Chapter 670 The artist's farewell

"This old woman... really likes to meddle in her own business."

Silent for a long time, Scorpion seemed to accept the fact before him, he didn't know why he suddenly became irritable, and said this.

His right hand covered his head, covering almost his entire face, so that people could not see his face at this time, giving people a headache.

Obviously this kind of situation would never happen to the puppet, but Scorpion could sense this strange emotion very clearly at this moment.

As if sleeping deep in the heart, the long-standing seal was suddenly broken.

"Even if I was resurrected again, so what? Still nothing can be changed."

"Elder Chidai just felt that he owed you and didn't guide you well and correctly when you were young, so he compensated you at this time. But I think, if you hadn't taken back the 'human' part in the end, otherwise no matter how much Elder Chidai loves you, she would not use the forbidden technique of reincarnation for you."

Luo Sha said so.

"It's ridiculous, women always like this."

Scorpion sneered.

Immediately afterwards, he glanced at Luo Sha with fierce eyes. Although all the weapons in his body were disarmed, it would not be so easy if the other party wanted to kill him.

"So, what are you going to do to me next? Imprison me in Sha Yin's torture chamber?"

"I have this idea. After all, you are not only the culprit who killed the third Kazekage, but also joined a terrorist organization and took away the village's tailed beast. To be honest, until now, I can't find any reason to forgive you. According to the village's regulations, you are so rebellious that you can die a hundred times without regret."

Luo Sha responded to Scorpion with a cold tone.

Scorpion killed the third Kazekage, which directly led to Saken's subsequent defeat in the third Ninja World War against Konoha. It should have been an excellent opportunity, but it was wasted in vain.

If this is not the case, Sand Yin can use the third Ninja World War to further strengthen himself and realize Sand Yin's rise plan.

At the same time, in the later War of the Kingdom of Wind, Sand Hidden will not lose too much top combat power, and he will be oppressed by ceding land and paying compensation to the Kingdom of Ghosts.

The root of all this is the betrayal of the scorpion.

On this point, any ninja who loves Sain would not be able to forgive Scorpion for what he did.

Scorpion alone can do too much harm to Yin Sha.

Not to mention, now he is still a terrorist organization and has taken away the tail of Sa Yin.

He has already tried his best to suppress the killing intent on the scorpion.

"Yeah?"

"This is for Elder Chidai's face. What you have done in the past is tarnishing Elder Chidai's reputation. If Elder Chidai hadn't been suppressing you in the village and managing the relationship between all parties, in the past few years, you would not have just pursued and killed you without pain."

Luo Sha said so.

Before he knew that Scorpion was the culprit who killed the third Kazekage, Sagakushi's pursuit of Scorpion had always been very ambiguous.

Especially in the early days, when Chiyo was still in charge of the high-level organization of Shayin Village, many high-level officials were intimidated by Chiyo's authority and did not discuss this matter much. They could only turn a blind eye to such dangerous rebellion as Xie.

After the third Ninja World War ended, some people used this incident to attack Chiyo and force him to step down. Although Chiyo successfully blocked it at that time, but he also suffered a heavy blow to his reputation, which led to the follow-up having to turn to behind-the-scenes actions.

All these occurrences are inextricably related to the scorpion.

Because Scorpion should have been regarded by Chiyo as the successor of Sand Hidden Will, the best candidate for the fourth Kazekage!

Even the three generations of Kazekage who were in power in the past are more in favor of this matter, thinking that Scorpion can take over the Kazekage after him very well and lead Sayin to become powerful.

"Doesn't it seem a bit late to say these words now?"

Scorpion smiled coldly.

Luo Sha shook his head, staring at Scorpion's face that was no different from the past, and said: "As Kazekage, I shouldn't have allowed such a rebellious person like you to leave, but Elder Chidai has made great contributions to the village, and I don't have the heart for Elder Chidai to end like this... So, you go."

"Are you really willing to let me go?"

