So strong.

This is Xie Mao's only thought at the moment.

He was completely unaware of Chiyo's hidden methods. It wasn't until Chiyo explained it after he took action that Xie Mao knew what Chiyo was playing secretly.

Obviously Monzaemon is not weak, but after the intelligence gap between the two sides widened, Chiyo was able to take advantage, easily hurt Monzaemon, and also sealed two important puppets of the opponent.

It's amazing... Xie Mao sighed silently. Suddenly, his inspiration gave him another fierce warning.

He once again dodged Monzaemon's attack!

Monzaemon's expression was uncontrollably stunned after another failed sneak attack, and it began to doubt the accuracy of Kazama's memory.

Is this red-haired brat really a genin?

Monzaemon thought it was very ridiculous.

It showed an exaggerated and out-of-control gesture with a little anger at being deceived by Chiyo, with the purpose of attracting Xie Mao's attention and making Xie Mao ignore its silent seal formation and instantaneous form.

Obviously this kid completely ignored his surroundings and didn't notice its quiet movements, but why he still reacted can't be explained by luck!

Could it be that I was deceived by the body language of this kid? Monzaemon found it even more incredible, but it was too late to grab Xie Mao, who was as slippery as a loach, so he simply changed his target and reached towards the puppet [Mother] on the side.

Monzaemon felt that it was the pinnacle of puppetry skills. The more puppets the better for it, and it could control even hundreds of puppets.

It's just that a clever woman can't make a cake without rice. It also needs puppets to display its true strength. However, all the puppets reserved in this laboratory have been used up by [Sramana] and buried under rocks... Wait, is it possible that this is also the purpose of [Sramana]?

The preparation for dealing with it!?

Monzaemon didn't have time to think too much, it had to snatch the puppet in front of it as quickly as possible and escape.

It had noticed Chiyo sending a vague signal for help before, so it used a powerful ninjutsu to avoid attracting the attention of the ninjas at the foot of the mountain. But now it has not taken any advantage, and the battle situation has changed.

It was already at a disadvantage. If it had successfully controlled Sheimao just now, it would have been able to make a comeback, but it failed humiliatingly. Monzaemon immediately gave up the idea of ​​struggling any longer.

The plan to sneak into Sunagakure Village has been ruined, so we can only retreat temporarily!

Just when Monzaemon grabbed the puppet [Mother] and was about to inject it into the clone, the chakra thread originally attached to [Mother] suddenly tightened and was violently pulled in all directions against the common sense of puppetry.

Click, click, click!

The puppet [Mother] immediately fell apart, as if it had been dismembered, and turned into seven pieces, including a head, two separate torso, and limbs. Among them, the piece of torso that Monzaemon grabbed was released after a short delay.

The kraft threads were swallowed immediately, but this did not affect the rest. Sheimao calmly pulled them around Monzaemon.

He had earlier opened the key mechanism responsible for connecting various parts of the puppet, and with the powerful force of the chakra threads working wonders, the puppet was naturally "dismembered".

He would rather give up this puppet than let Monzaemon take it away completely.

But Xie Mao's design is not limited to this.

The fingers of his hands flicked flexibly, and the remaining puppet parts flew away from Monzaemon's grasp. They revealed their hidden mechanisms in the clicking sound, and Monzaemon aimed at it in slightly stunned eyes.

What does this mean!? Monzaemon was stunned for a moment and then became ecstatic. Even if these puppet parts deployed their offensive mechanisms, to him, they were nothing more than lambs coming to his door. He could easily dodge these puppets.

siege the parts and then occupy them all.

Just transfer the clone in, and all the puppet parts will be controlled by it, and then be reassembled into a complete puppet.

How naive... Monzaemon sneered, it easily dodged the attack of the puppet parts and directly touched the harmless parts with its body.

After a short delay, it can put the clone into these parts and assemble the original humanoid appearance as quickly as possible.

On the other side, the three beast-shaped puppets caught in the encirclement and suppression were crushed by Chiyo one by one. She looked at Monzaemon and keenly noticed the sealing charms attached to the puppet parts, with an obvious smile on her lips.

She did not give the sealing talisman to Xie Mao to put Xie Mao in danger. Just as Xie Mao believed in Chiyo's strength, Chiyo also believed in Xie Mao's ability and believed that he could play a key role in this battle.

Facts have proved that Xie Mao lived up to her trust.

Without any hesitation, Chiyo quickly took out a white scroll from his arms. Under the influence of chakra, the scroll quickly opened. The paper full of mantras lit up with a dense light blue light, and the huge word "sealed" appeared straight.

Aim at Monzaemon.

Before Monzaemon could react, he suddenly felt a strong sense of oppression coming from all over his body. Even the clone that had been put into the puppet parts stopped moving, as if someone had pinched its "neck".

He stepped on it seven inches.

This is... a seal!? How do they know how to seal me!?

