Uchiha's personal opinion

"Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique!"

The four Uchiha Jonin under his command also used Fire Release ninjutsu to assist him.

"Chikamatsu's Secret Technique: Six-Star Absorption and Collapse!"

Six puppets floated in mid-air, forming a hexagonal formation. They opened the mechanisms in their abdomens, revealing large tubes that emitted powerful vortexes that absorbed all the fire-style ninjutsu.

However, faint red lights were flashing on the puppet's abdomen, as if it was on the verge of exploding.

Two masked Sand Villagers emerged disheveled from underground, their hair color identical to that of the most talkative Sand Village man and woman from before.

"Using puppetry to control puppets and perform puppetry techniques, it's amazing that you shady puppeteers could even come up with such a thing..."

How did you figure that out?!

With a look of lingering shock, the female Sand Villager asked.

"I've already said it, you're right in front of the Uchiha's eyes..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu smiled confidently.

"Nowhere to hide!"

He then charged forward with his sword, followed by the Uchiha Jonin who followed suit to attack.

Chapter 87 The Chase! Searching Mountains and Seas to Eradicate the Sand Village

Four Uchiha Jonin each faced off against four Sunagakure Jonin in a one-on-one duel, while Uchiha Tokumitsu fought against two young Jonin who were clearly close friends. The two were obviously among the top fighters in this raiding squad, and Uchiha Tokumitsu believed that apart from himself, the other four Jonin would not be able to stop them both at the same time.

Meanwhile, the sensory ninjas, whose combat skills were weak, fired two signal flares, one red and one yellow.

A yellow flare indicates that the enemy has been detected.

The red signal flare indicates a gathering and encirclement.

The other two Uchiha Jonin squads, who had been lured back by the Sand Village raiding squad's diversionary tactic, also fired green signal flares.

This indicates that the ninja army is gathering at the signal location.

"Fire Release: Uchiha Style - Sword Leap Slash!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu unleashed a series of fierce sword aura attacks with even higher-quality Fire Release, enveloping the two Sand Village puppeteers.

The two puppeteers took out two more scrolls, cast spells to unseal the scrolls, and summoned five puppets of different shapes.

"Chikamatsu's Secret Technique: Dance of the Five Fingers!"

"Puppet Secret Technique: Shield Defense!"

Under their control, the two puppets took flight, releasing a blue chakra shield that blocked Uchiha Tokumitsu's sword attack.

"Really..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu frowned, somewhat displeased.

"Fire Release: Red Phoenix Claw!"

He casually pulled a shuriken from his ninja tool bag, wrapped it with fire-style flames, and, with the combined force of his throw and chakra propulsion, launched another attack on the two of them at a strange angle in the air.

Then, Uchiha Tokumitsu took out an explosive tag sealing scroll from the scroll case of his Jonin vest, pinched it between his left thumb and forefinger, and formed a "Tiger" hand seal with one hand.

There is nothing that explosive tags cannot destroy.

If so, increase the number of detonating tags!

"Puppet Secret Technique: Dance of Leaves!"

"Puppet Secret Technique: Iron Sand Seal!"

Under the control of the Sand Village puppeteers, four puppets wielded bizarre weapons and launched a counterattack against Uchiha Tokumitsu, while two other puppets floated in mid-air, spewing out a wide-ranging cloud of iron sand from their mouths to envelop Uchiha Tokumitsu.

"Fire Escape·Tou Ke Ku!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu spat a small fireball from his mouth towards the ground. As the fireball landed, it instantly expanded its burning area, engulfing all the iron sand that was engulfing it in flames.

Then, he leaped backward, dodging the first wave of attacks from the four puppets.

"Fire Release: Dust Concealment Technique!"

Then, Uchiha Tokumitsu quickly formed hand seals and exhaled a stream of extremely hot smoke from his mouth, enveloping himself and the two Sand Village puppet jutsu Jonin in the high-temperature smoke.

"Wind Release: Storm Wave!"

A gust of wind rose from the Sand Village's puppet technique Jonin, sweeping outwards in all directions amidst the intense heat and smoke.

The storm and the high-temperature smoke mixed together, forming a powerful firestorm that caused a series of violent explosions.

However, the high-temperature smoke has not yet dissipated.

"It is said that... the Kirigakure, who are skilled in silent killing techniques, have the Kirigakure technique, a water-style technique..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu's voice drifted uncertainly through the smoke.

"However, the Uchiha's Dust Concealment Technique shouldn't be any worse than the Mist Concealment Technique, right?"

