Chapter 303 Body and Soul

After listening to Bai Ye's description of the tailed beast weapon plan, the old Sansho Hanzo fell silent.

Faced with Byakuya's almost crazy plan, he didn't know what advice to give. If the plan could be implemented smoothly and the Ten-Tails was successfully resurrected, then the ninja world would indeed be able to gain a rare period of peace.

But if something goes wrong in the plan, Yuyin Village will be in a desperate situation.

After being silent for a long time, Sanshouyu Hanzo said slowly: "I'm sorry, I probably can't help you with my old bones, but if the plan is leaked, you can throw the blame for the plan on my head."

Sanshouyu Hanzo said it sincerely, he no longer cares about his posthumous name.

Bai Ye smiled and shook his head, and then said: "I don't think my plan will fail. Even if it does fail one day, I will bear the consequences alone!"

After saying this, Bai Ye walked out of the room.

He just came here to test whether Sansho Hanzo would betray him. Now it seems that Sansho Hanzo still has some magnanimity as a demigod, and he has not let him down.

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After leaving the training ground, Bai Ye rushed towards other locations in the base.

After confirming that the One-Tail Jinchuuriki is the primary target, it is time to start considering candidates for the mission. Within the Akatsuki organization, the ninjas who know Sunagakure Village best are none other than the Red Sand Scorpion and Orochimaru.

The former is Sunagakure's most genius puppet and the grandson of Sunagakure elder Chiyo.

The latter once led the Battle of Kikyo Mountain and fought against the Fourth Kazekage on the frontal battlefield. He is the ninja who knows Sunagakure Village best in Konoha.

And in Byakuya's impression, Orochimaru defected from Konoha and has always been connected with Sunagakure Village.

On the eve of the Chunin Examination in the original work, the Fourth Kazekage even invited Orochimaru to participate in the Chunin Examination, and launched the Konoha Collapse Plan at the venue of the Chunin Examination.

However, what the Fourth Kazekage didn't know was that Orochimaru didn't want to destroy Konoha at all. He just wanted to reconnect with his former mentor and let his mentor die on the battlefield in a ninja way.

So before the plan even started, Orochimaru assassinated the Fourth Kazekage.

After retracting his thoughts that were gradually diverging, Bai Ye found Xie in the Xiao organization laboratory. Through a layer of glass, he could see Xie playing with the puppet limbs.

Some of the puppets have limbs of steel and wood, others of flesh and blood.

After Xiao developed the technology to wirelessly control puppets, Bai Ye deliberately guided Xiao to develop prosthetic puppets. Although Xiao didn't fully understand Bai Ye's intentions, he was willing to carry out research as long as puppet technology was involved.

The reason why Bai Ye asked Xie to study prosthetic puppet technology was also very simple.

Ninjas and ordinary people in the ninja world often lose their hands and feet due to various accidents. Instead of living with crutches for their whole lives, it is better to use a puppet that can be controlled by chakra.

To a certain extent, it also conforms to the concept of the Scorpion Puppet's immortality.

But unlike other ninjas who were forced to undergo puppet transformation, Scorpion took the initiative to undergo puppet transformation. He concentrated all his consciousness and chakra into his chakra core, and his body contained very little flesh.

After sensing Bai Ye's footsteps, Xie slowly turned around and saw that the person coming was Bai Ye, and said expressionlessly:

"Are you here to inquire about the development progress of the prosthetic puppet?"

"Prosthetic puppets that can replace limbs are easy to make, but using these puppets requires learning a lot of puppet knowledge. If you imagine that ordinary ninjas can also use prosthetic puppets, it will take at least five years to develop them."

"I said, how about following my idea and directly transforming the wounded into chakra cores, so that the wounded no longer have to worry about being injured. Isn't a body of steel better than a body of flesh and blood?"

How can cold steel be compared to a hardened body...

After complaining in his mind, Bai Ye said helplessly: "Xiao, not everyone wants to perform full-body transformation on you, and you just mentioned that due to technical issues, the risk of full-body transformation is very high."

Xie snorted coldly, and then said: "If you want to have an immortal body, you must take certain risks. If you don't even have this kind of perseverance and determination, how can you become a qualified ninja?"

Bai Ye felt ashamed of Scorpion's thoughts. As expected, no scientist in the ninja world was normal.

Among the three scientific ninjas under his command, Scorpion is obsessed with puppet transformation, Shennong is trying to find ways to magically transform the body, and Orochimaru continues to study blood inheritance limits and natural energy, as well as research on the soul.

From this point of view, even if the Akatsuki organization does not implement the Eye of the Moon plan, it can still be regarded as a villain.

After pondering for a moment, Bai Ye said to Xie: "I didn't come here to see you today because of the prosthetic body. After discussions between me and other senior leaders of the organization, we decided to start the Ten-Tails hunting plan."

"Tailed beast hunting plan?"

Xie frowned slightly. He had long known Bai Ye's goal of recruiting them, so he was not surprised. However, did he think that the implementation of the Ten-Tails plan would be delayed for a few more years?

After thinking for a while, Xie asked: "How many tailed beasts are we going to hunt this time? Besides me, are there any other ninjas who are going on the mission together?"

"Of course you have to hunt tailed beasts in order, I plan to start with the first one."

After a pause, Bai Ye continued: "Your teammate is the same as before, Orochimaru, but this is the first mission, and I will go with him."

"Attacking the old monk Fenfu? Or go with Orochimaru."

Scorpion muttered a few words, feeling somewhat dissatisfied with Bai Ye's arrangement, not because he knew the old monk Fenfu, but because he hated his teammate Orochimaru.

The conflict between Orochimaru and him was not just a disagreement on scientific research, but also full of contradictions between their personalities.

After thinking of this, Scorpion said to Bai Ye: "I don't need Orochimaru as a teammate, I can complete the task of hunting the One-tail Jinchuriki alone."

Bai Ye shook his head and said: "I believe in your ability, but the magnetic escape mastered by the Fourth Kazekage can restrain your Kazekage puppet, and Sand Village is not only the Fourth Kazekage."

After hearing this, Scorpion's face changed.

Bai Ye was right. In addition to the Fourth Kazekage, there are many masters in Sand Village.

Ye Cang, who was sent to the Mist Village as a scapegoat a few years ago, was one of them. His grandmother, Elder Chiyo, was also one of them, and his puppetry skills were all taught by his grandmother.

Now, although he has surpassed his grandmother in puppetry, it is not so easy to win over his grandmother.

So relying on him alone, he is not a teammate of the Sand Village, let alone bringing back the One-Tailed Jinchuriki alive.

Bai Ye saw what Scorpion was thinking and said slowly: "Take the puppet with me to go out and look for Orochimaru. We really can't leave him for this plan."