Land of Night 14 years, March. (Konoha 5 years)
Winter turns to spring, and half a year passes in the blink of an eye.
After the assassination storm that swept all countries, Ninja World once again returned to a peaceful and peaceful life.
Subject to the peace agreement signed by Five Kage, the only thing that countries can do now is to quietly immerse themselves in development, restore or enhance national strength based on peace and the premise of not starting war.
Let the flames of war and smoke of Warring States Era be completely away from people today.
The ice and snow have melted, but there is still a hint of coldness in the Nightview City air.
General's Residence Outer Court On a training ground, Hidden Sand Village exchange students who have been practicing Puppet Technique for one year are now facing their final 'graduation' exam.
At this time, it is already the last group to compete in Puppet Technique.
The two parties participating in the competition are none other than Formless and Chiyo, who have the best results in the field of Puppet Technique.
After a full year of practice, the two of them completed the Puppet Technique basic coursework assigned by Yayoi early. Whether it was modification or assembly of puppets, their scores were far ahead of the others.
In addition, they are also proficient in Taijutsu, drug production, institutions, etc.
While the others were still playing with the standard puppets given to them by Yayoi, Formless and Chiyo had already created their own exclusive puppet weapons that fit them.
Moreover... both of them can control at least five puppets at one time and fight simultaneously.
On the field, more than ten puppets were fighting fiercely.
Formless and Chiyo hold Chakra Threads with their hands. The difference is that Chiyo can only control six puppets, while Formless controls eight puppets.
Although the puppets they created all maintained their human form, they were clearly differentiated in size and height, and were classified into puppets with different focus directions such as raiding, guarding, and attacking.
Kunai and Senbon kept flying on the field, forming a continuous black rainstorm. The puppets of both sides took out weapons at each other and danced wildly to chop away these hidden weapons. The other Hidden Sand Village boys outside the field could no longer tell with the naked eye which side was releasing the attack.
Under the precise control of Formless and Chiyo, the puppet's movement speed and the speed of releasing the hidden weapon are really fast and very hidden.
If you are not familiar with the structure of the puppet, you can easily be shot by the puppet's hidden weapon at close range.
Even if it was rubbed, it wouldn't work, because every weapon was smeared with poison by Formless and Chiyo.
Over the past year, they have learned not only how to assemble and control puppets, but making poison is also a required course Puppeteer.
Since it is Medical Ninja, Chiyo's performance in poison production is even higher than that of Formless.
Click.
Click.
Seeing that they could no longer defeat each other by releasing Kunai and other hidden weapons, both sides immediately changed their strategies and activated the puppet mechanism. Small balls popped out from the puppet's mouth, eyes, chest and other parts. Some exploded to produce poisonous mist, and some exploded to produce Kakkō.
The scene suddenly became chaotic and was obscured by thick fog.
Then there was another hand-to-hand battle, as more than a dozen puppets rushed into the dust and fog that was difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, and started fighting to the death.
Various models of Ninja Blade collided with each other, and the harsh metal chirping sound lasted for a long time, as if thousands of troops were fighting inside. The danger and cruelty could be felt through the thick fog, which was a test of Puppeteer's eyesight.
Then, with a bang, a puppet flew out first. A severed arm and some mechanism bearings flew out together with the puppet and rolled to the ground. Chiyo's face could not help but sink.
Obviously, the puppet that flew out was one of the ones she controlled.
After all, it was six versus eight, and the advantage was obviously not on her side.
The Hidden Sand Village boy who was watching held his breath and did not dare to take a breath for fear of missing something.
This type of hand-to-hand combat with puppets, full of barbaric and crude artistic sense, is rare.
Outside the venue, Yayoi is also paying close attention to this last graduation exam. Since there is almost no difference in control skills, the party that controls more puppets will naturally have a greater advantage.
The fact is as expected by Yayoi. After the first puppet was eliminated, the second and third puppets of Chiyo were also eliminated one after another.
The second one was cut in half, and the Gada Gada was twitching on the ground, and the parts that were still working kept making noises.
The third one was even more direct. It was destroyed to pieces, with parts and fragments scattered on the ground.
"I give up!"
Chiyo looked at the remaining three scarred puppets with a distressed face, and even regretted calling out too late.
She should have stopped it immediately after the first puppet was eliminated.
After all, as long as one puppet is eliminated on her side, Formless will take this opportunity to quickly snowball to expand her advantage, without giving her any chance to turn defeat into victory.
This kind of thing has happened many times before.
Formless stopped attacking, and eight puppets were pulled back by him. For example, Ghost was floating, and the black clothes were flapping in the wind. Several puppets were missing arms or legs, and one had its head blown off.
Yayoi and the other exchange students Hidden Sand Village walked into the training ground. Formless and Chiyo put away their puppets and stood together with the other exchange students.
"You have worked hard this year, and I am here to congratulate you on successfully completing your studies."
As for the evaluation of performance, Yayoi thinks it is not important.
After all, these ten people are talents carefully selected by Sunagakure. Naturally, there are no idiots who can't even master the basics of Puppet Technique within one year.
Even the person with the slowest progress successfully mastered all the basics of Puppet Technique half a year ago.
In actual puppet combat, the one who controls the largest number of puppets is undoubtedly Formless, followed by Chiyo.
As for the performance of the rest of the people in this area, the gap is actually not that big. On average, they can control at least three puppets to fight at the same time.
