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

However, Shimizu only uses this method to compensate for his own shortcomings and doesn't rely on it for a living. This level of swordsmanship is already sufficient.

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“I didn’t know you were also learning swordsmanship. Adding that to your previous medical ninjutsu, if you’re too distracted, I’ll surpass you in puppetry sooner or later.”

In the training grounds, Sasori leaned against the Salamander, watching Shimizu practicing suburi with a wooden sword and spoke.

“Whether it’s medical ninjutsu or swordsmanship, they’re just means to enhance my survival.”

Shimizu put down the wooden sword and replied to Sasori.

“What you said makes some sense.”

Sasori wiped a stone beside the training ground and sat down.

“But can you really achieve immortality with just these? Isn’t there a way to make people never die and exist forever?”

Shimizu, who was wiping away sweat with a cloth, paused.

Could this kid have transformed himself into a puppet in the original timeline because of this?

And after becoming a puppet, the way his mind works is definitely different from a normal human. At least he doesn't have a brain, and his body doesn't have hormonal regulation. Human emotions will only become more and more indifferent.

“Perhaps there is, but there’s a prerequisite.”

Shimizu pretended that nothing was wrong and leaned the wooden sword against the wooden figure.

“What is it?”

Sasori tilted his head and asked.

“You have to become very strong, so strong that others can’t kill you. Otherwise, even if you have infinite life, you will still be killed by someone stronger than you.”

Speaking of which, Shimizu suddenly thought of Orochimaru.

That guy is very strong, but he's definitely not at the point of being stronger than everyone else, but his survivability is definitely the strongest in the Naruto world.

Sasori was silent for a while, not knowing what he was thinking, and then spoke after a while:

“I heard that you and Grandma are going to the front line in two days?”

“Yeah, but Chiyo-sensei has assigned me to the reserve unit. There are also top jonin from the village leading the team. Unless the entire army is wiped out, there's a high probability that I won't die. Of course, to prevent accidents, I'm now trying my best to enhance my ability to protect myself.”

Sasori's eyes moved slightly, and his usually calm and indifferent expression was now a little complicated.

“Well, then try to come back alive, don’t make me wait for you.”

Why does this sound like bad news?

“Okay, I’ll try my best.”

Shimizu actually knew that it was already very difficult for Sasori to say such a thing.

The thing Sasori hates the most is waiting for people, because he has never waited for his parents to come home from their “long journey”.

It can be seen that Sasori really regards Shimizu as a friend now.

At least, he regards him as someone different from others, someone worth waiting for.

“Too much talk, I’m afraid of setting up flags that shouldn’t be set up. Anyway, the main thing for today is to say goodbye to you, and also…”

Shimizu turned around and walked towards the ninja tool bag hanging on the railing, and took out a photo from it.

“I want you to help me investigate this woman.”

Shimizu handed the photo to Sasori. The person on it was none other than Reina from the medical team.

“This woman looks alright, looks quite gentle. What, are you going to pursue her? But the age gap is a bit big, right?”

Sasori looked at the blonde woman in the photo, wearing glasses and showing a gentle smile, and asked Shimizu curiously.

Perhaps because he lost his parents at a young age, his first impression of the woman in the photo, who was full of maternal radiance, was not bad.

“No, I feel that this woman is strange.”

Shimizu shook his head and said.

“Do you suspect that she is a spy sent by another village? Then just tell Grandma and let her investigate. Or… I see, she has already won Grandma’s trust and has a certain position in the village, so it’s not good to investigate openly?”

Sasori's face showed a look of sudden realization.

“Aren’t you going to ask me why I suspect her?”

No mistake, one first, one send, one inside, one volume, one at, one look!

“You’re welcome.”

Shimizu: … …

“I’ll still tell you about it. Although an open investigation is inconvenient, I still took advantage of this time to do a simple investigation in private. This woman’s parents moved to Sunagakure from the border area of the Land of Wind during the time of the Second Kazekage. Neither of them are ninjas. Her father was a doctor, and they both passed away a year ago.”

“And before a year ago, she was just a genin with mediocre performance. It was not until a year ago that she accumulated enough war merits to learn high-level ninjutsu and became a chunin. In this medical team training, she showed a learning ability far surpassing other medical ninjas. Perhaps she is really mediocre in other ninjutsu aspects, but she is very talented in medical ninjutsu.”

“But I suspect even more that she learned medical ninjutsu in another ninja village.”

Sasori said:

“Are you trying to say Konoha?”

Shimizu nodded and continued:

“Yes, it seems you guessed it too. Only Konoha and Sunagakure have the foundation of medical ninjutsu to cultivate such medical ninjas, but the village’s training for medical ninjas was only put on the agenda last year after Tsunade-hime reversed the situation on the Amegakure battlefield. It wasn’t until this year that the training plan for the medical team was prepared.”

“Konoha’s medical system was established earlier than Sunagakure’s, and to establish a complete system, sufficient professional talents are needed. Before that, although Konoha had not yet established a medical system, with Tsunade-hime’s position and prestige in Konoha, it was not difficult to pilot the training of a group of initial talents, and she was fully capable of cultivating an excellent medical ninja.”

Sasori lowered his head slightly and asked:

“Do you think… Konoha would be crazy enough to send out an excellent and rare medical ninja as a spy?”

You have to ask Danzo and the Third Hokage, those two idiots.

“It’s precisely because no one would believe it that she has a chance, doesn’t she? And the benefits of doing so, I believe you also know very well. If there really is a Konoha ninja who has become a high-level member of the medical team, this is enough to assassinate the village’s ninjas silently in the name of ‘treatment failure’, and can also pass on a series of information. Isn’t this worth being vigilant about?”

Sasori pursed his lips.

“I understand. You are about to leave for the front line and cannot continue to stay in the village to investigate, so you need someone with sufficient ability to help you continue the investigation and reveal the true face of this woman?”

“So please, Sasori.”

Shimizu patted Sasori on the shoulder and urged.

Even if Sasori’s secret investigation is discovered, it won’t have any impact on Sasori.

He is, after all, Elder Chiyo’s grandson.