Kawaki Aoba seized the opportunity to rush to the puppet's side. Forming hand seals, he rapidly gathered Chakra in his hands and said gravely, "Ice Release: Ultimate Secret Art: Frozen Shatter!"
A massive amount of cold air surged from his hands, instantly freezing the puppet's body. With a forceful sweep of his hand, an ice blade slashed at the puppet's markings. With a crack, the markings were destroyed. The Chakra fluctuations around the puppet instantly vanished, and it stood motionless.
"No! My puppet!" Seeing his puppet destroyed, the Sunagakure Jonin let out a despairing scream, his eyes filled with unwillingness and rage. "You Konoha ninja, I'll kill you!"
With that, he unleashed all his Chakra and charged at Kawaki Aoba. The sand blade in his hand condensed immense power as he sought to perish together with him.
"Aoba, watch out!"
Akimichi Choji shouted and tried to rush over to block the Sunagakure Jonin, but another Sunagakure Jonin held him up.
Kawaki Aoba stared coldly at the charging Sunagakure Jonin. Rather than dodging, he formed hand seals. "Ice Release: Ice Armor!"
Ice armor covered his body, and he gripped his ice sword tightly before thrusting it at the Sunagakure Jonin.
Clang!
The ice sword collided with the sand blade with a deafening crash. The Sunagakure Jonin was forced back several steps, while Kawaki Aoba's arm went numb from the impact.
"Damn it!"
Gritting his teeth, the Sunagakure Jonin charged at Kawaki Aoba again.
Kawaki Aoba looked at the puppet that had lost control, his heart filled with joy.
"Yuhi Shinku-senpai, be careful!"
"What?"
Hearing the warning beside his ear, Yuhi Shinku was slightly startled and hurriedly looked in the direction of the shout.
Several Sunagakure puppets had somehow appeared behind him and were rapidly attacking him.
"Wind Release: Fuma Shuriken!"
Yuhi