As Long as There Is Enough Dragon Blood, Enough Wind Stone, Enough Ammunition, and Enough Troops!

Vice Admiral Joliton Dodd's warning came just in time.

Queen Sara immediately ordered the citywide alarm to be sounded, instructing all residents to evacuate to the newly built underground palace as quickly as possible.

At the same time.

Humanoid figures trailing purple jets of energy rapidly flew out from every corner of Roran City.

They were Dragon Vein combat puppets developed by Mukade, the former Sand Village rogue ninja.

Unfortunately, due to technological and energy limitations, they could only carry out missions within Roran City.

They could be forcibly taken outside for use, of course, but then they would face problems such as insufficient Chakra and beyond-visual-range control.

In truth, Queen Sara had always hoped to improve them.

So she asked Chiyo, the current principal of the Puppet Arts Specialized Ninja High School, for help.

Naturally, Chiyo had no objections. The school now had a laboratory dedicated to researching Dragon Vein puppets, and students regularly practiced controlling disarmed Dragon Vein puppets.

It was said that the professors planned to combine technology from the Nuclear World to make up for the many shortcomings of Dragon Vein puppets.

Then there was the issue of energy. If puppeteers were to control them, they had to use Chakra.

Some professors had actually suggested abandoning ninja control altogether and allowing the upgraded Dragon Vein puppets to fight automatically.

Just like Loulan's Dragon Vein puppets, which were currently controlled by the Spirit of the Dragon Vein.

But Chiyo rejected the proposal with a question: if a puppet was not controlled by a puppeteer, could it still be called a puppet? And what would become of puppeteers?

In Chiyo's view, puppets and puppeteers in the Shinobi World were meant to complement one another.

The puppet's materials and functions, along with the puppeteer's techniques and ninjutsu, were all