Xie glanced at Luo Sha in surprise, and double-checked.

He has known Luo Sha since he was young, and he knows Luo Sha's character well, and the other party will not be so emotional in terms of experience.

Besides, with the ethos of Sand Hidden Village at that time, if you want to overwhelm your opponent and become the seat of Kazekage, if you are always acting on your own emotions, even with Chiyo's support, it is impossible to sit on the throne of Kazekage.

Because the spies were ambushed in the village, he generally knew about some changes in the internal situation of Shayin Village when Luo Sha assumed the position of Fengying.

The elders who were in power at that time either retired or were cleaned up, and became Luo Sha's voice.

Especially when I learned that in order to cultivate the Tailed Beast weapon of Sand Hidden, the other party sent ninjas to deliberately 'assassinate' my son Gaara in the early years, so as to stimulate his growth...

It shows the other party's cold-blooded and cruel heart.

"Just this one time."

Luo Sha said in an awkward tone.

"You have become weak and merciful, Luo Sha. In the past, as long as you are an enemy, whether it is external or internal, you can use and destroy without mercy."

Xie paused, and said this sentence.

"Perhaps, but people will always change after some things. In short, you'd better not appear in my field of vision in the future. Otherwise, even with the relationship of the thousand generations of elders, I will no longer tolerate your betrayal and kill you."

Luo Sha sighed, then turned and left the tent without looking at Xie again.

The placer gold ambushing underground also evacuated invisible.

Following Luo Sha's departure, the space returned to silence, leaving Xie alone, silently looking at the kneeling corpse on the ground for a long time.

"You guys acted too aggressively this time. Although it's a good thing to be brave enough to save people, it's not worthwhile to put yourself in if you don't save people."

In the Konoha ninja team rushing back to Konoha Village, Shikamaru and Naruto hang behind the team.

After learning about the whole incident, Shikamaru frowned slightly at the adventurous behavior of Naruto and others, thinking that Naruto and others' offensive methods were too aggressive. And without waiting for the antidote to arrive, he directly fought against a ninja of the scorpion level. If a wound was cut a little, things would become very troublesome.

"It can't be helped, who said that the situation was very critical at that time? Besides, didn't everything go well in the end?"

Naruto said so.

"It's just that you are lucky enough, and the people from the ghost country have attracted a lot of attention from the enemy. Otherwise, given your current situation, I am afraid it will be very dangerous."

Shikamaru shook his head, he didn't quite agree with Naruto's perfunctory statement.

If it wasn't for the unexpected intervention of the kingdom of ghosts, and Naruto's own strength, it exceeded the enemy's expectations. If the enemy was caught off guard, the entire army might be wiped out.

At that time, not only one tail, but also nine tails may be taken away by the enemy.

"Speaking of the kingdom of ghosts... I seem to have forgotten something important."

Naruto began to think hard, feeling like he suddenly forgot something, and his face became sad.

"Ah! I remembered!"

Naruto's yell made Shikamaru sweat profusely, and he asked helplessly, "Don't be surprised all the time, what's wrong?"

"I asked those guys from the Oni Land about Sakura! Damn, I just said why when I came back, I always felt something was wrong!"

Naruto looked like he was about to cry, but he seemed to be mad at himself.

"What to do, Shikamaru?"

He looked at Shikamaru with pleading eyes.

"What's the use of asking me about this kind of thing? People have already gone back."

Shikamaru replied speechlessly.

"Is it too late to catch up now?"

"Are you saying it's still too late? More than a day has passed. If you catch up now, you will definitely not be able to catch up. And without official documents, foreign ninjas are not allowed to enter the kingdom of ghosts at will. If they are discovered, they will be arrested and imprisoned as intruders."

Shikamaru explained the pros and cons.

It must be too late to go back and catch up now.

The kingdom of ghosts has extremely strict border protection. It is impossible for ninjas without the permission of the documents to walk within the borders of the country. It can almost be described as difficult to walk.

