I Returned from Hell, Hanzo!

"Well, it would be a little embarrassing to let Uchiha Mai do all the fighting himself, even if he was enjoying it.

You two, let's go."

Sasori of the Red Sands smiled faintly, took a sealing scroll from his robes, and formed a hand seal with one hand, releasing all the puppets sealed within.

More than a hundred puppets surrounded the Amegakure shinobi, instantly reversing the disparity in numbers between the two sides.

Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets!

More than a hundred chakra threads then flew from Sasori of the Red Sands's body, controlling the puppets as they joined the battle and besieged the Amegakure shinobi.

Nagato immediately sucked in a sharp breath. This one was a heavyweight too.

Most of those hundred-plus puppets were only at Genin level. Only a dozen or so had reached Chunin level, but sheer numbers still made them quite intimidating.

Setting aside clashes between true powerhouses and looking only at mowing down weaker opponents, this puppet force was no less formidable than a Konoha frontline company. Sasori of the Red Sands already possessed the strength to influence a local battle.

Even Uchiha Mai, who was cutting his way through the crowd, glanced sideways.

The Performance of a Hundred Puppets itself was nothing special. Their individual quality was too poor, and their style was completely countered by his. If he got serious, he could easily wipe out this puppet army.

What mattered was the significance behind the Performance of a Hundred Puppets.

In the conventional sense, Chiyo's Ten Puppets of Chikamatsu represented the limit of a puppeteer's "quantity." Manipulating puppets through chakra threads required extraordinary dexterity in one's fingers.

Chiyo could deftly control ten puppets with her ten fingers, which was already immensely impressive. Even Sasori of the Red Sands could not