Clack, clack, clack!
The clatter of puppet mechanisms came from the thick mist... Kankuro sent Father and Mother charging in. As the two puppets advanced side by side, their palms faced each other, a length of Steel Wire sharp enough to slice through iron stretched between them, aimed straight at Sasuke's neck!
Enemies approached from the front, but Sasuke watched the ground beneath his feet.
"The puppets in front are a feint. Your real attack is the puppet buried underground. If I remember correctly, that one's called Black Ant, isn't it? Built specifically to capture prey, trapping opponents inside its body and killing them with blades. Quite an ingenious mechanism!"
"Puppets have no chakra, so the Sharingan can't see through them once they're buried underground. But they have nowhere to hide from the Byakugan..."
"Still, that doesn't mean you have no room to maneuver."
"Kankuro, if I were you, I'd reverse it. Use Black Ant as the feint and make the puppets in front your real killing move. Unfortunately, you're not me!"
Crack! Crack!
Using Shikotsumyaku to shrug off the slicing Steel Wire, Sasuke clamped his hands firmly around Father's and Mother's throats and infused them with Magnet Release, disabling their concealed weapon mechanisms!
Kankuro deftly hooked his fingers around the threads. Clack! Black Ant burst out of the ground, its belly yawning open, ready to forcibly encase Sasuke!
The corners of Sasuke's mouth lifted. "I just thought of a tactic. This mechanism of Black Ant's might prove very useful!"
Still facing forward with both hands around Father's and Mother's throats, he twisted his hips to fling out the Kusanagi Sword. Without even looking behind him, he turned sideways and kicked the blade!
Clang!
The spinning Kusanagi Sword severed the Chakra Threads attached to Black Ant's joints!
Clatter!
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