The world I hear is completely different from yours.

"Damn it, I hate this soft, spongy place!" Oshima cursed under his breath as he climbed out of the ruins of the fortifications. In the dim light at the bottom of the pit, he observed the bottom of the huge sinkhole. Then, he stared blankly at a rock wall at the bottom of the pit, his eyes wide open.

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Chapter 45 Tunnel Warfare, hey, tunnel warfare!

Standing at the bottom of the deep pit, Oshima stared in astonishment at the distant rock wall. In the dim light of the pit, an ordinary person would be completely blind, but Oshima, relying on his sharp eyesight as a ninja, could clearly see many dark openings carved into one side of the rock wall. From these openings, a large group of hydra golems were crawling out!

"It's tunnel warfare! Those despicable Konoha bastards!" Oshima felt a chill run down his spine. As an elite ninja who understood various tactics, he immediately realized what was going on. It was Konoha's puppets who had chosen to attack from underground, secretly digging tunnels to try and ambush the Iwa ninja's position!

If it weren't for the naturally formed cavity beneath the Iwa ninja's position, and the fact that he had forcefully slammed the ground, causing it to collapse into the underground cavity, the Iwa ninja probably wouldn't have been able to detect the Konoha puppet's sneak attack!

*Click! Click! Crack!* A large number of Hydralisk golems suddenly turned their heads, staring coldly at the island! The explosive bolts in the cannons on the golems' heads flashed red!

"Oh no! They've spotted me!" Alarm bells rang in Oshima's mind. He quickly unleashed the ninjutsu he had prepared earlier, his most proficient Earth Release technique: "Earth Release: Earth Slap!" Several enormous hands made of earth swiftly enveloped Oshima, protecting him completely.

Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!

The next moment, dozens of explosive arrows flew towards the island, embedding themselves deeply into the earthen shell that protected it, and then triggering a violent explosion!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

A series of explosions rang out from the bottom of the crater, shattering the silence of the sky! The shockwaves from the explosions stirred up a lot of dust from the bottom of the crater, which then shot out of the deep crater like a fountain, spraying into the sky and startling countless Iwa ninja on the ground!

"What was that explosion? Wait, that sound was Konoha's puppets firing explosive arrows! Enemy attack!! Konoha's puppets are attacking from underground!!!" Immediately, a large number of Iwa ninja shouted loudly!

"Tsk! We've been discovered? Oh well, it's not much different from the original plan anyway, so let's just attack ahead of time!" a female voice said. Then, at her command, a large number of Zerg Hydralisk golems swarmed out, quickly forming a human ladder to climb out of the giant pit and surge towards the surface!

Instantly, the hissing of countless hydralisks, the screams of numerous Iwa ninjas, and the sounds of explosions and fighting mingled together, creating a grand and bloody symphony of war within the Iwa ninja's territory!

The weakness of the insectoid puppet army wasn't exactly hidden. To experienced ninjas, the signal tower, always defended by insectoid puppets, was quite conspicuous. Therefore, after carefully observing the insectoid puppet army's tactics, Orochimaru realized that the signal tower was the source of the insectoid puppet army's control signals. Similarly, it was perfectly reasonable for the experienced Iwa ninja strategists in the Iwa ninja army to not see it if they carefully observed past battles.

Therefore, in order to prevent the enemy from launching an attack targeting this weakness, Tianqing also arranged another method of transmitting chakra-controlled signals for the Zerg puppet army, namely underground signal communication! Just like the world in Tianqing's previous life, even though the surface was full of signal towers from telecommunications companies like China Telecom, China Unicom, and China Mobile, there were still countless fiber optic cables and electrical cables underground as additional means of communication.

The Zerg Golems can dig tunnels underground and place chakra signal repeaters in each tunnel, allowing them to receive Little Red Riding Hood's chakra signals. This way, the Zerg Golem army can be remotely controlled and launch attacks via underground signals, even without surface signal towers.

Back then, while the Konoha army was ostentatiously building signal towers across the land, thousands of insectoid puppets were simultaneously digging a vast network of tunnels beneath their feet. The hydra golems that had previously been lurking beneath the forest infiltrated the Iwa ninja's territory using this very method.

