Chapter 7: Beware of Scorpion
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Chapter 7: Beware of Scorpion
The Third Kazekage nodded and replied, "As long as you let it smell something with the scent of the person you're looking for, it can track that person down by the smell. Well, I've got other things to do. Get yourself prepared. I'll come to see you at noon tomorrow."
When the Third Kazekage was leaving, Kamidai couldn't help but remind him, "Uncle Kuito, be careful of Scorpion."
Although the Third Kazekage found it strange, he still promised Kamidai.
After all, Kamidai's request wasn't difficult.
Wouldn't it be safer for an undercover agent if fewer people knew about it?
Kamidai asked, "Uncle Kuito, can this ninja hawk find other people?"
Even if his undercover mission in Konoha failed and he became a wanted person, he wouldn't even be able to return to this shabby home.
The Third Kazekage stood up and said, "Then get ready. We'll start the operation tomorrow."
The Third Kazekage stopped, turned around, and asked in confusion, "Why do you want me to be careful of Scorpion?"
The Third Kazekage whistled, and a ninja hawk flew into Kamidai's room.
Under the guidance of the Third Kazekage, Kamidai signed a contract with the ninja hawk.
Kamidai stammered, "Well... I had a dream. It was so real that I saw Scorpion doing something bad in the dream."
Kamidai didn't know how to tell the Third Kazekage the truth.
He couldn't just tell the Third Kazekage that Scorpion had never forgotten the revenge for his Mother and Father's death. The White Fang of Konoha, who killed his Mother and Father, had committed suicide. Now, Scorpion shifted his hatred to the Third Kazekage. He thought that as the Village Headman of Sunagakure Village, it was his negligence that led to Konoha's invasion and his Mother and Father's death. He couldn't just say that to the Third Kazekage, could he?
Now that Kamidai had accepted his fate, he sighed and replied, "I understand."
Kamidai's face fell. His good - intentioned advice was taken as maliciousness.
It was really like casting pearls before coals.
After the Third Kazekage left, Kamidai felt like crying.
Suddenly, without any warning, he was forced to go undercover. If he refused, he'd be thrown into jail. They didn't even give him time to prepare. This was just too much.
Kamidai rubbed his face with his hands and comforted himself, "Since I'm here, I'll make the best of it. I'm really strong. Even if I'm discovered, I'll definitely be able to turn the tables and get out of trouble. Definitely!"
Kamidai stood up from the chair, then lay prone on the edge of the bed and reached out his hand to feel under the bed. He took out a Scroll.
This Scroll was prepared by Kamidai for Yekura.
Inside this Scroll were things that Kamidai had spent a long time making and that could help Yekura get through future crises.
However, the things inside weren't perfect yet, and Kamidai had been improving them, so he hadn't given it to Yekura.
But even if they weren't perfect, they should be enough to help Yekura through the crisis.
Now that Kamidai was about to go undercover in Konoha, it was time to give this Scroll to Yekura.
Yekura wasn't in Konoha, but the Third Kazekage had just let him sign a contract with the ninja hawk. He could let the ninja hawk send this Scroll to Yekura.
Kamidai wrote a letter, then found a coat that Yekura had left in his room before. He let the ninja hawk smell it, then tied the Scroll and the letter to the ninja hawk's body.
Kamidai stroked the ninja hawk's head and said, "Go! Make sure you deliver the scroll and the letter. If the things are missing, I'll cook you and eat you!"
Animals with the prefix "ninja", like ninja hawks, ninja dogs, and ninja cats, are all intelligent and can understand human speech. So, when the ninja hawk heard that Kamidai would cook it and eat it, it immediately took two steps back, its eyes filled with fear.
Kamidai glared at the ninja hawk. "Hurry up! Do you really want me to cook you and eat you?"
The ninja hawk let out a cry and quickly flapped its wings and flew away.
After the ninja hawk flew away, Kamidai closed the door and lay back on the bed.
Kamidai tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.
Impermanence of Worldly Things! (It means the world is full of uncertainties.)
Before going to sleep, Kamidai was thinking about sleeping until the afternoon the next day and then getting up to come up with some improvement plans for Kannazuki.
Now, out of the blue, he has to go undercover in Konoha tomorrow. How could he possibly fall asleep?
"Really bad luck."
But even worse things were yet to come.
After the Third Kazekage left, he completely forgot what Kamidai had asked him to tell others about Kamidai's undercover mission.
But it was also Kamidai's fault. Who told him to suddenly say that Scorpion was up to no good? Because of this interruption, the Third Kazekage forgot about it.
At noon the next day.
Kamidai hadn't slept all night and was nervously waiting for the Third Kazekage to come to him.
Kamidai had also packed his things.
He sealed Kannazuki into a scroll.
He didn't have anything else.
While waiting, Kamidai fell into a fantasy.
What if the Third Kazekage suddenly had diarrhea and missed the opportunity, and then he didn't have to go?
Or what if the Third Kazekage found another unlucky guy to go undercover?
However... what was meant to come would still come.
The Third Kazekage came into Kamidai's room with two ninjas.
As soon as the Third Kazekage entered the room, he said to Kamidai, "Kamidai, it's time."
Kamidai grumbled, "Uncle Kuitou, can you put it another way? Saying 'it's time' makes me feel like I'm going to the execution ground!"
Kamidai was already on pins and needles, and now he was even more jittery.
Even though Kamidai knew the day and the way Scorpion would kill the Third Kazekage, if he told the Third Kazekage, the Third Kazekage might not believe him.
The Third Kazekage said in a deep voice, "Kamidai, Scorpion is the grandson of Chiyo, the advisor of Sunagakure Village. He would never betray the village! Don't casually suspect your comrades!"
Although the Third Kazekage had always left him to his own devices and they had met only a few times, and in fact, Kamidai wasn't very familiar with the Third Kazekage, since he was one of the few people Kamidai knew, he still hoped that the Third Kazekage would stay alive.
But Kamidai didn't know how to make the Third Kazekage believe him.
The Third Kazekage couldn't understand why Kamidai wanted others to know about his undercover mission.
First of all, Kamidai didn't know Scorpion and had never met him.
Secondly, Scorpion was the grandson of Chiyo, a high - ranking official in Sunagakure Village. He was highly trusted and a genius puppet master.
Finally, Kamidai only knew that the death of the Third Kazekage should have happened around the time when the Third Ninja World War fully broke out. It was very likely that the death of the Third Kazekage was the fuse for the full-scale outbreak of the Third Ninja World War. However, Kamidai didn't know the exact date, nor did he know how Scorpion would kill the Third Kazekage.
After hearing that the Third Kazekage had agreed, Kamidai finally let out a sigh of relief.
Even though Kamidai didn't have a good impression of Sunagakure Village, after all, having lived there for so long, he still had an affection for this shabby little hut.