Chapter 243 Special Investigation Team on Forbidden Puppet Techniques
After seeing Temari scale the wall and enter the Kazekage Building, the ninjas who came with her followed suit, going to the windows and using various techniques to scale the walls and enter the Kazekage Building.
The two ANBU guards at the main entrance, however, remained indifferent, pretending not to see anything.
After Temari, along with Yashamaru and the others, stormed into the Kazekage Building, they headed straight for the Kazekage's office, where Ishiichi Seigaku was located. On the way, they encountered Ishiichi Seigaku's secretary, who was sent out to urge the ANBU to suppress the protesting villagers.
Upon seeing him, Temari's ninjas swiftly acted, subduing him before he could even utter a sound.
The group then proceeded to the Kazekage's office door. The ninjas who had followed Temari all looked at her. Temari nodded, placed her hand on the doorknob, took a deep breath, and prepared to subdue him the moment the door opened.
However, just as Temari's hand grasped the doorknob, she faintly heard Ishiichi Seigetsu's voice coming from inside.
"Kenki, don't worry, these thugs can't stop me. I'll definitely use the Puppet Technique to bring you back to life."
Ishiichi Seigetsu's voice was full of deep emotion, sending chills down the spines of Temari and the nearby Sand Ninja.
"Kenki? Is that his wife, Kato Kenki? But didn't his wife die in the Third Shinobi World War? And the Puppet Technique… isn't that a forbidden technique explicitly banned by the village?" Temari frowned, but stopped what she was doing, turning back to remind the ninjas who had come with her to be quiet. She wanted to hear what other amazing tricks Ishiichi Seigetsu could pull.
Separated by the door, Temari, listening to Ishiichi Seigetsu repeating his nauseating words, couldn't help but feel a chill run down her spine as well.
However, as Shi Yixi Yue muttered to himself, Temari confirmed that the other party intended to use the puppet technique. In Sunagakure, both the creation and manipulation of puppets were absolutely forbidden techniques. For Shi Yixi Yue, this stain was enough to get him removed from office and relegated to obscurity.
Shi Yixi Yue's actions, when applied to Konoha, were roughly equivalent to a certain elder of the Danzo clan harming his own ninja and desecrating the First Hokage's body. Danzo of Konoha was now infamous; his kneeling statue still stood in a park not far from the Uchiha clan's territory, and passersby would occasionally spit at it.
After a while, Shi Yixi Yue realized that his secretary had taken too long to come downstairs to deliver the order, so he called out his secretary's name.
However, the next moment, the door to the Kazekage's office was pushed open.
Hearing the commotion, Shi Yixi Yue was about to turn around and reprimand the other man while hiding his deceased wife's body. However, before he could make a move, a kunai, gleaming with a cold, eerie purple light and clearly coated with deadly poison
, was already pressed against his neck. "The Kazekage-sama certainly has a good time," Temari said mockingly as she entered. However, when she noticed the crystal coffin and silicone puppet beside the desk, she felt a wave of nausea. Although Temari was the eldest daughter of the Fourth Kazekage, she rarely came here. In her heart, the Kazekage's office was a sacred place. Shi Yixi Yue's actions were undoubtedly a desecration of the Kazekage of Sunagakure.
"Temari! How dare you! Forcibly entering the Kazekage's office, do you know what crime that is?" Shi Yixi Yue's face flushed red and then paled after his secret was exposed, but the kunai hanging from his neck forced him to remain calm, and he could only stare intently at Temari.
"Acting Kazekage, you should think about how to explain this." Temari and Kankuro walked straight to the crystal coffin. After carefully examining the corpse inside, Kankuro said to Temari, "There are signs of puppet modification."
"How can this be allowed?" Temari looked at Shi Yixi Yue in disbelief.
"Get away from her!" Seeing Temari and Kankuro approaching his wife, Shi Yixi Yue panicked.
