Land of Rain.
Tsunade's group of four walked through the curtain of rain.
Half a month had already passed since they t Hatake Sakumo.
Although Tsunade said they would lure out Chiyo's son and daughter-in-law, they could not make it too obvious.
After so discussion, the final decision was to respond to change with stillness.
Tsunade and the others would carry out missions as usual until they accidentally ended up isolated and had their position locked onto by Chiyo's son and daughter-in-law.
How should it be put?
Tsunade and the others wanted to take them down, and they also wanted to take down Tsunade and the others.
After all, this was a battlefield. Everyone wanted to earn rit, and Sunagakure's puppet corps was no exception.
Especially since they were Sunagakure's ace unit.
After tangling with Sakumo for two months without making any achievents, they were actually the anxious side.
If they could kill Tsunade and send word back, it would be a great achievent.
"Get ready."
Natsuki suddenly spoke.
"You found the enemy?"
Nawaki's spirits rose as he asked.
"The enemies this ti aren't ordinary. They discovered Kuroba."
Natsuki explained, "Fortunately, Kuroba released the Summoning Technique on its own first. Otherwise, I would have lost this summoned beast."
Every ti he went out to carry out a mission, he would summon Kuroba in advance.
As a crow, Kuroba could fly. On top of that, it rained every day in the Land of A, and the light was gloomy, which made it easy to hide its movents.
The ninja cat Shirayuki and ninja dog Kurohana were not that useful in rainy weather.
As for the ninja hawk Aozora, its body was too large, making it easy to discover.
The one most suited for reconnaissance missions was the crow Kuroba.
"To be able to accurately discover your Kuroba in the rain, they may be the targets we've been waiting for."
Tsunade said while walking normally.
"Chiyo's son and daughter-in-law!"
Nawaki imdiately said.
"After we confirm it's them, Natsuki, use Hiding in Mist Technique. Then have your summoned beast notify Sakumo."
Tsunade reminded him, "We'll delay them as much as possible. If we can keep them here, that would be best."
"Yes, Tsunade-sensei."
Natsuki nodded and said.
"Will that thod of yours work?"
Nawaki asked curiously, "Don't let it co down to the ti when we."
Before he could finish speaking, Tsunade flicked his forehead hard.
"Don't worry, it will definitely work."
Natsuki smiled and said, "I won't joke around with our lives."
The four of them walked a little longer, and soon, strange sounds rang out all around them.
"Be careful, they're puppets!"
Tsunade imdiately warned them.
Natsuki raised his head. Under the effect of Clairvoyance, he saw a row of puppets wearing black robes.
They were very fast, and both their left and right arms had sharp blades.
"Watch !"
After Nawaki finished speaking, he began forming hand seals.
Water surged out, sweeping up the ever-present rainwater. In the blink of an eye, a wall of water rose around them.
In the next second, the puppets charged in.
The water wall suddenly trembled. Under the attacks of the sharp blades, several cuts appeared on it.
At the sa ti, Natsuki had already used Hiding in Mist Technique.
The mont the water wall shattered, mist spread wildly in every direction.
Natsuki then used the Summoning Technique, summoned the crow Kuroba, and let it leave amid the chaos.
"It's actually Hiding in Mist Technique?"
A young shinobi wearing a Sunagakure forehead protector issued an order. "Use Wind Release."
He was Chiyo's son.
Behind him, one puppet master paused his puppet control, ford hand seals with both hands, and spat out a terrifying gale.
Wherever the gale passed, all of the mist scattered.
"One person is missing. Everyone, stay alert!"
After discovering that Natsuki had disappeared, the young shinobi could not help frowning.
While the other three puppet masters looked around, they controlled their puppets and sent them toward Tsunade, Nawaki, and Yakushi Nonō.
"Four Jonin. You really spared no expense."
Tsunade sneered and said.
"This is our respect for Princess Tsunade."
The young shinobi answered in a calm tone.
If they had not been afraid of drawing the attention of Sakumo and the others, it would not have been only four Jonin.
However, in his view, four Jonin were enough to take down Tsunade.
Setting aside her dical ninjutsu, Tsunade's strength was only that of an elite Jonin.
Her three students had so reputation, but considering their age, they would at most be at the level of Chunin.
