Born in Sunagakure, dedicated to antagonizing Konoha for decades

"Damn it! I don't want to! Let me go! You bastard..."

When Handsome Scorpion heard that this unscrupulous idiot uncle wanted to find him a girl, he showed a furious expression for the first time in years and struggled desperately in Masato's arms, but his little arms and legs were no match for the big bad wolf.

"Objection overruled. I'm doing this for your own good. If you don't quickly hook up with a girl with your arrogant personality, you'll be stuck with those two for the rest of your life!"

"I'm pinching handsome Sasori's face," Masato said.

"...I'll go check it out too!"

Shinto's words made Ebizo's eyes light up. Yes! Wasn't his precious grand-nephew the perfect candidate, possessing both beauty and intelligence? With that face that perfectly inherited his sister's beauty, the "Flower of the Ninja World," and his incredible talent, what girl couldn't he attract? If it weren't for his personality, their family would already be surrounded by girls. Finding a girl for his precious grand-nephew in advance seemed like a good idea; it could cultivate a relationship and improve his personality. Most importantly, with his future grand-nephew's talent and the Uzumaki clan's physique...

My God! Sunagakure is really about to take off!

Concerned about his beloved grand-nephew's future and the village's future, Hai Laozang was now extremely worried and chased after Luo Zhen like a whirlwind...

"Is this really okay? Scorpion is still so young..."

Watching Ebizo's disappearing figure, and seeing Sunakawa struggling with doubts in Masato's mind, he said helplessly.

While Shinto's suggestion is excellent, Sasori is, after all, the crown prince and the rightful heir of Sunagakure. He's already planned to wait a few more years until Sasori comes of age before handing over the throne to him, making it a natural progression. Sasori's ascension wouldn't be as troublesome as his own. Given the family's contributions to the village, no one would object. If Sasori were to marry a woman from the Uzumaki clan, it would be a powerful alliance. Sasori's talent combined with the Uzumaki clan's physique might even lead to the creation of a massive Black Secret Manual...

However, nowadays, people value freedom in relationships, and seeing how handsome Scorpion resisted, Sunakawa felt a little sorry for him.

"There's nothing wrong with it. Just ask Aunt Chiyo when she gets back, and I guarantee she won't have any objections!"

Shindou patted his chest and said, "If Chiyo had a girl from the Uzumaki clan as her granddaughter-in-law, she'd be laughing in her sleep."

"What do you mean no objections? What are all of you doing here?"

Just as Masato finished speaking, Chiyo, who had returned from burning incense and praying at the temple, walked in through the door. Seeing that the place was full of Anbu members, she said strangely.

"Bringing so many people here, we're obviously here to negotiate with White Fang. 30 billion. The Crown Prince of Konoha has been taken away, but that's not important. What's important is that we plan to bring back a child bride for your precious grandson, and she'll be from the Uzumaki clan!"

Shindou continued pinching Sasori's pretty face as he spoke.

"The Uzumaki clan? Weren't they wiped out? Aside from the little girl White Fang took away, are there any survivors?"

Concerning her beloved grandson's lifelong happiness, Chiyo also ignored her grandson's constant struggle in her nephew's arms and raised an eyebrow. Although the Uzumaki clan was wiped out, it was precisely because of the Uzumaki clan's extinction that the only known surviving Uzumaki clan member was the little girl who was taken away by White Fang. As the saying goes, things are valued for their rarity. The Uzumaki clan's innate ability to possess massive amounts of chakra and vitality has now made them an endangered species under key protection in the entire ninja world.

This bloodline is barely worthy of her beloved grandson. The key is that if their next generation inherits well, Sunagakure will not worry about not having a future or lacking talent. If the Uzumaki clan grows up, they will all be guaranteed to be top-ranking members, even if their fathers are completely unremarkable.

But with her precious grandson being so outstanding, how could her future children be anything less?

Since her beloved grandson displayed his extraordinary talent, her desire for her nephew to have many children had diminished considerably. After all, the difficulty of her nephew's success was simply too great, especially since placing such high hopes on the uncertain probability of a marriage alliance between Konoha and Sunagakure was far more appropriate. It was much better to place her hopes on her beloved grandson. Although her grandson's talent was still somewhat inferior to her nephew's, whose bloodline mutation resulted in explosive talent, she was already quite content. At the age of four, he could already create puppets, surpassing even the founder of the art. Why should she ask for more?

She was initially worried that, given her precious grandson's personality, he might team up with her brother to practice shooting in the wild in the future. Now that there's such a good candidate from the Vortex Clan, it couldn't be better.

However, she hadn't heard of any Uzumaki clan bloodline outside of Konoha in recent years, so she was afraid it was just fake news that made her happy for nothing.

