"It turns out..."
Looking down at Shin'un, who was looking down at him, Chiyo's expression was unusually gloomy.
The two thousand Sand Ninja she left in the Land of Rain were the last hope for the Sunagakure to escape the quagmire of war. If this last hope were trapped in the Land of Rain, it was foreseeable that the Sunagakure would pay a heavy price.
"Hateful!"
Clenching her teeth, Chiyo was filled with regret. She never expected things to turn out this way.
Shaking her head, Chiyo banished the jumble of emotions from her mind and glanced furtively toward the Land of Wind at one end of the battlefield, where a crimson barrier was faintly visible.
"At this point, there's no other way..."
Thinking of this, Chiyo quietly reached her right hand into her ninja tool pouch behind her back.
Seeing this, Shin'un, who was suspended in mid-air by the lightning chains, narrowed his eyes and keenly noticed Chiyo's small movement of reaching her right hand behind her back.
Without waiting for the attack to finish preparing, dozens of lightning chains immediately struck down.
"Puff!"
Suddenly, a large cloud of smoke exploded behind Chiyo, quickly obscuring her figure.
"A smoke grenade?"
Shin'un was somewhat surprised to see this, but his hands continued to move, and dozens of lightning chains struck down heavily along their original trajectories.
As she tore through the thick smoke, Chiyo's figure was once again revealed to Shin'un, her hands Hand Seals, clearly preparing some kind of Ninjutsu.
Seeing this, Shin'un frowned slightly, and mobilized his Chakra to launch another attack.
Sudden.
"Hello!"
For some reason, Chiyo suddenly shouted loudly.
Upon hearing Chiyo's shout, Shin'un immediately frowned, a sense of foreboding rising in his heart.
The next moment, a strange Chakra fluctuation appeared instantly, and a sudden sense of dizziness attacked his brain, causing Shin'un's thoughts to become chaotic.
The familiar Chakra within him transformed into countless ugly maggots, slowly wriggling throughout his body and gnawing at his flesh.
The electric currents around him grew stronger, the blue-purple light dimmed, and the scarlet flesh color appeared. They greedily devoured the fresh flesh and blood, twisting and intertwining with each other to bind Shin'un tightly.
Shifting his gaze, outside the cage pieced together from white bones and scarlet flesh, hundreds upon hundreds of unknown creatures stood silently, their skin bluish-black and glistening with moisture, their black eyes covering their entire bodies fixed intently on Shin'un.
In my ears, one urgent scream after another came from the mist at the end of my sight, sometimes high-pitched, sometimes low, like a final prayer before despair, a death knell tolling at the moment of death.
Shin'un looked down.
In the dim light and hazy mist, he saw an indescribable, magnificent being.
Its short yet enormous body seemed to represent all things in the world, and even a small fold was filled with knowledge that was beyond human comprehension.
Without a doubt, He is a god!
From the origin of species to the end of the world, He has always existed; He exists eternally!
Look, the deity takes out a huge wooden pole wrapped with mysterious paper; it seems to be the embodiment of the word "knowledge".
The gods unfurled knowledge, from which countless unknowns surged forth, piecing themselves together under the gods' guidance, rapidly converging into...
"Etc!"
Shin'un spoke, an unknown and eerie buzzing sound immediately emanated from his sticky, moist mouth.
Shin'un shook his head sharply, his rationality returning. Looking at the absurd and bizarre Cthulhu scene before him, he quickly realized what was happening.
"Is this Genjutsu?"
Thinking of this, Shin'un stretched out his hands.
Although they had become two tentacles covered with suckers in Shin'un's eyes, he still managed to put his hands together in Shin'un, thanks to the muscle memory he had developed from practicing Hand Seals.
The instant he clasped his hands together, Shin'un, guided by his senses, suddenly jolted the Chakra within his body that had transformed into hideous maggots. The tentacles, maggots, and screams vanished instantly.
"Phew~"
Taking a deep breath, Shin'un opened his eyes and looked around. The familiar battlefield immediately came into view.
