Hiding in the sand, splitting into many places, starting with Arkham

Shimizu rummaged through Sasori's ninja tool bag and weakly offered a bottle containing antidote pills:

"Here..."

"Hmph!"

Sajo from the Sand Village snatched the bottle away.

"Don't let this happen again! I'm fining you two to clean the entire base today!"

Shimizu and Sasori exchanged glances.

"Can you use Water Release?"

Shimizu asked Sasori.

"A little."

"That's good."

Chiyo's collection of books?

This person is a veteran Kage-level powerhouse. Chiyo, currently at her peak, is definitely one of the more powerful figures among the Kage, and absolutely the number one puppet master in the ninja world right now.

This person's collection of books is something that probably every puppet master wants to explore.

"Ahem, Sasori, my friend, about this time..."

"After you finish cleaning, come with me."

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...

Thanks to Sasori's Water Release, the progress of cleaning the base was faster than Shimizu had imagined.

Although Sasori wasn't very proficient in Water Release, and given the geographical and climatic factors, the effectiveness of Water Release in the Sand Village was inherently weakened by 30%, it was more than enough for cleaning.

Even so, by the time Shimizu and Sasori finished working on the entire puppet troop base, it was already afternoon.

In a beggar's fantasy, the emperor must eat white flour buns for every meal and use golden hoes to farm. Sasori's home situation also surprised Shimizu a bit.

It wasn't that he hadn't seen the world before transmigrating, but he knew how difficult it was to own such a house in the barren Sand Village.

This was a courtyard with a considerable area, built entirely of polished sandstone bricks, presenting a slightly dim yellowish-white color overall.

In this Sand Village, where water resources were extremely precious, there was even a small pond in the middle of the courtyard, with a low spring constantly bubbling, making gurgling sounds, and white poplars transplanted on both sides.

There were also fish in the small pond, and under the shade of the poplar trees were two fully automatic telescopic fishing rods made with puppet techniques.

A seemingly ordinary farmhouse courtyard was actually a palace that money couldn't buy in the Sand Village.

"The study is here."

Sasori opened a door on the left side of the courtyard.

In this room, three sides were filled with bookshelves.

One bookshelf was filled with ordinary books, and the one next to it had ninja technique scrolls.

The remaining one in the middle was a mix of both.

"Don't touch the bookshelves on the left and right. They all have sealing techniques set up by Grandma. The one on the right is specifically for books that I can read."

Shimizu curiously walked towards the bookshelf Sasori pointed to.

"Black Secret Technique Advancement · Volume 1", "Advanced Design and Application of Puppet Mechanisms", "Poison-Making Notes and Antidote Pharmacology", "Medical Ninjutsu Basics", "Sand Village Sealing Basics", "Monzaemon · Chakra Thread Application Techniques"...

Books related to puppet techniques accounted for more than half, and there were also many other books on sealing techniques, medical ninjutsu, and poison-making techniques, a wide variety of dazzling content.

"These books all belong to Grandma, so I can't directly give them to you or let you take them home, but you can choose any one to read here. It doesn't matter if you can't remember everything, I can bring you here tomorrow too."

Sasori sat down at the desk, picked up the book on human puppet creation that Ishido had given him last time, and quietly began to read, no longer speaking.

It was Shimizu's turn to have decision-making difficulties.

This entire bookshelf had hundreds of books. Any one of them, if put outside, would probably have many people willing to spend a lot of money to buy, and some were even rare editions written by Chiyo herself.

"Medical ninjutsu and sealing techniques are definitely something I need to learn in the future, but they can't immediately improve my combat power, so they won't be of much help to me for the time being."

"Making poison and medicine also requires learning from the basics of pharmacology. My foundation in this area is probably not enough. For a while, just reading a book won't allow me to enter the field. At most, I can learn a few recipes."

"I still have to learn puppet techniques. In terms of puppet manufacturing, my current level is already barely enough, and my clone is also learning modern engineering in the DC world. On the contrary, in terms of puppet manipulation, although my foundation is okay, and I've learned the Black Secret Technique, there's still a lot of room for improvement."

After careful consideration, Shimizu finally chose the book written by Monzaemon, "Chakra Thread Application Techniques."

An afternoon is definitely not enough to memorize a book. Reading it through once would be more than enough, but Shimizu chose to have his clone in the DC world synchronize his work.

The main body reads here, and the clone records in the DC world.

Monzaemon is the highest peak of puppet techniques to date, both in manufacturing and manipulation. Even Sasori, who possessed the Third Kazekage puppet and the manipulation of a hundred puppets in the original story, might not be able to surpass him.

Their positions in puppet techniques can perhaps be compared to Newton and Einstein, one who inspired natural science, and the other who achieved the greatest achievements in the natural science world.

The human puppet was invented by Monzaemon, and puppet techniques truly formed a system in Monzaemon's hands. The Chikamatsu Ten Puppets were also the strongest puppet combination created by Monzaemon. Chiyo, as his successor, her strength is estimated to only be close to Monzaemon at most, not surpassing him.

As for Sasori's greatest achievement in puppet techniques, it was breaking the limitation that human puppets could not use bloodline abilities, thereby raising the upper limit of a single human puppet.

For Shimizu, he could probably understand about 90% of the content in the book written by Monzaemon, with some things remaining half-understood.

Those were some more advanced knowledge.

After all, he was currently just a Genin who could only control two puppets—even if he could sometimes win against some Chunin.

Some techniques on how to control three or even more puppets, Shimizu was currently unable to put into practice through theory. He could only have his clone record them and slowly ponder them in the future.

The sky gradually darkened. Even after the clone finished recording, Shimizu was still immersed in the book.

"Creak—"

The wooden door of the study was pushed open.

A man in his forties, tall and thin, with a white cloth wrapped around his head, walked in.

Sasori raised his eyes and looked at the person who came.

"Grandpa Hiding."

Shimizu also stood up from the desk, realizing the identity of the person.

"Lord Ebizo."

Ebizo smiled and nodded at Shimizu, then looked at Sasori.

"It's rare not to see you in the workshop. Aren't you going to introduce the friend you brought back?"