"Back then, Onoki and his gang were ruthless and merciless, but a few members of the Uzumaki clan still managed to escape. I'm good at organizing attacks, but I'm not so good at organizing defenses. Kakuzu mentioned to me last time that there was a little girl from the Uzumaki clan in Kusagakure, but I didn't think about it at the time and didn't pay attention. It just so happens that our village doesn't have a suitable candidate for the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, so I remembered it."

Shinto explained that it was perfect to pass the buck to his good brother Kakuzu. After all, although Kakuzu was a notorious rogue ninja, his reputation in the ninja world was top-notch. Moreover, he had been wandering the ninja world for decades, so his credibility was much greater than Shinto's.

"...Haizang and Luozhen have both gone, and we don't know if anything might happen. You should go and check on them too!"

Chiyo felt reassured when she heard it was Kakuzu who spoke!

He spoke to Masato with a stern expression.

“…”

"...Lady Chiyo, that's just a Kusagakure village..."

Looking at Chiyo's serious face, Shinto and Sunakawa were speechless. The leader of Kusagakure was only an elite Jonin, yet Ryouma and Ebizo, two quasi-Kage, had already scared him half to death. Besides, the Land of Grass was right next to their Land of Wind; what kind of accident could there be...? ヽ(ー_ー)ノ

Handsome Scorpion looked up at the sky with an air of resignation: Has no one even asked how I feel...?

249. The eldest nephew murdered his uncle.

"Didn't you only bring back one little girl? Why is it buy one get one free? And what's with all those teeth marks on them..."

Although Chiyo was adamant that Shinto should also go and protect him, it was wartime, and if the top courtier of Sunagakure went to Kusagakure, it might scare the Kusagakage into having a heart attack. For the sake of the Kusagakage's health and the ideal of a loving family in the ninja world, he decided to stay at home and be a decadent old otaku. After all, it was already a great honor for the Kusagakage that an Anbu chief and a military minister went to ask for him. The Kusagakage's face was not so great that it made sense for their top courtier to go and ask for him.

Two weeks later, Ebizo and Luo Zhen, along with a team of ANBU, successfully brought the person back. However, what they brought back was a pair of people: an older middle-aged woman and a little girl of about seven or eight years old, who looked somewhat trembling. The arms and necks of the two women exposed outside their clothes were covered with dense teeth marks. Anyone suffering from the terrifying dense array would probably faint upon seeing them.

Masato can basically conclude that the little girl is likely Karin's future mother, while the middle-aged woman, judging from the teeth marks on her body, is probably Karin's mother's mother, since the chances of inheriting this special ability to replenish life force are relatively high...

However, the middle-aged woman was not in good condition. Her face was pale, ashen, and her eyes were lifeless. Her forehead was dark, giving her a short-lived appearance. Zhen Dou calculated with his fingers... he guessed that she had been bitten too many times, and her vitality had been severely depleted. How long she could live was up to fate.

"Sigh... Luckily we arrived in time. The Grass Village was at war with the Stone Village. Because this mother and daughter have special constitutions, a bite from them can replenish their life force. When we arrived, the Grass Village was about to send them to the front lines. These teeth marks are from the bites they received from wounded Grass Village ninja. The little girl is alright, she wasn't bitten too many times, but the older one..."

Ebizo shook his head. Although his medical skills weren't as good as Chiyo's, as a veteran puppeteer, he could still hold his own against Sasori's father. He could deduce the general situation at a glance. The reason he brought the older woman back was to give the little girl a sense of belonging, since she was going to be his beloved grand-nephew... How could he not know what kind of personality his beloved grand-nephew had? Her mouth was no less sharp than this bastard's, perhaps even more so. It would be too difficult to make him take the initiative. Moreover, Ebizo, having examined the little girl's physique, was also astonished by her powerful chakra and vitality, completely abandoning his previous idea of ​​testing her. This was definitely a perfect candidate for a Jinchūriki! Once the Seven-Tails entered her stomach, it would never escape!

"Wow! I didn't expect the Whirlpool Clan to have so many strange and wonderful abilities. It's clear their bloodline is top-tier among the Whirlpool Clan! Young man, you've struck gold..."

"Ding ding ding...!"

"Holy crap! Σ(⊙▽⊙a)"

"Scorpion! What are you doing?! (?Д?#)"

After speaking in a tone reminiscent of Madara, Masato pinched Sasori's cheek hard, resulting in a dozen green senbon needles suddenly bursting out onto his chest. However, this Armament Haki was too powerful, as it automatically activated, covering his chest and turning it black, sending all the green senbon needles flying to the ground.

This sudden event shocked everyone around. What was the Crown Prince trying to do? Was the eldest nephew murdering his own uncle?

Even Handsome Scorpion's parents couldn't help but shout it out.

"How is that possible!??)?Д?(?"

