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**Chapter 868: Sand Crocodile's Means!**
About two kilometers away from the Stone Hidden Army, there was an oasis, not very large, but not very small either. Their plan was originally to advance to this location and use it as their Base Camp. However, now, it had already been occupied by a large number of Sand Hidden Ninja in advance.
They created a circle of walls to block the sandstorm, surrounding the area completely. Among them, a five-story Earthen House, the largest in area, stood tall somewhere on the oasis edge.
At this time, inside the extremely spacious room on the fifth floor, Fourth Kazekage Rasa, Pakura, and over a dozen other Sand Jonin were standing together, watching the Virtual Screen floating in the air. The scene in the screen feed was surprisingly the Iwagakure Ninja two kilometers away, furiously clearing up the puppet fragments.
"Is the first batch of puppets gone so quickly? Advisor Chiyo can send out the second Puppet Force!"
"Okay."
Rasa suddenly lowered his head and gave an order to a small creature on his palm that looked like a snail. The key was that this small creature could even imitate Chiyo's expression in its reply.
Den Den Mushi!
However, the Virtual Screen in the air was not the work of a Den Den Mushi. But rather Sabatini, who was currently standing by the window, gazing into the distance with a strangely shaped Monocular Telescope.
Sabatini, a person from the Imperial Arms World, was one of the former Captains of the Empire Reconnaissance Unit and the Imperial Arms User of Thousand-Mile Heavenly Eye: High Insight, High Awareness. He was also a current Member of CIPHER POL-8, primarily responsible for using his Imperial Arms' Ability to gather Intelligence over long distances.
The Ability of Thousand-Mile Heavenly Eye: High Insight, High Awareness was that it could see anywhere within one thousand kilometers through a lens, and manifest the screen feed he sees nearby as a virtual image. This meant he could not only see it himself but also let others see it together.
Moreover, the visual distance of one thousand kilometers far exceeded the Byakugan, which could only see one kilometer, although it lacked the Byakugan's See-through Ability. Therefore, to ensure there were no obstructions in between, Sunagakure also sent people ahead of time to level some higher sand dunes, which is why they specifically built this five-story building.
Regarding the Den Den Mushi, Sabatini, and his Imperial Arms, when they first appeared, they naturally greatly shocked Rasa, Chiyo, and the others. But after all, they were Ninja, and coupled with the Stone Hidden Army bearing down again, they could only force themselves to accept and adapt at the fastest speed.
It couldn't be helped. Crocodile simply disdained explaining things to them. He just told them what they were for and how to use them. Because in his view, these people would know about these things sooner or later anyway.
At the same time, Crocodile also had people take out the puppets piled up in the warehouse in Rōran as scrap. Then, he found a few Sunagakure Puppeteers to see if they could control them.
As expected, these Puppeteers could control them. It was just that they stated the difficulty of operating them was relatively high, and they consumed more Chakra.
This was very reasonable. Putting aside the fact that the material of the Dragon Pulse Puppet manufactured by An Lushan was entirely Steel, the Functions it possessed were also ahead of its Era.
Not only could it fly at high speed and had Agility, but it could also spray Chakra using a detachable Launcher. Coupled with a circle of Kunai around its Waist that could both Launch and be retracted via Chakra Thread, as well as relatively excellent Melee Combat ability. It could be said to completely surpass ninety percent of the puppets of this period. Even the Chikamatsu Ten Puppets made by Chiyo herself were not necessarily much better than them in terms of refinement.
The problem was, there were now no Dragon Veins providing almost Infinite Energy, nor were there ubiquitous Pipelines connecting these puppets at any time. This required extremely long Chakra Threads, further increasing Chakra consumption.
Coupled with the fact that once the Distance was great, the Puppeteers couldn't see the Combat Situation at all.
In order to see the scene of Ninja World people killing each other, Crocodile solved these problems one by one.
First was the Energy problem. He had seen Data about Tailed Beasts, so he directly released the current One-Tails Jinchuriki, whom Sunagakure had imprisoned: Bunpuku, an old monk with a shaved head, white eyebrows, and a long white Beard.
Crocodile told Bunpuku and Shukaku inside him about the Situation, requiring them to provide Chakra for the one thousand excellent Puppeteers who had been selected.
Initially, they naturally met with refusal. But Crocodile used the consequences of Sunagakure facing destruction and countless Sunagakure citizens turning to ash and smoke to 'persuade' the compassionate Bunpuku.
As for Shukaku, Crocodile threatened that if he refused, he would directly extract him from Bunpuku's body.
This sounded like a good thing for Shukaku. But the key point was that Shukaku and Bunpuku had developed feelings for each other over several decades.
Even because of the latter's pure Mindset and what he said, 'As long as they can truly accept each other, Human and Tailed Beast are no different,' he evaluated his character as very similar to the Sage of Six Paths.
