Do You Want to Become a Kage?

"Boom!"

The two figures crossed paths, accompanied by spectacular sound and light effects. Unfortunately, there were no embellishments—no flock of startled birds taking flight or anything like that—because let alone birds, even the rats had long since been scared away from this place...

But that did not matter. These two only cared about enjoying the fight themselves. As for an audience, it made no difference whether there was one or not.

"Ah-ha! Where are your Martial-Type Ninja Arts? Let me see them already!"

The foremost puppet master of the current generation in the world of Hokage was still full of life, and his words were equally spirited.

This external puppet had looked rather wretched to begin with, but now it looked even worse. Its black robe was in tatters, and the exposed metal shell was covered in scars.

Still, this was the thing Sasori used to protect himself. Its quality was truly exceptional. Though it was a little dirty, it had somehow remained intact.

Only Sakura from the original story, after learning the Senju Clan's Monster Strength Fist, could shatter something like this in a single blow. After all, in terms of concentrated physical striking power, the Monster Strength Fist ranked among the top three in the ninja world. It was an insanely powerful technique whose appearance was completely disproportionate to its actual might.

It was not as though Qi lacked the means to destroy this puppet. It was simply that its endless array of mechanisms was truly irritating. So for now, he waited. Fights between elite jonin were the dullest, often dragging on for ages. Ninja at this level all had first-rate survival abilities, and it was not easy to settle an opponent in just a few moves. This was entirely different from when he had dealt with Yugito,