Konoha: Sage Body

"The darkness of Sunagakure is now afraid to fight me, a greenhorn on his first battle. Are you really that gutless? As expected, the people of Sunagakure are all cowards. Hahaha~"

Kirito laughed loudly when he saw Ebizo turn around and run without hesitation after witnessing him shatter the puppet.

Ebizo heard the mocking laughter from Kirito behind him, and his cold and mean face instantly turned pale, his teeth clenching noisily. However, in the end, he was not affected by Kirito's obvious provocation, and instead ran even faster.

Although running was humiliating, it was completely unimportant compared to his reason for surviving and preserving his combat effectiveness.

He is the pillar of Sunagakure, and more importantly, the eyes and brain of this war between Sunagakure and Konoha. If he dies, this war between Sunagakure and Konoha will soon come to an end.

Sunagakure cannot afford to lose this war, at least not now.

Ebizo, the Kage-Level powerhouse of Sunagakure, is shamelessly fleeing on the battlefield, which will undoubtedly have a huge impact on the battlefield.

The ninja from Konoha were overjoyed when they saw that Kirito could actually suppress Ebizo, a Kage-Level powerhouse, and force him to retreat.

The people from Sunagakure were shocked when they heard Kirito's words and witnessed Ebizo being chased by Kirito. They were all shocked, their faces showing disbelief. Then their courage failed them, and they turned and ran without hesitation, great fear rising up in their hearts.

Even Ebizo, the commander-in-chief, had fled, so how could they, the lowly soldiers, not run away and save their own lives?

Big shots have a reason to survive, and small fry have an instinct to live.

So, when Ebizo chose to flee and avoid the battle, the outcome of this chaotic battle between Konoha and Sunagakure was already predetermined. The Sunagakure ninja troops quickly began to crumble, and they were in a state of total collapse, unable to be stopped by the ninja supervisors on the battlefield no matter what they did.

"Hmph, this old thing seems determined to run away."

Kirito cursed under his breath as he saw Ebizo still running away without looking back.

But he had no intention of letting Ebizo go, because for him, this was a good opportunity to quickly end the war between Konoha and Sunagakure and make a name for himself. And if he could solve the problem of Ebizo here, there was a good chance that he wouldn't have to go on the mission to assassinate Rasa.

"Stop him and buy me some time,"

Kirito decisively used the Mind Body Transmission Technique while saying to the many Konoha ninja on the battlefield, "Stop him and buy me some time."

Kirito was chasing Ebizo at the time, and the many Konoha ninja on the battlefield naturally saw this. They were both surprised and overjoyed. Hearing Kirito's telepathic message, many Konoha ninja gritted their teeth and decisively gave up pursuing the enemy in front of them, instead using various ninjutsu to block Ebizo.

For a time, all kinds of ninjutsu were fired at Ebizo.

Ebizo was agile and experienced in battle. With the help of the four humanoid puppets with elite jōnin strength, he naturally was not afraid of the joint attacks of the many Konoha ninja, and instantly transformed into a slippery loach, quickly avoiding various attacks.

But this dodge operation ultimately delayed his escape a little.

Suddenly, a flash of shining blade light appeared, slashing towards Ebizo's neck.

Konoha White Fang had made his move.

Ebizo instantly sensed the smell of death in the light of the blade. His pupils shrank to pinpoints and his right hand immediately formed a seal.

The light of the blade flashed, and Ebizo's neck was cut in half by Hatake Sakumo's White Fang short sword. A jet of hot blood spurted from the severed neck, and much of it splattered onto Hatake Sakumo.

But after a moment, Ebizo's corpse turned into the puppet holding the katana.

The real Ebizo had already appeared hundreds of meters ahead, where the puppet holding the katana had originally been.

Puppetry: Puppet Shunshin!

Hatake Sakumo saw Ebizo die in place of the puppet, and could smell gunpowder. He decisively chose to use Shunshin to withdraw, but found that the chakra within him was a little out of control, and he was unable to use it as smoothly as usual, causing him to be seriously injured.

He immediately realized the problem: the blood that had just sprayed out of the puppet's neck was problematic, as it contained poison.