Adding Naruto's identity, once Naruto really does that, it will not be simply imprisoned, but will escalate into a diplomatic incident between countries with greater conflicts, which is likely to detonate a new round of war between the kingdom of ghosts and Konoha.

"There will be more opportunities to deal with them in the future. Besides, didn't you get information about Orochimaru from Scorpion? Now, compared to Sakura, you should pay more attention to Sasuke's affairs."

Shikamaru changed the topic.

"That's right, Sasuke! Scorpion said that in four months, Orochimaru will take Sasuke's body away!"

Naruto also suddenly remembered this matter.

"Shikamaru, let Granny Tsunade order immediately after you go back to arrest Orochimaru."

"That's Konoha Sannin anyway, not a dangerous criminal who can be arrested if he can be arrested. Moreover, before the other party acts, we can't act too hastily, otherwise it is easy to scare the enemy and miss the opportunity."

Shikamaru glanced at the anxious Naruto, and replied like this.

"That is to say, it will be four months before you can act?"

Naruto reacted.

"Yes, the time may need to be advanced a little bit, anyway, it is impossible to catch Orochimaru now."

Shikamaru nodded.

But there are many difficulties.

First, they have no way of confirming whether the information provided by Scorpion is accurate. This may be a trap designed for Konoha.

Secondly, if the information given by Scorpion is true, then this operation will not only arrest Orochimaru as Naruto said.

Instead, taking advantage of the conflict between Orochimaru and Sasuke, arrest them together with Sasuke, or even directly execute the two on the spot, and take the body back.

Because the threat Konoha is facing now is not only Orochimaru, but Sasuke who wants to avenge the high-level is also an extremely unstable bomb for Konoha.

Third, if this is a trap, Konoha must also send a sufficiently powerful ninja to prepare for a full-scale conflict with that organization. Among the ninjas going, it is best to exclude Naruto.

Although Naruto is powerful and a huge help, there are uncontrollable risks.

First, he can't really attack Sasuke; second, if it's a trap, Kyuubi is at risk of being snatched by the enemy.

These two important factors lead to Naruto's actions being easily disturbed by factors other than combat, leading to the direct failure of the mission.

Based on the above-mentioned complex reasons, Shikamaru believes that it is best to exclude Naruto from the hunt for Orochimaru four months later, gather forces other than Naruto to send Jonin, and form a special operations team to attack and capture Orochimaru and Sasuke.

Sand hidden, cemetery.

Among the yellow sand all over the sky, a figure stood alone in front of the tomb, staring fixedly at the tombstone, as if caught in some kind of memory, speechless.

After a long time, his face changed, and there were subtle footsteps behind him, which he did not hide.

An old man came over and came to Xie's side. Like Xie, he quietly looked at the tombstone in front of him, a trace of sadness appeared on his old face.

"You have been standing here for several hours, did you remember the past?"

Hai Laozang's old and trembling voice sounded, giving the impression that half of his foot had been stepped into the coffin, and he was short of breath.

It may also be that I saw the death of my sister who had been dependent on me for many years, which caused excessive grief and trauma to my body.

"Did i do something wrong?"

Scorpion looked blankly at the tombstone in front of him.

He couldn't understand why he was resurrected by Chiyo.

I don't understand the meaning of my own existence.

The incomparably firm "eternity" in the past has long been terminated at the time of "death".

"There is no regret in life, just like time will not flow backwards. Once it starts to flow, it will not stop. The most guilty thing about my sister is that when you were young, you didn't realize the true loneliness in your heart, so that you finally chose to leave Sand Yin and escape from paralyzing yourself in the 'eternal' box."

Ebizo's words made Xie's expression look even more silent.

His so-called 'eternity' is just loneliness.

In this way, he does not have to wait for others, nor does he have to make anyone wait for him.

In the end, only myself is left alone.

