Iwagakure?

Thousands of venous needles fall like flowers from the sky, Sakumo holds his Chakra Saber in his hand. This is a short knife made of a special metal that can be infused through "chakra flow". Holding such a sharp weapon, he can use his skill to the fullest, only the white lights of the blade are invisible to the naked eye, all poison needles were blocked by Sakumo without exception, and none of them broke Sakumo's defensive circle.

Sakumo is fighting two ninjas hiding in the sand who are proficient in Puppet Manipulation.

A man and a woman, a little older than he, must be a couple. The degree of tacit understanding is very high, especially when attacking. If it weren't for him here, any ninja would hardly survive this duo's joint attack.

Even though he defends himself against the large number of poisonous hidden weapons thrown by the two using the puppets, Sakumo still doesn't dare to be careless.

Poison in the Puppet's Hidden Weapon, is the main assassination tactic of the puppet-using ninjas in Sand Village, often using this assassination tactic to ambush Konoha's squads.

If the skin is hit, the poison will spread through the skin wound and penetrate the flesh and blood.

Until then, the situation will undoubtedly become extremely problematic.

Fighting these puppet masters, he cannot be careless.

However, Sakumo, who has performed many S-tier missions over the years, has had experience fighting puppet masters. While the puppet skills of the two current enemies are stronger than previous puppet masters, the puppet technique's weakness is also obvious.

Chakras are needed to control the puppet, and the puppet master's body is generally weak.

Cutting the Chakra threads will only cause the puppet master to lose control of the puppet for a while, and then reconcile the Chakra threads and let the puppet join the battle.

So instead of cutting the Chakra strings, directly ignoring the puppet and attacking the puppet master himself is the best tactic.

How to get around this?

The sand ninja couple constantly change positions, dazzling people with their refined techniques.

The puppets wielded by the two were all hidden in the dark cloak, completely unable to see how the hidden weapon had transformed.

This will break Sakumo's analytical capabilities.

In addition, the opponent knows his strengths, avoids melee combat, and is always careful to distance himself from him.

This makes Sakumo feel extremely complicated.

The opponent has rich experience and fighting skills, and in the sand puppet troops, they must be decisive figures.

"Try!"

The cooperation of the two puppet masters is perfect. If the time is running late, he is more concerned about the trio's situation.

Also, Chakra was transferred to the short saber in his hand, and the short saber had a bright white light as if the blade was bathed in a layer of white moonlight, which was very visible in the dark forest.

If you can't find the enemy's weakness, you can only force a breakthrough and create a weakness.

Pulling the puppet, the male ninja backed off, and the female kunoichi next to him also backed off. The two did not speak but manipulated the puppets silently, they had the same thought. They didn't need eye contact or verbal communication, just seeing each other's actions, understanding what the other party was going to do.

When they witness the white light coming out of the short saber, they know what Sakumo planned to do.

I can't give him a chance.

Sakumo's figure was almost out of sight in the torrential rain formed by hidden weapons, and he could only see the white light of the saber whistling, cutting through all the hidden weapons running towards him in a straight line, and moving on.

The two puppets were dressed in black robes and alternately stood in front of Sakumo, like ghosts.

Filth!

Suddenly, there were more slits in the black robe, revealing the wooden body of the puppet inside.

"Which!"?

Sakumo disappeared from his eyes.

The bright light made both the man's and the woman's eyes narrow.

Between them, the ninja pushed the kunoichi. From the shoulder to the chest cavity, the blade was cut, splashing a lot of blood from the enemy ninja.

Sakumo showed surprise in his eyes.

But it was just a surprise, without hesitation, he continued with a second attack.

What was cut off was the puppet that was prepared by the ninja not far away, and replacing it with the second deadly knife.

That guy! Shakumo's eyes were solemn.

Knowing how he could not dodge the first knife, this ninja did not have to dodge. He pushed the kunoichi beside him and pulled the doll back. When Sakumo swayed the second knife, the puppet pulled him back and stood in front of him.

