Chapter 135: It Has to Be Attention-Grabbing
When Kakashi and the other two heard Kamishiro say that he didn't need living people to make human Puppets, only corpses, they were rendered speechless.
Obito asked curiously, "Kamishiro, what's the difference between human Puppets and other Puppets?"
Kamishiro nodded. "Of course, there's a difference. Otherwise, why would Sasori break such a great taboo to make human Puppets? The biggest difference between human Puppets and ordinary Puppets is that human Puppets can use ninjutsu."
"Human Puppets are made from living people who once had life, and they're made while the body still has the deceased's chakra. So, they can completely retain all the ninjutsu and Kekkei Genkai the person had in life."
"That means, to make a human Puppet, you have to do it promptly. If you're a bit late and the chakra disappears, it'll be completely worthless."
"For those ordinary Puppets, if the enemy knows the distribution and function of the built - in mechanisms, then that Puppet will pose no threat, or it'll be utterly useless."
"The main means of attack of human Puppets is the ninjutsu they possess. Even if you let the opponent know the distribution of the built - in mechanisms, it won't matter because human Puppets don't rely on these mechanisms. Instead, they rely on the ninjutsu from their previous life."
"The advantage of human Puppets is that they can use ninjutsu infinitely. As long as the chakra isn't exhausted, the human Puppet can keep using the ninjutsu from its previous life. So, there's no Problem of the ninjutsu not being reusable."
"Of course, in my eyes, human Puppets are useless. My Kanna is far more powerful than human Puppets! After all, my Magnet Release is the most effective against Puppets, even human Puppets!"
After Kamishiro finished speaking, he proudly puffed out his chest.
The veins on Kakashi, Obito, and Rin Nohara's foreheads throbbed.
Can't he talk without boasting about himself?
Kakashi asked Kamishiro another question. "Kamishiro, I'm not saying Pakura won't help you. It's just that, will anyone really believe what you said? It's just too preposterous."
Kamishiro scoffed. "So what if they believe it or not? As long as it catches people's attention."
Kakashi was confused. "What do you mean?"
Kamishiro thought for a while and then replied. "Let me give you an example. Lord Jiraiya went to a brothel, someone stole his clothes, and then he ran naked in the street. Do you guys believe this?"
The three of them shook their heads at the same time. "We believe that Lord Jiraiya would go to a brothel, but we don't believe he'd run naked in the street after having his clothes stolen. Jiraiya is one of the Sannin, such a powerful ninja. Even if his clothes were stolen, he wouldn't run naked in the street."
Kamishiro snapped his fingers. "That's right. No one would really believe it. But it would spread easily. The name Lord Jiraiya commands attention. The brothel, the stolen clothes, and the naked run - these three elements together are attention - grabbing enough."
Whether this thing is true or not, as long as the protagonist is famous enough and the matter is explosive enough, it will definitely spread easily. The gossips around don't care whether it's true or not. Even if they know it's false, they'll still take it as true because it satisfies their gossipy nature. Got it?
Kakashi and Rin Nohara nodded at the same time. They understood.
Whether it's the truth or not doesn't matter. As long as the matter is eye - catching.
Only Obito shook his head, looking like he didn't understand.
Kamishiro said helplessly, "Obito, when will you ever get it? Well, put it this way. Rin is going to confess her love to you today. This is pretty outrageous, right? But if Kakashi and I know about it, even though we know it's false, we'll still talk about it. Now do you understand?"
Rin Nohara discontentedly slapped Kamishiro on the shoulder, "Kamishiro, what kind of analogy is that?"
Obito tilted his head slightly.
Rin is going to confess her love to him today... It's not that outrageous... right?
"Heh, heh, heh."
Seeing Obito grinning stupidly, Kamishiro and Kakashi glanced at each other and saw a sense of helplessness in each other's eyes.
This dumbass is really hopeless.
Kamishiro let out a soft sigh, "Next, it's up to Pakura."
...
Half a month had passed since Pakura and Kamishiro parted ways.
Actually, at first, Pakura was still struggling with whether to spread the contents of the Scroll.
After all, it was really too explosive and outrageous.
But then she thought about how Kamishiro was wronged and forced to become a missing - nin, having to leave his hometown and join Konoha, unable to go back home, all because of what Rasa and the others had done. Pakura got really angry.
So Pakura still secretly spread the contents of the Scroll.
In fact, Pakura only spread the news for five days because she went on a mission halfway. When Pakura returned to the camp, she was stunned.
Because all the Sunagakure Village ninjas in the camp were secretly discussing.
"Have you heard? It turns out that the reason the Fourth Hokage was able to become the Kazekage was because the Fourth Hokage and Lady Chiyo are mother and child! The Fourth Hokage is Lady Chiyo's illegitimate child!"
"Really didn't expect that. No wonder the high - ups all recommended the Fourth Hokage to become the Kazekage. There's such a relationship behind it."
"And there's even more unexpected news. I heard that the Fourth Hokage's Father is Ōnoki!"
"I know! It seems that during the Second Ninja World War, Lord Ebizo made his elder sister, Lady Chiyo, stay with Ōnoki, the Tsuchikage of Iwagakure, so our Sunagakure Village could get a batch of supplies from Iwagakure. That's how the Fourth Hokage was born."
"No wonder Iwagakure could let bygones be bygones with our village and fight Konoha together. It's because Ōnoki found out that his illegitimate son is the Fourth Hokage, so he cooperated with our village to fight Konoha."
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"Well, well, I heard that Ōnoki is an old red-nosed geezer. He's as short as a dwarf!"
"Well, honestly, Lady Chiyo made a great sacrifice. But that can't erase what her grandson Sasori did. human Puppets, as Lady Chiyo's grandson, he actually came up with such a crazy technique."
"Wasn't there a period when ninjas in the camp kept disappearing from time to time? Could it be Sasori who did it?"
"Very likely! It must be Sasori! Maybe it has something to do with the Third Hokage..."
"Hey, you can't just say that casually!"
...
Pakura's eyes narrowed slightly. It seemed the time had come.
Pakura took a deep breath and then headed to Lady Chiyo's tent.
When she arrived at Lady Chiyo's tent, Lady Chiyo saw Pakura coming back and said with a smile, "You're back. You've had a hard time, Pakura."
Pakura was a bit tongue-tied and stammered, "L - Lady Chiyo... Well, when I just got back, I heard a lot of ninjas in the camp talking about you, Lord Ebizo and the Fourth Hokage. Won't you stop them?"
Lady Chiyo frowned, "Talking about me?"
Those ninjas weren't stupid enough to say such things in front of Lady Chiyo. Actually, Lady Chiyo had sensed something. Every time she went out, many ninjas would lower their heads and avoid her. But she didn't think much of it.
Now hearing what Pakura said, Lady Chiyo also realized that they must be talking about something bad.