Inside a sandy house on the outermost edge of Sunagakure Village.
A ten-year-old black-haired boy was sitting on a chair, fiddling with an artificial arm.
Of course, this arm wasn't a human arm, but a prosthetic limb.
Behind him, there was a female Puppet with an incredibly good figure, almost indistinguishable from a real person.
"Finally, I've managed to develop the Missile. It really took me a lot of effort. Had I not known that the Shura Path of Pain could fire Missiles, I would have thought they were all Explosive Tags. Putting one inside the arm... OK, no trace at all. Perfect!"
The boy examined the almost-realistic arm and was very satisfied, with a hint of pride on his face.
The boy sighed. "Alas, one Missile ain't enough. It seems that Sasuke in the future will know a Summoning Technique for ninja weapons. If I can learn that Summoning Technique that allows one to instantly summon ninja weapons by touching the seal on the arm and add it to my treasure, I won't be restricted."
The boy's name was Kamishiro, a genin from Sunagakure Village.
However, Kamishiro's genin status was rather dubious. He hadn't attended the ninja school in Sunagakure Village nor participated in any assessments. It was his uncle who forced the title upon him. Kamishiro didn't want to be a ninja.
Oh, right. Kamishiro's uncle was the Third Kazekage of Sunagakure Village.
Kamishiro was from the Third Kazekage's clan and possessed the Magnet Release Kekkei Genkai.
However, Kamishiro didn't have a single memory of his Mother and Father in his mind.
Because when Kamishiro was less than two years old, his Mother and Father sacrificed themselves while on a mission.
After that, it was the Third Kazekage who took Kamishiro in.
But it was more like "free-range" rather than "adoption".
The Third Kazekage would just send someone to deliver meals to Kamishiro every day, just to make sure he wouldn't starve to death.
Have you ever seen a two-year-old child being given rock-hard pancakes to eat?
Kamishiro had experienced it.
Fortunately, two-year-old children in this world had all their teeth grown. Otherwise, Kamishiro really thought he wouldn't have survived until now.
Kamishiro still remembered that he almost choked to death back then. Fortunately, he drank some water in time to swallow it down.
However, Kamishiro still thought that it was a Kiseki that he had managed to survive.
It wasn't that the Third Kazekage deliberately made things difficult for Kamishiro; he was just too busy to take care of him.
When Kamishiro was three years old, when the Third Kazekage visited him, he gave Kamishiro three Scrolls.
One was a Scroll about chakra training methods and basic ninja arts like the Clone, Transformation, and Body Flicker Techniques. One was a Scroll about Magnet Ninja Art, and the other was a Scroll about Puppet Technique.
Without any teacher's guidance, he just let Kamishiro practice on his own, not caring whether Kamishiro could do it or not.
Later, Kamishiro might not even see the Third Kazekage once a year.
Kamishiro stayed at home and didn't go out. Even when someone brought him food, he would ask them to leave it at the door and only go to get it after they left.
Because Kamishiro was really scared, afraid that he would die out of the blue.
After all, this world was too dangerous. It could be said that everyone was just cannon fodder.
Kamishiro had amazing talent. Without a teacher, he managed to learn how to refine chakra and practiced the Scrolls of Magnet Ninja Art and Puppet Technique that the Third Kazekage gave him.
Moreover, because Kamishiro had a lot of knowledge that didn't belong to this world, he had his own unique understanding of Puppet Technique.
Not to brag, but in the ninja world, he could be considered a little genius.
But...
Even though he was a genius with the Magnet Release Kekkei Genkai, what good did it do?
He was just high - level cannon fodder.
This world valued background.
The main character group was powerful, right? As the main characters, they shouldn't die, right?
Well, Neji, one of the 12 rookie ninja, died out of the blue.
Later in the battles, they either created a Meteorite crater or flattened a mountain, and even split the moon in half. How could anyone play in such a world?
It's absolutely impossible to play in such a world.
So, let those main characters do the fighting. Anyway, in the end, the main characters would surely save the world. He would just focus on developing his own strength, make sure he didn't die, and live his little life happily.
When Kamishiro was six years old, the Third Kazekage visited him once. After seeing the Puppets Kamishiro made, the Third Kazekage couldn't stop praising them, thinking that the Puppets Kamishiro made were no less than those made by Sasori, who was known as a genius puppet designer in Sunagakure Village.
The Third Kazekage thought that Kamishiro might have extremely high talent and wanted him to go directly to the battlefield for combat experience.
This idea of the Third Kazekage scared Kamishiro so much that he almost exploded.
He was only six years old! Sending a six - year - old to the battlefield. Is this something a human being would do?!
Moreover, it was the early stage of the Third Ninja World War, and there were already local skirmishes.
War, that was a meat grinder for human lives.
Kamishiro believed that if he dared to go, he would surely die, so he didn't dare at all.
Kamishiro originally wanted to show off his Magnet Ninja Art to the Third Kazekage and immediately gave up the idea.
If the Third Kazekage found out, he would have to go to the battlefield even if he didn't want to.
Kamishiro didn't give a hoot about Sunagakure Village. His Mother and Father died early, and he was always left to fend for himself. He had lived as a shut - in on the outskirts of Sunagakure Village since childhood. He had met so few people that he could count them on one hand, and he only had one friend.
So, Kamishiro didn't have the awareness to sacrifice himself for Sunagakure Village. He just wanted to strengthen his own strength so that he could have the ability to protect himself in the future, marry one... or maybe two gentle and beautiful wives, and live a happy life.
So Kamishiro immediately started throwing a fit, saying that he had a fear of blood and couldn't stand the sight of it. He also claimed that he was no good at fighting at all. Not to mention Magnet Ninja Art, he couldn't even master ordinary ninjutsu. All he could do was make Puppets. In fact, Kamishiro even hid himself.
Of course, hiding was of no use. Kamishiro was quickly found by the Third Kazekage and then got a good beating.
The Third Kazekage tested Kamishiro. With Kamishiro deliberately sabotaging, he failed to perform any ninjutsu. Even his Puppet Technique skills were poor.
This disappointed the Third Kazekage. He thought that Kamishiro only had some talent in Puppet - making and was good - for - nothing in other aspects.
The Third Kazekage had no choice but to abandon the idea of sending Kamishiro to the battlefield. He told Kamishiro to make Puppets for Puppet Technique ninjas in Sunagakure Village and then become a ninja - breeder there.
Since there were few people in the Third Kazekage's and Kamishiro's clan, having Kamishiro have more descendants in the future to produce more ninjas with the Magnet Release Kekkei Genkai would also increase the strength of Sunagakure Village in a way.
However, Kamishiro was too busy researching and making his own Puppets to make Puppets for others.
So far, Kamishiro had only made two Puppets for other ninjas.
But to be fair, anything made by Kamishiro was a high - quality product. Even the Puppets he made casually in just one day were much better than those made by the Puppet Technique masters in Sunagakure Village.
Kamishiro picked up the arm on the table and carefully attached it to the female Puppet behind him.
After finishing, Kamishiro took a look and nodded in satisfaction: "Perfect~"
This female Puppet had an hourglass figure, which was very pleasing to the eye. Its face was a feminized version of Kamishiro's own face.
No kidding, Kamishiro would definitely be a real heart - throb when he grew up. So the feminized face modeled after him was extremely stunning.
And the name of this female Puppet was quite similar to Kamishiro's. He named it 'Kanna'.