Chapter 160 Scorpion: What kind of top-level puppet is the mecha?
An offer you can't refuse?
Scorpion scoffed.

He really didn't know what conditions even he couldn't refuse.

There is only one thing in this world that can attract him, a puppet, only a puppet!
The pursuit of puppet art is his eternal belief in this life!

He joined Akatsuki only because of the pressure from Pain and Konan. How can he pursue the path of puppetry if he can't even save his own life?
A large portion of the bodies of ninjas killed in the Akatsuki organization also fell into his hands and were used as material for making puppets.

At the end of the day, it’s all about the pursuit of puppetry art!
"To be honest, I really don't know what you mean by an offer that you can't refuse. Apart from puppets, nothing in this world can arouse my interest."

"I'm going to show you something. After you see it, you should change your mind."

Facing Scorpion's sneer, Namikaze Mirai did not explain anything and led the way from the front.

Scorpion hesitated for a moment and followed.

He also wanted to know what Namikaze was planning for the future.

What on earth could make Namikaze Mirai so confident that she would definitely change her mind after seeing it?

After passing through the long and narrow white passage, Namikaze Mirai stopped in front of the metal warehouse door. He aimed his right eye at the iris scanner. A red light swept across, and accompanied by a roar, the metal door slowly opened to both sides.

"This is!!!"

Scorpion was stunned.

If he were still in human form, he would be so frightened that his hair would stand on end and his heart would beat violently.

"Puppet? Such a big puppet?!"

"No! It's a mecha!"

Namikaze Mirai next to her looked at her masterpiece with a satisfied smile in her eyes. The machine was over a hundred meters tall, with a pure metal body with tough lines, huge metal dorsal wings spread out on the back, and a slender red lightsaber in her right hand.

The latest model of mecha developed by the Research Department.

In terms of appearance, it already has all the qualities of a mecha.

Before it can be officially put into use, several important technical difficulties need to be overcome.

"Machine? Mecha?"

The huge emotional turmoil caused Scorpion's voice to tremble slightly.

Looking up at this perfect puppet that almost appeared from a dream, it was like igniting a nuclear bomb in the mind, and a trembling feeling like an electric shock spread throughout the body.

Art!

This is real art!
Scorpion of the Red Sand could not describe in words how he felt at the moment.

If I had to describe it, it was as if a god-like existence opened a door in his mind, and a brand new world unfolded before his eyes.

All his previous knowledge about puppetry was shattered at this moment!
"How was such a large puppet made? If you want to control it, the chakra consumed must be an astronomical figure, right?"

Scorpion spoke out all his questions in one go. He had too many questions.

How was such an ultimate puppet built?

"I've already said that this is a mecha, not a puppet. It takes a lot of manpower and resources to build it. As for driving the mecha..."

Namikaze Mirai paused.

"The pilot controls the mecha from inside, so there is no need to consume chakra."

No need to consume chakra?
Internal control?
This is another shocking piece of information. Scorpion has become numb.

He suddenly felt that he had lived a dog's life in the first half of his life. Thinking of those masterpieces of human puppets he had created before, Scorpion of the Red Sand felt a strong sense of shame.

Is that thing also considered a puppet?
In front of this puppet called "Mecha", all his works, including the three generations of Kazekage puppets, were as pale and powerless as dust.

"Please let me participate in the production of mechas! If I can participate in the creation of such a great art, my life will not be wasted. I can do anything I want!"

In stark contrast to his previous tough and dismissive attitude, after witnessing the ultimate puppet art of mecha with his own eyes, Scorpion realized how backward his own puppet art was in front of the ultimate puppet called mecha.

Almost in a pleading tone, he hoped to be able to participate in the production of the mecha.

After seeing the true art, it would be more painful for him to go back to his old puppet-making ways than to kill him.

Looking at the humble Scorpion of the Red Sand, a smile of success appeared on Namikaze Mirai's face.

Just as he expected, no man could resist the temptation of mecha.

Especially for a ninja like Scorpion of the Red Sand who regards puppet making as his life!
"Joining Konoha means leaving Akatsuki. Have you thought it through?"

"of course."

Scorpion of the Red Sand answered quite straightforwardly.

In pursuit of the ultimate art of the puppeteer, he became a traitor to Akatsuki, and what happened to him being hunted down by Akatsuki?
After witnessing the mecha puppet, Scorpion of the Red Sand is no longer willing to go back to his past life.

From this point of view, he should thank Hiruko. If it weren't for the other party's betrayal, which caused him to be captured by Namikaze Mirai, he would not have been able to witness the ultimate art of puppetry!

Thanks be given, revenge must be taken.

He has always been a person who will avenge himself.

Scorpion of the Red Sand has already thought of how to take revenge on Obiru.

Control the ultimate puppet mecha and send Beiluo to his death in shock and fear. Let Beiluo become the mecha's first sacrifice!

