Chiyo and Ebizo had many enemies, and the Village's power was relatively weak. Many high-ranking officials found them troublesome and wished they would die quickly. If they wanted to protect their old lives, they had to find a way themselves.
Ebizo, this old man with white hair and a white beard, also possessed some sensory abilities and impressive Sealing Technique. The room where the siblings were in seclusion was covered with Sealing Technique formulas by him. He immediately activated all the Sealing Technique formulas within the room.
Chiyo's left eye had already been completely rewritten by the Sharingan, and her right eye was showing signs of transformation. Once both eyes completely transformed into the Mangekyo shape, her will would be completely rewritten.
After the dense Sealing Technique formulas in the room were activated, she gained a moment to breathe. The spiritual energy in her right eye was temporarily repelled, and both sides were locked in a stalemate within her brain.
"Underwater… Uchiha!" she prompted, her voice hoarse.
Ebizo looked closely into the pond and saw a blurry figure fluctuating with the water. Despite his vast experience, he found it quite strange. The figure didn't resemble a living person at all; its form was elusive. Could this be a ghost?
His sister and he had been in seclusion for so many years, why would a ghost come seeking revenge now?
Although his head was full of questions, one thing he was very clear about was that the one controlling his sister was the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan!
Chiyo used her last bit of body control, flicked her finger, and sent a scroll with the character "Seal" written on it flying towards Ebizo.
After seventy years of living together day and night, Ebizo and she had an incredibly skilled coordination. He easily caught the scroll and tucked it into his sleeve.
The Uchiha's genjutsu invasion speed was simply too fast, but his sister was not an unknown Ninja either; she was currently resisting with all her might. He needed to help buy some time.
Ebizo opened his wide sleeves, clapped his hands on the ground, and before the smoke and dust had fully dispersed, five puppets emerged. Four of them attacked in the four cardinal directions (southeast, northwest). He then controlled the fifth puppet to attack the strange enemy underwater, and finally, he clapped Chiyo's shoulder, attempting to use his Chakra to help his sister resist the genjutsu.
With a soft 'whoosh,' the eastern puppet was split in half from top to bottom by a Water Severing Wave.
Then followed three consecutive crisp sounds, as Big Ball Rasengan, Super Strength Fist, and Chidori respectively shattered three puppets.
The puppet attacking the blurry figure underwater missed, as without spiritual energy, such puppet dolls simply couldn't touch a soul.
Ebizo looked around and asked directly, "You're Konoha Village Ninja, aren't you?"
Before he finished speaking, the four Konoha Ninja set up the Four Red Yang Formation, tightly enclosing the not-so-spacious small house with a barrier.
When the First Hokage and the others trapped the Ten-Tails, they created a red curtain that spanned heaven and earth, from top to bottom, to prevent the Ten-Tails from escaping. Now, dealing with Ebizo didn't require such a large scale. Jiraiya and their Four Red Yang Formation was only about ten meters high, with a dome-like top resembling a yurt, and the ground was also completely sealed off by a magic circle.
A completely sealed environment was created.
Ebizo tried to help his sister escape the genjutsu control, but as he extended his hand halfway, a red wall rose from the ground. Recognizing the ruthlessness of this technique, he quickly withdrew his hand and retreated. When he looked up again, he and Chiyo had been completely separated by Konoha using this one-bedroom, one-living-room version of the Four Red Yang Formation.
His finger was almost scorched by the Four Red Yang Formation. It carried a dense fire-style Chakra, and even a little contact could result in being burned to ashes.
He couldn't help his sister anymore. Only by defeating the four people who set up the formation could he break out.
Ebizo's white eyebrows hung over his cheekbones, and his figure was incredibly thin, as if a gust of wind could blow him away.
He looked at the five people one after another.
"Jiraiya, Fifth Hokage, I never thought you would be so fierce. Your way of doing things is completely different from Hiruzen Sarutobi's."
"Tsunade, long time no see. Has your hemophobia been cured?"
"Is that pale-faced fellow Orochimaru? Have you three gotten mixed up together again?"
"Is that Copy Ninja Kakashi? Konoha truly has many talents. Compared to it, Hidden Sand Village falls far short."
"This last one is truly young. Looking at her appearance, she bears some resemblance to your father and ancestors. It's hard to imagine that a golden phoenix could fly out of a wild boar's nest."
Ino: "..."
This is the bad thing about the Yamanaka Clan; when it comes to arguing, they immediately seem weaker.
She replied, seemingly very humbly, "My father often spoke of Elder Ebizo's meticulousness and decisiveness when he was in charge of Sunagakure's intelligence work, and he always urged me to learn from the elder."
Ebizo's words seemed very calm: "I'm old; my thinking can't keep up with you young people."
He seemed to be talking about Ino, but he actually included Jiraiya and the others in the category of "young people."
The old man, unhurriedly, raised his arm, and the scroll with the character "Seal" unfolded before him.
This was the masterpiece of Monzaemon, the first person to learn and improve puppet manipulation techniques from the Second Kazekage, officially earning him the title of Puppet Master in the Ninja World: the renowned "White Secret Technique: Collection of 10 Puppets."
The outside world always believed that only Granny Chiyo could control these ten white-robed puppet dolls, but in reality, Ebizo also knew this technique.
However, compared to his direct and action-oriented sister, he preferred to devise strategies, plan behind the scenes, and achieve victory from a thousand miles away.
Even a wise general will bite when pushed too far, and Ebizo now had to resist to the end.
Using one finger to control each puppet doll, the sealing scroll circled around him. One by one, puppet dolls emerged from numerous large "Gate" characters. He arranged them in a three-three-four formation, protecting Ebizo in the center.
"Ask Shisui how much more time he needs," Jiraiya asked through his radio earpiece.
Their victory was simply to abduct Granny Chiyo; whether or not to eliminate Ebizo was not really important.
Ino immediately communicated with Shisui through sensory transmission.
Shisui only had one Mangekyo left eye. Controlling the Mangekyo with his soul body, without Hashirama cells, the Dojutsu Power in his eye and his own Chakra were almost depleted. Chiyo was also desperately resisting, making his use of Kotoamatsukami somewhat strenuous.
"This Sunagakure elder has many jutsu in his mind to prevent memory rewriting. One minute! Give me one more minute!"
"Alright, I understand."
The next second, Ino sent out a Shadow Clone to maintain the Four Red Yang Formation, while her main body charged towards the Collection of 10 Puppets. Ebizo had been trying to break their formation from the inside using the puppet dolls.
"Puppet Technique: Defense!"
Three puppet dolls formed a triangular formation, stacked like a human pyramid. The puppet dolls opened their mouths, and the three mechanisms of "Buddha," "Dharma," and "Sangha" opened, forming "Three Treasures Suction Crash." Ebizo attempted to use the immense suction to absorb the fire-style Chakra of the Four Red Yang Formation, disrupting the internal balance of the formation.
Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Kakashi also sent out Shadow Clones to maintain the Four Red Yang Formation, while their main bodies charged towards Ebizo. Orochimaru watched from the side, sneering, as if enjoying a show.
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