Of course, the key to the success of this tunnel warfare lies in the fact that the Iwa ninjas do not have super sensory abilities like the Byakugan.

Click!Click!

The Earth Release outer shell, riddled with countless tiny cracks from dozens of explosive arrows, slowly split open, revealing Oshima's pale face. Oshima had been using Earth Release to repair various defensive fortifications, and the recent use of Earth Release had further depleted his chakra, leaving him almost completely exhausted.

With a formidable enemy at hand and his strength completely depleted, Oshima knew he likely wouldn't make it out alive. His only hope was to delay the Konoha puppets' advance as much as possible in his final moments, buying time for his comrades on the surface. Dragging his weary body, Oshima stared intently at the woman standing at the bottom of the pit, gripping his kunai tightly.

She was a blonde woman surrounded by several Hydralisk puppets, wearing a Konoha headband, with a very attractive figure and a beautiful face. Although she looked like a charming and beautiful woman, the vertical pupils in her eyes revealed that she was not a kind person.

Sensing the evil chakra emanating from the woman, Oshima's eyes widened. Recalling his own experience upon encountering the two Jinchuriki from the Land of Earth, he said with a bitter expression, "Nine-Tails Jinchuriki?! Konoha has actually sent Jinchuriki to the battlefield?!"

"Correct answer, but there's no reward!" the blonde woman replied coldly, her words filled with murderous intent.

Taking advantage of the moment the other person was speaking, Oshima quickly tore open a scroll, which was a signal flare specially used by the Iwa ninja for early warning!

Suddenly, a blood-red flare soared into the sky, attracting the attention of many Iwa ninja. In the Iwa ninja's communication system, this color of flare represented only one message: "A Jinchuriki has appeared!!"

The next moment, amidst the roars of the Hydralisk golems, dozens of explosive arrows pierced the air, turning the island into a pincushion!

Looking at Oshima lying dead on the ground, the blonde woman spoke again, but this time it wasn't her sweet female voice, but Jiraiya's deep male voice: "Mission accomplished, that should be enough, right? Seriously, why didn't you just let that dead guy named Kinkaku play this role? Doesn't he have unlimited chakra as a dead man?"

Chapter 46 Roll your heads on the keyboard

"It seems you're still not entirely comfortable with the forbidden technique, Impure World Reincarnation, Jiraiya!" Orochimaru's hoarse voice came from a nearby serpent puppet. Without even looking, it was clear he had licked his lips frantically before answering: "Is it because you're afraid of it due to a lack of understanding that you're deliberately trying to find out about it in such a roundabout way?"

"Hmph!!" Jiraiya, now transformed into a blonde beauty, snorted coldly and said irritably, "Because the effects of the Impure World Reincarnation technique are just too terrifying! Although I've roughly read about this technique from the scrolls in the village, I never expected you guys to have collected so much flesh and blood from the dead. Were you and Ame-no-Kage busy digging up graves all over the world before?"

For a forbidden technique like the Impure World Reincarnation, which reverses life and death and alters the laws of nature, every ninja would instinctively want to understand it, not only for its use but also for prevention. After all, nobody wants to be resurrected hundreds of years after their death by some scoundrel who pulls them from a pile of corpses and uses them as a henchman. If it's a junior they admire, that's one thing, but what if it's the descendant of their enemies? Can you imagine the Sand Village using the Impure World Reincarnation to resurrect the Hokage and then leading them to attack Konoha?

Therefore, Jiraiya naturally wouldn't let this good opportunity pass by, and planned to find out the weaknesses and side effects of the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

"The answer is actually quite simple. The strength of the resurrected dead is closely related to the sacrifice offered. Therefore, this resurrected Kinkaku is only at the level of a Chunin, and is of no use at all. Moreover, Kinkaku will not cooperate with our actions. If we use a talisman to forcibly turn him into a puppet, his actions will become very rigid, and he will be unable to play the role of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki properly," Orochimaru explained patiently.

The effect of unlimited chakra isn't as significant as imagined. Take a game example: can a low-level character with unlimited resurrection and unlimited chakra defeat a fully-equipped, max-level character? What's the use of unlimited chakra if the opponent can send you back to the fountain with a single normal attack? Therefore, Orochimaru simply didn't dare let Kinkaku, who only had Chunin-level strength, appear on the battlefield.