At this moment, when Handsome Scorpion saw that his bastard uncle's chest was unharmed, his mind went blank. Of course, he didn't really want to kill his uncle. After all, poisoning might be life-threatening for others, but it was not a problem in their family. He just wanted to teach his stupid uncle a lesson to express his strong dissatisfaction with the adults' arranged marriage, especially since he was only four years old and his life was already planned by the adults!

This is what's most difficult for a free-spirited, genius young man like him to accept...

So he had been preparing for this for two whole months, just waiting for today's battle, to announce to everyone that he was in charge of his own life!

After two months of hard work preparing, he never expected that the thousand books that recorded his freedom would be bounced back by this bastard and idiot uncle. How can this guy's chest be so hard?

"Scorpion! What are you doing?!"

Handsome Scorpion's father, with a dark face, roared at his precious son with the authority of a father, almost on the verge of exploding. Beside him, Yusa also looked quite ugly. Originally, their son was mature beyond his years and had outstanding talent. Apart from some personality flaws, he was fine and they never had to worry about him. These personality flaws were the patent of super geniuses. Their older brother was just a bit frivolous at his age, so they could accept that.

But they can't accept what their son is doing now—he actually used a highly poisonous kunai to sneak attack his own uncle!

Luckily, the older brother was tough enough; otherwise, given the way this kid attacked, a hit to the heart would have been fatal even with the antidote.

"Ugh...! This bastard's so tough... I have to hold on...!"

Amidst the shocked crowd, Mei Chuanbai, still healthy and robust, sighed in disappointment as he watched the situation unfold without any real conflict. He silently cheered himself on, while his eldest son, who had been the young clan leader for decades, silently shed tears of resentment upon hearing this…

"Hey, hey, don't be so angry. It's just a few pieces of scrap metal. I'm tougher than the Raikage. Hmm... your technique is quite skilled, but your timing wasn't good enough. Next time, you should strike when I'm halfway through my sentence and my concentration wavers. Also, don't always target the chest. Many people wear things like silk armor or soft armor, making it difficult to kill with a single blow. Instead, it will alert the opponent. So, the target should be the head, neck, or groin—the most vulnerable parts of the body... If you want to shoot me, next time you'll need a kunai made of diamond to have a chance. This scrap metal is no good. Even the White Fang's family short swords, crackled with lightning, couldn't break my defense. This scrap metal won't do..."

Stopping Sasori's father, who was about to launch into a tirade, Masato squatted down and picked up a dozen or so green senbon needles from the ground. He scribbled and drew on the ground, taking the opportunity to teach his criminal genius nephew a lesson, so that he wouldn't be humiliated by a girl who played with paper airplanes in the future.

Wow, that's impressive! A four-year-old already knows how to ambush...

250. Occasionally, a sham democracy is necessary.

"..."

The people around were speechless at the sight of the uncle teaching his nephew. They couldn't help but clench their legs together. What was supposed to be a heartwarming scene had been twisted by this guy. What kind of uncle teaches his nephew how to use underhanded tactics? This is just too damn insidious!

Although they use this technique on the battlefield, they figure it out on their own. No one would openly teach them these things, because it would be too unethical.

But this guy actually openly taught Scorpion such a treacherous method in front of so many people... They could already imagine that when Scorpion grew up, he would definitely be a cunning old man, or even more cunning, having already received this kind of ideological education at the age of four.

Oh my God!

"Alright, stop fooling around. You must be tired from the journey. You two guests from the modern Uzumaki clan, go and rest."

Chiyo sighed helplessly, interrupting her nephew's re-education of her beloved grandson, and she wasn't angry that her beloved grandson had hit her nephew.

"Are you kidding? If our four-year-old grandson could really take down their Sunagakure's top fighter, then our nephew deserved to die. Our grandson is excellent, but he hasn't reached the level of surpassing our nephew. Our nephew's Armament Haki can't even break through a Tailed Beast Ball, let alone with a few useless senbon needles."

It's actually her fault for using her nephew as a negative example to educate her beloved grandson all these years. Her grandson only hears outsiders bragging and has no idea how amazing his own uncle really is...

Interrupting my nephew's re-education of my beloved grandson was because I didn't want him to be turned into another cunning old man. My grandson is destined to be a popular idol, how could he become a cunning old man...?

Moreover, the important matter at hand is that this red-haired girl is indeed quite pretty, although she is still not as good-looking as her precious grandson. However, with the physique of the Uzumaki clan and the super-powerful life force of the Uzumaki clan, she is barely worthy of her precious grandson. But now is not the time to talk about these things. Her precious grandson is only four years old. Let's talk about it in ten years. The most important thing now is the next war and the issue of Jinchuriki. So she gave Sunagawa a look.

