Konoha Thief

Chapter 38 Puppet Technique
Suddenly a hand stretched out from the grass under his feet, and he held his ankle tightly. Kosuke Maruhoshi was startled, and then without hesitation, he stabbed down fiercely with his ninja knife.

Among the enemies was a jounin who was proficient in earth escape and assassination. He knew this in the previous confrontation, so he was always on guard in the battle just now, and took advantage of the opponent's attack.

Since he stabbed the opponent's left shoulder when dealing with the enemy's Jonin alone, he seized this flaw in the designed counterattack and directly chopped off the opponent's hand.

At this moment, the other hand also handed over the other hand. Although the process was a little frightening, he did not hesitate at all and was about to harvest it.

laugh!
Ninja knife stabbed into the grass, and the touch of the flesh pierced back, Maruyoshi Kosuke couldn't help exhaling, but then he suddenly realized that the cold murderous intent hadn't dissipated!

The grass suddenly swelled up, and there was a low trembling sound. Maruyoshi Kosuke suddenly turned around, and saw a figure protruding from the grass beside him, the fragrance of soil and green grass bloomed, and the man was holding a knife as thin as a cicada. Wing's wind blade aimed at Masashi Sarutobi, who hadn't noticed anything strange before, and stabbed upwards from bottom to top.

"careful!"

Kosuke Maruyoshi raised his eyebrows, and immediately shouted to remind him that he was also walking towards that side, but the distance of only three steps seemed to be infinitely stretched at this moment.

So he could only throw his ninja sword, hoping to block one or two, and buy some time for Sarutobi Masashi.

however……

Pooh! ~
The invisible wind blade slashed across the ninja sword, and the faint sound was instantly covered by the unique sound of piercing flesh and blood.

Masashi Sarutobi's body was numbly frozen there, he looked down at his slightly chilled waist and abdomen, the slender wind blade dispersed, and a burst of bright red burst out.

Maruyoshi Kosuke threw his fist and yelled angrily, Sano glanced at it, jumped up and dodged immediately, and then retreated into the sand hidden ninja several times.

"Meet the enemy!"

Sano shouted loudly, but he abandoned Maruyoshi Kosuke, and turned his eyes to look at the running enemy.

After a wave of shurikens were thrown at each other, each was damaged, and the collision happened suddenly.

The sound of fighting sounded, and Xia Shu followed Hirano's team in the second half of the team, so there was more time to prepare, and of course it was only enough for him to control the puppets with eight legs.

Ga la la! ~

The unique sound of the operation of the puppet mechanism sounded, and the sharp blades of the puppet's eight legs stood up. With Xia Shu's fingers, it turned into a whirlwind under the influence of the black rope, and the air was smashed into sharp air currents.

"Shirai, Shimogawa, protect Natsuki!"

After entering the battle, Hirano Yiichi looked very serious. Seeing that Xia Shu manipulated the puppet to sweep away the enemy, but also attracted the attention of the enemy, he immediately ordered his subordinates to be guards.

"Yes!"

Shirai, who possesses the secret technique of special perception, and Shimogawa, who is young but physically strong, immediately responded when they heard the words, and then together with Kuno Kuroyu to protect Natsuki.

This really made Xia Shu feel at ease. Even in the world of ninjas, melee battles are still dangerous, especially for him who is not strong enough now.

Manipulating the puppet requires distraction, and Xia Shu has not done the corresponding training, so if there is a sudden crisis, it is difficult to avoid it in time.

In other words, puppet masters have similar obstacles, perhaps because of this, the red sand scorpion transformed itself into a puppet, which indeed solved this hidden danger to a certain extent.

"Get rid of the puppet master first!"

Sand Yin's ninja yelled words that would only be uttered by enemies in the past, but someone responded immediately and rushed towards Natsuki.

As for the lethality of the puppet master, looking at the ninja world, it is even deeper than Sand Hidden. After all, the puppet master originated from Sand Hidden Village.

Looking at the enemies attacking from all directions, Xia Shu looked stern, and said with a sideways voice: "Block the attacks from the rear and left and right."

These words reached Kuno Kuroyu's ears, and he responded without hesitation. Shirai and Shimokawa hesitated for a while because they didn't know much about Natsuki, but they still remembered Hirano Yiichi's instructions and nodded to show their acceptance. do it.

Seeing this, Natsuki cast his attention in front of his eyes, and in his sight, two ninjas attacked one from the left and the other from the right. Their movements were swift and dexterous, as if they had superb physical skills.

Xia Shu's arm retreated slightly, the ring finger controlling the direction of the puppet trembled slightly, and the eight legs suddenly rattled, sweeping backwards.

One of the sand hidden ninjas leaned over and rolled, and the other jumped up and tried to avoid it, but as Natsuki raised his index finger, the sweeping puppet suddenly looked up.

"Organ breakout!"

Xia Shu's eyes flashed coldly, his tail finger moved, and the rapidly spinning puppet's eight legs suddenly stopped, but the unique rattling sound became clearer, and in the next instant, the eight sharp blades on the puppet shot out suddenly.

"what!!"

The sharp blade screamed through the air, followed by a shrill scream, and the blood flew, and the pierced ninja fell to the ground hard, staining the green grass leaves red.

"go to hell!"

Another sand ninja seemed to ignore the tragic death of his companion, and took advantage of this opportunity to approach quickly, and the poisoned ninja stabbed straight at him!

The enemy is in sight, and the distraction caused by manipulating the puppet is not an obstacle, not to mention that Xia Shu is not a puppet master, and is not limited by the puppet master's fighting style.

The right hand was wrapped around the left hand, and the black rope divided into seven parts was delivered in an understatement.

Xia Shu moved the index finger and ring finger of his left hand, and the sharp blade shot out by the puppet's eight legs quickly retracted, while his right hand raised to grab the handle of the ninja knife on his back, and the ninja knife rubbed against the scabbard to reflect a cold light.

He squinted his long and narrow eyes, snorted coldly, and swung his knife at the attacking sand ninja.

when! ~

The ninja knives collided with each other, making a crisp sound, Xia Shu suddenly showed a sneer at the corner of his mouth, Sand Ninja sensed something was wrong, and cautiously tried to withdraw the ninja knife, but suddenly felt that the ninja knife was being strangled by something, and he couldn't pull it back!

On the Lanying Dao Ninja, which depicts the hexagram of water and fire, there is a thin black line aligned with the silver blade. If you don't check carefully, you can't find it at all. Even at this moment, Sand Ninja still hasn't found it, and strangled him. It is this imperceptible black rope that holds the knife in his hand.

What Sand Shinobi didn't notice, Xia Shu didn't have the idea to explain, there is no room for talking in the life and death struggle.

He loosened his palm slightly, flipped the ninja knife on his wrist and rubbed it against Sand Ninja's ninja knife, and while the black rope made a difficult sound, he quickly slashed on Sand Ninja's wrist, and then suddenly slashed upwards obliquely.

"Ah!~"

With a muffled groan followed by a scream, Xia Shu mercilessly scratched Sand Ninja's neck with a ninja knife in his hand.

Kicking it over with one kick, Xia Shu swung the knife to shake off the blood stains on the blade, put it back into the scabbard, and then touched and pulled the fingertips of the right hand and left finger, and the black rope controlling the puppet's eight legs was divided into two hands again. Among them, following the manipulation, he suddenly flung aside, strangled through the air and killed the enemies who were dealing with Kuno Heiyu and the other three beside him.

However, Xia Shu didn't notice that in the chaotic battle, a pair of shining eyes had already been secretly staring at him.

(End of this chapter)