"What a hothead. It's just a few words for you Sunagakure puppeteers, and look how agitated you are."
Kirito coldly said as he looked at the puppet in front of him, which he had controlled with the Water Prison Jutsu.
As he spoke, he clapped his hands together, and a wall of water suddenly appeared in front of him, blocking a large number of poison-coated hidden weapons that had been shot out of the mouth of the puppet disguised as a black-haired beauty at the door.
Water Release: Water Formation Wall!
At the same time, the other people in the izakaya panicked and fled in a skilled manner, and they all ran away in an instant.
"No wonder he is the Water Release ninja who has become famous recently. This Water Release jutsu that he released without a seal is indeed powerful."
Once the clearing was complete, the sand ninja, who called himself Akashige, suddenly fell through the hole in the roof of the izakaya and appeared behind Kirito. His ten fingers were connected by fine strands of chakra, and he was manipulating four differently-shaped humanoid puppets at the same time.
The black-haired beauty was also releasing strands of chakra from her ten fingers, and she too was manipulating four humanoid puppets at the same time.
Normally, puppet masters judge their strength by the number of puppets they can control. An excellent puppet master can control two puppets at the same time and pass, while a first-class puppet master can control four puppets at the same time.
This shows that both Sand Nins are skilled elite puppet masters.
At this moment, the two of them used their puppets in perfect harmony to block all of Kirito's escape routes.
Every puppeteer is a master proficient in killing techniques. It is not that they are inherently very strong, but the puppets they control are equipped with a large number of hidden weapons that are hard to defend against. They are also skilled in the use of poisons. Opponents of the same level who encounter them will generally find them very troublesome.
Because if they are not careful and get hit by the opponent's hidden weapon, they could face an impossible situation.
"Your Sunagakure has a really unique way of greeting people."
Kirito was surrounded by two jōnin-level puppet masters who were proficient in killing techniques, but he was not afraid. He remained calm and collected as he sat in his seat, drinking, and said with a calm face.
"Sorry, we from Sunagakure have always only cooperated with the strong. Please forgive our earlier test."
Akashige said nonchalantly after hearing Kirito's mockery.
After saying this, he and his wife Sara glanced at each other, and immediately simultaneously controlled the four puppets to attack Kirito with hidden weapons.
Sara also cooperated in launching the attack.
For a time, a large number of poison-coated hidden weapons shot towards Kirito at high speed from all directions, among which were also deadly poisonous smoke and a considerable number of extremely powerful bombs.
...
The essence of ninja lies in disguise and deception.
From beginning to end, Akashige's words were full of deception.
Akashige could do nothing about this. His mission was first and foremost to kill Kirito, who was playing the role of Hattori Masanari, with all his strength.
If he failed, he was then supposed to try to recruit Kirito.
Naturally, the fact that Kirito was fighting Tsunade could not be kept secret from the major ninja villages in the ninja world. Sunagakure and Iwagakure, in particular, took the matter very seriously.
After all, if Amegakure produced another powerful ninja, it would not only be a threat to Konoha, but also to Sunagakure and Iwagakure.
Over the years, Sunagakure and Iwagakure have not been less oppressive towards Amegakure than Konoha.
In particular, Sunagakure, which is seriously lacking in water resources, is eyeing the Land of Rain, which is rich in water resources, and has repeatedly erupted into serious conflict with Amegakure in order to seize territory in the Land of Rain.
Unfortunately, Amegakure had Hanzo, who was at the peak of his powers at the time, and Sunagakure was unable to get its hands on it.
Therefore, compared to Konoha and Iwagakure, Sunagakure is even more afraid of having another powerful ninja in Amegakure, and does not want Hanzo to be able to remove the shackles of the Amegakure village from his body and then let loose on the battlefield.
The leaders of Sunagakure are not stupid. They saw the internal problems of Amegakure that Sandaime and the others saw, and they also saw them. But unlike Sandaime and the others, they were more inclined to kill Hattori Masanari.
The reason is simple: Sunagakure is very poor and has no spare money to support Hattori Masanari.
Therefore, they chose to kill Hattori Masanari to prevent Amegakure from threatening Sunagakure.
In order to successfully complete the assassination, they sent the two best elite jōnin puppet masters in the village, the son of the first Kazekage and Chiyo, Akashige, and his daughter-in-law Sara, to jointly kill Hattori Masanari.
...
"Boom!"
A large number of bombs exploded.
Purple toxic smoke and white explosion dust instantly blocked the vision of both Akashige and Sara.
But the next moment, both of them immediately controlled a shield-wielding puppet to block in front of them, and a huge shield formed by chakra instantly appeared on the top of the shield of the shield-wielding puppet.
Puppetry: Mechanical Light Shield Block!
As the chakra shield formed, two water dragons that let out silent roars broke through the heavy smoke and hit the chakra shield.
The enormous power immediately knocked the puppet holding the shield flying.
Thanks to the puppet blocking the water dragon for a moment, both Akashige and Sara had enough time to dodge and successfully avoid the aftermath caused by the water dragon.
Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!
After being damaged by a large number of bombs and water dragon bullet techniques, the small izakaya was completely destroyed, and rain began to fall from the outside world.
At this time, Akashige and Sara also got a clear view of Kirito's situation.
They saw Kirito in the middle of a huge water ball, surrounded by all kinds of poison-coated hidden weapons, and next to the water ball was a broken puppet.
Water Release: Water Prison Jutsu.
With this Water Release jutsu, which has both powerful binding and defensive abilities, Kirito was completely unharmed despite being attacked by a large number of hidden weapons from Akashige and Sara, and even had time to launch a counterattack with the Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Jutsu.
Akashige saw that Kirito was completely fine and his face turned pale as he said, "Damn it, use Lightning Release Jutsu against him."
Among the two, only Sara knew Lightning Release Jutsu, so she immediately stopped controlling the puppets and quickly formed seals, preparing to perform a Lightning Release Jutsu with considerable power.
However, Kirito had no intention of staying in place and being a target, so he suddenly jumped out of the water sphere, jumped onto the roof of the house outside, and then quickly ran outside towards Komachi.
"Chase!"
Akashige shouted.
As he spoke, he manipulated the four puppets to quickly chase after Kirito.
Sara's Lightning Release jutsu was thus interrupted, and he quickly manipulated the four puppets to keep up.
The Sand ninjas lurking nearby and the ninjas from other ninja villages saw this. The former quickly followed, while the latter sneaked behind them.
After a period of you chasing and escaping, Kirito stopped in front of a large river a kilometer east of Komachi.
He watched as the two Puppeteers from the Sunagakure relentlessly caught up to him, and he suddenly sneered coldly with murderous intent, "It seems that you two really intend to die here."
Akashige and Sara both remained silent, and they just tacitly spread out, surrounding Kirito with their puppets.
Their thoughts at this time were self-evident.
"Then I'll let you see just how terrifying the power of Water Release ninjas is in places with water,"
Kirito said coldly as he saw this.
The next moment, he clapped his hands together, and a powerful burst of chakra exploded out of his body.
A large river behind him suddenly spewed out a large amount of water, surging high into the air.
A huge waterfall instantly fell from the sky.
Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!