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

Chapter 132 Flight System Completed

October 29th.

early morning.

The city is a military stronghold, and outside the city lies a deserted area.

"Ninja Technique: Poison Mist!"

With a delicate shout, thick purple mist was exhaled from the girl's mouth, instantly spreading for dozens of meters, enveloping the several large trees that had sprouted from the seed cells, causing them to wither and die instantly.

"Looks like you're adapting well."

The girl looked over at the sound and saw a boy with short reddish-brown hair walking towards her from a distance. He complained, "There are too many kinds of poisons. It's not easy to just remember them all. It's too difficult to develop the corresponding ninjutsu."

but.

Although it was a complaint, the girl had a happy smile on her face. This must be the trouble of happiness!

That is indeed the case.

There are more than two thousand, nearly three thousand, types of alluring poisons. Just remembering their properties and effects is a huge challenge, let alone creating ninjutsu that uses them.

The use of a single poison, the combined use of two or more poisons, the use of poisons mixed with other ninjutsu...

Each type of poison has thousands of applications, and each application has different effects. Nearly three thousand types of poisons… according to the observation instrument's calculations, there are at least 136,777 effects.

Even if many applications are repeated, there are still thousands of ways to use them.

If Wanli Jiang can develop and master all the methods, she will definitely become the number one poison master in the ninja world.

But the key problem is that it's really too difficult to do this.

Although the paths may differ, they all lead to the same goal, and both involve the use of poison. The more proficient one becomes in the application of poison, the faster one can learn and develop further. However, it still requires the level of a "top genius".

This term "top genius" refers to figures like Kakashi and the Third Hokage.

Although all of them are poison-type techniques, which have lower requirements, considering the thousands of different applications and hundreds of thousands of different effects, the difficulty is by no means lower than learning and mastering thousands of ninjutsu.

Moreover, there are no ready-made ninjutsu techniques for you to learn; instead, you are required to explore and develop them little by little based on your own characteristics.

That would require even higher standards.

At least, Wanlijiang doesn't have that talent.

If there were no observation device to create a simulated skill tree tailored to her, she could develop corresponding ninjutsu simply by exploring and experimenting based on the direction of the skill tree.

But this is still an impossible task.

However, having too many choices also means that it is very easy to develop the corresponding ninjutsu at the beginning.

"Don't be so greedy," Long Er glared at her, annoyed. "These 136,777 effects and thousands of different uses mean that the abilities of the Enchanting Poison Body have been developed to their limit. It's a unique system, something that requires generations of continuous effort from the family to perfect. I've made a ninjutsu model for you. Just follow the requirements step by step to develop it. What else is there to be dissatisfied with?"

"It's just that I'm too stupid!"

Wan Lijiang stuck out his tongue, looking embarrassed.

She knew her complaints were a bit excessive, but she wasn't really complaining; she was just subconsciously being affectionate with the man she had slept with.

Although she knew that Ryuji was only after his own interests and had no feelings for her, and she had come to understand this fact and given up her illusions about this man, a lingering dependence on him remained deep in her heart.

As a result, the response she received was still not what she wanted, leaving her feeling a dull ache in her heart.

The girl's thoughts were not reflected on her face, and Ryuji could not read minds, so he could not understand them.

Seeing that Wanlijiang wasn't dwelling on it, he stopped paying attention and went straight to his purpose: "The matter of the Mechanized City is almost over. I'll be going to Konoha then, and you'll come with me."

"And my people..."

Wanlijiang hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but stopped himself.

Ryuji had promised her that if her people were willing to give up their surnames and clan emblems and join Sunagakure, he would be willing to transplant poison sacs into them as well.

Wan Lijiang agreed without hesitation.

First of all, the Kagerou clan is not characterized by the same surname, but by the clan emblem of the character "鸩" (zhen), which symbolizes poison.

Secondly, apart from her, there are only sixteen people left in the Yangyan clan now.

Seven from my mother's generation, nine from my maternal grandmother's generation, and two from my great-grandmother's generation.

With so few people, they can't even guarantee the survival of their clan. Who would care about the clan emblem?

Moreover, even without surnames and clan crests, it doesn't mean the clan has disappeared; it just means the way they live together has changed.

Sunagakure is said to be a brother village of ninjas, and it has no ninja clans.

But are there really no ninja clans?

Then tell me, why do Gaara, Rasa, Sasori of the Red Sand, Sasori's father, and Ryuji all have the same hair color?

Why did Granny Chiyo take care of Ryuji from a young age and teach him puppetry?

Do you really think he's talented and have high hopes for him?

Maki is also very talented, so why didn't any expert teach him?

Yekura is very talented, but I've never seen a master teach her?

Could it be that although they are talented, they are not talented enough to impress the big shots?

Shit.

No matter how talented you are, the things you can learn at the ninja academy can't fully showcase your talent's potential.

Is there a big difference between people with exceptional talent and those with high talent when learning transformation techniques?

No, there's basically no difference.

Because for geniuses, these are all ninjutsu techniques that are easy to learn.

The reason why those geniuses didn't have any big shots to teach them is because they didn't have connections, while Ryuji and many high-ranking members of Sunagakure were of the same clan.

Even if a clan's surname and emblem are no longer present, it cannot be denied that they share a common ancestor.

Ninjas live in a world of constant fighting, so they value relationships more than ordinary people.

