Although Hundred Puppet Manipulation was quite effective as a group damage method, his teammate was now at critical health, so it was clearly unsuitable to use.
"Sasori of the Red Sands" had a maximum of 4 health in his normal state, which meant Gaara needed to sacrifice a total of 4 Ninjutsu cards to fully trigger the skill effect of "Human Puppet Creation."
Including the four cards from the start and the two he had drawn just now, Gaara currently held only one Water Prison Technique (Ninjutsu card; after using it on an enemy, when their play phase began, they made a judgment. If the result was a Heart, they successfully escaped. If the judgment failed, they would have no play phase that turn), one "Shuriken Attack," and three "Substitution Techniques."
The cards in his hand were enough to use Hundred Puppet Manipulation twice, but unfortunately, his teammate Roshi's Kakuzu was at critical health, leaving him no chance to use it.
He could not even sacrifice the Water Prison Technique in his hand. After all, he had openly played a "Medical Ninjutsu" card just now to revive Roshi's "Kakuzu." He needed it to restrict the Shadow's movements.
He directly hit Utakata's "Hiruzen Sarutobi" with a Water Prison.
Just then, Han threw out a Seal Absorption (which could be used whenever anyone used a Ninjutsu card to negate its effect on one person), canceling the Water Prison Gaara had played.
Gaara immediately felt like he was about to lose it. Had he known, he would have sacrificed that Water Prison to stack his passive. Now it had all been for nothing.
He still had four cards left. Though he could attack, he decided against it. He would see if he could save them and find a chance later to unleash a