The days of being a puppeteer in Konoha

Chapter 70 Flying Mantis
"Is this...is this a vacuum wave?"

Aburame Ryoma quickly came to his senses and said with a lingering fear on his face.

Because if Brother Shihei hadn't controlled the parasite to pull him away, and waited for him to react and dodge, he would have had to pay the price of at least one hand...

"Yes and no."

Aburame Shiguro stared at the puppet mantis's sickle and said calmly,
“Although the principles are very similar.”

"But unlike the Wind Style Vacuum Wave that Danzo-sama is good at, this is not a ninjutsu. It should be the use of a mechanism to compress the air and simulate a similar effect."

"It seems that there is a reason why Kimura Hideki chose to use this puppet to deal with your parasite..."

The reason why Zhihei changed his mind was very simple.

Because just like puppetry is restrained by parasitic bugs, the light parasitic bugs are also restrained by wind escape...

For example, a large-scale strong wind can easily blow away the parasites!

Even if it was just a wind blade that didn't kill many parasites, the aftermath was enough to make the surrounding parasites dizzy and temporarily lose the ability to follow Ryoma's command.

So Shihei immediately turned his head to look at Ryoma and said in a cold tone:

"Ryoma, don't underestimate the enemy anymore."

"If you lose, you should know what the consequences will be..."

All sorts of cruel punishments suddenly flashed through Ryoma's mind, both from the roots and from within the Aburame clan, and his body couldn't help but shudder slightly.

"I...I will redeem myself from my gaffe!"

Ryoma said hurriedly, his tone no longer as calm as before.

He didn't dare to bear a grudge against Zhihei, so he could only direct all his hatred towards Hideki.

It’s all Kimura Hideki’s fault. Not only did he refuse to surrender, he even dared to fight back in this way!

Did he think that by simulating the power of wind escape through a mechanism, he could defeat the parasite?
So naive...

Because the parasite is restrained by wind style, the Aburame clan has long developed a set of countermeasures against wind style.

"The parasitic bug·Xue."

Aburame Ryoma raised his hands, and countless parasitic insects flew out of his sleeves, the number far exceeding before.

However, this time they did not form a black mist, but formed dense groups of small insects, and then shot towards Hideki and his puppet at high speed.

Seeing this, Hideki shrugged helplessly and began to control Scyther to fight back.

"Air Blade Slash!"

"Air Blade Spinning Slash!"

"Air Blade Unparalleled Slash!"

I saw the Scythe waving four sickles quickly, and air blades whizzed out, killing several insect swarms each time.

Unfortunately, compared with the overwhelming number of insect swarms, Scyther's achievements are still a drop in the bucket.

Obviously this is Longma's purpose, to reduce the damage caused by the wind blade by breaking the whole into parts.

The swarm's compact structure and bullet-shaped shape not only reduce air resistance, allowing it to fly faster, but also reduce the damage caused by the aftermath of the wind blade.

In this way, his army of parasitic insects only needs to sacrifice a small number of members to easily get close to the puppet mantis.

The battle situation developed just as Ryoma had expected...

Those insect swarms were indeed as numerous and fast as shotgun shells, and they soon broke through the blockade of the puppet mantis.

Hideki could no longer stand back and control the operation safely. He had to constantly move between the desks and chairs in the classroom to avoid the attacks from the swarms of insects.

Watching those insect swarms whizzing and hitting the tables and chairs, creating deep pits, Hideki couldn't help but said with heartache:

"Hey, hey, hey, I told you these tables and chairs are new, can you please be careful?"

This guy actually still cares about the tables and chairs. Does he have any other tricks?
Ryoma did not dare to be careless. He clasped his hands together and controlled more insect shotgun shells to shoot at Hideki and the puppet.

No matter how good Hideki's skills were, it was useless. He and the puppet were gradually forced into a corner and were about to be overwhelmed by the overwhelming swarm of insects...

then……

boom!
A violent whirlwind suddenly arose, blowing away all the attacking parasites and even the tables and chairs.

Then Hideki's somewhat helpless voice sounded from behind the puppet mantis:
"Hey, I told you not to destroy the tables and chairs anymore..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the tables and chairs were blown away by the strong wind and first hit the wall, then fell to the ground, and suddenly became missing parts.