There is no panic between life and death, and he still maintains a calm and strong mindset, which makes Sakumo feel complicated.

Bang!

The smoke bomb exploded, blocking Sakumo's eyes.

Numerous SenBons and Kunais flew on the other side of the smoke, and Sakumo had to resist with his saber.

After dealing with the enemy attack, the man and the woman disappeared from his eyes.

"Problems, if we meet again next time, previous tricks will probably be seen ..."

Sakumo looked at the deserted forest in front of him and sighed relief.

Instead of chasing that man and that woman, Sakumo ran back to the trio battlefield.

When he arrived, the battle had finished.

It seems that the ninja who fought against the three people was also retreating based on the signs of man and woman. From here he can barely see their backs coming out.

Do you want to reach them?

When this thought crossed Sakumo's mind, he saw Ayane and Ruri tired near the tree, receiving the cure technique from Shiraishi to restore his strength and chakra.

Seeing this, Sakumo had to abandon this idea.

He was very reluctant to deal with so many ninjas alone.

Fighting against a man and a woman of sand, his physical strength and chakra are also consumed very quickly, and now he must focus on rest.

"Shiraishi, how are your injuries?"

Sakumo approached and asked, showing some tiredness on his face.

Fighting against the two Sand Jōnin, his nerves are tense.

"It's not a problem, it's just a trauma on the skin, which means that Chakra is a bit exhausted."

Shiraishi replied.

Ruri and Ayane are recovering their forces and chakra, and they do not have time to respond.

"Very cool." Sakumo nodded and suddenly smiled, "You behaved better than I thought. Under the siege of three Jonins and several Chunnin, you can remain undefeated, which is beyond expectation.

"That's because the two masters of stronger puppets were retained by you, Master Sakumo."

Ayane can see with her white eyes the rain of a thousand Senbls and Kunais, even with her white eyes, she feels numb on the scalp, and it is impossible to escape without injuries like Sakumo.

The skills of some ninjas seem common but are the most lethal.

The puppet master is one of the best.

A scratch, inadvertent neglect, even if it is not poisoned, will be targeted and transformed into numerous hidden weapons.

As the saying goes, open spears are easy to dodge and hidden arrows are hard to defend. Puppet Masters are a group of murder experts who are good at hidden weapons.

This is also the reason why the village of sand puppets is causing headaches for many ninjas.

"Do not say that. With this force at your age, you will overcome me in the future. I believe you have this potential. Before that, as a captain and part-time teacher, I will fight to protect your security."

"Since Mr. Sakumo assured this, I feel safer. However, the current situation is not very optimistic. What happened to the Battle of the Front Line? How can such a powerful elite force enter the country?

Ayane frowned tightly, intrigued.

"Compared to this, should we think why sand troops are mixed with ninjas that are proficient in terrestrial cleaning? The consequences of this problem are more serious, right?"

Shiraishi spoke.

When it comes to this, the faces of the other three are a bit strange.

"It is not a common ninja that can use this kind of power. This was not mentioned in intelligence. What are the guys at ANBU doing?"

If it were not the ninja that used the land release to separate the three, the combination of the Byakugan and Sharingan and the dense concentration of Shiraishi smoke bombs, it would have been easier to fight.

Therefore, Ruri expressed dissatisfaction with the inactive ANBU.

Sakumo was embarrassed. Although he also questioned the recent abilities of Anbu, ANBU was an elite force directly under the Hokage, however, it was probably just momentary negligence.

Anbu's action is still very strong.

"Maybe we have thought of this, there are occasional ninjas that are proficient in cleaning the land in the village of sand ..."

When Sakumo said that, the three of us were not convinced.

Because everyone's nerves are so sensitive now.

Sunagakure has already launched an attack on Konoha. So, Iwagakure, who used to watch next door, will let it spend a moment so good to enter the territory of the fire to plunder?

Maybe at the beginning Iwagakure would not plan to participate in the war, but now the situation changed.