["Ten... one hundred thousand kilometers?!" Kankuro opened his mouth wide, and his jaw almost fell to the ground. This completely subverted his understanding of Puppet Technique.]
["Moreover," Scorpio's tone was still calm, but every word was heartbreaking, "This is not the only shortcoming of yours."]
["Relying on Chakra Threads for detailed control is a huge burden on your brainpower and Chakra control."]
["At most, you are just like my grandma Chiyo. Controlling ten puppets at the same time is the limit, right? But now..." He paused, as if stating a simple fact, "You can connect and control up to three thousand such combat units at the same time."]
[Kankuro has been completely petrified and can only swallow saliva unconsciously. The huge amount of information impacts the world view of the puppet master he has established for decades.]
["That doesn't mean..." His voice was dry.]
["That's right." Xie continued for him, with a tone of absolute superiority, "Take Sunagakure as an example. If I want to destroy it, you won't even be able to find my body anywhere."]
["But I can sit in a distant safe place and continuously send out an army of puppets until the entire village is wiped off the map. So, Kankuro..."]
[Scorpion took back the armor puppet, walked past him, patted his shoulder gently, and his words were like the final judgment:]
["You do have some talent in puppet combat control skills. But in terms of puppet manufacturing concepts and core engineering technology, you are simply a piece of dead wood."]
["Study carefully the "Introduction to Puppet Engineering" I left in Sunagakure, if you can understand it."]
[After saying that, Xie stopped staying and left the corridor, leaving Kankuro standing there alone, looking at the "masterpiece" puppet that he was once proud of, but now seemed extremely backward and cumbersome, and fell into huge shock and deep thinking.]
Outside Canopy Screen, Temari looked at Kankuro standing blankly in the open space. Instead of being angry after being humiliated, his face gradually glowed with a red light that was almost obsessed and excited. He couldn't help but stepped forward and poked his back with a fan.
"Hey, Kankuro, are you stupid? That guy named Scorpion in the future scolded you so rudely, I think you are quite happy?"
Kankuro suddenly came back to his senses, turned his head, his eyes flashed with unprecedented light, and excitedly grabbed Temari's arm:
"Sister! You don't understand! You are not from our puppet circle, so you don't understand at all! Sasori of the Red Sands, that is a legendary figure, Sunagakure is the real puppet genius and a living legend!"
"It is said that even the main puppets I carry now are just random creations he made when he was a child!"
He took a deep breath and tried to calm down his excitement, but his voice was still trembling. "In the future, I can be personally evaluated by him and say that I am very talented in puppet manipulation skills! What does it mean?"
"This means that my path is correct! It means that my future prospects are limitless! This is more exciting to me than getting praise from Lord Kazekage!"
Temari looked at his brother's almost fanatical look and curled his lips helplessly. "Is it really that powerful? That's amazing."
Her understanding of Puppet Technique is far less profound than that of Kankuro, but seeing her brother so excited, it's hard to pour cold water on him.
She turned her eyes to Gaara who had been silent ever since she saw the news that she had become the future Kazekage.
"But then again," Handweaving's tone became softer and filled with sincere pride. She walked up to Gaara and patted his shoulder gently, "Gaara, in the future you actually became Kazekage? You are truly worthy of being you!"
Gaara stood there quietly carrying a huge Sand Gourd.
When he heard his sister's words, he just responded with a low voice from his throat, "Yes."
Although he seemed calm on the surface, he was even more silent than usual.
However, deep in those green eyes, there was already a shocking wave, and the shock in his heart was far more severe than any attack from the outside world.
Kazekage... Me? My future self turned out to be Kazekage?
This idea was like the most ridiculous Genjutsu, repeatedly impacting his cognition.
He is a Monster, a Jinchuriki who is feared by his father, hated by the villagers, and has One-Tail Shukaku sealed in his body.
The meaning of his existence is to kill, to prove his worth, and to gain even the slightest recognition. He never expected to be accepted, let alone become the supreme "shadow" who protects the entire village.
How is this possible? How can the future village and future people accept an existence like me?
Among Kirigakure and Mizukage Office, when they saw that Mizukage who was Five Kage Summit was Chojuro, Qing suddenly looked at Chojuro beside him, his eyes filled with incredible shock.
Then it turned into a complex, almost despairing feeling.
He almost blurted out, his voice hoarse with excitement. "Impossible! How could the future Kirigakure be handed over to you, a brat who can't even hold a knife?! How are you going to protect the village!"
"Qing!" Mei Terumi shouted to stop him.
Her face was equally pale, and her chest heaved due to violent fluctuations in emotion.
But after the initial shock, her eyes turned more to Chojuro.
She was also confused in her heart, because according to her idea, the future heir of Mizukage should be Qingcai, unless Chojuro later performed very well.
Chojuro Although he didn't know exactly what they were thinking, he captured the key from the drastic changes in the expressions of the two bosses and Qing's few words. His future self seemed to have disappointed them.
He subconsciously took a half step back, lowered his head in shame, and held the corners of his clothes tightly with his fingers. "Yes, I'm sorry, I'm so useless. Sure enough, a person like me can't shoulder the responsibility at all..."
"Look up, Chojuro."
Mei Terumi's voice is gentle but unmistakable.
She walked up to him and patted his shoulder gently. Her movements were as loving as ever, but deep in her eyes, there was an unprecedented and heavy expectation.
"The future is not static. It is a mirror that reflects not the destined ending, but the shortcomings we need to make up for at this moment."
She looked into Chojuro's confused and self-blaming eyes, and said word by word, "See? Just having power is not enough. You need to become stronger than we imagined, not only Ninjutsu, but also here--"
Her fingers gently touched Chojuro's heart.
"A heart that will never waver no matter what kind of criticism and setbacks it faces, and belongs to Mizukage."