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Chapter 84: Demon Child's Tactics
After taking control of the puppet, Sasuke didn't immediately continue the pursuit. Instead, he observed the appearance of the newly deceased puppet chunin.
"Transformation Technique!"
He transformed into the chunin, took control of the newly acquired puppet, and headed towards another of the puppet users. Soon, he found him and launched a surprise attack. The puppet user reacted quickly, blocking the attack with his own puppet.
"Huh? Is that Kōsa's spider puppet?" he shouted, recognizing his comrade's weapon. "Kōsa, it's me!"
Hearing him, the spider puppet stopped attacking, and the figure behind it, the transformed Sasuke, appeared.
"Kōsa, I finally found you," the chunin said, exultant. The mist was dense, but the attack had stirred the air enough to see his comrade. He blindly believed in him.
Just then, the "Kōsa" pointed behind him. "Watch out, behind you!" he cried, horrified.
The chunin quickly turned, preparing his defenses. But at that moment...
"One Thousand Years of Death!"
The spider puppet raised a meter-long spike and thrust it directly into the chunin's anus. The sharp tip pierced through his entire body and protruded from his face. He died without even having time to scream.
"I told you to watch out behind you," Sasuke joked, returning to his original form. "If you don't defend your chrysanthemum, you can't blame anyone."
After another inspection, he ordered a clone to transform into the second dead puppet user and headed towards the next victim. After tricking several chunin, he finally had a small accident when attacking the fake jonin leader.
The leader discovered him. But a fake was a fake. Under the siege of several clones and two puppets, he didn't last even one assault and was captured.
"My transformation technique is perfect. How did you discover me?" Sasuke asked, as he broke his limbs.
"It's the eyes," the leader murmured. "You don't have the respect and fear that comes from the heart."
It turned out the man was extremely sensitive to his subordinates' subservience. No matter how much Sasuke changed his appearance, he couldn't replicate the natural servility of a lackey.
"Hehe," Sasuke laughed, and tied him with his Syrup Blade Prison Technique. He didn't want to kill him, but to reuse him. He cut off his tongue so he couldn't reveal his tactics.
At that moment, he absorbed a distant memory. The clone he had used as a decoy had been hit and shattered by Fuya, the taijutsu jonin.
'Still time,' Sasuke thought, a killing intent growing in his heart. He had to get rid of the remaining puppet jonin as soon as possible.
Controlling the spider puppet and alongside his other transformed clone, he headed to Fūjin and Raijin's battle zone. He had his other clones throw kunai and shuriken, feigning a siege on the two remaining Sunagakure puppet users (the two transformed clones). At the same time, he cut off five fingers from the captured jonin leader, who screamed in pain.
Hearing his captain's scream, the puppet jonin fighting the brothers was distracted. Sasuke's clone, disguised as Kōsa, approached him. "The captain is here, come quickly!"
Sasuke, controlling the spider puppet, launched a rain of senbon towards Fūjin and Raijin, relieving pressure on the Sunagakure jonin. The brothers, following instructions from their own guiding clones, halted their offensive, pretending to be greatly affected.
"Defensive formation!" ordered the Sunagakure jonin, and the three (him and Sasuke's two clones) formed a swastika.
At that moment, Fūjin and Raijin jumped and launched a devastating attack. The jonin was about to dodge, but his two "companions" turned against him. At that critical moment, his body reacted instinctively.
"Puppet Substitution Technique!"