Forest Encounter

Deep in the endless forest, 2 silhouettes wearing the Konoha uniforms were running fast. The two men were sweating so much, while they looked back from time to time, as if something terrible was chasing them.

"Yamazaki, what do we do now?" One of the ninja asked.

"Hurry up to Captain Tsuru's position and we will naturally be safe." Yamazaki glanced at behind and said solemnly: "If we are caught, immediately detonate an Explosive Tag and notify the Captain. Makino, how many Tools are there in you as of right now?"

Makino said solemnly: "There aren't many traps."

"I seem to have heard an incredible secret, you two must be planning a trap against us?"

A low voice appeared from their front, Yamazaki and Makino quickly stopped, looking alerted at the front.

Sou!

A black silhouette slammed into Makino, and he was send flying desperately. Yamazaki on his side grabbed Makino and hid behind a couple of rocks, while yelling: "Puppets, among their team there's a Puppeteer!"

Yamazaki tone barely fell, when the Puppet made a sharp move, and continued to rush towards their position.

Yamazaki pulled out her tool pouch and threw a Kunai behind her without looking.

Bang!

A blast came from a distance. Junrei, Tsuru Uchiha, and Ito, who were resting, quickly got up and looked vigilantly towards the direction of the explosion.

"It came from Yamazaki's direction. It seems that the other side also has a Sensor type ninja, and they got caught." Ito said solemnly.

"Hurry up! Let's go!" Tsuru Uchiha said sadly, "It's an unexpected issue!"

Junrei was about to catch up with his Captain and Ito, but suddenly thought that Yamasaki and Makito we're probable already dead, and now there was only 2 Jonin by his side. Even though Yamazaki and Makino life or death information is still unknow. It's too irrational to catch up.

Thinking of this, he slowed down a little bit and followed behind the Jonin, guaranteeing not to stay too behind, but also to try to keep himself at a safe distance.

When Tsuru Uchiha and Ito arrived, Yamazaki and Makino's corpse were lying quietly in an open space in the forest, they should have been killed already.

It seemed to feel that the enemies were a little tricky this time. Ito made a 'concealed' hand seal to Junrei without any trace. And so he stopped and hid in the woods.

"The two of them were killed!" Ito stood on the tree, glanced at the corpse of Yamazaki and Makino, and then said indifferently: "The enemy is also using their corpse as a trap."

"Hmph! This kind of trap would only be able to fool a kid. In the face of the Sharingan, this kind of trap shouldn't even dare to show itself!" Tsuru Uchiha said with a sneer.

"So it's the Uchiha Clan! You're so rude!" A ninja with a painted pattern on his face came out from behind a big tree and said blandly.

Ito frowned, and the looked at the person while saying, "Akio of the Sand, Sunagakure's elite Puppeteer, and the Puppeteer's Squad Leader, i didn't expect to meet someone like you here."

"Oh! And who may you be?" Akio of the Sand glanced at Ito, wondering.

"Ito!" Ito said.

"Huh! So, it was Ito, a Jonin from the Leaf. I have heard of your name a long time ago." Akio looked polite, he didn't look like someone who was about to engage in battle with the other side.

"What about the Uchiha? You can also report your name!" Akio of the Sand glanced at Tsuru Uchiha, and said indifferently.

"Tsuru Uchiha!" His eyes closed slightly, then opened suddenly, 3 tomee slowly revolved among the red pumps. Indifferent glancing at Akio, he coldly said: "Let's stop this nonsense, come and accept your death!"

"It's my honor to participate on a contest with an Expert from the Uchiha Clan." Akio of the Sand didn't seem to be affected by Tsuru's threats, and he still said in a tranquil voice: "But... if i can bring that Sharingan back to the village, i'll definitely be even more honored."

His tone barely fell, Akio of the Sand launched his move, hooking his fingers, all around 3 Puppet appeared at the same time, and rushed towards Tsuru Uchiha and Ito from diferent angles.

At the same time, six other ninjas also appeared controlling Puppets, planning to engage on a combined siege towards Tsuru and Ito.

In a instant, the Uchiha and Ito became hedgehogs by the amount of kunai and flying needles that came from the puppets.

"It was that simple?" Akio looked at them for a moment, then responded: "This doesn't feel good, is it Genjutsu? When... did you just casted a Genjutsu when i looked into your eyes?"

"Release!"

Huh!

Although Akio responded quickly and avoided falling for the illusion, Tsuru still got the chance to create a deeply visible wound with his Kunai.

"Hehehehe! The Sharingan can't be underestimated!" Akio of the Sand looked at Tsuru, and said with a little envy: "So this is a Sharingan! It's really strong, i almost got killed by you."

Snake → Dragon → Rabbit → Tiger

[Fire Style: Dragon Fire Technique]

Ito held the seal with both hands, and a huge Fire Dragon spit out of his mouth, and struck the Puppeter's whole body.

"Damn!" Akio gave a massive leap back, to avoid Ito's Ninjutsu.

At this time, the other six sand ninjas finally decided to attack. This was a Puppeteer team. The other six sand ninjas jumped to six different directions, and at the same time, they manipulated their Puppets to launch an attack on the Uchiha Captain.

Tsuru Uchiha quickly glanced all around, all the Puppet's attack routes were all exposed under the Sharingan's might.

"Just a simple trick!" Tsuru Uchiha sneered, and with a few casual flashes, he avoided all the Puppet's attacks.

And Ito launched a Ninjutsu again, taking advantage of the exposing Sunagakure Puppeters.

[Lightning Release: Ray Emission]

[Ray Emisson] It's not an Attack type Ninjutsu, but an auxiliary Ninjutsu that emits strong rays of light to block the vision of the other side. The effect is similar to a modern flash bang.

Tsuru Uchiha and Ito had already cooperated for a certain period of time. Even before Ito used his Ninjutsu, Tsuru closed his eyes. However, the Hidden Sand members weren't so lucky. By being careless, they all got hit. Now their eyes can't be opened for a moment.

An opportunity!

Tsuru and Ito took out their swords from their sheath, and in the blink of an eye, they killed two Sand Ninjas.

"Perfect cooperation!" Aiko sighed with expressionless admiration, and then fully manipulated his Puppet, moving towards Tsuru and Ito, while launching an attack.

Junrei hid in the dark, staring closely at the battle situation.

5 Puppeteer, this was doomed to be a tough battle.

The power of a Puppeteer is not just that they manipulate Puppets and launch hidden weapons like torrential rain. The most powerful thing about a Puppeteer is that all of their hidden weapons are fed with poison. As long as their skin was touched even a little by these hidden weapons, they will immediately be poisoned.

A Ninja is a very unbalanced profession. They have a very strong Attack, but they are very lacking in terms of defense. Even a Jonin, or even a Kage, their bodies are only stronger than an ordinary person, but if a hidden weapon hits them, they will also be injured.

Five Puppeteers cooperating to launch attacks, and even two powerful Jonin could only rely on parrying and taking small opportunities to find a chance to counterattack.