Nakamura was leaning against a big tree, his eyes wide open, observing his surroundings vigilantly.
Because he has determined that the strange thing in front of him is either a corpse deliberately disguised as Kimura Hideki, or a puppet that is so lifelike that even the internal organs are perfectly restored!
Although the first guess is more likely, thinking of the black cat puppet that even he can't tell the real one from the fake one, Nakamura subconsciously feels that the second guess may be the truth.
This reminded him of what Chiyo-sensei had mentioned, that the puppets were originally created by mechanics.
They also disguise themselves by imitating human appearance as much as possible, and then launch a fatal attack after the enemy lets down their guard.
But Kimura Hideki is too hardcore, he even perfectly restored the internal structure of the human body...
However, no matter whether it is a corpse or a lifelike puppet, it still needs someone to control it in order to move.
This also means that Kimura Hideki, the manipulator, must still be nearby!
Nakamura, who roughly understood the cause and effect, calmed down a lot.
Fear comes from the unknown.
Once you understand the principles behind it, there is nothing to be afraid of even the weird corpse puppets in front of you.
Although Nakamura had lost his advantage and was injured, he did not continue to underestimate his opponent.
But in the real battle between puppeteers and puppeteers, he still has enough confidence to achieve the final victory!
The first thing he had to do was to find out where Hideki Kimura was.
Seeing that the corpse puppet was staggering not far away, Nakamura made a plan in his mind and began to control the mantis puppet to fly over.
"Kimura Hideki, let me show you, a wild kid, what real puppetry is!"
Nakamura first shouted, trying to use provocation to find out Hideki's location.
Of course, this is just a bonus. The dialogue between puppeteers still depends on the puppets themselves...
"Drill, Mantis Dance!"
Nakamura began to output a large amount of chakra, causing the chakra lines connected to the mantis puppet to emit a faint blue light.
The mantis puppet's movements suddenly became more agile and swift, and it began to attack by wildly swinging its front limbs with a sickle that emitted a blue glow.
The corpse puppet with Hideki's face began to move, trying to avoid the attack of the mantis puppet.
Although it is not fast, it can always dodge the enemy's fierce attacks with its strange movements that go against the human body structure.
Even if it is occasionally hit by a sickle, the wound will gradually heal as if it has the ability to regenerate.
For a moment, the two sides, one attacking and one defending, actually formed a stalemate.
"Damn it, it really isn't that easy to reveal flaws..."
Nakamura's brows were tightly wrinkled.
The reason why he launched a strong attack on the corpse puppet was to force his opponent to increase the chakra output in order to control the puppet to avoid the attack.
In this way, he can find the opponent's position through the revealed chakra lines.
But the actual development did not go as he wished.
Nakamura originally thought that once this corpse puppet was identified, it would be very easy to deal with.
In order to completely simulate the human body, the material strength of this puppet is only at the level of human flesh, and there is not much space to install weapons.
Perhaps the poisonous needle that shoots out from the wrist is its only weapon.
And the battle just now seemed to confirm this fact.
The corpse puppet had no other means of fighting except for the poisonous needles that occasionally shot out from its wrists.
But even such a stealth attack puppet with low combat power was able to fight on equal terms with his puppet specially used for combat, and neither could do anything to the other!
What's even more terrifying is that up to now, no chakra lines have appeared on the opponent's puppet.
And this also means that Kimura Hideki hasn't even used his full strength yet...
Nakamura had to face up to a cruel fact.
That is, I, who was trained in a professional field, was actually no match for a fellow who was an amateur in puppet control...
Not to mention that this seemingly 50-50 situation was actually very disadvantageous to him.
Nakamura glanced at the cut on his calf with the corner of his eye.
Although the wound was temporarily blocked with chakra, a lot of blood had already been shed before that.
If I can't end the battle quickly, I'm afraid I'll collapse from exhaustion and be at the mercy of others.
"It seems that this is the only trick I can use..."
Nakamura gritted his teeth and began to control the mantis puppet to move around the opponent at high speed, while swinging his two sickles to chop at the surrounding air.
His plan was simple.
Although there was no trace of chakra lines around the corpse puppet in front of me.
But just because you can't see it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
The double scythes on the front limbs of his mantis puppet just happen to be chakra weapons that have some chakra metal incorporated into them and have the ability to cut off chakra lines.
So as long as you keep trying, the chakra lines hidden in the void will be cut sooner or later.
At the same time, Nakamura can also roughly find the location of Hideki's hiding place based on the position of the mantis puppet swinging the sickle when the corpse puppet loses its mobility.
The reason why Nakamura did not use this method at the beginning was naturally because he was worried that Kimura Hideki would choose to abandon the puppet and run away.
For revenge, for the 30 million taels, and to find out the secret of Kimura Hideki, how could Nakamura be willing to let him get away so easily?
But at this time, Nakamura no longer cared about so much.
It would be best if you could catch the other party right now. If he escapes, at least you can save your life and then settle the score with him when you are ready!
"Kimura Hideki, I am willing to admit that you are the real puppeteer."
"So...hand over your life and your secrets!"
Under Nakamura's full drive, the mantis puppet continued to swing its sickle, trying to cut off the chakra lines hidden in the void.
For a moment, the forest seemed to be hit by a typhoon. Trees, flowers, and even small animals that were unable to escape were caught up in the storm of sickles. The only way to describe this tragic scene was a mess.
However, even after achieving this goal, the scene that Nakamura imagined, where the chakra lines were cut off and the corpse puppet suddenly fell to the ground, still did not appear.
In front! Left! Right! Behind! Above!
The blade of the mantis puppet had clearly covered all sides of the corpse puppet, but there was still no sign of cutting the chakra lines.
Nakamura's expression also gradually changed from expectation and excitement at the beginning to confusion and disbelief.
Finally, there was only a hysterical and crazy expression on his face:
"Impossible, absolutely impossible..."
"This puppet is clearly being controlled by someone, how could it be without chakra lines?"
"I must have missed something..."
"But it doesn't matter. We just need to chop down the surrounding area and we will definitely be able to find Kimura Hideki!"
Nakamura, who has no other options, can only choose this most helpless approach...
It was impossible to escape directly, and his only way to survive was to force Hideki to show up before his chakra was exhausted.
However, his desperate gamble was doomed to fail.
Because once your efforts are directed in the wrong direction, then no matter how hard you try, it will be in vain.
Poor Nakamura~
He probably never imagined that the Kimura Hideki he was looking for was not hiding in this forest, but hiding in the ground under his feet...