The Road to the Throne of White Eyes

Chapter 224 Numerical Advantage

After summoning the Chikamatsu Tenninshu, the masterpiece of the first puppeteer Bunzaemon, Chiyo thought she could gain the upper hand.

After all, these were the most advanced puppets in the ninja world, and there were so many of them, that numbers often meant an advantage. But Chiyo was soon shocked by the hundreds of red-robed puppets summoned by Scorpion.

Chiyo looked at the densely packed puppets in front of her, the exact number of which she couldn't count for a moment, and frowned, thinking over and over again in her mind.

How is it possible for one person to control hundreds of puppets?

Controlling a puppet isn't just a matter of dragging it into position. The puppet's spatial location, movement speed, attack force, and weaponry must all be meticulously planned.

Even with just two or three puppets, if the puppeteer wasn't able to operate them properly, the puppets could easily crash into each other just by moving. Not to mention the sheer number of puppets Scorpion had, how could they properly configure their movement and attacks?

If they attacked randomly, the puppets would likely injure themselves. After all, Chiyo had seen many rookie puppeteers injure themselves while trying to control two or more puppets.

Chiyo mentally simulated how to control so many puppets, and her temples ached. She couldn't help but wonder if human puppets were so powerful that they could not only retain their blood limit but also evolve their brainpower to this level.

If this can be done, then isn’t that the true direction of puppetry’s development?

"Puppets aren't useful just because they're numerous!"

No matter what, I will not lose the battle.

Chiyo forced herself to suppress her inner thoughts and said blankly, "Besides, what's the point of transforming myself into a cold puppet when I can't even guarantee my perception of the outside world?"

"Oh, let's test everything in battle."

Scorpion didn't say much to Chiyo, and directly controlled a group of red-robed puppets to pounce on them.

Chiyoya stopped talking and focused on the battle. She left her parents' puppets to guard her, and the Ten Chikamatsu people cooperated with each other to attack Scorpion.

After the battle, Chiyo's chaotic mind calmed down a lot. Although there were many of these red-robed puppets, their quality was far inferior. Although they could be considered rare and exquisite for ordinary puppeteers, they were a bit inferior to puppeteer masters like Chiyo and Scorpion.

Moreover, although there are more than two hundred puppets, Scorpion can only effectively control a part of them at the same time, about sixty or seventy.

The puppets following behind were stiff and slow to react, just like the Sand Ninjas yelling and screaming outside. Furthermore, only the front part of these puppets could fully exert their strength, and often, after being broken by the Ten Guards, there was room to fill in the back part.

But even so, the advantage in numbers still put Chiyo in danger. Several of the ten guards were killed, and even the two puppets of her parents who went up to fill the position were seriously injured and fell to the ground.

Seeing that Elder Chiyo was in critical condition, the Sand Ninjas outside stopped shouting and instead used crossbows to shoot scorpions. Some Sand Ninjas also used shurikens tied to detonating talismans to attack the puppets, which relieved the pressure on Chiyo.

"Annoying guy!"

Scorpion was irritated by the harassment of the Sand Ninjas. He took out another scroll, then extended the barrel of the gun with both palms, and ejected a stream of high-temperature fire from the barrel.

The scorching flames burned the sky and the earth. Mask and his men could feel the biting heat even though they were a hundred meters away, and the crossbow arrows and shurikens that were shot at them turned into molten iron and fell to the ground.

As for the detonating talismans, they would simply burn or explode halfway, causing the temperature of the flame to rise to a higher level, but would have no effect on the scorpion itself.

"Three Treasures Absorption"

Taking advantage of the moment when Scorpion's attention was distracted by the Sand Ninjas, Chiyo manipulated three white-robed puppets to stand together in a triangle formation. Then, the puppets opened their mouths, revealing the words "Buddha," "Dharma," and "Monk" on their sides.

The next moment, the mechanism was activated, and a powerful tornado appeared out of thin air in front of them. The wind was so strong that it could swallow up the sea and move mountains. The red-robed puppets were unable to resist.

In an instant, dozens of puppets were pulled and swept by the hurricane, and then these puppets shattered under the pressure of the violent wind flow, and only a large number of puppet fragments were sprayed out behind three puppets.

"Dramatic Erosion"

Scorpion watched the large number of puppets being cleared out, furious. He pulled out another scroll and opened it while manipulating the puppets to fill in the attack. Then, the barrel in his palm unleashed a terrifying stream of high-pressure water, destroying everything in its path. In an instant, half of the Jinsong Ten were gone.

"what!"

I don't know if it was because he was still taking the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren into consideration, but Scorpion's water attack actually avoided Grandma Chiyo and the fallen parent puppets. Instead, the outer crossbow squad was affected by the water attack, and in an instant they lost more than 20 ninjas and most of the crossbows.

"Now we can focus on the battle!"

Seeing that the crossbow was destroyed, Scorpion stopped attacking the outer Sand Ninjas. He controlled his body to eject several weapons that flashed with cold light, and stood up to walk towards Elder Chiyo.

There were only five puppets that Chiyo could control at the moment, and each of them was a little tattered. Seeing that Scorpion was about to attack, she couldn't help but take a few steps back.

"Granny Chiyo, your time is almost up!"

Scorpion saw Chiyo's embarrassing situation, and he quickly pounced on her. It seemed that he felt uncomfortable killing her with a puppet, and he had to do it himself.

"Wind Style. Great Scythe Weasel"

Just as the massive attack of puppets and scorpions was about to overwhelm Chiyo, Temari flew back from outside on the Three Star Fan. Under her control, a violent whirlwind swept in with invisible blade winds that covered the entire sky.

The whirlwind was extremely fast, and as it swirled and flew, it swept a large number of puppets into the air. Then, the invisible sword energy in the storm chopped the puppets into pieces with incredible sharpness, and more than half of the puppets in front of Elder Qiandai were cleared out in an instant.

Even the scorpion itself was blown back dozens of meters by the violent wind, and Chiyo's crisis was instantly alleviated.

Seeing this situation, Chiyo breathed a sigh of relief, but her eyes showed both a sense of relief and a hint of regret.

"Phew, Temari, thank goodness I have your wind jutsu support. Just step back a bit and attack with ninjutsu. There are too many poisonous needles and poisonous sand around here, so be careful. Also, how's the Sandaime's human puppet doing?"

After hearing what Chiyo said, Temari quickly controlled the Three Star Fan to fly out a distance, and then used wind escape to clear a space before landing.

"The Sandaime's puppet body has been controlled, and Master Maki is leading his men to seal him away."

Temari looked a bit solemn as she spoke. As expected of the strongest Kazekage, she found it very difficult to deal with even the autonomous reactions of a puppet without anyone controlling it.

If Konoha had not provided a lot of sealing techniques information in recent years, the Sand Village's sealing techniques would have been much more improved, and it would probably have been difficult to get rid of the Third Kazekage's human puppet in a short time.