriki this time obviously couldn't control the mental corruption of the Tailed Beasts through meditation like that Lord Bunboku.

However, in his estimation, this Jinchūriki should have at least a year of delay time, but he did not expect that Shukaku would break through the limit today and appear in the village in its complete form.

Seeing the tailed beast so close at hand, the young Third Kazekage no longer held back.

He quickly formed several hand seals, and a huge black wave composed of iron sand appeared behind him.

The giant wave surged towards the enormous body of the tail, instantly engulfing it.

After the attack, as if following a tidal wave, black chains appeared on the One-Tailed Beast's body, binding it firmly to the spot.

On the other side, Chiyo Erizo, who was standing in front of Ichiraku Ramen, changed his expression when he saw Ichio's huge figure.

As high-ranking members of Sunagakure, they were naturally aware of the One-Tailed Jinchuriki experiment being conducted in the village.

When they heard the direction from which the previous explosion came, they roughly guessed the truth.

Upon seeing the enormous form of Shukaku, Chiyo no longer hesitated.

She decisively handed the scorpion to her younger brother and instructed him:

"You should quickly gather all the ninjas in the village and lead the villagers away from that area to a safe place."

You too, after you've done all that, hide with the scorpion.

I'll head over to the front lines first to help!

Ebizo, who was behind him, took the still blinking and confused Sasori, nodded heavily, and then turned and left.

Before Chiyo left, she glanced at Kagura and Tsunade beside her and kindly reminded them:

"You two, get out of here right now and head to the other side of the village. Don't die here."

After saying that, she disappeared from the spot.

Looking ahead, you can see her figure rushing towards that huge tail.

Under these circumstances, the ramen shop's business was clearly unable to continue normally.

The diners in the restaurant were initially flustered by these unexpected events.

But after a period of chaos, the villagers quieted down and began to leave quickly and orderly.

It seems that for the villagers of Sunagakure, such unexpected situations have become the norm.

After everyone left, Kagura and Tsunade closed the shop door.

The two exchanged a glance and nodded, then deactivated their transformation and returned to their original forms, stealthily heading towards the direction of the One-Tailed Beast.

Just as Chiyo arrived at Ichi-Tachi's feet, Ichi-Tachi broke free from the chains made of black iron sand belonging to the Third Kazekage.

The broken chains instantly transformed back into massive black clouds, returning to the enormous cloud behind the Third Kazekage.

The Third Kazekage frowned deeply, clearly realizing that the power of the One-Tailed Beast far exceeded his expectations.

Even with his Magnet Release, he couldn't easily restrain this tailed beast.

Seeing this, Chiyo no longer hesitated.

She quickly took out a scroll from her person and unfolded it, revealing ten circles formed by countless words and symbols on the scroll.

Chiyo bit her thumb until it bled, then quickly scribbled across the scroll before pressing it to the ground.

As several plumes of smoke rose, ten puppets dressed in white robes, each with a different face, appeared before her.

This is the masterpiece of Bunzaemon, the progenitor of puppeteers—the Chikamatsu Ten, and also Chiyo's signature technique—the White Secret Technique: Chikamatsu Ten.

(Actually, there are some contradictions here.)

In the official Naruto materials, it is said that the second Hokage, Yemen, developed the puppet technique, but during Chiyo's battle with Sasori, it was mentioned that the puppeteer progenitor, Bunkaemon, was also mentioned.

I'm more inclined to believe that Bunzaemon was the originator of puppet making, but the puppetry techniques used to operate the puppets were improved and popularized by the Yemenis.

It can be said that before her grandson Sasori grew up, Chiyo was the pinnacle of puppeteers in Sunagakure.

It should be noted that even after the Second Kazekage Yemen developed puppetry, even the most skilled puppeteers could only operate a maximum of two puppets at the same time.

However, Chiyo was able to control the Chikamatsu Ten Puppet Masters in front of her at the same time, and she had once conquered a castle with these ten puppets.

At this moment, a blue chakra thread emanated from Chiyo's ten fingers, connecting to the ten white puppets.

With a slight movement of her fingers, the ten white puppets suddenly came to life and rushed towards the giant tail.

However, at that moment, a huge wave suddenly appeared in the path of the white puppets as they charged forward.

The puppet that was being blocked stopped in time.

As the wave disappeared, two people dressed in black robes decorated with red clouds appeared before her.

Chapter 13 The Ninja Duo

Chiyo's eyes flashed with caution upon seeing the two men in black who had suddenly appeared before her, but she wasn't particularly surprised.

After all, Chiyo was familiar with the other party's black robe attire; rather, she and her brother had been searching for these people who were hiding recently.

So Chiyo wasn't too surprised by the appearance of the two people; in fact, she felt a little relieved.

After all, in this tense situation, it's better for the other party to appear directly in front of you than to continue hiding and plotting other schemes.

The two people standing in front of Chiyo at this moment were none other than Pipa Juzo and Suigetsu Hobutsuki, who had recently joined the group.