#135 - The Death of the Third Kazekage - Naruto: Uchiha is not the Raikage!

“Yes.”

Sasori was a man of few words, coldly turning his head to look at Kiyoshi.

He really didn't have any good feelings towards Konoha ninjas.

“Then I can only say your parents were too weak, so both of them died. Don't blame others.”

“!”

Hearing Kiyoshi's sarcastic words, Sasori frowned tightly, a hint of anger flashing in his eyes, wanting to say something.

Kiyoshi was faster than him, a red glint flashing in his eyes.

Catching the moment of Sasori's emotional fluctuation, he used his eye power to invade Sasori's brain nerves through his eyes.

The Sharingan's genjutsu was enough to hypnotize Sasori instantly.

Although it couldn't compare to 「Tsukuyomi」, which could pull people into an illusion world for a full three days, while only a moment would pass in the outside world.

But compared to ordinary genjutsu, it was already far superior.

Especially Kiyoshi's current eye power, even with two tomoe, could compare to the Sharingan with three tomoe.

“How long do you plan to do what you want to do most now?”

Kiyoshi said lightly.

The noisy sounds of passersby had diluted his inquiry.

Through the insight of his Sharingan, there weren't too many people monitoring him here.

More were on guard against Tsunade, one of the Sannin.

His external identity was just a ninja who had just been promoted to Chunin not long ago.

“...A little over a year later, against the Third Kazekage...”

Sasori's expression showed a trance, his eyes seeming to lose their highlight.

The words he spoke were also ethereal and weak.

“Change it to tonight. You thought of your deceased parents, and the flames in your heart burned hotter and hotter. After it's done, clear out all the monitors and come find me, and bring a scroll with all the ninjutsu you know recorded in it.”

Kiyoshi's whispered words were like the bewitchment of a demon.

Sasori nodded blankly.

Seeing this, Kiyoshi stopped pouring eye power.

The eye power in his eyes was consumed by more than half, recovering at a slow speed.

Kiyoshi had a smile on his lips.

Sharingan genjutsu had the effect of hypnotizing others, just like how Obito used Sharingan to hypnotize the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi.

As long as the eye power was strong enough, it could easily achieve such a thing.

The flaw was that he needed to replenish eye power from time to time, so as not to wake up the subject.

Kiyoshi didn't forcefully hypnotize Sasori, but slowly aroused his own desires, giving him a boost for what he wanted to do.

The result of this was... even more difficult to be discovered.

After all, this was what he himself wanted to do, just amplified a bit by Kiyoshi.

Gradually, Sasori's blank expression regained its vitality.

“Your village's pancakes are good.”

Kiyoshi bought some pancakes from a street vendor and then asked Sasori to take him back.

Sasori nodded, not thinking too much.

It was better to send Kiyoshi back; he had more important things to do right now.

That was to make the Third Kazekage, who killed his parents, pay!

Hatred grew stronger and stronger in Sasori's heart. He quickly sent Kiyoshi back to his temporary residence and turned to leave.

“Kiyoshi, you're back?”

Kurenai Yuhi, who had been sleeping for a while, heard the sound of movement outside and immediately got out of bed and pushed the door open.

“Yeah, I brought some food, want some?”

Kiyoshi handed a pancake to Kurenai Yuhi, and incidentally, he used his hand to tuck a stray strand of Kurenai Yuhi's hair behind her ear.

This close-range action instantly made Kurenai Yuhi's face flush red.

“You... you... we are on an external mission!”

Kurenai Yuhi was ashamed and wanted to pretend to be fierce to tell Kiyoshi not to do this.

But her face still had a trace of baby fat, making this action indescribably cute.

“You have to eat even when you're on an external mission, don't you?”

Kiyoshi smiled lightly, putting the pancake wrapped in oiled paper in Kurenai Yuhi's hand.

Kurenai Yuhi had to bury her head and hurriedly ran into her room.

Kiyoshi smiled and then pushed the door and walked into his room.

Sasori had already followed his plan to do what he wanted to do most.

Next, there was one last step.

That was to clear their team's suspicion.

Otherwise, if Sasori poisoned someone and escaped with the Third Kazekage's body, the Sand Village would instead think Kiyoshi was the murderer.

Although that was the truth, all Kiyoshi did was fuel the flames.

This was a calamity that the Sand Village should have, and it would erupt sooner or later.

Sasori's personality in the official guidebook was cautious, individualistic, and impatient.

He was originally a self-centered person, and with Chiyo doting on Sasori too much, she had spoiled him.

You should know that Chiyo didn't even want to save Gaara at first.

Going to fight Sasori was because she wanted to use her forbidden technique to revive her son and daughter-in-law, so that Sasori would have a warm family.

In the end, she was so hurt by Sasori that she made up her mind to kill him.

“Continue to cultivate.”

Kiyoshi looked at the stat panel. The fatigue resistance stat had reached 99%, and the priestess's seal stat had reached 86%.

Before Sasori finished, Kiyoshi could increase his strength a bit first.

…………

That night.

“Yakura-sensei, you must teach that Uchiha Kiyoshi a hard lesson tomorrow!”

Maki waved her small hand.

She extremely admired Yakura.

Although she had seen Kiyoshi's impressive strength, she still believed that Yakura, after diligent training, would definitely be able to defeat Uchiha Kiyoshi.

“Of course.”

Yakura nodded confidently.