Hey, hey, you're obviously enjoying destroying things yourself...

Longma thought to himself, but unfortunately he no longer had the mood to complain.

Because at this time the two people from the Aburame clan discovered that the puppet mantis had actually changed its appearance.

They saw that its four front limbs had been pieced together, and the four sickles at the end formed a peculiar cross-shaped weapon, which gave the two a sense of déjà vu.

"It's the fan..."

"It's the fan..." Shihei and Ryoma quickly figured out the source of the déjà vu.

And it is not difficult to imagine that the principles of the two should be very similar.

I didn't expect that Kimura Hideki's puppet would have such changes, but even with this kind of large-scale wind-style attack, our Aburame clan also has a way to break it!

Aburame Ryoma clasped his hands together again, reorganized the parasites that were blown away, and attacked Hideki again.

However, this time he did not launch a head-on attack. Instead, he sent out three detachments to advance along the left and right walls and the ceiling, preparing to outflank Hideki himself.

"Now even if you use that fan-like move again, you won't be able to catch all the parasites!"

Aburame Ryoma couldn't help but declare victory:

"Kimura Hideki, you've already lost..."

"That's hard to say~"

Hideki said with a smile,
"You know I never said it was a fan, right, Scyther..."

The next moment, Scythe's combined forelimbs began to rise upward, while the leaf-shaped sickle at the top reversed downward and began to rotate horizontally at an increasingly faster speed.

Da da da da da…

Seeing this, Ryoma's face changed drastically, as if he had realized what Hideki was going to do. He began to drive the swarm of insects forward frantically, trying to interrupt Hideki's actions.

Unfortunately, he was still a step late...

The secret of air blade slash: air blade storm!
A violent whirlwind suddenly erupted with the puppet as the center, blowing away all the parasitic insects in all directions.

And the whirlwind did not stop, but spun faster and faster, gradually sweeping across the entire classroom, blowing all the tables and chairs to the wall.

The two members of the Aburame clan were no exception and had to retreat to the wall and watch in order to avoid being blown away.

At this moment, not to mention the parasites, even Longma himself could hardly get close.

Even Shihei and Ryoma were surprised to see that the puppet mantis actually began to slowly fly up under the influence of the wind, and then floated in the air!

Hideki, who was standing in the windless area right below Scyther, almost laughed out loud when he saw the disbelieving looks on the faces of the two people who had never seen a helicopter.

I didn't expect that a ninja from the Aburame clan could make such an emotional expression.

Yes, this is the true form of the puppet Hideki.

After all, the name of Scyther was not chosen randomly by Hideki.

——Hey, now we have “Flying Sky”, but we can no longer recognize the appearance of “Mantis”, okay!

Hideki complained to himself.

After all, this is just a prototype puppet that Hideki made by recycling waste in order to test the use of mechanisms to simulate the effects of wind escape, so the requirements cannot be too high.

But even so, the barrier created by the powerful wind pressure seemed to be enough to make the young Ryoma somewhat helpless.

If it were under normal circumstances, he would not be afraid of Hideki's move at all.

Because he didn't need to attack forcefully and could just wait for Hideki to become exhausted.

But what he needs most now is to defeat Hideki immediately and show the strength of the Root Ninja.

Time passed second by second, but Longma still couldn't think of a way to break the impasse.

Thinking about the possible punishment for failing the mission, sweat kept breaking out on his forehead.

"Back off, Ryoma."

Just then, Shihei's voice rang out.

"Wait, please let me try again..."

"Don't worry, you won't be punished for this."

Ryoma's anxious rebuttal was quickly interrupted by Shihei.

Then Zhihei explained calmly:

"Because this time I trusted the information too much and underestimated the other party."

"It's up to me to redeem myself from my own gaffe."

With that, Aburame Shiguro raised his right hand, ready to attack himself.

Obviously, in Longma's eyes, there is still a way to break the Wall of Sighs.

However, at this moment, a figure shining with golden light suddenly appeared between the two sides and said in a gentle but firm tone:

"Everyone please stop."

Zhihei, who was ready to attack, immediately put his hand down, knowing that he might return empty-handed this time.

Because the figure that just appeared in front of him was none other than the most powerful ninja recognized by their new generation - Minato Namikaze.

(End of this chapter)