A figure appeared in the air above the center of the six puppet masters without any warning.
Hatake Sakumo.
Holding the handle of White Fang behind his back with one hand, he glanced down calmly.
For a moment...
A figure, Body Flicker Technique, came out and placed six puppet masters in the center.
A simple crosscut.
Efficient and precise, no redundant movements.
There is no majestic chakra release, only the simplest path.
A moment.
"Poof!" "Poof!" "Poof!", the outermost puppet master.
A red line suddenly appeared on the side of his neck, and the horrified expression on his face didn't even have time to change.
The whole person fell forward softly.
The other puppet master reacted the fastest and summoned two defensive puppets to stand in front of him.
But together with his two solid puppets, a smooth and inclined plane appeared in the middle of his body.
The core of the puppet's mechanism and his body silently misaligned and slipped along this cut surface, and the cut was as smooth as a mirror.
The third puppet master who tried to fly towards the side rock wall only took half a step.
The right leg was completely severed from the knee, and blood gushed out from the fracture like a fountain.
He let out a shrill scream and fell heavily to the sand.
Quick!
Indescribably fast! This is...Kage Level strong?
No, it's a swordsman like Hatake Sakumo who was born as a samurai.
Kage Level is a strong man who has perfected a certain trait to the extreme and specializes in killing!
The remaining three puppet masters, including the captain, seemed to be frozen in place at this moment.
The captain roared instinctively, "Move!!!"
Then Hand Seals with both hands. "Summoning Technique·Rock-Armored Centipede!"
Boom!
A huge centipede-shaped puppet, made of countless brown rock armor segments and with a rotating drill on its head, broke out of the ground.
It coiled around him, forming a defensive posture, and at the same time, thick purple poisonous smoke was sprayed from the gaps in the centipede's joints, spreading rapidly.
The other two survivors also woke up from a dream and activated their chakra. The remaining puppets' eyes glowed red and they were ready to self-destruct.
"A useless struggle."
Hatake Sakumo's voice is not high.
The next moment, Hatake Sakumo's figure disappeared again.
Several white lights flashed.
But this time, Tianyi's Byakugan suddenly shrank to the limit, and I saw it.
He saw those rays of white light penetrate the poisonous smoke and pass through the self-destructing puppet.
Precisely cutting into the joint gaps of Rock-Armored Centipede, passing through the throats of three puppet masters...
The path of knife light.
Three ways?... No, it's five ways!
The five slashes were completed almost at the same time.
This is the art of interpreting "knife" and "speed" to the extreme.
Hatake Sakumo turned around, glanced flatly, and then raised his head.
Then he looked at Tianyi on the sand dune: How much do you understand?
Tianyi took a deep breath, suppressed the throbbing in his heart, and headed in the direction of Hatake Sakumo.
He nodded and shook his head.
"Forget it" Hatake Sakumo nodded slightly
"First clean up the battlefield, pack up the valuable puppet remains and information scrolls, and knock the short-legged puppet master unconscious and take him away."
"Your sensor is fine, let's go to the next attack point as soon as possible"
"Yes, Master Sakumo" Tianyi responded.
The two began to quickly inspect the battlefield.
Byakugan worked again, easily penetrating debris and sand.
Several core parts of the puppet that were not completely destroyed were found.
and sealed bags containing venom.
Then the two quickly left for the next attack point.
Land of Wind border, Hidden Sand Village frontline command camp.
The curtain was suddenly opened, and a messenger ninja almost staggered into the tent.
Kneeling on one knee, his voice was trembling with urgency:
"Chiyo Master! Urgent military situation! Stationed in the northeast.
Scorpion Tail Squad is responsible for harassing Leaf Village's third and fourth supply lines.
And the two teams under its jurisdiction... all members have lost contact!
Traces of fierce fighting were found in the final positioning signal area returned.
It was confirmed that many puppets were completely damaged, and there were... blood stains.
It is presumed that all members have been killed!"
"What?!"
Chiyo, who was sitting in the main seat, slammed his palms on the table.
There was a loud "bang" sound, which shook the sand table on the table that marked the enemy and friendly situations slightly.
"How is that possible?!" Chiyo's voice was filled with disbelief.
"Scorpion Tail Squad is an elite trained by me. He is best at hiding in the desert and guerrilla raids!
They have only been active for a short time. How could Leaf Village be in such a short period of time?
Just find them all and clean them out?!
Did Leaf Village transfer all the main forces of the Hyuga Clan to serve as scouts?!"
The messenger ninja kneeling below lowered his head and did not dare to answer.
Consultant Ebizo, who was sitting under Chiyo with his eyes closed as if to rest his mind, slowly opened his eyes.
The voice also had a slow and hoarse tone:
"Sister, please don't be impatient." He tilted his head slightly and said softly with some meaning:
"Such a precise and rapid removal... could it be from within us..."
Chiyo raised his hand and interrupted his brother:
"No, if there is a traitor inside and leaks the long-term stronghold or personnel list.
Leaf Village It should have been done long ago, why wait until now.
It is illogical to suddenly launch an attack just when we have just stepped up our harassment efforts?"
She took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.
His fingers tapped on the table unconsciously, making a regular clicking sound:
"Our 'eyes' in Hidden Leaf Camp, have you heard any special news recently?"
An intelligence assistant standing by the side immediately stepped forward and bowed to report:
"Master Chiyo, I mentioned it in yesterday's routine report.
Leaf Village seems to be trying some new investigation method, but the specific form and principle are unknown.
It was not directly related to our loss of personnel at that time, so..."
"New investigation method?" Chiyo keenly grasped the key words.
His brows were furrowed tightly, forming the character "Chuan".
"Being able to sense and locate puppet troops that are good at hiding so efficiently...
This is definitely not something that ordinary sentient ninjas or Hyuga Byakugan can do.
Tsunade just came here, and something like this happened..."
She stood up and walked slowly inside the tent, her shadow elongated by the light and cast on the tent wall.
"Check!" Chiyo stopped, his tone decisive and urgent.
"Use all available channels, no matter the cost.
Find out for me what method Leaf Village used!
The focus is on Tsunade, who is new to the front line, and the people she brings with her!"
She turned to look at the intelligence assistant and Ebizo:
"If we can't figure it out as soon as possible and find a way to counter it.
Once Leaf Village's logistics line is unblocked again, sufficient material supplies will be obtained.
Plus that troublesome woman Princess Tsunade is in charge...
The advantage we established in the early stage by relying on poison and harassment will be gone.
In the next battle, we will be very passive!"
Ebizo nodded slightly and added:
"At the same time, all frontline harassment troops are ordered to temporarily reduce their scope of activity.
Improve the concealment level and do not attack easily without absolute certainty.
Before we figure out what the 'invisible knife' is.
We can no longer make unnecessary sacrifices."
"I'll do as you say." Chiyo sat back down and rubbed his brows tiredly.
"Tell the people below to keep their eyes open and their ears up.
I want to see what kind of trick Leaf Village is playing!"