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

Chapter 4 Encounter

shhhhhh! ! !

The iron sand sliced ​​through the air with a piercing whistling sound.

Yekura reacted immediately and her body instinctively made an evasive maneuver.

She leaned back, flipped over, and tried to jump off the wall to use the cover to avoid the hail of bullets.

However, the broken wall was completely smashed down at this moment, and a figure rushed out from the smoke and dust.

It's silver.

Holy crap!

There is no such vulgarity in the ninja world, so Pakura was not using that phrase.

But that's how she felt at that moment.

Sasori looked contemptuously at the woman charging towards him, flicked his right index finger, and the puppet moved as the chakra threads were pulled.

The barrage of iron shot, originally aimed only at the upper leaf silo, suddenly expanded its area, covering the entire front.

Silver did not dodge.

She crossed her arms to cover her head and charged forward recklessly, her exposed skin turning black.

Ding ding ding!!

The dense barrage of iron pellets struck the silver body without any doubt, producing a metallic clanging sound and sparks from the friction of metal.

As for Yekura... she was unable to change direction while in mid-air, and the wall she had intended to use as cover was also knocked down, leaving her in a desperate situation.

Just as she was thinking about whether to launch a close-range explosion and use the shockwave to blow away the iron sand, she suddenly felt something connect to her body.

Then, her body was uncontrollably pulled out of the range of the iron shot.

It is chakra thread.

A mechanical bird swept across the sky, its five chakra threads connecting Pakura's body and pulling her up.

Earth Release techniques that enhance physical toughness, chakra threads that manipulate others' bodies... A three-person team!

No, there might be another one.

Generally, teams consist of four people.

Upon seeing this, Sasori of the Red Sand narrowed his eyes, quickened the pace of his finger movements, and pulled the puppet with strands of chakra, making it take further action.

The hail of iron pellets stopped.

The third Kazekage's puppet leaped out and actively faced the enemy.

He jerked his left arm, and a blade shot out.

But when it was still five or six meters away from Yin, it suddenly swung its right arm, and a large number of arm hole mechanisms opened, and thin, flexible bamboo tentacles shot out.

Silver braked just in time, then flipped backward several times, narrowly avoiding the tentacle attack.

"This isn't over yet!"

Scorpion gave a cold smile and flicked his index finger.

The bamboo-like tentacles released their pores, and a thick, poisonous mist spread out.

Silver remained calm, his chakra concentrating even more violently in his wrist as he unleashed a punch towards the ground.

boom!

The earth cracked, and a surge of air swept through, instantly dispersing the poisonous mist that had just been released.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yecang descended from the sky.

As she landed, she formed hand seals, with three dazzling fireballs swirling around her, making her look quite imposing.

"It would be bad if you got close."

Scorpion chuckled softly, flicking his finger. The scattered iron sand seemed to receive a command and converged towards the Wind Shadow Puppet, forming a ball.

[Ninja Technique·Sand Iron Boundary Technique! 】

Puff puff puff!!

The soft ball of iron sand suddenly exploded in all directions, sending out sharp iron needles.

The mechanical bird swooped in again, and at the last second, it carried Yekura and lifted her into the air.

Silver didn't stop. She hardened her fists and swung them at the incoming spikes.

boom!

The clanging of metal echoed across the Gobi Desert, and the spikes, dozens of meters long, were deflected, sliding to the side and piercing deep ravines in the ground.

But just as one thorn missed its mark, two more came flying at me.

If you hit two of them off-target, four more thorns will come.

No matter how much Yin swung his fists, he could not overcome the dense array of iron spikes. Eventually, the dense steel spikes broke through his fists, and he was forced to retreat against the steel body until he was more than a hundred meters away before finally stopping.

"Such immense power!"

Ryuji, perched on his mechanical bird, watched the battle from the sky and was also extremely surprised to see this scene.

Silver's body material and structure were modified based on Ryougi Shiki's prosthetic limbs, and its strength and endurance are such that even the combined stomp of three elephants could not destroy it.

With the added chakra boost, his power is by no means inferior to Tsunade's.

However, this force failed to break the iron sand spikes, only causing them to deviate from their course, demonstrating the extraordinary power of this Magnet Release technique.

In the end, even with all her strength, Yin was still pushed away.

This power is truly terrifying.

"This is the Third Kazekage's Iron Sand Technique. How could Sasori of the Red Sand know it?" Yekura asked, squatting to the side with a frown.

She was unaware that the Third Kazekage had been murdered, and had never heard of a human puppet. Naturally, she would never have imagined that the puppet that resembled the Third Kazekage was made from his corpse.

but……

"That puppet was made from the corpse of the Third Kazekage," Ryuji explained.

"What!?"

Yekura's eyes widened, her orange pupils trembling slightly. "That puppet was made from the corpse of the Third Kazekage?"

"That's right." Ryuji nodded slightly. "Although most of it has been mechanically modified, some of it still retains flesh and blood. It is that puppet that uses the Iron Sand Technique."

"Damn it!" Yekura angrily slammed her fist on the mechanical bird, asking with resentment and confusion, "Why did that bastard Sasori do this?"

"I don't know." Ryuji said while watching the battle below, "Although I don't know, this mission has failed. The most urgent thing is to bring back the news of the Third Kazekage's death and get the ninjas who participated in the search operation back to their posts."

This is why Ryuji told the truth.

He already knew that the Third Kazekage's disappearance was due to assassination, and there was no chance of saving him. What he wanted to do was to inform the others in Sunagakure as soon as possible so that they could make timely mobilizations.

"You're right, but the murderer is right here. We can catch him first and then go back."

Ryuji frowned slightly and said, "Although that's how it should be, as you know, many of the border troops have been pulled away in order to find the Third Kazekage."

At this moment, both the border defenses and the villages are severely weakened. If the enemy were to attack now, I fear things would go terribly wrong.

"That won't make a difference if it takes a little longer."

"Scorpion is strong. Even if we win, we can't take him down in a very short time."

"How long can a battle between ninjas last?"

Upon hearing this, Ryuji hesitated.

Indeed, due to the limited chakra, ninja battles are extremely short; even a Six Paths level expert can decide the victor within an hour or two.

A decisive battle lasting months or nights... that only exists in the legendary backdrop of such a battle.

For example, the Six Paths Brothers sealing his mother.

Or perhaps it's the final battle between Madara and Hashirama Senju.

But the truth is... During the Fourth Shinobi World War, the Allied Shinobi Forces fought against Edo Tensei Madara and Obito, Six Paths Obito, Resurrected Madara, Six Paths Madara, and Kaguya-hime at night.

By the time the game was over, it was only just dawn.

"Then let's finish this quickly."

(End of this chapter)