Trees Chapter 226 Deidara: Sasori-danna, Let’s Make Peace For Now!

After adapting to the rules of the outside world, the originally square and rigid Iron Golem now looked almost indistinguishable from an ord

After adapting to the rules of the outside world, the originally square and rigid Iron Golem now looked almost indistinguishable from an ordinary person.

But the color of its body is still snow-white, making it somewhat resemble the White Zetsu.

The Iron Golem stood in place, slightly bowing its head in salute to Naruto. The people around looked at each other in bewilderment, and they had no idea why Naruto had suddenly brought out a puppet.

Especially Sasori, as he was very puzzled by the behavior of his Cult Leader.

Back when Amegakure’s reconstruction plan first began, he had also considered using puppets to replace human labor.

However, while controlling puppets in combat was feasible, as he can just have them wield weapons to attack the enemy was enough, construction work was entirely different.

He must control the puppets to cooperate with each other, weld what needs to be welded, and screw what needs to be screwed.

Not only was the precision requirement for the project extremely high, but the sheer mental strain of controlling multiple puppets to perform different tasks simultaneously was unbearable.

And that was on top of having to manipulate a large number of puppets for the workload.

"Cul... Ichigo, I’ve already tried replacing human labor with puppets before."

"It’s impossible to complete such intricate work."

"You know... our engineering standards are extremely demanding."

Naruto was stunned and scratched his head. He was also not sure whether the Iron Golem could complete Amegakure’s construction.

"Let’s test it first."

"This puppet does not need to be controlled by a Puppet Master. It can act independently and can also act according to orders."

Hearing this, Sasori and Deidara’s eyes widened in shock.

The two asked loudly at the same time, "You’re saying that this thing does not need Chakra!?"

"It has its own consciousness!?"

Sasori immediately thought of the Machine Spirit from the Cult Mechanicus’s teachings.

Meanwhile, Deidara recalled the Artificial Intelligence recorded in the Scientific Truth Society’s archives.

Naruto scratched his head, his expression somewhat strange.

"It probably doesn’t use Chakra. As for self-awareness..."

He paused and gave an order to the Iron Golem next to him, "Go dig a hole in that empty space over there."

"Growl…"

The Iron Golem growled twice, then walked to the position designated by Naruto, and began slamming its arms into the ground.

Boom…

Boom…

In just a few seconds, a hole was smashed out by it, but the Iron Golem kept pounding downward like an idiot.

In the end, Naruto had to shout for it to stop before it finally stopped, standing dumbly in place.

To be honest...

Naruto was somewhat disappointed with this thing.

‘Sure enough, I shouldn’t have placed too much hope for the stupid Iron Golem in the game.’

But Sasori and Deidara were extremely excited.

The two rushed over to the Iron Golem and poked at its hands and feet, then kept muttering terms Naruto couldn’t understand.

"Amazing! This is practically the perfected technology of our Scientific Truth Society!"

Deidara imagined equipping this kind of AI puppets with explosive packs, allowing them to crush all heretics effortlessly.

As long as they figured out the underlying principles, they could mass-produce the self-destructing puppets with the right materials.

At that point, it wouldn’t matter if their enemies were the Five Great Shinobi Villages or the Cult Mechanicus, as they will be powerless against tens of thousands of these puppets.

Sasori’s excitement is different from Deidara's. He felt that this new Puppet Technique was practically tailor-made for their Cult Mechanicus!

He could already sense the embrace of the Machine Spirit!

Moreover, these puppets had another advantage, which is to replace manual labor!

At that time, no matter how large the project, they could rely on a massive number of puppets to complete it.

‘Sure enough, Cult Leader still has us in his heart!’

Seeing the two of them acting like perverts, Naruto couldn’t help but feel disgusted.

He was really worried that if this continued, the Shinobi World would develop some truly bizarre fetishes.

‘And also...’

‘Just what kind of monstrosity were these two trying to turn Amegakure into?!’

‘Death Star??’

Naruto sighed softly, and then continued to talk to the two.

"Alright, let’s test this puppet’s capabilities first."

Sasori and Deidara looked at each other, nodded, and then led the puppet into the construction site to begin testing.

An hour later...

The results of the test surprised everyone.

At first, the Iron Golem's work performance was disappointing. But as time passed, it gradually began to learn and mimic the movements of the people around it.

In just one hour, the Iron Golem was performing admirably in various roles, even surpassing the precision of Rain Village’s human workers.

Sasori and Deidara’s eyes burned even hotter with fanaticism, but at this point, Naruto suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of dread.

‘Damn it!’

‘Why does this thing feel a bit dangerous...’

Memories of the ‘AI uprising’ stories from his previous life flashed through Naruto’s mind, sending a chill down his spine.

Worried that he might accidentally unleash another catastrophe, Naruto decided to test a fail-safe and issued a self-destruct command to the Iron Golem.

This was also for a precaution. After all, if the Iron Golems he summoned kept learning over time and eventually staged a rebellion in the Shinobi World, that would be an absolute disaster.

Whether they could be stopped or not was one thing, but at the very least, the entire planet might be destroyed by these things.

"Iron Golem, self-destruct."

Naruto watched as the now well-trained Iron Golem received the order.

Beside him, Sasori and Deidara fell to their knees.

"WAIT—!"

"NOOOO!!"

Although the two of them had only spent an hour with the white puppet, they already regarded it as a sacred relic of their respective church.

Right now, hearing Naruto let the puppets self-destruct was even more uncomfortable than killing them.

Unfortunately, the Iron Golem obeyed only Naruto’s orders, and began to self-destruct without any hesitation.

The puppet that had been standing before them moments ago instantly melted into a puddle of molten iron.

Seeing this, Naruto let out a long sigh of relief.

‘Good, good, good...’

‘At least I could make the Iron Golem self-destruct at any time.’

‘Now we didn’t have to worry about an AI uprising in the Shinobi World.’

"I’ll give you five hundred puppets for now. Use them to replace the human labor temporarily."

After saying that, Naruto waved his hand and summoned five hundred Iron Golems in front of them, making Deidara and Sasori spun around in excitement like overjoyed children.

Naruto could only sigh at their antics, and then he gave instructions to these Iron Golems.

If he’s not around, they’ll obey Sasori and Deidara’s orders.

The Iron Golems nodded in unison, and Naruto left with satisfaction after seeing this, preparing to find his good brother Sasuke.

However, after taking control of the Iron Golems, Sasori and Deidara did not start working immediately.

Instead, they first chased away all outsiders, and then sneakily gathered in a corner of the construction site.

"Sasori-danna… I have an idea."

"How about we set aside our prejudices and work together first?"

Sasori nodded slightly and agreed with Deidara's statement.

"Go on."

Deidara pointed at the Iron Golems in the distance, and then continued, "Let's... study the technology of those puppets..."

"See if we can replicate self-aware puppets."

"How about it? Do you want to do it or not?"

Sasori stared at the Iron Golems, and after struggling for a long time, he finally clenched his fists.

"Let’s do it!"