"Rascal, where did you find these two powerful puppets, and when did you learn the puppet techniques of the Sunagakure?"
Tsunade looked at the turtle under Kirito's body and the large bird above his head. She could tell at a glance that these two beasts were the legendary sacred beasts Black Tortoise and Vermillion Bird puppets, but she couldn't help but wonder, as these two sacred beasts were obviously just puppets, and they were both very powerful puppets.
She had seen many puppets in the village of Sunagakure long ago, and the vast majority of them were humanoid puppets. There were not many beast-shaped puppets like Kirito, but there were.
The reason is that the manufacturing cost of humanoid puppets is much lower than that of beast-shaped puppets. After all, beast-shaped puppets have far more details to deal with than humanoid puppets, and it is more complicated to create chakra meridians similar to the human body in them.
As for the two beast-shaped puppets in Kirito's hands, which are clearly the best of the best, their cost is estimated to be astronomical.
She knew that Kirito was rich, but she really didn't expect him to be this rich. She was not lacking in discernment, and she could see that these two beast-shaped puppets were made almost entirely of metal.
It was no accident that the metal was all very rare Chakra metal. Otherwise, the wings and tail feathers on the Vermillion Bird puppet above her head would not have shown signs of flame after receiving Kirito's Fire Release Chakra supply.
And the Black Tortoise puppet beneath it, after receiving Kirito's Water Release Chakra, its surface quickly became covered in a layer of water armor, and a puddle of water quickly appeared beneath it.
Finally, when did this kid learn Puppet Technique? This kid usually stays with her to learn medical ninjutsu, and yet he still has the time to learn Puppet Technique, a skill that is easy to learn but difficult to master.
"My grandmother told me that Kirito is very talented at learning sealing techniques, which means that his mental arithmetic ability is very strong. Skills like puppet techniques are really very suitable for him. If he can learn puppet techniques and obtain a few powerful puppets, his strength will indeed be greatly enhanced.
It seems that I must show my true abilities this time, otherwise if I lose, that would be embarrassing,"
Tsunade thought to herself.
"Don't ask where they came from, sister. Just know that they are powerful ninja tools that I spent a lot of money for. As for puppet techniques, they're actually not a big deal. I learned them in no time at all."
Kirito heard this and smiled slightly, then moved his left hand's middle finger.
The Vermillion Bird puppet on his head immediately let out a loud bird call, and then, like a real bird, it soared through the air, using a wind-powered launch system powered by wind-bending chakra and a fixed seal formation that could generate a strong wind.
Tsunade's eyes widened in surprise at this sight.
Flying puppet, this Vermillion Bird puppet is actually a flying puppet.
She originally thought that the reason this Vermillion Bird puppet could fly was because Kirito had used a chakra line to lift it up. This kind of puppet control technique is mastered by many puppet masters from the Sunagakure, but she never expected it to be a real flying puppet.
Kirito was a little pleased when he saw the surprise on Tsunade's face, but the thought of the cost of the two sacred beast puppets made him feel a little down.
He had spent nearly 100 million to commission the top ninja weaponry masters in the Takumi Village to create the two sacred beast puppets, not including the cost of the materials.
He had only commissioned the people in the Takumi Village to create the parts for the two puppets, and the design and assembly of the two sacred beast puppets were all done by him.
The shells of the two puppets are made of chakra metal of different attributes. The plumage of the Vermillion Bird puppet's wings and tail is made of fire attribute chakra metal, while the torso and head are made of very light wind attribute chakra metal. The Black Tortoise puppet is made mostly of water attribute chakra metal, while the snake on its tail is made of lightning attribute chakra metal.
In order to gather enough Chakra metal for the two sacred beast puppets, Kirito used the identity of Hattori Masanari to secretly buy almost all the Chakra metal traded between the Land of Rain and the Land of Earth in the past six months.
In total, nearly one billion was spent. Therefore, the cost of building these two sacred beast puppets was at least more than one billion.
With this kind of money, it would be enough to train dozens of jōnin for the Sunagakure and support a relatively large-scale war.
In fact, the Sunagakure is not without the ability to build flying puppets, but the main problem is that the cost-effectiveness is not high.
