"Chiyo, don't be rude!"
Before Yayoi could speak, the leader Hidden Sand Village Jonin, who was standing aside, spoke first, scolding Chiyo with a serious expression.
I don't know if this Hidden Sand Village Jonin is usually too harsh. Chiyo simply shrank his neck and took a step back.
"I understand, Lord Oishi."
In Sunagakure, if we want to say who the Hidden Sand Village ninjas fear the most, then the first name is definitely not Kazekage Retto who founded the village, but Shamon who is Kazekage's guard and concurrently holds the position of Hidden Sand Village High-Level Advisors.
He was a ninja who focused on action ability and efficiency, and with his tough style, he buried many ninjas from the same village on the way to reform Sunagakure.
For a while, Sunagakure's sand seemed to emit a pungent and unpleasant smell of blood.
Under Shamon, a large number of elite ninjas with outstanding abilities have gathered. This time, Jonin led the Jonin and escorted them to Land of Night. Oishi Jonin is one of the confidants of consultant Shamon.
Chiyo is not so much afraid of the name Jonin as Oishi, but rather he is afraid of the Shamon behind Oishi.
That is the existence in Sunagakure that is more dangerous and deadly than Kazekage.
"However, I still say that, I have no interest in Puppet Technique, and I don't think there is any need to learn Puppet Technique."
Chiyo retains the last trace of stubbornness.
In fact, if she hadn't been selected by Shamon, she and her brother Ebizo had no intention of traveling all the way here to learn something Puppet Technique didn't understand.
She felt that the Shamon consultant must have lost his mind to let them, young ninjas with Chakra's excellent control skills, waste time and energy learning this third-rate Ninjutsu.
"It's a good thing to have personality, but whether you want to learn or not is your business, and whether you teach or not is up to me."
Yayoi's words were not only addressed to Chiyo, but also a subtle reminder to the remaining nine Hidden Sand Village ninjas.
Chiyo is not the only one here who holds the idea that Puppet Technique might as well not learn.
It can only be said that the prejudices in people's hearts are like a big mountain.
Sunagakure, which has just introduced Puppet Technique, has a very shallow foundation in the development of puppet tactics.
However, Yayoi said so, but considering that this is an official transaction with Sunagakure, he certainly cannot really let it go.
So--
"Since you don't know much about Puppet Technique, I plan to give you a formal lesson here. Does anyone want to come up and give it a try? Of course, there is no problem in joining together."
Yayoi calmly took out a scroll, unfolded it gently, and glanced at the ten Hidden Sand Village exchange students including Chiyo.
Not surprisingly, they are all outstanding young people carefully selected by Shamon in Sunagakure. Although the average age is only twelve or thirteen years old, the strength of all their members is not low at all, at least at the level of Chunin.
Yayoi even suspected that among the ten Hidden Sand Village exchange students, maybe some of them had reached the Jonin level.
Chiyo looked back at the nine people behind him. They did not disappoint Chiyo. They all stood up and stood side by side with Chiyo.
"Send your name and treat it as if you have known each other in advance."
Yayoi did not take action immediately, but asked them to introduce themselves.
The ten Hidden Sand Village teenagers are not introverts, and they all reported their names to Yayoi.
"Formless." "Ebizo." "Onimaru." "Sand Nightmare."...
As Hidden Sand Village teenagers reported their names one by one, Yayoi also silently remembered them.
Among these ten people, in addition to Chiyo, there were two other people who were noticed by Yayoi.
One of them is naturally Ebizo, the younger brother of Chiyo, a twelve-year-old boy whose face is somewhat similar to Chiyo. His head is wrapped in white cloth, which is a unique decoration of Land of Wind.
However, his personality is slightly different from that of Chiyo. Chiyo's personality tends to be public and emotional. As the younger brother, he is taciturn and likes to watch everything silently in the dark, with a very low sense of existence.
As for the other one... a boy named 'Formless' is also the focus of Yayoi.
He is the oldest among this group of teenagers, about fifteen or sixteen years old.
Wearing a black tight-fitting Ninja Outfit with a yellow cape, his head is bare and there is a dragon claw-like tattoo engraved on his right face.
It is very similar to the tattoo style on Shamon's head.
After staying on Formless for a moment, Yayoi looked away. The scroll unfolded in his hand suddenly started to tremble, and figures swooshed out of the scroll and rushed into the sky.
Yayoi stretched out a finger and shot out Chakra Threads one by one, connecting all the puppets that were stagnant in mid-air.
No more, no less, exactly ten.
Each puppet is wearing armor and holding a sharp Samurai knife. Under the control of Yayoi's Chakra Threads, it is suspended in mid-air like Ghost, looking down at Chiyo, Ebizo and others below.
"Let me just say, Puppeteer are all insidious guys hiding behind puppets. However, by only showing out ten of these toys, are you looking down on us?"
Seeing Yayoi only use ten puppets to fight, Chiyo felt that he was being underestimated.
Not only Chiyo, but the other Hidden Sand Village boys also frowned slightly, holding similar thoughts to Chiyo.
It would be fine if the opponent himself takes action, but the number of puppets used to fight is so rare... It seems to tell them that each of them only needs one puppet to solve the problem.
This doesn't take them seriously at all.
"Be careful, don't follow the puppet casually..."
Formless, who had a dragon claw tattoo engraved on his right face, was mid-sentence when the figure next to him flashed and Chiyo had already rushed forward.
