"Isn't this just pure Gundam?"
Shin'un stood beside Nara Shikahito, his heart filled with unease.
"Did the Sand Ninja have such giant puppets in the original story?"
Resting his chin on his hand, while the others in the tent were still receiving information about the new Sand Ninja puppets, Shin'un hurriedly tried to recall the details.
"Such a giant puppet has never appeared in the original work of Sunagakure."
"But..." Shin'un hesitated for a moment, recalling the story of a Naruto movie. " The Lost Tower, Anrokuzan, the Dragon Vein, the Giant Puppet..."
Shaking his head, Shin'un said, "That's not right. Even if Anrokuzan really existed, and the Dragon Vein and the Ancient Kingdom of Roran really existed, they have nothing to do with the giant puppet that appeared in the Sand Ninja."
After thinking for a long time without finding a solution, Shin'un shifted his perspective and discovered the Shinobi World map that Nara Shikahito had spread out on the table in the center of the tent.
" Rōran... if it truly existed, it shouldn't be destroyed yet at this point in time."
With a sudden thought, Shin'un walked a few steps to the table where the map of the Shinobi World was laid out, his gaze sweeping over it.
In his memory, the area surrounding Rōran was all desert. Shin'un also turned his attention to the area around the Land of Sand, searching for the name of Country of Roran.
After searching for a moment, Shin'un withdrew his gaze, having already made up his mind.
The so-called Ancient Kingdom of Roran does not exist; at least, the name Rōran is not on this map, which Jonin world.
Where did those giant puppets from the Sand Ninja come from? Why were they never described in the original work?
Could it be that the wings of his butterfly flapping could reach the Sunagakure?
That doesn't make sense either...
Inside the tent, Nara Shikahito sighed deeply.
"I never imagined that even with the war at this stage, the Sand Ninja would still have a trump card up their sleeve."
" The Sunagakure must have only recently developed this kind of giant puppet," Shin'un, still standing by the table, said without turning his head after hearing Nara Shikahito's words.
"After all, this war has been going on for four years, and every one of the participating ninja villages has suffered heavy losses."
After saying this, Shin'un turned around and looked at Nara Shikahito, who was frowning in thought.
"Besides, the number of ninjas in Sunagakure is already among the lowest of the Five Great Shinobi Villages, so they should be even more distressed about losing their own ninjas."
"Yes, that's right." Nara Shikahito nodded, agreeing with Shin'un's idea.
"Indeed, if the Sand Ninja had possessed these new types of puppets from the very beginning of the war, they couldn't have stood idly by while ninja casualties skyrocketed on the front lines."
At this point, Nara Shikahito looked at Shin'un.
"After all, for a ninja village, only ninjas are the foundation of the village."
"Even these new types of puppets that have recently emerged on the battlefield require ninjas to control, don't they?"
"That's right." Shin'un nodded in agreement upon hearing Nara Shikahito's words.
The Shinobi World is, after all, a world with extraordinary power, and the upper limit of an individual's combat strength can reach an extremely high level. Basically, no ninja village will relax its training of its own ninjas.
This includes the present and future Sunagakure.
After all, a giant puppet requires nine puppeteers to operate, and the number of puppeteers in Sunagakure is at most close to a thousand.
Now that the Sand Ninja possesses giant puppets as a powerful weapon of war, it is foreseeable that in the near future, the Sand Ninja will pay special attention to the training of puppeteers.
It's important to know that puppeteers, who fight using Chakra Threads, are naturally a type of ninja.
"Alright, there's no point in discussing this now." Nara Shikahito's voice rang out from inside the tent.
"When the Sand Ninja's giant puppets were developed is none of our concern. We only need to consider what impact these giant puppets will have on the war that was nearing its end."
After speaking, Nara Shikahito walked past Shin'un and went to the round table in the middle of the tent where the map of the Shinobi World was placed. He looked up at Shin'un and gestured for him to come over.
Taking a few steps forward, Shin'un walked to Nara Shikahito's side and looked at the Shinobi World map on the round table with him.
"This is our current location." Nara Shikahito looked at the map, observed it briefly, and then pointed to it with his finger.
" Orochimaru was attacked by Chiyo's team early yesterday morning. According to the original plan, the attack should have occurred in this area."
Immediately after thinking it over, Nara Shikahito marked out an area on the map.
Shin'un, who had been standing next to Nara Shikahito, nodded in agreement when he saw the area where Orochimaru could be attacked.
As one of the three commanders of the planned three teams, he roughly knew the routes of the other two teams. According to his estimation, Orochimaru also encountered Chiyo in this area.
The exact location is roughly in the southwestern part of the central Land of Rain, closer to the already victorious battlefield of the Rain Ninja than the battlefield of the Sand Ninja.
Nara Shikahito remained silent for a few seconds, then suddenly looked up at Shin'un beside him and said:
"Three days ago, I received intelligence that Chiyo was entangled with White Fang on the front lines of Stone Ninja north of the Land of Rain. I never expected that by the early morning of the next day, she had already crossed almost half of the Land of Rain and attacked Orochimaru's team."
Shin'un was taken aback upon hearing this.
"Crossing nearly half of the Land of Rain in just over ten hours, such a rapid march..."
With a deep frown, Shin'un said:
"It's likely that the Sand Ninja were still exhausted from their forced march when they attacked Orochimaru's group."
"Are those giant golems really that powerful?"
Seeing the furrowed brows on Shin'un's face, Nara Shikahito shook his head.
"Don't underestimate the enemy, but don't exaggerate their strength either."
"While this giant puppet is indeed very powerful, judging from the intelligence alone, it is comparable to several Jonin."
"But you must understand that the fact that Orochimaru's team has suffered nearly half its losses is not solely due to the power of this new type of puppet."
At this point, Nara Shikahito lowered his head and closed his eyes.
I bear the majority of the responsibility for this outcome.
"Because Orochimaru's team has the longest journey, they have to travel across most of the Land of Rain to reach the rear of the Sand Ninja's main force and rendezvous with us."
"But Orochimaru's team has to arrive at the rendezvous point at the same time as us, with a margin of error of no more than two hours."
"At the same time, in my judgment, Orochimaru's route should be quite safe, because due to the war, even animals will be scarce."
"Therefore, under my orders, Orochimaru's troops maintained a full-speed forced march, only able to rest properly every few days."
"When they were attacked by Chiyo, all the Konoha Ninja, including Orochimaru, had been marching for several days and were already exhausted."
"Under these circumstances, Orochimaru was attacked by a thousand Sand Ninja, along with dozens of giant puppets, which resulted in the loss of nearly half of his team."