The technology for the Vermillion Bird puppet built by Kirito was still obtained from the two top puppet masters of the Sunagakure, Akashige and Sara. He simply optimized and improved the technology and added some seal techniques to it.
There are two sets of chakra meridians designed inside the bodies of the two puppets, which allows Kirito to control them at the same time to release two different ninjutsu to fight.
Moreover, there are more than ten chakra scrolls of various sizes hidden inside as an energy reserve, which, combined with the highly malleable chakra metal on their bodies, greatly enhances their sustained combat ability, allowing Kirito to control them without having to worry too much about running out of chakra.
"Rotten brat, you still dare to be defiant. You'd better obediently tell me now, or else I won't hold back when I deal with you later."
Tsunade saw that Kirito was unwilling to talk, and immediately completed a combined fist and palm attack, staring coldly at Kirito and saying in a manner that suggested she was going to give her disobedient younger brother a good lesson.
"Then it depends on your ability, my dear sister."
Kirito said with a smile.
He had specially asked his good sister Tsunade to come over and train with him today, despite her busy schedule, in order to use her to properly test the strength of the two sacred beast puppets that had cost him a lot of money to create.
In Konoha today, Tsunade was one of the top ninjas, along with Sandaime, Hatake Sakumo, Uchiha Homura, and Danzo.
He definitely couldn't invite Sandaime, Uchiha Homura, or Danzo, and now that Orochimaru and Jiraiya were also not in Konoha, he had no choice but to invite Tsunade.
"Fine, today I'll show you just how powerful my sister is,"
Tsunade said immediately.
After saying that, she stomped her heel hard on the ground.
Heavenly Foot of Pain!
The ground instantly shook violently, and a huge crack appeared under Tsunade's right heel, quickly spreading towards the Black Tortoise puppet under Kirito's body.
Seeing this, Kirito moved his left index finger, and the Black Tortoise puppet immediately moved, quickly avoiding the crack in the ground created by Tsunade's Heavenly Foot of Pain.
At the same time, the black snake on the tail of the Black Tortoise puppet spit out a huge lightning spear.
Lightning Release· False Darkness!
Tsunade's current strength is now very close to that of a Kage-Level powerhouse. As a descendant of the Senju clan and the Uzumaki clan, her chakra amount is now even more terrifying than Nawaki's, and is estimated to be equivalent to the combined chakra of more than ten Jōnin.
At the same time, she also possesses the four chakra natures of water, earth, wind, and fire, and masters a variety of ninjutsu. Among them, the two chakra natures of earth and water are not low in rank, and a conservative estimate is that they are of third-level.
Judging from the fact that she is more adept at using the Earth Release jutsu, her level of Earth Release is 4.
She is also a very powerful body technique ninja with high physical strength, and has mastered the two powerful body technique skills of the Monstrous Strength Fist and Heavenly Foot of Pain. The Heavenly Foot of Pain not only has powerful destructive power, but also allows her to have amazing explosive speed.
Finally, she is also a top-notch medical ninja, extremely skilled in various medical ninjutsu, and knows human anatomy and chakra meridians like the back of her hand. Once she gets close enough to hit you, it's basically a mortal wound.
The huge thunder spear is coming, but Tsunade doesn't back down, but instead charges straight at it.
Facing the huge thunder spear coming at her quickly, her technique is very simple and crude: she condenses an astonishing amount of chakra into her fists and directly unleashes the Monstrous Strength Fist.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
A powerful wave of chakra suddenly appeared, instantly knocking out the huge lightning bolt in front of her, which turned into a fireworks display of Lightning Release chakra.
With full power, Tsunade closed the distance between her and Kirito, which had been hundreds of meters before, in just a single breath. Unabashed, she once again gathered a large amount of chakra in her fist and punched it at Kirito on the Black Tortoise puppet.
Monstrous Strength Fist!
The next moment, Kirito's left hand moved two fingers, and a burst of chakra suddenly surged from one of the turtle shells on the Black Tortoise puppet. A chakra shield instantly appeared, completely enveloping Kirito on the turtle shell.