In this Situation, Shukaku didn't want Bunpuku to die from being extracted from him.
After all, these Tailed Beasts were actually not monsters completely without Feelings. They just felt Anger because they had been subjected to long-term imprisonment by Humans. But if they met someone they approved of, they would also care deeply.
Thus, Crocodile, relying on threats, found a substitute for the Dragon Veins.
Next was the visual range problem. The first thing he thought of was the Den Den Mushi and the accompanying camera technology.
The World Government also greatly supported Crocodile's Plan. Without hesitation, they Dispatched a technical team to bring a large number of Video Den Den Mushi, and at the same time installed connected Cameras on the Roran Puppets.
This way, the one thousand Elite Puppeteers personally led by Chiyo could control the puppets two kilometers away for Combat through the high-definition footage projected by the Video Den Den Mushi.
Hmm.
Don't ask about delay, Den Den Mushi have no delay problem, and neither do Chakra Threads.
So the Situation outside now was this: Chiyo and one thousand Elite Puppeteers were covered all over with a layer of crimson red Tailed Beast Chakra Cloak. Then they condensed into red Chakra Threads connected to the series of Roran Puppets lined up in front of them.
Once these Roran Puppets sprayed red Chakra Tail Flames and soared into the sky, they would watch the puppet's first-person Viewpoint projected by the Den Den Mushi to continue to maintain Control.
Just like now. As Rasa's Order came, one thousand Roran Puppets flew towards the Stone Hidden Army's location again.
If this second Puppet Force was wiped out, there would still be a third, a fourth...
An Lushan, oh, in other words, Sunagakure's former Rogue Ninja, Hundred Legs. He mobilized the entire Rōran nation's Manpower, Material Resources, and Dragon Veins energy. Spending a period of six years, he built nearly ten thousand puppets in total.
Coupled with the large number of Landmines buried along the way, if that ten thousand strong Stone Hidden Army really pushed through, it's hard to say how many people will be left.
"No way."
The Iwagakure Ninja had just finished simply clearing up the puppet fragments and the Remains of their fallen Colleagues on the Battlefield when they were shocked to find another group of puppets flew over in the sky in the distance!
But the puppets didn't care about their Mood. As soon as they entered the attack range, they immediately launched a fierce Offensive.
Wave after wave of red Chakra Energy Bullets, raining down, bombarded the Ninja on the Ground.
Amidst the continuous sound of Bombardment, the second round of Fierce Battle began again.
(End of this chapter)
About two kilometers away from the Stone Hidden Army, there was an oasis, not very large, but not very small either. Their plan was originally to advance to this location and use it as their Base Camp. However, now, it had already been occupied by a large number of Sand Hidden Ninja in advance.
They created a circle of walls to block the sandstorm, surrounding the area completely. Among them, a five-story Earthen House, the largest in area, stood tall somewhere on the oasis edge.
At this time, inside the extremely spacious room on the fifth floor, Fourth Kazekage Rasa, Pakura, and over a dozen other Sand Jonin were standing together, watching the Virtual Screen floating in the air. The scene in the screen feed was surprisingly the Iwagakure Ninja two kilometers away, furiously clearing up the puppet fragments.
"Is the first batch of puppets gone so quickly? Advisor Chiyo can send out the second Puppet Force!"
"Okay."
Rasa suddenly lowered his head and gave an order to a small creature on his palm that looked like a snail. The key was that this small creature could even imitate Chiyo's expression in its reply.
Den Den Mushi!
However, the Virtual Screen in the air was not the work of a Den Den Mushi. But rather Sabatini, who was currently standing by the window, gazing into the distance with a strangely shaped Monocular Telescope.
Sabatini, a person from the Imperial Arms World, was one of the former Captains of the Empire Reconnaissance Unit and the Imperial Arms User of Thousand-Mile Heavenly Eye: High Insight, High Awareness. He was also a current Member of CIPHER POL-8, primarily responsible for using his Imperial Arms' Ability to gather Intelligence over long distances.
The Ability of Thousand-Mile Heavenly Eye: High Insight, High Awareness was that it could see anywhere within one thousand kilometers through a lens, and manifest the screen feed he sees nearby as a virtual image. This meant he could not only see it himself but also let others see it together.
Moreover, the visual distance of one thousand kilometers far exceeded the Byakugan, which could only see one kilometer, although it lacked the Byakugan's See-through Ability. Therefore, to ensure there were no obstructions in between, Sunagakure also sent people ahead of time to level some higher sand dunes, which is why they specifically built this five-story building.
Regarding the Den Den Mushi, Sabatini, and his Imperial Arms, when they first appeared, they naturally greatly shocked Rasa, Chiyo, and the others. But after all, they were Ninja, and coupled with the Stone Hidden Army bearing down again, they could only force themselves to accept and adapt at the fastest speed.