"These puppet masters are really one after another old cunning, even when escaping they don't forget to dig a pit,"

Hatake Sakumo cursed inwardly, then quickly retreated.

In the meantime, the blazing firelight appeared from the puppet.

"Boom!!!"

A thunderous explosion sounded, and the puppet instantly exploded, and the terrifying fire engulfed Hatake Sakumo.

"Hmph, you deserve it. Do I, Ebizo, look like someone to be trifled with? If it weren't for that brat's mastery of that unreasonable Lightning Release jutsu, which severely restrained my puppet master, I wouldn't have needed to retreat, and I would have been more than enough to face you and that brat at the same time."

Ebizo saw by the third eye in the sky that Hatake Sakumo had fallen into the self-destruct trap set up by his puppet. A smile finally appeared on his originally ashen face, and he sneered inwardly.

Every puppet in his hands was equipped with a self-destruct trap and a body double technique. As long as someone dared to assassinate him at close range, he could instantly use the puppet to take the fall and then activate the self-destruct trap on the puppet.

In order to prevent the enemy from instantly using ninjutsu to dodge and defend, he deliberately hit the puppet with artificial blood plasma, making the process of being killed more realistic and reducing the enemy's vigilance. The artificial blood plasma contains a colorless and odorless toxin that he developed independently.

This toxin is extremely volatile and must be stored in an airtight container at all times. Its main function is to disrupt the flow of chakra in the ninja's body.

His original intention in developing this toxin was to target the Sharingan illusion technique of the Uchiha clan ninja, but he later discovered that it was even more suitable for assassinations. The only catch is that he has not personally developed a corresponding antidote, so once it is used, he may also be affected or accidentally injure his allies.

Therefore, he usually used it in conjunction with a decoy puppet.

He had originally planned to use it to trick Kirito, but unfortunately the brat Kirito seemed to know a lot about Sunagakure puppets and never engaged his puppet in close combat.

Moreover, the Lightning Release ninjutsu that the brat mastered, which turned him into a humanoid lightning bolt, was incredibly fast, much faster than the attack just unleashed by Konoha's White Fang, leaving him no time at all to use the Puppet Substitute technique to quickly shift with his puppet.

But as it happened, he didn't kill Kirito, but he did kill Konoha's White Fang. Killing a famous person like Konoha's White Fang with an expensive puppet was a very cost-effective deal.

"Even if you don't die, you won't be able to keep all your limbs. As long as Konoha's White Fang is dead or disabled, we haven't lost the war, and I can go back and give a good account of myself,"

Ebizo saw that there was no sign of Hatake Sakumo anywhere, and finally confirmed that Hatake Sakumo had been taken. He thought to himself, "If Suna is defeated in this battle, I will be held personally responsible.

This time, Sunagakure will be defeated in this battle, and he will bear a huge personal responsibility. If he fails to kill or seriously injure Konoha's White Fang today, he, as the battlefield commander, will definitely be demoted to the bottom, and he may even lose his position as the Kazekage's advisor.

Hatake Sakumo's assassination attempt by Ebizo was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the group of Konoha ninja present. Many of the ninja surrounding Ebizo could not help but be distracted and pay attention to the situation of Konoha's White Fang, which made it even easier for Ebizo to escape from the pursuit.

However, what weighed heavily on Ebizo's mind was that Kirito was still furiously chasing after him, and the distance between them was getting closer and closer. Meanwhile, Kirito had an extra black metal rod in his hand. As he clenched the rod, dense electric light covered it, and blue and white lightning patterns suddenly lit up on the black rod.

Then, something that puppet masters like Ebizo hate started to burrow rapidly out of the ground and quickly gathered above Kirito's head.

It was really like iron sand in the form of grains of sand.

As Kirito's Lightning Release broke through to the fifth level, his special Magnet Release, which used Lightning Release as the core, became more and more handy to use.

A powerful magnetic field rapidly expanded from his body, enveloping an area of one kilometer in radius under the magnetic field he created. A large number of iron sand buried underground responded to his call, scrambling to drill out of the ground.

In addition, there were two lifelike humanoid puppets beside Kirito.

