Sakumo Hatake stood on the ground, sword in hand, watching the puppets around him.
The next moment.
Countless ninja tools shot out from the puppets.
Sakumo Hatake vanished from where he stood, and all the incoming Shuriken struck the ground, carpeting the entire area.
Rather than attacking the puppets, Sakumo Hatake charged straight at the Puppet Masters.
Just as he rapidly closed in on them, the puppets moved ahead of him and blocked the Puppet Masters.
They formed an enormous wall.
And stopped Sakumo Hatake's charge.
If he kept fighting his way forward, he would only be swallowed by the puppets.
He halted, but the puppets charged at him instead.
Sakumo Hatake swiftly retreated.
Even he could not withstand such numbers.
But a swarm of puppets appeared behind him as well, forcing Sakumo Hatake to stop.
The left, right, and even above him were all covered by puppets.
They formed a vast black lid over the space he occupied, leaving him not the slightest chance to escape.
At such numbers, the puppets possessed the power to destroy an entire nation.
The puppets launched another volley of ninja tools, engulfing Sakumo Hatake.
Dust rose from the barrage and obscured everything.
In response.
Several puppets exhaled powerful gusts of wind, blowing the dust away.
Revealing Sakumo Hatake near the puppets.
Before he could reach them, the puppets rushed at him head-on.
Yet when they collided, the puppets were the ones shattered beneath his blade.
In an instant.
Sakumo Hatake rushed into the puppets, his form becoming a white crescent as he swiftly severed the Chakra Threads connecting them.
The puppets in his way were instantly cut to pieces as well.
The shattered puppets reassembled, filling the gaps and continuing to surround and kill Sakumo Hatake.
As he rampaged through the puppets, several