Who are you calling a stable boy?!

It could be said that those Uchiha ninjas with mastery of Fire Release ninjutsu would be more troublesome for Sasori.

As for the Uchiha pair before them, Sasori had already obtained information about them from Orochimaru.

Itachi Uchiha is the strongest genius among the current generation of young Uchiha, and possibly the strongest among his peers in Konoha.

He possesses the Sharingan with three tomoe and is highly skilled in ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu. He has many strengths and no weaknesses.

Scorpion believes that such a person is more appropriately called a strongman than a genius.

Sasori had anticipated the possibility of fighting Uchiha Itachi.

According to the plan Orochimaru and he had set up, it was up to him to deal with the Uchiha clan members who were skilled in genjutsu.

Scorpion thought the arrangement was reasonable and therefore had no objections.

But when the reality hit, he realized he had underestimated the situation...

No, that's not right!

This pair of Uchiha is too unusual!

Sasori acknowledged that Itachi Uchiha was strong, after all, he was a renowned young genius during the Third Shinobi World War. Even if they actually fought, he was clearly more difficult to deal with than described in the intelligence reports, Sasori could accept that.

—But what's the deal with that little girl named Uchiha Izumi?

The intelligence report clearly stated that this girl was a genin.

Which genin can just look up and have a three-tomoe Sharingan?

If all the genin of the Uchiha clan were like this, would Konoha have suffered so many losses in the Third Shinobi World War?

Okay, fine, three tomoe is fine too. Let's just say this girl is exceptionally talented. Anyway, the Sharingan has limited use in front of him.

—Then what about those punches and kicks that are even more powerful than Itachi Uchiha's?

Uchiha Itachi's punches and kicks were heavier than he had imagined. How could Uchiha Izumi, with her thin arms and legs, deliver even heavier punches and kicks?

Although Sasori dislikes Orochimaru, the two were partners for a time and would still communicate with each other.

He had heard Orochimaru mention that Tsunade, one of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha, possessed a technique called Super Strength, which allowed her to unleash tremendous force that even the Raikage had to consider whether he could withstand.

Although Uchiha Izumi wasn't quite at that level, her pair of slender white hands were still enough to annoy Sasori.

He had intended to use this genin as a breakthrough to kill Uchiha Itachi, but he never expected to run into such a solid obstacle.

"call......"

Quan exhaled a breath.

The surging chakra within her body made her appear somewhat excited.

Itachi glanced at Izumi silently.

When Quan first learned the new chakra training method, Zheng Jing praised Quan, saying that Quan possessed a talent in chakra cultivation that he did not have.

Now, he seems to understand a little better what kind of talent that was.

"Hmm! Not bad, not bad."

As the two sides were locked in a standoff, Zheng Jing's voice suddenly rang out from above.

Scorpion looked in the direction of the sound and saw Zheng Jing sitting on a tree branch, nodding at Quan with a satisfied expression.

And who else could be standing quietly beside Zheng Jing but Kakuzu?

In an instant, many thoughts raced through Scorpion's mind.

"—You and Orochimaru set up a scheme to frame me?"

Staring at Kakuzu, Sasori asked in a deep voice.

Upon hearing this, Kakuzu tilted his head and scratched it.

"Ah... that reaction is normal..."

He muttered something, then looked down at Scorpion and raised his voice: "Anyway, it wouldn't make any difference to you if I said no, Scorpion."

"really."

For Sasori, since Kakuzu and Zheng Jing could appear here so quickly and unharmed, it didn't matter what Orochimaru had done.

He needs to figure out how to deal with the four enemies in front of him at the same time.

The troublesome and strange Uchiha.

Kakuzu is a very troublesome character in terms of compatibility.

There's also Zheng Jing, whose exact abilities are unknown.

Scorpion knew that if he wanted to escape unscathed, he would have to use his true abilities.

"It's almost time. I don't want to keep Lao Lan waiting too long."

Just as Scorpion was about to make his move, Zheng Jing suddenly spoke up.

He jumped down from the tree, patted Izumi's head with his left hand, and gestured backwards towards Itachi with his right hand.

"You two, step back behind me, Old Zheng."

Izumi was stunned for a moment upon hearing this. Just as she was about to say something, Itachi grabbed her hand.

"Yes."

With a reply, Itachi picked up Izumi and leaped to Kakuzu's location.

"Little red hair, don't say I, Old Zheng, didn't give you a chance."

He picked his ear, pulled out the Ruyi Jingu Bang (a magical staff), twirled it, and then grinned as he pointed it at the scorpion.

"Show us what you've got."

"...I've really been looked down upon."

With a soft whisper, the back of Hiruko's body opened.

For the first time since the start of the battle, Scorpion has revealed his true colors.