One of them was the Lightning God puppet holding a halberd. It was emitting a purple glow as it stared coldly at Ebizo.

Under Kirito's control, it began to emit dense flashes of lightning.

The other was a handsome man with black hair dressed in brocade of black and gold. He had his arms folded, carrying three long golden spears engraved with numerous seal techniques on his back. He looked ahead with a blank expression, as if nothing could move him in the slightest.

This is an Earth Release puppet created by Kirito using the Earth Grudge Secret Technique. It was created by Kirito in the image of a powerful emperor revered by the people, and Kirito calls it the Rock God Puppet.

"This damned Konoha brat hasn't been using Magnet Release jutsu the whole time, forgetting that he's still a Magnet Release ninja. What! That guy's not dead, and he's not even hurt."

Ebizo saw Kirito use Magnet Release to manipulate the iron sand with his third eye, and he groaned inwardly. Then he saw that after the explosion and the smoke had cleared, Hatake Sakumo was still alive, and he was shocked.

In front of Hatake Sakumo, a bloody wall formed from blood appeared, and a blood-red chakra line was wrapped around his body.

At the critical moment, Kirito still intervened. He injected the chakra line wrapped around Hatake Sakumo with Ketsuryūgan chakra, and then manipulated the blood on his body to form a thin but extremely strong blood wall.

To increase the hardness of the blood wall, he deliberately used pale golden Sage Chakra to strengthen it.

The pale golden Sage Chakra did not disappoint Kirito. Consuming it greatly enhanced the blood manipulation ability of Ketsuryūgan, making the objects formed by the blood mixed with Ketsuryūgan's blood as hard as steel.

"You'd better be careful of yourself."

Suddenly, Kirito's voice appeared in Ebizo's mind.

Ebizo's face changed when he heard Kirito's telepathic message, but he remained absolutely calm. He decisively and crazily injected a large amount of chakra into his feet, ignoring their tolerance level, and forcibly made them burst out at a faster speed.

He slammed his feet down, instantly creating two small pits of cracking ground, and then successfully broke free of the two ropes formed from iron sand.

At the same time, he moved three fingers of his left hand, and two of the three humanoid puppets next to him, Buddha and Dharma, rushed towards Kirito. Under his control, the two puppets quickly completed the hand seals, one spitting out a gust of wind, and the other spitting out a huge fireball.

Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!

Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!

The wind intensified the flames, and the fireball rapidly expanded in the gale, turning into an ultra-giant fireball that charged menacingly towards Kirito.

The next moment, a blinding flash of lightning appeared, followed by a huge blue chakra slash. The ultra-giant fireball was instantly cut in half, and a woman with purple hair and a halberd in her hand, her body wrapped in blue and white electric currents, quickly passed through the middle of the cut fireball.

It was the Lightning God puppet that had used the Lightning Stimulation Secret Technique to accelerate.

In an instant, the Lightning God puppet charged towards the two humanoid puppets of Buddha's teachings.

"The intelligence was indeed true. This guy is also proficient in puppet techniques, and the puppets he controls are very strong."

Ebizo witnessed the Lightning God puppet completely destroy a super-large fireball with a single slash with his third eye in the sky. He was both shocked and fired up. He stared at the Lightning God puppet with burning eyes, wishing he could capture it and study it in detail.

As a puppet master, he could tell at a glance that the Lightning God puppet was a puppet, because there were too many traces of Sunagakure puppet techniques on it.

Moreover, the materials used in Kirito's puppet were better than those used in his five puppets, and its cost was definitely on the same level as the 10 Puppets of Chikamatsu, or even higher.

Ebizo did not let up on the Lightning God puppet just because he was jealous of it. Under his delicate control, the two humanoid puppets of Buddha and Dharma instantly shot two blades out of their hands. One blocked the naginata slash coming back from the front of the Lightning God puppet, while the other quickly circled to the flank to attack.

But what Ebizo never expected was that just as the Dharma humanoid puppet scored a success, a blue chakra chain suddenly shot out from the chest of the Lightning God puppet and instantly hit the Dharma puppet.

