Chapter 523
【As he spoke, two beams of blazing fire shot out from Scorpion's palm. The fierce flames trapped Sakura and Chiyo behind two large rocks. A moment later, as a scroll behind Scorpion dissipated, the flame attack stopped. 】
【"What's wrong? You're not going to attack? Then..." Scorpion didn't give the two a chance to breathe. The jet in his hand sprayed a turbulent torrent towards the almost burned stone. At Chiyo's reminder, the two quickly dodged, and then saw Scorpion change his attack, narrowing the jet and turning the jet into a water knife. 】
["Jeting flames and water blades... The power is quite amazing, but it always feels a bit rigid."]
["After all, he is a puppeteer. Even if he transforms his body into a puppet and has the ability to fight head-on, his flexibility is unlikely to be comparable to that of ordinary ninjas. This is easy to understand."]
["Must rely on the ninjutsu sealed in the scroll to launch an attack... In other words, Scorpion can't produce chakra himself? No, he must use chakra lines to control the puppet."]
["Ahem, pay attention to the part with the word Scorpion written on it at the position of his heart. Everyone knows the conditions for producing chakra. Obviously, this is the part of Scorpion's body, which means that his chakra is produced from here."]
["Isn't this showing the weakness clearly?"]
["Ha! Whether Scorpion transforms himself into a puppet or not, the heart is a weakness. You should say that apart from this, Scorpion has no other weaknesses."]
["You can replace damaged parts at any time. Perhaps this is what people who transform themselves into puppets pursue."]
["So this is why Scorpion uses ninjutsu scrolls instead of his own chakra to launch ninjutsu. It turns out that it's because he can't support it."]
["It seems that this whole-body puppetization method is indeed only suitable for the profession of puppeteer, because the chakra lines they use require very little chakra, so they can replace parts of the human body with puppet mechanisms on a large scale, but for other ninjas who use ninjutsu and illusion normally, it won't work. With such a small amount of flesh, the chakra produced may not even be able to cast a fireball."]
[After dodging for a while, another scroll behind Scorpion disappeared. Seeing that the two of them were dodging endlessly to delay time, Scorpion sneered and shot out the steel cable with spikes in his abdomen. Not only did it shatter the rock and scratch Sakura's side, but under the traction of the steel cable, it crashed directly into Chiyo with two rotating blades behind it. 】
【Sakura naturally wouldn't just sit there and watch Scorpion attack without doing anything. She endured the pain in her side and pulled the steel cable fixed to her side. Finally, when Scorpion was about to hit Chiyo, she pulled the steel cable to the end and pulled Scorpion over. 】
【"Don't be ridiculous!" With a shout, Sakura punched Scorpion hard, and the terrifying force instantly broke it into pieces and scattered all over the ground. ]
[‘Just right, we defeated him within the effective time of the antidote...’ Sakura thought with relief, then looked at Chiyo and chuckled, “We succeeded, Grandma Chiyo.”]
[“Why do I feel that Scorpion’s combat power is far worse than when he controls the puppet? He just said so arrogantly, but it turns out to be this level?”]
[“A puppeteer can only exert his full strength when controlling the puppet. This level is actually good enough.”]
[“How much combat power the puppeteer profession can exert depends entirely on how well they prepare before the battle. If Scorpion prepared a few more ninjutsu scrolls, he could kill the opponent with ninjutsu kiting. Why would he need to rely on the melee machine on his body? Guan went to close combat, but the opponent happened to be immune to his poison. In this case, playing close combat with a close combat master, the result can be imagined. "]
["It seems that Sakura has no idea what it means to have a person who has turned most of his body into a puppet. Does she think that it will be over if she smashes him?"]
["It's the first time to fight with such an enemy. It's understandable that she didn't think carefully under such a tense situation. Do you think she can observe and discuss leisurely from a third-party perspective like us!"]
"Hey, the future is really not easy. The opponents are stronger and more weird. "In the library, Sakura looked at herself on the sky screen who thought she had won, and sighed helplessly.
Who would have thought that she, an ordinary ninja, could also participate in this level of battle.
Although Sakura also had a lot of pressure because of this, but at the same time, her various highlights in the future constantly ignited Sakura's competitive spirit., making her more determined to acquire knowledge and work hard, not only to live up to herself, but also to keep up with Naruto and Sasuke and not be left behind by them.
[However, there was no joy in Chiyo's eyes, only full of surprise. Noticing this, Sakura immediately noticed the strange sound coming from behind her, and quickly turned her head to look, and then saw that the originally broken Scorpion was reassembled under the traction of a piece with the word Scorpion written on it. ]
["What did you say was successful?"]
[Faced with the question raised by Scorpion, Sakura's face was only unbelievable, but Chiyo quickly came back to her senses, took back the right arm she had just abandoned, and then took out a scroll from the ninja tool bag. 】
【"This is a technique that I sealed myself. I thought I would never use it again, but now it seems impossible." Chiyo unfolded the scroll and said coldly: "Let's use them to end the battle..."】
【As Chiyo made a seal, ten puppets of different shapes emerged from the scroll and surrounded her. Looking at this scene, Scorpion admired from the bottom of his heart: "The ability of a puppeteer is measured by the number of puppets he can control. She is worthy of being called a grandmother."】
【As Sakura exclaimed, Scorpion continued to praise: "Chiyo I've heard of your grandma's secret technique, the Finger Technique, before. You conquered a city by yourself with this technique - the White Secret Technique: Ten Machines of the Close Matsu Collection, the masterpiece of the first generation puppeteer Bunzaemon, what an amazing group of puppets."]
["Has Sakura's fist become weaker? She only broke Scorpion apart, but didn't crush the parts she hit directly."]
["Scorpion is the best puppeteer in the ninja world. How could he design a puppet without considering the possibility of being hit, not to mention that this is his own body."]
(To be continued)