Moreover, they were not just four Jonin. They also possessed many puppets.
The puppets they controlled were, at the lowest, at the level of Chunin.
The sound of breaking wind rang out.
One puppet arrived in front of Tsunade first.
Chakra Enhanced Strength!
Tsunade clenched her fist and directly struck the ninja sword it swung out.
Terrifying force instantly spread out.
That puppet, together with its ninja sword, was sent flying backward.
"Princess Tsunade truly lives up to her reputation."
A pretty young female shinobi from Sunagakure spoke.
She was Chiyo's daughter-in-law, soone who could rank within the top five among Sunagakure's puppet masters.
"The two of us will deal with her."
The young shinobi arranged things and said, "You two deal with her students."
Nawaki snorted coldly and took out the greatsword Sahada.
Water Breathing, Fourth Form: Striking Tide!
Rainwater began to swirl around the greatsword Sahada.
The heavy greatsword Sahada seed like a giant dragon as it smashed fiercely toward the puppet before him.
With a boom, the black robe tore apart, and a huge hole was smashed into the puppet's chest.
But in the next second, the puppet raised both arms, and dense waves of senbon flew out.
Nawaki's pupils shrank. Fortunately, the greatsword Sahada was large enough.
He directly blocked it in front of himself, deflecting all of the senbon.
"A puppet's entire body is full of weapons. Until the very last mont, don't let down your guard."
Seeing this, Tsunade imdiately reminded him.
Nawaki could not help but nod.
Just now had indeed been dangerous.
"Princess Tsunade, it's been this long and your other student still hasn't shown himself. Has he already run away?"
The young shinobi asked with a frown.
He felt that it was strange.
As a Jonin, he actually had not noticed any trace of Natsuki at all.
"Guess."
As Tsunade spoke, she kicked out again.
The young female shinobi waved both hands, and her puppet dodged Tsunade's kick.
While dodging, the puppet opened its mouth.
Its tongue was not a tongue, but a needle launcher.
Three poisoned needles flew toward Tsunade.
Tsunade's eyes sharpened, and she tilted her head to the left, avoiding the three poisoned needles.
The young female shinobi did not get angry. Her ten fingers moved continuously.
Her puppet began to spin. Its body split open in several places, and blades extended from it.
Six or seven blades spun together, turning her puppet into a deadly weapon.
"Then I'll kill you and force him out!"
The young shinobi flung both hands.
A puppet followed closely behind and charged toward Tsunade.
Tsunade had just dodged the young female shinobi's puppet when his puppet raised both hands and sprayed out two streams of fla.
A scorching aura spread out.
Tsunade felt a wave of heat rush toward her face.
She did not have ti to dodge, so she clenched her fist and smashed out.
Surging chakra erupted from her fist. Together with her terrifying strength, it directly shattered the two streams of fla.
The young shinobi also knew that such an attack would not work.
His puppet's arms shook, and this ti, a large amount of mist sprayed out.
anwhile, the young female shinobi's puppet continued chasing Tsunade. Its blades spun, as if trying to cut her into pieces.
At the sa ti, the other two puppet masters were not idle either.
One puppet master's puppet had been half destroyed by the greatsword Sahada, so he imdiately switched to a new puppet.
The new puppet was not human-shaped. It looked like a pangolin.
It crawled on all four limbs, with a sharp blade on its head, and charged toward Nawaki.
Another puppet master controlled a humanoid puppet with both hands and slashed at Nonō.
"I'll handle it!"
Nawaki said to Nonō, then gripped the greatsword Sahada and stood in front of her.
Water Breathing, Third Form: Flowing Dance!
The nearby rainwater was drawn by his Water Release chakra and rapidly spiraled around him.
In the next second, Nawaki swung the greatsword Sahada from multiple directions at the sa ti.
The two puppets could not help pausing and stopped in their tracks.
"Water Release receives too much of a boost in the Land of Rain."
The two puppet masters thought this, but the movents of their hands did not slow.
Chakra passed through the threads and into the puppets.
The pangolin puppet suddenly increased its strength, pushing Nawaki and the greatsword Sahada backward.
The humanoid puppet leaped up. Its wrists opened, and two long spears stabbed toward Nawaki.