After confirming the effects of the Impure World Reincarnation, Jiraiya nodded and returned to the underground passage, preparing to rejoin Konoha's position. As a fake Jinchuriki, he dared not engage in combat, lest he immediately expose himself. He would leave the subsequent battle to these Hydralisk puppets!

In this underground attack, Konoha deployed all of its nearly 10,000 Hydralisk puppets, employing an underground raid tactic to attack the nearly 4,000 Iwa ninja in the Iwa ninja's front-line base. With a complete advantage in tactics and numbers, Konoha's victory was obvious. Moreover, Konoha currently had a brave general who was unleashing his full power in the Iwa ninja's position.

"Obelisk the Titan! Unlimited Punches!!" Amidst the raging winds of punches, Ameshi charged alone into a group of Iwa ninja. Behind him, the Titan swung its enormous fists, smashing them at a speed invisible to the naked eye!

Instantly, the Iwa ninjas were hit head-on as if by a truck weighing tens of tons. Before they could even scream, they were sent flying and crashed to the ground like lumps of soft mud, turning into a bloody mess.

"It's that former Hokage from Konoha who likes to act young! Everyone, attack! Kill her!!!" Upon seeing Tenqing appear and unleash her power, dozens of Iwa ninja squad leaders shouted simultaneously. Under their command, many Iwa ninjas charged towards Tenqing like madmen, while hundreds of various ninjutsu rained down on her from the sky, all determined to kill her.

"Bullshit! I don't like to pretend to be young! I just grow slowly!" Tian Qing was furious upon hearing this. Although she had indeed lived in this world for a very long time, to the point that others subconsciously regarded her as an old woman who liked to disguise herself as a young girl, from the perspective of a god, as a powerful being who had embarked on the path of divinity, she was a genuine "young girl"!

Do you realize how serious it is to casually slander a young girl?!

In Tianqing's previous life, there was a gap monster whose age was unknown. She possessed the terrifying ability to appear anywhere instantly. Therefore, anyone who dared to discuss her age would have their head slammed against the keyboard by her in the next moment. As a result, in that world, the name "Zi Ma" became a taboo word that could not be mentioned.

Tian Qing coldly stared at those Iwa ninja who dared to slander him. Although he couldn't rub their dog heads on the keyboard, he could still break their dog heads if he wanted to!

"Gum-Gum Fruit * Gear Third!"

In an instant, the already towering body of Obelisk behind Tianqing rapidly grew larger and larger, as if inflated, until it even surpassed the size of Orochimaru's Manda. It descended upon the Iwa ninja's territory like a mountain, causing every Iwa ninja who saw it to stare in shock.

Before this enormous body, the ninjutsu attacks that came at them were like tickling, unable to cause any damage to the Colossus. With just a wave of its hand, the Colossus created a whirlwind that tore several Iwa ninjas to pieces like sharp blades, causing chaos and destruction in the Iwa ninja camp!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The giant warrior's fists flew up and down, smashing down hard on the Iwa ninjas, hitting wherever there were the most Iwa ninjas, tearing apart the Iwa ninjas' originally tight defenses and creating many huge gaps. Even though some Iwa ninjas rushed forward desperately, trying to rebuild their defenses, they were quickly turned into mincemeat by the giant warrior's iron fists!

Under Tianqing's control, the Giant God Soldier also paid special "attention" to those Iwa ninja commanders who dared to make unwarranted comments about Tianqing's age. No matter where these guys hid, the Giant God Soldier would always raise his fist and smash a punch into their foreheads! Serves them right for daring to utter the words "pretending to be young"!

Finally, under the invincible attack of the Giant Warrior, the Iwa ninja's defenses completely collapsed.

"Retreat! Run!" some Iwa ninja screamed, beginning a panicked escape. Inspired by these fleeing ninja, many more Iwa ninja stopped fighting the Hydralisk puppets and turned to flee, completely tipping the scales of victory in Konoha's favor!

Subsequently, more Hydralisk golems surged onto the ground and began hunting down the remaining Iwa ninja.

