Chapter 205: A Massive Puppet Army
"The thing I want you to see, follow me."
The man finished speaking and turned to leave.
"Hey, do you know that the children of Konoha are in danger right now?"
Byakuya shouted at the man, wanting him to stop.
However, the man had no intention of stopping. As he walked, he spoke:
"If you want to know the true face of Konoha Village, which prioritizes regulations over the lives of comrades, then follow me."
"You..."
Byakuya was somewhat annoyed but followed anyway.
Neji also followed behind him, wanting to see what this mysterious man actually wanted to show them.
After walking for a while, the mysterious man stopped. He reached out to form Hand Seals, and a screen of light appeared before them.
The light screen played images of an incident that had happened in Konoha in the past.
In the footage, the Ninjas of Konoha Village encountered danger while executing a mission. To protect the villagers, they chose to abandon the mission and save the people first.
However, such behavior was met with punishment from the Village; they were deemed to have violated regulations and were penalized.
"This is the true face of Konoha Village," the mysterious man said coldly. "They only follow regulations blindly, yet ignore the most important things."
"This..."
Byakuya and Neji looked at the images in the light screen, their hearts somewhat shocked.
Meanwhile, Squad · Jiraiya also reported the situation to the Masked Man.
"Hokage-sama, the targets we are monitoring have made a move."
"Oh? What did they do?" the Masked Man's voice came from the shadows.
"They once left to prioritize the mission, but later turned back to save the children."
Squad · Jiraiya told the Masked Man everything about the Konoha Genin's actions.
They originally thought that the behavior of the Konoha Genin, who valued human life over the mission, would satisfy the Masked Man, but to their surprise, the Masked Man said coldly: "Continue the monitoring mission."
"But..."
Squad · Jiraiya was somewhat puzzled; they didn't understand why the Masked Man wanted them to continue the monitoring mission.
However, the Masked Man did not speak again, and his figure faded back into the shadows.
"Damn it, my body completely... completely won't move."
Byakuya was somewhat frustrated, hating that he was so weak and powerless right now that he couldn't even move his body freely.
Just then, he suddenly thought of his father, Minato.
"Dad... why did you seal the Nine-Tailed inside my body?"
Byakuya asked silently in his heart.
He seemed to hear his father's voice echoing in his ears: "Byakuya, I believe in you. I believe that you will use the power of the Nine-Tailed to protect something important."
"Protect... something important..."
Byakuya clenched his fists, his heart filled with strength.
Meanwhile, Shikamaru and the other Genin, after a difficult battle, finally arrived at the place where Sasuke and Sakura had previously been observed by Byakuya and Neji.
However, when they arrived, they found the situation was even worse than imagined.
"How... how did it become like this?"
Shikamaru looked at the scene before him, his heart filled with shock.
What should have been a peaceful place was now filled with various puppets. These puppets were of different forms; some looked like giant monsters, while others were precise mechanical devices.
And these puppets were actually being controlled by a single Puppet Master... "Damn it, there are too many of these puppets!"
Choji couldn't help but curse. Although they had encountered Puppet Masters before, they had never seen such a massive Puppet Army.
"We must find a way to break through here and return to the Village."
Shikamaru analyzed calmly. He knew the current situation was very unfavorable for them; if they couldn't break through quickly, they might be trapped here, unable to return to the Village, let alone save the trapped children.
However, just as they were preparing to charge, the Puppet Master launched another attack.
Hundreds of puppets moved simultaneously, either firing hidden weapons or brandishing giant weapons as they launched a fierce assault on Shikamaru and the others.
"Watch out!"
Shikamaru shouted, quickly directing everyone to set up a defense to try and withstand the puppets' attacks.
However, there were simply too many puppets, and their defense was quickly breached.
"This won't work, we have to think of something..."
Shikamaru was extremely anxious in his heart. He knew that if they couldn't find a way to break through soon, they would really die here.
"Sasuke, what should we do?"
"Defeat all the puppets and return to report according to the Fourth Hokage's orders!"
"But, Shikamaru! There are still the other Jonin..."
"I know, but there are too many opponents!"
Sakura and Sasuke had a disagreement; Sakura wanted to save all the Jonin, but Sasuke only thought about returning to complete the mission.
It wasn't just them; the other Genin were the same, starting to argue with each other, with no one willing to back down.
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