newbobooks Chapter 336 The New Puppet Master Scorpion Makes His Debut
Chapter 336 The New Puppet Master Scorpion Makes His Debut
Naruto made up his mind to save Kakashi.
Just like the thought of saving Sasuke back then.
Sasuke was willing, but he was willing to break Sasuke's limbs to bring him back. So now Kakashi-sensei is doing the same.
"I'd rather break Kakashi-sensei's limbs than not bring him back to Konoha!"
Naruto made a grand vow.
Yes, I made some changes; I learned it from Sasuke.
Moreover, it makes perfect sense; by breaking all five limbs, there's no need to worry about Kakashi-sensei being defiled by Chiyo-baba.
"You don't think that breaking his limbs will guarantee Kakashi's innocence, do you?"
You must understand, Granny Chiyo is a puppeteer. Let alone breaking limbs, she could control Kakashi even if he were in a vegetative state using chakra threads.
The hydrangea ruthlessly shattered Naruto's passion with its intelligence.
Naruto calmed down and turned to the three members of Team 8: "Kiba, Shino, Hinata, this is too dangerous, I can't take you with me."
"We never intended to go."
Ya rolled her eyes.
Shino was wearing sunglasses, so you couldn't tell.
Hinata already has Byakugan.
"Alright then."
Naruto nodded and prepared to leave.
"Wait a minute, let us help you."
Hydrangea stopped Naruto.
Letting him travel alone to Sunagakure would be a complete waste of time.
Just use the Flying Thunder Formation to take them there.
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Sunagakure is a good place. After the dragon vein was removed, the land began to recover with the dragon vein as the center, but the speed was relatively slow and there are still a lot of desert areas.
These desert regions were used as sites for large-scale, lethal ninjutsu experiments and ninja battles.
The Land of Rain is, after all, a small country with a very small territory. A single Tailed Beast Ball could potentially sweep across the entire country from one side to the other.
After taking Naruto to the boundless desert, the group of Hydrangea immediately left, giving Naruto no chance to change his mind.
"Um?"
Naruto saw two people sitting opposite him, one of whom he recognized.
"Brother Bai Mo, you..."
"No need to ask Naruto, I was the officiant at Chiyo and Kakashi's wedding. I was the one who sent Chiyo's swimsuit photo to Kakashi so that he could marry into the family."
Bai Mo interrupted Naruto.
"...Damn it, even if it's you, Bai Mo, I'm going to rescue Kakashi-sensei! I'm not the same person I used to be!"
Clearly, Naruto was more confident than ever after mastering Sage Mode and the Nine-Tails' power.
Even if he hadn't yet developed the Spiral Shuriken or any other ninjutsu-type attack method.
"Of course I can fight you, but you'll have to defeat him first."
After Bai Mo finished speaking, Sasori of the Red Sand slowly stood up, patted his pants, and took a step forward.
Sasori of the Red Sand didn't say a word, just stared at Naruto with a blank expression.
—Scorpion's emotions have been restored, but only as a tool and basic function. It doesn't mean that Scorpion will become a master of expressions after the restoration.
"who is he?"
"He belongs to the woman."
"?"
Naruto didn't immediately understand what "woman's" meant.
"He is Chiyo's grandson."
Bai Mo knew that Naruto would need to explain things frequently given his limited knowledge.
"Hey red-haired guy, are you really willing to let Kakashi-sensei and your grandma have a child, creating another stepfather for the baby?"
After Naruto understood, he immediately began to persuade Sasori.
"Stop trying to talk me out of it, it's useless. Only by defeating me will you have a chance to stop it."
Scorpion remained expressionless.
As Scorpion raised his hand and waved it, countless puppets emerged from the sand.
Part of it is made of steel, and part of it is made of wood.
Wood does not mean poor strength.
On the contrary, wooden puppets are a more advanced type of puppet.
These wooden puppets were made from fragments of the sacred tree.
The difference in strength between these and ordinary wooden puppets is like night and day.
Naruto had almost never seen a puppeteer before. The only puppeteer he knew was Kankuro, and Naruto had never paid attention to Kankuro's matches.
If someone knowledgeable about puppeteers were standing here, they would be surprised to discover a huge problem.
—Where are the puppeteer's chakra threads?
Because puppeteers need to control puppets, the chakra density in their chakra threads is very high, comparable to the chakra bursts of ordinary ninjas, so it will appear as a striking blue color.
Now, the puppets that Scorpion "dragged" out of the sand were all clean and empty behind them.
—This is one of the changes that Scorpion made.
Puppet strings are a puppeteer's greatest weakness.
The existence of chakra threads means that severing them can temporarily cut off the puppeteer's control over the puppet, which is fatal in battle.
The solution is simple: just stop using chakra threads.
How can we control it if we don't use it?
It's actually quite simple, and this method can also solve another big problem at the same time.
Even Sasori, who transformed himself into a human puppet, faces a problem: his strongest technique, Hundred Puppet Manipulation, can only control one hundred puppets to perform some low-level attacks and cannot be precisely manipulated.
Scorpion once thought of using a computer to help him control it when he saw it.
But he soon discovered another, simpler way that also maintained the emotional connection.
—Multiple Shadow Clones.
By simply placing a shadow clone inside each puppet, the problems of energy consumption, operation, and the inability to precisely control them simultaneously without chakra threads can be solved.
As for the issue of placing shadow clones.
Shadow clones can indeed replicate clothes, pants, and even Naruto's cup.
However, one can also choose to reduce chakra and give up the replication of some things.
That makes sense. Otherwise, if you touched the Earth and formed a hand seal, could you create a copy of the Earth?
After obtaining the cultivation method from the second generation, Scorpion did just that.
His body has only one heart.
Therefore, the most cost-effective and efficient way to create a shadow clone is to replicate a heart.
Then, using a psychic scroll inside each puppet, the heart is transferred there.
"So many puppets—I'm off, cool lama!"
After a moment of surprise, Naruto immediately clapped his hands excitedly and entered Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.
In Naruto's view, his real opponent was Bai Mo, while Sasori was just a passerby he dealt with incidentally.
Seeing Naruto unleash his ultimate attack, Bai Mo and Sasori were speechless.
—This move is indeed fine. When a lion hunts a rabbit, it goes all out and uses its maximum attack to kill the opponent instantly. This is the smartest approach.
But Naruto did this not because he was smart enough.
Naruto has gotten used to being in a wheelchair, so he no longer uses Sage Mode at the start and goes straight to using the wheelchair.
"Since that's the case..."
Scorpion made a pulling motion, and all the puppets suddenly shattered, turning into pieces that gathered around Scorpion.
"This is the super-large puppet I created based on the Gold and Silver Brothers of Kumogakure who devoured the flesh and blood of the Nine-Tails—Steel Horn."
For some reason, Naruto felt a slight pain in his butt when he heard this name.