Careful!
Clang!
The instant Minato called out a warning, Akaseki also used his scythe to block Zhenpan's attack.
It was not only Akaseki; disbelief also appeared on Zhenpan's face...
Just a moment ago, Zhenpan's face had still borne expressions of "relief" and "excitement," with no sign of pretense.
"Zhenpan! Activate your Sharingan!" Akaseki hurriedly said.
Akaseki's first thought was "Genjutsu," which was why he reminded Zhenpan to activate his Sharingan.
Although Sunagakure's Puppet Technique could control living people under certain circumstances, it should not have gone so smoothly. More importantly, both Akaseki and Minato had been wary of that possibility. From the start, they had been certain that Zhenpan had no Chakra Threads or anything similar on him...
However, once the possibility of Genjutsu occurred to him, Akaseki quickly realized something was wrong—Zhenpan seemed conscious, which was clearly different from ordinary Genjutsu.
Clang! Clang!
"I..." Zhenpan seemed unable to control himself as he launched several more attacks at Akaseki.
Seeing this, Ranwu and Claw immediately attacked Hudaici, who had only gotten halfway there—someone had clearly tampered with Zhenpan!
The other two Jonin on Ebizo's side immediately rushed forward to shield Hudaici. Hudaici also seemed to have anticipated this situation; the instant the unexpected happened, he began to run...
"Ah..." Ebizo shook his head regretfully. "As expected, it was still lacking. At the critical moment, his reaction was a step too slow."
"Bastard, release your control over Zhenpan! Otherwise..." Akaseki snarled as he blocked Zhenpan's attacks.
"Release him?" Ebizo sneered and formed hand seals.
The next moment, Zhenpan looked down at himself in shock as his body began to twist grotesquely. Various blades and poison-smoke tubes extended from parts of him, transforming him from a human into something resembling a half-beast puppet...
"I... What is this..." Zhenpan was stunned by his