Suddenly, a long-haired puppet opened its mouth and spat out a purple, poisonous mist.
Charizard didn't expect this, so it was directly enveloped in the poisonous mist.
Seeing this, the expression on Kenji's face couldn't help but become a little ugly.
It was the first time he and Charizard had encountered an opponent like a puppet master, and they hadn't made sufficient preparations.
Otherwise, Charizard could have dispersed the poisonous mist with a Heat Wave.
He just didn't know if the antidote that Tsunade had made would work on Charizard.
After the poisonous mist dissipated, Charizard's condition didn't seem to be affected much, but there was a purple glow shining on its skin.
Clearly, Charizard was now poisoned.
To avoid any more complications, Kenji quickly had Charizard attack the other puppets.
However, under Sasori's father's superb control skills, the remaining nine puppets dodged Charizard's flames by flashing and maneuvering in mid-air.
Seeing the situation developing in a direction unfavorable to him, Kenji could only have Charizard change its target and directly attack Sasori's father, who was the puppet master.
After all, no matter how awesome the puppets you controlled were, they were still just mortal bodies. As long as they were touched by Charizard's attack, they would die on the spot.
Unless it was someone like Sasori of the Red Sand, who had completely modified his body into a puppet, puppet masters were like summoners; their main body was ultimately the biggest burden.
Just as Charizard was attacking Sasori's father, the nine puppets also flew towards Kenji, creating a situation that looked like mutual destruction.
Just as White Fang, who was watching from the side, was about to take action to save Kenji, a dark figure suddenly appeared in front of Kenji.
This figure was as solid as a wall, firmly protecting Kenji.
"Larvitar, use Harden!"
A metallic glow appeared on Larvitar's body, followed by a series of "clanging" sounds.
All of the nine puppets' attacks were blocked by Larvitar, and Larvitar itself was unharmed.
At the same time, Charizard also arrived in front of Sasori's father and sent him to meet the Grim Reaper with a Flamethrower.
The nine puppets, having lost the puppet master who controlled them, also fell from the sky one after another.
In fact, Sasori's father had thought that his puppets would be faster than Charizard. No matter what, Kenji wouldn't choose a mutual destruction strategy.
However, he didn't expect that Kenji had a second Pokémon besides Charizard: Larvitar.
Although Larvitar didn't have much combat ability before evolving into Tyranitar, it was quite qualified to act as a meat shield.
So, Kenji, who had more trump cards than Sasori's father, ultimately had the last laugh.
Moreover, even without Larvitar, Kenji wouldn't have been in trouble in the end.
After all, White Fang was still watching from the side. It should be known that White Fang's short sword cut through puppets more easily than a hot knife through butter.
So, Kenji wasn't worried at all.
However, he also deeply realized White Fang's power.
Apart from the Jonin who had been killed by a sneak attack, the remaining three Jonin didn't even last two seconds under White Fang's blade.
The sword skills of Konoha's White Fang were actually so terrifying.
No wonder White Fang was criticized by the entire Konoha for saving his teammates in the original story.
With his strength and qualifications, he was fully qualified to become Hokage, so his reputation was ruined.
However, no one had expected that White Fang would be so staunch, directly committing suicide to prove his innocence.
However, the position of Hokage had always been passed down within the Hokage lineage. Even if White Fang hadn't died, he couldn't have become Hokage.
After all, the Second Hokage was the First Hokage's younger brother, the Third Hokage was the Second Hokage's student, the Fourth Hokage was the Third Hokage's grand-student, the Fifth Hokage was the First Hokage's granddaughter, the Sixth Hokage was the Fourth Hokage's student, and the Seventh Hokage was the Fourth Hokage's son.
Looking at it that way, Kenji also had the makings of a Hokage.
However, Kenji wasn't interested in the position of Hokage.
He just wanted to become the Hokage's man after Tsunade became Hokage.
Leaving White Fang aside, Minato Namikaze had also eliminated his enemies.
Minato Namikaze had the most opponents, but they only had the strength of Chunin.
Even without having learned the Flying Thunder God Technique, it was as easy as chopping vegetables for Minato Namikaze to defeat them.
After simply verifying the identities of the corpses, Kenji and Minato Namikaze headed towards the Konoha camp.
And White Fang was going back to Konoha Village.
Originally, Kenji had thought that this mission would take several days to complete.
He didn't expect to find the Suna ninjas on the first night. By the time they returned to the Konoha camp, the sky had just started to brighten.
That meant they had completed an A-rank mission in just one night. The efficiency was really high.
Minato also successfully promoted to Chunin thanks to this mission.
He just wondered what Nawaki would think after learning about this.
After taking a quick shower, Kenji returned to the tent.
To his surprise, Tsunade was still sitting in the chair, looking like she hadn't slept at all.
It was only a little after six o'clock. Given Tsunade's habits, she shouldn't have woken up so early unless something big had happened.
Immediately, a warm feeling welled up in Kenji's heart.
"Sensei, you wouldn't have stayed up all night because you were worried about me, would you?"
"Tch, don't be so self-absorbed. Who would worry about a brat like you? I just had something to do. You guys completed the mission so quickly."
Kenji put on a cheeky smile.
"No, I thought this mission was too dangerous, so I chose to be a 'deserter'. I'm here to ask you to protect me."
Tsunade rolled her eyes, saying in an annoyed tone:
"I can't protect you. The first thing I would do is take you back to the village and lock you up in prison."
"I'm just kidding, how could I be a 'deserter'? By the way, Sensei, you don't know how thrilling the battle was last night. I defeated a puppet master who had almost Kage-level strength all by myself..."
After listening to Kenji's vivid account, Tsunade suddenly said:
"I remember that the only Kage-level puppet master in the entire Sunagakure is that old woman Chiyo. Where did your opponent come from?"
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