This puppeteer is a bit... well...

Chapter 123 Eagle's Eyes (Please subscribe and vote with monthly tickets)

That night.

The full moon hangs high in the sky.

A small team of four quietly arrived at a sand dune two kilometers away from Loulan.

They lay prone on the sand, gazing at the city across the way.

This is a configuration of three men and one woman.

The man in the lead was a middle-aged man in his thirties with an ordinary appearance, but his short, light beard added to his mature charm.

The remaining three were all teenagers around fifteen or sixteen years old.

The two boys were of average appearance, but the girl was above average, especially her figure, which was very eye-catching.

She was slightly plump, but not fat. Her headlights were a D-cup. Wearing an alluring low-cut mesh ninja outfit, she lay prone on the sand dune, revealing her sexy S-curve.

Everyone was wearing headbands from Frost Ninja Village.

The three men glanced at the opposite side casually before looking away and paying attention to their surroundings, while the young female ninja kept her eyes fixed on the situation opposite her.

The girl's pupils were different from ordinary people's; they were sharper, like the eyes of an eagle.

The scene opposite was reflected in her pupils.

In a city filled with towering towers and bright lights, countless knight puppets patrol back and forth in the sky and on the ground.

In the eastern area, there were nearly a thousand puppets, completely different from the knight puppets, building something on the construction site. The various mysterious and impressive metal machines dazzled her.

"Wanli River, any discoveries?"

The middle-aged man at the head of the group asked in a low voice.

Hearing the question beside her, the girl looked away, and her eyes returned to normal.

She gently rubbed her temples, took a breath, and then replied, "There are many puppets building something in the eastern area, but I can't tell what they are building."

As Wanlijiang spoke, he pointed in the direction of Loulan and continued, "But there are countless puppets patrolling every corner of the city. Their patrol positions have clearly been calculated in detail, leaving no blind spots..."

At this point, Wanlijiang paused, then continued, "What I mean is, if puppets have blind spots like humans, then their patrol teams don't have blind spots."

"A large number of puppets?"

The middle-aged man frowned and continued to ask, "What exactly is Sunagakure researching that they've sent so many puppeteers to patrol? And these puppeteers are releasing puppets just for patrolling. This high level of vigilance is practically telling everyone that what I'm doing is extraordinary."

"Um, I didn't see the puppeteer," Wanlijiang added, sticking out his tongue sheepishly.

In common knowledge, a puppet must be manipulated by a puppeteer to move.

Wanli Jiang saw thousands of puppets, but couldn't find a single puppeteer operating them. She felt it was her fault as a sensory ninja.

So I feel a little embarrassed.

But after hearing this, the middle-aged man seemed to realize something and quickly asked, "How many puppets are you referring to?"

"Probably several thousand!"

"What!?"

The two boys in the group gasped in surprise, then quickly covered their mouths when they saw the captain glaring at them.

Wanlijiang activated his Eagle Eye again to scan the surroundings, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that no one was coming.

However, just to be on the safe side, the middle-aged man led his team to another sand dune where they could observe the entire city.

"You said there are several thousand puppets in the city?"

As soon as they moved to a new location, one of the boys couldn't wait to ask, his expression filled with disbelief.

Although they didn't know exactly how many puppeteers there were in Sunagakure, they knew it was a rare profession, making up a small percentage of the Sunagakure ninja.

What does it mean to have thousands of puppets?

Even if each one is a master who can control at least five puppeteers, there must be at least several hundred puppeteers here.

If you're talking about ordinary puppeteers who can only control one or two puppets, then there must be at least a thousand or more!

Such power would be enough to wipe out a ninja force of several thousand people.

Even the strength of the five great ninja villages isn't much stronger than this!

After all, how much time and money does it take to make a puppet?

How much time and money does it take to train a ninja of Chunin level or above?

If Sunagakure can deploy so many forces for a non-war mission, then Sunagakure is ridiculously powerful.

According to information from the Hidden Sand Village, there are only about 6,000 ninja of Chunin rank or above in the Hidden Sand Village, and the ratio of puppeteers is less than 10 to 1, so there is no way there could be so many puppeteers here.

If they were that strong, they wouldn't have almost lost to Amegakure, which was weak in power.

They thought either Wanlijiang had misjudged the situation, or it was a deliberate illusion created by the enemy.

As for Wan Lijiang lying... after all, they were teammates on a mission together, and there was some trust between them.

"But I really saw that many!" Wan Lijiang said somewhat aggrievedly, "Although I can't determine the exact number due to the blind spot, I saw as many as three thousand."

"Could it be some kind of illusionary ninjutsu?" the middle-aged captain guessed.