I don't know whether it was because she was a brave person, or because she didn't think the puppet toys could pose a threat to her at all. As Medical Ninja, an important member of the team, she actually charged forward.
"Really, sister, this guy..."
Ebizo sighed, seeming helpless at his sister's reckless behavior.
After he finished speaking, the Hidden Sand Village boy next to him saw a girl from Chiyo and rushed forward. Their bodies also moved quickly to approach the puppet in front.
Ebizo and Formless looked at each other and had no choice but to follow them so as not to feel out of place.
Considering that this is just a tutorial battle, the difficulty of the battle must not be too high.
The fact is as they thought, because it is just a tutorial battle to show the puppet's ability, Yayoi will not fight with all his strength.
And in order to let them feel the combat performance of the puppets more intuitively, Yayoi made the puppets show the same speed and strength according to the speed and strength displayed by each of them to fight against them.
However, even so, after a few encounters, three of these Hidden Sand Village teenagers were 'killed'.
The process was smooth and smooth, and it was pleasing to watch. The three Hidden Sand Village boys who were 'killed' suddenly broke into a cold sweat when they saw the Samurai knife suddenly placed on their necks.
Their faces were full of confusion, and they had no idea how the puppet that had been knocked out suddenly appeared from the blind spot.
"Those three idiots!"
Chiyo saw this scene and felt tremendous pressure.
She was the first one to rush forward because she had full confidence in her own strength, and she was also using her own agility to test the combat capabilities of these puppets.
But she didn't expect that three of her teammates would be taken down in an instant.
Chiyo, holding Kunai, forced back the puppet wielding the Samurai knife in front of him, and gradually put away his contempt in his heart.
Fighting against puppets is completely different from fighting against ninjas.
No matter how weird their movements are, ninjas are still humans in essence, but puppets are different. They have no sense of pain and no concept of 'death'.
They are essentially just the extended hands and feet of Puppeteer.
Therefore, the best strategy is to solve Puppeteer first.
Otherwise, the cost of trial and error would be too high. After all, ninjas are risking their lives for trial and error, and even if Puppeteer fails, the loss will be nothing more than a puppet.
Just...
Can't get around it.
Chiyo found that no matter how he acted, he could not break through the puppet's blockage in front and attack Yayoi in the rear.
Although there are no clear rules for victory or defeat in this guidance battle, being able to break through the puppets and directly attack Puppeteer himself is undoubtedly a way to win.
"Wind--"
Chiyo immediately wanted to use Ninjutsu to create obstacles and break through in one go.
Whoosh!
Samurai's sword split the air with cold light, Chiyo quickly disconnected Hand Seals and dodged backwards.
'The puppet's movements are so weird, it doesn't look like anything a human can do, and it can also fly with a high degree of freedom...'
Chiyo frowned, feeling that the battle was extremely difficult.
Obviously her speed and strength are all at the same level, but because the puppet often uses weird attack methods that violate the characteristics of the human body, she becomes the suppressed party.
Even if Ninjutsu is used, it will be quickly interrupted.
After all, which normal human being can rotate important parts such as hands, feet, and head 180 degrees at will without affecting the smoothness of combat?
Sometimes, some mechanical weapons will suddenly pop out of the body, specially designed to draw cold knives and kill with one blow.
Chiyo was almost defeated several times. Fortunately, she was fast enough, otherwise she would have fallen.
'It's best to use long-range attacks, close combat is too disadvantageous...'
Chiyo is aware of this, but there is no good way.
The things she masters tend to be Taijutsu and Medical Ninjutsu. Although Ninjutsu can also be used, they are all auxiliary techniques and lack offensive capabilities.
Then, she looked towards the others and was stunned for a moment.
Except for Formless, all the troops have been wiped out.
Even her brother Ebizo was held by a suspended puppet with only half of its body left and holding a Samurai knife.
Obviously, after Ebizo split the puppet into two pieces, he did not expect that the two-piece puppet could continue to attack, and he was captured by the puppet without noticing.
Only Formless completely destroyed the puppets and won the victory.
There was yellow quicksand left on the puppet parts that he destroyed.
A piece of the ground around him was also hollowed out, and he used Ninjutsu to make the sand used to crush the puppets.
Feeling that it was almost done, Yayoi withdrew the puppet that had fought with Chiyo.
"Stop it, it's a draw on your end."
Chiyo's Taijutsu is very strong. Although it was the first time he fought against a puppet, he showed extremely terrible adaptability.
Even though she couldn't break through the puppet's defense, it was difficult for the puppet to take her down.
If we continue to fight, there will be no end.
Chiyo also took a breath and put Kunai away.
"I believe that through this exercise, you should understand that puppets have unique fighting abilities that are different from ninjas."
As Yayoi spoke, the Hidden Sand Village boys, including Chiyo, all remained silent.
In the battle just now, many people were able to hurt the puppets, but the result was close to total destruction.
The problem is that the puppet will not stop attacking because of injuries and pain.
Even if important joints are destroyed, the head is chopped off, and the body is split into two pieces, as long as Chakra Threads is still connected, it can continue to act.
From time to time, devices would pop up from his body and he would draw cold knives for sneak attacks. This was the most insidious aspect. At close range, few people could dodge in time.
Even Chiyo, who didn't pay much attention to Puppet Technique at first, subconsciously felt that Puppet Technique seemed to have some merits, and it wouldn't hurt to have a little exposure and study.
Anyway, the tuition is paid, if you don't study, you won't study in vain.