In an instant, the Dharma puppet was sent flying by the heavy blow of the chakra chain, and the hit area was pierced.

What's more, Ebizo was horrified to discover that he had lost control of the Buddha puppet, and the chakra chain he had attached to it had broken.

"What on earth is that chakra chain? I can't let it continue to touch my puppet,"

Ebizo used his third eye in the sky to stare at the chakra chain on the Lightning God puppet, his face looking extremely ugly as he thought, and then quickly manipulated the Buddha puppet to withdraw.

Then, when he saw that the Dharma puppet was engulfed by some iron sand manipulated by Kirito, his face suddenly became even uglier.

"Stay here for me."

Kirito once again used the Mind Body Transmission Technique to whisper to Ebizo.

A loud noise instantly exploded in Ebizo's mind, causing his entire head to buzz and the control of the puppet to almost come to a halt.

The Yamanaka Secret Art of Mind Body Transmission Technique can actually be used not only to communicate silently with teammates, but also to interfere with and control enemies.

This is a rather unreasonable Yin Release Secret Art. As long as the user's mental strength is stronger than others', they can forcibly establish a mental link with others and then engage in a mental dialogue.

However, at this time, if the enemy's spiritual power is far lower than the user's, the user can completely use this secret technique to control the enemy and cause mental damage to the enemy.

Ebizo, as the dark side of Sunagakure, is personally good at using the seal technique of Subconscious Brain Manipulation Sand, which contains Yin Release. Naturally, his Yin Release level is not low. Although he has not reached Level 5, he is at the level of Level 4, which is actually not too different from Kirito.

Unfortunately, Kirito is currently using the Sage Chakra to temporarily enhance the Mind Body Transmission Technique, allowing it to slightly psychologically attack Ebizo.

Sage Art: Mind Body Transmission Technique: Shocking God!

For top-tier strong warriors, even the slightest moment of inattention in battle can be fatal.

Under Kirito's control, the Lightning God puppet instantly flashed with lightning, and the Lightning Release secret technique continued to enhance its speed, causing it to almost turn into a streak of lightning. In the blink of an eye, it shook off the entanglement of the Buddha puppet and the monk puppet, charging towards Ebizo's body. The blade of the razor in its hand also shone with a cold light covered in purple lightning.

Sword Technique: Thunder Flash!

A flash of lightning appeared from the void, accompanied by a deafening roar.

The blade flashed, cutting cleanly through, and a bloody flower blooming in death appeared in the air before withering.

"The people of the Sunagakure are really tenacious,"

Kirito sighed as he looked at the corpse of a Suna-Nin in front of the Lightning God puppet, holding a short sword in one hand and his body cut in half.

This was a Suna-Nin jōnin who was good at wind techniques.

At the critical moment, he suddenly fell from the sky, using his life to block in front of Ebizo, buying Ebizo a chance of survival.

Not only this Suna-Nin jōnin, but after he died, five more Suna-Nin jōnin and more than 20 Suna-Nin chūnin took the initiative to provide cover for Ebizo.

"Damn you, Konoha brats, I will settle this score."

Ebizo looked at the Suna-Nin behind him who had given him cover, and his heart was wracked with pain.

These Suna-Nin who took the initiative to break his line of defense were the backbone of the Sunagakure, not to be compared to those worthless people who only cared about escaping. Now they were all killed, and his heart was bleeding.

If he could, he would rather bear the consequences himself.

However, the Sunagakure was too weak. Trying to produce a Kage-Level powerhouse was far more difficult than a resourceful and deeply-rooted ninja village like Konoha. They could not afford to lose a Kage-Level powerhouse right now.

For the sake of the Sunagakure, he cannot afford to die yet, even if he has to live another day.

"Your courage is commendable,"

Kirito said expressionlessly as he looked at the more than twenty Sunagakure ninja in front of him who had volunteered to provide cover for Ebizo.

"Cut the crap. We won't let you hurt Lord Ebizo again before we die."

"That's right, you'd better not underestimate us from the Sunagakure, you damned brats."

"Come on, brats from Konoha, today I'll show you the backbone of the Sunagakure, let's go and kill him together."