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The most perfect locked-room murder method

This is a windowless basement. The cramped space contains only a small folding bed and no other furniture. It is a typical bare-bones home. Only a light bulb hangs from the bare ceiling, illuminating this dark basement.

A murder occurred here yesterday, so the police are currently investigating the scene and have brought several suspects here for questioning.

Suddenly, a young man claiming to be a famous detective barged in and, to everyone's surprise, began to launch into a long and detailed explanation of the situation.

"...In conclusion, the only entrance to this room is this iron door, so this is a locked-room murder!...As for the method of murder, it's quite simple..." The young man, who called himself a famous detective, looked at the corpse covered with a white sheet on the folding bed and stated an unbelievable method of locked-room murder. Then he pointed to one of the suspects: "That's right, the murderer is you, the guy with glasses!!"

Looking at the young man's confident face, the chubby police officer nodded in agreement, clearly impressed by the young man's rigorous reasoning. Then, as if remembering something, he turned around, looked at the black-haired girl behind him, and asked, "Xiao Qing, what do you think?"

Tian Qing shrugged and pointed to one of the suspects, a fat man: "He's the murderer."

"Impossible! He clearly has an alibi. How could he possibly have run from this enclosed basement to the shopping mall above ground in just a few seconds?!" the famous detective retorted. "Is this the level of the legendary female detective who can supposedly go toe-to-toe with 'Death God Elementary School Student'?"

“First of all, I’m not a famous detective, I’m just a civil servant in this district,” Tian Qing said helplessly, puffing out her flat chest to make her name tag on her chest more noticeable. “Also, the reason this guy was able to leave this room so quickly is because he went through the ventilation hole in the wall.”

The detective glanced at the ventilation hole on the wall, which was only as thick as a pencil, then at the burly man who looked like a sumo wrestler, and asked Tian Qing with a look that said, "Are you kidding me?": "Are you sure he left this locked room through this ventilation hole? Are you sure you're not joking?"

The fat man then made a comical gesture of getting stuck through the wall, which drew laughter from the people around him.

"Detective reasoning requires meticulous and logical deduction, not just spouting off whatever comes to mind!" Amidst the laughter of the crowd, the famous detective said with a victorious expression.

Tian Qing nodded firmly: "That's right, it's him. As for how he got through the ventilation shaft, it's because he's a fugitive vampire who illegally concealed his identity and hid in the crowd. As a vampire, he can vaporize his body and exit through the ventilation shaft."

As soon as he finished speaking, the fat man panicked and turned into a cloud of white mist, trying to escape. As a vampire who was illegally hiding his identity, he knew very well that although his human skin disguise could pass through ordinary inspection equipment, it would still be exposed under the special inspection of the Dragon Group. That's why he ran away the moment he was suspected.

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Chapter Forty-Seven: Failure and Schadenfreude

The day after Konoha completely captured Iwagakure's front lines and erected signal towers nearby, news of Iwagakure's second defeat spread like wildfire throughout the world. It was said that Konoha's puppet army had launched a preemptive attack using tunnel warfare, decisively breaking through Iwagakure's front lines. There were even rumors that Konoha had used the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki in this battle.

In an instant, all the countries that received the news focused their attention on the border of the Land of Fire. Since the Jinchuriki of Konoha had appeared on the battlefield, perhaps the Jinchuriki of the Land of Earth would appear on the battlefield next time? This clash between the ultimate weapons of the two great powers immediately attracted the attention of countless people.

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In the Land of Grass, in a laboratory within the main stronghold of the Iwa ninja army, an Iwa ninja was carefully operating the operating table before him, preparing to disassemble the object on it. It was a tightly bound hydra golem, still perfectly intact—a precious trophy obtained at the cost of more than a dozen Iwa ninja lives in the previous battle.

Click! Click! The robotic arms on the operating table moved deftly, constantly disassembling the parts on the puppet's shell. As the hard shell of the Hydralisk puppet was removed piece by piece, the intricate puppet components inside were gradually revealed to the Iwa ninja.

"Kizaki Jonin, what do you think of this puppet? Have you discovered anything?" The assistant beside him asked with a flattering look, "You are the best puppeteer in our Land of Earth. Didn't the village specially arrange for people to help you infiltrate and learn in the Sand Village of the Land of Wind?"

