Chapter 344 Boring
Chapter 344 Boring
"Buzz—!!!"
The miniature electromagnetic cannons on the arms of the five mechanical puppets are simultaneously powered up.
next second.
"Bang bang bang bang bang!"
Five dazzling beams of light intertwined to form an impenetrable net of fire, pouring down on Yugito, who was half-tailed beast transformed!
"What?!"
Yugito's pupils shrank sharply. Even though she was in a half-tailed beast form and possessed the instincts of a wild animal, she still felt a chill run down her spine in the face of this overwhelming beam of light.
"You can't escape it all!"
She could only push the Two-Tails' chakra to its limit, with bluish-black flames burning wildly on her body. Her figure transformed into a bluish-black lightning bolt, struggling to dodge and weave through the gaps in the beams of light.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The beam grazed her body and struck the arena floor reinforced with chakra metal.
"It's not over yet."
He manipulated two puppets to provide continuous firepower suppression in front, while the other three took the opportunity to flank from the side, launching high-frequency vibrating blades.
"Damn it! How can this guy control so many complex puppets at the same time?!"
Yukito dodged a beam of light in a sorry state, and with a backhand swipe, she knocked away an approaching puppet. But immediately afterward, another puppet's vibrating blade left a bloody gash on her arm.
Yugito's speed and strength, which he was so proud of, were completely suppressed, leaving him in a passive and defensive situation.
……
The Fourth Raikage, A, looked beyond ugly; his face was dark red.
"This is against the rules! This is absolutely against the rules!"
He pointed at the miniature electromagnetic cannons firing wildly on the screen, glared at the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, and roared:
"Hiruzen Sarutobi! You said the puppeteer's puppets were a personal skill, I accept that! But what's with those tubes in the puppets' hands?!"
"Don't think I'm blind! That's your Konoha's electromagnetic cannon! It's clearly a prohibited scientific ninja tool! You're blatantly violating the exam rules!"
Ai's voice was so loud that his saliva almost sprayed onto the Third Hokage's face.
Facing the enraged Raikage, the Third Hokage remained calm and composed, continuing to smoke his pipe.
Just then, an unexpected voice broke in.
"Raikage, you're really a sore loser."
The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, chuckled and said, "How can this be considered a violation?"
Ai abruptly turned his head, staring at Onoki as if he were a monster: "Old man, have you lost your mind? You're taking Konoha's side?!"
"I'm acting on principle, not personal connections!"
Onoki, with an air of righteous indignation, spouted nonsense: "The exam rules clearly state that candidates are prohibited from bringing finished scientific ninja tools into the exam room. But Sasori's tubes are attached to the puppet's body!"
"To enhance the power of their puppets, puppeteers install launching mechanisms inside them, such as senbon launchers and explosive tag launchers. This is a common practice in the ninja world."
Onoki spoke slowly and deliberately:
"Scorpion simply replaced the ordinary launcher with one that uses electromagnetic acceleration. This is his personal improvement and innovation of puppetry; how can that be considered carrying prohibited items?"
"That's completely unreasonable!" Ai trembled with anger. "Can the power be the same?!"
"Oh dear, Lord Raikage."
The Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi, held a teacup, a smile appearing on his baby face, and timely joined the ranks of those "taking sides."
"It's like a swordsman who replaces an ordinary iron sword with a famous sword made of chakra-conducting metal. Can we say he cheated? No, we can only say that he has abundant resources and good materials."
"The same principle applies to Sasori's puppet. Although the materials and techniques he uses are advanced, in the end, it is still driven by his own chakra, which is completely in line with the combat logic of a puppeteer."
Onoki and Yagura worked together to forcefully shut down Ai's protest.
These two old foxes knew exactly what was going on.
They knew, of course, that was Konoha's advanced technology, but rather than exposing Konoha, they would much rather see the Jinchuriki of Kumogakure get brutally beaten on the stage.