This relationship can be that of friends, relatives, clansmen, or fellow villagers. Everyone's experiences are different, and the relationships they value most are also different.

But before facing life and death with their companions, relatives and clansmen are the most trusted relationships, followed by teammates and fellow villagers.

Because of these relationships, when promoting younger generations, people often choose those who are close to them.

Of course, that's assuming you can actually help them get back on their feet.

If you're hopelessly hopeless, no one will care.

In short, Wanli Jiang agreed to Ryuji's request to disband the Kagero clan and allow its members to integrate into Sunagakure in order to gain Ryuji's help.

"After you go to Konoha first, go back to your clan and inform them to go directly to Sunagakure," Ryuji said. "I won't be staying in Konoha for more than a few months this time; I'll be back soon, and then I'll perform the surgeries on them."

"Then it's settled."

……

November 11th.

The planetary engine thrusters were all completed and installed at the bottom of the continent by the working puppets.

Meanwhile, Ryuji created a chakra manipulation system inside the central tower.

This control system is somewhat similar to the Sky City in the Sky Ninja Village. Both involve inscribing the corresponding runes in a closed room and then setting up a perception crystal ball in the center.

The driver can see the outside world through the sensory crystal ball and control it with their thoughts.

It can handle starting, stopping, turning, taking off, and landing.

Finally, Long Er connected the pre-reserved dragon vein channel, and the flight system of the Mechanized City was completely completed.

The specific gravity system of a substance can adjust its density and weight at will, and its main uses are for acceleration, deceleration, braking and breakdown.

The main function of anti-gravity systems is energy saving.

When the floating continent needs to float in a certain position, it can directly control the gravity to float in the air, and then adjust the weight through the material specific gravity system to prevent it from being blown away by strong winds.

This not only saves chakra but also extends the lifespan of the planetary engine.

And planetary engines, needless to say, are power units used for flight.

At this point, apart from the defense system, the construction of the mechanical city basically no longer required Ryuji's personal attention.

After all, it was based on the mechanical city in the Mo Jing, supplemented by the alchemy recorded in Golem and Dragon, and combined with the mechanical technology of the Steam Age to finally design the solution.

Despite the vastly different urban designs, its theme still relies on the mechanical techniques of the Mohists.

The puppeteers of Sunagakure are all proficient in mechanical arts and architecture. Even if they don't understand some advanced mechanical arts, they can still make them by copying the blueprints.

……

November 12th.

Outside the city walls.

Ryuji gave Ebizo, who had come to see him off, his final advice: "After completing the flight system, we're a bit short on funds. Ebizo-senpai, you could work on some less expensive, simpler, but crucial items first."

"I know that without you telling me."

Hearing this reassuring statement, Ryuji smiled and said, "In that case, I'll leave this to you, senior."

"...Maybe we shouldn't go."

Ebizo frowned, hesitated for a moment, and said, "The appearance of the floating continent has greatly impacted the various ninja villages. They are in awe of you, who designed the floating continent, but they are also very afraid of you, fearing that you might do something even more amazing in the future."

"I'm afraid they might try to harm you secretly if you go to Konoha this time."

Upon hearing this, Ryuji revealed a confident smile, "As long as they don't make a move openly, that's enough."

"That won't happen."

Ebizo and the Third Hokage of Konoha were from the same generation, and they had fought each other on the battlefield when they were young, so he knew Ebizo quite well.

Although this person is somewhat foolish in some ways, he has a very accurate grasp of the situation.

Konoha was currently engaged in battle with the combined forces of Iwagakure and Kusagakure, and was at a disadvantage in terms of troop strength.

They're too busy trying to curry favor with Sunagakure to want to offend them.

If Konoha dares to openly attack Ryuji or the Sunagakure delegation, the Sunagakure forces will attack Konoha the next day.

At that time, it remains to be seen whether Konoha will still be able to wage war against Kumogakure.

If they can't, then they can only wait for their demise!

As for doing it covertly...

The fact that they're doing it covertly means they don't want to make a big deal out of it and are unlikely to send too many people.

And there are fifty elite puppeteers from the Sand Village delegation there, what are we afraid of?

It's important to know that these fifty elite puppeteers are from the original manga, representing the level of the 20 elite teams that Tsunade assembled to deal with Akatsuki. Any one of these teams could easily hold their own against a Kage-level expert.

Add to that Karura, Gin, Kuro who has a prosthetic limb and is more skilled in ninjutsu, and the accompanying delegation and guards... unless Konoha sends a spectator group for the duel, Ryuji won't back down.

As for sending top experts...

Don't be ridiculous. Konoha is still at war with Iwagakure. How could they possibly send all their top fighters back to deal with him?

Do they not want the front lines anymore?

As for the experts who were left in Konoha, apart from Hiruzen Sarutobi himself, whom he was not confident he could win against, he didn't really care about the others.

The reason they weren't confident they could beat Hiruzen Sarutobi was because they didn't know just how strong Hiruzen Sarutobi was at his peak.

After all, according to Orochimaru in the original work, Hiruzen Sarutobi still had the strength to kill him instantly when he was 59 years old.

Let's try the effect of not using anti-piracy measures. I don't want to use them either; it's exhausting and annoys legitimate readers. Although I work on this until 3 a.m. every day, I still have eighty night owl readers. But sometimes I feel helpless.

(End of this chapter)