It couldn't be helped. Crocodile simply disdained explaining things to them. He just told them what they were for and how to use them. Because in his view, these people would know about these things sooner or later anyway.
At the same time, Crocodile also had people take out the puppets piled up in the warehouse in Rōran as scrap. Then, he found a few Sunagakure Puppeteers to see if they could control them.
As expected, these Puppeteers could control them. It was just that they stated the difficulty of operating them was relatively high, and they consumed more Chakra.
This was very reasonable. Putting aside the fact that the material of the Dragon Pulse Puppet manufactured by An Lushan was entirely Steel, the Functions it possessed were also ahead of its Era.
Not only could it fly at high speed and had Agility, but it could also spray Chakra using a detachable Launcher. Coupled with a circle of Kunai around its Waist that could both Launch and be retracted via Chakra Thread, as well as relatively excellent Melee Combat ability. It could be said to completely surpass ninety percent of the puppets of this period. Even the Chikamatsu Ten Puppets made by Chiyo herself were not necessarily much better than them in terms of refinement.
The problem was, there were now no Dragon Veins providing almost Infinite Energy, nor were there ubiquitous Pipelines connecting these puppets at any time. This required extremely long Chakra Threads, further increasing Chakra consumption.
Coupled with the fact that once the Distance was great, the Puppeteers couldn't see the Combat Situation at all.
In order to see the scene of Ninja World people killing each other, Crocodile solved these problems one by one.
First was the Energy problem. He had seen Data about Tailed Beasts, so he directly released the current One-Tails Jinchuriki, whom Sunagakure had imprisoned: Bunpuku, an old monk with a shaved head, white eyebrows, and a long white Beard.
Crocodile told Bunpuku and Shukaku inside him about the Situation, requiring them to provide Chakra for the one thousand excellent Puppeteers who had been selected.
Initially, they naturally met with refusal. But Crocodile used the consequences of Sunagakure facing destruction and countless Sunagakure citizens turning to ash and smoke to 'persuade' the compassionate Bunpuku.
As for Shukaku, Crocodile threatened that if he refused, he would directly extract him from Bunpuku's body.
This sounded like a good thing for Shukaku. But the key point was that Shukaku and Bunpuku had developed feelings for each other over several decades.
Even because of the latter's pure Mindset and what he said, 'As long as they can truly accept each other, Human and Tailed Beast are no different,' he evaluated his character as very similar to the Sage of Six Paths.
In this Situation, Shukaku didn't want Bunpuku to die from being extracted from him.
After all, these Tailed Beasts were actually not monsters completely without Feelings. They just felt Anger because they had been subjected to long-term imprisonment by Humans. But if they met someone they approved of, they would also care deeply.
Thus, Crocodile, relying on threats, found a substitute for the Dragon Veins.
Next was the visual range problem. The first thing he thought of was the Den Den Mushi and the accompanying camera technology.
The World Government also greatly supported Crocodile's Plan. Without hesitation, they Dispatched a technical team to bring a large number of Video Den Den Mushi, and at the same time installed connected Cameras on the Roran Puppets.
This way, the one thousand Elite Puppeteers personally led by Chiyo could control the puppets two kilometers away for Combat through the high-definition footage projected by the Video Den Den Mushi.
Hmm.
Don't ask about delay, Den Den Mushi have no delay problem, and neither do Chakra Threads.
So the Situation outside now was this: Chiyo and one thousand Elite Puppeteers were covered all over with a layer of crimson red Tailed Beast Chakra Cloak. Then they condensed into red Chakra Threads connected to the series of Roran Puppets lined up in front of them.
Once these Roran Puppets sprayed red Chakra Tail Flames and soared into the sky, they would watch the puppet's first-person Viewpoint projected by the Den Den Mushi to continue to maintain Control.
Just like now. As Rasa's Order came, one thousand Roran Puppets flew towards the Stone Hidden Army's location again.
If this second Puppet Force was wiped out, there would still be a third, a fourth...
An Lushan, oh, in other words, Sunagakure's former Rogue Ninja, Hundred Legs. He mobilized the entire Rōran nation's Manpower, Material Resources, and Dragon Veins energy. Spending a period of six years, he built nearly ten thousand puppets in total.
Coupled with the large number of Landmines buried along the way, if that ten thousand strong Stone Hidden Army really pushed through, it's hard to say how many people will be left.
"No way."
The Iwagakure Ninja had just finished simply clearing up the puppet fragments and the Remains of their fallen Colleagues on the Battlefield when they were shocked to find another group of puppets flew over in the sky in the distance!
But the puppets didn't care about their Mood. As soon as they entered the attack range, they immediately launched a fierce Offensive.
Wave after wave of red Chakra Energy Bullets, raining down, bombarded the Ninja on the Ground.
Amidst the continuous sound of Bombardment, the second round of Fierce Battle began again.
(End of this chapter)