"As the Acting Kazekage, you use your authority to do this! Do you deserve the Kazekage's hat?" Temari turned and said fiercely to Shi Yixi Yue.
"Sealing Team! Men, seal all of these! They will be used as evidence in court when he is tried!" Temari said sternly.
"No!" Shi Yixi struggled violently, but as a puppeteer, without his puppet by his side, he could barely unleash even 30% of his strength. His struggles were quickly subdued by two elite Jonin, and the sealing team that had come with Temari swiftly sealed the crystal coffin and the puppet away.
"No!!!" Shi Yixi screamed like a pig being slaughtered.
The scream was heartbreaking to hear and tearful to see, yet most of the Sunagakure ninja present seemed to be suppressing laughter.
The situation was now clear; combined with what they had overheard at the door, Shi Yixi was clearly planning a forbidden love affair with his puppet. They hadn't expected that Shi Yixi, who always presented a tough exterior in Sunagakure, would have such a hobby behind the scenes.
"Don't waste time. Take this guy to a place you can completely control as quickly as possible, otherwise, once your two elders realize what's happening, things will become even more complicated," Uchiha Touko reminded Temari.
"Seal his chakra and then send him to the Jonin squad for strict guard!" Temari hurriedly ordered.
Soon, Temari and her group escorted Ishii Nishigaku, whose chakra was completely sealed, out of the Kazekage Building. The two Anbu guards outside, despite Ishii Nishigaku's murderous glare, immediately made way; after all, the order was to guard the gate and prevent the rioters from entering, not to prevent anyone from leaving.
Once outside, the ninjas and civilians who had come to participate in the protest erupted in cheers upon seeing Ishii Nishigaku being escorted.
"Welcome back, Princess!" At this moment, a ninja Temari had arranged beforehand, following Uchiha Touko's instructions, led the chant upon seeing Temari.
"Princess! Princess!" The area in front of the Kazekage Building was instantly enveloped in a frenzied atmosphere, with protesters chanting Temari's name.
After the cheers subsided, Temari waved her hand, signaling everyone to quiet down.
After the crowd in front of the Kazekage building quieted down, they all turned their attention to Temari.
Temari took a deep breath and then spoke: "Everyone, just now, we discovered evidence in the Kazekage's office that Acting Kazekage, Seigaku Ishii, had violated the laws of Sunagakure! As you can all sense, after my father, the Fourth Kazekage, sacrificed himself to protect the village, Sunagakure has been in an extremely difficult situation. However, Seigaku Ishii, as Acting Kazekage, instead of trying to lead Sunagakure out of this predicament, has been eliminating dissidents for his own selfish reasons, and now he's even using his position to research forbidden techniques! We absolutely cannot accept such a person defiling our Will of Wind!"
"That's right!"
"Princess Temari! You are the best candidate for the Fifth Kazekage!" At this moment, the person who had been placed in the crowd beforehand shouted again.
"Princess Temari! We support you to become the Fifth Kazekage!"
After a few people took the lead, the civilians who had come to protest also joined in. Although they might not know whether Temari could be a good Kazekage, Temari was, after all, the daughter of the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, who had once given them a period of good life. She was certainly better than Ishii Nishigaku, who just declared martial law for no reason.
Moreover, the atmosphere had already reached this point, so the civilians present also joined in the shouting.
"Let's put the Kazekage matter aside for now. I understand everyone's feelings and thank you for your support. However, the most urgent task at hand is to thoroughly investigate the crimes committed by this black sheep of Sunagakure and restore peace and order to our village!" Temari said to the ninjas and civilians in front of the Kazekage Building. "After that, if you are still willing to support me, I am willing to take on my father's responsibility and lead you all, guided by the Will of the Wind, to rebuild the glory of Sunagakure!"
"Princess!"
"Lady Temari!"
"Fifth Kazekage!"
The crowd grew even more enthusiastic after hearing Temari's words, with some even shouting the Fifth Kazekage's name.
