Chapter 201 Feiduan: I Don’t Like Fighting and Killing, I Want to Be a ‘Civilian’ in the Future

call!

When Chiyo walked out of the Kazekage Building, what he saw was a sight of yellow sand.

The wind and sand blew like knives from the distant sand dunes, hitting her slightly weathered face and staining the corners of her dry and cracked lips with sand.

"I should have thought of it earlier."

Chiyo took a breath through his nose. The temperature of the air seemed to be on fire. Inhaling it into the nasal cavity and along the respiratory tract ignited the lungs. The sultry feeling was simply dizzying.

Yes, I should have thought of it earlier.

How could a genius who received so much attention and admiration be willing to become a useless person?

Any little bit of hope is a life-saving straw for Luo Sha, and she will cling to it with all her might.

"Hey." Chiyo frowned, exhaustion and boredom flashed across his face, "One by one, it's really messy."

She is already in her forties this year. In the ninja world where the average life expectancy is fifty years, she is actually considered "old" and her physical condition has already begun to decline.

With her achievements and qualifications, she should retire now to take care of herself and enjoy family happiness.

Chiyo originally thought like this, she would withdraw from the front line when the Second Ninja War was over, just like the two Hokage assistants in Konoha, they would go fishing when something happened, and look for trouble for the Kazekage when nothing happened.

But the current Sunagakure Village really made her uneasy.

Transforming living people into puppets is unreliable anyway. If there are any flaws in the experiment...

Chiyo is always a little uneasy when she thinks of Rasa's appearance.

"Mother-in-law?"

Suddenly a timid voice came from above her head. Chiyo came to her senses and subconsciously raised her head. After seeing the earthen house in front of her, she realized that she had walked home unknowingly.

As for the person who spoke, he was a boy with red hair and a somewhat depressed expression.

"scorpion."

Looking at the boy standing by the window on the second floor, Chiyo had a kind smile on his face.

That is her grandson, who is five years old this year.

After seeing Chiyo, Xie seemed a little happy, with a smile on his face, turned around, came down from the second floor, and opened the door for Chiyo.

"Welcome home, mother-in-law."

As Chiyo entered the house, the noisy wind in her ears was blocked outside the door.

Looking at Scorpion who was looking up at him, Chiyo slowly squatted down until he was as tall as Scorpion in front of him.

As he squatted down, the gravel on his body formed a thin stream and slowly fell to the ground.

"Good boy."

Chiyo showed a kind and gentle smile, and some of the wrinkles on his face relaxed. He stretched out his hand to rub Xie's red hair and asked, "What's wrong? Are you hungry?"

It seemed that it was different from what he had imagined. The young Scorpion's expression became dejected again. He forced a smile and shook his head gently: "No, no, I..."

But before he could finish his words, his stomach growled, causing his little face to turn red.

Chiyo could naturally see that what he said was not sincere. She sighed secretly in her heart and then said with a smile: "Let's go wash our hands first. My mother-in-law will prepare something delicious for you."

Seeing Xia nodded and walked into the bathroom, Chiyo raised his head and glanced at the spacious but slightly deserted living room. It became clearer that he had forgotten something important.

Until her glance passed over the calendar on the wall, her eyes suddenly froze and she realized what day it was today.

Today is Scorpio's sixth birthday...

Realizing this, Chiyo also fell silent.

On Xie's fifth birthday, their family of four took a family photo together, and then went off to the battlefield separately.

In other words, her son and daughter-in-law, Xie's father and mother, have not returned for a year because of the sudden changes in the battlefield of the Kingdom of Rain and the constraints of the battlefield of the Kingdom of Rivers.

What it's like for a four or five year old to be away from your parents for a year.

Even her mother-in-law has forgotten that today is Xie's birthday.

Thinking about it, after Scorpio woke up, looking at the hazy and dark sky, looking at the empty and lonely room, and listening to the whistling sound outside the window that seemed to never stop, he must have felt abandoned by the world.

Loneliness will be fully reflected at that moment.

"Mother-in-law?"

Chiyo was pulled away from the complicated thoughts, and in front of him was Scorpion, who was looking at him with his head tilted.

Blinking his eyes, Chiyo forced a smile on his face and pretended to be calm: "Xiao, today is your birthday. I will make you a cake tonight and tell your mother-in-law, do you have any wishes that you want to realize?"

Hearing this, Xie was stunned for a moment, then smiled, but soon seemed to remember something, the smile disappeared, lowered his head and whispered: "I, I want my parents to go home..."

As soon as these words came out, Chiyo's mood became more and more sour. He held up Scorpion's little face and smiled slightly: "Mother-in-law promises you that our family will celebrate your birthday next year together."

"...Well, I believe my mother-in-law."