This also means that he has to go all out!

The summoning scroll unfurled, chakra surged, and human puppets flew out from within the scroll.

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of puppets dressed in red robes filled every gap in the forest!

"This, this is..."

Itachi couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Puppetry is considered a secret technique of Sunagakure, and puppeteers can be said to be a special branch unique to Sunagakure ninjas.

There is a saying that a puppeteer's skill level is determined by the number of puppets he can control.

Legend has it that the progenitor of puppetry in Sunagakure created a secret technique and ten puppets that could fight with ten puppets simultaneously, enough to wipe out a fortress in a day or two.

—But the scorpion before us is controlling far more than ten!

"The Crimson Secret Technique: Hundred Machine Manipulation, ah, it's been a long time since I've seen that."

Kakuzu sighed.

"How about it? It's not too late to regret it now and join forces with them."

Scorpion shouldn't have made that comment.

But his personality made him unable to resist saying that.

"Regret? Hehe!"

Zheng Jing grinned.

He then reached behind his head, pulled out a hair, held it in his hand, and blew on it towards the scorpion.

The next moment, the flowing hair transformed in the wind, multiplying from one to ten, then from ten to a hundred—

After transforming into a hundred, it further transforms into people!

—The hair, now numbering in the hundreds, transformed in mid-air into a series of grinning Zheng Jing figures wielding sticks!

"Little Red Hair, you chose this yourself, so don't regret it, okay? Haha!"

With a loud laugh, Zheng Jing picked up a stick and pointed it at Scorpion's face.

"Brothers, there's no need to talk about chivalry with this brat! Let's charge in together!"

Chapter 201: The Hair-Shaped Clone Technique

These are... shadow clones?

Seeing the groups of Zheng Jing, Xie was momentarily surprised by their numbers, but then an overwhelming anger rose in his heart.

He actually thought he could use a mere shadow clone to fight against the puppets he created?

Deceiving too much!

Seeing the grinning Zheng Jing and his men leaping and bounding towards him, Scorpion immediately manipulated his hundreds of red-robed puppets to meet them.

In an instant, a chaotic battle ensued:

The cold moon hangs low, and the evening breeze is gloomy.

On one side, the knife tip thirsts for blood; on the other, the stick head is enveloped in wind.

In contrast, one is a dazzling golden light, the other a billowing poisonous fog.

The bright golden light shines on the icy moon, like a heavenly light turning over.

A thick, poisonous fog blanketed the mountains and forests, like an evil cloud pressing down on the earth.

Blue silk threads, causing blood to stain the red robe, the corpses still dance in the world.

The golden cudgel, its silver sheen forming armor, has been searched throughout the underworld, yet its name remains elusive.

A thousand swords and shuriken, all sorts of escape techniques are used in the battle.

One can transform into ten, ten into a hundred, and the little ape, with its thousand transformations, immediately displays its might.

The two sides met head-on, fighting fiercely and with overwhelming force.

This is precisely the case of the immortal scorpion summoning ghostly soldiers—

The invincible monkey is even more amazing!

In this battle, a hundred Zheng Jings faced hundreds of puppets. In less than three rounds, over a hundred puppets in the sky and on the ground had been destroyed.

The scorpion's expression also showed a lifelike solemnity.

He had heard that Konoha had a forbidden technique called the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, which allowed the user to instantly create a large number of shadow clones.

To successfully execute this forbidden technique, the user must not only be proficient in the Shadow Clone Technique, but also possess a sufficiently large amount of chakra.

Sasori had never personally witnessed anyone use the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, so he couldn't be sure whether Zheng Jing was using this forbidden technique, which was supposedly developed by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju.

Logically speaking, the shadow clones created by this multiple shadow clone technique are ultimately just shadow clones.

How could a mere shadow clone possibly defeat his meticulously crafted puppet?

It still proceeds with such overwhelming force!

Scorpion's idea wasn't necessarily wrong.

During his collaboration with Danzo, Ka Ning obtained many secret and forbidden techniques, including the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, an A-rank forbidden technique that most ninjas found neither useful nor worth discarding.

This technique of creating clones from a single hair was created by Zheng Jing, who referenced the technique of creating multiple shadow clones.

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Hair-Cloning Technique (Blue)

Quality: Exceptional

Progress: Completed

词条

【Thousands of troops】: Create clones by consuming internal energy. The clones can inherit up to four of the original body's abilities below the extraordinary level (including professional skills and martial arts). The clones can also change the values ​​of the six basic attributes of the clones based on the amount of internal energy consumed when they are created, up to 80% of the original body's (rounded down and not exceeding 19 points).

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Although he hadn't actually tested it, Zheng Jing could roughly estimate that with his current internal strength, he could create at most three thousand fully equipped clones in an instant.