There was actually an arm exposed under the rock, which meant that [Sramana] almost broke free.

Fengjian shook his black hat that was completely covered with dust, staggered a bit, and said vaguely: "I'll go take a look."

"I'll do it."

Chiyo walked over slowly. Before Xie Mao could react, ten white-clothed puppets with some injuries had surrounded the pile of rubble. Among them, a tall defensive puppet wearing a cyan mask stepped forward and grabbed

That tattered arm.

This tattered arm was very thin, and the bones inside could be seen at a glance after the outer skin was damaged. Chiyo controlled the puppet's strength and tried to pull out the arm.

With a gentle rubbing sound, the arm was pulled out much easier than expected, because it was just a section of arm!

The broken arm... In the not too bright firelight, Xie Mao saw the neat cross section of the arm. His eyes couldn't help but widen, realizing that something was very wrong.

If it is broken by rock, the cut surface should never be so smooth.

That's bait!

The more experienced Chiyo was about to control the puppet to retreat earlier, but in the next moment an arm suddenly emerged from the rock pile and grabbed Chiyo's green-faced puppet.

"It's really not that simple!"

Chiyo's face became fierce, and she immediately activated the mechanism on the tall green-faced puppet. The cold-toned, seemingly very strong shackles came out of the puppet's body and locked the arm that suddenly came out.

At the same time, the other nine puppets moved at the same time, and various weapons were stabbed at the swaying pile of rubble.

Taking advantage of the current suspension of the "Kingdom", Chiyo showed her ability as a top puppet master without hesitation.

Da! Huh!

The sounds of more than a dozen gold and stone clashes came together, and all the sharp weapons pierced into the rubble, both killing and blocking. Even a puppet like the Nidaime had no chance of breaking free!

The still swaying pile of rubble stopped moving, but a translucent fluid suddenly appeared from the arm and penetrated into Chiyo's blue-faced puppet.

"What is that?" Chiyo was confused and found that the chakra line controlling the puppet was swallowed again.

And Chiyo's tall green-faced puppet was already active. The inconspicuous black spell spread quickly from the rubble and wrapped around the puppet. It immediately made a few seals quickly, and then pressed its hands on the rubble.

Pile on.

Swish, swish, swish~

Yellow sand visible to the naked eye floats out from the rubble. This yellow sand covers the sword inserted into it, so it is necessary to push it out.

【Sramana】is about to break free!

Just when everyone was shocked, they heard a hoarse voice like a crow coming from the rubble, but shouting hoarsely: "Chiyo, change the line!"

"This sound..."

[Change] is a technique used by two puppet masters when they cooperate with each other. Chiyo subconsciously loosened all the chakra threads in his hands, but all of Chiyo's puppets did not stop moving. They all pulled out their swords, and then turned around.

, stabbed at the green-faced puppet controlled by the glazed fluid.

At this time, Chiyo tightened the chakra cord again, the attack power of all the puppets increased sharply, and he pierced the green-faced puppet's body with great force.

Click!

The green-faced puppet made a harsh mechanism sound inside its body, and its whole body shook non-stop, but its whole body was penetrated by more than a dozen swords and it could no longer move.

The flow of yellow sand stopped, and the pile of rubble still buried the [Sramata], but everyone wanted to know what happened.

"Nidaime?" Hagura shouted nervously.

"I...am..." In the pile of rocks, [Sramana]'s eyes were empty and dark, and it said slowly in an extremely unpleasant voice, "You...did...well..."

"The Nidaime is still alive!?" Someone in the ninja team already said in surprise.

"No...I would have died long ago."

As if after saying enough words, [Sramana]'s voice became coherent: "What's left in this dead body is just my modified brain."

"It's unimaginable... Nidaime, what is going on? Is it possible for us to save you?" Chiyo asked with a heavy face, she did not have any expectations.

"Hoho~" [Sramana] let out an unpleasant laugh, "Do you still remember the [Anthropomorphic Living Puppet] experiment?"

"Well... that experiment should have been stopped before you and Monzaemon-sama died, right?" Chiyo was not too surprised. She had already recalled the past when she saw [Sramana].

In the Sunagakure Village during the Nidaime period, the Puppetry Technique was very popular. Although it was only a jutsu that was created only a few years ago, with geniuses like the Nidaime and Monzaemon, the framework of the Puppetry Technique was quickly built and filled with various combinations.

Due to the combination of traps and poisons, the puppet master has become a special profession that is quite troublesome for the rest of the ninja village.

But that's just it.

