"Iron Sand Shigure!"
The Third Kazekage puppet opened its mouth and spat out a mass of black iron sand, which then transformed into hundreds upon hundreds of small, fingernail-sized iron pellets, shooting out like a Shuuyu.
Kankuro immediately manipulated his puppet, raising the shield-like panel on its back to block the attack:
"Steel Salamander! The Salamander is the puppet with the strongest defense, and with my modifications, this kind of attack is nothing."
But from an angle he couldn't see, the iron pellets dispersed back into iron sand, flowing into the puppet's joints. A mocking smile appeared on Sasori's face:
"So it's Crow, Black Ant, and Salamander. It's been a while."
It has to be said, Sasori's technique is truly strong. The puppet's fake face is made just like the real thing, with lifelike expressions.
If he were born in modern times, he could hand-make true-to-life, same-scale figures that could move and make expressions. With a little effort, he would definitely have a chance to empty the wallets of some otaku.
Chiyo's Granny warned, "Don't be careless. You know, these three puppets of yours were originally designed by him."
Naruto seemed to hear her showing off in her tone, 'Look how amazing my grandson is.'
Kankuro was naturally unconvinced: "So what? Designing puppets is only one aspect. In battle, it ultimately depends on the puppeteer's manipulation skills!
Let's go, Puppet Play!"
Crow and Black Ant rushed towards Sasori under Kankuro's control, but he suddenly realized that the Salamander couldn't move: "What's going on?"
Chiyo's Granny explained, "The Third's iron sand can jam the puppet's joints, so his technique is like a nightmare for puppeteers."
Kankuro was helpless. Fortunately, the Salamander was only a defensive puppet, so it didn't affect his attack methods much. So he only controlled Crow and Black Ant to circle around Sasori, looking for opportunities to spray poison needles or attack directly.
Sasori leisurely watched the two toys constantly provoking him. With a flick of his finger, the iron sand gathered into a black rectangular prism as tall as two people, blocking Kankuro's attack.
Although it's a bit of a buzzkill to say this, it really looks like a coffin...
Come to think of it, their Kazekage lineage is quite well-matched. The Third Kazekage carries the coffin, the Fourth Kazekage sends gold dust as burial goods, and the Fifth Kazekage can create pyramids with the Desert Layer Imperial Funeral Technique, a one-stop service.
Kankuro had almost used all his skills, but he couldn't do anything to Sasori. Instead, Sasori dismantled two of his puppets in no time, basically declaring his elimination.
Sasori said as if he were teaching a junior apprentice, "No matter how sturdy a puppet is, the moving parts are the most vulnerable."
"Damn it!" Kankuro, whose puppets were destroyed, was annoyed with Sasori but couldn't do anything about it.
While watching Sasori beat up the weak, Naruto wasn't idle either. Always one to disregard martial ethics, he had already sent ten Shadow Clones to surround Sasori, and by the way, he was also preparing a Big Ball Rasengan, leaving three to stand by next to the main body.
"Shadow Clone?" Sasori looked around, not knowing what the principle behind his puppet's eyes was, or how he processed information with only a small piece of flesh left.
Gu Xian
The clones rushed up holding Dango. Sasori didn't want to be hit by the same move a second time, so he manipulated the Kazekage puppet to launch dozens of iron cones made of Iron Sand.
Six clones were unable to dodge and were dispelled. The Kunai that the main body had specially given them fell to the ground. The only four survivors were sent away by the coffin before they could get close. Before dying, they threw Kunai upwards, and one of them slammed the Dango onto the coffin, blasting out a cloud of Iron Sand.
Although he didn't know the purpose of Naruto's clones throwing Kunai upwards, Sasori, based on the principle of doing his best to prevent what the enemy wanted to do, manipulated the Kazekage puppet to try to deflect the four Kunai.
Then, right in line with Naruto's plan, the three clones standing by next to the main body instantly appeared beside the Kazekage puppet, each with a Rasengan in hand, one hitting the head, one hitting the abdomen, and one hitting the back.
Naruto's main body didn't dare to go, afraid of being poisoned. In fact, he was now worried about whether the poisonous mist that Sasori had sprayed out earlier had already spread over, but the concentration was not enough to pose a threat.
Facts proved that Naruto was right to be cowardly. After the Kazekage puppet was blown up, various parts, Mechanisms, and weapons exploded out, each carrying toxins. The three clones passed away peacefully.
"Flying Thunder God Technique? To be able to instantly appear where the kunai is, it's quite a troublesome ninjutsu." Sasori recalled some information, some ninjutsu are only known to be troublesome when facing them personally.
"Looks like it's been a while since I've used this body to fight."
Sasori stretched out his palms, and two pillars of fire erupted from his palms, melting all the special kunai he saw, and incidentally killing the Shadow Clones that Naruto had just created to prepare for an assault.
Then he aimed his palms at Naruto's main body.
Naruto immediately hid behind Salamander, and the other three had the same reaction.
Sasori relentlessly continued to spew fire, and after a few seconds, the entire Salamander was burned red and showed signs of melting.
Kankuro felt extremely distressed. These puppets were said to be steel puppets, but in fact, just like Iron Man's armor isn't made of steel, they were all made of special metals, so they were very expensive. Now they were all destroyed at once.
"Sage Art: Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet!" Naruto summoned a Water Dragon that was thicker than usual, opened its mouth wide, and pounced on Sasori, who was spewing fire.
Playing with fire, huh? Naruto was best at bullying those who played with fire, from childhood to adulthood, he was very familiar with it.
The Water Dragon Bullet with Sage Mode Chakra added to it, in addition to being thicker than ordinary ones, seemed to have a much greater density and appeared heavier.
Sasori raised his hand, causing the pillar of fire to collide with the Water Dragon, creating a large cloud of white mist. When the Water Dragon was exhausted, one of the scrolls behind Sasori also disappeared.
"To be able to use Water Release of this scale in the desert, it reminds me of a rather unpleasant fellow." For Sasori, people who don't understand art are not likable.
Sasori didn't have much experience with Sage Mode or anything like that. In fact, like him, most people don't know what Sage Mode means, they only know that this Water Release is really strong enough.
"Sage Art: Water Release: Water Severing Wave!" Naruto jumped out and spat out a thin, high-pressure jet of water from his mouth, sweeping towards Sasori.
Sasori unfolded a pair of propeller-like wings on his back, rotating and flying up to dodge nimbly, then revealed a smile of someone in the know: "Interesting, I didn't expect to see this kind of ninjutsu."
Then he stretched out his hands, and two pillars of water also spewed out from his palms. As his palms rotated, the pillars of water gradually became thinner, and they sprayed out like high-pressure water jets, killing several Shadow Clones who took the opportunity to come out and try to sneak attack.
This Nine Tails Jinchuriki is really annoying, endless Shadow Clones, is Chakra free? Even a Jinchuriki can't be this arrogant, right!
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