The Shadow of Konoha

Any technique has its own advantages and disadvantages, and the same is true for puppetry. Once you have a little understanding of this combat technique, you can deeply understand its disadvantages - puppets are just puppets and can never replace those ninjas who have flesh and blood, thinking ability and flexible attack methods.

Think about it, why would the most gifted puppeteer in history make a puppet of the Third Kazekage? Just because he was in a momentary whim? Think about it again, can the strongest puppet made with the Third Kazekage's corpse be able to defeat the Kazekage himself?

It's almost impossible.

The more he understood, the more Hanyu felt that the so-called puppetry was nothing more than manipulating some exquisite toys.

The heights a ninja can reach fundamentally depend on his own talents, and the heights a ninja who uses puppetry can reach in his lifetime will not only be constrained by his own talents, but will also be limited by the narrow scope of the puppetry technique itself.

The strongest puppeteer cannot become the strongest ninja.

"Old man, you can't expect your toys to work forever, or even... you can't expect them to work as well now as they did last time."

Monzaemon's Chikamatsu Ten rushed towards Hanyu at an extremely fast speed. When they were within their attack range, the puppets' full armour suddenly opened:

Guns, swords, and poison needles.

Knife, hook, axe.

The sharp blade was rolling, as if it could cut Hanyu into .

Life and death were at stake, but Hanyu seemed oblivious. Just as the blades stained with deadly toxins were about to cut into his skin, the arcs on Hanyu's body suddenly became stronger, and the lightning escape even infected the sharp blades of the puppet. In a split second, Hanyu's body spun and moved until the seal in his hand was completed quickly.

Monzaemon could never have imagined how Hanyu's fighting style would change from the first time they met. Perhaps at the beginning, Hanyu was just a ninja who needed to keep a distance from the enemy to use ninjutsu randomly. Although his way of using ninjutsu was somewhat special, his fighting ability was not outstanding. However, now, although Hanyu's close combat skills were still rusty, his extreme speed was enough to make up for these shortcomings to a certain extent.

Monzaemon is an old-school ninja. Perhaps he has forgotten how drastic changes can take place in a young ninja in a short period of time. However, even if he recalls those things now, it is meaningless because they will not meet for the third time.

Hanyu took a deep breath, then parted his lips and teeth, and then a thin line of water was sprayed out like a stream of scorching light:

Water escape technique: Water breaking wave.

It's not flashy, but it's deadly.

This is one of the most representative and powerful water-style ninjutsu of the Second Hokage, who is known as the "God of Water Style". It was also the so-called reward that Sansho gave to Hanyu when he returned to the village.

The thin and long high-pressure water stream can split gold and stone like a knife cutting through butter. As someone who had been hit directly by this move, and might even be the only one to survive a direct hit, Hanyu had an extremely profound experience of it. It really was... It started with a sour and refreshing feeling, but it was more than just sour and refreshing; it started with pain, but it was more than just pain.

Of course, the power of the same technique in the hands of different people will be different. No one can expect the current Hanyu to be able to use this move as well as the Second Hokage, but no matter what, the Water Break Wave is still the Water Break Wave, and it should be more than enough to deal with the current situation.

The thin and long water line swept across all the puppets around Hanyu, and after almost drawing a circle, all of the Chikamatsu Ten had been cut off at the waist... If these toys could still be used, they could only be used as the Chikamatsu Twenty in the future.

The chakra line in Monzaemon's hand suddenly loosened. Compared to the fact that his puppet was destroyed so suddenly, Monzaemon's doubts at this time were strangely focused on another question:

Who would teach this level of ninjutsu to such a young ninja?

The Water Break Wave is a ninjutsu that Sansho gave to Hanyu to save his life. What is a life-saving technique? It goes without saying that it must be an S-level super-high-level ninjutsu.

Secondly, in terms of lethality, it does not have the ability to injure, only the ability to kill.

This is also the technique that Hanyu mentioned earlier that he wanted to "test out" on the battlefield.

The puppets were all damaged, and the door in front of the puppeteer was wide open. As a puppeteer, how strong would Monzaemon be in physical combat? Perhaps different puppeteers had different situations, but when facing a ninja like Hanyu who used the lightning-style physical technique, even a puppeteer with physical combat skills might not be able to bring out his abilities.

Hanyu's body was filled with blue lightning, and he seemed to have turned into a turbulent stream of light. He disappeared from the place where he had just been besieged by the puppets, and then suddenly appeared in front of Monzaemon.

He held the sword in his left hand, and the cold light drew an arc from top to bottom, slashing at the opponent's shoulder.

Monzaemon's eyesight might not be able to follow Hanyu's movements, but relying on decades of rich combat experience, he raised one arm almost subconsciously.

"clang!"

Hanyu's dagger hit the arm, making a sound that was completely unlike a sound of hitting a flesh and blood body. The sword blade did not cut into it. Instead, Hanyu's arm was knocked high up by the huge recoil force, and half of his body lost balance.

However, Monzaemon, who defended against the attack, did not feel happy. Even facing the unbalanced Hanyu, he did not find a chance to counterattack... After all , ninja combat is not a turn-based game. At this time, he had already seen the flashing lightning on Hanyu's right hand, whose fingers were as sharp as a knife.

This is the ultimate move that Hanyu has prepared.

"Well done, young man," said Monzaemon.

For an old ninja, dying at the hands of a promising young enemy is a comforting outcome, as it means that he was fighting until the end... Ninjas and ordinary people will all die eventually, but the difference between ninjas and ordinary people is that, because they may die at any time, the way they die is particularly important.

"It's okay, senior."

Hanyu extended his right palm forward, and at the same time, the lightning energy accumulated in his hand quickly extended forward, instantly turning into a sword of lightning, which first pierced into the opponent's heart, and then as Hanyu's arm rose, it cut open the person's chest, and then went out from the shoulder... This was not cruel, as puppet masters would often tamper with their own bodies, and Hanyu had to ensure that Monzaemon would die from this blow.

Hanyu raised his arm, and the lightning blade extending from it struck into the air.

Lightning Release: Kurikara.

This was the second technique he had no need to try but tried it anyway.

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