Xie looked at the ground, obviously trying to escape, but he still said obediently: "I know my parents and my mother-in-law are very busy. I can take care of myself here alone."

"Hahaha……"

Chiyo's heart trembled, and she quickly raised her head and smiled as if to cover up something.

Suddenly, she remembered the puppet technique scroll that the Third Kazekage had casually returned to her before. She looked down at Xiexiao and asked, "Oh, by the way, my mother-in-law has some interesting toys. Do you want to see them?"

"Toys?" Xia's eyes lit up, "Can they play with me?"

"Of course." Chiyo nodded, the scroll shook off the edge of her robe, and her hands quickly formed seals.

boom! Bang bang!

As crisp sounds appeared one after another, white mist exploded, and nine puppets wearing pure white robes appeared in front of Xie.

They have ferocious faces and strange appearances. Some are like evil tutuos, some are like goat-horned demons with human faces guarding hell, and some even have bright red cat faces. They are tall, short, fat and thin, with different personalities.

This is the nine Chikamatsu Ten people that have been repaired, and one that is completely damaged by the black cat's technique and can no longer be repaired.

The appearance of these ghosts and monsters not only did not scare Xie, but made his eyes light up.

Kaka! Click!

Chiyo's nine fingers were connected to the nine puppets with tiny invisible chakra threads. As the nine fingers danced, the "Nine Chikamatsu people" filled with the smell of blood twisted their bodies irregularly.

Their limbs are stiff, their movements are uncoordinated, and they twist very weirdly, like dancers who have just learned to dance, but because of this, the overall look gives people a particularly funny look.

Seeing this scene, Xia was quickly amused and smiled sincerely. He looked up at Chiyo Nozomi and said, "Can I play with these?"

Chiyo also smiled, shook his head, took out a large scroll from his arms, squatted down and encouraged: "Scorpion can try to make it by yourself. Only the puppet you make is your own."

Seeing this, Xie opened his big eyes, took the big scroll, kissed Chiyo on the face, and said happily: "Thank you, mother-in-law, I like this gift!"

Chiyo touched his cheek and ruffled his hair cheerfully: "Go ahead and put the things back in the room and look at them after dinner."

"Yeah!" Xie nodded repeatedly, hugged the big scroll, and ran back to his room on the second floor.

Seeing Scorpio's figure leave his sight, Chiyo stood up and looked at the "Nine Chikamatsu people" in front of him. He thought of the extremely weird black cat again, and frowned again after his smile gradually dissipated.

Will this war really end next year?

The Second Ninja World War has reached this point. Whether it is the Kingdom of Wind, the Kingdom of Fire, Hanzo, or the Kingdom of Rain, everything has been put on the line.

The defeated party will inevitably be humiliated and reprimanded by the daimyo, and the "shadow" as the leader will inevitably resign.

Unless one party completely loses the ability to resist, no one can accept the result of defeat.

What's more, there is "Breaking Dawn" with unknown motives and mysterious strength...

Thinking of this, Chiyo felt more and more tired and weak.

Meanwhile, in a room on the second floor.

Xie sat at the desk excitedly and unfolded the huge scroll.

The name of the scroll is "Basics of Puppet Control: From Beginner to Mastery".

But when Xie unfolded the big scroll to the end, another small scroll fell out.

Xie picked it up and unfolded it, tilted his head in confusion, and read: "The Art of Making and Controlling Human Puppet: The Way of Eternal Life"?

Puppet and human puppet? Is there any difference?

"Scorpion, dinner is ready."

Hearing the voice coming from downstairs, Xie subconsciously closed the scroll and replied loudly: "Come right away, mother-in-law!"

Immediately, he looked down at the scroll, hesitated for a moment, and put it into the drawer.

Since it was given to me by my mother-in-law, it should be fine, right?

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At this moment, in the Land of Rain, the heavy rain is getting heavier and heavier.

Big raindrops were blown by the wind in the air, causing them to hit each other and burst, scattering sprays of water on the ground. The wind became stronger and the dark clouds rolled in.

With the sound of footsteps in the water, Yahiko ran back to his door despite the rain.

"call!"

A bit of hot white mist exhaled. Standing under the eaves, he turned to look at the rain curtain in front of him and murmured: "I haven't seen such heavy rain in half a year."

Even the Rain Country, known as the "Crying Country", does not rain heavily every day. Most of the time it is just shrouded in dark clouds, and occasionally you can see the warm sunshine breaking through the dark clouds.

"I don't know when this country will stop crying." Thinking in his heart, Yahiko turned around and knocked on the door.

Knock… knock knock…

After waiting for a long time, there was still no answer, which made Yahiko stunned for a moment, as if remembering something, he frowned, looked around, took out the spare key from under the door mat and inserted it into the keyhole.

Click.

The small house of sixty or seventy square meters was empty, and the closed windows creaked from the wind.