"But, regarding the exam just now..."
As in the past, Yayoi will not comment on anyone's performance, but will point out their shortcomings in actual combat one by one, and provide this final Puppet Technique guidance as a teacher.
Everyone listened carefully, firmly remembered Yayoi's words, and showed respect.
After a year of getting along, the two of them had already formed a strong teacher-student friendship. Although this friendship was deliberately avoided by both parties because of their different camps.
"Although the time we got together was short, don't be too sad. There will definitely be opportunities to meet in the future."
Seemingly feeling their slightly disappointed mood, Yayoi smiled and comforted them.
But at that time, it is difficult to predict whether they will be enemies or friends.
"Also at the end, I have prepared a gift for each of you. I hope you will like it."
Yayoi took out the scroll that he had prepared and distributed it to the ten teenagers in front of him.
After they got it in their hands, they opened the scroll one after another and couldn't help but be moved when they saw the content on it.
The above contents are all tips about their future development direction, as well as guidance on their respective specialties.
For example, Chiyo and Yayoi wrote about Medical Ninjutsu's experience on her scrolls. Although it does not involve profound Medical Ninjutsu, it can help Chiyo avoid some detours.
The rest of the people are in a similar situation. Except for Puppet Technique, they all have other specialties. Yayoi can give them additional guidance based on these specialties, which is not a waste of their "teacher-student" role.
"Thank you very much for your guidance."
"Well, that's it, have a good rest today. Tomorrow morning, Jonin from your village will come over on time and take you back to Land of Wind."
Facing the ten Hidden Sand Village teenagers who bowed seriously, Yayoi nodded. After leaving these words, he dismissed on the spot, turned around and left in a hurry.
Next, he has more important things to do.
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The sun was setting in the west, and its golden afterglow shrouded the ground and buildings of General's Residence, dragging long oblique shadows on the ground.
Underground space, a special cultivation room used to cultivate Chakra life.
In addition to Irori and Yaya, Nene is also here.
The purpose of her coming here is probably to observe for the first time the moment when this kind of Chakra life is born, and maybe she can record interesting experimental data.
She thinks so.
As the only energy supplier, Seven-Tails naturally followed to this familiar vast space.
"Hurry up and start. It's like this every time. You waste too much time."
Nene's voice was calm, but it sounded impatient and inexplicably anxious.
"Sorry, I'm a little late because I have to give the last exam to the students of Sunagakure."
Yayoi explained calmly and was not angry because of Nene's attitude.
He has always been very tolerant of capable people, let alone the woman beside him.
Well, then let her learn how to drive Byakugan like Kicho and return it hard.
Yayoi stopped in front of the tall cylindrical culture cabin. Through the glass wall, he could clearly see the girl who had stopped growing inside.
After less than a year of cultivation, she completed her transformation from embryo to complete life.
This is all due to his mastery of Yin-Yang Release and the growth of his own strength, which greatly shortened the growth process.
Otherwise, the girl in the training cabin will probably not take shape until next year.
The Solution soaked in the girl's body changed from dark green at the beginning to colorless. All the nutrients and life substances in it have been absorbed by the girl, and there is no point in continuing to soak it.
The figure of the girl inside is smaller than Yaya, less than 140 centimeters.
Like the past Yaya, in the colorless Solution, her body is suspended, her limbs are naturally spread out, and her long red maple hair is spread like seaweed.
The girl's eyes were tightly closed, her body was naked, her face was childish and green, and her white skin showed a faint fluorescence under the infiltration of Solution.
Every part of her body is like a beautiful work of art carefully crafted by God. It is incredibly delicate.
The only flaw is that her expression is too cold, as cold as ice.
Before absorbing Chakra from Tailed Beasts and completing her final transformation, in the final analysis, this girl just lacked emotion, intelligence and was a cold creature.
"Irori, it's almost time, let Komurasaki come out."
Yayoi ordered Irori to take action, and a faint smile couldn't help showing on his face.
"Yes."
Irori nodded. Although he was very excited inside, he acted very calmly on the surface. He walked softly to the console not far away and pressed the start switch.
The drain at the bottom of the culture cabin slowly opened, and a sound of water flushing came from inside, expelling Solution.
After all the colorless Solution inside is drained out, the glass hatch opens with a sound.
The petite girl with long red maple hair had a large amount of water stains left on her body that had not been cleaned up, sliding down her hair, shoulders, back, arms, thighs and other parts.
Yayoi's fingertips released Chakra Threads and connected to the girl's body.
The originally empty and empty expression of the girl immediately came to life. Her eyelids struggled for a moment, then opened, revealing a pair of golden eyes.
Yayoi controlled the girl and walked out slowly. Irori picked up the clothes that had been prepared and put them on one by one for the girl.
Her red maple-colored hair, which almost reaches the ground, is tied into twin ponytails with a red rope.
She is wearing a sleeveless lilac lace kimono, with a fluttering short skirt underneath, and a large red bow tied around her waist.
On her slender and smooth legs are white knee-high garters, which are worn in white low-heeled clogs.
Her temperament is different from the steady one of Irori, and different from the 'dignity' of Yaya, but a lively and cute feeling, but her slightly bold clothes make her look enchanting and charming.
Just as Yayoi was about to speak, Seven-Tails flapped its wings and landed from the sky, landing next to the girl without causing any disturbance.
"..."
The coherent movements in one go made Yayoi suddenly feel sorry for it.