I'm retrieving corpses in Konoha.

But he could still feel the immense power emanating from those vines.

The scorpion's tail retreated repeatedly before snapping back in an instant.

He himself quickly moved away from his original position.

Meanwhile, the vines released by Uchiha Natsuki's clone pierced the ground where Sasori had been standing, like sharp arrows.

"boom!"

The ground was smashed into a crater, and soil and rock debris flew everywhere.

With a wave of his hand, the vine in Uchiha Natsu's hand snapped off on its own and detached from his arm.

"The chakra consumption of Wood Release ninjutsu is really not small."

Uchiha Natsu's wood clone, sensing the chakra being depleted within its body, thought to itself.

The amount of chakra consumed by Wood Release ninjutsu was more than Uchiha Natsu had imagined.

However, this was not a problem for Uchiha Natsu.

After regaining his footing, Scorpion asked with suspicion, "Who exactly are you?"

In the eyes of the world, only Hashirama Senju was a ninja who could use Wood Release.

Moreover, Wood Release, a bloodline limit, cannot be inherited by descendants.

After Hashirama Senju died, no one was able to use Wood Release anymore, not even his descendants.

But the person in front of him was able to use Wood Release ninjutsu, which shocked him.

"My name is Senju Kamima. You two are both very strong, and you are opponents I am very satisfied with. Let's fight, life or death is irrelevant."

Uchiha Natsu's wood clone made his voice even more weathered and hoarse, and his tone was very excited.

"Thousand Hands?"

Both Scorpion and Loquat Shizang were startled.

Judging from this name, you can tell that this Senju Kamima is likely a member of the Senju clan and a ninja of the same generation as Senju Hashirama.

There are people who survived from that era.

For example, Kakuzu of the Akatsuki organization was a person from that era.

He's almost eighty years old, yet he still spends every day on the black market, making money for the Akatsuki organization.

"Senju Shinma... are you a member of the Senju clan?" Hibiki Juzo asked in surprise.

Uchiha Natsu glanced at Biwa Juzo and said indifferently:

"I am not from the Senju clan. I used this name only to commemorate a good friend I once knew."

This is the character design that Uchiha Natsu had come up with for his wood clone—a former friend of the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama.

Of course, using this name and fabricating this story was just to make "Thousand-Handed God" seem more believable.

After speaking, Uchiha Natsu's wood clone turned to look at Biwa Juzo, still in an excited tone, and said with a cruel laugh:

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"Don't waste time, you're both my prey!"

After saying that, Uchiha Natsu's wood clone leaned back and transformed into a tree branch, merging into the tree trunk behind him.

"Prey?" Hibiki Juzo felt a chill run down his spine.

He felt that this person was not normal.

Neither his tone nor his actions were normal.

It was as if, upon seeing them, they were like jackals seeing their prey; the excitement they displayed was indescribable.

With Uchiha Natsu's disappearance, Sasori and Juzo Biwa also became vigilant.

The next moment, the tree trunk behind Pipa Juzo writhed, and Uchiha Natsu's wood clone emerged from it.

"Wood Release: Great Forest Technique!"

With a low shout, several more wooden vines suddenly emerged from the wooden clone's hand.

"call out!"

The vine, like a spear, pierced towards Pipa Juzo's chest.

In an instant, Juzo Biwa swung his Executioner's Blade, shouted, and swiftly severed the vines.

"Crack!"

Wood chips flew everywhere, and Pipa Juzo himself was also carried a great distance by the enormous force.

He retreated several steps before regaining his balance.

After regaining his footing, Hibiki Juzo's expression became even more serious.

The Wood Release technique used by Senju Kamima was incredibly powerful.

He himself wields a decapitation sword, and is known for his strength and exceptional physical prowess.

However, the power of the Wood Release technique used by the Thousand Hands God was so strong that his hands went numb and he lost his footing.

At this moment, the scorpion in the distance once again came closer.

He mechanically raised his head and aimed his mouth at Uchiha Natsu's wooden clone.

Followed by.

From Sasori's mouth, countless books were spat out and shot towards Uchiha Natsu's wooden clone.

Scorpion was confident that his "Eight Needle Waves" move would definitely kill Senju Kamima.

Because these thousand books are incredibly fast, have a wide attack range, and are also highly poisonous.

Anyone who gets pricked with a needle will surely die.

"Puff puff!"

Countless arrows pierced through the trees, leaving behind a dense array of holes.

However, it failed to hit Uchiha Natsu's wood clone.

The moment Sasori raised his head, Uchiha Natsu's wood clone knew that he was about to launch the mechanism.

Therefore, the wooden clone merged directly into the tree behind it and quickly burrowed underground.

Even though those thousand spittle arrows pierced through trees and covered a huge area, they couldn't touch a single hair on Uchiha Natsuki's clone.

When Uchiha Natsu reappeared from the trees, Sasori's eyes had turned fierce.

Neither the mechanisms nor the tail spikes had any effect on "Thousand Hands God".

If it were an ordinary ninja, he would have finished fighting and called it a day by now.

Seeing that he was about to alert Konoha, Sasori didn't care about anything else.

"It's the only thing we can use," Scorpion murmured.

Juzo Biwa didn't know what Sasori was going to do, but he sensed that their mission was going to fail.

If people see what they look like and they don't die, their presence in Konoha will be exposed.

At that point, completing the assassination mission will become incredibly difficult.

After Uchiha Natsu's wood clone emerged from the tree trunk, it once again aimed its right hand at Sasori.

Then he shouted in a low voice, "Wood Release: Great Forest Technique!"

"Shh!"

Several wooden vines reappeared and charged angrily towards the scorpion.

Uchiha Natsu discovered that this Great Forest Technique was truly effective.

It can attack, defend, and entangle and control the enemy.

Therefore, Uchiha Natsu's wood clone couldn't help but want to use the technique a few more times to see if there were any flaws.

At this moment, Scorpion sneered inwardly.

Chapter 47 An Unexpected Gain

"Crack!"

The wooden vines rushed towards the scorpion, but were blocked by a dark figure midway.

Uchiha Natsu's wood clone focused its attention and frowned.

The dark shadow in front of the scorpion floated in mid-air, surrounded by fine iron sand that shattered the wooden vines.

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If I'm not mistaken, this dark figure should be the puppet of the Third Kazekage.

"Hehe, once this is deployed, everything will be over."

Sasori controlled the Hiruko puppet that was encasing him, putting the mask that Senbon had destroyed back on, and laughed viciously at the same time.

The Third Kazekage puppet was originally the Third Kazekage of Sunagakure, whose body was made into a puppet after he was killed.

This puppet can not only use some mechanisms and hidden weapons, but also use the Magnet Release Kekkei Genkai of the Third Kazekage.

It can be said that this puppet is the most powerful of all the human puppets in Scorpion's collection, and it is used as a trump card.

Today, it's just that the opponent, "Senju Kamima," is too powerful.

In addition, they needed to finish the battle quickly, which is why they decisively used it.

Sasori believed that once the Third Kazekage's puppet appeared, this Wood Release ninja named Senju Kamima would surely die.

Juzo Biwa, standing to the side, stared wide-eyed.

He recognized at a glance that the puppet's appearance was clearly that of the Third Kazekage of the Sand Village.

The floating iron sand further convinced Biwa Juzo that he had not made a mistake.

However, Scorpion never mentioned the existence of this puppet to him.