I teach kendo in the ninja world

Jiraiya, who was accidentally controlled by the shadow imitation technique and couldn't move, had Yamanaka Kaiji in front of him and Goju Yagura behind him.

Both attacks are close at hand!

And no matter which move he takes, he will fall into a worse situation.

One step at a disadvantage, every step of the way, and ultimately irreversible.

Just at this juncture...

boom!

No miracle happened.

[Coral Palm] and [Heart Confusion Technique] hit Jiraiya's body at the same time in no particular order.

bang~ bang~ bang~

His tall body was severely knocked away, and then fell to the ground. After rolling several times in a row, he hit heavily on the edge of Toad Jian's feet, and then passively stopped.

"Jilai also!"

Seeing this, Toad Takeru wanted to help Akimichi Dontō, who was riding on him.

However, it's too late.

Just as Jiraiya struggled to get up, a layer of white coral appeared where his back heart was hit by the [Coral Palm].

That's a sign that coral polyps are multiplying crazily on his body surface!

Not long after, the coral layer had wrapped his entire body inside, and he was about to be completely shaped into a new coral reef.

To this extent, Gotachibana Yagura can even say a sentence handsomely——

"Jiraiya, capture completed!"

As a result, the Red Sand Scorpion canceled the control of the shadow imitation technique, and even began to think about how to transform Jiraiya's body.

"Otherwise, how about temporarily naming the next set of puppets [Konoha Sannin]?"

At this moment, Araki, who was fighting fiercely with Tsunade over there, shouted sharply:

"Get out of the way!"

At the same time, he risked injury and blocked Tsunade's strange punch head-on.

when!

The sound of metal and iron was obviously a clash between fists and swords, but it made such a sonorous and powerful sound, which shows how hard Tsunade's chakra-covered fists are at this time.

Fortunately, Araki's sword has no body. Otherwise, if the sword spine blocks such a heavy blow, an ordinary sword may not be able to escape completely.

Huge force came from his hands, and Araki's body leaned back slightly. He suppressed his instinctive impulse to use the force to fight back. He tapped his feet lightly and took advantage of the force to retreat. He took three steps back and temporarily left Tsunade's attack range. .

Then, he resisted the numbness in his wrists, the muscles on his arms swelled, and he slashed a sword in the direction of the Red Sand Scorpion!

Whoosh!

A purple electric light shot out of his hand, pulling out a thin slash in mid-air, and struck at Scorpion's... back with lightning speed.

There, there was a black shadow that was transforming into Jiraiya at an extremely fast speed!

Moreover, he was holding a small shiny blue ball in his hand!

【Spiral pill】!

"what?!"

Xie was stunned for a moment. Naturally, he would not think that Araki wanted to hurt him, that is, there was danger behind him, so he quickly jumped forward to try to avoid it.

However, since Jiraiya finally found such a good opportunity, how could he let Scorpion run away easily?

I saw a brand-new Rasengan condensed in his left hand, facing Araki's sword light, while the ball in his right hand pressed directly on Scorpio's neck for a moment!

boom!

Snapped!

This attack was much more powerful than Goji Yagura's [Coral Palm] just now.

Scorpion's neck was directly broken, his head flew out, and then he fell to the ground and rolled several times. His body also fell to the ground, and it seemed that he could no longer die.

When Araki saw this, he twitched the corner of his mouth. He originally wanted to use the [Thunder Wedge] to teleport to save the situation!

Now it seems that it is better to forget it.

This death was too fake, and he regretted his actions just now.

My arms are sore and I feel a little unworthy.

So he concentrated on dealing with Tsunade's violent offensive.

For a moment, the sound of swords and palms clashing could be heard endlessly.

Ding, clang, crackle!

The fight was in full swing.

This is exactly the strategy they arranged in advance.

Araki held Tsunade down, Gouju Yagura dealt with Jiraiya, and Scorpion controlled the puppet to assist both sides at the same time.

After all, Mu Dun is still somewhat able to restrain tailed beasts.

And Jiraiya over there didn't show the slightest smile on his face, as if he wasn't happy about successfully eradicating a powerful enemy.

Because it doesn't feel right!

When the Rasengan hits the human body, it feels soft and sinks in.Instead of being as hard as chopping firewood.

The Rasengan shot just now didn't look like it was pressing on a soft human body, but instead seemed like it hit something strange.

as predicted.

The next moment, the Scorpion, whose head and body were separated and died in a miserable state, lost its superficial disguise and turned into a wooden puppet.

At the same time, another intact and identical Red Sand Scorpion walked out of the shadows and stood next to Gotachibana Yagura.

Surprise, not unexpected?

"Puppet clone?"

Of course, Jiraiya would not fail to recognize the famous signature ninjutsu of the Sand Hidden Village Puppet Force.

Scorpion is a puppet master. If nothing else, since he dares to let his body appear directly in the center of the battlefield so carelessly, he is naturally prepared.

Although puppet masters are generally afraid of decapitation tactics, they have always been targeted and can always come up with many ways to deal with them.

This puppet clone is one of the better ones.

The principle is to add an adapter between the main body and the combat puppet.

The name of this adapter is Puppet Clone.

If the enemy has the ability to trace the source based on the puppet line, the puppet clone can help the main body block an attack.

Of course, in this way, it will be more difficult for the main body to control the puppet. After all, there is an extra layer of media in the middle, and the two parties are no longer directly connected.

