Chapter 37: Speculation
The thousand books that quenched the poison fell from the sky like a heavenly maiden scattered flowers, and Shuo Mao held the white tooth short knife, which was a short knife made of precious metals that could be transmitted to Chakra, holding such a sharp weapon, with the seamless knife handling skills of the heavens, only to see a white knife invisible to the naked eye, and the thousand books were blocked around Shuomao without exception, and none of them broke through Shuomao's defensive circle.
He is engaged by two sand ninjas who are proficient in manipulating puppets.
A man and a woman, slightly older than themselves, should be a husband and wife, the degree of tacit understanding is very high, especially the attack after the ring, if he wasn't here, the general Shangnin would have been defeated and killed in the dense attack of the two like a rainstorm.
Even though he blocked the large number of poisonous hidden weapons released by the two of them using the puppet, Shuo Mao still didn't dare to be careless.
Quenching poison on the puppet's hidden weapon, this is the assassination trick that the ninjas in the puppet army of Sand Hidden Village often use.
If the skin is accidentally cut, the poison will also spread through the wound of the skin, penetrating the flesh and blood.
At that point, the situation will undoubtedly become extremely troublesome.
Fighting these puppeteers really can't happen at all.
However, Shuo Mao, who has performed many S-class missions over the years, has the experience of fighting with puppeteers, and even though the puppet skills of the two opposite are stronger than the puppeteers they have encountered before, the weakness of the puppet technique is also obvious.
Chakras is needed to manipulate the puppet, and the puppeteer's body is generally weak.
Cutting off Chakras will only make the puppeteer lose control of the puppet for a while, and will soon reunite Chakras and bring the puppet into the fray.
Therefore, instead of cutting off Chakras, directly bypassing the puppet and attacking the puppeteer himself is the best tactic.
How do you get around?
The sand ninjas, one man and one woman, constantly cut each other's positions, and their techniques are dazzling.
The puppets manipulated by the two of them were all hidden in the pitch-black robes, and it was completely impossible to see how the hidden weapon worked, and it was launched from there.
This can disrupt Shiro's analytical capabilities.
Moreover, the other party obviously knows his strengths, avoids hand-to-hand combat, and has always been careful to distance himself from himself.
This made Sao Mao find extremely tricky.
The other party has a wealth of combat skills, and among the puppet troops of Shayin, he must also be a decisive person.
"Give it a try!"
It is not a way to delay like this, the cooperation of the two puppeteers can be called seamless, and if the time drags on, he is more worried about the situation on the side of the three of Baishi.
Further passed Chakra to the white fang short knife in his hand, and the white fang short knife emitted a bright white light, as if a layer of white moonlight was plated on the blade, which was extremely conspicuous in the dim forest.
If you can't find the enemy's weakness, you can only force your way through and create a weakness.
Pulling the puppet, the male ninja retreated backwards, and the female ninja next to him was also retreating, the two did not speak, just silently manipulated the puppet, but they had the same mind, no eye contact, no verbal communication, just seeing each other's movements, they understood what the other party was going to do.
As they watched the white light emit from the White Fang Short Knife, they understood what Shuo Mao was going to do.
Can't give him a chance.
Shuttling in the rainstorm formed by the hidden weapon, Shuo Mao's figure was so fast that he couldn't see it, and he could only see the white light whistling, cutting off all the hidden weapons that were rushing towards him on the straight road, and charging straight forward.
The two puppets were dressed in black robes, alternating positions in front of Shuo Mao, like elusive ghosts.
Whew!
Suddenly there were more neatly cut gaps in the black robe, revealing the wooden body of the puppet inside.
"What!?"
Shuo Mao disappeared from their eyes.
The sharp light made the eyes of the man and woman squint.
Among them, the male ninja violently pushed the female ninja away, and from the shoulder to the chest, the blade was slashed, and a large amount of blood was splattered.
Shuo Mao's eyes showed surprise, he thought that even the woman would attack together, but he didn't expect this man to push the female ninja away so simply.
However, he was only surprised, and without hesitation, he continued to swing the second sword.
The one who was sliced open was suddenly pulled by the male ninja from a short distance away, and instead of him, he blocked the deadly second sword.
This guy! Shuo Mao's eyes were solemn.
Knowing that the first knife couldn't be dodged, the male ninja didn't need to dodge at all, but just pushed the female ninja next to him away, pulling the puppet back, and at the same time as Shuo Mao swung the second knife, the puppet just pulled back and blocked in front of him.
This powerful mentality of not panicking between life and death, and still maintaining absolute calm, made Shuomao feel tricky.