It was the Sunagakure Puppet Technique: "Mechanical Light Shield Block".
"Dong!"
A loud noise sounded.
Tsunade's Monstrous Strength Fist was blocked by the Chakra Shield formed by the Mechanical Light Shield Block, and the Black Tortoise puppet under Kirito did not move at all, obviously successfully blocking Tsunade's Monstrous Strength Fist.
However, Tsunade's Monstrous Strength Fist is indeed extremely powerful, and it can easily block the Chakra Shield formed by the Mechanical Light Shield Block, which can withstand powerful jutsu like the Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique. At this moment, it is shown that there are a large number of cracks.
A conservative estimate is that if Tsunade's Monstrous Strength Fist hits again, this Chakra Shield will definitely not be able to withstand it.
"You brat, this shield's defense is pretty good,"
Tsunade praised, not annoyed but happy to see her Monstrous Strength Fist blocked by Kirito's manipulation.
Although her previous attack was not a full power attack, it still used about 80% of her strength.
The power of her Monstrous Strength Fist is determined by the amount of chakra she expends. As long as her arm can support it and she has enough chakra, there is no upper limit to the power of her Monstrous Strength Fist.
The power of her previous Monstrous Strength Fist was enough to instantly shatter an incredibly thick rock wall, but it could not break the chakra shield formed by the Mechanical Light Shield Block released by the Black Tortoise puppet under Kirito, and it could not even knock him back. This shows just how strong the shield's defense is.
She was very happy about this, because with this Black Tortoise puppet with its formidable defensive capabilities, Kirito's productivity on the battlefield would surely increase greatly, and he would basically not have to worry about being attacked by the poisoned hidden weapons of the Sunagakure puppet masters.
"So-so. Be careful, sister,"
Kirito said modestly when he heard Tsunade's words of praise.
The Black Tortoise puppet was a defensive puppet that he had built with all his strength. He had installed a total of ten Mechanical Light Shield Blocks on it, each powered by a separate chakra scroll, and he had just released just one of them.
Once the ten Mechanical Light Shield Blocks were activated together, according to the data he had just obtained from Tsunade's attack on the chakra shield with her Monstrous Strength Fist, they might be able to withstand the Bijudama's attack.
As soon as he finished speaking, a huge mass of wind was spat out of the Vermillion Bird puppet in the sky, and then a terrifying storm formed.
Wind Release: Pressure Damage!
Tsunade was instantly blown away by this terrifying storm, and she was also cut by many wind blades.
Under Kirito's control, the Vermillion Bird puppet's attacks obviously included more than just one ninjutsu. As its wings flapped, two huge fireballs appeared.
Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!
The wind fanned the flames, and the two fireballs formed by the Great Fireball Technique instantly grew larger and fused together to form a fireball with a diameter of over a hundred meters, which then shot towards Tsunade at high speed along the wind.
Before the fireball struck, Tsunade felt an incredibly hot wind, which made her feel extremely uncomfortable.
She decisively performed the seal.
An enormous, thick earth wall instantly appeared in front of her.
Earth Release: Earth Style Wall!
Tsunade's defensive power formed by the Earth Style Wall was undoubtedly very strong, but the combination of Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique and Wind Release: Wind Pressure formed a ninjutsu technique with even greater power. The Earth Style Wall was almost instantly defeated and burned to ashes.
On the other side, Nawaki, who had been secretly watching the battle from a nearby tree, let out an expression of horror and exclaimed, "Sister!"
Then he immediately jumped down and prepared to go up front to check on the situation.
"Idiot, don't bother them fighting, Tsunade-sama is fine,"
Chizuru from the tree next door said coldly the next moment.
"Really?"
Nawaki asked anxiously when he heard Chizuru's words, not caring that she had called him an idiot.
"Hmph, if Tsunade-sama says so, she is also the one who obtained the title of the three ninjas from the powerful ninja Hanzo of the Salamander. If she could be easily killed, she would have already died at the hands of Hanzo of the Salamander long ago. Don't you know the strength of your sister?
If you don't know, I advise you to work hard and learn the perception ninjutsu,"
Chizuru said with contempt.
