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

Chapter 35 Standoff and Probing

After switching back to his body, Ryuji continued to look outside, where countless knight puppets were chasing after the mechanical bird.

With the continuous supply of chakra from the dragon vein, their mobility has increased significantly.

"It's not impossible to deal with the centipede that has the blessing of the dragon vein, but that would make it easy for Naruto and Minato Namikaze to take advantage of the situation."

"The dragon vein is right here, it can't escape. We'll deal with it after the observation instrument analyzes the principles of the sealing formation and deduces how to use it. For now, let's deal with Naruto's situation first!" After a moment's thought, Ryuji recalled the mechanical bird and, using the building as cover, went underground.

Because he had done thorough research beforehand, Ryuji had a clear understanding of the environment of Loulan, if not an absolute knowledge of it.

He found a place without guards or people, released the scarab puppet, and sent it out to search for information about Naruto and Minato Namikaze.

In fact, Ryuji always felt that using scarab golems to gather intelligence was a very inefficient method.

They were using sheer numbers to gather intelligence.

It's fine for exploring the terrain, but when searching for people, especially skilled ones, it's easy to be discovered and sabotaged.

Damage is no big deal, it can be fixed.

The key is to let people know that their whereabouts have been exposed, so they will move to a different location.

Therefore, he has been researching Chakra Radar.

However, he couldn't find a material that could react to chakra from a distance, so he made no progress.

Although he wanted to develop something similar based on the sensory principles of sensory ninjas, he did not have the opportunity to conduct research because sensory ninjas are so rare and precious.

but.

There must have been sensory ninjas among the allied forces that invaded Sunagakure a few days ago. Ryuji has already instructed the autopsy department to keep an eye out for them.

As long as we can find the corpse of a sensory ninja and analyze it, even if we can't figure out the principles of chakra radar, we can still make a sensory puppet.

The scarab golems acted swiftly, and soon they began sending back messages through the mental ocean.

First, there's information about Naruto.

After being hit by the supersonic machine bird, it seemed completely unharmed and swaggered down the street.

He watched the people of Loulan singing and dancing, a knowing smile appearing on his face.

"Looks like this guy hasn't realized he's traveled through time yet."

Looking at the live stream transmitted back by the scarab puppet, Ryuji pondered for a moment, "If he knew that he had traveled back more than 20 years, he would definitely be in a hurry to find a way back, and he would not be looking so leisurely now."

Thinking back carefully, this guy must have just transmigrated and saw me using puppetry to control Sarah. He thought I was some kind of bad guy and rushed at me.

There were also Minato Namikaze and the others... They probably didn't know my purpose either; they just stepped in to help after seeing Naruto losing the battle against me.

Then, there is still a chance to change the identity of the main villain.

but……"

Ryuji looked up at the Konoha ninjas closing in from three directions, a grin spreading across his face. "There's absolutely no need for that."

Directly in front of him was a young man wearing light armor, with a golden hedgehog-like hairstyle and a bird mask on his face.

On the left is a man wearing sunglasses, a turtleneck jacket, and carrying a bag of insects.

On the right is a fat man with wild red hair, wearing gray armor with the character "食" (food) printed on it.

People from the Aburame and Akimichi clans.

If the trajectory resulting from the time-space correction is the same as in the anime, then these two are Shimi Aburame and Choza Akimichi.

Although the blond youth in front was wearing a mask, his identity could be deduced from the composure and confidence he unintentionally revealed as he walked.

—Minato Namikaze.

Besides these three people, Ryuji also sensed an aura hidden behind the roof beam above his head.

Although he tried his best to hide it, his skills were not yet proficient enough, and Ryuji noticed it.

It should be Kakashi!

While thinking to himself, Ryuji smiled faintly at Minato, "I didn't expect to run into a Konoha ninja here."

"I did expect to encounter Sunagakure ninjas, given that it's near the Land of Wind." Minato stopped five meters in front of Ryuji, removed his mask, and asked with a smile, "May I ask what your mission is?"

"Hey, you guys are all Jonin, right? How come you're asking me this question?" Ryuji's lips curled up slightly, forming a mocking smile.

A ninja's mission is a secret. Unless you are involved in the mission, you will not even tell your fellow villagers, let alone ninjas from other villages.

This is common knowledge that even students at the Ninja Academy know, let alone Jonin.

Minato knew there was no way he could get an answer, yet he still asked, so it's only natural that he would be ridiculed.

Although Ryuji knew that he asked this question to avoid unnecessary fighting, he was very unhappy with this kindness of the strong towards the weak.

"Captain, we won't get any answers by asking like this. Let's take him down first and then interrogate him!" Aburame Shiki suggested.

He usually addresses Shuimen by his name.

However, as the title "Yellow Flash" gradually gained popularity, out of fear of exposing intelligence, they would address each other as "Captain" in front of the enemy.

After all, the speed of the yellow flash is very fast; it's almost common knowledge in the ninja world.

If the enemy is not mentally prepared, it is easy to kill them on the first encounter.

Conversely, this advantage will be lost.

His reason for making such a suggestion stemmed from his confidence in his team.

Although he managed to escape when there were five opponents against one.

But this is related to the fact that they did not perform to their true level and did not want to fight.

They recognized that Naruto was from the future and, fearing that his identity would be exposed and cause temporal chaos, deliberately concealed it.

But now that Naruto isn't here, they don't have that concern.

"That's the kind of judgment a ninja should have!"

Before Minato could make a decision, Ryuji grinned in agreement, "Actually, I really want to fight you guys too. Not for information or anything, I just want to fight you guys with all my might."

Upon hearing this, the three from Konoha all looked up at him.

Minato was silent for a moment, then said, "Since you want to fight, then..."

He disappeared halfway through his sentence, leaving only dust and smoke billowing in the wind.

Almost at the same time, a strange kunai emerged from behind and was placed against Ryuji's neck.

"I'll do as you wish."

Minato poked his head out from behind and finished speaking the rest of his sentence. His calm and composed tone was the source of the enemy's unease.

But Ryuji wasn't uneasy at all; instead, he laughed.

"You were quick, but why didn't you just kill me? Why did you have to hold me hostage at close range?"

"I don't want to..."

Before he could finish speaking, Minato's expression changed, and he jumped back abruptly.

Zhiwei and Dingzuo were both startled and assumed a fighting stance at any moment.

However, not knowing the reason for Minato's unusual behavior, they dared not take any rash action.

The storyline of the protagonist and Red swapping bodies, then Red observing the seal and its shutdown, and then the protagonist analyzing the seal using the observation device, is changed to the protagonist observing the sealing formation and its shutdown, and then switching back to use the observation device.

Therefore, the ending of the previous chapter was also changed, and the protagonist went back to set up the project to analyze the sealing formation.

The reason I changed it is because I felt that this part was a bit unreasonable.

After all, the main character was there and could do it himself, so there was no reason to make Hong do it.

(End of this chapter)