harleyscars Chapter 97: So Many "Accidents"
Chapter 97: So Many "Accidents"
abnormal?
"No, Temari-sama, aren't you being a little too repressed? I just paused for a moment while thinking, and you immediately started making connections?"
Bai Mo was speechless at Temari's sudden insult.
"I...you understand what I'm saying, so you're not much better!"
Temari's gaze had just shifted to the side out of embarrassment, but she immediately turned it back because of her competitive spirit. When she met Bai Mo's gaze, she adopted an attitude of being unreasonable yet defiant.
"oh."
"Oh what? You... wait a minute!"
When Temari saw Bai Mo turn to leave, she hurriedly called out to him. Worried that Bai Mo wouldn't stop, she quickly stepped forward, grabbed Bai Mo's arm, and took the envelope back from his hand.
"I accidentally slipped a photo of myself that I had taken by mistake into it."
"..."
Bai Mo didn't expect that Temari would actually listen to his casual remark, "Then add one of yours," which he made to prove that he didn't have a "soldier boy" fetish.
Now, worried that Bai Mo might take Chiyo's swimsuit photos to show others and hand them over as well, she quickly made up an excuse to take them back.
just.
What kind of ridiculous reason is this?
I "accidentally" took a picture, "accidentally" put it in an envelope, and now I "accidentally" remembered it.
Bai Mo suddenly felt a little scared that some excuse might come up later, suggesting that he might have "accidentally" slipped in.
"Didn't you need the photos for something? What are you standing there for? Hurry up and go! I'll wait for you for ten minutes!"
Temari seemed to realize that her reason was too far-fetched. After taking out her swimsuit photo from the envelope, she quickly stuffed the envelope back into Bai Mo's hand and urged him to leave.
Good grief, so they're planning to refresh the scene and then pretend nothing happened, right?
"wait for me."
After uttering those two words, Bai Mo vanished from the spot.
Arriving at a hidden underground base within the village, Bai Mo found Scorpion, who was there adjusting the puppets.
"What's up?"
Scorpion didn't turn around, nor did he stop working; he simply asked a question indifferently.
"It's nothing, I just came to give you some advice."
"What suggestion?"
"Don't give up your emotions as a 'human being'."
"……boring."
"Without the constraints of emotion, and with absolutely rational thinking, many things can indeed be solved more easily."
But absolute rationality does not equate to absolute correctness. Let me give you an example—
When Bai Mo finished speaking, Scorpion still didn't turn around, but he stopped what he was doing and began to listen attentively to Bai Mo.
"There was a ninja who received a blessing from the gods, which enabled him to strengthen two of his body's organs."
Therefore, he chose to strengthen the smaller head first, and then strengthen the larger head.
Because he was afraid that after strengthening the big head, the big head wouldn't let him strengthen the small head anymore.
"..."
The scorpion remained silent.
Although the words are rough but the reasoning is sound, this particular statement is just too crude.
"If that's all you wanted to say, then you can leave and don't bother me."
Scorpion was long past the age of still having a "little head" and didn't care at all about what Bai Mo was saying.
"Look, you're telling me to leave, and the example I gave seems outrageous, precisely because you still have human emotions."
If you are truly absolutely rational, then you should patiently listen to what I, the strategist of Xiaozhi, have to say.
For example, to give another example, if you are truly absolutely rational...
Bai Mo paused here, "If you had a chance to bring your family back to life, would you choose to give it up?"
Click.
He snapped the wooden puppet in Scorpion's hand in two.
Moreover, because this place was underground and very quiet, Scorpion's heartbeat became noticeably faster.
"Giving up is the right choice."
Even if they could be resurrected, so what?
In this blood-soaked ninja world, being resurrected is nothing more than waiting for the next death.
After calming himself down, Scorpion slowly spoke.
"You scared me to death! I thought you were going to 'hide your mother like a puppet'!"
Bai Mo patted his chest.
scorpion:"?"
"What I mean is, you're right, the ninja world is still very dangerous, but isn't that the direction we're trying to change?"
When the time finally comes for everyone to gather with their families and make sushi, will you still be playing with your gentle catgirl puppet?
I can tell you, Sasori, you don't even need to wait until the era after the Otsutsuki descended; right now, death and resurrection are not difficult things at all.
The "what if" I mentioned wasn't really a "what if."
"What exactly do you want me to do?"
After a moment of silence, Scorpion's tone softened.
"It's nothing, I just want you to maintain your humanity. I don't think I need to give you any other hints."
Bai Mo shrugged slightly.
Scorpion's talent in puppetry is beyond doubt.
Another "famous" puppeteer, Kankuro, never made any puppets himself from beginning to end; he relied entirely on scavenging and collecting equipment from Sasori.
Even so, Kankuro fantasized in his dream of the Infinite Tsukuyomi that he created a Gundam-type puppet.
This shows that Kankuro wasn't lacking inspiration; he was just simply bad at cooking. (crossed out)
This shows that puppeteers don't lack inspiration; what they need is skillful technique.
After all, compared to the ninjutsu system, the puppeteer system is far too incomplete and requires pioneers to explore it on their own.
"Maintain humanity..."
"Okay, let's make a bet. I'll show you something, and if you can't control your emotions, then you'll have to listen to me."
"……good."
Scorpion agreed.
"Here you go, see for yourself. I haven't seen what it looks like inside."
Bai Mo simply threw the envelope over.
Click click click.
Scorpion suspiciously took the photo out of the envelope, glanced at it, and immediately turned his arm into a shredder, shredding the photo into tiny pieces.
In this world with chakra and souls, it's perfectly reasonable that the only remaining organ, the heart, can have emotions and feelings without relying on hormones.
"What is this thing?!"
Scorpion felt a mix of emotions: anger, awkwardness, nostalgia, and a touch of nausea.
You lost.
Bai Mo glanced at the shredded paper on the ground.
Although he could fix it with Crazy Diamonds, it was really unnecessary.
Who really wants to see Grandma Chiyo's swimsuit photos?
"This is a sacrifice made by an elder for a lost younger generation. You have seen it too, and you still have relatives in the world."
"Therefore, I'm giving you a mission, a mission that is both in line with your status as a rogue ninja and beneficial to Sunagakure."
Bai Mo spoke slowly.
"oh."
Scorpion's emotions gradually calmed down: "So you're going to kill another daimyo?"
As Deidara's teammate, Sasori had heard Deidara boast more than once about how he descended from the heavens and blew up the Daimyo's mansion in the Land of Earth, leaving no one alive.
He didn't know anything about the news from the Daimyo of the Land of Water, but he guessed it wouldn't be much different.
"That's right."
Bai Mo gave an affirmative answer.
We really need to deal with the daimyo of the Land of Wind.
Actually, among the five great nations, the most reckless was the daimyo of the Land of Wind. It's surprising that he only died in third place, which is a relief for him.
"I'll take this task."
Scorpion remained expressionless, but inwardly sighed with regret.
—What excellent puppet experiment material they were, yet they could only be killed meaninglessly, just like Deidara.
Scorpion knew that if he kept him as experimental material, it would only attract others to rescue him, causing a series of troubles.
It's such a pity.
-
After accepting the mission, Scorpion returned to the entrance of Rain Village.
Seeing Temari, who had clearly said she would only wait ten minutes but was still motionless even after the time was up, she went to greet her.
"Let's go home."
"Oh, okay—no, what do you mean, go home! Go home to whose home? What nonsense are you talking about!"
"...Temari-sama, you have such sensitive skin."