No one else sent their own Jinchuriki, but you Kumogakure shamelessly sent yours. You deserve to suffer a bit of a setback!
"You...you bunch of old bastards!"
Ai looked at Onoki and Yagura, who were on the same side, and was so angry that he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
He turned to Granny Chiyo, who had remained silent, trying to find a last glimmer of ally: "Elder Chiyo! Is this how you use puppetry in Sunagakure?! You be the judge!"
Grandma Chiyo sat upright on the sofa, not even lifting her eyelids, and simply blew lightly on the foam in her teacup.
"I'm too old to understand the new tricks of young people."
"However..." Granny Chiyo's voice was hoarse but clear, "As long as it can win and defeat the enemy, it is a good puppet technique. We Sunagakure have always encouraged innovation."
"..."
Ai was completely speechless.
He stomped his feet in anger as he looked at the group of Kage, each with their own ulterior motives, who were willing to abandon all shame in order to see the Cloud Village make a fool of itself.
Compared to these people, we in the Cloud Village are much more concerned about saving face!
……
On the arena, the battle had reached its climax.
"Yukito, you'll lose if you keep going like this."
A deep and gentle voice suddenly resounded in the depths of Yukito's mind.
That's Matarou.
Unlike other tailed beasts and their jinchūriki, their relationship is one of exploitation and being exploited, suppression and resistance.
Through their time working together in Kumogakure, Yugito and the Two-Tails have developed a subtle trust and tacit understanding.
"This brat's puppet is no ordinary weapon. Its beam attacks are not only fast but also extremely penetrating. In your current half-tailed beast form, your defenses are not strong enough to completely ignore it."
The sound of travel echoed in her spiritual world:
"Release the seal and hand over control of your body to me, or we can perform a deeper chakra fusion. Only by fully transforming into a tailed beast and utilizing the absolute amount of chakra and the advantage of size can we destroy those annoying puppets in one fell swoop."
"Let me help you burn this pile of junk."
"No, another trip!"
As Yugito frantically dodged the beams of light, he responded rapidly in his mind.
"This is Konoha's home ground, the arena for the Chunin Exams! If I fully transform into a tailed beast here and lose control, I might destroy the barrier and injure innocent people..."
"Konoha will definitely use this as an excuse to attack Kumogakure. I can't let a momentary argument cause trouble for the village!"
Yukito stubbornly adhered to the bottom line of reason and rejected Mataru's proposal.
"You worry too much, kid."
Taru sighed helplessly, "In that case, be careful yourself. That brat's chakra threads are a bit strange..."
However, just as Yugito was briefly communicating with the tailed beast within him, his mind experienced a slight fluctuation.
"You're daydreaming."
Scorpion's cold voice rang in her ears.
Unbeknownst to her, a puppet that had been hidden behind her had silently crept up behind her.
"Pfft!"
A thin, long needle coated with a potent anesthetic was plunged into the back of Yugito's neck.
"Well……"
Yukito's body stiffened abruptly, and the vertical pupils in his eyes instantly blurred.
The burst of Two-Tails chakra vanished instantly, like a machine whose power had been cut off.
"Bang."
Yukito collapsed limply to the ground, losing consciousness.
"Battle over!"
The examiner, Sakumo Hatake, spoke at just the right moment.
"The victor is Scorpion!"
The entire stadium erupted in thunderous applause and cheers. Although most people couldn't understand the complex tactical maneuvers, the sheer amount of firepower was truly awe-inspiring.
And on the ring.
Sasori looked at Yugito lying on the ground, but instead of feeling the joy of victory, his brows furrowed slightly.
"Is this what a Jinchūriki is?"
In the end, he didn't even reveal his true trump card.
"It seems that this level of firepower is enough to take care of most of them."
Scorpion raised his head, ignoring the cheering crowd, and glanced at Sakumo Hatake, who had landed on the high platform.
With a slight twitch of his fingers, he retracted the six puppets into the scroll, then turned and walked off the stage.
"Boring."
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