Bang!
The smoke bomb exploded, blocking Shuomao's eyes.
Immediately after that, countless Chiben and Kunai flew out from the other end of the smoke, and Shuo Mao had no choice but to resist with the White Fang Short Knife.
By the time they rushed over, the man and woman had disappeared from view.
"Trouble, next time we meet, the previous trick is likely to be seen through......"
Shuo Mao looked at the empty forest in front of him and exhaled softly.
Without chasing the man and woman, Shuo Mao hurriedly returned to the battlefield of Shiraishi and the others.
By the time we arrived, the battle was over.
It seems that the signal of the retreat of the man and the woman is based on the fact that the ninjas who fought with the three Shiraishi are also evacuating, and they can only barely see their backs from here.
Want to catch up?
When this thought flashed through Shuomao's mind, he saw Ayane and Ruri sitting by the tree tiredly, receiving treatment from Shiraishi's healing technique to regain their strength and chakra.
Seeing this, Shuo Mao had no choice but to abandon this idea.
If he was alone, it would be too reluctant to deal with so many ninjas.
Fighting against a male and female ninja in Shagakure, his physical strength and chakra consumption are also very fast, and now he should focus on resting.
"Shiraishi, how are the injuries of the two of them?"
Shuo Mao walked over and asked, his face showing a little tiredness.
Fighting with those two Sand Hidden Shinobi, his nerves were tense all the time to avoid being scratched by the secret weapon of quenching poison.
"It's not in the way, it's just a skin injury, it's just that the chakra is a little too consumed."
Shiraishi replied.
Ruri and Ayane are regaining their strength and chakra, and there is no effort to answer.
"That's good." Shuo Mao nodded, and suddenly smiled: "You have behaved better than I expected, and under the siege of several middle ninjas led by the three upper ninjas, you can still remain undefeated, which is beyond my expectations." ”
"That's because the two strongest puppeteers were restrained by Teacher Shuomao."
Ayane could see clearly with her white eyes, the rainstorm of Senbon and the rain of kunai, even if she had white eyes, she felt her scalp tingle, and it was impossible to avoid it unscathed like Shuo Mao.
The so-called ninja is not that the more powerful the ninjutsu, the more gorgeous the ninjutsu, the stronger the strength.
Some ninja abilities may seem ordinary, but they are the most devastating.
The Puppeteer is one of them.
A bruise, an accidental negligence, even if it is not poisoned by the poison, will be shot into a hedgehog by countless hidden weapons.
As the saying goes, open guns are easy to dodge and dark arrows are difficult to defend, and puppeteers are a group of assassination experts who are good at traps and hidden weapons.
This is also the reason why the Sand Hidden Puppet Force is a headache for many ninjas.
"Don't say that, with your age and this strength, you will definitely surpass me in the future. I believe you have that potential. Until then, as the captain and part-time teacher, I'll fight to protect your safety. ”
"Now that Mr. Shuo Mao has promised this, I really feel a lot safer. However, the current situation is not very optimistic, what is the situation on the front line, how can such a powerful elite army sneak into the country? ”
Ayane frowned tightly, puzzled.
"Shouldn't we think about this, why are there ninjas who are proficient in earth escape mixed into the army of Sand Hide? The consequences of this problem are even more serious, right? ”
Shiraishi spoke.
At the mention of this, the faces of the other three people were a little strange.
"Really, the earth escape that can wield that kind of power is not an ordinary ninja, and it is not even indicated in the information. As the Hokage's direct force, what are those guys in the shadows doing? ”
If it weren't for the fact that the Earth Escape Ninja separated the three of them, the cooperation of White Eye and Writing Wheel Eye, coupled with the dense concentration of Shiraishi's smoke bombs, would have made it easier to fight.
Therefore, Ruri expressed dissatisfaction with the inaction of the dark part.
Shuo Mao stood aside awkwardly, although he also questioned the recent ability of the dark department, but it was also an elite unit directly under the Hokage, maybe it was just a moment of negligence and didn't notice it.
The action of the shadows is still very strong.
"Maybe we're thinking too much, there are occasionally ninjas who are proficient in earth escape in the sand......"
When Shuo Mao said this, the three of Shiraishi didn't quite believe it.
Because everyone's nerves are too sensitive at this time.
Sand Hide has launched an all-out attack on Konoha so will Iwakure, who was watching from the wall before, really let go of such a good opportunity not to enter the territory of the Fire Country to loot?
Maybe Iwakure didn't plan to go to war at first, but now it's uncertain.