The previously peaceful and bustling Konoha was suddenly struck by war, throwing the entire Central Street into chaos.
Villagers and ninja alike were caught off guard by the sudden attacks from their ally, the Sand Ninja, and the Sound Ninja, who had infiltrated unnoticed.
While fighting back, they quickly dispersed and organized the villagers to head to the Shelter, following Konoha's safety manual.
Due to insufficient manpower, Konoha was in a very difficult situation, quickly falling into a disadvantage, giving the Sand Ninja and Sound Ninja the illusion that Konoha's ninja were nothing special.
The Anbu and members of the major ninja clans were dispatched en masse.
The former mostly headed to the plaza, wanting to protect the Third Hokage; the latter protected their clansmen and villagers, heading to the Hokage Rock Shelter.
As a result, the Hokage Building and the ninja clans' territories were now in the worst state of defense and awareness.
Pop—
A sound like a balloon bursting echoed in a forest in the wilderness.
Before the surprisingly large white smoke could spread, it was blown away by a gust of wind.
Three hundred and one Human Puppets wearing black cloaks embroidered with red clouds appeared out of nowhere.
The faces of most of these three hundred and one puppets were wrapped in white bandages, revealing only their foreheads and eyes, making it impossible to distinguish which puppets were made of pure materials and which were Human Puppets made from corpses, retaining their abilities from when they were alive.
In front of these puppets stood a figure also wearing a black cloak.
If any Akatsuki members were here, they would definitely shout the word Leader.
That's right, this figure was none other than Deva Path Pain.
To be precise, it was Izayoi using the Transformation Technique to become Deva Path Pain.
The golden-level Chakra Control granted Izayoi powerful Chakra Control abilities, not only allowing him to use the Super Hurricane Combination Sphere to fuse two or three nature transformations into new nature transformations, but even the Transformation Technique was nearly perfect.
Sensory ninja, unless they were powerful enough to identify through Chakra fluctuations and had previously identified Izayoi's Chakra, would not be able to see through Izayoi's Transformation Technique.
After taking out all the puppets stored in the large scroll, Izayoi didn't waste any time. He formed a hand seal with one hand, created three Shadow Clones with a large amount of Chakra, and then the Main Body disappeared in a flash.
That's right, the Izayoi using the Transformation Technique to become Deva Path Pain was the Main Body.
The Izayoi in the plaza was just a Shadow Clone.
That was why the Shadow Clone didn't play house ninja games with Gaara, after all, his resistance to attacks was too poor.
As soon as the three Shadow Clones appeared, they began to cooperate.
The first one used the Transformation Technique to transform into Deva Path Pain as well, and then disappeared in a flash, acting alone.
The second Shadow Clone also used the Transformation Technique, transforming into an ordinary person wearing sunglasses, and then flew towards the Naka River.
At the same time, the power of the Tenseigan remotely activated the Chakra Core of the three hundred puppets.
These puppets instantly came to life and scattered as afterimages.
Only the small puppet, which was short, different from the other puppets, and also the three hundred and first, remained standing in place.
This small puppet's face was also wrapped in bandages, but its eyes were much more beautiful than the other puppets, not only were they as crystal clear as gemstones, but there was also a red light flickering inside.
This small puppet was Ranmaru, who had been made into a Human Puppet.
The third Shadow Clone's task was to protect Ranmaru while providing Chakra to Ranmaru's Chakra Core.
At this moment, Ranmaru's eyes shone with red light.
The three hundred Human Puppets that had scattered suddenly had red powder appear around them out of nowhere, and then their bodies twisted slightly, like a mirage, suddenly disappearing from sight.
Even the Byakugan's clairvoyance could not detect their existence.
This was the Byakugan's nemesis, the Red Eye ability to use Chakra to create images that interfere with the enemy.
With the help of the Red Eye, two hundred of the Human Puppets, like Hayate Gekko using Invisibility Technique, silently arrived at Central Street, watching the three-way battle between the ninjas.
At this time, the war had already resulted in many casualties. The streets and rooftops, even the alleys and hidden corners, were littered with lifeless corpses, or seriously injured people who could not continue fighting and could only hide.
These people hid very well, and some clever fellows even took out the props they carried with them, blending in with the surrounding buildings.
Unfortunately, in front of the Tenseigan's farsight and clairvoyance, they had nowhere to hide.
A portion of the Human Puppets began to move.
Red powder appeared out of nowhere, the figures of the Human Puppets emerged, and they picked up the corpses of the dead ninjas, before disappearing into thin air again.