"Me, I of course know that my sister is very strong, just that I was too anxious just now..."
Nawaki blushed when Chizuru spoke so sarcastically, and his face immediately turned red, unable to hold it in any longer, as he retorted loudly.
"Rotten brat!"
Just as he was about to continue explaining, a familiar voice appeared, causing him to be overjoyed.
Chizuru immediately looked in the direction of the voice and saw that Tsunade was falling from the sky, and she had raised her right leg 180 degrees, lightning fast, and aimed it at the Vermillion Bird puppet in the sky.
Heavenly Foot of Pain!
"Boom!"
The next moment, the Vermillion Bird puppet was struck by Tsunade's Heavenly Foot of Pain, and it was heavily knocked down to the ground, instantly creating a huge crater on the ground with cracks all over it.
Then, Tsunade fell from the sky, and the damage that had just been caused by Wind Release: Pressure Damage had completely recovered.
"No wonder you're my big sister, you were able to dodge my combined ninjutsu in an instant, and that kick of yours was awesome,"
Kirito praised as he saw the Vermillion Bird puppet fall after being kicked by Tsunade.
"Stupid boy, stop being so flippant. With your ability in the Spirit Transformation Technique, you must have known that I just jumped into the sky, right? You had plenty of time to make your Vermillion Bird puppet avoid my attack. The reason I didn't let your puppet avoid it was to test your puppet with my attack."
Tsunade said with some dissatisfaction, her arms folded.
"Hey, hey, really, nothing can escape your discerning eyes, sister,"
Kirito answered honestly, patting Tsunade's backside in the process.
It was exactly as Tsunade had just said: with his Spirit Transformation Technique, as long as Tsunade did not have the means to conceal her soul's aura, there was no way he could hide her location within a radius of five or six kilometers.
He would let the Vermillion Bird puppet take the Heavenly Foot of Pain attack from Tsunade, purely to test the puppet's ability to withstand damage.
The next moment, he moved his left middle finger, and a huge pillar of fire suddenly shot out of the huge crater. The Vermillion Bird puppet, bathed in flames, soared high into the air once again.
At this time, the Vermillion Bird puppet did not appear to have any damage except for a deep footprint on its body and some damage to the artificial chakra meridians within its body. It was still very flexible and could move around.
"You are still very wealthy, aren't you? The shell of this Vermillion Bird puppet is made of chakra metal, isn't it?"
Tsunade couldn't help but feel that the Vermillion Bird puppet's ability to withstand damage was so amazing, and then looked at Kirito with suspicious eyes.
She really couldn't figure out where Kirito got so much money, and the Vermillion Bird puppet was very large. If the outer shell was made entirely of Chakra metal, where did Kirito get so much Chakra metal?
You should know that Chakra metal is a controlled product, and even if you have money, it is still difficult to buy it, unless you have special channels of purchase, otherwise it is difficult to buy Chakra metal on the market, let alone buy so much of it.
It seems that there are still many unknown secrets about this good brother of mine.
"My sister has a good eye, that's exactly it,"
Kirito trusted Tsunade very much and admitted it frankly.
"Alas, your puppet is made of such fine materials, so take good care of it. In the future, try not to get hit by people, because it would be bad if it got damaged."
Tsunade sighed when she saw Kirito admit it.
She estimated that the Vermillion Bird puppet above her head was worth more than one billion. Her kick just now had probably destroyed seven to eight million of it, to put it conservatively.
After all, the puppet is so expensive, the repair cost must be quite high.
Although she usually loses a few hands and loses all that money, this is not gambling, and it cannot bring her pleasure, so she still feels distressed.
"By the way, you must always keep an eye on your puppet, and don't let anyone take it away,"
Tsunade continued to warn.
"Don't worry, sister, I can personally repair these puppets. It will cost a bit of material at most, but it's not a problem. As for other people trying to take them from me, unless they are ninjas who have mastered powerful sealing techniques and can seal my puppets in the first place, I can simply activate the Sealing Technique·Four Symbols Seal on them to send them to another dimension, and then use the summoning contract on them to summon them back through the summoning technique."
Kirito replied confidently.