"It's absolutely perfect! These designs are so exquisite! Look at the polishing techniques on these tiny parts, and the layout and wiring of this conveyor belt. Every detail reveals a meticulous grasp of the puppet. It truly lives up to the reputation of Konoha Village for its craftsmanship!" Kizaki, with a face full of fervor, kept analyzing the puppet, like a brainless fan praising the work of his favorite manufacturer, endlessly extolling every detail of the piece.

Then, under his assistant's cold gaze, Kizaki finally realized that it was inappropriate for him to offer enthusiastic praise to Konoha while the Iwa ninja were at war with Konoha. Kizaki's face flushed slightly, and he stammered his conclusion: "Although I don't fully understand the specific internal workings of this Hydralisk puppet, I'm certain that it still needs an external signal source to operate and doesn't possess any autonomous consciousness."

"So, these Hydralisk puppets still require puppeteers to operate them? But the Iwa ninjas at the front lines say they haven't found any living Konoha puppeteers around these Hydralisk puppets!" the assistant asked doubtfully.

"Um... I'm not sure about that, but based on the internal structure of this puppet, I'm certain that these puppets need a signal source to function!"

"But……"

While Kizaki and his assistant were discussing their argument, an Iwa ninja strategist standing nearby listened casually to their quarrel, frowning as he repeatedly reviewed the battle reports from the front lines. Suddenly, the Iwa ninja strategist recalled a small detail in the battle report, and a flash of inspiration struck him!

"I know! It's that tower! It must be because of that tower!!" Then the Iwa ninja strategist quickly turned around and ran out, heading towards the command post tent!

"What happened? What's wrong with him?" Kizaki and his assistant looked at each other in bewilderment.

The Iwa ninja strategist rushed into the tent excitedly, shouting, "I understand! It's the signal towers! Konoha's Hydralisk puppets are remotely controlled via those signal towers, so all we need to do is have the frontline troops prioritize attacking the signal towers to wipe out all the Hydralisk puppets!!!"

After revealing this momentous discovery, he noticed that the other staff officers in the tent all had grim faces, showing no joy whatsoever. Just as he was looking on in confusion, another staff officer handed him a report: "News just received: the frontline assault force has been completely annihilated! Konoha deployed the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, who, under the leadership of the former Hokage Tensei, captured our frontline positions. Nearly four thousand Iwa ninja were almost entirely wiped out!!"

Instantly, the Iwa ninja strategist, who had just been extremely excited, seemed to wilt like a frostbitten eggplant.

Amidst the awkward atmosphere, Onoki still managed to speak encouragingly: "Your discovery is very important. Understanding this weakness of the Konoha puppets will definitely be of great help to our next operation!"

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In the Hidden Cloud Village of the Land of Lightning, the Fourth Raikage sat in his office, looking at the intelligence report that had just arrived from outside, a look of schadenfreude on his face: "Another victory for Konoha? Haha, that old man Onoki must be furious! He had so many good cards in his hand, but the weakened Konoha played them so badly. The Iwa ninja are really useless!"

Although the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth are nominal allies, the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Stone Village have a long-standing feud. Furthermore, the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, took advantage of the weakened state of both the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Leaf Village to extort the design blueprints for a chakra railgun from the Fourth Raikage, an act that greatly angered the Fourth Raikage.

However, due to the weakness of the Land of Lightning at the time, the Fourth Raikage had no choice but to comply and sell the blueprints for the chakra railgun, which the Cloud Ninja had painstakingly developed, to the Iwagakure Village. He harbored deep resentment towards the Iwagakure Village. Therefore, the Fourth Raikage was extremely pleased with the Iwagakure Village's setback!

For the Hidden Cloud Village, the Hidden Leaf Village, which fought a fair and square battle on the front lines, was a respectable opponent. The Hidden Stone Village, however, which lurked in the shadows, extorting and blackmailing others, was simply a despicable scoundrel. Therefore, even though the Hidden Cloud and Hidden Stone Villages were nominally allies, the Fourth Raikage secretly hoped that the Hidden Leaf Village would utterly defeat the Hidden Stone Village, thus avenging the Hidden Cloud Village.