Konoha: Uchiha, I get stronger by causing trouble.

Chapter 157 The Team Members' Battle

Suddenly, the Sand Ninja removed his clothes and transformed into a puppet.

"Puppet Technique!"

Upon seeing this, Sarutobi Asuma quickly formed hand seals and then took a deep breath.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

Instantly, Sarutobi Asuma spat out a fireball, which was aimed at another Sand Ninja who was being controlled by Kurenai Yuhi using genjutsu.

Sarutobi Asuma had no desire to attack the puppet. He understood that even if he dealt with this puppet, as long as the puppeteer was alive, he could summon a new puppet again.

Therefore, the Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique was placed on another Sand Ninja.

boom!

After an explosion, this unlucky Sand Ninja was the first to meet his end.

However, Sarutobi Asuma's actions enraged the remaining two Sand Ninja. Suddenly, the chest of the humanoid puppet opened, and countless senbon needles were spat out from the dark hole.

Meanwhile, another burly Sand Ninja, who had never been affected by Kurenai's genjutsu from the beginning, had also arrived beside Kurenai and was wielding a huge cleaver, aiming to chop at Kurenai's head without any thought of showing her any mercy.

Swish swish.

When Sarutobi Asuma saw the senbon flying towards him, he also jumped from branch to branch to dodge it.

However, the thousands of books in the puppet's chest seemed endless, showing no sign of stopping.

Despite dodging several times, Sarutobi Asuma was caught off guard and struck on the shoulder by a senbon needle.

Sarutobi Asuma's expression changed drastically upon seeing this.

That's how it is when fighting Sand Ninja; if you get even a slight scratch from their weapon, it basically means you've been poisoned.

Sure enough, in an instant, Sarutobi Asuma felt dizzy and weak all over, and fell directly from the tree.

"Asuma, are you alright?"

Shizune, who had been in the back, rushed forward as soon as she saw Asuma injured.

As Tsunade's future sidekick, Shizune is not only good at medical ninjutsu, but also very skilled in poison.

She immediately recognized the unusual nature of the poison, and her hands glowed as she tried to treat Sarutobi Asuma.

Thanks to Shizune's emergency treatment, Sarutobi Asuma felt a significant amount of health restored. He then remembered that Kurenai was still holding out in front of him, so he quickly said to Shizune, "Shizune, I can hold on for now. Go and support Kurenai; she's not good at close combat."

Shizune observed Sarutobi Asuma's expression and, realizing that Asuma wouldn't die anytime soon, nodded and replied, "I understand. I'll go provide support now."

Before she could finish speaking, she heard a dull thud, and then was carried away by the flying Kurenai.

The two rolled several meters on the ground before stopping.

"Red, Silent, are you alright?"

Seeing this, Asuma disregarded the poison in his body and forced himself to run to Kurenai and Shizune's side.

"I'm fine."

Shizune, though injured by the impact, was not seriously hurt. She stood up and helped Kurenai Yuhi up as well.

Kurenai Yuhi fared much worse, covered in wounds. During Shizune's treatment of Asuma, she was the one who single-handedly endured the pain and was almost killed by the Sand Ninja.

As a ninja proficient in genjutsu, Kurenai Yuhi's weaknesses are very obvious. She is extremely bad at both taijutsu and ninjutsu, and once an enemy gets close, she is basically doomed.

Chiga also wanted to change Kurenai Yuhi's tactics, but... it's a long and arduous task.

Asma was now severely poisoned. Although he had received treatment from Silent, it was only a simple treatment and the poison had not been neutralized. He was now having great difficulty moving around.

As for Kurenai, she had just been thoroughly humiliated and her chakra was now completely depleted. Moreover, given that her opponent knew she was a genjutsu-type ninja, it wouldn't be so easy for her to use genjutsu to achieve a surprising victory.

As for Shizune, she is a medical ninja, and fighting is not her forte.

"Konoha brats! Ha, that's all they're good for!"

Seeing that the battlefield was under control, the Sand Ninja who controlled the puppets emerged from the shadows and joined the burly Sand Ninja, walking together towards Sarutobi Asuma and his companions.

Although they lost one teammate, they also rendered two of their opponents unable to fight.

The other one was just a medical ninja with little combat ability.

As for the leader of the brats, he's not far from death either. Judging from the battle situation, their captain has the advantage.

"Damn it, I didn't expect it to be a puppet! I was careless!" Sarutobi Asuma said in frustration, blaming himself for not observing carefully enough and not even being able to distinguish between a person and a puppet.

"I should have sparred with Chiga more often, otherwise I wouldn't have been defeated so quickly!"

Kurenai Yuhi also said unwillingly.

"That's true, but you guys should really think about how to write this post-battle summary. With results like this, Chiga will definitely want us to write at least three thousand words!"

Shizune examined Sarutobi Asuma's wounds and began to analyze what kind of poison Sarutobi Asuma had been poisoned with.

"God! I'd rather die from poisoning!"

Upon hearing this, Sarutobi Asuma looked up to the sky and sighed deeply.

"You three, you're about to die, and you're still spouting nonsense?"

Upon hearing this, the Sand Ninja who was controlling the puppet flew into a rage.

In their eyes, the three people in front of them were already prey.

They should revel in the despair and regret of their prey, and incidentally avenge their teammates.

Surprisingly, these three actually had the leisure to analyze the mistakes they made during the battle.

Who gave these three kids this confidence?

"You little devils, if you want to write a self-criticism, go write it in hell!"

The burly Sand Ninja couldn't stand it any longer. He roared and then swung his sword down, determined to tear the three of them to pieces!

At that very moment, Kurenai Yuhi placed her hand on her ninja tool pouch and channeled a small amount of chakra into it.

Swish!

Sensing her presence from afar, Chiga immediately used the Flying Thunder God Technique to appear in front of Kurenai Yuhi.

Before the burly Sand Ninja could react, he saw a pair of scarlet eyes and froze instantly.

The massive cleaver stopped just three millimeters from the tip of Chiga's nose, unable to go any further.

"Hey, what are you doing? Hurry up and kill these three guys!"

The Sand Ninja behind him, blocked by the burly Sand Ninja's body, had not yet seen Chiga's arrival and asked in confusion.

"Get out of the way!"

At this moment, the Jonin who was fighting against Chiga also arrived and immediately shouted at the Sand Ninja who was controlling the puppet.

The Sand Ninja controlling the puppet was startled and immediately obeyed the captain's orders, jumping out.

At that moment, he also saw his teammate turn around and slash at him in the direction he had originally been.

If he hadn't decisively followed his captain's orders, that strike would have cut him in two.

(End of this chapter)