Uchiha's personal opinion

"Either go back, or die here..."

Rasa said leisurely, "For the sake of being from Sunagakure, I have given you two choices. You can decide for yourselves."

At this moment, only nine members of the Sunagakure Anbu appeared, and neither their numbers nor their strength were of any use to Rasa.

"If you retreat and go into hiding, I will not hold you accountable after I assume the position of the fourth generation..."

Luo Sha changed the subject and began to try to win him over.

He could also tell that these secret agents didn't seem to be in a hurry to complete the task assigned by the Grand Elder.

"You don't need to worry about that..."

The captain of the Sand Village's ANBU slowly drew the ninja sword slung across his back.

"...They're really courting death!"

Luo Sha snorted coldly.

"Let's do it!"

Almost simultaneously, both sides began throwing ninja tools!

With his Sharingan, Uchiha Shiki anticipated the Sunagakure ANBU's prediction. Under Uchiha's control of shurikenjutsu, the shuriken, which struck later but arrived first, drew a strange arc in the air, knocking down the Sunagakure ninja's flying needles, kunai and other ninja tools one by one. At the same time, several kunai were shot straight at the Sunagakure ANBU.

"A trivial skill!"

Although Uchiha Shiki's ninja tool throwing technique did startle the Sunagakure ANBU members, they still responded with a defiant remark, while one of the ANBU members casually threw several kunai at the oncoming object in an attempt to intercept them.

"Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!"

Uchiha Hōshū quickly completed the hand seals, then puffed out his cheeks, and a fierce pillar of fire shot straight towards the Sunagakure ANBU at a speed far exceeding that of ordinary fire-style attacks, along the specially made steel wire pulled from the kunai!

"Magnetic Release: Gold Sand Shuriken!"

Just as the Fire Release began its attack, Rasa's Magnet Release ninjutsu transformed into a dense barrage of gold dust shuriken, raining down on the Sunagakure ANBU.

"BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!"

Under the attack of two ninjutsu, three of the nine Sunagakure ANBU members were knocked down, and the other six, although they managed to dodge in a disheveled state, also had some injuries on their bodies.

Both Uchiha Ishihiko's Fire Release and Rasa's Magnet Release are ninjutsu far beyond the ordinary.

"Go back!"

Rasa stopped Uchiha Shikiho, who was about to charge, and said to the Sunagakure Anbu, "Now, you should be able to go back and report!"

"Thank you for your understanding, Lord Rasa!"

The captain of the Sand Village Dark Army breathed a sigh of relief. He then waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to help the wounded soldier who had fallen to the ground. He then bowed slightly, preparing to leave in an instant.

Did I let you leave?

A slightly childish voice suddenly rang out from behind the captain of the Sunagakure Dark Army.

"what!"

Then, before the ANBU captain could react, one of the Sunagakure ANBU members behind him spread his hands and opened his mouth, shooting a rain of flying needles at his comrades around him.

Damn it!

Apart from the Sand Village Dark Army Captain, the other seven Sand Village Dark Army members who were caught off guard were all killed!

Their bodies, which had fallen to the ground, quickly turned black, demonstrating the potency of the poison applied to the flying needles!

Luo Sha couldn't help but gasp, then quickly covered his mouth and nose as if he had just remembered something.

"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"

After a while of fighting, Yura finally came to his senses and quickly used Wind Release ninjutsu to clear away the air around him. At the same time, Rasa and the others took out antidote pills from their pockets and swallowed them.

"Such a potent toxin..."

The Sand Village Dark Army Captain looked at his fallen teammates with a look of utter despair, then at the "team member" who had been transformed into a bizarre puppet, and said with a bitter expression, "Is that you?"

"……scorpion!"

A handsome young man with red hair emerged from the alley on the other side of the street and politely nodded to both of them.

At this point, there was no longer any suspense regarding the disappearance of the Third Kazekage.

Whether or not it was Scorpion who did it, he's going to take the blame!

A ruthless look also appeared on Luo Sha's face.

"Magnetic Release: The Great Burial of Gold Sands!"

Ignoring the fact that they were inside a ninja village, Rasa recklessly activated the Magnet Release ninjutsu with all his might, unleashing a fierce sandstorm that swept towards Sasori!

At the same time, the Shadow Guard Jonin quickly took out a signal tube and fired several signal flares into the sky!

