The Chikamatsu's Ten Puppets Masters: the pinnacle of puppetry?
Sato Hideaka's face was cold and stern. Due to exhaustion and depleted chakra in the last battle, although he had encountered Chiyo, the fight hadn't actually begun. His only experience fighting a top-tier puppeteer was against the young Sasori.
However, Sasori clearly didn't want to get entangled with him that time, and even wanted to take advantage of the situation to fake his death and escape. He didn't seem to use his full strength. Before even facing the Third Kazekage... none of those hundreds of puppets even released a single ninjutsu!
Now, let me witness the power of a top-tier puppeteer!
Sato Hideaka Hideyuki condensed Crystal Release in his right hand, and a Crystal Release Fuma Shuriken appeared in his hand. He threw it forcefully with his right hand... and with a "clang," it collided with a high-spinning gear imbued with wind release chakra, changing its direction.
The gears spun diagonally, cutting through the concrete at one corner of the building and embedding themselves into the building's reinforced concrete structure!
Of these three ranged attacks, only this one is the most devastating...
As for the steel whip, it's more about restricting your space and interfering with your movement. The seemingly dense steel needles on it can't penetrate the Crystal Armor's defense at all, so just avoid them. As for the poison needle attack... it's not even enough to scratch an itch!
Ding ding dong--
Poison needles clattered as they landed on Sato Hideaka's body. Without hesitation, Sato Hideaka began Hand Seals... the seals for the Body Flicker Technique. Eight figures appeared in the air, and one after another, dazzling golden lightsabers appeared in their hands, fiercely attacking the puppets.
In an instant, nine figures and ten puppets clashed in a fierce battle, swords clashing and sparks Kakkō...
The intense battle caused layers of air to ripple and surge!
Chiyo's hands moved incessantly, creating afterimages that were almost invisible to the naked eye. Beads of cold sweat trickled down her wrinkled forehead and dripped down her chin... While controlling these puppets, she also had to expend a large amount of chakra to enhance their weapons.
Otherwise, under such intense fighting, these puppets would have long since been destroyed, their weapons destroyed, and the puppets themselves perished.
Watching Chiyo struggle against Sato Hideaka's attacks, Ebizo's eyes, beneath his long white eyebrows, held a hint of anxiety. However, instead of helping his sister, he turned to Hanzo the Salamander and said, " Hanzo, this Konoha Ninja has killed so many of your men. Are you just going to let him run rampant in Amegakure? Why don't we join forces to deal with him... Three Kage Level assassins—this Konoha assassin simply cannot be stopped."
Ebizo knew why her sister Chiyo had intervened. If the Ibuse and the Konoha in front of them continued fighting, it might completely shatter Hanzo the Salamander's confidence... In that case, the outcome might very well be that the treaty between Sunagakure and Amegakure could not be reached.
This demon suddenly appeared at the crucial moment when the contract was negotiated and signed, probably with the same idea in mind: to break the alliance between Sunagakure and Amegakure through this battle. Therefore, we must suppress his arrogance at this time.
Upon hearing Ebizo's words, Hanzo the Salamander took a deep breath and Sato Hideaka, who was flying in the air, "Although Konoha is indeed very strong, you killed my subordinate. At least we should end this battle..."
If you can survive being attacked by three Kage Level masters.
Then there's still a possibility that the talks can continue!
After listening to Ebizo the Hanzo the Salamander's words, Ebizo's eyes flickered slightly. At this crucial moment, Hanzo's attitude could change at any time. Now, he began to ponder the meaning Hanzo the Salamander's words. What exactly did Hanzo mean by those words?
"That demon can fly! Ebizo, stop him from fleeing after his defeat!"
While Chiyo was trying to control the Chikamatsu's Ten Puppets, she spoke to Ebizo beside her.
Ebizo immediately snapped out of his thoughts. The most crucial thing now was to defeat or kill this Konoha demon, otherwise... there would be endless trouble. He took the scroll out of his ninja bag, and as he completed the Hand Seals... puppets flew out one by one.
Like fighter jets, under Ebizo's ten fingers, they roared towards Sato Hideaka's direction. Five puppets blocked the airspace above him, preventing Sato Hideaka from leaving by flying, while the other four puppets went to support his sister Chiyo.
Ebizo is also a puppeteer. Compared to his sister Chiyo, he did not show his strength in the Naruto anime. However, based on the Shinobi World Chronicles of this world, Ebizo's strength seems to be no less than Chiyo's.
Furthermore, as a man, he possesses an even sharper and faster intuition than in matters of instinct and timing in battle!
In an instant, nine figures of Sato Hideaka in mid-air were surrounded by twenty puppets!
However, at this very moment...
The two puppets controlled by Chiyo had all their weapons severed by the lightsaber, and their bodies were also easily cut open by the lightsaber, leaving two perfectly clean and smooth cuts. Then they fell from a height of 100 meters.
Even highly concentrated chakra cannot withstand the laser sword formed by the combination of Crystal Release and Light Release!
Hanzo the Salamander knew that this Konoha Ninja had maintained this momentum, and even with Ebizo, he still couldn't change the slowly declining situation. After placing his left hand on the Ibuse, a green mist was expelled from the Ibuse's body.
Under Hanzo's chakra control, the green weapon began to envelop Sato Hideaka's figure, but the concentration was not as low as before. This was so that Chiyo and Ebizo could see what was inside. However, even with the reduced concentration... swallowing even a small amount would cause the whole body to stiffen and become unable to move.
Damn it, poison-type ninjutsu... it's so troublesome!
After the nine figures had exchanged a total of seventy-three blows with these puppets, Sato Hideaka began to feel his strength weakening and his stamina declining. Holding his breath, he was unable to breathe properly or effectively convert the nutrients in his body into kinetic energy.
Just as Sato Hideaka began to sense the location of the Flying Thunder God Kunai and was preparing to return to the Amegakure building to breathe some fresh air, his expression suddenly changed, because he could no longer sense the location of the Kunai.
Ebizo seemed to have seen through Sato Hideaka's expression, and sneered, "Trying to leave using the Flying Thunder God Technique? Just now, when you left, we already located the Flying Thunder God Kunai through our sensory ninjas and sealed it in a scroll... meaning you can no longer use that mark."
"Now, we can use your movement to clear out all the Flying Thunder God Kunai you've set up around us... Unable to use the Flying Thunder God Technique, you have two choices: first, die here; second, be driven back far away from this location." (To be continued.)