Naruto's civilian cannon fodder starts with the three-body technique

Chapter 264 The Way of the Puppet

"My lord, this cannot continue!"

A Sand Village Jonin, covered in blood and nearing the end of his chakra, cried out hoarsely, "The Konoha forces have just too many ninjutsu! Our men are almost all dead!"

Ebizo's face was so gloomy it could drip water, his eyes filled with deep-seated hatred. He glanced back at the figures relentlessly pursuing him, especially the leader who was covered in blue lightning. His killing intent almost burst forth from his body.

"Scatter and escape! Every person who can escape is one less!"

Ebizo's voice trembled slightly, filled with extreme humiliation and resentment. He didn't know how he would face the villagers' questions in the future, so he could only choose to cover the retreat alone to make himself feel better.

The White Blood Demon—it's all because of him!

If it weren't for this white blood demon, how could things have come to this?
"Quick, let's go! I'll draw them away!"

"Elder!" several guards cried out in grief, how could they abandon their old leader and live a life of cowardice?

"Excuting an order!"

Ebizo shouted sternly, urging his subordinates to leave, while his hands flew up and quickly formed hand seals.

Earth Release: Flowing Sand River!

A massive burst of chakra erupted, causing the sand beneath their feet to surge as if alive, forming huge sand waves that temporarily blocked the pursuit route of Umino Sasuke and the others behind them.

"Go!" Ebizo roared again.

With tears in their eyes and gritted teeth, the assassins instantly transformed into several black shadows and fled desperately in different directions.

"Wind Release: Sandstorm!"

Ebizo spewed out a large amount of hurricane-like energy, stirring up clouds of sand and dust that blocked the line of sight for Umino Sasuke and the others in their pursuit.

"Secret Technique: Water Candy Bullet Technique!"

Sasuke Umino spat out a large number of sticky candy balls, which, like iron eggs, pierced through the sand and dust and accurately attacked Ebizo.

Ebizo, with his rich combat experience, did not control his puppets to defend against the special sticky balls, but instead used Sand Instantaneous Body to swiftly dodge them.

However, under the continuous attack of the sticky candy balls, Ebizo's resistance failed.

"hateful!"

Knowing his ambush had failed, Ebizo could only glare resentfully at Umino Sasuke before accelerating and continuing his desperate escape into the depths of the desert.

In his view, the main target of the Umino troops was him, the elder of Sunagakure. As long as he could hold off the Umino troops, he could at least buy his subordinates a chance to survive.

"Shirokumo Hayama, Hyuga Asuka, you lead your troops to pursue the right flank."

"Moonlight Night, Ryo Inuzuka, you lead your troops to pursue the left flank."

"Uchiha Shun, Might Guy, you two assist me in pursuing Ebizo. The rest of you continue the pursuit and be ready to provide backup at any time!"

Sasuke Umino immediately issued tactical orders, showing no intention of letting the remnants of Sunagakure go.

Against a Kage-level powerhouse like Ebizo, even if he's just a weak Kage, ordinary ninjas wouldn't be of much help; in fact, they'd just get in the way. It would be better to let them continue pursuing the remnants of Sunagakure.

Guided by the powerful senses of the shadow clones, these Sand Ninjas' attempt to escape was simply a pipe dream.

After arranging the tactics, Umino Sasuke, along with Uchiha Shun and Might Guy, pursued Ebizo along his muddy escape path in the sand, while Namiashi Raito and the others led the main force to advance steadily.

As a veteran strongman of Sunagakure, and especially having grown up in the desert, Ebizo's familiarity with and utilization of the terrain was almost unparalleled.

Quicksand traps, sandstorm cover, using sand dunes to refract light and create visual illusions—the methods are endless.

"Damn it, we lost them!"

"The desert is his home turf, making it extremely difficult to track him down."

Uchiha Shun and Might Guy grabbed the Water Candy Binding Rope and broke free from the sand waves once again, only to find that Ebizo's figure had long since disappeared into the vast sea of ​​sand, and even his aura had been covered by the sandstorm.

"It's alright, he can't escape."

Ebizo's methods were indeed remarkable, but under the perception of the Sound Wave Escape, all of this was in vain.

Umino Sasuke's figure did not stop for a moment, completely unaffected by the sand waves and terrain. Like a precision-guided missile, he cut through the sandstorm along a straight route, even faster than before, chasing after the direction where Ebizo had disappeared.

His senses had already locked onto Ebizo, and even completely concealing his chakra had no effect.

Furthermore, Ebizo even found a way to block the perception of the Sound Wave Release. Through numerous battles and his constant research on Umino Sasuke, he also gained some understanding of the Sound Wave Release.

As expected of a Kage-level expert skilled in Wind Release and Puppet Technique, he is truly impressive. He actually found a way to effectively block out Sound Release using Wind Release.

Unfortunately, the current Sasuke Umino is no longer the same as before. With the perception of the Spirit Transformation Technique, he is targeting souls. As long as he is alive and has not returned to the Pure Land of the Six Paths, he will not be able to escape.