"I have already forgotten about that kind of thing. Even now, it is difficult for me to recall the appearance of my parents. I only remember that after they left that night, they rushed towards the battlefield and never came back."

Scorpion lowered his head, unable to describe his state of mind in words.

Emotion... This kind of thing, he thought he had already given up...

Why

Why do you still have to recall such a thing?

I already have blood on my hands, the so-called human feelings should have been wiped out long ago, right?

"Next, where are you going?"

Ebizo asked.

Scorpion shook his head like a child.

"have no idea."

Ebizo didn't ask any further questions, took out a scroll from his arms, and said, This is the scroll made by the ten people in Chimatsu. Your puppets have been destroyed, so use this to defend yourself. In this troubled world, you need strength to protect yourself. In addition, if you really can't find your life goal, then replace your sister and continue to carry forward the profession of puppet master. The puppet masters in the village are still using the puppets you made twenty years ago.

Concealed, Sha Yin's career as a puppeteer at this time has shown signs of decline.

Following this trend, there will be fewer and fewer ninjas who inherit puppet masters.

Scorpion took the scroll dumbly, feeling heavy.

Ebino nodded, turned and left.

The back is depressed and desolate, and the desolation of the sunset on the west mountain appears in him.

The old people of the old age will pass away one by one, and then a new life will be born.

"I thought you were dead, Scorpion."

Standing in the tower under the rain, Nagato received a subordinate who died in the missionScorpion.

The sound of rain was pattering outside, and the damp atmosphere made the heating inside the tower feel a bit chilly.

"Nagato."

Scorpion did not call the other party's leader, but called the other party by name.

Nagato's eyes froze slightly, and he looked at Scorpion fixedly.

The eyes of reincarnation that lost the seven emotions and six desires made the surrounding air look extremely dignified.

Scorpion ignored the pressure, he took off the ring with the character 'jade' on his hand, walked up to Nagato and handed it out.

"My goal has been reached, and I will leave Akatsuki next."

Scorpion said calmly.

Four years ago, he and Didara snatched Erwei from the Demon Kingdom in the Land of Waves. A few days ago, he and Didara successfully captured a tailed beast for the organization again.

There are two tailed beasts in total, and his mission has been completed.

Although he thought so, Nagato frowned slightly.

Generally speaking, this kind of behavior of the scorpion is tantamount to betraying the organization.

"Can you tell me why you left the organization?"

Nagato's momentum dissipated, and he calmed down the atmosphere in a friend's tone, and asked Scorpion.

"I'm tired."

Scorpion only answered this sentence.

The eyes without emotion met the eyes of reincarnation.

Nagato was slightly silent.

After a long time, he opened his mouth slightly: "In that case, then you should leave, and don't appear in my sight again in the future."

From Xie's hand, he took over the ring code-named 'Jade Girl'.

Scorpion nodded, got this answer, turned and left, walked to the outer platform of the tower, and lost his figure in the rain.

"Master Nagato, Xie knows so many things about Akatsuki, and even learned Yin-Yang escape from you...I think this kind of traitor should be eliminated immediately."

Bai Jue emerged from the ground and suggested to Nagato.

"Forget it, since he has found another path, we should offer our blessings for it. After all, there is no need to kill everyone after all. Moreover, I believe that Scorpion will keep his mouth shut about the organization and will not gossip around."

"yes."

Bai Jue nodded helplessly.

Nagato stared at the direction in which Scorpion left, turned around and walked into the shadows, disappearing.

"Brother Scorpion!"

Didara's voice came from behind.

At this moment, Scorpion, who had already taken off his black-bottomed red cloud coat and only wore a black raincoat, turned his head in the rain.

On the back of the white bird, Deidara jumped down.

His face was pale, panting as if recovering from a serious illness, and the rain soaked his clothes and hair.

Outside Yuyin Village, the two figures just stared at each other.

"Didara, you are not dead yet."

The first sentence of scorpion is this.

