Chapter 147: 147. This Resentment Is Interesting
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"Ishigami Hara's voice was full of doubt, coming from inside the puppet, and the next moment, the puppet lying on the ground began to tremble rapidly.
A series of crisp sounds came from inside, as if something was destroyed.
Sasori's expression became very ugly, his face was ferocious, and his ten fingers on both hands flicked repeatedly, trying to control the puppet to make movements, but the puppet just lay there, without any change.
No, to be precise, the puppet was already damaged, because young seedlings grew out of the gaps in the joints.
One, two, three, more and more!
The young seedlings seemed to be accelerated in time, and they began to grow and expand almost instantly, and some twisted and intertwined with each other, finally entangling together, until they grew into a tree, a tree more than ten meters high, with a trunk wide enough for a person to hug.
Seeing this, the people of Anbu breathed a sigh of relief, but they were still alert. The four people surrounding the Sunagakure shinobi did not move, but part of their attention was already on the tree.
Ebizo took a deep breath and uttered a word.
"Wood Release!"
Pakura and Baki couldn't help swallowing their saliva, looking at the tree, their expressions were very nervous.
At this time, a branch on the trunk of the tree began to split, and it separated from the trunk, and in the process, the tree gradually changed into a human form, first with wooden texture, then gradually yellowing, and the color further faded, until it finally became ————— Ishigami Hara.
Ishigami Hara took a step out, and the connection between his body and the tree was completely severed, and he himself was just like when he came, with no trace of damage on his body.
On the other hand, the puppet that looked like a crocodile had been completely assimilated by the tree at this time, becoming the base of the tree, and even a lot of young seedlings grew on it, and it no longer looked like a puppet at all.
Ishigami Hara looked at Sasori in confusion, and then looked at Ebizo.
The latter exhaled a long breath, bowed slightly to Ishigami Hara, and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Hokage, this child... was a little impulsive, please forgive me."
As he spoke, he still took a step forward, and the Anbu stopped him.
Ishigami Hara raised his hand.
Clang! The Anbu members instantly lowered their bodies slightly and made a preparatory posture for attack.
At this moment, Ebizo and the other four became alert. "You go down first," Ishigami Hara said."
Swish!
The Anbu did not hesitate at all, and completed the actions of sheathing their weapons in a very short time, then walked away cleanly.
In a flash, only Ishigami Hara and Sunagakure's four-man team were left in the yard.
Seeing this, Ebizo was relieved.
"Can you tell me the reason? I don't seem to have seen this child," Ishigami Hara said.
Ebizo was silent, as if thinking about how to start.
Sasori growled angrily: "Damn you, Hokage, don't act so arrogant in front of me!"
After saying that, he was about to bypass Ebizo and rush toward Ishigami Hara.
Snap!
Just as he took a step, Sasori's figure paused. He looked down subconsciously and saw his own shadow. He didn't know when it had connected with the other's shadow, and his body was also controlled by an invisible force, making it difficult to move.
"Don't be impulsive, just listen to what your teacher says," Ishigami Hara said, looking at Ebizo with a calm expression.
The latter raised his eyelids.
At this moment, his shadows, no, to be precise, the shadows of all four were connected, and their bodies could not move.
When did it start? Ebizo had only this doubt in his heart, along with deep fear.
He hadn't even noticed when the other party had made the move.
Just for this reason, if it were a real fight, he feared they would have been defeated by now. "You are worthy of being the Hokage," Ebizo said, uttering some nonsense that had nothing to do with the facts, and then turned his head to look at Sasori. "The parents of this child died in the war."
He didn't say it explicitly, but it was already clear enough.
It was obvious that the hidden meaning was that this matter was related to Konoha. "Oh, was it the war with Konoha?"
Ebizo was silent and nodded slightly.
"I see, that's a pity. War is like this, it always destroys everything you cherish."
Ishigami Hara sighed, then looked at Sasori and said: "You need to accept it all, hatred will not let you save more."
These words were very philosophical, but Sasori didn't listen and shouted angrily: "It's you, you killed them, you destroyed everything I have!"
Ishigami Hara raised his eyebrows slightly, as if thinking, and then shook his head: "Is that so?"
He looked at Ebizo again, and the latter sighed deeply, as if he were pondering, then said in a deep voice: "Indeed, his parents... died in the raid on the Konoha camp, and at that time... Hatake Sakumo was there."
Ishigami Hara thought for a while and then said: "That raid on the Konoha camp... well, I remember, Hatake Sakumo was there at the time. Were they the two puppeteers?"
As he spoke, Ishigami Hara nodded.
"I have some impression; they were two puppeteers with outstanding talents. They resisted my attack for a long time and caused a lot of trouble for the Konoha camp. It's a pity, but it was war. It was either you or me. There's nothing more to say."
As he said that, he released the restraints on the four people. "Young man, you shouldn't have hatred for me."
"No! It's you!" Sasori's anger remained unchanged.
"Sasori!" Ebizo was a little angry at this time and scolded, "This is Konoha! Think about your identity, think about your responsibilities, and don't let hatred cloud your mind!"
Sasori panted and glared at Ishigami Hara.
If looks could kill, Ishigami Hara would have been slain by now.
Ishigami Hara shook his head slightly, then turned around and walked out. "I understand the child's feelings, but that was war. If you want to find someone to hate, why not hate the one who started the war?"
As he walked out, his voice rang again.
"My parents also died at the hands of Sunagakure shinobi. They finally became ninjas, but they died on an ordinary C-rank mission, killed by Sunagakure shinobi. If this is the result, should I be generous toward Sunagakure?"
Ebizo's eyes twitched, and his face changed. Pakura and Baki were even more alert, and their hands unconsciously reached for their ninja tool bags.
"So, look at it more openly. Peace in the ninja world is hard-won. Don't indulge in hatred. That will ruin you."
After saying that, Ishigami Hara had already walked out, and the door automatically closed behind him. Only his last sentence echoed outside the door.
"If you still want to hate, then keep that hatred. At least... I will find it interesting."