Most of the time, the number of puppets that can be controlled at the same time is the best reflection of the puppet master's strength.

A genin who can skillfully control a puppet equipped with exquisite mechanisms is considered a strong genin. Chiyo, who is at the top of the puppet master, can control ten powerful puppets with one finger and one puppet. Even a shadow-level expert must be careful when controlling ten powerful puppets.

The reason why "Scorpion" is recognized by Chiyo and others as having Chunin strength is largely because "Scorpion" can skillfully control the puppets [Father] and [Mother].

The large number of mechanisms, the poison applied, and the cooperation of the puppets are enough to make most chuunin die of hatred before they can touch the puppet master.

But if you want to reach that level of strength as soon as possible, both talent and hard work are indispensable.

Now Xie Mao has just begun to become familiar with chakra lines. It is almost impossible to do two things at once in a short period of time and control two delicate and powerful puppets at the same time.

"Only by restoring Scorpion's original strength as soon as possible can I ensure my safety to the greatest extent..."

Once the fact that he could not control the puppet was exposed, Xie Mao could not imagine how tragic his ending would be.

Driven by concentration and the desire to survive, Xie Mao kept trying, and finally, the chakra he used more skillfully extended from Xie Mao's fingertips, forming a bluish chakra line.

"The first step has been completed." Xie Mao's eyes were fixed, and he moved his fingertips slightly, and the slightly soft chakra line touched the puppet.

The head, torso, limbs, special organs...the ten chakra lines extending from the fingers were in place. Xie Mao's arm raised his palm a little, outputting more chakra, and the chakra lines suddenly became thicker.

, like a taut bowstring, pulled up the puppet [Father].

It's a bit heavy... Xie Mao curled his fingers slightly and felt that the other end of the chakra line was heavy and heavy. It was hard to imagine that this kind of puppet, which was full of mechanisms and was far heavier than a human being, could actually be like an arm in the hands of the "Scorpion" in the past.

Use your fingers.

Xie Mao already found it difficult to pull up a puppet, let alone fight, it was simply a burden.

"It's okay to spend time pretending, but yesterday's attempt has shown that digestion progress is very difficult to accumulate. I'm afraid I won't be able to reach Sequence 5 in two years, and I won't be able to pretend that I know the puppetry..." Xie Mao looked at the puppet in front of him and thought deeply.

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He had to adjust his plan and devote more time to ninja training. After all, the plug-ins provided by the system were not very easy to use, and the complete ninja experience in his memory was too good, so he could only make a choice.

You can usually find time to play, but the focus still has to be on the ninja side. When you regain the strength of the "Scorpion", you can focus on exploring the power of the sequence.

After all, it is a plug-in with much greater potential. If he can reach the level of a saint or even an angel, Xie Mao believes that he can go sideways in the ninja world.

Xie Mao felt the slight vibration feedback from his fingertips, like a spider on a cobweb.

In "Scorpion"'s memory, there is a special rhythm between the puppet master and the puppet.

Only by grasping this rhythm, which is like the beating of life, can the puppet fight like a ninja and exert its power far beyond ordinary people's imagination.

It's probably the same principle as "the unity of man and sword"... Xie Mao tried to understand.

He closed his eyes and felt it carefully for a while, but to no avail.

"Obviously, Scorpion felt the rhythm soon after he came into contact with the puppets. I didn't inherit the talent at all."

Xie Mao complained, but his heart slowly calmed down. He closed his eyes again and concentrated on feeling the vibrations coming from the chakra lines on his hands. He occasionally bent his fingers to make the puppet move.

Xie Mao, with his eyes closed, sat cross-legged opposite the puppet. He had no sense of time and ignored the noise from the outside world. In the darkness, ten chakra lines gradually appeared with a faint light. They swayed and pulled slightly.

The dull puppet at the end of the chakra line.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

It was obviously not in the dead of night, nor did he put his hand on his chest to feel it, but Xie Mao heard the beating of his own heart.

The beating of the heart was steady and regular, and the distinct beating sound in the darkness infected the chakra lines, gradually causing the chakra lines to have a regular rhythm, just like the strings of a piano.

The rhythm was transmitted to the distance, and the puppet's stiff body seemed to have a weak vitality, but it was still dull.

This is not enough!

Xie Mao's inspiration clearly told him this fact.

In his mind, the ten chakra lines continued to rhythm gently. Xie Mao was neither anxious nor discouraged. The chakra lines were like his spider webs, acting as his eyes and ears in the dark.

Slowly, the beating sound of Xie Mao's heart became lower and quieter.

The other kind of rhythm is longer, slower, but also has its own rhythm coming from the end of the chakra line.