Nawaki's body could not help going numb. He was already unable to react.
In the end, he was not a Jonin.
Fortunately, Tsunade had been paying attention to his situation the whole ti.
She ignored the mist, leaped up, and kicked the young female shinobi's puppet.
The puppet's head imdiately exploded, and its spinning body stopped along with it.
Tsunade used a Body Flicker Technique, pulled away, then stepped forward, grabbed Nawaki, and retreated.
The two long spears continued forward with their remaining montum.
Tsunade suddenly swung her free left hand, and a large number of shuriken flew to et them.
A piercing sound rang out.
Although the two long spears were not sent flying, they were knocked off course, and the threat was imdiately removed.
Just then, the pangolin puppet's head split open, and a row of poisoned darts flew out, covering all three of Tsunade's group.
"Nawaki!"
Tsunade imdiately reminded him.
Nawaki stabilized himself, grabbed the greatsword Sahada, and smashed it out.
Water Breathing, Third Form: Flowing Dance!
Under the impact of the water current, all of the poisoned darts splashed outward in every direction.
"You really are troubleso."
The young shinobi imdiately threw out a summoning scroll.
The scroll opened, and another puppet appeared in front of him.
The young shinobi controlled two puppets, sending them toward Tsunade from the left and right.
When they arrived nearby, the two puppets suddenly extended another pair of arms.
Two puppets, eight arms, and eight ninja swords swung out.
For a mont, flashes of blades swept out in every direction.
Tsunade frowned slightly, grabbed Nawaki's greatsword Sahada, and smashed it out.
She used the greatsword Sahada like a teor hamr, swinging it so fast that it stirred up the wind.
Nawaki's mouth twitched, but he did not stay idle and imdiately ford hand seals.
Water Release: Water Shockwave!
A vast amount of Water Release chakra swept up the ever-present rainwater, forming a waterfall like a tornado.
The young shinobi imdiately seed sowhat strained.
The other three puppet masters hurriedly controlled their puppets to provide support.
For a mont, the scene beca rather chaotic.
A sudden voice rang out.
It was Natsuki.
Tsunade did not hesitate and swung the greatsword Sahada.
Quite a few puppets were forced back by her strike, which carried terrifying power.
She then grabbed Nawaki and Nonō and retreated.
"Over there!"
The young shinobi imdiately looked toward Natsuki.
He had been worried earlier that Natsuki would cause trouble. Now, he had finally shown himself.
The other three puppet masters also looked at Natsuki.
But it was not one Natsuki. It was twenty Natsukis.
This was the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.
The four puppet masters could not help feeling puzzled.
Was it because he saw that they had many puppets, so he used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique?
But after creating twenty shadow clones, what combat power could he possibly have left?
Just then, they saw the twenty Natsukis raise both hands at the sa ti.
Countless Kurosawa, Sword of the Thunder God, Kabutowari, and Nuibari were thrown out at once.
There were so many that the entire sky was covered.
"Defend!"
The young shinobi's pupils shrank. He waved both hands and shouted hurriedly.
Six puppets appeared in front of him.
The puppets' bodies trembled, and countless blades erged from them before they began spinning.
All of the swords and blades attacking him were knocked away.
The other three puppet masters did more or less the sa thing.
They all took out more puppets.
From the number of puppets, one could see their strength.
The young shinobi could control six puppets at once, making him the strongest.
His wife was slightly inferior and could only control five.
As for the remaining two puppet masters, they could control three at most.
Dense tallic clashes rang out continuously.
"This really is spectacular."
Nawaki could not help sighing.
"It is."
Tsunade nodded and said.
When Natsuki told her about it earlier, she had still been doubtful.
But after truly seeing so many swords and blades, she realized with shock that Natsuki's chakra amount had already far surpassed an ordinary Jonin.
When she thought of what would happen next, she felt anticipation.
A large part of the reason Tsunade was confident they could hold out until Sakumo ca to reinforce them was because she believed in Natsuki.
"Where did he get so many swords and blades?"
The young shinobi asked with a frown.
The swords and blades projected by Natsuki's current Projection Magecraft were comparable to the originals.
Even if he simply threw them out, there were so many that, for a while, they found it difficult to deal with them.
