I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 89 Before Eternal Beauty, Art is an Explosion!!!

"Tatsuma!"

As Tatsuma charged forward and swung his ninja sword, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his neck. His body then flew to the side, crashing into a soft, furry cushion just before he hit the ground.

"Woof!"

A dog's bark brought Tatsuma back to his senses. He quickly got up from the ground and looked at the place where he had been attacked. At this moment, a puppet was standing there, and a Sand Village Jonin was staring at Tatsuma with an unfriendly expression.

"It's you?!"

Upon seeing this Sand Ninja, Tatsuma recalled the scene a few days ago when he was rescuing the Hyuga team. After being forced to kill Hyuga Minamoto, it was this Sand Ninja who blocked his path.

If he hadn't hidden a Rasengan, destroyed this man's puppet, and caught him off guard, perhaps even he would have been left behind.

At that moment, the large dog behind Tatsuma quickly returned to Inuzuka Makoto's side. Inuzuka Makoto looked at the Sand Village Jonin and said, "Sand Star? What's wrong? Didn't you go back to the village with your teacher?"

Sha Xing's teacher is none other than the current Kazekage of Sunagakure, and the one who initiated the annihilation of the Hyuga team.

"Makoto Inuzuka?"

Sha Xing looked at Inuzuka Makoto and recognized him. As Jonin from their respective villages, strength alone was not enough; intelligence gathering was also extremely important.

Therefore, any Jonin who is revealed will generally be studied by other villages. This was true for Sand Star, and Inuzuka Makoto was no exception.

Inuzuka looked at Sha Xing with some caution. Among the information that Sha Xing had disclosed, there were no particularly amazing battle records or proof of strength, but his background was not small.

He was not only a disciple of the Third Kazekage, but also a descendant of the Second Kazekage, Shamon, who was a genius who created puppetry and sand control techniques.

As the second-generation kage of the same ninja village, Shamon's position in Sunagakure was similar to that of Tobirama Senju in Konoha, both having developed powerful ninjutsu that were extremely beneficial to their successors.

In particular, the puppetry technique has become a calling card for Sunagakure in just twenty years. As his descendant, Sand Star might also possess some extraordinary puppets.

Sha Xing was holding the chakra thread with one hand, and the puppet was wary of Inuzuka Makoto, but his eyes were focused on Tatsuma.

During their last meeting, Tatsuma remembered him, and he remembered Tatsuma. Tatsuma's strange technique was a great threat to the puppet.

The puppet's structure makes it both intricate and fragile internally. A powerful puppet can withstand formidable escape techniques without affecting its use, but if internal damage occurs, it requires a great deal of effort to maintain and repair.

The technique Chen Ma demonstrated last time completely destroyed one of his puppets. The repair was too difficult, and it was even more cost-effective to create a new puppet.

He had intended to finish off this Konoha genin with a single blow, but it seems there was something wrong with his strength. Or was the genin's neck made of iron? He was hit in the neck by his puppet and remained unharmed.

Tatsuma himself didn't even realize that he had just endured an attack that his body couldn't possibly withstand. However, the injury activated the White Demon's talent, which greatly increased his ability to withstand blows.

The White Yaksha's constitution is mysterious, with an unknown upper limit. He becomes stronger when facing stronger opponents. He can inflict serious injuries on everyone on Earth, and he can also fight the Yato to a standstill. The only difference is that he will feel worse after the battle.

After a brief silence, Sha Xing raised his right hand, and the humanoid puppet rushed towards Inuzuka Makoto, while Tatsuma raised his other hand, with chakra threads seemingly attached to his left hand as well.

"Tatsuma! Watch out!"

After Inuzuka shouted, he and his ninja dog, who had been with him for over a decade, engaged in a tacit battle with the puppet. Tatsuma, wielding the Wind Blade, constantly sensed the changes in his surroundings with his chakra.

