Naruto: Help Madara rejuvenate and launch a counterattack on Konoha

"There's nothing wrong with the world of illusion; reality is too cruel, and it only makes this void grow larger..."

On the day she heard about the Eye of the Moon Project, Granny Chiyo's long-held resolve seemed to snap.

She suffered more than Scorpion; if reality were hell, she would be someone who lived in hell all her life.

But can she turn evil like Scorpion?

Granny Chiyo is an advisor to Sunagakure and an elder of the village; all the children await her guidance.

She could point the way to the village, but no one could show her the way.

Granny Chiyo could only move forward painfully, for she was the flower of ninja who could guide the sand forward even when she withered.

There will always be a group of people who have to carry certain burdens for you as you move forward!

This is what a ninja is!

Hiss--

A red-tailed scorpion slowly climbed down the steps, its legs stretching out segment by segment, its body as steady as a moving piece of hard armor, without swaying or shaking.

This is the highly venomous red-tailed scorpion that Granny Chiyo just gave to Ryo.

But this scorpion seemed different; it was twice the size of the previous one, had the character "scorpion" on its abdomen, and its middle eye on its back seemed to have a human-like liveliness.

But it lacks human spirituality, instead possessing a deathly loneliness and indifference.

"You're a scorpion?!"

Granny Chiyo was shocked and stared intently at the red-tailed scorpion on the ground.

Her biggest suspicion about Liao Wu was his eyes. No matter how well you imitate someone's chakra and scent, you can't imitate the charm of their eyes.

The eyes are the windows to the soul, and even more so, a projection of the spirit.

To appreciate a woman's charm, look into her eyes; if she doesn't notice, then scrutinize her breasts and legs.

At this moment, Granny Chiyo was absolutely certain that the red-tailed scorpion on the ground was her grandson—Scorpion, the real Scorpion, not the one outside with a scorpion's face.

"Scorpion, what happened to you? Did that imposter outside turn you into this?"

Scorpion snorted, "He did a good job!"

Granny Chiyo angrily exclaimed, "Fine, fine! How dare you treat my grandson like this! I'll go and kill him right now!"

Granny Chiyo controlled the puppet, ready to fight Liao Wu to the death.

But Sasori's next words made Granny Chiyo stop.

"Why do you have to give me a bleeding body? How boring!"

Granny Chiyo paused, looking at Sasori's abdomen, and said, "Sasori, you—"

Scorpion glanced at Granny Chiyo: "Old woman, you're still so pitiful, shedding tears at such an old age."

Granny Chiyo wiped away her tears and stared intently at Sasori, saying, "Scorpion, tell me, have you turned yourself into a human puppet?"

No one knows a child better than their parents. Now that Sasori has no parents to rely on, no one knows Sasori better than Granny Chiyo!

Based on some hidden clues before Sasori's defection, Granny Chiyo naturally deduced that Sasori had begun to touch the forbidden territory of the puppeteer—human puppets!

Scorpion sneered: "Old woman, you know me quite well. That's right, I turned myself into a human puppet three years ago."

"Not only me, but I also turned the Third Kazekage into a human puppet."

Granny Chiyo was shocked: "So that's how it is. You killed the Third Kazekage."

Scorpion scoffed, "Didn't you already know? Why are you still deceiving yourself?"

"..."

Granny Chiyo fell silent. Yes, Granny Chiyo had been deceiving herself ever since she saw the materials for the puppets that Sasori had made in the past.

She should have realized long ago that her beloved grandson had gone astray.

She was just deceiving herself.

Granny Chiyo retreated back into the dark space: "I'm sorry, Sasori, I failed to protect your parents."

"..."

Scorpion quieted down, and the grandfather and grandson remained silent in the dim space, neither willing to break the silence.

Their encounter was never joyful, but rather sorrowful.

Granny Chiyo didn't know how to face Scorpion, who was no longer human.

Scorpions don't care about what others think.

After a long while, Granny Chiyo finally inquired about Sasori's recent situation.

"Scorpion, who is impersonating you?"

Scorpion said somewhat angrily, "Uchiha Ryou, I was on my way to seek refuge with Uchiha Madara when I met him. I intended to meet Uchiha Madara through this guy."

"I never expected that this despicable Uchiha would be so treacherous, not on the same side as Uchiha Madara. He defeated me and shattered all my puppet bodies."

"After taking my regeneration core, they impersonated me and returned to Sunagakure."

Grandma Chiyo listened attentively, carefully recalling the details of her interactions with Liao Wu. She remembered how Liao Wu would breathe on her breath when she scolded him.

It turns out he had already been exposed back then.

Granny Chiyo asked again, "Is his target Shukaku?"

It's not hard to guess that Liao Wu, being one of Madara's henchmen, couldn't possibly be here to pay a New Year's visit to Sunagakure.

Madara's goal has been made public to the ninja world: to capture the nine tailed beasts.

Sasori nodded: "That's right. He impersonated me to enter Sunagakure because he wanted to capture Shukaku, the One-Tailed Beast."

Granny Chiyo scoffed, "Arrogant! Sunagakure may be weak, but it's still one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages. Does he think he can capture a Tailed Beast all by himself?"

Sasori's voice remained low and cold: "He is not arrogant. On the contrary, he has already given Sunagakure a lot of face, because he could destroy the entire Sunagakure right now if he wanted to."

"All because—he possesses the Wood Release technique of the First Hokage!"

"(((ﾟДﾟ;)))."

Granny Chiyo was terrified: "Wh...what?! Wood Release! The Uchiha clan possesses the First Hokage's Wood Release?"

Sasori nodded: "Otherwise, why do you think the Third Kazekage and I suffered such a crushing defeat? Now even death is a luxury!"

Granny Chiyo was about to rush out and shout for Rasa to gather the Sunagakure ninja forces to deal with Ryou.

But suddenly, her body became uncontrollable.

Sasori's eyes transformed into a pair of Sharingan with three tomoe, radiating a bewitching yet beautiful power of ocular magic. This was achieved by Ryouu projecting the power of illusion into Sasori's eyes.

"Old woman, I forgot to tell you, besides Wood Release, his Sharingan is also close to Mangekyou Sharingan."

"Uchiha Ryou, you brat, you actually tried to trick an old woman like me who's almost sixty years old."

Grandma Chiyo's vision gradually became blurry.

Scorpion snorted, "Don't worry, I'm just letting you sleep. When you wake up, you won't know anything about me, and you'll be convinced that Uchiha Ryou is me."

Grandma Chiyo went to sleep in the basement.

Sasori then released chakra threads to set up a simple wooden bed for Granny Chiyo and covered her with some blankets.

It's a bit cold in the desert at night, don't let the old man freeze to death.

Having done all this, the scorpion raised its pincers and walked out of the basement.