It was a vibration that was difficult for ordinary people to feel, but it was faithfully transmitted back by the chakra line and collided with the rhythm of Xie Mao's heart.

The two rhythms cannot be harmoniously blended into one.

Xie Mao frowned and thought. He was sure that when the two rhythms were combined, he would be able to achieve his goal.

"In the beginning, Scorpion succeeded quickly by relying on his talent and had no corresponding experience..."

"The puppet is a dead thing. You can't expect it to cooperate with me. I can only cooperate with him." Xie Mao began to try, his fingers moved rhythmically, and his own rhythm changed.

After trying again and again, the occasional success was remembered by inspiration, so I corrected my mistakes again and again...

It's like shooting a basketball - if the shot is close, add more force, if the shot is far, just tighten it a little, and if the shot misses, correct it again.

Gradually, Xie Mao felt as if his consciousness had transferred to the puppet.

Boom!

A sudden knock on the door woke Xie Mao. He immediately opened his eyes and turned around to look, but his eyes were still dark.

Xie Mao was stunned for a moment and woke up from his somewhat hazy state. He opened his eyes and found that he was still sitting cross-legged, facing the puppet, but the puppet turned his head and looked straight in the direction of the door.

"This..." Xie Mao raised his eyebrows in surprise, and there was another knock on the door.

Being interrupted from his inspiration, Xie Mao asked unhappily: "Who?"

"It's me, young master." Uncle Sen's voice came from outside the door.

"Uncle Sen? Please come in." Xie Mao suppressed his somewhat fluctuating mood and said calmly.

Uncle Sen opened the door and was stunned for a moment because he found two red-haired figures staring at him.

One is Xie Mao, and the other is the puppet [Father].

Even though he was very familiar with them, Uncle Sen, who was just an ordinary person, couldn't help but feel a little afraid when they stared at him.

"What's the reason for suddenly coming to see me?" Xie Mao asked. Uncle Sen usually wouldn't bother him.

"There are two things." Uncle Sen came back to his senses and said respectfully, "One is that it's almost time for lunch, and the other is that a ninja came over to inform you not to forget the mission."

It's already noon. Have I been practicing for so long... Xie Mao said "Yes": "I understand, I'll go to eat later."

He is clear about the mission.

After graduation, "Scorpion" did not join any ninja teams because of his withdrawn personality. There were two consultant elders at home who had no shortage of expenses. This made "Scorpion" have a very casual attitude towards tasks, and only cared about puppet-related tasks.

For example, the task that Uncle Sen just mentioned is the development task that "Scorpion" specially followed. The object of development is an old ruin that needs to be excavated.

It is said that this is the place where Monzaemon, a famous figure in Sunagakure Village, fought for the last time and died in this old ruins.

Monzaemon inherited and vigorously developed the puppet ninjutsu created by the second Kazekage, Samana. In terms of puppet ninjutsu, he went further than Samana who was tired of government affairs. He was a master in the world of puppets.

After Monzaemon's death, the Second Kazekage brought back his masterpiece and relic - the Chikamatsu Ten People, which has now been handed down to Chiyo, and is Chiyo's puppet at the bottom of the box.

Talking back to the mission, the reason was that a hunter discovered a small secret passage in this old ruins. He thought it was left after the changes in the rocks, and perhaps animals used it as a nest. As a result, the hunter was unfortunately poisoned by the trap while exploring.

, returned to his village with difficulty and barely managed to save a life, but he also became disabled.

This made Orion so angry that he couldn't sleep at night, but he was already disabled and could no longer explore, so he gritted his teeth and invited a ninja to take action.

This mission was just an inconspicuous C-level mission at first. As a result, after the ninja explored deeper, he was poisoned by a more violent poison. The prepared detoxification method was completely ineffective. He died before returning to Sunagakure Village and only brought back

Collected some of the puppet parts in the secret passage.

Chiyo's identification of those puppet parts confirmed that they had the style of Monzaemon.

So things got serious.

Considering that this was an old relic of Monzaemon's sacrifice, the village did not make a big fanfare, but quietly entrusted the task to some puppet masters, which was regarded as a subordinate task.

"Scorpion" accepted this task, but he was not in the first batch, but was selected into the second batch - probably because "Scorpion" was too withdrawn, and he was only a genin on the surface, so his priority was not high.

Only when the first batch is unable to complete the task will the second batch be sent out again to add more manpower.

The first batch arrived at its destination three days ago, while the second batch will leave tomorrow.

It's been three days and it still hasn't been resolved. It must be very troublesome. I'd better not join in the fun now... Xie Mao is very self-aware. With his current strength, there are dangers everywhere outside the village.

Xie Mao plans to tell Qianyo tonight that he wants to withdraw...

【Ding!】

[You have a temporary task]

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Chapter completed!