Naruto: Reshaping the Shinobi World with Sasori

"scorpion…"

"Why? Did the Kazekage order you to do this?"

One month later, on a certain day, within the Land of Wind.

A small team from Sunagakure was suddenly attacked by a single enemy.

And they are not outsiders.

A puppeteer.

He was a person the three of them knew very well.

Sasori of the Anbu, a genius whom the Sand Village is proud of.

When Sasori appeared, the three of them thought that the Kazekage had sent Sasori to inform them of something... However, Sasori attacked without warning after getting close.

The three were caught completely off guard and suffered a severe blow.

In this three-person team, two of them serve as guards, while the team leader is one of the high-ranking members of Sunagakure.

The high-ranking official was seriously injured but not yet dead. He briefly fought with the scorpion, but was ultimately no match for it and fell to the ground.

As he lay dying, the man looked at the indifferent scorpion standing before him, his pupils trembling.

His subconscious thought was that Scorpion was following the Kazekage's orders to eliminate him.

The problem is... the recent unrest in the village is aimed at the civilian forces, while these people have never disobeyed the Wind Shadow's will.

They also wholeheartedly support eliminating some of the "troublemakers" among the common people.

Why target them?

When did Fengying start targeting him as well?

However, in response to his questioning, Scorpion's only reaction was to pounce on him like a puppet.

Moments later, the high-ranking official died, blood flowing from his body…

After destroying the body and eliminating all evidence, the scorpion quickly left.

In his reply, Yubi instructed him to look for opportunities but not to act immediately. Even if he were to eliminate some high-ranking officials, he should ensure that there was a time interval and not do it too frequently.

Furthermore, it would be best to do this outside the village, where Sasori could act as the Kazekage's "sharp blade" while also being fully in charge of the matter, allowing him to make some perfect moves.

Firstly, it would allow them to find an opportunity when higher-ups left the village; secondly, it would allow them to deliberately frame someone.

Furthermore, it could actually leak some information to the outside world, attracting other hostile forces to take action or get involved, and making the situation even more chaotic.

Of course, it has to be done very discreetly.

In short, the methods used to target these high-ranking officials cannot be too simplistic.

Therefore, Scorpion waited for dozens of days before finding this opportunity.

We'll make our move while this high-ranking official is away from the village.

The situation inside the village is now very tense. Commoner ninjas in some organizations are frequently clashing with ninjas from noble families in the village, not just verbally, but physically.

However, most people dared not make a big fuss and remained relatively restrained.

These people aren't really afraid of the village's higher-ups... they just have feelings for Sunagakure.

However, there are also those who are truly ruthless... In the last two or three months, two rogue ninjas have appeared in their Sunagakure village.

They all fled after killing other Sunagakure inhabitants.

This has also led to changes in the power structure within the village. Previously, there were representatives of the common people in the upper echelons, but now all of them have been intentionally "relocated" from their positions by the Wind Shadow, who has begun to promote his subordinates who believe in his ideology and style to fill the vacant positions in the upper echelons.

The person who was executed by Scorpion was one of them.

Yubi's meaning is simple... Firstly, the timing of the action has a certain span, which can give the village time to deal with it and provide a buffer, so that there won't be a large gap in the village's management all at once.

Secondly, it was also to prevent Scorpion from going too far and being exposed.

Although the current situation has unfolded exactly as they had anticipated and prepared.

However, there is still a possibility of exposure... If the village finds out that it was the two of them who were behind this, it will be a major problem.

In short, one should act with caution.

……

Meanwhile, within the Land of Rain.

Yubi trudged through the blood, stepping over the corpses on the ground.

This was the stronghold of an armed group from the Land of Rain. He killed almost all of their people, including some rogue ninja they employed.

He amassed a great fortune by searching through the manor-like residence, finding chests full of treasures.

His experience in the Land of Rain during this period has given him a better understanding of the current situation there.

Why are so many rogue or wandering ninjas flocking here? Is there something to do?

This force is not needed if it is simply for oppressing the people or for ordinary rebels.

