Chapter 67 This time, I'll show you how terrifying a puppeteer can be!
Onoki was panting heavily as he watched Souji return to the ground, his heart filled with extreme anger!
"Aaaaaah! My flight unit, which I've painstakingly trained over many years, has been halved by this kid!"
Onoki felt as if his heart was bleeding!
Members of the flight unit are extremely difficult to train, even more so than members of the demolition unit.
Each one must be personally instructed by him and undergo years of flight training before they can become proficient in flight operations.
Although half of them remained in Iwagakure, the loss of even one of these elite soldiers was an intolerable blow!
What's more, nine of them had died at once, including the corps commander, Soseki!
"Damn it! I really want to go and kill this brat to get revenge!
But I don't have much chakra left!"
In his rage, he lost his mind and launched a Dust Release attack, but it missed the target entirely, wasting a lot of chakra.
Although every use of Dust Release is at its lowest output to conserve chakra, just enough to kill an ordinary ninja, it has been used several times now, and there is not much chakra left.
Two shots... If I risk my life, I can fire three more.
If we need to provide support until the very end, it seems we can no longer use Dust Release; we'll have to resort to some wide-range Earth Release ninjutsu to delay the enemy...
Ōnoki calmed down slightly and quickly analyzed the situation in his mind.
Just then.
"Spiral Flash Super Wheel Dance Roar Three Styles!"
A yellow light, like lightning, crisscrossed and intertwined.
A dozen or so Iwagakure ninjas screamed and collapsed, spitting blood from their bodies.
As the vice-captain, Minato Namikaze cooperated with Jiraiya to advance the battle line, using his secret technique to eliminate more than ten members of the elite Earth Release unit in one fell swoop.
On the other side, the demolition team, facing an attack led by Mitokado Homura and several elite Jonin, was also suffering repeated defeats.
"The Sand Village and Amegakure's offensive has eased, and the main force has retreated a considerable distance.
The overall loss is about two thousand, but many ordinary ninjas have very little chakra left, greatly weakening their counterattack capabilities..."
"So now is the crucial moment of the entire retreat.
How many casualties will the elite rearguard suffer to hold out until we can completely shake off these enemies..."
"Has Old Purple not arrived yet?
Or is that guy really ignoring the crisis in Iwagakure?"
From his vantage point, Onoki analyzed the battlefield situation, feeling both anger at the deaths of numerous Iwagakure ninja and anxiety that the situation remained unfavorable and that Rōshi had yet to appear.
In such large-scale battles, the most effective way to slow down the enemy is through powerful long-range attacks like Dust Release, which target ordinary ninjas.
Everyone has to be mindful of casualties, so the offensive naturally slows down.
Unfortunately, Dust Release consumed too much energy, and he didn't have much chakra left.
At this point, the greatest hope lies with the tailed beasts.
The tailed beasts' attacks surpassed his own in both range and power, and their chakra far exceeded his, making them a formidable threat to the army.
At this point, Konoha had also expended a lot of energy, making it the perfect time for the Tailed Beasts to appear!
Why isn't Roshihere yet?!
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[Killed an elite Jonin, reputation +20000]
[Killed two Jonin, reputation +10000]
[Slayed six Special Jonin, reputation +3000]
[Fame: 208400 (Renowned throughout the Ninja World)]
[Reaching 200,000 reputation points will reward you with Chakra Suppression (Kunai limited)]
The Souji landed on the ground and immediately checked the system messages.
Even ordinary members of the air force are special jonin, with two squad leaders being jonin and the captain, Soseki, being an elite jonin.
The flight force was annihilated, earning 33,000 reputation points.
This brought the reputation to 200,000, and a new reward was obtained.
Chakra Suppression (Kunai Limited) means that the kunai you throw has the effect of suppressing chakra.
All chakra that comes into contact with the kunai will instantly become ineffective and dissipate.
Depending on the situation, this effect may be very strong, or it may be of little use.
For example, when a tailed beast uses chakra to construct its own image of a body outside a jinchūriki, this effect only causes the part that comes into contact with the kunai to disappear due to the chakra's failure, but it does not extend to other parts.
Furthermore, as long as the kunai is removed, the disappeared body part can be restored.
In this case, it's not very useful.
Conversely, if it is a ninjutsu like a summoning jutsu, which unfolds array patterns when cast and requires a short time to complete, then as long as the kunai is pierced into the array patterns in time, the entire structure of the jutsu will collapse due to the loss of some chakra.
This is how it works remarkably well.
The Souji had a general understanding of the new rewards and looked around.
The air force has been completely wiped out, and there are no more hidden rocks nearby.
I was deciding whether to go and support Mitokado Homura in dealing with the demolition team, or to go and advance the battle line with Jiraiya and Minato.
Suddenly, the Ayame in the mountains came rushing over.
"Souji!"
"Ayame? Hmm?"
The Souji's expression changed slightly.
Ayame stopped in her tracks, holding a kunai in both hands, its tip pointed at her throat.
"Help me..."
Ayame's hands trembled slightly, and she looked like she was about to cry.
Behind her, a figure wagging its tail slowly appeared.
The ugly old man wearing a mask... Hiruko, Sasori's favorite puppet.
"Mochizuki Souji, we meet again..."
"Brother Sasor, what are you trying to do?"
"..."
Hiruko seemed to have something more to say, but suddenly couldn't say it.
This is clearly a puppet I just finished making recently, how did Mochizuki Souji know that I was the one controlling it...?
Ignoring Sasori's doubt expressed through Hiruko, Souji continued:
"What exactly do you want by controlling my companion like this?
Are you trying to get revenge for the arrow you shot last time?"
"More or less... Come with me."
Hiruko turned and left, and Ayame followed, maintaining the same posture with a kunai pressed against her throat.
The Souji didn't say anything and obediently followed.
It's useless to attack this Hiruko, because it's just Sasori's sand clone.
Sasori possesses a ninjutsu called Manipulation: Human Body Puppet Technique, which allows him to manipulate the human body using chakra threads, turning people into puppets.
Having been severely beaten by himself last time, Sasori seems hesitant to come to him in his true form, so he only sends out his sand clone.
Even if we don't take Ayame hostage, destroying one of her clones would be pointless, so Souji didn't take any action.
Hiruko led the two to a place where there were many Konoha ninja.
Here, there is also a sand clone, Hiruko, who is controlling several Konoha ninjas with invisible chakra threads in her hands, and like Ayame, they all have kunai pressed against their throats.
At a glance, these ninjas were clearly from the prestigious clans of Konoha: the Ino-Shika-Cho trio, the Uchiha clan, the Aburame clan…
The Souji recognized these people; they were all special Jonin from various clans, or promising young Chunin.
It's more difficult to attack Jonin, so Sasori only targets weaker opponents; the threat effect is the same regardless.
Fugaku Uchiha, along with Mitokado, who was originally in charge of dealing with the demolition squad, and the heads of the Ino-Shika-Cho clans, all came here, but they had no solution to the situation and could only stare helplessly.
"Mochizuki Souji, if you don't want these people to die, then come with me."
"I was just careless last time, but this time I'll show you how terrifying a puppeteer can be!"
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