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Chapter 83: Illusionary Blessing
"Pay attention to defense," ordered the special jonin puppet user, instructing his companions to protect the four chunin who were preparing the combined ninjutsu. The Sunagakure ninjas immediately went on the defensive.
Indeed, the attack came as expected. A large number of kunai and shuriken covered the area. But, as expected of Sunagakure's puppet users, their defense was extraordinary. By simply releasing two spiral windmill blades, they easily withstood the rain of steel.
"Hah! Is that all?" sneered the nominal team leader, disdaining the attack and belittling the enemy hidden in the mist. At the same time, he looked with dissatisfaction at the puppet user who had taken command.
The puppet user, however, became more cautious and strengthened the defense. The two Sunagakure chunin were about to complete the Earth Style ninjutsu. They had already completed the Snake hand seal. "Earth Style..."
At that moment, a silent infrasonic wave impacted, interrupting their jutsu. At the same time, the other two chunin preparing the Great Breakthrough were also interrupted. The Earth Style users' chakra violently became disordered.
"Watch out for illusions!" they shouted, assuming that only a genjutsu could be so silent and effective. They quickly tried to release chakra from their bodies to dispel it, but it was ineffective. One of them, in an act of determination forged in the desert, stabbed a kunai into his thigh, hoping the pain would break the technique. The other three imitated him.
"Why is there no effect?" they wondered, confused.
But before they could recover, another attack was already underway. The instant his clones interrupted the enemy's jutsu, the true Sasuke had already launched his next move.
"Water Style: Starch Syrup Capture Field!"
A large amount of sticky candy burst from his mouth. The puppet user jonin reacted very quickly, controlling his puppet to attack with four huge rotating blades. Unfortunately for him, he didn't know the properties of the syrup. The powerful puppet not only failed to defend itself but became completely trapped, losing all movement.
"Dodge!" ordered the puppet user, realizing the sticky nature of the attack. The team was forced to scatter.
Seeing that his tactical objective had been achieved, Sasuke gave the next instruction to Kon.
"Fox Heart Technique!"
The illusion was cast. As expected of the Kurama clan's kekkei genkai, Kon's D-rank genjutsu had an effect that surpassed most C-rank ones. The Sunagakure ninjas, already disoriented by the mist, completely lost their sense of direction. Except for the puppet user jonin, who could barely resist, all the others were hit and scattered, fighting on their own.
"Fūjin, Raijin, attack this way."
Two of Sasuke's clones guided the brothers to besiege the puppet user jonin, who immediately unleashed a rain of a thousand poisoned senbon.
Ding, ding, ding...
The senbon impacted the brothers' syrup armor, but bounced off harmlessly. Despite the armor's weight, they moved at high speed and approached the enemy in an instant. Once in close combat, their terrifying power was revealed.
"ROAR! Go to hell!"
"Give me back my food!"
They raised their large iron staffs and slammed them with a force that rivaled a B-rank ninjutsu. The puppet user barely managed to use his puppets to block the blows, which left enormous craters in the ground. Under the coordinated assault, he was crushed and forced to flee, unable to defend himself.
"It's time to deal with the small fish."
While the brothers contained the jonin, Sasuke began to hunt the others. He had Kon cast another illusion, the Mist Servant Technique, which created black phantoms in the haze, further confusing the Sunagakure ninjas.
Silently, Sasuke approached a chunin puppet user. The ninja reacted quickly, as if he had sensed something, and controlled his puppet to attack Sasuke from behind.
"How could this happen?" the chunin wondered as he realized his puppet had lost control. With a whoosh, his neck was slit. Before dying, his eyes filled with confusion. He saw his own puppet, which had fallen to the ground, rise again, but this time, its chakra threads did not lead to him.