...

Hearing Kirito's words, the group of Suna-Nin shouted out loudly, as if they were trying to boost their courage in this way and dispel their fear of Kirito.

Ever since Kirito chased Ebizo and started running, Kirito, who had been killing people on the battlefield not long ago, had become a nightmare in the hearts of many people from the Sunagakure. An invincible nightmare. They deeply understood that if they were targeted by Kirito, they were dead.

No one wants to die on their own initiative, but some people clearly understand their responsibilities, so even though they know they are staring death in the face, they bravely stand up.

"Kirito, leave these guys to us, and go after that guy Ebizo. After a short distance is the real headquarters of the Suna-Nin, which is easy to defend but hard to attack. Once he escapes back there, there will be no chance to kill him."

At this time, a jōnin of the Nara clan loudly reminded Kirito.

In the meantime, a large number of Konoha ninja quickly surrounded the more than twenty Suna-Nin.

"Let me do it, I happen to be lacking a batch of batteries to replenish my chakra."

Kirito shook his head to the group of kind-hearted Konoha ninja around him using the Mind Body Transmission Technique.

The group of Konoha ninja didn't expect Kirito to say that, and just as some of them were about to persuade him again, they saw Kirito and the Iwagami puppet clap their hands at the same time. Four huge pillars of rock suddenly rose from the four directions, surrounding the twenty-odd Suna-Nin.

Then, a large number of sealing techniques shot out from Kirito and the Iwagami puppet, quickly covering the four rock pillars.

At the same time, the Lightning God puppet once again used the Lightning Stimulation Secret Technique to quickly pursue Ebizo.

"Stop them, work together to destroy the four rock pillars,"

a discerning Sunagakure jōnin shouted.

"Hmph, do you not take us into account? Behave yourselves,"

At this moment, Hatake Sakumo suddenly appeared with his short white-fanged knife.

The fame of the person is the shadow of the tree.

Although Kirito had stolen the show in this battle, his fame was still not as great as Hatake Sakumo, a Kage-Level powerhouse with a title.

The appearance of Konoha's White Fang instantly attracted the full attention of the Suna-Nin. They stared at Hatake Sakumo as if they were facing a great enemy, afraid to make a move. Some of them already had a deep sense of despair in their eyes.

Kirito Tosaka alone was enough to make them despair, and now there was also Konoha's White Fang. They no longer had any hope of survival.

While Hatake Sakumo held the Suna-Nin in awe, Kirito used the Iwagami puppet to seal the technique while also focusing on the other technique, quickly causing the seal technique to climb up the four rock pillars.

The next moment, the sealing techniques on the four pillars started to rise up.

Five transparent, earth-colored walls quickly connected to each other using the four pillars as nodes, forming a small sealing barrier.

Sealing Barrier Technique: Earth Dome Prison!

Sealing barrier complete! At this time, the Iwagami puppet came to the front of the sealing barrier and placed his hands on the top of the earth-colored barrier wall.

The Suna-Nin didn't expect Kirito to be able to set up a sealing barrier so quickly on his own. By the time they reacted, Kirito had already completed the sealing barrier, in less than ten seconds.

"No wonder he's a disciple of Lord Mito, sealing techniques are his forte, just from this ability to manipulate puppets to perform sealing techniques together to create a sealing barrier, as long as he has some good helpers, it's possible for him to capture a Kage-Level powerhouse."

The jōnin of the Nara clan exclaimed in amazement when he saw this.

After this remark, the expressions of several Konoha jōnin around him became a little unnatural, but no one said anything.

Because the jōnin of the Nara clan was right. When they were blocking Ebizo, most of them were just paddling, and the only people who actually dared to charge up and fight to the death with Ebizo were just a few guys who had killed their heads. But the result was predictable.

They who have fought against the Sunagakure many times know only too well how powerful Ebizo is. Even Hatake Sakumo nearly died if he wasn't careful, and if Kirito hadn't intervened in time, Hatake Sakumo, the White Fang of Konoha, would have been killed or seriously injured.

The reason Kirito was able to force Ebizo to flee was because of the severe restraint that Kirito's special Lightning Release jutsu had on Ebizo.

