Red sand dust

The desert monitor lizard is a cold-blooded animal with a large appetite. It is not surprising to take advantage of the opportunity when desert locusts gather and are suppressed on the ground by sandstorms and can only be slaughtered by humans.

This native reptile can barely be regarded as a kind of chameleon, but their body color is roughly the same as that of sand. They cannot change into extremely bright colors such as red and green. They can only slightly change the shade of color on their body surface.

The desert monitor lizard, which has excellent protective coloration, does not need to change its color at any time to avoid natural enemies. The limited color-changing ability is actually formed in order to adapt to the large temperature difference between day and night in the desert of the Kingdom of Wind.

When the cold wind blows at night, the desert monitor lizard's vitality decreases and it hides under the sand to rest. After dawn, it crawls out to bask in the sun and wait for its body temperature and energy to recover before starting to forage.

The moment when the sun rises is the most dangerous moment for desert monitor lizards.

Because the body temperature is low, it is unable to resist the enemy and can only be slaughtered by others. At this time, deepening the color of the body surface and absorbing more sunlight can quickly increase the body temperature and reduce the time exposed to danger.

When the sun shines directly at noon and the temperature is too high, the color of the skin becomes lighter, which helps to lower the body temperature and avoid being burned to death by the sun.

Most sand ninjas know that there is a strange lizard in the desert of the Kingdom of Wind. The color of the side facing direct sunlight and the side facing backlight are completely different.

Apart from the ability to grow very large, it has few advantages. It has poor combat power and little courage, so no sand ninja would think of using it as a psychic beast. Its meat is sour and unpalatable, and it is not suitable for use as a puppet material.

But in any case, this is indeed a giant chameleon, but its color-changing ability is not very strong.

In my impression, in the Beast Path among the Six Paths of Pain, there is indeed a psychic beast called Chameleon who is good at invisibility. During a fierce battle with Jiraiya, he once forced him into a desperate situation.

"Should I catch one and try it too?" It’s too troublesome to raise a psychic beast, but if you make it into a puppet, you might be able to develop some good specialties! 』

Putting aside its combat capabilities, if its color-changing invisibility ability can be enhanced, it might be a big seller.

As a new puppet stylist, I probably won’t have time to design all kinds of puppets, but imitating ready-made tactical templates is really not difficult.

For example, if the puppet Spider had this special ability, Daimaru would immediately triple the price... No, it would be ten times more, and he would still be able to sell it.

However, catching the giant chameleon is not now. The task of patrolling various shelters has not yet been completed, and there are still several places waiting for him to confirm.

In addition, it is difficult to guarantee that Xiaonan will be satisfied with just catching a giant chameleon. There may be other goals.

Also, be wary of Nagato who might be nearby.

During this period, the owner of the Samsara Eye, whose health was already in poor condition but far better than three years later, was undoubtedly the strongest ninja at present. It was not too difficult for him to massacre villages and annihilate countries.

"Let's go. Since the target is not Gaara or Sunagakure Village, there is no need to risk getting closer!" 』

Daimaru is not so arrogant that these big shots would go to the Kingdom of Wind for himself. The so-called strength of the air team is for ordinary ninjas and traditional ninja wars. The real top experts have many ways to deal with them. .

Only a shinobi village with a lot of scruples would worry about their "bottles and jars" being broken, while a lonely rebellious shinobi wouldn't care.

…

In a hidden place in the Kingdom of Wind, a paper door disguised as a rock pillar opened, and Xiaonan dragged the bound lizard in. Inside the hollow, there were several black rods inserted into the back of the body, and the muscles of his hands and feet atrophied, and he had to rely on machinery to maintain them. The red-haired man with a posture raised his head, revealing the legendary fairy eyes.

"came back?"

The tone is flat and weak.

"Um!"

Xiaonan put the chameleon on the ground,

"Just let your subordinates catch you. Why do you have to come to the Kingdom of Wind yourself?"

"None of those people are trustworthy..."

Nagato couldn't help coughing a few times, and then replied matter-of-factly,

"Except for you and me, when we created Akatsuki, all of our partners were basically dead..."

"If you can't trust them, why should you cooperate?"

Konan asked with a sigh.

"I need their power..."

If his body could persist until he captured all the tailed beasts, there would be no need to win over others. Unfortunately, the pressure of using the heretic golem was too great.

"The guy who calls himself Uchiha Madara cannot be trusted..."

"It doesn't matter..."

Nagato said confidently,

"In front of my eyes, all tricks are useless. As long as they obey the order and capture the tailed beast..."

No matter what the plans of those with ulterior motives who join the organization are, they cannot affect the outcome of the plan. The legendary Eye of the Immortal and the unparalleled power of the Heretic Golem are their confidence.

"Anyway, don't be careless!"

Similar advice has been given many times since "Akatsuki" transformed from an organization dedicated to promoting the peaceful coexistence of the Kingdom of Fire, the Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Earth into a rebel ninja group, but the red-haired man has never listened. Pass.

"I know, so any measures to improve one's own strength are best kept hidden from others!"

Including matters such as capturing and transforming psychic beasts and improving the combat effectiveness of Pain's Six Paths, you can only do it in person.

"No matter what, I will accompany you until the end..."

"Only you..."

Unwavering in his determination to completely control and correct the mistakes of the ninja world, the red-haired man who aimed at God still created an angel who stood beside God. This was the only exception.

…

As soon as a hint of fish belly white appeared in the east, the entire Sand Hidden Village began to stir.

Led by Umino Iruka, the Konohagakure exchange group was about to go to the Kazekage's house to ask if there was anything they needed help with today. When they looked up, they saw the aerial team setting off in formation.

"Is it so early today?"

Nara Shikamaru asked strangely,

"You look smaller than us, can you hold on physically?"

"You have to go on if you can't hold on..."

Umino Iruka replied,

"The key to curbing the desert locust plague lies in these few days. We cannot relax..."

"Okay! I'm just a little envious. Why don't Konoha Village have aerial combat ninjas?"

"There are flying ninjas, but there is no way to train them in batches like sand ninjas. After all, we don't have the tradition of puppet masters..."

This cannot be changed by one or two master puppet masters. Nara Shikamaru may not understand it deeply, but Umino Iruka can vaguely understand it.

"The Sand Ninja are our allies, and becoming stronger is a good thing..."