It is his greatest honor to be able to witness the ultimate art of mecha before he dies!

"In that case, Scorpion, you will be the chief engineer of the mecha development. With your ability, it should be enough to promote the development of the mecha."

Namikaze Mirai made a decision.

Letting Scorpion be the engineer in charge of mecha development was an idea he had considered carefully.

In the ninja world, no other ninja has more experience in puppetry than Scorpion of the Red Sand.

His experience and passion for mecha construction will be a huge boost to the advancement of Konoha's mecha research.

There is no need to worry about safety issues.

Scorpion, who transformed his body into a puppet, is naturally defeated by Namikaze Mirai!
The moment the scorpion was captured, a small drop of magnetic fluid was integrated into the regeneration core in a way that the scorpion could not detect.

It can be said that the Scorpion has now completely taken on his shape.

Life and death are just a matter of his thoughts.

Just as Scorpion was imagining the wonderful life of studying mechas, a hoarse and slightly magnetic voice was heard, causing Scorpion's body to tremble.

"Long time no see, Scorpio."

Turning around, a familiar figure came into view, with pale skin and golden vertical pupils with a meaningful smile.

"Orochimaru."

The Scorpion of the Red Sand had a look of disgust on his face.

When he was in Akatsuki, the person he hated the most was Orochimaru, who was also a pursuer of body art.

Orochimaru pursues biotechnology, striving to achieve immortality with his mortal body.

He chose a completely opposite path, abandoning the useless burden of the flesh, replacing the flesh with puppets, and ascending mechanically.

The inability to reconcile their ideological differences has caused the relationship between Scorpion and Orochimaru to be like water and fire. Every time they meet, they can't help but mock each other.

"Scorpion, I didn't expect that even you would defect from Akatsuki. It seems that the leader is really unpopular."

"Humph! I'm not defecting from the organization, it's just that Konoha has something more worthy of my pursuit!"

"Oh? What are you pursuing?" Orochimaru licked his lips, and a hint of interest appeared in his golden vertical pupils.

The sneer on Scorpion's face suddenly disappeared, and he restrained his expression and stared at him with a meaningful look.

"You will never know the attraction of a top-level puppet to a puppeteer."

Top puppet?
Orochimaru looked at the giant mecha behind the Red Sand Scorpion that almost reached the sky, and a look of enlightenment appeared in his eyes.

The only thing that could make Scorpion so crazy is probably a mecha.

Witnessing the conversation between the two, Namikaze Mirai placed her hands on their shoulders.

"From today on, you are colleagues."

Scorpion looked aggrieved.

He and Orochimaru had been partners when they were in Akatsuki, and he had had enough of this stinking snake.

I didn't expect that after joining Konoha, I would become a partner with this snake.

Is Orochimaru his destined opponent?

There's no way to escape.

Compared to Scorpion's frustration, Orochimaru was very open-minded and appreciated Scorpion's expression with an enjoyable look.

“Haha, that’s really interesting.”

He suddenly began to look forward to working with Scorpion in the future. …

After dealing with the matters of Scorpion and Orochimaru, Namikaze Mirai returned to the Hokage room.

An unexpected person was waiting for him there.

"Hokage-sama, this is what the peacekeeping force has gained during this period."

Uchiha Shisui placed a scroll and a thick metal box on the Hokage's desk.

As a hand placed outside by Konoha, the peacekeeping force has always played the important role of world police.

All enemies who intend to destroy the peace of the ninja world will be purged by the peacekeeping forces.

The two things that Shisui presented were what the peacekeeping force had gained during this period.

Opening the scroll and looking at the detailed records in it, a small ninja village or an enemy intended to destroy the peace in the ninja world and was suppressed by the peacekeeping force.

Namikaze Mirai nodded.

Show a look of praise.

It was indeed the right decision to let Shisui be the leader of the peacekeeping force. Maintaining peace in the ninja world has become Shisui's lifelong belief.

Noticing a piece of data recorded in the scroll, Namikaze Mirai's blue eyes were surprised and asked with some disbelief.

"More than half of the Uchiha in the peacekeeping force have already activated the three magatama?"

"Yes, there are currently 156 Uchiha clan members in the peacekeeping department, half of whom have three magatama, and the rest mostly have double magatama. There are only a few who have a single magatama."

This is a very scary number.

All have Sharingan, and half have three magatama.

It can be said that the strongest strength of the entire Uchiha clan is concentrated in the peacekeeping force.

What surprised Namikaze Mirai the most was that when the peacekeeping force was first formed, there were not so many three-magatama, and the number of double-magatama was far less than it is now.

"During the last evil god incident, there wasn't an increase of three magatama, right? Could it be that something else has happened during this period?"

Faced with questions about Namikaze's future, Uchiha Shisui looked at the heavy metal box on the Hokage's desk somewhat awkwardly.

“The answer is in another box.”

Namikaze Mirai became interested. He was very curious about what kind of thing could cause the Uchiha's strength to undergo another transformation.