"Magnetic Escape·Sand Iron Wall!"

Scorpion swiftly pulled out a sealing scroll, unsealing it to create a puppet. At the same time, he activated a towering iron sand wall to block Rasa's sandstorm!

"This is……"

Rasa and the Sand Village ninja present immediately changed their expressions!

The puppet that Sasori used was all too familiar to them, both in terms of its appearance and its ninjutsu!

"...It's Lord Sandai!"

The Shadow Guard Jonin's eyes were bloodshot, and he forced out the words through clenched teeth: "It really was you! Sasori!!"

At this moment, signal flares rose from the sky, and the various units of Sunagakure, having received the message from the Jonin of the Shadow Guard, rushed over at an extremely fast speed. The first to appear was the first anti-terrorism unit brought back by Rasa, led by Kisame Hoshigaki.

Then, figures descended from all directions, surrounding all parties involved in the conflict.

However, due to their respective factions, the Sand Village ninjas who came to their aid were divided into distinct camps.

But at this moment, they couldn't care less about factional disputes; they were only surprised to see the tall puppet standing beside Scorpion after the Iron Sand Wall dissipated.

"Third generation sir..."

A puppeteer pointed tremblingly at the puppet and uttered a name that no one could believe: "That is a human puppet made from the corpse of the Third Generation Lord!"

"Sasori! Sasori, that demon! He's the one who killed the Third Master!"

In an instant, the Sand Village ninjas were filled with righteous indignation!

"Kill it!"

One of the Sand Village ninjas shouted angrily, and then the Sand Village ninjas suddenly sprang up.

But just as they were about to make their move, wisps of smoke suddenly rose from the bodies of several of the Sand Village ninjas who had come to their aid.

"Uh?"

Uchiha Shihuo's eyelids twitched instantly, sensing something was wrong!

"careful!"

Just after the warning was shouted, a series of exploding tags rang out from the Sand Village ninja!

"It's just a cheap little toy, but it'll be a good opportunity for you to see the power of puppetry!"

The composed Sasori ignored the horrific explosion and the heavy casualties among his fellow village ninjas, and simply said something in a gentle tone.

Among the Sand Village ninjas who came to their aid after receiving the signal, there was even a self-destructing puppet disguised as Sasori!

His cunning was so profound that even Luo Sha couldn't help but feel a chill!

"Pity……"

Looking down at the bloodstains and bits of flesh splattered on his body, Rasa's face contorted with even more savagery. "It seems that Elder Chiyo's bloodline will be extinct from this day forward!"

Meanwhile, the well-trained and self-contained counter-terrorism forces were unaffected. Under Kisame Hoshigaki's command, hundreds of counter-terrorism ninjas quickly dispersed and began to rescue the heavily wounded Sunagakure ninjas while surrounding them.

The captain of the Shadow Guard and Yekura also arrived at the scene one after the other.

After witnessing the horrific explosion, their gazes fell upon the composed Scorpion.

"You will all become part of my collection."

A strange smile appeared on Scorpion's face.

Then, the third-generation Kazekage puppet turned into a wisp of green smoke and disappeared without a trace!

Luo Sha and the others, who were about to make their move, were suddenly stunned, and then realized that something was wrong!

As expected, explosions rang out continuously throughout Sunagakure!

"Kill it!"

Yekura, with the most violent temper, was the first to make a move—

"Scorching Escape"

A fireball of extremely high temperature appeared out of thin air and slammed into the scorpion with a sinister smile on its face.

But for some reason, Scorpion showed no intention of retaliating. Instead, he simply spread his hands out as if he were willingly surrendering himself to death.

"This……"

Seeing this, Ye Cang's eyelids twitched.

"Pong!"

The Scorching Fireball struck, burning the fearless Sasori to ashes.

Something's not right...

Luo Sha's face twitched uncontrollably as he stared intently at the pair of feet left behind by the "dead" scorpion.

Above the sole of the foot, a stream of molten steel slowly dripped down.

"This is also a puppet!"

The captain of the Shadow Guard was so angry his nose almost twisted out of shape!

A large group of veterans were completely outmaneuvered by this young man, Scorpion!

Chapter 406 The Namakawa Conference

After dealing with the affairs of the Land of Water, Uchiha Tokumitsu led his troops back to Konoha.