"Could they be members of that clan too? No, probably not the Queen's clansmen. After all, that woman had revealed her Sharingan—this was a Kekkei Genkai unique to the Uchiha clan! I'd never heard of the Uchiha clan intermarrying with Her Majesty's family, though?" Mukade pondered inwardly as a wave of fear and unease rose within him.
He knew full well what it meant to lose the Dragon Vein's support. His immortal body would no longer be able to regenerate. Although his Puppetry had improved considerably over the past few years due to breakthroughs in his own strength, it had only barely surpassed the limits of an Elite Jonin. With sufficient resources, he could make a few Elite Jonin-level puppets.
Strictly speaking, he had barely touched the threshold of Kage Level. But that was entirely because of his massive puppet army, which allowed him to contend with Kage-level experts. Only with the Dragon Vein's enhancement did he have the confidence to stand against the Five Great Nations of the Ninja World.
Yet the two people before him felt incomparably mysterious, as though they concealed endless secrets and power.
The moment they arrived, they had exposed his origins.
Then, not long after the battle began, that woman had destroyed his Special Jonin-level puppets as easily as chopping vegetables. One had to know that these hundreds of Special Jonin-level puppets, combined with their powerful laser beams and defensive capabilities, could not be easily broken through even by ordinary Kage-level experts.
Yet she had danced among his hundreds of puppets like a graceful butterfly, leaving him utterly helpless. Step by step, she pressed forward and broke through the puppets' blockade.
And behind her, that even more mysterious young man had used some unknown method to suddenly summon a little girl. Not long afterward,