Red sand dust

A hotel prepared for Konoha ninjas in Sunagakure Village.

After practicing hard all day, Kurama Yakumo was about to collapse from exhaustion. Under the gaze of Yamanaka Haiichi with strange eyes, he dealt with it awkwardly for a long time before dragging his exhausted body back to the lounge.

"What a troublesome person, why are you always staring at me? Yamanaka Ino is obviously not a nosy person, why is her father so difficult to get along with?"

The girl who was muttering softly was just complaining out of frustration for the moment and had no intention of being answered.

"You did something wrong, so feel guilty! Yamanaka Haiichi is a kind-hearted person, he is just caring about you in his own way..."

Spending money to buy a quota and bribing the village to open the back door is not a glorious thing after all.

"That's why I don't know which direction to sulk in..."

As the eldest lady of the Kurama family spoke, she looked towards the empty corner of the room, where it was hidden by the illusion, and a familiar figure walked out.

"It's been so many days, you guys, finally you have some news..."

"I'm sorry, I'm really not to blame for this. I'm just a puppet with some built-in chakra and action modes..."

Originally controlled by the outside, only the main body's psychic technique and special chakra fluctuations sent back across space can activate the stand-in puppet that has long been hidden beside Kurama Yakumo.

It is in a sealed state when it is not used at ordinary times; after it is activated, it can maintain good mobility until the chakra is exhausted.

"You think I'm blaming you? I'm blaming your master..."

The puppet who accepted part of Daimaru's thinking model showed an innocent expression and defended:

"If you say it in front of me, your body won't be able to hear it..."

The stand-in puppet is not a shadow clone, but a puppet with limited mobility. As expected, it cannot return the memory to the original body.

"Forget it, I am too busy arguing with a puppet..."

Kurama Yakumo waved his hand boredly:

"Let's get down to business, how are you going to help me catch the White Jue clone?"

"Act according to the plan and wait for it to fall into the trap..."

"Okay!"

Kurama Yakumo nodded somewhat dullly and replied,

"Do you want to try it first? According to you, there is only one chance. If you fail, there will be almost no next time. You have to be cautious!"

"This is Sand Hidden Village..."

The puppet spread his hands helplessly,

"No matter how good your illusion is, it is almost impossible to hide it from thousands of ninjas and detective barriers..."

In fact, Bai Zetsu's detection method that relies on the stealth of earth veins is not foolproof; even Uchiha Obito's time and space ninjutsu - Kamui, if it cannot break the barrier, or if there is a spy to help, it will not be able to do it without anyone noticing. Sneak into the five great ninja villages.

As long as there are abnormal chakra fluctuations, they will leave traces within the barrier.

"What should I do? I can't leave Sand Hidden Village too far..."

Kurama Yakumo asked in confusion.

I was originally a Konoha ninja who came to Sunagakure Village to "learn skills". Because of those unexplained scandals, I was not only "protected" by Sunagakure, but also my companions were more concerned. It was too difficult to act alone. .

"Of course there is a way!"

The puppet replied confidently,

"Give me some of your chakra, the purer the better..."

"Chakra?"

Kurama Yakumo was a little confused.

"Perceptual disguise?"

Puppet Daimaru replied:

"I have gained some experience in studying human puppetry recently..."

Halfway through, he looked at Kurama Yakumo's clueless expression and finally realized,

"You are from Konoha Village, so you may not know much about the Human Puppet Technique! This is a by-product of the study of immortality and resurrection techniques among the puppet masters of Sunagakure Village. It is a secret technique that retains the chakra of living people and makes them into puppets. …”

"Making puppets out of living people?"

The cruelty of this forbidden technique is something even Kurama Yakumo, who has seen too much darkness in people's hearts, can't accept.

"Then...you don't want to make me into a puppet, do you?"

"It's not that exaggerated!"

The puppet shook his head and denied,

"I haven't fully mastered the technology of making human puppets. If there is no special reason, I don't plan to make human puppets! However, some of the tips are very useful. For example, you can use the puppet body to carry the chakra of a living person. A body double that can almost look real..."

The specific method is similar to that of the human puppet, except that instead of extracting the chakra of the dying living person, some of its characteristics are used to try to find an ordinary puppet to carry it, which can be used as a "split soul" before the chakra is completely destroyed. "Driving by the clone.

The better the match between the puppet and chakra, the greater the amount of chakra and the longer it lasts.

If the Red Sand Scorpion's human puppet technique is regarded as a high-end sports car, Daimaru actually reduced it to a grocery cart. The principle is similar, but the results are very different.

The stand-in puppet here actually borrows the techniques of the Human Puppet Technique. It is in a silent state and consumes very little. After being unsealed, it will quickly burn out the chakra and reach the end.

"This method seems familiar..."

Kurama Yakumo tilted his head and thought for a while.

"This is a bit like my blood inheritance limited characteristic - illusion growth to create a virtual personality. I am creating something out of nothing, and you are using chakra to imprint it according to your own template..."

"The end point of Ninjutsu is always the same, and Blood Succession Limit is no exception!"

The puppet said matter-of-factly,

"Of course, I can only use it temporarily. It's not as flexible and powerful as you..."

"Each has its own merits!"

After being a "quasi-nin" for a while, Kurama Yakumo's knowledge is no longer as shallow as before.

As if he didn't notice any problem, he sealed the running chakra in the scroll and handed it over.

"How long do I have to wait? I'm already halfway through flight training. If I don't hurry up, it will be too late!"

After putting away the scroll with the chakra sealed, the substitute puppet performed the reverse psychic technique, and after sending it away, he smiled with satisfaction:

"Don't be impatient, it will take up to three days! You can get ready now, and I will notify you to set off at any time! After the things are done, I will enter the 'energy-saving mode'. I will call you next time, and it will be almost... "

After saying that, the stand-in puppet retreated into the corner, sat down peacefully, and made no movement.

After Kurama Yakumo came closer and took a look, he waved his hand and used an illusion barrier to hide his traces.

…

In a small village on the south coast, Daimaru, who was sitting in his bedroom with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes and reached out to catch the scroll that appeared out of thin air.

Daimaru still put a lot of effort into how to cover up people's eyes and study forbidden arts without anyone noticing.

The last time I waited and waited, I accidentally caught a White Zetsu clone just by luck. This time, actively trapping it was much more difficult and required a foolproof strategy.