Kankuro curled his lip as he watched the mass of Naruto Uzumaki clones charging toward him.
"Not a single new trick."
He couldn't help complaining. This spectacle was practically identical to the preliminaries, with nothing much worth watching. It wasn't quite what he had imagined.
"It's not about how many ninjutsu you know, but how well you use them!"
"If you can make me use another ninjutsu, then you'll have proved you're any good!"
Naruto Uzumaki didn't waste a moment doubting himself; he directed everything outward instead. All his clones shot back in unison.
Kankuro curled his lip at those words, then grew serious.
Against a crowd like this, he couldn't hide his real body inside the coffin. He took the puppet out and began moving it with chakra threads.
Clack, clack!
Crisp rattling sounds rang out!
But the moment the puppet reached them, it didn't swing its arms to attack. Instead, an opening snapped open in its chest, and a dense cluster of tubes spewed purple poison gas!
Hiss-
Naruto Uzumaki's clones instantly screamed and stopped charging.
"Whoa!"
"Cough, cough!"
"What the heck is this?"
Naruto's clones were suffering terribly. After inhaling the gas, some turned purple in the face, while others' hands swelled up!
Their condition could only be described as poisoning.
Several Narutos clutched their throats or collapsed to the ground. With a series of pops, they vanished in clouds of white smoke.
Only one Naruto Uzumaki remained, watching in shock from a distance.
"An attack for dealing with groups?"
Unless he had enough clones, closing in to attack would be difficult against that wide-area poison attack.
"Heh, is that all? Or did you never learn any other tricks?" Seeing Naruto Uzumaki standing there without making a move, Kankuro smiled.
"Hmph! I'm the future Hokage! I've got