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

Chapter 17 Frontal Battlefield

"I trust you."

Having an independent personality and consciousness means being able to think and grow on your own.

Naturally, this also creates the possibility of betrayal.

When Ryuji makes puppets, he never uses other people's experiences or personalities as a basis. Instead, he starts from scratch and refines them into something that is absolutely loyal to him.

The creation of these puppets all demonstrates their loyalty to him as a creator, so there's no need to go through the trouble of dealing with the Third Kazekage.

But it was precisely because of this that the Third Kazekage believed what Ryuji said.

If it's just for his power, then there's absolutely no need to replicate the Third Kazekage's personality and will.

This will only cause you trouble.

But what if it's for the sake of controlling the village...?

Anyway, Ryuji is also a ninja from Sunagakure.

Even if he eventually becomes the Kazekage, it will be the same.

In his original plan, Ryuji was one of the candidates to be the next Kazekage.

It doesn't matter if he really becomes the Kazekage in the future.

"In that case, hurry up and come out to help. Because of your disappearance, the village has sent out a large number of people to search for you, which has attracted attacks from neighboring countries."

"understood."

……

Long Er sat on the tank's gun platform, surveying the entire village.

The complex of adobe buildings was filled with smoke and flames, and various battles and clashes could be heard from all directions.

"With the three generations of Kazekage overseeing the situation in the village, and Gin helping out, there shouldn't be any major problems. I'll go to the front lines first!" Ryuji stood up and formed hand seals.

*Sizzle sizzle sizzle!*

A burst of steam erupted from the exhaust pipe, the armor on the tank transformed, eight steel pillars fell down, and at the same time the tracks underneath retracted, turning it into an eight-legged walking fortress.

"To the main entrance!"

*Sizzle sizzle sizzle!*

Valves released large amounts of steam, and the war fortress began to move like a spider, its eight steel legs undulating.

Instead of walking on the road, it climbed up the rock face like a spider.

Its movements looked clumsy and slow, but its strides were large, and it soon climbed to the top of the canyon.

The sounds of battle suddenly intensified, flooding into my ears all at once.

Several Sand Village Chunin who had launched a surprise attack from within the village instantly appeared before Ryuji, kneeling on one knee. "Lady Ayaki!"

"How's the battle going now?"

"Lord Rasa is leading everyone in a desperate resistance, but we only have less than a thousand men, including the genin. The enemy numbers nearly ten thousand, and the situation is not optimistic."

"I understand. You may continue your guard duty!"

"yes!"

Several Sand Ninja returned to their posts.

Looking down the road between the two mountain peaks, Long Er saw that the passage, no more than seven or eight meters wide and no more than a hundred meters long, was densely packed with corpses, their blood flowing and staining the base of the mountain peaks red.

"The situation is not optimistic!"

Long Er frowned.

Although the bodies in the passage belonged to the Allied forces, outside the passage lay a flat desert.

With the guards on the mountain peaks and the city's defensive equipment, they could easily kill the enemy outside the passage.

The fact that a large number of enemies died inside the passage indicates that the enemy had broken through the outermost layer of defense.

Judging from this number, it happened more than once.

"Anyway, let's go up and check the situation first."

*Sizzle sizzle sizzle!*

Steam was released from the valve, and the chariot once again moved its eight steel legs, carrying Long Er up the mountain.

Defensive fortifications were built starting from the mountainside, with a new layer every ten meters, for a total of six layers of fortifications.

Because of the tank's size, Ryuji drove directly to the top of the mountain.

It was already packed with people.

The wounded lying in the back receiving treatment, and the ninjas standing at the front to fight the enemy.

Everyone looked excited, their bodies covered in blood and dust.

The tank's enormous size naturally made it noticeable as soon as it arrived, attracting a lot of attention.

People in a village don't all know each other, let alone such a large machine.

However, the battle was fierce, and when those people saw Ryuji on the tank and the headband on his head, they threw themselves back into the fight.

A graceful figure landed in front of him, and Ye Cang frowned, asking, "Why are you so late?"

"A lot of rats have infiltrated the village. One elite team tried to break through the gate from the inside, but I took care of them."

"These guys came prepared!"

"It's obvious that there are spies in our village. The news probably got out the moment the Third Kazekage went missing."

"hateful!"

Yekura angrily slammed his fist into the tank's armor, then looked up at Ryuji, "How many times did you use that electromagnetic cannon?"

"once."

"Can we only use one more shot?"

Ye Cang bit his thumbnail and said angrily, "I was thinking of letting your Iron Monger fire first to relieve some pressure on the front lines."

A high-tech product requires countless scientific and technological advancements to manufacture.

Although Ryuji learned how to build an electromagnetic gun from the book "Electromagnetic Gun Explained", he was unable to build one.

Because the components needed to manufacture electromagnetic railguns are themselves high-tech products, he did not know the principles behind them and was unable to manufacture them.

Ryuji created this Railgun by using ninjutsu and various technologies from other worlds.

He replaced the small nuclear reactor, which served as a power source, with chakra.

Chakra is a magical power; if one can fully master it, one can control all things in the universe.

Using chakra as a power source is just a very basic technique.

but.

Something that requires a nuclear reactor as a power source must consume an enormous amount of energy; even without detailed calculations, one can roughly imagine the extent of its power consumption.

Even if Ryuji were to fill the largest chakra storage scroll he could find, it would only be enough for him to fire twice.

When Yekura and Ryuji were teammates on a mission together, they encountered a giant mutated monster.

Ryuji used the Railgun to defeat it.

Therefore, she knows a lot about this thing.

but……

"That's all in the past," Ryuji smiled. "I've developed a chakra storage device. Although it's a bit bulky and takes up a lot of space, which means many of the weapons have to be removed before they can be put in, it can store a lot more chakra, enough for four shots. Even if it's been used once before, it can still be used three more times."

"That's great, let's move forward and fire a shot quickly, the enemy's offensive pressure is too great."

Ye Cang happily jumped off the chariot and led the way.

Long Er drove the car forward, and the people in front of him automatically made way for him.

Soon, he reached the front and saw the enemy.

In the boundless desert, ninjas dressed in four different uniforms charged towards them like a tidal wave.

Inside the mountain's defensive fortifications, countless Sand Village ninjas were operating defensive siege equipment to launch a counterattack.

Arrows and kunai rained down like a deluge, and with each mechanical hum, countless people fell.

But the enemy seemed fearless, charging forward wave after wave.

Meanwhile, in the rear, some people used ninjutsu to launch long-range attacks, covering their comrades' advance.

"Ryuji, can you take down that unit?"

Yekura pointed to an Iwagakure unit several hundred meters away and said.

That Iwagakure unit was crouching several hundred meters away, beyond the reach of ordinary ninjutsu and weapons.

However, they could spit out fist-sized stones at a high frequency, like cannonballs, which could easily break through defensive fortifications.

The sheer number of them caused the entire mountain to tremble.

(End of this chapter)