Compared to the absurdity of what I had just experienced in the Genjutsu, the sounds of ninja fighting and the stench of blood on the battlefield were so reassuring.
That's the downside of having too much experience.
The most terrifying things natives of the Shinobi World see in Genjutsu are powerful enemies, psychological trauma, or at worst, demons and monsters.
Unlike him, who is simply indescribable.
Shaking his head, Shin'un looked at Chiyo.
In his opinion, Chiyo was more adorable now than the great deity in the Genjutsu just now.
"I just didn't expect Chiyo to know Genjutsu."
Although it was unexpected, Shin'un thought about it again and realized it made sense.
After all, Chiyo is a very versatile person in the original work.
He possesses Kage Level strength, is a top-tier puppeteer, can perform ninjutsu, is proficient in Sealing Jutsu, is skilled in Medical Ninjutsu, and has even developed the overpowered forbidden medical technique One's Own Life Reincarnation.
Such a person is already a genius, so it's not surprising that he also Genjutsu abilities.
" Valkyrie Puppet?"
Having broken free from the Genjutsu, Shin'un looked at Chiyo again, and some things revealed their true nature.
The so-called "giant wooden pole wrapped with mysterious paper" was just a large sealed scroll.
The so-called "unknowns that keep emerging after knowledge is unfolded" refers only to the huge components of the Valkyrie Puppet that are sealed and stored in the scroll.
Unfortunately, although Chiyo's sudden Genjutsu caught Shin'un off guard,
However, Shin'un reacted quickly, breaking free from the Genjutsu in an instant, without even collapsing the Lightning Release: Lightning Chain Prison, which required constant attention to maintain.
This short period of time was clearly not enough for Chiyo to finish assembling the Valkyrie Puppet.
As you can see, the Valkyrie Puppet is currently only a basic framework.
Shin'un only recognized this highly recognizable Valkyrie Puppet puppet from its soft facial features, alluring body curves, and intricately patterned skirt armor.
"Why is Chiyo taking out the Valkyrie Puppet now?" Shin'un frowned, somewhat puzzled.
The One-Tail has already stopped responding; it's uncertain whether Chiyo alone could provide enough Chakra to keep the Valkyrie Puppet moving for even a minute.
Shin'un couldn't figure out how Chiyo could turn the tables with her Valkyrie Puppet.
"Forget it, who cares about her?"
Raising his hand, Shin'un decided to directly control the lightning chains to attack Chiyo.
Suddenly, a violent surge of Chakra emanated from the Valkyrie Puppet's arm.
"This is?"
Turning his head, Shin'un immediately saw large swirling waves of wind appear in the Valkyrie Puppet's hands, which in a short moment condensed into the shape of a long blade of wind.
Shin'un was quite surprised to notice this.
"A longsword of wind? The Valkyrie Puppet isn't even fully assembled yet..."
"No, this puppet must have been designed by Chiyo herself. She knows the function of each component perfectly well."
"She doesn't need to assemble the whole thing; she only needs to assemble the parts she needs."
Thinking of this, Shin'un's expression immediately darkened as he looked at Chiyo, who was drenched in sweat on the ground.
Clearly, Chiyo strength to provide Chakra to the Valkyrie Puppet; even the previously invisible Chakra Threads on her fingertips showed a concrete shape with the surge of energy.
Shin'un ignored all of that; he was determined to kill Chiyo before Chiyo could swing the Wind Blade at him.
Chakra circulated within her body, dozens of lightning chains suddenly descended from above her head, striking towards Chiyo.
At the same time, Chiyo roared, veins bulging on her forehead, and swung her hands to control the Valkyrie Puppet, preparing to throw the Wind Blade.
The next moment, just as the lightning chains were about to strike Chiyo, the Valkyrie Puppet's wind sword also flew out of its hand.
only...
To Shin'un's astonishment, the wind-borne longsword, carrying terrifying power, swiftly swept past his head, pierced through the Lightning Chain Prison, traversed the entire battlefield, and struck the crimson barrier standing at the other end of the battlefield!