The days of being a puppeteer in Konoha

Chapter 252: The Dance of Yin and Yang
Two Principles...

Yin and Yang?

As soon as Hinata Gan heard the name, he roughly understood the idea behind Hideki's Ryougi Dance.

The puppet uses hard fists, while the puppeteer uses soft fists.

The two work together with a combination of hardness and softness, which can be quite formidable indeed.

But Hinata Gan was somewhat disapproving.

After all, this is just the best-case scenario...

No matter how advanced Kimura Hideki's puppet control skills are, he should not be able to make the puppet perform fine physical movements as a real person.

Not to mention that in addition to controlling the puppet, he also has to perform complex soft fists and coordinate with the puppet's hard fists.

Just imagining it made Hinata Gan feel a headache.

Unless Hideki Kimura has a few more brains than ordinary people, it would be impossible for such a fantasy to come true.

It seems that even a genius like Hideki Kimura sometimes comes up with some unreliable moves.

The reason why he uses this move now is probably because he has the backup of the strange footwork just now, so he wants to try out the newly developed move.

Although this contempt made Hinata Gan a little annoyed, he also understood that this was a good opportunity.

God knows how many cards this guy has left. We can take him down right now when he makes his losing move.

After coming to a conclusion in his mind, Hinata Gan winked at his companions.

Then suddenly the four of them flashed forward again and attacked Hideki and the puppet.

Under their protection, Hinata Gan directly hit the puppet with his palm...

Bang!
To his surprise, the puppet actually blocked his palm with a strong parry, and then punched him in the chest!
Hinata Gan was surprised, but subconsciously used the soft fist force-relieving technique to block.

Unexpectedly, this punch was not as simple as he imagined, and it suddenly accelerated halfway!
He was caught off guard and hit in the chest. He groaned in pain and took several steps back.

Hinata Gan quickly stood firm, but there was still uncertainty in his eyes.

Although the movements of Gouken are straightforward, true masters of taijutsu can often make simple movements difficult to predict by adjusting the speed and rhythm.

Just as the puppet in front of him had just done...

Seeing that the puppet was still giving him a weird smile, Hinata Gan became even more confused:
Is this thing in front of me that can perform exquisite punches really just a simple puppet?

The answer...is of course no.

In fact, Hinata Gan was already quite close to the truth, but the common sense of the ninja world still constrained his imagination.

Because this is indeed not an ordinary puppet controlled by chakra lines, but Hideki's puppet clone...

With a shadow clone directly controlling the puppet core, this puppet clone can of course perform precise movements that are difficult for ordinary puppets to achieve.

As for the chakra line connecting Hideki and the puppet, in addition to concealing the secret of the puppet's clone, it actually has many other uses...

"Attack the main body first!"

Hinata Ganzhi gave instructions, then instantly moved forward and formed the Four Symbols Formation with the other three people to besiege Hideki.

Kimura Hideki's puppet is too weird, and no one knows what secrets it hides.

So he decided to use the usual tactics against puppeteers, restraining the puppets and going straight for the main body.

He just didn't believe that Kimura Hideki's self-taught soft fist could be so powerful while controlling the puppet.

So the four of them quickly changed their formation, Hinatayama was responsible for restraining the puppet, while the other three raised their palms to attack Hideki.

"A Thousand Threads of Hands..."

Hideki smiled at the sight, then wrapped his arms with chakra threads and leisurely drew circles on his chest.

The soft fists of the three members of the Hyuga clan were not vegetarian either. The push palms that condensed a large amount of chakra contained several forces and changes. They all tried their best to show Hideki what a real soft fist was.

However, the moment their fists intersected and their chakras collided, their original confidence was immediately replaced by horror.

Because they immediately noticed the strangeness of the chakra in Hideki's hand.

The chakra lines, as fine and smooth as silk, made their exquisite strength completely useless.

Even under the force of Hideki, they couldn't help but hit each other...

Fortunately, their formation moves always left some room for improvement, so they were able to retract the force in time and did not cause too much damage.

However, the psychological blow that Hideki had just inflicted on them was actually more severe than the physical blow.

Although in order to compete for students to learn breathing techniques, the Hyuga clan has now opened up part of their gentle fist.

But those are just the basics after all.

Seeing this kind of move of using the opponent's force to counter attack, which has already grasped the essence of soft fist, appear in the hands of others, it still makes them feel bitter.

The only thing that comforted them a little was that Hideki Kimura was obviously taking a different path from them.

Although it is clever to use smooth chakra to relieve force, it is also more restrictive and cannot be used as freely as ordinary chakra.

So after the initial killing, they gradually adapted to this copycat soft fist and adjusted their positions to avoid accidentally hurting friendly forces.

However, even so, they still found it difficult to break through Hideki's defense.

The key is that the cooperation between Kimura Hideki and the puppet is simply seamless, leaving them no chance to take advantage of.

Obviously, if they were to fight alone, they were confident that they could defeat Hideki with both his hard and soft fists.

Moreover, the four of them have been practicing formations together since childhood, and possess powerful insight granted by their Byakugan.

In terms of cooperation, they are even confident that they can surpass the cooperation between ordinary ninjas and their shadow clones.

But Hideki, the puppeteer, is better than them in his natural coordination between his puppets, soft and hard punches.

The strength of the two alone is enough to hold off the siege of the four of them.

The name of the Yin-Yang Dance is not in vain...

In fact, they were right.

If Hideki just cooperated normally with the puppet clone, he would never be able to achieve this level of tacit understanding.

The real secret is that Hideki also activated the telepathic technique at the same time.

Through the chakra line connecting the main body and the puppet, Hideki and the puppet clone can share thoughts in real time during battle.

Compared to the four members of the Hyuga clan, they need to use micro-expressions to convey information.

Hideki and his clone can achieve perfect coordination with just a thought.

Even similar to Nagato Pain's Six Paths of Samsara, Hideki also gained a field of vision of nearly 360 degrees by standing back to back with the puppet clone, making him even more invulnerable.

If the Hyuga clan knew this news, they would probably be furious again.

Gan Wen Cui Shan and his four companions could not defeat the enemy after a long time of attack. Instead, Xiu Shu seemed to be using them as whetstones. His soft fist skills were constantly improving, which made them more and more anxious.

After exchanging glances, they could only make a final struggle and target the puppeteer's other biggest weakness besides his body, the chakra lines.

Although Hideki and the puppet tried their best to stay back to back.

But through tacit cooperation, the four of them managed to put a distance between Hideki and the puppet.

Hinata Gan knew that the opportunity was not to be missed, and in an instant he appeared between the two.

Several fragile chakra lines were right in front of him. He quickly raised his hand knife, which was filled with a lot of chakra, and then swung it down fiercely...

(End of this chapter)