"Let me try it first..."
Chiyo granny stepped toward Red Sand Sasori, a Chakra Thread flew out from her hand, entwined with several kunai, and as the Chakra Thread descended, these kunai abruptly shot toward Red Sand Sasori!
"Assault Blade!"
The next moment!
These kunai flew toward Red Sand Sasori!
The kunai, imbued with Chakra, moved incredibly fast!
"Still playing with outdated puppetry? Unfortunately, the era has changed now..."
Red Sand Sasori coldly watched the incoming kunai, and the tail of Hiruko behind him suddenly swung horizontally in front of him, extending barrels from its tail!
Pow!
Pow! Pow! Pow!
Nail after nail, carrying Chakra, shot down the incoming kunai like bullets!
The speed of these nails was even faster, and their impact was stronger!
"It seems nothing has really changed!"
Chiyo granny swiftly avoided the incoming nails, but her eyes showed subtle shock and unease at the scene she witnessed!
Because...
The speed of these nails was eerily fast!
Crack...
Crack crack...
The Cloud Black Robe on Hiruko of Red Sand Sasori gradually cracked, and this mechanical puppet slowly transformed, numerous densely packed barrels appeared on Hiruko!
"What is that!"
Haruno Sakura looked at Hiruko in astonishment!
"It seems very aggressive..."
Chiyo granny frowned, sensing a peculiar path in Red Sand Sasori's puppetry: "If the attack is too strong, the defense will weaken..."
"I said, the era has changed."
Red Sand Sasori retorted with a muffled voice, coldly continued: "For powerful attack puppets, why can't they also have defense?"
Along with his words, an unsettling metallic sound came from Hiruko puppet, and the barrels rapidly retracted, revealing black, sturdy armor plates on Hiruko's body, seeming like a battle armor!
Chiyo granny's eyes slightly narrowed, her fingers moved gently, pondering Hiruko's weaknesses: "If it combines attack and defense, the puppet's mobility will decrease..."
If the mobility greatly decreased...
That would mean once you withstand Hiruko puppet's attacks and have enough force to break through its defense, Hiruko would become a sitting target!
"It seems he has modified his puppet quite a bit..."
Chiyo granny glanced at Haruno Sakura next to her, softly said: "My attack power is not strong enough to penetrate his defense, that puppet's defensive capabilities are very strong..."
"Let me handle it!"
Haruno Sakura trusted her punches immensely!
"But..."
Chiyo granny brought up another issue, solemnly continued: "You must remember to avoid all attacks from that puppet, perfectly dodging, as just now in the test, those nails shot by the mechanisms are very fast..."
"I understand!"
Haruno Sakura felt a tightness in her chest.
"It's not just the speed..."
Chiyo granny shook her head, continued to remind: "You need extremely rich combat experience to judge the hidden weapons launched by the mechanism, that Scorpion guy has armed the puppet to the teeth, its only weakness might be mobility..."
"..."
Haruno Sakura fell silent.
Because combat experience was her greatest deficiency.
Until now, Haruno Sakura hadn't participated in many battles, even in battles, she barely played a minor role, and the only significant combat experience was a Chunin exam she took part in over the past two years, which was far from rich...
"Leave it to me."
Chiyo granny's fingers formed multiple Chakra Threads, she continued to explain: "In terms of combat experience, Scorpion is far from being as experienced as me, which is why he still hesitates to move, I will control your body to dodge the mechanical puppet's attacks..."
"Okay!"
Haruno Sakura leaped up, rushing towards Red Sand Sasori, and the Chakra Threads from Chiyo granny's hand attached directly to her body!
"Directly charging ahead?"
Red Sand Sasori snorted coldly, disregarding Haruno Sakura's threat. After a few armor plates on Hiruko's body shed, several square openings were revealed.
Three barrels emerged!
Blue Chakra spurted from the three barrels!
Rat-tat-tat!
Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat!
Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat!
Countless dense iron sand pellets wrapped in Chakra bullets shot out, forming a powerful line of fire in front of Red Sand Sasori!
"What!"
Chiyo's face turned pale with shock, raising her palm hastily, she controlled Haruno Sakura's body to rise quickly, narrowly evading the bullets!
Fortunately, Red Sand Sasori's Hiruko was also propelled by Chakra, not true gunpowder, so its speed, regardless of how fast, was still within the ninja's reaction range!
"This kind of mechanical device..."
A flash of terror abruptly appeared in Chiyo's eyes, she recalled the hidden cannons on Hiruko's body, wondering how many more attack methods there were!
Chiyo immediately realized her oversight, even after witnessing Hiruko's attack methods, she still underestimated its aggression!
"You think you can dodge by being in the air?"
Red Sand Sasori manipulated Hiruko, directly extending two cannons, two rockets shot out, with Chakra's blue light trailing at the tail of the rockets!
Chiyo, surprised, quickly manipulated Haruno Sakura to dodge!
The two rockets exploded directly above the cave, causing countless rubble to fall down!
"This won't work..."
Chiyo quickly manipulated Haruno Sakura to land beside her, took out her puppet from her pocket, and said in a deep voice, "I must use the puppet to draw his attention..."
"Okay."
Haruno Sakura obediently followed the senior's advice.
"Don't worry..."
Chiyo felt a bit uneasy inside, yet she still tried to calm Haruno Sakura's mind: "You just need to rush over and smash that puppet, its moving speed is very slow, I'll cut the puppet off from time to time, keeping an eye on you with Chakra threads..."
"Mm!"
Haruno Sakura nodded resolutely.
"Didn't expect him to be this strong..."
Chiyo took out two scrolls, releasing two puppets.
"That's..."
Red Sand Sasori's voice suddenly turned sinister.
Because those were the puppets 'Father' and 'Mother' he created in childhood, hoping these puppets could replace his deceased parents in accompanying him, only they couldn't reach his standards and were discarded, unexpectedly, Chiyo had used the leftover puppets!
Clack clack...
'Father' and 'Mother' puppets started moving slowly under Chiyo's control, directly charging towards Red Sand Sasori's Hiruko!
Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat!
The cannons on Hiruko roared!
Chiyo's eyes flashed, manipulating the puppets to unleash Defensive Ninjutsu: "Mechanical Shield Seal!"
A defensive shield blocked the iron sand bullets one by one!
Even though cracks continuously emerged on the defensive shield under the dense firing of iron sand bullets, it stubbornly held on at the front, attracting Hiruko's attacks!
Taking advantage of 'Father' and 'Mother' puppets diverting Red Sand Sasori's attention, Haruno Sakura ran down from the rock wall, evading sporadic gunfire and rockets from Hiruko all the way, leaping down towards Hiruko, swinging her fist to smash directly!
"Chiyo..."
"This is the third time..."
"I told you, times have changed."
Hiruko's tail suddenly retracted, becoming a row of pipelines at the back, blue Chakra abruptly sprayed out from the pipelines, Hiruko's speed was fast enough to make it hard to track, with blue Chakra propelling Hiruko to abruptly evade Haruno Sakura's attack!
Haruno Sakura stared in shock as Hiruko vanished before her eyes!
In the cave appeared a stream of wind caused by high-speed movement!
Red Sand Sasori's Hiruko suddenly moved to the other side of the cave.
At this moment, Hiruko's appearance transformed dramatically, four propeller wings unfolded on its body, several pipelines continually spurted blue Chakra, enabling it to hover in the air, looking completely unlike a product of this era.
"Attack, defense, agility..."
"Who says these can't appear on a puppet?"