The Road to the Throne of White Eyes

Chapter 220 Meeting at a loss

"Sand Iron Secret Technique, is this the third Kazekage's unique skill as recorded in the records?"

At the exit of the passage, Gaara stood steadily on the head of a giant sand snake, staring solemnly at the sand iron triangle.

The series of fierce attacks just now consumed a lot of his chakra. Although he had Shukaku as support, Gaara also needed some time to recover.

"This, it does appear to be the Sandaime Kazekage's magnetic sand iron secret technique, but he disappeared a long time ago!"

Behind Gaara, Maki looked hesitant. He had originally planned to lead several of the village's elite jonin and anti-aircraft crossbow squads to follow Gaara to eliminate the invaders, but he hadn't expected to witness the unique secret techniques of the previous two Kazekages.

"Yes, this is indeed the secret technique of iron sand."

Chiyo's old figure slowly emerged from the ground, with a very complicated expression and tone.

After hearing Chiyo's words, the Sand Shinobi in front and behind the outer blockade looked at each other in shock, and the scene was filled with noisy noises.

At this moment, the iron sand triangle suddenly changed, and the entire triangle suddenly disintegrated into countless iron sand needles that shot out at a high speed. These iron sand needles were extremely fast, flashing with a dark light, and looked very dangerous.

Fortunately, Gaara had recovered. He controlled the sand in time to form a spiraling sand snake to block the needles that were splashing in all directions. However, the strong impact still made Gaara frown secretly.

These iron sand spikes were incredibly fast, with a wide, long-lasting attack range, making them a formidable attack. Combined with the guy who could manipulate clay to create explosions, these two were truly dangerous. Fortunately, the Sand Village had acquired a wealth of valuables from Konoha in recent years, significantly increasing its funds and resources. Elder Chiyo mobilized some surveillance equipment and established a secret underground monitoring area at the village entrance, enabling them to detect Yura's movements in time.

If these two guys were allowed to invade the village, with their extremely dangerous ninjutsu, the Sand Village would probably suffer incalculable losses.

As if sensing the complete lack of effect from his previous attack, Scorpion, manipulating the Sandaime Kazekage puppet, halted his attack. The collision of the iron needles and the yellow sand ceased, allowing the Sand Ninjas defending the perimeter to gain a clear view of the situation.

"Tsk, the Sand Ninja Village's sandworms are still quite capable. They actually discovered our movements and ambushed us. Brother Scorpion, leave the so-called Wind Shadow to me, and you can handle the other Sand Ninja..."

"Big Brother Scorpion?"

As Deidara was talking, he found that Scorpion had no reaction at all, and he couldn't help but look back at Scorpion. Then he was horrified to find that his elder brother Scorpion was looking at an old woman with wrinkles on her face and trembling body with deep affection, and the two of them didn't care about the outside world at all.

Deidara's thighs trembled at the unimaginable development, and he subconsciously recalled what Brother Scorpion had said about "eternal art." The so-called eternity, in a sense, could also be called aging. Could it be that Brother Scorpion...

Deidara was so distracted by his thoughts that he even forgot about the environment he was in. He couldn't help but squeeze his hips and took a few steps back. However, this short moment of distraction caused Deidara to suffer a heavy blow.

As Deidara retreated, Gaara manipulated the sand to attack him from three directions. The sand gathered into long whips, lashing, entangling, and strangling him in one continuous motion. Although Deidara reacted quickly, hurling two high-speed clay birds to block the attack from both directions, a rope of sand still entangled his arm.

"Sand Falls Funeral!"

With a sharp shout from Gaara, the sand ropes swirled and tightened, and a fountain of blood-sand suddenly appeared. Deidara's arm was pulverized into a pulp by the sand controlled by Gaara. Then, more sand surrounded Deidara from all directions, and the sand waves over ten meters high seemed to be about to engulf Deidara's figure.

Boom boom boom!

Deidara reacted quickly, ignoring the danger the explosion might pose to him. He flung out a string of clay birds and detonated them. The series of explosions created several gaps in the surrounding sand, allowing Deidara to create another clay bird and leap onto it.

This location was too unfavorable for him. Deidara wanted to try to break out from the air, but after all, there were definitely fewer Sand Ninja capable of fighting in the air. As for Sasori, Deidara could no longer care about him. He believed that with Sasori's strength, he would definitely find a way to escape.

That's right, after escaping, Deidara no longer had any hope of completing the mission and bringing back the One-Tail Jinchuriki.

Despite his recent mad attempt to single-handedly storm the Sand Village and capture the Kazekage, Deidara wasn't stupid. A surprise attack, using his aerial superiority to neutralize the Sand Village's manpower advantage, was one thing; sustaining injury from the attack and continuing to fight the entire village alone was another.

Deidara tried to break out from the air, and Gaara and the outer Sand Ninjas anticipated this. A stalemate formed in mid-air between crossbows, raging sand, and Deidara's clay bird. Deidara used all his strength to fight Gaara, who was flying in the sand, in mid-air.

Over there, Deidara and the Sand Ninjas were fighting fiercely, with explosions ringing in the air, but Scorpion had just started chatting.

"This is a human puppet, right? Scorpion, did you kill the Sandaime Kazekage?!"

Elder Chiyo's gaze shifted between the puppet where Scorpion was hiding and the human puppet for a long time. The joy of seeing his grandson who had been missing for many years was replaced by endless disappointment.

"Long time no see! You look so much older than you did a dozen years ago! Yes, this is indeed a human puppet, and it is the human puppet of the Sandaime Kazekage. The human body is so fragile that it cannot withstand the test of time. Only by making it into a puppet can it last forever. This is art!"

The content of the words contained an alarming amount of information, and the emotions expressed were obviously very deep and complex, but Scorpio's tone was still as cold and dull as ever.

"Hoo, the Sandaime Kazekage."

Chiyo couldn't help but repeat that the mysterious disappearance of the Third Kazekage had brought endless turmoil to the Sand Village, marking a crucial turning point in the Sand Ninja's decline and the ignition point of the Third Shinobi World War. She had never imagined that the culprit behind this incident would be her own adorable grandson.

"The Sandaime Kazekage, could it be that Scorpion assassinated the Sandaime Kazekage!"

"This incident triggered the Third Shinobi World War. Back then, we thought it was done by Konoha, but we didn't expect it to be done by Elder Chiyo's family..."

The secret revealed by Sasori caused an uproar among the Sand Ninjas outside, and even the action of encircling Deidara was slowed down a lot.

"You actually did something like this, Scorpion, you've made an irreparable mistake!"

Chiyo's old face was filled with grief and sadness. She could forgive her grandson's mistakes and was even more willing to sacrifice her own life to save Scorpion. But what Scorpion did was too serious, and Chiyo had no idea how to make amends!