"Brother Scorpion, you are the one. I heard that you died at the hands of Konoha Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki and that old lady Sand Yin. I was thinking about recovering from my injuries, so I went to Sand Yin and brought your body back. Hmm."

Didara continued to take a breath and said.

"What an idiot, your information has been leaked. Breaking into the hidden sand, there is only one dead end."

"That doesn't allow Brother Scorpion's body to be desecrated. However, the news of your death, Brother Scorpion, is indeed false. That **** Bai Jue, his intelligence work is really getting worse. It seems that he will have to blow up a few more after he returns to let him have a long memory. Hmm."

Didara became upset.

In this mission, everything went wrong for him.

All the ninjas we met aimed at his weak points.

Especially Konoha's female Leidun ninja, who is simply his nemesis, causing all the bombs he released to become duds, which made him very depressed.

Therefore, after resorting to the 'self-explosion' cover-up, they managed to escape back and killed a few Bai Jue immediately to vent their anger.

"I was indeed dead, but I was resurrected by that old lady Chiyo with unnecessary effort."

Scorpion snorted coldly.

"Uh...yes, is that so?"

Didara was stunned for a moment.

Was killed, then resurrected... The relationship in this is too messy.

However, Didara didn't get too entangled in this matter, but asked: "Speaking of which, the leader just said that Brother Scorpion, you want to leave the organization...Why is that? Why are you leaving the organization, Brother Scorpion? Who made you angry?"

"No, it's me. I just don't think this organization is right for me anymore, so I want to leave."

Scorpion replied.

"then what do I do?"

"Nagato will arrange new teammates for you."

Scorpion said.

"But only Brother Scorpion and I are a perfect match."

"Don't always lose your temper like a child, I won't come back in the future. Also, remember not to reveal to anyone that I am still alive."

After explaining this, Xie turned around and pulled off his raincoat, ready to leave.

"That is to say, Brother Scorpion, are you planning to retire?"

Didara, who didn't understand, asked this sentence.

Scorpion sneered, and retired?

How could it be so simple.

His identity is not visible.

There is no real retreat for ninjas, especially his kind of rebellion.

Even if Sha Yin didn't make any arrangements, there are countless people who were killed by him and turned into human puppets. Once their family members and friends got any clues, they would frantically hunt him down and fight him endlessly.

When you become a ninja, there is no such thing as retirement.

"Didara."

"What?"

The life of a ninja is a life of fighting. There will be nothing left but fighting.

In the sound of the rain, there was the dull voice of the scorpion.

"That sounds pretty bleak. I became a ninja just to prove my art. Hmm."

Didara responded like this.

"So, you are still a kid who hasn't grown up."

"What, Brother Scorpion, are you underestimating me?"

Didara glared at Scorpion's back in dissatisfaction, feeling that he was underestimated by Scorpion.

His art is not such a fragile thing.

"Hehe, you'd better leave as soon as possible, otherwise the next battle will not be the same as before. If you continue to hold this naive idea, you will definitely die, and once you die, you will not be able to study art."

"Brother Scorpion, have you also learned how to scare people?"

Didara spread his hands helplessly.

"Maybe, anyway, don't die. Don't even think about provoking Itachi. If you practice for another ten years, you won't be his opponent."

A look of fear flashed in Scorpion's eyes. After leaving this sentence, regardless of whether Didara heard it or not, he walked into the rain outside Yuyin Village and walked away slowly.

"Really, Big Brother Scorpion is underestimating me again. He always doesn't agree that my art can surpass Sharingan. How can something that relies on blood be so powerful?"

Didara complained quite a bit.

However, he also became slightly silent as he watched Xie's back going away.

"Alas...Brother Xie has left this time, and I am the only artist left in the organization."

Didara sighed sadly.

"Sure enough, artists are lonely. Hmm."

Turning around, facing the back of the scorpion, Didala ran in the opposite direction.

The rain is falling in a patter.

(end of this chapter)