Fortunately, the four of them were all Jonin, and they also had seventeen puppets.
The dense sounds gradually beca sparse.
Natsuki had already thrown out all of the swords and blades he had projected.
He casually released nineteen shadow clones, then calmly looked at the four puppet masters.
At this mont, countless swords and blades were scattered all around them.
Although Natsuki had already consud most of his chakra, he was not panicked in the slightest.
"It's over now, brat!"
The young shinobi took a breath and imdiately controlled six puppets to move.
The other three puppet masters turned toward Tsunade, Nawaki, and Nonō.
But the mont they took their first step, an unimaginable sense of crisis erged in their hearts.
Their bodies subconsciously stiffened.
Then they saw Natsuki raise his hand and snap his fingers.
The four of them imdiately felt confused.
But in the next mont, all of them revealed expressions of horror.
The swords and blades around them began to tremble violently.
They tore apart like balloons, and chakra currents swept countless fragnts toward them.
The closest puppet master had no ti to react before his body instantly burst apart.
Fragnts stabbed into his body one after another. His expression twisted in pain, and then he turned into a spray of blood mist that filled the air.
The other puppet master subconsciously controlled his three puppets to block in front of him.
But it was still useless.
The three puppets instantly fell apart, torn into pieces.
He opened his mouth, then fell into eternal darkness.
"Damn it!"
The remaining two puppet masters were Chiyo's son and daughter-in-law.
At the critical mont between life and death, they burst out with all of their strength.
Two humanoid puppets wrapped around them.
The remaining puppets around them revealed all of their weapons one after another.
Senbon, poisoned darts, blades, and more all flew out.
Piercing collision sounds echoed through heaven and earth.
"Too. Too terrifying!"
Nawaki stared with his mouth agape.
Nonō's mouth opened wide, so shocked that she did not know what to say.
"This power is already comparable to an S-rank ninjutsu."
Tsunade took a deep breath and slowly said.
The only problem was that the preparation ti was too long, and it consud a great amount of chakra.
He needed to project a large number of swords and blades, then use the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique in combination before he could use it.
Tsunade did not know about Unlimited Blade Works.
If she knew of its existence, she would discover that the scene before her was a weakened version of Unlimited Blade Works.
If Natsuki unlocked Unlimited Blade Works, he would no longer need to use the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, nor would he need to prepare so many swords and blades in advance.
Of course, Unlimited Blade Works would consu even more chakra.
After an unknown amount of ti, the explosions stopped.
The rain in the sky fell once again.
The ground was no longer as flat as before. It was full of pits and craters everywhere.
The two puppet masters in the center of the field were even more miserable.
The puppets around them had already disintegrated in the explosions.
The two puppets covering their bodies could still barely hold together.
Although they had not fallen apart, they had beco battered and broken.
A large amount of blood seeped out.
However, the two puppet masters were still not dead.
Just then, the sound of breaking wind rang out.
Hatake Sakumo and the others finally arrived.
They subconsciously surrounded the two puppet masters, then all revealed shocked expressions.
What kind of terrifying battle had this broken battlefield gone through?
"Capture them."
Tsunade spoke and said, "They are Chiyo's son and daughter-in-law. They're more valuable alive."
Natsuki paused slightly.
This was different from the original work, where they were killed by Sakumo.
However, what Tsunade said also made a lot of sense. They were more valuable alive.
The two puppet masters had already suffered heavy injuries.
Although they wanted to resist, they were easily defeated by Konoha's shinobi.
"Tsunade, I originally thought there would be a fierce battle. I didn't expect to arrive and only clean up the aftermath."
Sakumo asked curiously, "How did you do it?"
Earlier, although Natsuki had said he had a way to delay them, he had not said what the specific thod was.
The reason he gave was that if he said it, it would be easy for Sunagakure's puppet corps to notice.
"It's a ninjutsu Natsuki created himself."
Tsunade smiled slightly and said.
"So that's how it is."
Sakumo looked at Natsuki and said, "As expected, your reputation is well deserved."
As for what kind of ninjutsu he had created, Sakumo did not ask further.
He understood the rules very well.
But with such great power, it was probably an S-rank ninjutsu.
And when he thought of Natsuki's age, he could only admire him.
(To be continued.)
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