Red sand dust

Chuunin Rakuman, who is now twenty-one years old, is a very patient and intellectual beauty.

Since being promoted through the Chunin Exam three years ago and showing his excellent sensory talent, he has been appreciated by Maki and others.

In Sunagakure Village, sentient ninjas are a very rare type. Standing out from a large number of talented compatriots, Leman is quite satisfied with his current situation.

If he hadn't been dispatched to the air combat unit, Leman would probably have become a jounin step by step under the care of his seniors, raised his husband and raised his children, retired to the second line, and lived the ordinary life of a sand ninja.

In the entire air combat unit, except for Daimaru, who is the leader, who is a powerful jounin, and Yome, who was awarded the chuunin qualification due to his talent and merit, and Yuno and Chiyu are expected to be promoted, Leman is the well-deserved big sister of this young group, with qualifications The oldest chuunin.

Even if he is Daimaru, if he is not his immediate superior, he still has to be addressed as "senpai".

Although I already knew that this was a young group, I was still a little surprised when I actually joined.

In the past missions, they were all cooperating with senior jounin, but now they are mixed with a group of younger brothers and younger sisters. Leman, who is still in his prime, can't help but wonder whether he is old. illusion.

Not long ago, I contacted the slightly dull Shishio and roughly understood the operation of this newly formed ninja unit.

Daimaru, the almost half-handed leader, confirmed the internal system and handed it over to his subordinates for execution. Yemu was responsible for selection, training and daily tasks, and Qian, as secretary, led several promoted apprentices and confidants to take charge of the overall situation.

Yuno, who was transferred earlier than him, seemed to have some discord with Daimaru, but he was not let down. Instead, he gradually established influence due to his outstanding abilities and gained the trust of many people.

Even so, Daimaru did not crowd out the blow, which made Leman, who was worried, slightly relieved. Whether it was because he did not care about it for the sake of having to pay for the year, or simply disdain, it at least showed that his immediate boss Daimaru is not a villain who likes to avenge himself and is jealous of talents.

There are many rumors about Daimaru in the village, with many praises and many denigrations. In short, this fast-rising Suna ninja is a controversial figure.

As a representative of the Maji side who was deployed to the air combat unit, Leman did not show off his seniority because of his age, and maintained his identity as a new participant and subordinate.

At the top of the moving sand dunes, Leman and Qian stood side by side, looking at a small piece of coastal protective forest in the distance. It was said that Commander Daimaru personally transplanted it from the outside world. In order to prevent the moving sand dunes from continuing to advance, a lot of effort was spent to protect the safety of the settlement. .

Although it looks like it is growing well, it is a pity that the soil and water are poor, and a small number of branches and leaves are withered and yellow, and they are already on the verge of death.

In addition, the well-proportioned Leman glanced at the tall Qian with a slight jealousy.

Leman, who is over 1.67 meters tall, meets the standard of beauty and perfection in most Suna ninja's mind. However, standing next to Qian, there is clearly a distinction between them.

"The ninja information shows that the height is 1.72 meters, it should be more than that!" 』

Leman thought to himself that he might have grown a little taller recently. He was a little younger than Dawan. He was just over seventeen and was at the end of the last growth period of adolescence. There was still room to grow taller.

As for myself, it should be the end.

"Commander Daimaru is right in front, why don't you go directly?"

"It's better not to disturb you while you're planting trees and practicing. We'll just wait here..."

"All right!"

Leman hesitated and stroked his temples that were messed up by the sea breeze.

Suddenly receiving an order from his superior, an important task was entrusted, and the establishment of a sensory communication network with Shizhixiong came to an end. Leman, who was planning to rest for a few days, had to come to Awaji Village without stopping to wait for orders.

While he was thinking wildly, Leman, who had a keen sense, suddenly noticed a crazy chakra explosion coming from the grove in the distance.

"what is that?"

The ferocious, disordered, and defenseless feeling was so obvious that Leman had never felt chakra of this nature before.

A few seconds later, the belated roar reached Leman and Qian's ears.

"I'm studying ninjutsu, right..."

Qian replied calmly,

"The world of the strong is so far away from us, it's normal not to understand..."

Leman was speechless for a moment, suppressing the surprise in his heart, and sighed that he was indeed a master who was expected to be the Kazekage in the legend, but it was too superficial to underestimate him because of his age and reputation that was not entirely positive. Daimaru himself It is very likely to be more powerful than the rumored "Red Sand".

…

In the middle of a patch of green grass and trees, Daimaru looked regretfully at the stand-in puppet that couldn't bear the pressure and fell apart.

Daimaru has mastered the balance of mental power, vitality and natural energy quite skillfully. In the process of raising the energy level to activate the sage mode, the puppet finally failed to survive.

"I temporarily transplanted the chakra of the main body using the technique of a human puppet, with the blessing of symbiotic cell clusters, and the life force provided by the White Zetsu clone. I still can't bear it. Is the material still not good enough..."

This was already the best puppet material Daimaru could find, but he still fell short. No wonder the Kazekage II, Samana, failed to achieve his final goal.

After inheriting the legacy of the Red Sand Scorpion, Daimaru had barely achieved the idea of ​​using puppets to replace humans.

"Is it really necessary to use a human puppet made by a powerful ninja to assist in cultivating the sage mode? 』

Just when Daimaru was a little disappointed and distracted, the shadow clone sensing the natural energy not far away suddenly began to mutate involuntarily. Sharp horns grew on both sides of the head, the fangs turned out, and his face turned black and blue. Then, the whole body turned into little fluorescent smoke and began to dissipate.

At the same time, the surrounding wood escape thorns that were ready to attack quickly entangled and submerged the alienated shadow clone, and all the dissipated chakra and the shadow clone were absorbed in a short time.

"Naruto Uzumaki has a huge amount of chakra. Even if the amount of chakra in the shadow clone is only a fraction of the original body, it is still enough to support the sage mode, but I am still a little short!" 』

When Daimaru's main body is in good condition, it should be able to supply the consumption of the sage mode, but the shadow clone is more reluctant, and will lose control once it is overloaded.

The series of setbacks made the main body slightly distracted. The chakra and natural energy in the body moved too fast, exceeding the limit of control ability. The solid main body was instantly wrapped in the blue alien chakra, rendering the white skin purple. Black and gradually disintegrating.

The wooden clone, which had been on guard for a long time, controlled the thorns and wooden escape, turned into ferocious teeth and bit down, crushing and devouring the out-of-control natural energy mixture. Daimaru, who had regained consciousness, hurriedly converged his perception and suppressed the mutation of his body.