Summoning Technique! Garaga and Gamabunta
What Minato and Shiyu saw before them was a large factory completely different from the buildings on the surface of Rōran. The surrounding area was filled with hot steam and various pipes. Puppet Ninja were guarding the young and strong men of Rōran, turning them into laborers to operate the furnaces day and night.
Their hands and feet were shackled with iron chains, making them appear as slaves.
This large furnace is connected to the Dragon Vein, and the entire factory is actually designed to manufacture a large number of puppets, turning it into an assembly line production line.
"Hiss!" Hot air was also being released from the surrounding exhaust vents. The conveyor belt transported the puppet's parts to the next location, where they were assembled piece by piece. Soon, it became a complete puppet soldier.
"Using the people of Rōran as laborers to absorb the power of the Dragon Vein to endlessly create puppet weapons? If we can't stop him, I'm afraid a real disaster will break out," Minato said.
"Yes, in that case, let's destroy their production line first! The power of the Dragon Vein can probably only be severed by Queen of Roran Sara of Loulan." Shiyu and Minato nodded to each other, then disappeared with a whoosh and reappeared in the bottom factory.
The two hid behind the large pipes and slowly approached the machines that produced the puppet soldiers. They exchanged glances and then used their Ninjutsu.
"Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Minato's Shadow Clone were green shuriken filled with chakra, so numerous that they easily destroyed a machine.
Shiyu then unleashed his Lion's Mane, which resembled a giant snake's head, instantly smashing several large cauldrons used to create puppets to pieces.
However, Shiyu and Minato Namikaze immediately dodged the Chakra Threads that suddenly flew over, and the unfinished puppet soldiers behind them were reassembled.
"This is our first meeting, isn't it? Who are you people? Why are you in a place like this? And why did you damage my machine?" A figure stepped out.
The man wore a hat with bandages wrapped around his head, and his greasy appearance was accentuated by his large, spiky beard.
"Should I call you Anrokuzan? Or should I call you Mukade? You actually used the power of the Dragon Vein to produce puppet weapons for the sake of war! And you made the people suffer hard labor!" Minato also took out his Flying Thunder God Kunai.
"Can't understand? You two rats from Konoha, of course you don't know my grand plan! You're really meddling, but it doesn't matter, even if you did know, it wouldn't matter, because you'd all die here anyway." Anrokuzan said confidently.
"Because of the puppet army? You're really confident." Shiyu remained completely calm, which left Minato somewhat incredulous.
"Oh? Don't think that just because you destroyed hundreds of my puppets, you're qualified to fight me! My puppet army, Anrokuzan's army, has been preparing for six years! Now it's large enough to start the Third Shinobi World War!" After Anrokuzan finished speaking, a large group of puppet soldiers surrounded Shiyu and Minato.
"Hundreds of puppets? Teacher Shiyu? Did you make these? You're really amazing. "Minato smiled, both shocked and embarrassed.
"At a time like this, Minato, you still have time to praise me? You should be thinking about how to survive," Shiyu said calmly.
"You'll just die obediently at the hands of the puppets!! Hahaha!" Anrokuzan laughed as he disappeared. The puppet soldiers, densely packed like a wall, surrounded the two of them. It seemed that all the puppets in the underground factory had come.
"Teacher Shiyu!" Minato repeatedly tried to break through the encirclement of puppets using Flying Thunder God Technique, but there were simply too many puppets.
"In that case, we have no choice but to join forces and take down these puppets." Shiyu then bit his finger and began rapidly Hand Seals.
Minato Namikaze instantly grasped the concept and began Hand Seals almost simultaneously.
"Ninja Art: Summoning Technique!"
Two voices rang out, and two extremely large clouds of smoke appeared. Two enormous figures instantly crushed countless puppet soldiers into pieces.
"Minato! Why did you call me out in such a narrow place?" said a large Toad with a scar on its left eye, a pipe in its mouth, and the character "shrimp" written in traditional Chinese on its back. Then it looked at its Summoning Beast comrade next to it and instinctively hid behind it.
"What!? Is that Orochimaru's Manda?"
"Manda? No." Shiyu crossed his arms and stood stylishly atop the head of the one-eyed red serpent. The serpent cursed, "You stinking Toad! Manda, that trash, dares to compare himself to me?! Remember this! My name is Garaga!"
"Our goal is to destroy all the puppets! Let's begin!" Under Shiyu's command, Garaga also launched a powerful attack on the puppets emitting laser beams.
Garaga's body was enormous, even larger than Gamabunta's; with just a swing of his body, he could sweep away a large group of puppet soldiers.
"We can't lose to him either, Gamabunta, let's go!" Minato Gamabunta also began their attack on the puppet soldiers.
"Ha!" Garaga spat out a large amount of venom, and a large number of puppet soldiers who came into contact with the venom turned into stone instantly.
The puppets continued to pour in, but it was clear that Gamabunta and Garaga were getting tired.
"Flying Thunder God Technique! Rasengan!" Minato Namikaze instantly dispatched a puppet soldier with a single Rasengan and anxiously asked, "Teacher Shiyu? The number of puppet soldiers seems endless! He wasn't exaggerating! At this rate, we'll be dragged down!"
"It seems that only by severing the Dragon Vein can these puppets calm down. Leave the rest to me. You go find that blond kid. Anrokuzan will probably also make a move against Sara. Didn't you give him a Flying Thunder God Kunai?" Shiyu said.
"But you can Teleportation there too, why don't we go together?" Minato Namikaze suggested.
"Stop arguing. If we don't completely eliminate these puppets, even if we sever the Dragon Vein, they will still be controlled by Anrokuzan's Puppet Technique." Shiyu also refused Minato.
Minato then said, "In that case!"
"Gamabunta, you should go back and rest first."
"Bang!" Minato released Gamabunta and then threw the Flying Thunder God Kunai onto the ground.
"Teacher Shiyu, let's fight together! I don't know why, but I believe in that Konoha. He will definitely seal the Dragon Vein with Queen Sara. Leave this to us. I've always wanted to know whether you're faster or I am!" Minato also planned to fight alongside Shiyu to the very end.
Minato didn't leave at the last moment, which made Shiyu see a similarity between Minato and the Third Hokage, thus raising his opinion of him considerably.
"In that case, Garaga, throw us into the puppet horde," Shiyu commanded.
"You better not die!" Garaga obediently threw it over.