Currently, the people of the Land of Rain have not yet formed a military-style and formidable uprising force like Akatsuki. Although there are rebel groups in various places, they are still relatively scattered and difficult to manage.

They were like a pile of loose sand.

The stronghold leader he killed was just a puppet; the real mastermind behind him was a high-ranking member of Amegakure, a close confidant of Hanzo.

These representatives of the Amegakure high-ranking officials extorted money from the people and gradually handed it over to the higher authorities... Then, these officials would find a way or use some pretext to give it to Hanzo the Salamander.

The reason why we need to use 'ninjas' is that most of the organizations in the Land of Rain are related to Hanzo's confidants and are almost all affiliated with the powerful figures of Amegakure.

Although on the surface, he is the local hegemon.

In reality, he was just a "stand-in" who followed the instructions of the village's higher-ups.

These people frequently fought amongst themselves and even resorted to violence in their struggle for various resources.

Even "our own people" are fighting each other.

Even ninjas from Amegakure might be involved…

This kind of battlefield is the stage for rogue ninjas or wandering ninjas.

"It's so dark..."

Yubi walked up to a box, opened it, and found it filled with correspondence between the stronghold leader and higher-ups.

He randomly opened a letter and glanced at it.

The above content made him sigh.

Based on the intelligence he had, the power structure within Amegakure had never been finalized.

Hanzo the Salamander reigns supreme, his position unshakeable.

However, his subordinates, the heads of various organizations in Amegakure, the higher-ups, were all vying for power and profit, and no one was willing to submit to anyone else.

It has only the skeleton of a village, but not the "soul" of a ninja village.

……

Time passed slowly.

Sasori killed the second high-ranking member of Sunagakure.

This time, it wasn't a clandestine assassination; they were ordered by the Kazekage to silence them.

The reason is simple: as the situation in the village became more and more chaotic, the water became more and more murky... Sasori just did a little trick and framed this high-ranking official for having "connections" with the civilian ninja's forces. The Third Kazekage became suspicious, and everything that followed was a matter of course.

The current situation in the village is somewhat worrying, and as the Kazekage, I am eager to quell the situation.

They've even adopted a mindset of "better to kill the innocent than let one guilty person go free."

Once there's a first, there will be a second, a third...

If the right approach is not chosen, the whole situation could easily spiral into a series of mistakes.

Some high-ranking officials in the village believed that they were killed because of intelligence leaks.

Some of them had ties with civilian forces... so they had to be eliminated.

Others, mostly high-ranking officials, were killed by certain factions within the village out of a desire for revenge.

In short, the deaths of all high-ranking officials are considered "reasonable" by most people.

They were drawn into this class conflict.

A growing distrust among the villagers began to permeate the village…

However, the deaths of these high-ranking officials did not happen all at once, but rather occurred one after another over a period of more than six months.

Therefore, the situation in Sunagakure was not too turbulent.

At least on the surface, all the institutions are maintaining basic operations.

The most obvious change was that during this period, the village produced quite a few rogue ninjas…

Furthermore, some major ninja villages have noticed that Sunagakure seems to be in a somewhat 'unpeaceful' state recently.

But within the village, there was one person who had become suspicious.

That's Arai!

As a shadow guard, Arai has been involved in and handling the whole matter, but due to his status, he cannot directly intervene. The Kazekage has to delegate many tasks to Sasori of the Anbu...

As the saying goes, "Those involved are often confused, while bystanders see things clearly." Arai felt that... from his perspective, something was amiss with the whole situation.

His suspect was Scorpion!

However, Sasori had already gained the trust of the Kazekage, and was also a member of the village's elite faction, as well as the grandson of Granny Chiyo…

There is no reason for him to harm his own people, and his stance is unlikely to lean towards the civilian forces, so... no matter what, no one will doubt him.

Moreover, the scorpion is a powerful fighting force that the village will rely on in the future.

Therefore, even if Arai expresses his suspicions to the Kazekage, he needs to have substantial evidence.

Therefore, Arai has recently been secretly keeping an eye on Sasori.

Observe his every move.

Arai secretly followed Sasori when he left the village alone once again.