This feels like wearing a thick layer of gloves to do things, which will be a little awkward.

But these are naturally not problems for Scorpio.

And after he reappeared, the first time he looked was not at the real Jiraiya who had shattered his fake body, but at the "Jiraiya" who had turned into a coral reef with only his head exposed. also"!

Now that Jiraiya's true identity has been exposed, there is no need to continue maintaining the false identity.

But to the surprise of the three Arakis, Jiraiya turned into a wooden dummy after his cover faded, and the most important thing was that this person's figure was clearly that of Tsunade!

"Wooden avatar?"

"Transfiguration?"

"Toad's flat body, the art of shadow training?"

"Women's clothing?"

(Ahem, cross this out.)

Araki felt a little dizzy when he saw this.

You are putting this matryoshka doll away!

But he finally figured out what was going on with Jiraiya who was easily hit and killed.

I don't know since when, the Jiraiya in their eyes was actually transformed from Tsunade's wooden clone. As for the real Jiraiya, he has always been hidden in the shadow of the fake Jiraiya.

[Toad Flat Body, Shadow Control Technique] is such a technique that can control others by drilling into the shadow.

To be more precise, it is not about infiltrating, but about transforming yourself into a paper-thin person, covering someone else's shadow, and then you can control their actions.

You need to hold your breath during this period, otherwise you will be exposed.

But since it was the cooperation of Tsunade and Jiraiya, even if he showed some flaws, casting the spell again would have continued the effect.

For example, the previous psychic technique should have been secretly released by Jiraiya who was hiding in the shadows.

After all, necromancy will bring up such a big cloud of smoke. Who can see clearly the details inside?

The wood clone was more confusing and more resistant than the shadow clone, so Goju Yagura didn't see through it even after fighting him for a long time.

This can also explain why during the fight just now, Jiraiya used a total of earth escape ninjutsu, and the rest of the time he was fighting hand-to-hand with Goju Yagura.

Because this is Tsunade's fighting style, just using earth escape is her limit.

(Ahem, strange power punch warning!)

In short, in order to avoid being discovered and hidden, she probably restrained a lot of strength.

As for the subsequent attacks, whether they were [Coral Palm] or [Heart Confusion Technique], they hit the wooden clone and had no effect on Jiraiya's body.

So after Scorpio carelessly put away the [Shadow Imitation Technique], the real Jiraiya could quietly sneak up behind him and carry out a thunderous strike!

As for why he chose Scorpion as a breakthrough point?

First of all, Araki has been fighting hand-to-hand with Tsunade. In such a fast-paced battle, it is difficult for him to find opportunities for sneak attacks.

And compared to Goju Yagura, who has the name of Mizukage, the Red Sand Scorpion is obviously more like a soft persimmon.

And although there was no evidence, Jiraiya's intuition told him that the strange state and behavior of Akimichi Dontou, Nara Luming, and Yamanaka Kaiji, who finally appeared, were all related to this red-haired kid!

However, the so-called nesting dolls will eventually be caught in a trap.

You never know what level someone is on until you finally make contact.

As a puppet master, Scorpion is also good at matryoshka dolls. Although he does not have as many layered tricks as Jiraiya and others, he only has a simple [puppet clone].

But as the saying goes, the quality of a matryoshka doll does not depend on how many layers it has, as long as it can deceive people, it is a good job!

By this standard, the matryoshka doll of Red Sand Scorpion is undoubtedly a success.

After failing to take down the Red Sand Scorpion in one fell swoop, Jiraiya asked with a gloomy face: "Puppet boy, what happened to the three of them, Donto, Kaiji and Luming?"

"???"

There was a puzzled expression on the pretty little face of the Red Sand Scorpion, "Who are they?"

Well, please forgive a puppet master who is so absorbed in his work that he really has no interest or time to know the name of every material.

Scorpion's names for the three of them are Akimichi No. [-], Nara No. [-] and Yamanaka No. [-].

It fully demonstrates their leadership status among the future ethnic groups, simple and clear.

Jiraiya: ...

He took a deep breath after hearing this and pointed at the three puppets not far away, "That's them. My subordinates have obviously died at sea, why are they here?"... And helping you deal with me? ?

He didn't say the last half of the sentence.

"You said they..."

Xie looked at Akimichi No. [-], who had beaten Toad Ken back to his hometown, and moved his fingers slightly to cancel the [Doubling Technique].

Sa!

Three figures in red robes jumped back and half-knelt in front of him.

"They have gained new life in my hands, and they will have eternal life!"

Looking at the masterpiece in front of him, Xie raised his hands as if hugging something, and his tone was a little intoxicated.

"What? You mean, you made them all into puppets?"

As a person who has aspired to become a best-selling author since childhood, Jiraiya still has some artistic talent.

So he immediately understood what the Red Sand Scorpion meant by "giving new life" and "eternal life".

To put it bluntly, isn't it just to transform their corpses into puppets that can be driven?

Do you think you can confuse him by just adding some rhetorical techniques? !

Then Jiraiya became furious, "How dare you blaspheme the dead!"

"What blasphemy against the dead? This is my art!"

The Crimson Sand Scorpion had already had enough of this rhetoric and immediately started to confront him tit for tat.

"How dare you blaspheme my art! Then use your own body to make amends!"