Sunny and cheerful Konoha Genin

And in the darkness between the trees, a puppeteer from the Hidden Sand Village hid himself quietly among them like a cunning hunter.

He had a clear view of several people who were roasting fire not far away.

"Why do these Konoha ninjas love to roast fire so much?" he muttered to himself.

However, this is not a big deal. Now that we have detected the target's existence, it is time to take action!

However, this puppeteer would not act rashly. He just gently moved the tiny chakra lines between his fingers. These chakra lines spread to the entire tree canopy like spider silk, interweaving into a dense web.

The moment he made a move, the other five puppeteers also sensed his intention through this chakra net.

"Oh? Has new prey come to our door?" A hint of excitement flashed in the eyes of the people who were originally sitting cross-legged in various places, concentrating on recovering their chakras.

Then, they stood up without hesitation and rushed towards this side from different directions.

This is a tactic that belongs exclusively to puppeteers.

They rarely fight alone, but either cooperate with each other or gather together to control puppets to launch large-scale attacks.

Because of the characteristics of puppets, as long as enough of them gather, they can form a very terrifying combat power!

Normally, a puppeteer can only control one puppet.

However, the puppeteers who are selected to join the elite puppet unit that harasses Konoha's rear are all able to control at least two puppets.

Therefore, the five of them are equivalent to the fighting power of two teams!

Moreover, the two puppet brigades that showed no fear of life and death and were equipped with poisoned weapons could no longer be described with the word "terrible", they could only be described as extremely terrifying!

Because of the chakra network, these puppeteers did not need to spend too much time identifying the path and arrived here quickly.

"Why are there only a few ninjas here, and why are they roasting a fire here?"

Some people thought something was wrong: "Could it be a trap?"

"possible."

Another puppeteer nodded. "It's a crude trap, just like using wooden poles to prop up a cage to catch birds."

Puppeteers who can control puppets are not fools.

On the contrary, their intelligence and wisdom far surpassed that of ordinary ninjas.

Every puppeteer is extremely skilled in strategy and tactics.

So they could easily see that this was a trap!

What's more, this trap is very crude, just like a joke, even a fool can see that there is something wrong with it at a glance.

"Haha... Trying to play tricks in front of us puppet masters is really overestimating your own abilities!" Another puppeteer sneered.

"The little brat from Konoha is still like this, naive and stupid."

"I guess these people who were chosen as bait must be very scared. If they are all killed, I wonder how the Konoha ninja who came up with this trap would feel?"

"I really want to see the regret and pain on his face..."

"Ha ha ha ha ha!"

The other four puppet masters showed sarcasm on their faces, feeling that they had occupied the IQ high ground. They considered themselves to be smart and really liked the feeling of crushing the enemy with their IQ.

"start to act!"

The chakra lines in their hands started to operate, and in the dark shadows of the trees, the controlled wooden puppets began to move.

Killing intent began to spread.

And Toru Ito, who was squatting in the grass, also felt something strange.

"Why haven't these guys started to act yet?"

"So timid?"

"I deliberately revealed so many flaws. Even a fool can see that this is a stupid trap, right?"

Wow——!

Along with the sound of rustling leaves, a puppet with a ferocious face and a circle of wires and needles wrapped around its body rushed out from the dense woods like an arrow!

There was also a green knife tied to its hand, which was obviously poisoned. If it was cut by it, the consequences would be disastrous!

"Finally out!"

Several Konoha ninjas who were originally gathered around the fire were already on high alert. When they sensed something unexpected was happening, they dodged without hesitation and dispersed in all directions!

"Um?!"

This was something the puppeteer had not expected.

In their expectations, these baits should be responsible for delaying time. Shouldn't they stay where they are and resist their attacks?

Why did he run away?

"Sure enough, you are a coward?"

A puppeteer came up with a reasonable answer: "Because he was too weak and under too much psychological pressure, he collapsed!"

"We can't let them escape!"

"Surround us!"

Under their control, the puppets that were originally hidden suddenly rushed out, forming a huge encirclement net, surrounding all the Konoha ninjas who had no time to escape!

"not good!"

Hongdou, who was surrounded, and the other Konoha ninjas' hearts beat fast.

There are some strange-looking puppets all around, and they are floating in the air around, giving a very oppressive feeling!

"Gulu."

Even though Toru Ito had told them what would happen and the solution before the action, when they really faced this life-and-death moment, everyone still felt an inexplicable fear in their hearts!

"Die!"

A puppeteer's eyes flashed with malice, and then he found that he could no longer control the puppet!

"what happened?!"

Not only him, other puppeteers also discovered this.

"Someone cut our puppet strings!"

"Very strong!"

"Be careful, this is coming for us!"

When they realized something was wrong, several puppeteers began to disperse without hesitation!

However, one person was a step slower, and a white knife light appeared in front of his eyes!

In just a moment, he felt a chill on his neck, followed by hot blood spilling on his body. The last time he looked around, he saw a figure flash by, running towards his companion!

Then the vision in his eyes dimmed and got closer and closer to the ground until there was a plop, like a drop of water merging into a dark ocean.

"Yes, saved!"

Hongdou and the others who were standing there were gasping for breath.

At the moment when they thought something was wrong, those puppets that were watching them eagerly suddenly fell to the ground and broke into pieces!

"It was Sakumo who took action!"

“This is too reliable!”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and began to feel the sensation of being carried away.

"Those Sand Ninjas are going to be in big trouble next!"

Someone gloated.

"Haha! This is how we'll make them pay!"

Amidst the relaxing sounds, Hongdou suddenly felt something strange and looked over to see Toru Ito and Sakumo Hatake lying in ambush in the bushes.

Toru Ito did not come out.

On the other side, the puppeteer who first discovered the trap was running away in panic!

Damn it! Damn it!

His mind went blank.

It's too late to regret and blame myself.

In just a moment, the chakra line lost contact with three teammates!

They are all puppeteers carefully trained by Sand Village!

He died here so easily!

I was fooled! I was fooled!

This trap is designed for them!

I must, I must escape!

You must not die here!

He was running away, but suddenly stopped!

On a tree not far from him, there was a young ninja with a childish face and wearing a Konoha forehead protector, who was looking at him as if he was stunned.

hostage!

The puppeteer named Shaman was suddenly delighted and rushed over quickly, "Where are you escaping to!"

He stretched out his big hand and was about to capture the Konoha ninja!

Of course, having fallen into a trap once, Shaman was ready to turn around and escape at any time.

Who knows if this Konoha kid is another trap!

However, there was no ambush as he had imagined. He easily strangled the child's neck. Seeing that the other party's face turned red, Shaman could not help but show joy.

Saved!

"Be honest, or I'll kill you!"

As he threatened viciously, he glanced guiltily in the direction he came from.

Fortunately, that scary white-haired ninja did not chase after us.

Next... huh?

He suddenly felt something strange because the captured child stopped struggling, so he turned around quickly, only to see the child looking at him expressionlessly.

"Weakness and ignorance are not obstacles to survival, arrogance is."

He heard the child say this, and the next moment, the child's figure suddenly turned into a group of butterflies and scattered!

"you……"

Shaman's pupils shrank, and he didn't realize that he had fallen into an illusion.

Damn it! When!

He quickly formed seals, trying to disrupt his chakra, but the next second he felt a huge force coming from the back of his neck.

boom!

Shaman rolled his eyes and fell heavily to the ground.

Behind him, Ito Toru withdrew his hand with satisfaction: "Catch one alive!"