At the same time, Uchiha Tokumitsu used the technique of flying talisman array to control fifty summoning explosive talismans to attack the two Sand Village Jonin by sticking them close to the ground.

However, Uchiha Tokumitsu's impulsive verbal attack clearly did not have much effect on the two Sand Village Jonin.

The two exchanged a glance and then brought all ten puppets back to their sides.

"Are you still trying to defend yourselves? It's useless. Before the Uchiha, everything will be exposed. Your fate is to die in this stone forest..."

"Three minutes... You said the three-minute life-or-death timeframe has passed by almost two minutes. What will happen next?"

Ignoring Uchiha Tokumitsu's trash talk, the two instead manipulated their ten puppets to form a protective encirclement.

"Pee-pee-pee-pee-pee!"

The male Sand Village Puppet Technique Jonin whistled.

A whistle sounded in response from outside the smoke.

It should be a kind of coded sound used by the Sand Village for exchanging information.

"Trying to run? You'd better leave your life behind!"

Although Uchiha Tokumitsu did not know the meaning of the code, he still did not hesitate to accuse the two Sand Village Jonin of running away.

"Spirit Summoning Technique: Multiplying Explosive Tags!"

Fifty explosive tags, positioned close to the ground, were rapidly launched under the control of Uchiha Tokumitsu, heading towards the Sand Village, which was completely surrounded by ten puppets.

"Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique!"

What followed was a high-level Fire Release ninjutsu, a giant fire dragon made of Fire Release chakra, which swung its body menacingly and attacked the Sand Village Jonin.

"Chikamatsu's Secret Technique: Six-Star Absorption and Collapse!"

Within the formation of ten puppets working together in defense, six puppets flew up and simultaneously opened the mechanisms in their abdomens, unleashing powerful vortexes that absorbed all the fire-style ninjutsu and explosive tags into their bellies.

"act recklessly……"

Uchiha Tokumitsu wore a cold, mocking smile.

"Spirit Communication - Mutual Multiplication Explosive Talisman Technique!"

"burst!"

The six puppets' bellies flickered with red light, and muffled explosions gradually emanated from them.

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom!"

As the multiplicative detonating tags continued to be summoned and detonated, the six puppets finally exhausted their strength and were blown into a pile of scattered scrap parts.

Having previously witnessed the two using puppetry to absorb ninjutsu attacks with a secret technique, Uchiha Tokumitsu changed his attack strategy, using a continuous barrage of explosions to forcefully blast the puppet into a pile of rubble.

At this moment, eight Uchiha Jonin from the other two squads also rushed in from both sides at great speed.

Once the encirclement is complete, the Sand Village raiding squad will have nowhere to hide!

"Puppet Secret Technique: Earth-Drilling Shield Tunneling!"

Just as the six puppets were blown to ashes, the last four puppets contracted their defensive circle again, with three puppets embracing the two Sand Village Jonin and one puppet cushioning their feet and beginning to transform.

"This is……"

Although he witnessed the puppet transforming, Uchiha Tokumitsu was too slow to react.

The puppet placed under their feet transformed into a drill, spinning rapidly and digging quickly into the ground.

"Uchiha Style: Sword Flame Slash!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu once again wielded his sword, disregarding the depletion of his chakra, unleashing a continuous barrage of sword energy attacks in an attempt to interrupt the two's underground escape.

"what!!!"

Under the relentless attack, the defensive formation composed of three puppets was breached, and a sword aura that followed the attack sliced ​​off a section of the male Sand Village puppeteer's left shoulder.

His left arm was thus severed from his body!

However, the puppet defensive formation was quickly manipulated by the female Sand Village puppeteer to re-encircle the puppets and successfully escaped underground.

"Young Master Deguang!"

At this moment, eight Uchiha Jonin also surrounded them.

All our efforts were in vain!

In the end, the two Sand Village puppeteers managed to escape temporarily.

Naturally, Uchiha Tokumitsu's expression was extremely grim as his enemy escaped with his life.

After dissipating the high-temperature smoke from the Ash-Burn Technique, Uchiha Tokumitsu surveyed the battlefield.

There were two corpses of Sand Village Jonin.

Eliminating one-third of the enemy force is currently acceptable.

Uchiha Tokumitsu nodded slightly to the Uchiha Jonin who rushed over, indicating that he was alright.

He then turned to look at the sensory ninja watching the battle from behind, who were completely stunned.

"Can you sense the direction they're fleeing from?"

"Huh? Oh, oh, oh!"