Naruto: Imitation Ninja

Speaking of undercover operations, it seems that I haven't yet asked the two individuals before me whether they are willing to help me fulfill a small wish.

Cough… "Deidara-kun, Sasori-kun, if I had a way to ensure both of you could survive together and not have to worry about your organization's revenge, would you be willing?" Xing Liu looked at the two Akatsuki members present.

Had they heard this suggestion earlier, they might have considered it for a moment.

But after Xing Liu's recent psychological manipulation, they no longer had the confidence to trust the man in front of them.

Who knows whether his suggestion now is genuine?

If they were once again manipulated unknowingly, they might as well be killed right here and now.

"Ah, come on, don't be so afraid... What I'm saying this time is true!" Seeing the skeptical expressions on their faces, Xing Liu could only resort to showing his "sincerity" to move them.

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Thirty minutes later, Deidara and Sasori lay on the ground, rolling in shame…

"Hehe, you wouldn't want those scrolls to be seen by others, would you?"

"Ah... kill us now~!"

As they rolled on the ground, Deidara and Sasori remembered the various poses they had been forced into while under Xing Liu's control. Their desire to die had never been as strong as it was now—not even when they had been repeatedly manipulated earlier.

"So, what do you say? You should be willing to agree to my offer now, right?" Xing Liu, whose Sharingan [a special eye technique] was activated, raised the scrolls in his hand and smiled at the two on the ground.

Tch! What else could Deidara and Sasori do? They couldn't just let Xing Liu send the scrolls to someone else.

They couldn't defeat him, and now they were caught with incriminating evidence…

If those scrolls were seen by others, it would lead to another form of death for them—a "social death."

So, under Xing Liu's "sincere" invitation, they reluctantly agreed to his conditions.

But what the two of them didn't know was that, besides Xing Liu, there were also three "bystanders" observing the scene.

If they had remembered this, they certainly wouldn't have agreed so easily.

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Speaking of the three "bystanders," at first, they had no idea why Xing Liu had suddenly activated his Sharingan to hypnotize the two of them. However, after hearing Xing Liu's orders, they finally understood his reasoning.

Deidara and Sasori, under Xing Liu's command, performed a series of actions they would never normally do. The movements were so ambiguous that some were even inappropriate for children.

"What should we do, bro? I suddenly feel like seeing those two men stick together earlier was really a beautiful thing…"

"And I vaguely think that the face-to-face moment between them was quite pleasant to look at..."

Among the siblings, the one most affected by this scene was, without a doubt, Temari.

Although Deidara and Sasori had already been released from hypnosis, seeing the two still rolling on the ground, Temari's mind was filled with less-than-decent fantasies.

It's true that things like this have a market everywhere... Xing Liu couldn't help but think, looking at Temari, who seemed ready to drool, whether this "awakening" would affect her married life with Shikamaru in the future.

"Alright, now that everything has been settled, it's time for me to head home," Xing Liu said after surveying the area that had been damaged by the "artistic" battle between him and the others, now fully repaired.

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"Xing Liu-sensei, are you leaving so soon?"

Whether in terms of duty or personal reasons, Gaara felt he should at least try to keep Xing Liu from leaving. After all, the man had not only spared the village from harm but also saved his life.

However, whether Xing Liu would stay or not was not for them to decide. They simply had to put on the necessary show of politeness.

Hearing Gaara's attempt to keep him around, Xing Liu only shook his head. Staying in such a place for even a few more days made him uncomfortable. If he stayed any longer, it would be better to just go home.

The desert's midday heat and nighttime chill were like two completely different worlds. When the sun was out, it was so hot that it felt like exhaustion was setting in, but after the sun set, it became so cold that his breath could be seen in the air.

Such a life, caught between summer and winter all day, was more suitable for the local residents. As for him, a seasoned man of leisure, it would be best to go home and lie in the arms of his soft wife, waiting for death.

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"Xing Liu-sama, could you possibly make a copy of the artwork for me to appreciate?" Finally, after hesitating for some time, Temari spoke when Xing Liu opened the spatial portal.

She immediately asked for the scrolls that Xing Liu had just given to Deidara and Sasori.

"No! Absolutely not!" Before Xing Liu could even respond, Deidara and Sasori quickly jumped in to interrupt this half-formed "deal."

What a joke! Being seen by these people doing such embarrassing things was already enough for them to "socially die." If they allowed Xing Liu to give the scrolls to anyone else, they would really be done for...

Seeing Deidara and Sasori react so strongly, Xing Liu understood that if they compromised now, things would truly go too far.

So he just gave Temari an apologetic smile and promised that if there were new artworks in the future, he would prioritize giving them to her.

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"Alright, if we don't leave now, we'll miss dinner," Xing Liu waved his hand at the people in front of him and walked into the spatial portal, leaving.

Seeing the sudden disappearance of such a large figure, Gaara and the others had become used to it by now.

In the past few days, besides helping Gaara with the village's defense plans and wasting time in the meeting room, Xing Liu had mostly spent time with his little wife at home.

So, in the grand scheme of things, these two Akatsuki members who suddenly arrived didn't even make it onto Xing Liu's radar.

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