As a powerful Sealing Technique ninja, he definitely wanted to try combining Sealing Technique with Puppet Arts.
Therefore, there were many Sealing Techniques that he had engraved on both Divine Beast puppets, such as the Sealing Technique of Fire, the Sealing Technique of Thunder, and the Sealing Technique of Wind, which could seal various Five Elemental techniques.
The Sealing Technique·Four Symbols Seal is a suicide attack and safety insurance for the two sacred beast puppets.
Once someone dares to take his puppets for attention, he can immediately activate the Four Symbols Seal on them, sealing the enemy and the puppet together into a different space, killing the enemy directly.
At that time, he only needs the summoning technique to be able to summon these puppets from the different space again.
His two puppets are similar to the seven special ninja blades of Kirigakure. They all have special summoning contracts, so as long as they are not sealed or held at all times, they can be summoned back completely by the summoning contract.
"Not a bad idea."
Tsunade was relieved to hear Kirito's explanation.
Then, without any regard for martial ethics, she suddenly rushed towards Kirito and accelerated using the Heavenly Foot of Pain. The speed she burst out with in that instant was much faster than the Instant Body Technique.
Kirito saw this and did not dodge or avoid it. His eyes suddenly turned blood red.
His Ketsuryūgan opened.
The next moment, Tsunade suddenly stopped, and the light in her eyes dimmed instantly.
But soon, the light in her eyes returned, and she looked at Kirito with an expression of surprise, saying, "What kind of Bloodline Limit are these eyes? They can actually make me fall for an illusion."
Her chakra is extremely powerful, and combined with her unrivaled chakra control, even the master of illusion, the Three-Tomoe Sharingan Uchiha Jōnin, could not make her fall for his illusion.
However, just now, after Kirito used this unknown Bloodline Limit, she fell into his illusion instantly.
Although she was able to break free immediately, in a life-or-death battle between ninja, if one side suddenly falls for an illusion, it could be fatal, as there is a high probability that there are other allies around the enemy.
"This is the Ketsuryūgan, a Bloodline Limit that can release illusions and manipulate blood. Chizuru gave it to me."
Kirito closed the Ketsuryūgan and explained, then deliberately averted his eyes.
"Hmph, you little brat dared to lie to me."
Tsunade was very observant. She saw Kirito's actions and instantly understood that he was lying. She immediately walked over, grabbed Kirito's head with both hands and pressed it against her chest. She pretended to be angry but didn't ask any further questions.
She said that Chizuru gave it to him, but in fact, it was given to him by the old man Uchiha Homura.
Chizuru is not yet the head of the Uchiha clan, so how could she possibly give Kirito such a precious Bloodline Limit?
Damn it, why doesn't the Senju clan have this kind of Bloodline Limit? I'll go back to the warehouse and see if there's anything good.
The Senju clan definitely cannot lose to the Uchiha clan.
After Kirito was once again attacked and devastated by a terrifying face-washing milk attack, he smiled and said to Tsunade, "Sister, you shouldn't worry about me going to war with Nawaki anymore, right?"
Yesterday, he had just celebrated his tenth birthday.
As a result, this morning, he received a summons from Sandaime.
Soon, he would be going to war.
And if he goes to war, that means Nawaki will go with him.
Tsunade is very worried about this.
So Kirito arranged this battle, the purpose of which was to test the performance of the two puppets and, more importantly, to allay Tsunade's concerns and put her mind at ease.
"Of course I'm still worried. Don't think that just because you've recently become more capable that you can rest easy on the battlefield. Remember, on the battlefield, you must remain highly vigilant at all times, and never underestimate your enemy or be softhearted."
Hearing this, Tsunade's expression instantly became serious, and then she gave Kirito a loud scolding, slapping him hard on the head with her fist.
"Yes, sister."
Kirito obediently replied loudly.
The next moment, his eyes suddenly widened.
Because the Tsunade in front of him suddenly crouched down and kissed his forehead, before saying tenderly, "Kirito, promise your sister that you and Nawaki will definitely come back alive."
After saying this, she took off the precious gemstone necklace from her neck, which had been called the necklace of death in the original plot, and put it around Kirito's neck.