The Assessment Test

In that split second of blocking, Gaara immediately retreated, creating distance between himself and Pakura. The sand that had just attacked him also turned back and launched a sneak attack on Pakura's back.

However, Gaara's plan was exactly as Pakura had anticipated. He simply waved his hand and unleashed a Scorch Release Fireball at the sand flying from behind, instantly vaporizing the sand without a trace.

"Such strength cannot stop me."

Kankuro to the side, was stunned when he saw Pakura shatter Gaara's sand shield with a single kick. He thought to himself, "Is this the strength of the Sunagakure heroes?"

He then quietly removed the Puppet Crow from behind him, ready to launch a sneak attack at any moment.

Temari took out her Three-Star Fan, and Kamaitachi was also summoned, ready to support Gaara at any time.

Gaara remained unmoved by Pakura's words, simply raising his right hand.

"Sand Shower!"

Suddenly, a large amount of sand flew out from the ground beneath Gaara's feet, forming five sand clumps in the air. With a wave of Gaara's hand, the sand clumps transformed into sand cones, rapidly advancing towards Pakura.

"Swish... swish... swish!"

Faced with the sand spikes hurtling through the air, Pakura increased her speed, Gaara at a speed even faster than the sand spikes. She simply dodged the sand spikes through an opening in Gaara's defenses, breaking through the blockade unscathed.

"Scorch Kick!"

Pakura did not use any other Ninjutsu; she continued to attack Gaara using Taijutsu.

"Boom!"

The kick was incredibly fast, breaking through Gaara's automatic sand defense and striking him. This was followed by two even faster kicks, sending Gaara flying into the air.

Seeing Gaara sent flying by her own kick, Pakura didn't continue her attack. Instead, she frowned slightly and looked around.

At this moment, Gaara, who had been kicked into the air, transformed into a sand substitute, which disintegrated in mid-air and fell into sand at Pakura's feet.

Just then, a cold voice suddenly came from behind Pakura:

"Sand Waterfall Funeral!"

Suddenly, the sand that had just fallen beneath Pakura's feet bound her legs. Then, a large amount of sand surged up from the ground, forming a sand mass that surrounded Pakura and rose into the air to compress her, eventually creating a violent Sabaku.

"Boom!"

The exploding sand cloud instantly filled the battlefield with flying gravel, and the air was thick with dust.

Kankuro, who was hiding to the side, was filled with horror. "I, Gaara, actually killed the Jonin the team!"

However, unlike Kankuro, Temari, who was hiding, saw Pakura behind Gaara and immediately shouted, "Gaara, behind you!"

While reminding Gaara, Kamatari Temari used her fan to throw Kamatari, Kamatari spun rapidly through the air and attacked Pakura.

"Kid, spacing out isn't a good habit."

With a single kick, Pakura sent Gaara flying. Then, facing the attacking Kamaitachi, she grabbed the rapidly spinning scythe, forcing Kamaitachi to stop.

With Kamaitachi in her grasp, Pakura unleashed a burst of Scorch Release Chakra, blasting Kamaitachi away.

This single attack sent the Kamaitachi back into the Summoning Realm, instantly reducing Temari's lethality by more than half.

Just as Pakura finished doing all this, Kankuro's Crow Puppet was thrown onto Pakura's head at some point, and the Crow Puppet immediately started throwing explosive balls at Pakura below.

A large number of explosive orbs rained down from the sky, and they were about to explode.

Pakura casually flicked a Kunai, sending the Crow flying overhead.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

A large number of explosive orbs were detonated, and the resulting smoke and dust completely obscured Pakura's figure.

Looking at the smoke rising from the battlefield, Kankuro said softly, "Did it succeed?"

However, the next second, a crisp voice rang in Kankuro's ears.

"Kid, you think you can ambush me? You're a long shot!"

Then Kankuro felt a chill on his neck as a cold Kunai was placed against it.

Faced with the Kunai at his neck, Kankuro immediately used his Puppet Substitution Technique, and the Puppet Black Ant appeared in front of Pakura.

Having escaped unscathed, Kankuro seized the opportunity to use his secret technique. "Black Secret Technique, Machine-Shot!"

Kankuro, who had been transformed into Puppet, instantly disintegrated and then flipped onto Pakura's body, directly stuffing Pakura into the Puppet Black Ant's body.

At this moment, the sharp blades on the Puppet Crow's limbs flew over, preparing to pierce Pakura directly inside the Black Ant's body.

"Boom!"

However, before Kankuro's Crow Puppet could fly over, the Puppet Black Ant exploded. The fragments of the Gold-Titanium Alloy alloy Puppet melted as they flew out, turning into molten metal upon landing.

In that instant, Pakura used Scorch Release, and several huge Scorch Release fireballs appeared around him.

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S.H.I.E.L.D. Chakra Center.

"Drip... drip... drip..."

"Alert! Alert! Chakra fluctuation detected, fluctuation level A."

"Location of appearance: Brooklyn suburbs..."

On the surveillance footage, a huge red energy source fluctuation was displayed in the suburbs of Brooklyn, constantly alerting everyone in the room.

Upon seeing that the testing location wasn't one of the specially marked areas, the news was quickly reported. After considering the matter, Nick Fury ordered Coulson to investigate the situation on-site to determine if new ninjas had arrived or if something had happened at the Sunagakure Puppet Shop.

Upon receiving the order, Coulson led a team of agents to the location detected by the Chakra.

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Emerging from the Puppet Black Ant, Pakura watched as the four throwing knives, controlled by Kankuro, flew towards her. She unleashed Scorch Release fireball that instantly melted the four knives, sending four clumps of molten iron falling from the sky. With this, both of Kankuro's Puppet were rendered useless.

Then, Pakura Body Flicker Technique appeared behind Kankuro and delivered a chop to Kankuro's neck, knocking him unconscious.

After taking down one of them, Pakura looked towards Gaara's location. At that moment, Temari, holding the Three-Star Fan, ran out from a hidden corner and joined Gaara, preparing to launch an attack on Pakura together.

Pakura did not conceal himself to launch a surprise attack, but instead swaggered out and stood in front of the siblings.

"Round Two begins!"

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