"Arrogant brat!" the Puppeteer snorted. The three menacing, metal-armored puppets beside him immediately turned toward Shinji. One swung a massive scythe, another opened its mouth and sprayed a dense barrage of poisoned needles, and the last launched barbed iron chains from its arms, aiming to ensnare Shinji's legs.
The two tomoe in his Sharingan spun at high speed!
In Shinji's vision, the movements of all three puppets, the trajectories of the poisoned needles, and the paths of the coiling chains were instantly analyzed.
Prediction!
"Uchiha Style: Grouse Moon Night!"
His figure abruptly blurred, seeming to melt into the shadows of the stone pillars. Twisting at an impossible angle, he narrowly evaded both the scythe and the barrage of needles, while his long blade, Blazing Inferno, struck precisely at a joint in the incoming chain!
Clang! Sparks flew as he deftly deflected the chain.
Without pausing, Shinji formed one-handed seals with his left hand, his fingers moving so fast they left only afterimages. "Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Claw Crimson: Scattered Lotus!" Countless fist-sized, rapidly spinning flaming shuriken bloomed like deadly lotus flowers. Rather than targeting the puppets, they shot straight toward the chakra threads controlling them!
The Puppeteer's expression shifted slightly, and he hurriedly made his puppets dodge or block.
But Shinji's flaming shuriken were too densely packed and came from too many tricky angles. Several chakra threads still sizzled under the heat and grew unstable, causing one puppet's movements to visibly lock up.
An opening! A fierce glint flashed in Shinji's eyes. Chakra erupted beneath his feet, launching him forward like a cannonball as he delivered a leaping slash at the immobilized puppet!
"You're asking to die!" the Puppeteer roared, sending the other two puppets to attack from either side.
"Too slow!" Shinji snapped. His Sharingan saw their converging attacks