Amidst the cheers, Temari watched as Baki, having dealt with the puppet squad, escorted Ishii Nishigaku towards the Sunagakure Jonin camp, the headquarters of their faction of ninjas.
Then, Temari turned and entered the Kazekage Building.
Back in the Kazekage's office, Temari looked up at the photos of past Kazekage hanging on the wall, a slightly dazed expression on her face.
They'd succeeded? It was too easy! Less than ten hours had passed since he and Kankuro returned to Sunagakure, and a major obstacle to her succession as Kazekage had become her prisoner?
"What's wrong?" After Maki went to interrogate Ishiichi Seigaku and Yashamaru went to take over the Anbu inside the Kazekage's building, only Temari and her brother remained in the Kazekage's office. Uchiha Touko's communication snake climbed onto the desk and, seeing the dazed look on Temari's face, asked.
"So, we've succeeded in the coup?" Temari asked, looking at the communication snake with disbelief.
"Did you think a coup was something that required a long preparation period, meticulous planning, and a life-or-death struggle?" Uchiha Touko couldn't help but laugh.
Temari nodded.
"The more you try to ensure everything is foolproof in a coup, the more unforeseen events will occur," Uchiha Touko said. "On the contrary, the better you prepare in advance and act decisively when the opportunity arises, the higher your chances of success will be."
"The foundation your father left you in Sunagakure is too deep, so when your opponent makes a mistake, you don't need to prepare at all; you can just strike and take him down," Uchiha Touko laughed. Compared to his coup attempt in Konoha, this coup in Sunagakure was a piece of cake. First of all, Temari's coup team was all left to her by her father; she only needed to inherit his legacy. In addition, her opponent was a complete idiot who didn't understand the situation, which gave Temari the illusion that the coup was easy.
"However, isn't it a bit too early for you to think everything is settled? Capturing Ishiichi Seigaku is just the simplest part of your coup. Don't forget, whose credit is it that he became the acting Kazekage?" Uchiha Touko reminded him.
"The two elders..." Temari finally realized that compared to capturing the fool Ishiichi Seigaku, Chiyo and Ebizo were the most troublesome part of this coup. Their influence in the village was deeply entrenched; even her father, the Fourth Kazekage, had often been unable to deal with them. If they couldn't be dealt with...
"Hokage, what should I do?" Temari immediately asked humbly.
"Your two elders are nominally the Kazekage's assistants, but over the years, the power they've cultivated in the village has become uncontrollable. Without them openly violating the laws of Sunagakure, the possibility of eliminating them like you did with Ishiichi Seigaku is very low," Uchiha Touko said.
Compared to those old scoundrels in Konoha, Chiyo and Ebizo can be considered qualified elders of the ninja village. Although they have some selfish motives, they at least do things for the good of their own village. Apart from Chiyo hiding some things for her beloved grandson, they have not done anything to enrich themselves at the expense of the public. Therefore, it is still quite difficult to take them down directly.
"However, you can slowly erode their power, and the reason for doing so is readily available," Uchiha Touko said. "In your Sunagakure, the most skilled puppeteer should be your Elder Chiyo, right?"
"Yes." Temari nodded, quickly understanding Uchiha Touko's meaning. "Could it be…"
"Shiichi Niigaku was just a Jonin before, so where did he get the technology to create human puppets? Now that you are the Kazekage candidate favored by the people of Sunagakure, you should investigate this matter thoroughly, don't you think?"
"And then take the opportunity to strip them of their power?" Temari understood Uchiha Touko's meaning, but still asked with some doubt.
"If it were that easy to strip them of their power, your father would have sent them back to retire long ago," Uchiha Touko said, shaking his head. "Even if Shi Yixi Yue really had some kind of deal with those two old guys, they could easily explain it away and pin the blame on him." "
So," Uchiha Touko said meaningfully, "what you need to do is set up a special task force to investigate this matter thoroughly..."
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