I just returned to Konoha and found that all my clan members were gone.

Secret skills, hundreds of machine exercises

Scorpion threw out a scroll, and bang bang sounds continued to ring out. After bursts of smoke, hundreds of puppets filled the entire battlefield.

Looking at the shocked Konoha ninja in front of him, Sasori raised his head and said arrogantly.

"Let's end this boring play as soon as possible."

As the one who knew Scorpion best, Chiyo did not hold back and took out a scroll, on which was sealed her treasured puppets. With her ability, she could only control ten at most, which was nothing compared to the shocking level of Scorpion.

"There are just too many of them. Even you can't concentrate on controlling so many puppets at once."

Kakashi analyzed calmly, and as long as Scorpion and other puppets were dealt with, they would fall apart on their own.

"Hehe, you can give it a try."

Scorpion sneered twice, and a large number of puppets rushed directly towards Kakashi and Kai. These two were the people who could pose the greatest threat to him.

At once, Naruto, Sakura, Chiyo and the three members of Kai's team all started to act.

Each puppet was coated with a highly poisonous weapon, so they had to be extremely careful when fighting.

Faced with the puppets that were like a tide, Kakashi had to release a large-scale ninjutsu. The purple lightning in the sky tore through the puppets in front of him, creating a passage for Kai.

Kai understood what he meant and seized the opportunity to rush directly towards Scorpion, who was still standing still. He successfully hit Scorpion with a powerful kick, but the puppets on the battlefield continued to move.

Neji used his Gentle Fist to knock away an approaching puppet and shouted to Gai.

"It's useless, Mr. Kai! His true form seems to be able to travel between the puppets. We must destroy all the puppets!"

The blue steam on Kai's body has shown some signs of weakness. The continuous use of the Eight Gates has put too much pressure on him. Even though his physical strength has been restored to a large extent, he can no longer bear it mentally.

Kai said angrily as he swept away the puppets that were surrounding him with a roundhouse kick.

"Damn it, I hate enemies like this, they're not youthful at all!"

At this time, Naruto finally showed some enthusiasm and created a considerable number of shadow clones. The army of shadow clones rushed towards the puppet regardless of life and death.

Although most of them were turned into smoke by the puppets in just a few moves, he actually had the most puppets involved among all the people present at the moment.

Time passed quickly, and more and more puppets on the battlefield were defeated, but Chiyo's mood never got better. She always felt that things were not that simple.

"Kakashi, I only have enough energy to use one more day tiger now, so we must seize the opportunity."

Gai and Kakashi stood back to back, whispering.

"Save this move. It's a waste to use Day Tiger to eliminate these puppets."

Kakashi was out of breath. These puppets were not very strong but they consumed a lot of his physical strength and chakra. Even though he was no longer short of blue, he still felt a little uncomfortable.

"Otama Rasengan!"

Naruto roared, and Rasengan as big as basketballs emerged from his and his shadow clone's hands. It seemed as if his chakra was inexhaustible.

As the number of puppets on the scene decreased, Kakashi discovered that the puppets had reduced their active attacks and were more defensive.

"Kai, attack that direction with me!"

Kakashi pointed to several puppets that were obviously gathered together. Even if Scorpion could move on different puppets, he couldn't move too far. As long as he destroyed all the gathered puppets together, he could defeat the opponent.

Kai reacted quickly without thinking whether Kakashi's words were correct. A blue shock wave formed instantly, and he used his remaining strength to fire the last Day Tiger.

However, the scorpion hidden in the puppet had already been alerted, and a wall made of iron sand was formed in an instant.

At the most critical moment, Scorpion finally used the puppet of the Third Kazekage.

The attack of the day tiger finally tore through the defense of the sand iron, but the scorpion also seized the opportunity to successfully escape.

Kai, feeling tingling all over, had to exit the Eight Gates Ninjutsu mode. At this moment, his body had already sounded a serious alarm.

Kakashi did not waste the opportunity created by Gai. He used all his strength to use Lightning Release to stimulate his body. Without the dynamic vision of the Sharingan as a blessing, he could only fight hard.

As he was about to approach Scorpion, the blue electric light on Kakashi's body directly transformed into purple electric current. The intertwined purple electricity formed a large net that wanted to cover all the remaining puppets.

Facing Kakashi's attack, Scorpion calmly pulled the puppet of the Sandaime Kazekage in front of him and opened his mouth and spoke softly.

"Secret technique, a hundred machines in one."

At once, countless iron sand emerged from the puppets. The puppets that had been smashed to the ground seemed to have been attracted by something and all flew towards the scorpion.

The large net formed by the interweaving of purple lightning was finally broken by countless puppets, and Kakashi's attack failed again.

"Is there any backup plan after this?"

Kakashi stepped back and came to Gai's side to help him up.

With the Third Kazekage's puppet as the core and the other puppets as parts, a giant puppet over thirty meters in height was quickly assembled.

"The guy who was in the way has finally run out of strength. It's time to show you. This is the first time I use this technique, so open your eyes and watch carefully."

The huge puppet slowly opened its mouth, and a mechanical voice carried a hint of pride.

"Brother Scorpion, is this your ultimate art? I didn't expect you to come up with this after all these years."

Deidara, who had barely recovered some strength, made a clay bird, but because of too little chakra, its size was only half of what it used to be.

"Let's evacuate first. We have achieved our goal. Continuing will only result in more casualties."

Kakashi carried Kai to Chiyo. He no longer wanted to fight.

Chiyo stared at Scorpion's Ultimate Art without saying a word, her eyes flickering constantly, and no one knew what she was thinking.

"Kakashi, I can still..."

"Kai, you can no longer use the Eight Gates!"

Kakashi shot back before Gai could continue, his tone somewhat accusing.

"How can you give up so easily? I haven't gotten any information about Sasuke yet!"

The most unwilling person present was Naruto. Gaara was already dead, and now he only wanted to know information about Sasuke.

"But facing this kind of enemy, what chance do we have of winning?"

As a promoted jonin, Neji still maintains his sanity, but now it seems that he looks a bit ridiculous as a jonin.

"Naruto, let's evacuate first, Teacher Kai is already injured!"

Seeing that Kakashi no longer had the will to fight, Sakura began to persuade him.

"Actually, I..."

"Kai, you should have a good rest."

Kakashi patted Gai's shoulder.

"Oh, alright."

Kakashi kept staring at Chiyo after he finished speaking, in fact, Naruto's opinion was not important at this time, only the Sand Village was his ally.

"why?"

Seeing that Kakashi had been ignoring him, Naruto lowered his head and said something incomprehensible.

"Naruto?"

Xiao Li, who was closest to Naruto, was confused.

Naruto raised his head and his eyes had turned into those of a beast.

"Why do you still treat me like a child? I've been training hard! I've grown up! Kakashi-sensei! The lecherous sage! And Granny Tsunade! You don't tell me anything! I just want Sasuke to come back!"

Naruto has been feeling depressed since returning to the village. Even if he was stupid, he felt something was wrong. He always felt that others were hiding something from him.

The previous conversation with Ye Lan had already made him very concerned, and this moment finally reached the critical point.