Konoha: Unable to learn ninjutsu, they had to develop their own.

Kakashi said indifferently.

Apart from him, it would be difficult for anyone else to see everything that was happening in the field like this, including the ANBU ninjas who were monitoring the situation, who were still unaware of Chiba and the others' location.

If the Dark Guard is like this, what about Kankuro?

He didn't even notice the Chiba Squad, and to make matters worse, he ran into the Amegakure Squad.

"Is that the Senbon Tree of Rain and Dew from Amegakure?"

"Ah."

Chiba nodded.

"You can incorporate this into your own ninja tool throwing, but don't just randomly scatter the tools around like they do. You need to consciously control the direction."

"Consciously manipulating the direction?"

While Tenten might not be able to grasp the essence of ordinary ninjutsu, she is an expert in throwing ninja tools.

Chiba only needed to mention it once, and she understood what he meant.

Spinning an umbrella to increase force has its merits, but the throwing range is too large, making it difficult to hit the same person repeatedly, and the single-target damage is mediocre.

"I've heard that Sunagakure has a bloodline limit ninjutsu called Magnet Release. It would be great if you could learn that technique."

Chiba sighed.

With Magnet Release combined with a rich woman's level ninja tools and space-time ninjutsu, it would definitely be invincible.

Tian Tian rolled her eyes and focused her gaze intently on the distant battlefield.

Three umbrellas together release thousands of books.

Such destructive power and coverage would be difficult for even Sand Village ninjas to escape.

but.

Those people are puppeteers.

Puppeteers primarily fight with their puppets; what appears to be injury is actually...

Squeak!

The sounds of wood and iron moving rang out, and then three figures suddenly jumped up, transforming into strangely shaped puppets that spat out poisonous needles.

Moments later, the three Rain Ninjas collapsed and died.

"Foolish people."

Kankuro grinned maliciously as he crawled out of the desert below. "The desert is our puppeteers' home ground."

dark place.

Even though Tenten and Kazusa had seen life and death before, they were still somewhat horrified by this scene, but upon glancing to the side...

"Yeah, I understand."

"You understand again?"

"Yes, puppet control is actually that simple; the difficulty lies entirely in creating the puppets."

Chiba nodded.

Kankuro frowned slightly.

There is movement!

Anyone else?

With a flick of his finger, the puppet was silently buried in the sand, while he pretended to be completely unsuspecting and squatted down to examine the scroll on the corpse.

The same applies to the other two puppeteers.

Puppet, poison, trap.

A tried-and-true tactic.

Just now.

Whoosh!

A faint sound arose.

Two figures emerged from the shadows. One leaped up, scattering a barrage of shurikens, while the other…

He rushed forward, drew his sword, and thrust it out.

"Hehe, you've fallen for their trap."

Kankuro saw the opponent step into the range, manipulated his ten fingers, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

Dark Secret Techniques - Machine...

? ?

He was just about to reel in the net when he discovered that the opponent's speed had suddenly increased by nearly double, in an instant—

"save……"

As soon as a puppeteer cried out for help, he felt a sharp pain in his throat.

he died.

The puppet that had just started dancing collapsed to the ground.

"The main body is too weak."

Chiba made his own judgment.

Kankuro and the other remaining person dodged the shuriken while simultaneously controlling the puppet to attack—

Three puppets charged towards Chiba.

Then, watching his opponent move among the puppets, Kankuro breathed a slight sigh of relief.

That speed just now must have been some kind of secret technique that can't be used continuously in a short period of time.

In this case……

wrong!

What about the other person?

His vigilance reached its peak.

Chapter 94 Integrated Functions, A New Track for Puppets

Kankuro may be arrogant, but he would never truly underestimate his enemy.

He had recognized him before.

This team was the first to go up to the second floor during the first examination.

At the time, he thought the other party was a reckless fool with no brains. But as it turned out, the other party was very clever. Not only did he break the barrier spell, but he also set a trap in return.

With just a small modification, the C-level barrier spell was directly upgraded to B-level.

The opponent's abilities should not be underestimated!

and so.

What is he doing?

recover?

Or……

No, could it be!

Kankuro's breath hitched; a possibility occurred to him—

"day by day……"

Puppet masters win through strategy, preparing multiple plans for each battle, and naturally, they also make judgments about their enemies.

He clutched his throat and collapsed, looking utterly defeated.

Are they observing their puppetry skills?

The four puppets creaked and groaned. Amidst the poison needles and mist, two enormous puppets stretched out their blade-like arms and swiftly charged forward.

After thinking about it, he followed Kankuro's steps.

but.

He had previously judged that Chiba's sudden acceleration was a secret technique.

? ?

Kankuro's companions were dumbfounded, unable to understand what the Fourth Hokage meant by having a son.

but.

but.

"Heh! Heh~"

Why does Konoha seem more familiar?

"He's sending a signal; he wants to force us to use puppetry!"

Bang!

He directly manipulated the puppet, scattering a cloud of poison and sedative smoke, and then ran away.

People can leave, but puppets remain.

Otherwise, why would only one person come up? And why was the opponent's sudden attack so fast, even if they needed to recover, it took so long...

Together with Chiba, they used steel wires to precisely bind Kankuro's two puppets.

If that's the case, his idea of ​​using his puppetry skills to win is wishful thinking. His only chance of survival is to wait until the proctor abandons the exam.

Bang!