Monzaemon's eyes widened in disbelief. His body was stiff and unable to move, and he immediately wanted to pull his body out of Kazama's body, but Chiyo had already come with a white scroll and wrapped it around Monzaemon's body like a bandage.

In just two seconds, Monzaemon's whole body was wrapped up, and large black spells escaped along the gaps, entangled together, sealing this "mummy"-like person like an iron lock, and finally in

A circular blank space is left on the chest.

"seal up!"

Chiyo pressed her hands fiercely, squeezing out her body's potential as much as possible and injecting chakra into the seal. However, in less than two seconds, Chiyo fell into a trance before her eyes and almost fainted, but she had to grit her teeth and muster her strength to continue supporting.

Not enough! Chiyo opened her eyes wide and felt that the chakra in her body was about to bottom out.

In the previous series of battles, Chiyo had consumed a large amount of chakra. He thought he could complete the final sealing stage by gritting his teeth, but he didn't expect his body to be weaker than he thought. He might not be able to sustain the consumption anymore!

If this step of sealing is not completed, Monzaemon, who is unwilling to be sealed, will soon jump out again and kill her and Xie Mao consciously.

At this moment, a white, tender, slender and boneless little palm pressed against the rough back of her hand that had been polished by wind and sand.

Chiyo raised her head in astonishment. She did not meet Xie Mao's eyes. She only saw Xie Mao looking down intently.

Xie Mao immediately noticed Chiyo's difficulty, and he happened to still have a lot of chakra left, so he immediately pressed his hand.

The familiar chakra from Xie Mao flowed through Chiyo's hand and was injected into the seal, helping the seal to take shape quickly.

Under the continuous input of chakra, the seal quickly took shape, and finally formed a large "sealing" character. The "mummy" that was still vaguely trembling was completely calm, as if what was trapped inside was really a corpse.

"Huh~" Chiyo breathed a long sigh of relief. She looked at Xie Mao with a little excitement and trembling, as if she was meeting this grandson for the first time.

Xie Mao didn't notice Chiyo's gaze. He just did the right thing at the right time and didn't act like a pig teammate.

He looked down at the mummy and asked: "Kazama is probably not dead yet, but he and the Glass Snake were sealed together. What should we do?"

"There is a way. After the first team set off, I read all the information about the 'Anthropomorphic Living Puppet' in the village, made this set of sealing scrolls, and also developed the subsequent separation method, but the separation can only be done after returning to the village.

conduct."

Chiyo coughed weakly and said hoarsely: "Before Mr. Samana left for the last time, he actually left behind information about the Glass Snake, but it was incomplete and he didn't notify anyone."

Xie Mao raised his eyebrows slightly, "So, you actually knew the truth here a long time ago?"

"I only know part of it." Chiyo hesitated for a moment. These truths are the absolute secrets of Sunagakure Village. In theory, they should not be revealed to genin like Xie Mao, so she didn't mention much in the previous conversation, but now Xie Mao has already

Deeply involved...

Looking at Xie Mao's curious eyes, Chiyo sighed softly, showed a kind and gentle smile and said:

"Remember the 'anthropomorphic living puppet' experiment you asked about before? The Nidaime-sama and Monzaemon-sama never made much progress in this experiment, but as the research deepened, they guessed that the puppet master might be

The best test subjects, in particular, are the more powerful the puppet masters, the better suited their brains are to being made into living puppets."

"The living puppet that the puppet master wanted to make actually needed the puppet master's own brain. This was a very scary and cruel guess, so much so that both adults wanted to quit, and the experiment was briefly put on hold."

"Then there was a small-scale war between our Sunagakure Village and Konoha Hidden Village. Monzaemon-sama was seriously injured trying to protect the laboratory here. Konoha's terrifying strength forced Salmon-sama and Monzaemon-sama to pick up

The living puppet experiment was started, and finally, Salmon-sama ended the life of the seriously injured Monzaemon-sama and successfully created the first anthropomorphic living puppet, the Glass Snake."

Did it turn out that he was seriously injured to protect the laboratory... Xie Mao listened thoughtfully and continued to ask: "After that, Lord Salmon was killed by the Glazed Snake?"

"Not so fast. Lord Salmon was delighted with the birth of the Glazed Snake, but he was not completely relieved. He took Monzaemon-sama's inheritance back to the village and left relevant records. Then he returned to the laboratory and awakened the Glazed Snake.

He had Monzaemon-sama's will in his body, but he didn't expect that it was not Monzaemon-sama who was awakened, but a ruthless monster who inherited his memories." Chiyo sighed softly, and did not say anything about the ending that both of them knew clearly.

Shamen was attacked and killed by the Glazed Snake, but before his death, he left enough intelligence and countermeasures, dragging the Glazed Snake's consciousness to sleep together in this laboratory until our arrival - this is Qian

The past buried in the wind and sand.

Ding!

Xie Mao was startled and looked at his system.

[Task progress: 100%]

Everything about the Glazed Snake takes up more than half of the mission progress.
Chapter completed!