What Kiyoshi did to her was still unforgettable.

No man had ever dared to treat her like that.

If she didn't defeat Kiyoshi, the rest of her life would be in the shadow of this matter!

The two women went to a shop that was still open to eat under the street lights.

“Is that Sasori-sama?”

Maki pointed in one direction.

Sasori seemed to be carrying a bowl of chicken soup towards the Kazekage Building.

“Sasori is Chiyo-sama's grandson, it's normal for him to be close to the Kazekage-sama.”

Yakura shook her head.

The foundation of the Sand Village lies in many ninja clans, and the ninja clans value blood ties.

Chiyo-sama is one of the high-ranking members of the village, and Sasori is considered to be taking over in advance.

“I see.”

Maki nodded.

“But I believe Yakura-sensei will be the next Kazekage!”

Maki said.

Yakura's bloodline limit is very rare in the Sand Village, and many ninja clans want to marry Yakura.

If Yakura becomes the Kazekage, not many other ninja clans will object.

“It's too early to say that.”

Yakura smiled and touched her disciple's head.

There is still a competitor Rasa.

Rasa is a bit older than her, possessing the bloodline limit 「Magnet」 Release, and has learned a lot from the Third Kazekage about how to use this bloodline limit.

He also often uses Magnet Release ninjutsu to collect gold dust from the sand, providing the village with a considerable income, and has a high reputation.

Yakura looked back, Sasori had already entered the Kazekage Building with the chicken soup.

Immediately, she and Maki sat down to order.

…………

“Kazekage-sama, this is the chicken soup that Grandma asked me to bring.”

Sasori pushed open the door of the Kazekage's office and walked in.

He placed the large bowl containing the chicken soup on the table and uncovered the lid.

Instantly, a fragrance filled the air.

“Chiyo?”

The Third Kazekage frowned.

Chiyo actually had this leisure?

He looked at Sasori and found that he was not disguised by an outsider.

Out of trust for his companions, the Third Kazekage nodded slowly.

“Sasori, I hope that in the future you can become a puppet master who is as proud of our Sand Village as Chiyo.”

With that, the Third Kazekage used the spoon next to the bowl to scoop a spoonful to test the saltiness.

The taste was good, using very tender chicken.

The Third Kazekage showed a smile and told Sasori to go back first.

Sasori shook his head.

“I'll wait for Kazekage-sama to finish drinking before taking the bowl.”

“Alright.”

The Third Kazekage nodded.

It just so happened that there was too much official business today, and he had to think about the alliance with Konoha, and he was busy until now without having dinner.

After drinking the chicken soup, the Third Kazekage handed the empty bowl to Sasori.

Suddenly, the bowl fell from his hand.

The Third Kazekage's pupils shrank.

His hand was shaking?

“Third Kazekage-sama, please rest in peace, this is all for my parents.”

Sasori's emotionless voice came.

Making the Third Kazekage feel a chill in his heart.

He had been poisoned, Chiyo's grandson actually wanted to betray the village!

He wanted to mobilize chakra, but found that under the effect of the poison, chakra could not be refined and gathered at all.

“Come on, I will give you a decent death, and let you become a perfect... work of art full of eternal beauty in my hands.”

Sasori approached step by step.

The face that rarely showed expression had a smile for the first time.

…………

Crack.

The clock pointed to four o'clock.

The occasional flashes of lightning in the room completely stopped.

There was a slight knock on the door.

Kiyoshi stopped cultivating and opened the door, it was Sasori with empty eyes.

“Take me to a remote location.”

“...Yes.”

Sasori nodded blankly.

Kiyoshi and Sasori's figures shuttled through the night, Sasori had unknowingly solved all the Sand Village ninjas responsible for monitoring this area.

As the grandson of a high-ranking member of the Sand Village, he knew the location of the surveillance was not difficult.

Arriving at a small alley, Kiyoshi reached out his hand.

“Give me all the puppet techniques you know and the methods of poisoning and making poison.”

“...Yes.”

What answered Kiyoshi was still Sasori's confused voice.

He rummaged for scrolls on his body, a trace of doubt flashed in his body.

Why was he doing this?

But the next moment, the doubt returned to empty confusion.

He handed the scroll to Kiyoshi.

There were many of them, at least a dozen.

“Not bad.”

Kiyoshi nodded in satisfaction.

The ninjutsu inside included 「Mind Transmission Sand Technique」, 「Puppet Performance: Human Body Skill」, 「Thousand Hands Manipulation」, 「Puppet: Crow」, 「Puppet: Black Ant」, 「Deadly Poisonous Sword」……

Including the production method of Sasori's 「Hiruko」 was also among them.

Kiyoshi usually couldn't obtain ninjutsu so unscrupulously.

He didn't need to be so scrupulous when facing Sasori, who was about to become a rogue ninja.

Could it be that he could attack Konoha?

Kiyoshi put away these scrolls one by one.

Kiyoshi wasn't very interested in puppet techniques, he was interested in the stat bonuses after learning these ninjutsu, and the "Chakra Threads."

This way he could throw the ninja sword out as a long-range attack method.

The distance of the chakra threads was farther than the special rubber rope, and it could be condensed immediately even if it was destroyed.

“Attack me.”

Kiyoshi gave Sasori the final order.

The eye power poured into his eyes was about to disappear.

The last step was to let Sasori attack himself, pretending that Sasori wanted to divert the disaster!