"Rustling sound~"

Suddenly, rows of kunai came toward Chenma Ci. If you looked closely at the kunai's tail rings, you could see that these kunai were being pulled by silk threads.

"Knock knock knock~"

Faced with a barrage of kunai attacks, Tatsuma did not block but instead chose to dodge. However, when he stopped on a tree, another kunai shot towards him.

"Aren't the kunai in Sunagakure free?"

Looking at the sheer number of kunai, Tatsuma muttered a curse to himself before dodging again in a flash. Shasei, seemingly unconcerned, waved his hands like a conductor of an orchestra.

While controlling the puppet to fight against Inuzuka Makoto, he continuously fired kunai at Tatsuma. As Tatsuma was also proficient in ninja tool throwing, he was not afraid of these kunai.

He can find a place to get himself out of trouble with almost no thought.

"Sizzle~"

But suddenly, Chenma stopped. His left shoulder, which had just stopped bleeding, shot out another jet of blood. As the blood splattered, a faint, blood-red net appeared in the air.

"You're already caught in a spider's web."

Sha Xing's voice rang out. He took out a scroll, formed a hand seal, and summoned a giant puppet spider, which hovered in the air.

Tatsuma used medical ninjutsu to give his left shoulder a simple treatment. Looking at Sasori's unchanging expression and then at Inuzuka Makoto's increasingly anxious expression, a smile appeared on his face.

"The chakra threads and steel wires pull each other together, weaving a huge net between the real and the illusory. You are really amazing, to be able to use puppetry to this extent."

Upon hearing Tatsuma's praise, even though Sha Xing had been lying in wait for a while and had overheard Tatsuma praising others, an unnatural expression appeared on his face.

Inuzuka was sweating profusely with anxiety, but the puppet he was facing was simply too tough. Even his ninja dogs' claws could only damage the puppet's outer shell, unable to destroy it.

Tatsuma seemed unconcerned about the reactions of others. Instead, he took a half-step back, straightened up, and the ends of his hair were slightly pressed by the steel wire, but it did not touch his body.

At this moment, Chenma also raised his hand and said, "I don't know if you've ever heard of the term 'threading the needle.' Compared to you, the one who lays the thread, I, the pointer, am actually the one in the active position."

At this moment, Sha Xing noticed that Tatsuma's ninja tool pouch was open, but there was not a single kunai or shuriken inside. Sha Xing had a bad feeling.

Meanwhile, Tatsuma was holding a strand of wire in his raised hand. Looking at Tatsuma's bright and infectious smile, Sha Xing suddenly had a bad feeling.

"As a puppeteer, don't try to use ninja tools like others. Be careful next time."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chenma waved his hand, and the steel wire in his hand was quickly pulled. Suddenly, more than a dozen kunai and shuriken appeared in the forest and flew rapidly towards Shaxing along the silk thread laid out by Shaxing. Moreover, all the kunai and shuriken were attached with explosive tags.

"Art is an explosion!"

"Bang! Bang bang bang!!"

"Shinobura! Defense!"

Sha Xing withdrew his hands, and the puppet spider instantly enveloped him, taking the brunt of the explosive tags head-on. However, the sand ninja next to Sha Xing had no means of defense.

The moment the detonator exploded, he was blasted backward and landed on the ground motionless.

Of the five Sand Ninja who initially besieged Tatsuma, two were killed by Inuzuka Makoto, one was injured by Tatsuma's Wind Blade, one was blown away by an explosive tag, and the last one crashed into a tree and lost consciousness in the aftershocks.

"Ding~ [Speed ​​+25], [Energy +20], [Mark +15], Pick up?"

"Pick it up".

Chenma was somewhat impressed by the generous reward, but the next second, he heard an angry voice.

"Konoha brat! I'm going to kill you!"

At the same time, rows of senbon needles, flashing with eerie light, swept towards Tatsuma like a rainstorm.

(End of this chapter)