During that period, the ninja world was in constant turmoil, and the war made the Sunagakure Village, which already lacked a population, even worse. Not to mention the Jonin, even the Kazekage was likely to die tragically.

So at that time, the second generation Kazekage, Shamon, was already training a successor. He did not choose Monzaemon, but valued the current Kazekage who had mastered the magnetic release and sand iron.

After all, puppetry is just a trick. The second generation created puppetry just to make up for the lack of manpower.

The puppet's mechanisms and poisons are fine against Chunin and Genin, but if you want to deal with Jōnin and above, you have to spend a lot of time developing special and violent poisons. In the end, the puppet becomes a poisonous thing.

Monzaemon, who was the first to learn puppetry, could not accept this after reaching the end of puppetry, so he studied hard and created a special puppet that can release ninjutsu-like techniques using mechanisms, the most representative of which

Yes, it is the "ten people near the pine tree".

Since then, puppetry has gained greater potential and threats. Although it is still a niche, it cannot be underestimated.

The creation of Monzaemon made Samana turn his attention to puppetry again. From those puppets that could perform ninjutsu-like techniques, he saw a greater prospect after experiencing "reincarnation in the dirty land" - making dead ninjas become puppets.

Resurrection!

This is the background of the [Anthropomorphic Living Puppet] experiment.

To put it bluntly, it means turning the dead into puppets and fighting for the village.

But as Chiyo said, this experiment was stopped before Salmon and Monzaemon died. The reason is very simple. The subjects of the experiment were all dying ninjas. They would take out each other's brains and conduct cruel experiments.

For the precarious village at that time, such sacrifices were still acceptable, but they failed so many times that most researchers felt that such an experiment was not only sacrilegious, but also impossible to succeed.

Coupled with the growing public pressure in the village, the experiment was forced to be suspended.

"It's just a formal stop, but Monzaemon and I are insisting."

[Sramana]'s voice became softer and softer as he spoke. It was keenly aware of this and said hoarsely: "It seems that I don't have time to tell you everything behind it. Let's go back to the village and look for it. Maybe there will be records... My consciousness

I am about to disappear, I have died a long time ago, but I can still die a second time."

"you……"

Chiyo wanted to say something, but in the end it turned into a sigh, and she asked instead: "What should I do with the existence that controls my puppet and can absorb chakra?"

"It's called the Glass Snake. It's Monzaemon's last work. It can control a living puppet like me, absorb and use chakra. If I hadn't been prepared before my death, I would have been completely controlled by it and would have killed you all before I did.

."

[Sramana]'s voice became softer and softer, so that everyone had to hold their breath to barely hear it clearly: "No need to deal with it, I have set a trap. After it escapes from me, it cannot come back...it will follow me."

Brain dead...leave with me."

"It's such a pity... the village... please... you..."

As the last sound dispersed, there was no more sound or movement in the rubble. Just as [Sramana] said, its consciousness had died.

The green-faced puppet that was still struggling just now has calmed down, like a normal puppet being held up by a sword and hanging in the air.

The ninja team was quiet, more or less silently mourning the departure of the second generation. Among the crowd, Xie Mao was filled with helplessness.

Others were just curious about the truth, and it didn't matter if they couldn't hear it. But Xie Mao came here for the truth, and [Sramana]'s death at the speed of light caught Xie Mao off guard.

I glanced at the task progress and saw that it was approaching 40%.

This means that there is still a lot of information hidden in the shadow of time.

At this time, Chiyo was the first to break the silence and said: "It is undoubtedly a sad thing for the second generation to leave, but we, who are responsible for the future of the village, must look forward and can no longer be immersed in sadness."

"yes!"

"Take back Nidaime's body and the three puppets before." Chiyo said a little tiredly, "Then we will go out to rest for two hours and then rush back to the village."

There are many wounded in the team now, and they all need urgent treatment. It is impossible to rush on the road immediately. In addition, Chiyo, Hayakura and other combat personnel are also very consumed, so they must take a good rest and catch their breath.

"Ye Cang, you take Xie first, and the other seriously injured people should go out first." Chiyo said sideways.

"Yes." Ye Cang's face became even more tired, and he did not insist on staying.

"How are you Kazama?" Chiyo went to see Kazama again, but found that Kazama didn't respond, "Kazema?"

"Ah, Counselor Chiyo?"

When Fengjian woke up, he shook his head and said vaguely: "I'm fine."

"Really?" Chiyo nodded slowly, "Do you want to go back and rest first?"

"No, no, I can stay and help."

"Well."
Chapter completed!