Inside a dark tree hollow…
Five orange-haired youths were guarding a red-haired youth whose body was half-submerged in some sort of mechanical device. The red-haired youth had a look of exhaustion on his face. One of the orange-haired youths knelt on one knee, his palm pressed against the ground.
Black, tadpole-like markings spread out from his palm, forming a pattern governed by some sort of rule.
Boom!
A cloud of white smoke appeared out of thin air not far away. Another orange-haired youth emerged from the smoke, walking at a leisurely pace towards the red-haired youth. He raised his right hand and handed a bracelet to Nagato.
"Nagato, what is that?" Konan asked from the side.
"It's…"
Nagato told Konan about what had happened previously. Konan's eyebrows immediately shot up in anger. "You dared to bring back something given to you by a stranger with space Ninjutsu?"
"It's alright." Nagato pulled his hand from the mechanical device, took the bracelet from the Six Paths Puppet, and put it on his left wrist. Information flooded his mind at the same time.
After a moment, Nagato turned to Konan and smiled, "Yahiko can be revived."
Konan's anger subsided. She glanced at the orange-haired youth standing among the Six Paths Puppets, then turned sharply back to Nagato. "So, the Dimensional Merchant legend is true?"
"It is," Nagato replied, operating the Light Brain.
He first verified its authenticity by exchanging for a Blood Potion to replenish his life.
Looking at the test tube that had appeared out of thin air, Nagato shook it. The red liquid inside rippled slightly. He pulled out the stopper and drank it all in one gulp.
A warm current flowed through his body, like a long-parched field suddenly receiving water. An indescribable sense of comfort swept through him, and Nagato let out a satisfied sound.
His skeletal body also filled out a little, gaining some flesh.
Confirming the truth, Nagato exchanged all the Ninjutsu he knew. To be honest, Nagato didn't know many Ninjutsu. Some were the Rinnegan's Kekkei Genkai, and the rest he learned from Jiraiya.
Jiraiya's Ninjutsu came partly from Konohagakure and partly from his own creations, so a large portion of the Ninjutsu Nagato exchanged were ineffective.
The result? He didn't have enough money to buy a Resurrection Coin.
"Not enough money," Nagato frowned.
"I know some Ninjutsu too, let me try exchanging them," Konan, who had been watching for a long time, said.
The Light Brain was bound to Nagato, so Konan couldn't exchange anything.
"It's okay, I'll think of another way," Nagato comforted Konan.
Anything of value could be exchanged for money. He had finished exchanging Ninjutsu, so he would exchange other things.
Nagato stroked his slightly fleshy chin. "Konan, do you think Sasori would send me some Puppets if I asked?"
Nagato carefully considered the members of his organization. Besides Kakuzu's possible valuable Secret Technique, the others only knew ordinary Ninjutsu, which probably couldn't be exchanged for much anymore.
Kisame Hoshigaki's Ninja Blade was quite valuable, but that was his livelihood; he definitely wouldn't give it up.
Hidan's Secret Technique was also surely valuable, but obtaining it would definitely be troublesome.
Deidara's Explosive Clay... he wasn't sure if it was worth anything.
The masked guy, he used Ninjutsu, and it was troublesome trying to get his Ninjutsu.
Thinking it over, Sasori's Puppets seemed the easiest to obtain.
He didn't plan to be particularly careful anyway; he wasn't concerned with quality, only quantity.
Hearing Nagato's words, Konan also understood his thoughts. "If you say you appreciate Sasori's puppet art, you should be able to get some Puppets from him."
After thinking for a moment, Konan added, "If we provide some Puppet Materials, it should be easier to get them."
"That makes sense." Nagato nodded in agreement. "We'll go back and get money from Kakuzu."
Kakuzu's hard-earned money was about to rapidly decrease...
Konohagakure, the hotel where the Sunagakure delegation was staying.
Chiyo had previously forgotten to mention the exchange of medical techniques to Hiruzen Sarutobi. Therefore, the delegation's exchange personnel were all idle, with some resting in the hotel and others going shopping in groups.
In a room, Chiyo sat facing his son.
After Chiyo's explanation, although the situation was fantastical, Chiyo's son fully understood the specifics.
At this moment, the two were discussing the matter of reviving Chiyo's daughter-in-law.
"I plan to revive her after returning to Sunagakure. On the one hand, I want to tell the people of Sunagakure that the Dimensional Merchant truly exists, and Sunagakure needs to change if it wants to develop..."
"On the other hand, I don't have the medium needed for the revival..."
Chiyo spoke of his thoughts, and his son naturally had no objections. Whether it was a few days earlier or later, it didn't matter.
"During this time, we can conduct some experiments..."
After all, the number of Ninjutsu was limited. If they wanted to consistently obtain money, they had to find items that could be repeatedly exchanged for money, and that Sunagakure had.
Previously, Chiyo had already discovered one of the items available for exchange: Puppets.
The subsequent attempts involved searching for more similar items.
"Besides that…" Chiyo slowly stood up and summoned paper, ink, and a brush from a sealing scroll. "I also need to send a letter to the village, explaining the situation so they can prepare."
While Chiyo wrote the letter, the youth walked to the window and looked out at the street.
After suddenly coming back to life after many years, he also needed time to adjust. He needed to spend time understanding what had happened in the years, or even decades, he had been gone, gradually eliminating the feeling of unfamiliarity and integrating himself back into the world.
Speaking of which, after more than a decade, Sasori should be married by now, right?
The youth thought to himself and asked the question aloud.
Chiyo, who was writing the letter, trembled, and the brush directly poked the paper. A pool of ink quickly spread, looking so glaring on the pristine white surface.
"Mother? Is… something wrong with Sasori?" Seeing Chiyo's expression, the young man naturally assumed the worst, and his hand trembled slightly.
Surprisingly, he wasn't too saddened. There was a way to resurrect the dead. If his son had perished, it would only delay their reunion.
"Yes." Chiyo composed herself and said, "Sasori… has defected."
It's good he's not dead. The young man breathed a sigh of relief, saying, "It's fine, as long as we bring him back."
Sasori's killing of the Third Kazekage hadn't been exposed. He'd only caused some trouble when he defected. With Chiyo's influence, it wouldn't be too difficult to remove Sasori's status as a missing-nin.
"That's right, as long as we bring him back." Chiyo perked up. With Sasori's parents resurrected, he would definitely return home.
Meanwhile, in a forest, beside a stream.
Sasori, who was about to jump across the stream, suddenly shuddered. He felt a sense of being watched, as if someone was staring at him. He immediately turned his head left and right, cautiously surveying his surroundings.
"No danger detected? Just a feeling?"
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