Which of these jōnin, who have climbed out of a sea of corpses and blood, has poor eyesight? Those with poor eyesight have already been buried under this land.

But how would they know that Kirito actually has such terrifying seal art capabilities?

They had heard that Kirito was a genius of sealing techniques and a personal disciple of Lord Mito, but seeing is believing, and until they had seen for themselves Kirito's sealing technique abilities, they could not possibly risk their lives in his hands.

Not long after the completion of the Sealing Barrier Technique: Earth Dome Prison, the Suna-Nin in the sealing barrier noticed something was wrong.

"What's going on? My chakra is draining rapidly."

"Mine too."

"It's this sealing barrier, it's absorbing our chakra."

...

After the Suna-Nin noticed that it was the sealing barrier that was absorbing their chakra, naturally they weren't going to sit around and do nothing. They attacked the sealing barrier one after the other, but no matter how hard they attacked, the sealing barrier remained unshaken.

And the more they used their chakra, the faster their chakra was depleted.

Earth Release: Earth Dome Prison is a very magical Earth Release barrier technique. Not only can it absorb the chakra of others, but it also has the effect of purification, transforming chakra of all attributes into neutral chakra.

Sealing Barrier Technique: Earth Dome Prison was developed based on improvements to Earth Release: Earth Dome Prison, and naturally possesses all the effects of Earth Release: Earth Dome Prison.

"After all, other people's chakra doesn't feel as good to use, but since I have insufficient chakra, I'll just have to make do with it."

Kirito used the Rock God puppet and the chakra line to transfer the chakra absorbed from the Sunagakure ninja by Sealing Barrier Technique: Earth Dome Prison into his body, filling it with chakra that had almost depleted.

He had just fought Ebizo, and it looked like he had him under control, but in fact, if he hadn't used the hidden seal's chakra, he would have been at his wits' end.

There was nothing he could do. The Lightning Transformation Technique was powerful, but it burned through his chakra too quickly. Just using it twice had used up a third of his chakra.

Before he fought Ebizo, he used Sage Chakra to activate his Ketsuryūgan ability to fight his enemies, which consumed a lot of his chakra. Then he used the Lightning Transformation Technique twice in a row, which left him with very little chakra.

The way he just used Magnet Release to manipulate the iron sand looked impressive, but it was actually just bluster. Otherwise, there would have been no need for him to take out the Lightning God puppet and the Rock God puppet to fight Ebizo.

Because the Lightning God puppet and the Rock God puppet both contain the Heart of Duijunyu, which can produce Chakra on its own, he basically does not need to expend Chakra to control the two puppets in battle.

Now that he has enough Chakra in his own body, he can finally enjoy a battle with Ebizo.

On the other side of the hill, Orochimaru looked thoughtfully at the sealing barrier created by Kirito in cooperation with the Iwagami puppet and said, "No wonder he was able to improve the Earth Release Sealing Technique: Earth Dome Prison into the Sealing Barrier Technique. But what is he preparing to do by absorbing the chakra in the cage like this? Hanare, can you still see the female puppet leaving?"

Hyuga Hanare was intently watching Sealing Barrier Technique: Earth Dome Prison with her Byakugan. Her Byakugan could see more details than normal people could observe.

For example, how many sealing techniques did Kirito use when he just used the sealing technique? For example, in what way were the Suna-Nin's chakra in the sealing barrier absorbed and then transported to where?

"Kirito-kun is really amazing. Minato is also very powerful, but he still lags behind Kirito-kun."

Hyuga Hanare was thinking back to the process of Kirito suddenly reversing his hand and suppressing Ebizo, and she was full of admiration.

"Hanare, did you hear what I said?"

Suddenly, a cold voice suddenly appeared, and Hanare finally came back to her senses.

She quickly turned her head and said to Orochimaru with some trepidation, "Orochimaru-sensei, what did you just say? I was so engrossed in what I was watching that I didn't hear it."

She still had a good impression of Orochimaru, even though he obviously favored teaching Minato. But who could blame him for favoring Minato, who was better-endowed than her?

