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

When Shimizu was summoned to the Kazekage Building, he was completely bewildered.

Chiyo and Ebizo were sitting upright, looking at Shimizu, while Kazekami Karashi stood to the side, his expression serious.

I haven't betrayed the village, have I? Why do they have to put on this kind of joint trial act?

"Ahem, Shimizu, don't be nervous. We called you here just to have a chat," Chiyo said to Shimizu with a kind smile on her face.

Kazekami Karashi stood behind Ebizo, nodded slightly at Shimizu, and even winked, indicating that he shouldn't worry.

Seeing this, Shimizu felt a little more at ease.

"Elder Chiyo, what do you want to know?"

"I want to know what your ideal is, and what your ninja way is. You can choose not to answer the latter, because at your age, you should be just starting to shape your own ninja way, so it's normal to have a vague concept of it."

Chiyo and Ebizo exchanged a look and then asked.

Sasori's ninja way is to pursue the eternal art of puppets, and Deidara's is to pursue the ultimate and gorgeous art of the explosion moment.

In general, it can be summarized into two categories—one is the reason why ninjas learn ninjutsu, and the other is a declaration of the ninja himself.

It's a bit chuuni, but in this world, it does inspire countless ninjas and becomes the driving force for them to persevere.

It's more like a motto similar to faith, produced by integrating personal influences.

"As for the ninja way, it is to keep living, and then do everything I want to do, such as creating the most powerful and perfect puppet."

After thinking for a while, Shimizu chose such a statement that relatively conforms to the traditional concept of the ninja world.

Ebizo nodded with satisfaction, gave Chiyo a smug look, and then said to Shimizu:

"In your opinion, what kind of puppet is the most powerful and perfect puppet?"

"A defense that is so strong that it is indestructible, able to provide the puppeteer with perfect and flawless protection, and also has the destructive power to destroy everything."

"So, the fat puppet is the prototype you envisioned?" Ebizo said with a smile.

"That's right."

"Very good. If someone else said this, I would think this sentence is unrealistic, but you have at least proven the feasibility of your concept with your own work. Next, I have one last question to ask you."

Ebizo straightened his collar and said solemnly:

"Shimizu of the Sand Village, are you willing to become the joint disciple of me, Ebizo, and my sister, Chiyo?"

"Ah?... Oh, willing, willing!"

Shimizu was stunned for a moment, then saw Kazekami Karashi's constant eye signals and quickly agreed.

Chiyo and Ebizo smiled at each other.

Accepting Shimizu as a disciple is not only Chiyo's guarantee to Ebizo that she will protect Shimizu, Yekura, and Maki, the three most promising members of the Sand Village's new generation, in this war, but more importantly, they have both been eyeing Shimizu for a long time.

Both of them are nearly fifty years old and have reached the time to cultivate successors.

Originally, this successor was Chiyo's son and daughter-in-law, but these two were killed by White Fang, but fortunately, the new generation's Shimizu and Sasori showed the potential to become top puppeteers.

Sasori was originally Chiyo's grandson.

Now Shimizu has also formed a master-disciple relationship with them.

As long as these two can grow up before Chiyo and Ebizo weaken to the point of being unable to fight, it will be enough to guarantee the inheritance of Sand Village's puppeteers for the next fifty years and provide protection for Sand Village.

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For Shimizu, the most direct benefit of becoming a disciple of Ebizo and Chiyo is the change in the luck progress bar on the panel.

These two are elders with real power in Sand Village, second only to the Third Kazekage in status.

According to the Xianxia novel style of comparing Sand Village to a sect, then Shimizu's entry into the puppet squad was equivalent to turning from an outer disciple into an inner disciple, and now it is turning from an inner disciple into a true disciple with a higher status.

On the DC world side, since the transaction with Two-Face ended, the development of Hogg's Union's power has become steady and rapid. The number of gang members has exceeded one hundred, and the progress bar of luck has risen to 57.3%.

And after becoming Chiyo and Ebizo's disciples, the speed at which the progress bar soared was much faster than when Shimizu was promoted to Chunin.

In a short moment, it has already jumped to 91%.

It's not far from opening the next world.

But it's not all good news.

No mistake, one song, one shot, one inside, one appearance, one look at a time!

Because three days later, his team will be incorporated into the front-line troops and set off again to attack the Land of Rain.

These three days are used to integrate logistics resources.

"Tonight, invite Sasori to have a meal together at my place," Chiyo invited Shimizu before leaving the Kazekage Building.

"Then how are our seniority calculated? Wouldn't that make me a generation older than you?" Sasori, who was trying to compete with Shimizu again in the puppet base, asked the question as soon as he heard the news.

"Hey, that's easy! Let's just call each other by our names! You can continue to call me whatever you called me in the past, and I'll call you 'martial nephew' in the future, wouldn't that be fine?" Shimizu put his arm around Sasori's shoulder and said with a smile.

Sasori's glare was the answer to Shimizu.

Compared to the past, Sasori's expressions have become much richer.

Although he still looks like a cold and aloof shota, at least his personality has become less extreme.

"Shimizu, I thought about those things you told me before for a long time after I went back, and I asked Grandma about them again yesterday," Sasori suddenly said to Shimizu with a serious face after the noise.

"What things?" Shimizu couldn't remember, because he had said too much to Sasori.

"About why the Third Kazekage wanted to start a war, and the problem of unequal distribution of resources."

Sasori continued:

"I asked Grandma the questions I once asked you again, and I repeated your answers to Grandma. Perhaps it was because of this that she made up her mind to take you as a disciple."

"She said that you are the first young person she has ever seen who can think in the way of the Kazekage at the age of eleven."

This sentence... should be a compliment, right?

Shimizu couldn't help but think of a certain weasel who was praised for "thinking in the way of the Hokage at the age of five."