Chiyo's chakra threads, which had been attached to Kai's acupoints, were completely shaken off by Kai's technique. Feeling the loss of control from her fingertips, Chiyo was taken aback.
The Puppet Technique: Manipulation: Human Body Skill was a forbidden jutsu. Once an opponent's acupoints were attached to her chakra threads, their movements would be entirely under her control. This was the power of a puppeteer and one of Chiyo's secret techniques that made her stand out in the ninja world.
She never expected such a technique to be easily broken by a mere child. Chiyo's gaze at Kai grew more serious.
"Kid, how did you break free from the control of the Human Body Skill?"
Though she knew Kai wouldn't answer, Chiyo couldn't help but ask.
Her Human Body Skill had been overcome before, but only by renowned figures in the ninja world, and none as effortlessly as Kai.
Kai sneered, "Old lady, do I need to tell you?"
Strong Fist: Air Break!
With that, he launched his right fist, sending a dense chakra shockwave toward Chiyo.
Chiyo, unfazed by the incoming chakra shockwave, extended an arm. Instantly, four panels unfolded from her wrist, blocking the chakra shockwave.
Puppet Technique: Light Shield Seal!
The Light Shield Seal uses a puppet as a medium, transforming one's chakra into a shield that can defend against anything. Chiyo had even modified her arm into a puppet.
"Indeed, you've turned yourself into a puppet, just like your grandson," Kai taunted, watching Chiyo's bizarrely extended arm.
To Kai, the human body itself is the greatest treasure. Modifying it into a puppet is a waste of potential.
Hearing Kai's words, Chiyo's pupils shrank, and she asked excitedly, "Scorpion! Do you know where Scorpion is? Tell me, or I'll kill you!"
Chiyo loved her only grandson dearly, even going so far as to research the Reanimation Jutsu in hopes of reviving Scorpion's parents. But Scorpion had defected from Sunagakure, leaving her heartbroken.
If not for avenging her son and daughter-in-law, she wouldn't have re-entered the ninja world.
Now, hearing a hint about Scorpion, she couldn't help but be excited.
Kai laughed, "Someone knows better than I do."
"Who?" Chiyo asked immediately.
"The Third Kazekage."
Kai spoke the truth; the Third Kazekage knew more about the Red Sand Scorpion's whereabouts but couldn't speak.
However, Chiyo took this as a taunt and angrily said, "Damn brat, looks like I'll have to capture you and force the information out of you."
She quickly unfurled a scroll, and ten white-clad puppets leaped out.
Ox-head puppet, pig-face puppet, long-armed white-haired puppet—ten fully human-shaped puppets appeared on the battlefield.
White Secret Technique: Chikamatsu Collection of Ten Puppets!
The masterpiece of the puppet master Monzaemon, fully human-shaped puppets.
Chiyo controlled the ten human puppets with her ten fingers, attacking Kai!
Ten-Finger Manipulation!
This was the highest level of puppet manipulation in the ninja world, and Chiyo was the second puppeteer to reach this level after Monzaemon.
Even Monzaemon could only control eight puppets at most.
This was why Chiyo could inherit the White Secret Technique: Chikamatsu Collection of Ten Puppets, even though she wasn't from the Monzaemon family. No one else could fully control the Chikamatsu Collection of Ten Puppets.
Chiyo had once used the Chikamatsu Collection of Ten Puppets to massacre an entire village!
The ox-head and pig-face puppets guarded Chiyo. As a puppeteer, she feared close combat the most, while the remaining eight puppets quickly attacked Kai.
Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique!
A massive dragon-headed flame surged toward the eight attacking puppets.
Under Chiyo's control, the eight white-clad puppets showed no intention of dodging. A red-faced and a white-faced puppet charged ahead.
The white-faced puppet transformed into a rapidly spinning four-bladed chakra knife, slicing through the Great Dragon Fire Technique under the red-faced puppet's control.
"To be completely unafraid of Fire Release, truly the pinnacle of puppet craftsmanship," Kai remarked, dodging the incoming Chikamatsu Collection of Ten Puppets.
"But no matter how powerful a puppet is, it's still made of wood, with perhaps some steel added. How strong can it be?"
Wind Release: Rasenshuriken!
A shuriken-shaped Rasengan appeared in Kai's hand, its low-frequency screeching sound piercing through most of the battlefield.
It collided with the red-faced puppet's head, shattering it into splinters under the Rasenshuriken's powerful wind chakra.
Seeing her red-faced puppet reduced to wood chips, Chiyo felt a pang of heartache. The Chikamatsu Collection of Ten Puppets was her strongest puppet, and such damage couldn't be repaired even by Monzaemon himself.
Looking at Kai, her heartache turned to anger, "Damn brat, let's see how many more of those jutsus you can use!"
She continued to control the remaining puppets to attack Kai.
Indeed, powerful jutsus like the Rasenshuriken couldn't be used repeatedly due to chakra consumption and strain on the arm.
However, Kai knew he didn't need to destroy Chiyo's puppets one by one with Rasenshuriken.
He understood that for a puppeteer, their weakest point was themselves!
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