Chapter 275
"I never thought that one day an old woman like me would be able to join forces with you to carry out a mission."
In the border of River Country, Chiyo, with a slightly hunched body, walked slowly while glancing at Tsunade beside her.
"I didn't expect that the Sand Village would send an old woman like you this time! Wouldn't it be better for you to retire in the village and have some tea with your old friends?"
Tsunade also snorted twice.
"After all, this involves my grandson." A complicated look flashed across Chiyo's eyes. She had not expected that the village would want to call Scorpion back to the village.
Based on her understanding of Luo Sha, he would not allow anyone who could threaten his position as Kazekage to appear in the Sand Village.
Yekura was driven to Konoha by him. Although Yekura's status rose sharply compared with the Konoha delegation due to some unexpected circumstances, the two seemed to have a tacit understanding, and there was no undercurrent like when Rasa just succeeded to the throne.
After all, over the years, Luo Sha has completely secured the position of Kazekage, and Ye Cang and her subordinates no longer feel unwilling.
Judging from the current development of the Sand Village, Rasa, the fourth Kazekage, is a qualified and excellent Kage, except for his deep ties with Konoha.
Although most of them relied on the power of Konoha and the Land of Fire, in such a terrible situation, no one could do better than him.
Chiyo was very satisfied with this.
But considering Rosa's personality, Chiyo was still a little surprised that he wanted to find Sasori. After all, it was she who pushed Rosa to the position of Kazekage.
If Scorpion had not disappeared, with his talent and strength, he would have been a strong contender for the position of Kazekage.
Is it because he thinks his prestige and strength can suppress any unexpected events, so he wants to fill the village's power deficit?
Or does it require Scorpion's talent in puppetry?
Now the puppet business and research of the Sand Village are in full swing. The only thing lacking is a manager who is capable and has an amazing talent in puppetry.
"Then maybe you should be mentally prepared." Tsunade looked at Chiyo's somewhat old face and suddenly lost interest in arguing with her.
"What mental preparation?" Chiyo heard the hidden meaning in Tsunade's words. She sensitively realized that perhaps there was some information related to Scorpion that she didn't know.
"He has already destroyed three small ninja villages." Tsunade told the information that Konoha had found. Seeing Chiyo's expressionless face, she continued, "We found the power of magnetic escape at the battle site."
"Magnetic escape?" Chiyo finally showed some doubts when she heard this. In her memory, Scorpion had never awakened magnetic escape. Looking at Tsunade's cold face, she felt a little uneasy.
"Isn't the Third Kazekage missing?" Tsunade gently reminded.
"Impossible!" Chiyo retorted subconsciously, with great emotion. It was because of the disappearance of the Third Kazekage that the Third Ninja World War started. Especially the attack by the group of barbarians of the Cloud Ninja, who almost attacked the Sand Village and destroyed it.
Although the Sand Village finally tried its best to drive away the Cloud Ninjas in its own territory, that was also with the help of Konoha and Iwagakure.
In fact, if Konoha had not contained part of the power of the Cloud Ninja in the early stage, the Sand Village would probably have been directly destroyed by the sudden attack. Now Tsunade mentioned that the Third Kazekage was with Sasori, which was simply absurd to the point of being unbelievable.
Unless something unexpected happened to the Third Kazekage!
Chiyo's heart suddenly sank. The village had never given up on investigating the disappearance of the Third Kazekage, and there were various speculations.
After all, being able to make a shadow disappear silently without alerting the entire Anbu was too obviously strange.
Many high-level officials even analyzed some things from the clues, but they didn't dare to make it public because it involved Chiyo and her brother. After all, there was no solid evidence to prove these speculations.
Chiyo naturally knew that there had been speculation about Scorpion in the village for a while. After all, Scorpion disappeared at about the same time as the Third Kazekage, and as her grandson, Scorpion had the opportunity to meet the Third Kazekage in private without alerting anyone, and the Third Kazekage would not be on guard against him.
After all, the Third Kazekage has always shown that he admires Sasori. Whether he did it for Chiyo to see or he really admired him, his attitude was there.
If the disappearance of the Third Kazekage is really proven to be related to Scorpion, then the mission this time will definitely not be to recall Scorpion to the village, but to capture him!
After realizing this, Chiyo immediately looked at Maki behind him, staring at him intently and said, "If you have any information, can you just tell me now?"
"I just want you to be mentally prepared for the possibility." Maki sighed, "Reunion after a long separation may not be a happy occasion."
"So the mission is not to recall Scorpion?" Chiyo asked directly. At the same time, she was dissatisfied with Luo Sha for hiding the truth from her.
Was he trying to use this to undermine the siblings' reputation in the village in order to consolidate his power? Even if the siblings hid in the oasis, it was not allowed?
"That depends on whether the information from Konoha is true. If it is false, Lord Scorpion, please." Maki lowered his head and bowed slightly.
"What if the intelligence proves to be true?" Chiyo narrowed her eyes slightly.
"That means arrest. At least bring him back to the village to atone for his sins," Maki replied respectfully.
"No wonder Konoha had to intervene. With Konoha's intervention, when the time came, no matter what, I would have no choice but to sacrifice my own family for the sake of the village. You and Tsunade were both witnesses, but Rasa was still so good at playing tricks." Chiyo shook her head.
"Lord Kazekage didn't mean that. It's just that the village needs Scorpion's talent and strength right now. Our mission this time is not to kill Scorpion, but to bring him back to the village alive."
Maki, as the Kazekage's loyal subordinate, did not show any dissatisfaction with Chiyo calling him by his name. He just emphasized his assurances to Chiyo.
The Sand Village really needs Scorpion's power now. After all, when Scorpion was in the village, he once led the research and development of many amazing mechanical puppets. Some of the finished products can be regarded as excellent works even now in the Sand Village Puppet Department! They can be used for puppet teaching.
"What about you? There is so much tension between Konoha and the Cloud Ninja, but they still send you out of the village to help with the mission?" Chiyo felt a little depressed. Looking at the respectful Maki, she couldn't vent her anger. Her eyes fell on Tsunade beside her and she said sarcastically.
After all, the recent tense situation between the Cloud Ninja and Konoha has greatly affected the atmosphere in the ninja world, and even some businessmen active in the Fire Country have become cautious, fearing that the war will start again.
"You old woman, don't worry about that." Tsunade replied unhappily. Let alone the preparations made by Konoha's Technology Development Department over the years, if things don't work out, there is still a Third Raikage of the Hueco Mundo who can be used.
Anyway, Orochimaru and Kaname's plan has been prepared for now, so even if it is exposed, they have a certain ability to resist risks.
(End of this chapter)