Starting with rogue ninjas, building the insect kingdom.

Chapter 409 An Lujun's Causal Threads Contract

Above the desert birds, Changxin turned back and questioned Sasori of the Red Sand, "You held back just now, didn't you? What? Can't you abandon your family ties?"

Scorpion said expressionlessly, "That's not true. It's just that killing her requires some effort, and we simply don't have enough time."

"Alright, I'll take that as you." Changxin turned around again, but this time his expression suddenly changed, because he found that many red spots had grown on the puppet. Upon closer inspection, they turned out to be insect eggs, crawling out from the gaps in the puppet.

"you……"

"What's wrong?"

Before Red Sand Scorpion could understand, he saw that Changxin had drawn another bird leaping into the distance. It seemed that hundreds of explosive tags had appeared on that bird and exploded at the same time.

The deafening explosion completely buried him, but fortunately, the Red Sand Scorpion reacted quickly and was able to regenerate and jump out of the puppet again.

But this time, he felt as if something had appeared in his core—some red worms.

He took out another puppet and crawled inside. Looking down, he saw that the red worms had already hatched inside his flesh core and were beginning to gnaw at his regeneration core.

"Am I infected?"

Above him, Changxin looked at him with disdain. "Hmph, a master, huh? You didn't even know someone had planted a curse on you. You've been corrupted. You might as well destroy yourself."

After saying that, she ignored him and fled frantically.

What kind of puppet master, poison master, the organization's most skilled sensory ninja, didn't even know he was being ambushed?

As he spoke, he looked down at his body and discovered that there were red worms inside his flesh.

"Damn it!" This time he didn't hesitate for a second and self-destructed. Fortunately, he had been using an ink clone and his main body hadn't been revealed.

The scorpion, who was stranded in the desert, stood frozen in place. He looked up at the sky and saw the figure that had suddenly exploded, and he knew that the other party had been hit.

But after waiting for a long time, the person who was supposed to take over his job did not appear.

As the regeneration core in the middle is gradually devoured, the soul of the Crimson Sand Scorpion is about to leave its body.

Before he died, he thought of the two puppets in the scroll, his father and mother, which he had taken from his grandmother. Now he desperately wanted to snatch them into his parents' arms.

But in the end he gave up. He had already been infected by the insects, and he didn't want his father and mother to be harmed by the insects again.

"Lord Shisei Aburame, I know you're here. Could you please come out and meet me?" Sasori of the Red Sand said expressionlessly.

But no one appeared in the sky, and no one responded to him.

He said with some regret, "It's a pity that my puppetry skills are about to be lost. I suddenly feel a little unwilling. If you were here, could you please help me find a successor?"

At this moment, the crimson puppet had collapsed, and it reeked of decay, but it still held the scroll of secret techniques high in its hand.

Finally, after his soul had completely ascended to heaven.

Aburame Shicheng used a secret technique to capture him. "Alright, I agree to your request. However, I also hope that after you are resurrected, you will abandon darkness and embrace the light. What Black Zetsu can give you, I have here as well."

Unfortunately, the Scorpion of the Crimson Sand couldn't hear it, because his soul was now trapped in chaos.

As the day drew to a close, the desert suddenly grew cold and the sky darkened.

"Seven-Day Breathing Method, First Breath, Ha!" The boy gathered his breath and kicked a giant sandworm over, but he was already covered in wounds and panting heavily.

But he couldn't stop now. The village was gone, and Granny Chiyo and the others had been attacked. He had to rush to Konoha to ask for help.

"Stop, Violet. The village is gone. What's the point of you working so hard?" Another boy covered his injured eye, his face showing no resentment, because his spirit had been shattered.

"Anlu-kun, although the Kazekage is dead and the village is gone, as long as we are alive, there is hope."

"Hope what? You're not even a ninja. Don't think you're invincible just because you've developed a taijutsu technique. I wasn't there, so I have no idea how powerful a true strongman can be."

Recalling the previous battle, An Lujun's body began to tremble involuntarily, partly from fear, but mostly from excitement.

Because he was also a puppeteer, he had also fantasized about controlling powerful puppets, but unfortunately his puppet was damaged when he was trying to escape.

Perhaps this is how his life will be.

"Anlu-jun, how can you be so dejected? What happened to your ambitions? What happened to your ideals?" Zilu turned around, grabbed his shoulders tightly, and shook him.

Anlu-kun impatiently shoved the man aside and said smugly, "Sunagakure is gone. All resistance is meaningless. What are you still hoping for? Wake up."

"How can it be meaningless? How can it be meaningless!" Zilu kept refuting, but he knew very well that he needed a reason to keep going. He had worked so hard for so many years, all to become a ninja. If the ninja village was gone, what would be the point?

Therefore, he must bring Sunagakure back.

"Heh, I think we're not suited to be friends anymore. Let's just stick together and die, clinging to your naiveté and ideals."

"you……"

The two had a big fight and eventually went their separate ways.

From the sky, Shisei Aburame witnessed this scene: one of them ran towards Konoha, and the other ran into the depths of the desert.

Aburame Shisei smiled slightly, manipulating the illusion insects to guide Anroku-kun in another direction.

However, in the desert, puppeteers without the protection of puppets are very vulnerable. If they accidentally step into a trap, they may encounter assassins in the desert.

But he did not die; instead, he found a puppet inside, along with a manual on how to create puppets.

That was Sasori's notebook, though the regeneration and the part about human puppets were missing, and the part about human puppets was incomplete.

As for why it was left behind, it's probably because for him, it's obsolete and has no use anymore.

An Lujun, however, regarded it as a priceless treasure.

Holding the scroll of secret techniques, he laughed loudly, "Finally, I finally have the power to stand firm in the ninja world! Hahahaha!"

Little do people know that every gift of fate comes with a price tag attached.

Moreover, his talent for puppet making was not good. For nearly ten years, he wandered in the desert until a chance encounter allowed him to fully understand and master this half of the secret notebook.

Above them, Aburame Shicheng watched him obtain the manual, smiled slightly, and then floated away gracefully.

Perhaps in a few years, this person will come to him again, begging him to take him in.

At that time, he will guide him onto the right path, and everything will return to normal.