The freezing cold air from the sea and sky bypassed Hizashi and the others, spreading behind them until the end of their sight. The rumbling sound of the waves stopped, and the noisy world suddenly became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. The sea that was still mighty a second ago froze into an ice field in an instant. This shocking visual impact can only be experienced by being there in person.
In the ice field, in a shallow pond, the Konoha ninjas stood on the water, each of them dumbfounded.
The vast forest condensed into frozen soil like a forbidden zone for life, boundless, white with ice and snow. This kind of wonder can only be appreciated in the Snow Country in the Ninja World. But that is the natural geographical climate, formed over time and through the changes of nature, not artificial ninjutsu. It is like changing the geographical environment by one's own power. I have never seen such a thing, let alone heard of it.
"No matter how many times I watch it, it doesn't seem real... Is this really a ninjutsu?" Hong covered her mouth with her hands and shivered in the cold wind. She had seen Duke's ice escape before, but this time the range seemed to be even wider.
"It's like the whole world is covered in ice and snow!" The frozen sea surface exceeded the maximum capture limit of the Byakugan. Hiashi looked back and around, as if he was at the extreme point of the world, with no end in sight.
"What a terrible bloodline limit. I can't even run away... I heard that we are fighting with Kirigakure. I feel sorry for the guys on the front line!" A jonin said stutteringly, imagining the ninjas in the village being frozen into popsicles in the vast ocean. Tsk, so miserable! "..." The other ninjas were silent after hearing this, looked at each other, and prayed not to be transferred to the Water Country front.
"Stop talking nonsense, Duke is special. Not all Ice Release Ninjas have such a huge chakra like him! And don't mention the Water Country in front of him... If you want to go to the Anbu for tea, just pretend you didn't hear what I said." Hizashi glared at his companions who were talking nonsense. That kid's adoptive father can be the Anbu Minister. If you don't want to die, keep your mouths shut.
"The power is too exaggerated, is Ice Release so powerful?" asked an elite Sand Ninja who came over. The map cannon was fired as soon as it was said, leaving no room for survival. This is Ice Release, not Wood Release. Can we still have fun?
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The Sand Ninjas woke up together. If the Water and Fire Kingdoms really formed an alliance, plus the Earth Kingdom and Wind Kingdom, which were eyeing them covetously, it would be equivalent to fighting against three major powers. What's the point of fighting! Just hang up the white flag and surrender! "Impossible!" Chiyo said firmly. As one of the senior leaders of the Sand Ninjas, she knew the dark side of the village, not just the Sand Ninja Village, but every village was the same. Rather than saying that the Water and Fire Kingdoms formed an alliance, she believed that Konoha had secretly done something shameful and robbed the Kirigakure's bloodline boundary.
Now! Duke put his hands together and formed a seal: "Shadow Clone Technique!"
"Oh! You, a Konoha ninja, actually know Monzaemon and the Ten Masterpieces?" Chiyo was a little surprised.
In the ice field, ten humanoid puppets of different sizes broke through the ice and protected Chiyo like a group of stars surrounding the moon. Then, there were the sounds of ice breaking one after another, and five elite Sand Ninjas, including the perception ninja, escaped from the trap, their faces were livid, and they were shivering from the cold.
"What is this?" Duke looked at the humanoid puppets of various shapes and colors in front of him, and recalled the battle scene between Chiyo and Scorpion of the Red Sand in his mind.
"What? Scorpion?" Chiyo was in a trance and shouted out loud when she heard the name of her missing grandson.
"Kid, let me be your opponent!" Under Chiyo's manipulation, ten humanoid puppets in white robes stopped Duke.
"Let's go!" Seeing that Chiyo insisted on staying behind, the sensing ninja gritted his teeth and turned around and ran away with the remaining Sand ninjas.
"There is no hand seal involved, so it is undoubtedly Ice Escape." Chiyo half-closed her eyes, exhaled a breath of hot air, and said after thinking for a while.
"But……"
"Are these the ten masterpieces created by the first generation puppeteer, known as the originator of puppeteers? " Duke looked at them curiously. The ten puppets were not lifelike, but they were more imposing than ordinary puppets. Moreover, just by looking at them, one could sense the bloody smell they exuded.
"White Secret Book: The Ten Kinmatsu!" Chiyo put away her previous contempt and said seriously: "The puppeteer's ultimate technique, 'Ten Finger Puppet', is perfect for using them to end this battle."
"The Kirigakure is not an idiot, how could they leave their precious bloodline ninja to Konoha! And with two sinister and cunning guys like Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo around, it's not surprising that Konoha has one more ice-style ninja." As a veteran in the ninja world, Chiyo saw through the routine at a glance and got to the truth.
"Could it be that Konoha stole it... How despicable, stealing the bloodline of another country." The perceptive ninja rejoiced. If that was the case, it would be great. The leader, the Third Kazekage, had disappeared and the fewer opponents there were, the better.