"I don't think so." Wan Lijiang explained when his teammates all looked over, "My eagle eye vision is different from normal people's. The scene I see is in color. Illusions that can fool the human eye can't fool my eyes."

Upon hearing this, all three fell silent.

They naturally trusted their teammates' abilities.

In previous missions, they had often relied on Wanlijiang's keen eye to successfully complete their tasks.

But what she saw this time was so unbelievable that it made her think deeply.

After a moment, the middle-aged captain said, "I still don't believe that Sunagakure has such strong power. There must be some mystery here. I need to sneak over and check the situation."

"But the guards there are so tight, Captain, you..."

Seeing the captain's determined look, Wan Lijiang paused halfway through his persuasion.

After a moment of silence, he changed his words and said, "Captain, be careful."

"Don't worry, you all know my ninjutsu. These mere puppets will never be able to detect me."

The middle-aged captain said confidently.

The two boys had great confidence in him, but the girl still had some worries.

Because this situation is quite unusual.

But in order not to dampen morale, she didn't voice her thoughts, and instead, like the two boys...

……

"Ah~ I'm so sleepy!"

Emerging from the laboratory in his personal space, Ryuji covered his mouth and let out a big yawn.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

"Please come in."

The door then opened, and a Sand Village ninja wearing a gray-brown vest walked in.

"Lady Ayaki, we captured a group of intelligence agents from another village last night."

Ok?

Long Er frowned slightly, puzzled, and said, "You can just report this to Ebizo, there's no need to report it to me."

"Among these people, there is a ninja with special abilities that meet the requirements you gave me some time ago, sir."

Upon hearing this, Long Er's eyes lit up.

Ever since the rumors of Sunagakure's creation of a secret weapon spread, intelligence agents from other ninja villages have been coming to investigate.

These people all possess special perceptual abilities to varying degrees.

Ryuji thought about developing a chakra radar that could detect White Zetsu, so he instructed his subordinates to report back to him after finding some sensory ninjas who met the requirements.

"What kind of ability is it?"

"Hawkeye".

Upon hearing this, Long Er's eyes brightened again, and he no longer felt so sleepy.

"Bring the person over here."

"Yes."

The ninja took his leave and soon returned to Ryuji's room with a female ninja.

This is a young girl wearing a headband from the Frost Ninja Village, with long pink hair tied in a single ponytail at the back of her head.

Because his face was covered in dirt, it was impossible to see what his features looked like, but judging from his regular facial features and the smooth skin on the clean parts of his body, he couldn't be too bad.

Especially her figure, it's incredibly hot.

With her curvaceous figure and seductive low-cut mesh ninja outfit, she was enough to make anyone's mouth water.

The detailed description of the girl's appearance here isn't just for padding the word count, nor is it because Ryuji has any special feelings for her. Rather, it's because Ryuji has dissected corpses since childhood and has seen countless women's naked bodies, including many hot and beautiful girls.

He was so used to women's bodies that he found it difficult to respond to their charm.

Ye Cang dressed so scantily and sexily, and often came to his house to play when she had nothing to do. She unintentionally gave out countless perks, but the number of times she could make Xiao Long Er react was very few.

But the girl in front of him... this was the first time Ryuji had ever seen her.

Although it was morning, it was still very unusual.

He closed his eyes, rubbed his temples, and calmed down.

When he opened his eyes again and looked at the girl in front of him, the previous sense of amazement was gone.

"It's actually a seductive art." Long Er breathed a deep sigh of relief. "I never thought that in this day and age, there would still be people playing with this kind of thing."

The so-called seductive arts are a type of ninjutsu that uses one's own beauty to seduce the enemy.

But this thing was already obsolete in the Warring States period, when families were the basic unit of society.

Because what ninjas are, those who are ninjas know better than anyone else. If you can't control your lower body, you absolutely cannot survive in the ninja world.

Therefore, even if a ninja captures a beautiful female ninja, nothing inappropriate for children will ever happen.

Even if the brain and body don't think that way, they will never follow the desires of the body.

The girl kept her head down and did not respond.

Long Er sighed and continued, "What's your name?"

There was still no reply.

A Sand Village ninja grabbed her chin, lifted her head, and slapped her across the face. "I'm asking you a question!"

"Pooh!"

The girl glared hatefully at the Sand Village ninja beside her, spitting her broken teeth and blood in his face.

The Sand Village ninja was about to slap him, but Ryuji stopped him.

"You'll never get anything useful out of me if you keep asking like this, even if you die. You can go now."

"Yes, Lady Ayaki."

After watching his subordinate leave, Long Er turned his gaze to the girl, whose face wore an expression that said, "Do whatever you want with me."

Ryuji laughed nonchalantly, "I only need a corpse, but a sensory ninja would be very valuable."

(End of this chapter)