Qi Feng, controlling the Scorpion puppet, wandered through half of the Rain Country and was dumbfounded.
Originally, they were exceptionally active in the Rain Country, with traces of them in every town and outpost, but in just half a month, he couldn't encounter a single one.
This left Qi Feng, who was eager to test the strength of his new puppet, somewhat bewildered.
This is the result of information stagnation.
Originally, Scorpion had spies and informants planted in the Rain Country and even within the Sand Village, just like Orochimaru. Scorpion, upon choosing to defect, left himself many fallback plans and backup measures.
But the problem is, Qi Feng only accepted Scorpion's corpse and failed to obtain Scorpion's memories.
Many arrangements that originally belonged to Scorpion were unknown to him.
This led to him being blind in the Rain Country.
Therefore, Qi Feng excitedly wandered around the Rain Country, only to return dejectedly, feeling terrible.
"Going back like this is a bit too...awkward. I also don't know what the Sand Ninjas are planning. Should I go take a look at the Grass Country?"
The Grass Country is right next to the Rain Country, and a round trip wouldn't take much time.
"See if there are any unlucky ninjas who will run into me."
At this time, Qi Feng was like someone who had obtained a long-awaited toy, eager to show it off to some friends and build his own happiness on the suffering of others.
Wearing a thick gray cloak, Qi Feng left the continuous rain of the Rain Country and entered the lush Grass Country.
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"Lord, a mysterious ninja has been spotted in the Grass Country."
Deep within a dense forest.
A ninja wearing a Grass Country forehead protector respectfully knelt on one knee before a man completely shrouded in a black cloak.
However, there was a horizontal line scratched across this Grass Ninja's forehead protector.
Clearly, he was a rogue ninja.
And he seemed very fearful of the person in front of him, yet dared not disobey his orders.
If he wanted to make it in this line of work, relying on this person was undoubtedly the best choice.
Although he might not be important at all in this person's eyes, only valuable for collecting information.
From under the cloak, a hand reached out, holding a thick picture book with portraits of many ninjas drawn on it, most of which were smeared with red paint, only the last one was not.
However, the target ninja in this last picture was very blurry, making it almost impossible to identify him based solely on the picture book.
"Another one? Has the identity been confirmed?"
The rogue Grass Ninja looked a little nervous, but still honestly said, "It's confirmed to be a strong person skilled in Earth Release. My three subordinates were killed, two of them were killed before they could make contact."
"Oh?" The lord slowly stood up, glanced at the Grass Ninja kneeling on the ground, and said coldly, "You have made incorrect judgments twice already. This is the third time. You understand what wasting my time means, right? Time is money, and money is everything!"
"Yes, yes..." Cold sweat covered the rogue Grass Ninja's forehead.
He clearly knew that if he didn't have some value in obtaining information in the Grass Country, his head would probably have been cut off in the next second and exchanged for bounty.
That lord slowly took off the hood on his head, revealing a face covered with black lines, with a faint cold light in his green eyes.
Bounty Hunter, Kakuzu!
"Lead the way then." Kakuzu looked down at the bounty order in his hand.
If it weren't for the highest value of 30 million ryo, he would never have accepted such an ambiguous bounty target.
During this time, he had killed many ninjas skilled in Earth Release, but none of them met the bounty's criteria.
One thing that must be said is that although Kakuzu only has money in his eyes, he is a very dutiful bounty hunter.
As long as the price is right, he will definitely send the correct target's head to the bounty exchange.
Thirty million ryo is enough for him to spend many days looking for the correct bounty target.
"Yes!"
The rogue Grass Ninja immediately led Kakuzu to the location where the target was discovered.
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"After wandering around for half a day, I only encountered a few small fries, and one of them even ran away, who might bring a 'big shot' back."
Patting his hands, he buried the last bit of dirt on the corpses of the two rogue Grass Ninjas.
The Corpse Disposal Shovel has officially fallen into the hands of Puppet Scorpion from the Puppet Disciple.
After all, this outing was just to find a few suitable targets to test Puppet Scorpion's combat power, and it was a good opportunity to upgrade the Corpse Disposal Shovel.
"The outbreak of war, the Grass Country, which has not been affected and is sandwiched between the Rain Country and the Waterfall Country, has become a paradise for those rogue ninjas."
Qi Feng pulled out a cigarette, lit it, and sat on the small mound.
"Huff—"
He comfortably exhaled a smoke ring.
"The three Grass Ninjas just now were obviously organized. I just don't know who the ninja behind them is."
Qi Feng thought.
According to common sense, with the current strength of the Scorpion puppet, after his creation and a certain degree of modification, it should not be inferior to any quasi-Kage level powerhouse, and even Kage level powerhouses may not be able to beat him.
After all, the current Scorpion puppet not only has Scorpion's most advanced human puppet creation skills, but also the bones of the Corpse Bone Pulse, a Byakugan, and ninjutsu that Shadow Clones can use, even Scorch Release.
Except for a slightly weaker Taijutsu ability, there are no major shortcomings.
In addition, with the Magnet Release of the Third Kazekage puppet and dozens of good quality puppets, the one-on-one combat power is definitely in the upper middle level of the Kage level.
Qi Feng is confident that if he really went crazy, lost his humanity, and slaughtered the not-so-strong Grass Village, it shouldn't be a big problem.
What limits him now is only his moral bottom line and humanity.