Of course, the soul perception of the Spirit Transformation Technique also has its flaws. Unlike the Sound Wave Escape Technique, which allows shadow clones to use it, this powerful perception ability is currently only available to the main body. It's practically another version of the Uzumaki clan's Kagura Mind's Eye. "Sand Instantaneous Body!"

At this moment, Ebizo pushed his chakra to its limit, his body almost skimming the sand, each touch of the ground unleashing tremendous power, leaving behind a series of fleeting shallow craters.

"The White Blood Demon's wind-escape vibration perception has disappeared."

Ebizo felt relieved; after fleeing for so long, he had finally shaken off the pursuit of those three treacherous men.

"Shun, Dai, you two follow my shadow clone and continue the pursuit. I'll go ahead and see if we can intercept them."

Sasuke Umino left a shadow clone to lead the way, while his main body used Sand Shunshin to rush towards the depths of the desert on the right.

Thinking he had shaken off his pursuers, Ebizo slowed down and swallowed a high-grade soldier's ration pill to restore his chakra. He then changed direction again and rushed into a rugged yardang landform area, attempting to use the complex terrain to completely escape his pursuers.

But when he burst out of the stone forest, leaped onto the top of a huge sand dune, and prepared to accelerate again...

Sudden--

"Water Release·Water Breaking Wave!"

A high-pressure water jet suddenly appeared, moving at an extremely fast speed, directly cutting through the sand dunes in front of it and heading straight for Ebizo.

As expected of a Kage-level powerhouse, Ebizo's combat intuition is quite remarkable, especially in this critical moment of life and death.

"Puppet Substitution Technique!"

Ebizo barely escaped this fatal blow by sacrificing a puppet.

"The White Blood Demon!"

Ebizo gritted his teeth and looked resentfully down the sand dune to his right.

A white figure, like a ghost, silently appeared beneath the sand dune to the right, standing there quietly as if it had been waiting for a long time.

Ebizo's pupils contracted sharply as he scanned his surroundings with suspicion and uncertainty. There was only howling sand and no one else in sight.

"only one person?"

The thought flashed through his mind like lightning, and then a surge of ecstasy mixed with overwhelming hatred instantly overwhelmed his reason.

The White Blood Demon dared to chase someone all the way to the depths of the desert alone. Who does he think he is? Does he really think he's the Leaf Village's Asura, Uchiha Madara?

"Hahahaha!" Ebizo suddenly burst into maniacal laughter, the sound echoing across the vast desert, filled with resentment and the satisfaction of impending revenge. "White Blood Demon! You refused to take the path to the Pure Land, and barged into the gates of Hell! You destroyed my Sunagakure army and killed my disciple! This enmity is irreconcilable! Today, I will take your head to appease the thousands of heroic souls of Sunagakure!"

Ebizo finally stopped running away and instead took the initiative to walk down the top of the sand dune step by step. With each step he took, his killing intent and chakra increased dramatically.

The oppressive aura of a Shadow-level expert was released without reservation, causing the surrounding air to seem to freeze and even the sandstorm to give way.

"The Ten Knights of Chikamatsu!"

Ebizo untied a white scroll, then spread his hands, releasing chakra threads from his ten fingers, which instantly disappeared into the Chikamatsu Ten Puppet Master puppets.

"Without your troops, without those treacherous traps, in this desert, I will show you what true absolute strength is!"

Ebizo's bloodshot eyes were fixed on Umino Sasuke, a ferocious and cruel smile on his face. "Die, White Blood Demon!"

"Ebizo, don't be too confident. Everyone has a few Kage-level puppets."

Sasuke Umino showed no fear. If he were facing other Kage-level powerhouses, even weak ones, he would have to temporarily avoid their attacks. But when facing Ebizo, he was truly not afraid.

Ebizo's strength lies almost entirely in his puppets. Although his Wind Release technique is powerful, he is only at the level of an elite Jonin, at most reaching the level of a near-Kage. As for his puppet techniques, not to mention the advantage of superhuman strength, it is uncertain who will win in a puppet battle alone.

"What do you think of my Chikamatsu Ten?"

Sasuke Umino took out a super-large capacity sealing scroll and unsealed it.

Rumble~
A puff of white smoke dissipated, revealing ten mecha puppets as large as small mountains. One of them, like a Frankenstein's monster, was composed of dozens of Sand Village Jonin puppets and reached a height of over ten meters.

The other nine mecha golems all exuded a cold metallic luster, and their streamlined shells, crafted from mirrored golems, clearly demonstrated their terrifying physical defense capabilities.

At the core of each of these ten mecha golems is a chakra energy storage engine from the Angkor Fortress, while the shoulders or arms are equipped with dark chakra cannons.

What's even more shocking is that these puppets are equipped with metal wings on their backs, resembling the blades of a windmill.

"This is a puppet?!"

Ebizo's eyes sharpened, and he was deeply shocked.

Who created such a huge puppet? How much chakra would it take to control such a massive puppet?

Moreover, even if his sister Chiyo came, it would be difficult to control just one of these bulky and huge mecha puppets, let alone ten.
Traditional puppets are designed to be lightweight and easy to control. Such a bulky puppet clearly goes against the consistent principles of puppetry.

(End of this chapter)