With a click, the metal box opened, and the object that came into view startled him slightly.

"This is?"

A stone?
No, to be precise, it is a meteorite that emits a faint purple light all over and is covered with uneven pits.

Just as he was about to take out the meteorite, he heard Shisui's exclamation.

"Hokage-sama, please do not touch it directly, this thing has radiation!"

"It doesn't matter."

Namikaze Mirai simply ignored his reminder.

Pick up the meteorite and play with it carefully in your hands.

Just a little bit of radiation.

It has no effect on him.

Feeling the radiation power emitted by the meteorite in his palm, Namikaze Mirai pondered.

"So, you absorbed the power of this meteorite, and your Sharingan was able to advance again?"

"Yes."

It really is so.

Namikaze Mirai was speechless.

Can Uchiha's absorption of nuclear radiation enable the Sharingan to advance?
There is actually such an operation.

"We received intelligence that the Hidden Star Village was hiding dangerous items, which could threaten the peace of the ninja world. So we rushed to the Hidden Star Village and found the meteorite in the shrine of the Hidden Star Village. After negotiations, the peacekeeping force took care of it for us."

"During this process, we accidentally obtained the secret method of the Hidden Star Village that relied on meteorites for cultivation. After practicing it, we found that it can promote the advancement of the Sharingan to a certain extent."

Shisui's explanation was quite tactful, and he added his own touches.

Namikaze Mirai could imagine that the negotiation process would not be so friendly.

But that's not the point.

He played with the meteorite in his hand, with interest in his eyes.

Can nuclear radiation advance the Sharingan?

Is it mutated?
Could it be that the Sharingan's upgrade from a single magatama to three magatama is a process of genetic mutation?

The more he thought about it, the more possible it seemed to him that Namikaze Mirai was possible.

The fact that bloodline limits can be passed on to the next generation indicates that it is a dominant genetic mutation.

The improvement of the Sharingan might be due to the external manifestation of the characteristics of this part of the gene.

Nuclear radiation accelerates this process.

"I'll keep this meteorite here for now. I'll have the research department study it carefully."

Namikaze Mirai groaned.

Orochimaru would probably be very interested in this topic.

"By the way, this is for you."

Namikaze Mirai took out a kunai and handed it to Shisui.

The unique three-pronged shape of the kunai made Shisui's pupils shrink.

He had seen a kunai of the same shape before, in the famous skill of the Fourth Hokage!
"Hokage-sama, could it be that you have already..."

When he thought of that possibility, Shisui became so excited that he became incoherent.

Flying Thunder God!
Could it be that the Hokage has already mastered the Fourth Hokage's famous skills?

At this moment, the Namikaze Mirai in front of him seemed to have become a combination of the Fourth and Fifth Generations.

"Yes."

Namikaze Mirai smiled.

The practice of Flying Thunder God was complicated and took him a lot of time, but he finally succeeded.

"This is my own Flying Thunder God Kunai. When the peacekeeping force is in danger, you can use this Kunai to summon me."

The weight of the kunai in his hand suddenly became heavy. This sentence can be said to be the official recognition of Namikaze Mirai!
With Namikaze Mirai as their backing, the peacekeeping force can maintain peace in the ninja world without any scruples!

As if he thought of something, Shisui subconsciously looked at the handle of the kunai.

The Flying Thunder God Seal engraved on the Fourth Hokage Kunai is the "Sword of Ninja Love", and what is the Fifth Hokage Mirai's Seal?

The four words that came into his sight made him freeze in place.

"Conquer others with virtue???"

Is the Hokage warning them to win people over with virtue, and to use virtue to influence those who intend to endanger the peace of the ninja world?

Thank you for your concern, Hokage!
The Uchiha peacekeeping force will definitely keep your teachings in mind!
There was fire burning in Shisui's eyes!

"There is another thing I need to trouble you with, Lord Hokage. I found a boy named Bai in the Frost Country who has mastered the Ice Release Bloodline Genkai. I brought him back to Konoha, hoping that he could receive education from Konoha."

Bai is a wandering ninja and a ninja from another village. Bringing him back to Konoha is against Konoha's rules.

But Shisui cherishes his talent and hopes that he can get a better education.

"Ice escape? Shiro?"

Without even thinking about it, Namikaze Mirai directly agreed with Shisui's idea.

He had originally tried to develop Konoha into the center of the ninja world and recruit talents from the ninja world.

Bai, who has awakened the Ice Release Kekkei Genkai, is a person worth fighting for in any ninja village.

Not to mention that Bai is a wandering ninja, even if he is a ninja from an enemy village, Namikaze Mirai is confident that he can transform him into the shape of Konoha.

"Great."

Shisui breathed a sigh of relief.

The Hokage had agreed, so he could go and process Haku's admission.

I wonder if Bai can get along well with the students in the Ninja School?
(End of this chapter)