In the dark Forest, light barely penetrated, and it was almost impossible to see anyone beyond ten paces.
A shadow suddenly flashed past. With a pfft, a sword pierced a body.
"Let's take care of this easily first!"
The gray bones in Mirai's palm snapped open. He shoved away the corpse in front of him.
However, in the darkness, Mirai failed to notice that the corpse's wounds had not disintegrated into scraps of waste paper.
Clackclackclackclack!!
An abnormal sound of mechanical joints moving rang out. Warning bells blared in Dong Song's mind, and he hurriedly leaped aside.
With a crack, the corpse puppet was instantly split in two.
"A puppeteer?!" Mirai felt terrible all over. The people he least wanted to encounter were puppet masters!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
The other two jōnin immediately fell into position, forming a pincer formation with the humanoid puppet and blocking Mirai in the middle.
"Kid, was that strange ninjutsu just now your ability?" The hooded jōnin stared coldly at Mirai and asked in a low voice.
"More or less." Mirai's eyes darted around, searching for a way to break through the encirclement.
"Enough nonsense. Just kill him!" the scar-faced ninja barked.
The puppet master hidden in the darkness had already grown impatient and was the first to act.
Puppet Art: Poison Rain Needles!
Click.
The humanoid puppet opened its mouth, revealing a finger-thick mechanism. Cold light glinted from the dark opening as it aimed its sharp muzzle at Mirai.
Countless senbon turned into a downpour that howled toward Mirai.
Every single needle was coated in deadly poison!
A Sand ninja puppeteer's poison was a compulsory subject second only to puppetry itself. A puppet master who could not use poison was not a qualified puppet master.
The Poison Rain Needle attack covered everything in the