Orochimaru was still very good to her, and had seriously taught her sealing techniques and various ninjutsu. Under his guidance, her sealing technique had certainly not improved as much as Minato's, but it had improved very quickly compared to ordinary people.

According to Orochimaru's evaluation, she was now qualified to work in the sealing class, handling some simple sealing barrier issues.

Therefore, she was grateful to Orochimaru for his help.

However, she always felt wary of Orochimaru, because he often asked her to let him draw some of her blood for research purposes.

He said that he wanted to find a way to unlock the power of the birds in the cage by looking at the source of the bloodline, but she knew that he was coveting the power of the Hyuga bloodline.

Her teacher seemed to be a research enthusiast, interested in all kinds of Bloodline Limits and obsessed with uncovering their secrets.

Moreover, the other party is very interested in the curse mark bestowed upon her by Kirito, even more so than in the research of Bloodline Limits.

Many times, she can sense the terrifying look in the other party's eyes when they look at her back.

Hanare understands this, because the curse mark bestowed upon her by Kirito is truly extraordinary. She has been able to grow so quickly over the past year, from an ordinary chūnin to possessing the strength of a jōnin now, and this curse mark has helped her a great deal.

This curse mark has been subtly strengthening her physical fitness, and even the Byakugan on her body, which is restricted by the bird in the cage, has been strengthened. Ordinary clan members with activated Byakugan can see things within five kilometers, but she can see up to eight kilometers.

What's more, the curse mark can also enhance her strength in critical moments. Normally, she only has the strength of an elite chūnin, but as long as she activates the curse mark, she has the strength of a jōnin. Coupled with the power of Byakugan, she can even fight an elite jōnin for a short period of time.

If there is one thing that is not good about the curse mark, it is that every time it is activated, her body will be covered in a large number of runes, and some parts of her body will also appear to be slightly alienated, making her look a bit different from a normal person.

However, every time she uses the curse mark, her team leader will look at her with a greedy gaze as if he were looking at a work of art, making her feel uncomfortable.

"Never mind, I'll say it again. Where is that female puppet of Kirito's now?"

Orochimaru didn't sound angry when he heard Hanare's words, but rather smirked.

He had never been in love, but as someone who had read extensively, he understood people's hearts and had studied this subject to some extent. He could tell that Hyuga Hanare was very interested in Kirito, and the two had a different relationship.

From Kirito's performance just now, it seemed that it would be a good choice for him to continue to get along well with Hyuga Hanare.

"You can't focus on one thing and neglect the other. Kirito is a treasure with infinite possibilities, while Hanare is just an interesting little bird at best."

Orochimaru looked at Hyuga Hanare, a young girl putting on an innocent expression, and quietly gave up on some rather evil thoughts.

To be honest, he was indeed very envious of the curse mark on Hanare's body, because he had discovered the power of natural energy from it. If he could conduct in-depth research on the curse mark on Hanare's body, he might be able to master natural energy using it.

This shows that Kirito's research on natural energy is ahead of him.

"Master Orochimaru, that female puppet is currently chasing after Ebizo, but there are many people blocking Ebizo's escape, so it has not been able to catch up with Ebizo successfully."

Hyuga Hanare immediately answered truthfully when she learned about the question Orochimaru had asked.

"Really, it seems that it will not be able to catch up."

Orochimaru quickly made a judgment after hearing the news about the Lightning God puppet.

He had seen the Lightning God puppet's performance, and it was indeed a very good Lightning Release puppet. In the hands of Kirito, a ninja who had broken through to Lightning Release Level 5, it easily exploded with power beyond that of an elite jōnin, but it was still quite a way off from the level of a shadow class.

If Kirito had relied solely on that female puppet, it would have been impossible for him to kill Ebizo, and at most he would have only been able to injure him.

"Orochimaru-sensei, why didn't you go help Kirito just now? If you had helped, we might have been able to leave that guy named Ebizo behind,"

Minato Namikaze couldn't help but ask.

Kirito had just been killing everyone on the battlefield with awe-inspiring prowess, and he was extremely envious. Unfortunately, the side effects on his body from overusing the Flying Thunder God Technique yesterday were still there, and he was unable to fight. He could only wait here and watch.