"But, if we leave this matter to Chiyo-sama, the success rate will be higher." The sensory ninja shook his head and said. The poison preparation ratio table was made by Chiyo, and it was most appropriate for her to handle this task. "You are no match for him, it is safer for me to do it myself, and you are a sensory ninja, so you can do a better job."
"You go to the frontline immediately and act according to the plan. I will handle this. We have been delayed for too long. We cannot drag it on any longer. Otherwise, something bad will happen." Chiyo took out a scroll from her arms and handed it to the perception ninja. She said solemnly, "This is a super strong poison that has been strictly formulated by our headquarters. There are a total of one thousand bottles, which is enough to kill all the Konoha ninjas on the battlefield in an instant. The ninjas in the village have taken the antidote in advance. You can go ahead and do it boldly. Don't worry about causing accidental killing!"
"I'll take that as a compliment." Duke nodded and smiled as he sent the four shadow clones away. The four shadow clones stopped the elite jonin of the Sand Ninja. He wasn't arrogant enough to be conceited, but he sensed that Hizashi and the others were moving in that direction. The shadow clones could delay until Hizashi and the others arrived, so it wouldn't be a problem.
"Be careful, that Ice Release Ninja is coming. He's very fast..." the Perception Ninja warned, then opened his mouth wide and said in surprise: "He still has a lot of chakra. Damn, is that guy a monster?"
"How is that possible? It's just that the chakra of that Konoha girl is too huge." Chiyo concentrated for a moment and expressed her opinion. Feng Shui and the other two countries do not border each other, and she knows very little about the Mizunotsuki clan of Kirigakure, but there is one thing she is sure of, if the Mizunotsuki clan is so awesome, then the Water Kingdom would have unified the world long ago, and there would be no place for the Sand Ninja!
Crack—bang!
"Sorry, Hizashi, we got it." Several ninjas stopped in a hurry. Ice escape, which was a rare commodity in Kirigakure, appeared in Konoha for no reason. This kind of thing was full of conspiracy, and it was not something they could talk about lightly.
When Chiyo saw Duke, she thought he was a nuisance despite his young age, but she didn't expect that he would be so powerful. If they waited a few more years and grew stronger, wouldn't Konoha have another Hashirama Senju? Chiyo didn't dare to think about what it would be like if another Hashirama Senju appeared in the ninja world. So for her, she had to completely destroy Duke, the future Hashirama Senju, at all costs, otherwise the Sand Ninja would never be able to make a breakthrough.
After the perception ninja said this, before he could even breathe a sigh of relief, he discovered that Duke was running towards him at high speed.
"After saying so much, have you forgotten? Ice Release, isn't that the bloodline limit of Kirigakure? How come Konoha also has it? Have they joined forces?" exclaimed an elite Sand Ninja.
"I heard a red-haired guy mention it before. He said that you used this technique to capture a city. You know that guy. His name is... Scorpion!" Duke said, glancing at the Sand Ninja behind Chiyo.
The ice field under his feet was created by his chakra, and everything that happened here was within his perception range. Although there was no sound or image, the fact that Chiyo personally covered the retreat was enough to explain a lot. The Sand Ninja who escaped definitely had a heavy responsibility.
"Master Chiyo! Why do you say that? Isn't the truth obvious?"
"Don't say anything more and follow my orders immediately." Chiyo saw Duke's speeding figure and controlled ten puppets to meet him.
"Master Chiyo, is this an ice escape?" The perception ninja was the first to notice Chiyo's figure and rushed to her side to ask. Within the perception range, most of the area was frozen, and there was almost no trace of life.
Chiyo was furious, worried that the mission would be interrupted, so she stopped talking nonsense and controlled the chakra line to connect with the Ten Kinmatsu. Her aura instantly reached its peak, and chakra that was not inferior to the Kage level burst out.
Feeling this amount of chakra, Duke's expression became serious. At this time, Chiyo was not the old woman in the original work who was frail and could die at any time. As the former leader of the puppeteer team, one of the most outstanding puppeteers in the history of the Sand Ninja! When the Red Sand Scorpion was lurking and concentrating on studying inflatable... human puppets, Chiyo was the figure standing at the top of the puppeteer, and could be called the strongest on the earth.
What? Why isn't there an underground? Scorpion is hiding underground! Whoosh! Chiyo tapped her finger, and the next moment, the puppet she controlled attacked Duke directly. These ten puppets were carefully designed by Monzaemon and controlled by a top puppeteer like Chiyo. They moved at a speed comparable to that of an elite jonin. The fastest one arrived in front of Duke almost instantly.
A curved blade tempered with the orchid poison shot out from the joint, cutting Duke in half at the first sight. The puppet that followed did not stop and chopped the two halves of the body into pieces.
(End of this chapter)