A gray-haired boy sat cross-legged on the sofa in the living room. He was looking down at a book on his lap. He seemed to have seen an incomprehensible fragment. His thumb and index finger repeatedly rubbed the corners of the pages.

Until Yahiko opened the door, heavy rain and strong wind rushed in, knocking the open books in the boy's hands and in front of him, causing the pages to rattle.

"Hidan! What are you doing again?"

The boy came back to his senses and subconsciously raised his head, but his ears were pinched by Yahiko who came closer instantly.

Yahiko's tone was fierce and he didn't use any force on his hands, but the boy's little face still wrinkled up and shouted: "It hurts, it hurts, uncle bastard! I'm going to tell Sister Konan and Brother Kumikawa for bullying children!"

Hearing this, although it was not the first time that this brat called him uncle, Yahiko still laughed angrily: "Asshole brat, I've said it several times. Although you were raised by me, I'm not a few years older than you!"

This brat is the child he picked up from the Tang Zhiguo Evil God Cult. Rounding it all off, he raised him by pooping and peeing. As a result, the older he got, the more disobedient and unlovable he became.

"Also, Xiaonan is only a few months younger than me, and Kumokawa-san is a few years older than me. Why are they older sisters and brothers, and I am an uncle?"

However, even as he said this, his hand loosened. But when he looked down at the books, he couldn't help but twitch his face, pinched Feidan's little face, and asked, "Why are you reading such useless books again?"

As he said this, he took another look at the titles of the books.

"Taisho Tripitaka", "Origin and Root of Religion", "Deep Analysis of the Doctrine and Existence Rationality of the Evil God Cult", "Religious Psychology"...

Some of these books were searched from the previous group of "monks", such as Buddhist classics such as "Taisho Tripitaka" and "Origin and Root of Religion".

Some were compiled by someone, such as "Religious Psychology" and... "Analysis of the Doctrine of the Evil God Cult" by the mysterious director of the Medical Department.

Other religious books are not a big deal, but when he saw the book "Deep Analysis of the Doctrine and Existence Rationality of the Evil God Cult", Yahiko's heart suddenly jumped and his whole face burned.

Because, this booklet was originally used to earn "milk money" or subsidies, and it took him a month to write it. The whole book is full of emotional catharsis and subjective opinions, and there is no order.

To borrow the words of the elder Kumokawa, this is an "academic garbage", undoubtedly a negative example.

"Where did you find this broken book?" Yahiko grabbed the "academic garbage" and said angrily.

"I found it in the study... Ouch, you are like a nagging old woman."

Feiduan, whose face was pinched, dug his ears and said indifferently: "Didn't you tell me to read more books when I have nothing to do and increase my knowledge?"

"I didn't tell you to read this kind of book!"

Looking at this kid who is better than his teacher and thicker than himself, Yahiko rubbed his face and said unhappily: "There are so many swordsmanship books in the study, but you don't read them. Can you understand these books when you are only three years old?"

Maybe it's because of the last ritual of the evil god cult?

Yahiko had long discovered that this kid was more mature than other children of the same age. He was relieved after finding the eldest brother to confirm that there was nothing wrong with the kid's body, but he didn't expect that he was already mature enough to read those obscure books.

"Uh, huh, I don't want to read those things." Feidan stiffened his neck and said vaguely, "Only uneducated and reckless people can dance with swords and sticks, fight and kill. I want to be a 'civilian' in the future."

Yahiko's face darkened, but the kid didn't want to learn, and he couldn't force him.

Why did so many people sign up for conscription?

Part of it was because they couldn't survive and just wanted to have a full meal. The other part was for their children to do what they wanted in the future, right?

In the words of Uncle Meiyu, sacrifice is a price that must be paid. Either they pay, or their children pay, or their grandchildren pay. Their generation is covered in blood and mud, so they should pay.

"I can't do anything to you."

Thinking of this, Yahiko unhappily let go of his hand, took out a soaked scroll from his arms and handed it to him, saying: "I'm going to cook, you help me put this thing on the windowsill to dry."

But just as Yahiko got up, the door was suddenly knocked, and a familiar and indifferent voice came from outside: "Konoha has decided to take action against Hanzo, go to the Hall of Heroes to prepare for the pre-war mobilization."

Hearing that the voice was Nagato's, the originally lazy Yahiko instantly tensed up and stuffed the scroll directly into Hidan's arms.

In the blink of an eye, there was only the open door and a sentence in Hidan's ears.

"You can take care of your own meals during this period. If you can't do it, go to Nono Sister for a meal!"

"Tsk."

Hidan rubbed his red cheeks, reluctantly unfolded the scroll, and muttered: "What is it?"

While speaking, he lowered his head and his eyes swept across the scroll.

——"The Secret of Natural Power and Witchcraft".