However, Orochimaru's strength was undiminished, but he had never made a move, which really confused him.

"Minato, things are not as simple as you think. That old guy is more troublesome than you think. If you push him too hard, he will drag everyone down with him."

Orochimaru shook his head and said without giving a detailed explanation.

He had personally experienced the strength of the darkness of the Sunagakure, because he was the one who usually held back Ebizo on the battlefield for Konoha.

This guy is very cunning, good at making all kinds of strange poisons, and has many tricks up his sleeve. He won't die so easily.

And the other guy has a really scary weapon hidden on him. If he really pushes him too far, he'll definitely take everyone down with him.

And once that thing on him is released, Kirito might be able to escape unscathed with that magical Lightning Release jutsu, but Orochimaru won't be so lucky.

"Oh my god,"

Hyuga Hanare suddenly exclaimed.

"What's going on?"

Orochimaru noticed Hanare's wide-eyed expression of surprise and immediately asked,

"Kirito-kun's puppet has caught up and cut off Ebizo's hand."

Hyuga Hanare replied.

Orochimaru frowned slightly upon hearing Hanare's reply and eventually fell silent.

His face felt a little painful at the moment.

Time returned to ten seconds ago, six or seven kilometers away.

After obtaining a large amount of Lightning Release Chakra transmitted by Kirito through the Chakra line, the Lightning God puppet further consumed more Lightning Release Chakra to use the Lightning Stimulation Secret Technique, allowing its own speed to reach the extreme that the puppet body could withstand, and then used extreme speed to shake off the Sunagakure ninja who were trailing behind Ebizo.

"Damn Konoha brats, they're so tough,"

Ebizo saw with his third eye that the Lightning God puppet had shaken off the other Suna-Nin and was rapidly approaching him. He stopped decisively and took control of the two remaining puppets to brace himself.

With the Lightning God puppet's current explosive speed, even if he risked crippling his legs and used his chakra to sprint, he would not be able to shake off the opponent. His only option now was to eliminate this annoying female puppet.

The damned brat had not caught up, and he could just seize this female puppet and study the contents inside properly.

Moreover, he had sensed that after the ninjas in the base camp received the signal for support, they were quickly coming his way to provide support. He just had to hold out a little longer, and he could join forces with the reinforcements from the base camp.

By then, even if the Konoha brat came, he would not be afraid.

In fact, he found that he seemed to have been tricked by the Konoha brat.

The reason the kid didn't want to use Magnet Release against him wasn't that he didn't want to, but that he didn't have the ability to use it.

Before the kid fought him, he had already been in a fierce battle with other Suna-Nin on the battlefield, and the amount of chakra he had used must have been substantial. Even if the kid had a lot more chakra than an average jōnin, he would have been running low on it.

However, what is the matter with this female puppet in front of him? The Lightning Release technique it has been using to maintain its speed clearly consumes a lot of Chakra. If the boy is already low on Chakra, how is it possible for him to keep the Lightning Release technique going on this female puppet?

Ebizo is at a loss for an answer.

But it doesn't matter, as long as he can capture this female puppet that is rapidly approaching him, he will be able to find the answer himself.

"You actually stopped. You really do have some courage!"

Suddenly, a familiar loud voice exploded in Ebizo's head again, making his entire head buzz once more and slowing his movements.

"Impossible!"

Ebizo was shocked that Kirito could still influence him with his voice even though Kirito was clearly not here. Then he tried to immediately control the puppet beside him to use the Puppet Technique: Mechanical Light Shield Block.

However, due to Kirito's Senjutsu, Mind Body Transmission Technique, Shocking God's control, his movements were ultimately a little slower, and he was unable to successfully make the puppet use the Puppet Technique, Mechanical Light Shield Block, to defend before the lightning god puppet's halberd fell. He was only just in time to force himself to move a little to the right.

The next moment, he saw only a flash of purple lightning in his eyes, and the Lightning God puppet appeared in front of him in the blink of an eye, the halberd in its hand cutting off his left hand, which was controlling the puppet, with blinding speed.