After receiving Chiyo's signal, Sunagawa waved for the Anbu to take Karin's mother and her mother's mother away to rest. After all, anyone with eyesight could see that the older Uzumaki clan member was nearing the end. Sunagawa still had a tiny bit of humanity left... Although Sunagawa was involved in the Uzumaki clan's extermination war, it was an inevitable outcome. Half of the ninja world was involved. Even without Shinto, the Uzumaki clan wouldn't have lasted long. The ending was already predetermined. Shinto breaking the Uzumaki clan's barrier only accelerated their demise.

Hmm... the culprit is Onoki!

The mother is nearing her breaking point; anyone with a modicum of humanity would allow her and her daughter to spend more time together...

........

"Shinto means he wants that Uzumaki clan girl from earlier to become the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki. What do you all think?"

After the Anbu (Anbu) members left with the Uzumaki mother and daughter, and some others who weren't high enough in rank, only Sunagawa, Ebizo, Chiyo, the Anbu chief Rozen, Sasori and his family, along with Hakuchi Umekawa and Sasori's imposing father-in-law, remained at the Kazekage Tower. Sunagawa and Ebizo exchanged a glance and then spoke up: "The Jinchuriki of the Tailed Beasts has always been a secret of each village. Too many people can't know, but too few can't either. Too many people knowing could easily lead to leaks, but if too few people know, and something happens and the Jinchuriki dies, it would be bad if no one took care of them. Hakuchi Umekawa is a senior member, almost a contemporary of Chiyo. Although he often clashes with Shinto, he's absolutely dedicated to serving his village. In this battle in the Land of Rain, the Umekawa clan sent the most people, and even his eldest and second sons went."

As for Saori's father, although he was a bit timid, he still had to give face to his in-laws. Besides, they were one of the powerful families in Sunagakure, so they were qualified to stay. Sasori's father was the Crown Prince, his mother was the Crown Princess, and Sasori was the future leader of the village, so there was no reason for them not to stay.

The matter of the Jinchūriki is a major issue for the village, especially since the Kazekage Sunagawa cannot decide whether an outsider should become the Jinchūriki.

We live in an era of democracy. Kazekage is elected by vote, and cannot be too arbitrary. Even the several outstanding members of Chiyo's school cannot make decisions on this matter alone.

Although their family received the most votes, they still occasionally engage in a sham democracy.

"What?! They're letting an outsider be the Jinchūriki?! No way! Absolutely not! Kazekage, Chiyo, we Sunagakure were involved in the battle in Uzushiogakure! The Seven-Tails is a crucial strategic weapon! How can we entrust it to an outsider? Does Sunagakure have no talent?"

As soon as Sunagawa finished speaking, Umekawa Shirachi immediately objected, stood up excitedly, glared at Masato, and then said quite excitedly.

The Uzumaki clan is universally recognized as the perfect Jinchūriki in the ninja world, without a doubt. However, the Sand Village is different from the Leaf Village. The Leaf Village and the Uzumaki clan are related by marriage and have been allies for many years, so it is fine for the Leaf Village to use members of the Uzumaki clan as Jinchūriki.

But Sunagakure has absolutely no connection with the Uzumaki clan. They even participated in the Uzumaki clan's extermination war back then, and now they're making Uzumaki clan members serve as their jinchūriki. How come this bastard is still alive? He really wants to wait until this bastard dies, dig out his heart and see just how big it is before he can close his eyes in peace!

"...Old man Meichuan, you're absolutely right. We in Sunagakure truly have no talent left. Do you think just any Tom, Dick, or Harry can become a Seven-Tails Jinchuriki? Even with Konoha's Tailed Beast Sealing Technique, a Jinchuriki with insufficient chakra and life force will never live more than ten years! Ten years! Ten years! Can you really bear to watch a seventeen or eighteen-year-old child, at the prime of their life, lose their life just because they became a Jinchuriki? And then, ten years later, you'll find another one. This cycle continues. How many children like that will Sunagakure lose? That little girl isn't from our village, but she's young now, still in her formative years. Her hatred isn't as intense as we imagine. Besides, girls are easily swayed by love. If my nephew can handle that little girl, that's all that matters. I originally wanted your grandson to take her place; his personality is quite good. Unfortunately, while he perfectly avoided your genes in terms of talent and personality, he couldn't escape them in terms of facial features. So, I had no choice but to let my nephew do it..."

Shindou ignored the old man Meichuan's murderous glare and said with an expression that said, "Who told you your grandson looks like you? I'm helpless too."

251. Sunagakure is still in charge there.

"You bastard! Are you saying I'm ugly?! (╬◣д◢)"

Mei Chuan Bai Di initially thought that what this bastard said made sense, but as he listened, he felt more and more uneasy. This bastard was actually indirectly saying that he was ugly!

He accepts being called old, after all, his age is a factor.

But to be called ugly by a slovenly jerk who doesn't even comb his hair when he gets up is a huge insult to him. Who hasn't been young?

He was quite the handsome young man back then!