The ninjas who inadvertently saw this scene thought their eyes were playing tricks on them, and even suspected that they were under a Genjutsu.
Before they could investigate, they had to suppress their curiosity because of the enemy's attack.
Whether it was the corpses of Konoha ninjas, or Sand Ninja and Sound Ninja, the Human Puppets did not let them go.
As for those seriously injured ninjas, apart from the Konoha ninjas, the Human Puppets approached the other ninjas and finished them off.
Puchi—
The blades installed on the Human Puppets ejected, either piercing the ninja's neck, or stabbing into his chest and stirring, or cutting off his head, but never damaging the heart.
To create Human Puppets, the complete heart must be preserved, and the heart is used to create the Chakra Core.
"No."
"No."
"Still no..."
The Shadow Clone standing next to Ranmaru saw everything the Human Puppets were doing.
His mouth also kept uttering emotionless words.
Obviously, the scene he wanted to see had not appeared.
However, the Shadow Clone was not discouraged, but raised his hand and made a gesture, whispering, "Activate Plan B."
As if hearing his words, the Shadow Clone who had arrived in the Naka River cave and was responsible for controlling the three hundred Human Puppets immediately replaced them with another batch of Human Puppets to finish off the wounded.
These Human Puppets were all made from corpses, Human Puppets that retained their abilities from when they were alive.
Not only that, the strength of these Human Puppets far exceeded their strength when they were alive.
Because the Chakra in their bodies belonged to Izayoi, and it was Izayoi's Shadow Clone who was controlling them.
Apart from not having Yin-Yang Release: Black Rods inserted into their bodies and being unable to use the Tenseigan's abilities, Izayoi could use Ninjutsu through the Human Puppets.
The Shadow Clones manipulated the Human Puppets, dividing the labor. Some were responsible for finishing off injured ninjas, while others no longer concealed themselves, revealing their presence and intervening in the war.
With a flash of lightning, a Human Puppet appeared behind a Sound Ninja responsible for supporting the Sand Ninja. The arm, modified with puppet techniques, ejected a sharp blade wrapped in Lightning Release nature transformation, piercing through the Sound Ninja's body from behind and stirring violently.
"So... so fast!"
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The Sound Ninja didn't know there was a fourth party enemy. Looking at the blade piercing his body, he only managed to utter these words before completely losing consciousness.
"Who is it?"
"Anbu? No, Anbu doesn't wear this kind of uniform. Who is this guy?!"
"Be careful, his Body Flicker Technique is fast, and his concealment ability is strong."
Looking at the suddenly appearing Human Puppet, the nearby Konoha ninjas, Sand Ninja, and Sound Ninja who were fighting all became more vigilant.
Whoosh—
After killing the Sound Ninja with one strike, the Human Puppet raised its hand, revealing the hollow in its palm, and then condensed a dazzling golden light, shooting a light bullet towards the Sand Ninja.
"It's one of us, go!"
Seeing this scene, a Konoha ninja's eyes lit up, successfully deceived by the Human Puppet.
"Wind Release..."
Just as this Konoha ninja was preparing to form hand seals and use Wind Release to attack the Sand Ninja.
The Human Puppet's figure suddenly appeared in front of him, similarly piercing his body with a single strike.
Fresh blood flowed from the wound, staining the clan emblem on his clothes red.
The Shimura clan, who are skilled in Wind Release.
After killing this Konoha ninja, the Human Puppet suddenly stopped in place, no longer moving.
Swish—
A cold light flashed, and a short sword separated the Human Puppet's head from its body.
Looking at the Human Puppet with no blood flowing out, the Special Jonin who used the Konoha-Style Sword Technique to kill it said with an ugly expression, "Sand Village's puppet, why would it kill its own people?"
Losing a Human Puppet, Izayoi's Shadow Clone didn't care.
On the contrary, several Shadow Clones, including Izayoi's Main Body, all showed joy.
Because... it dropped!
In the perspective of Izayoi and his Shadow Clones, after the Human Puppet killed that Shimura clan ninja, a green beam of light flew out of his body, heading towards Izayoi's Main Body.
A Green Perk, decomposing it would only yield a random double-digit number of points, not even a fraction of a Purple Perk.
But Izayoi was very happy.
Because with his current strength, whether he wanted to drop low-level or high-level Perks, the probability was extremely low.
How low?
Unfortunately, even Elite Jonin like Zabuza Momochi and Kurosuki Raiga, as well as Kekkei Genkai users like Haku and Ranmaru, couldn't drop even a low-level Perk.
Similarly, Izayoi hadn't obtained any Perks from Sasuke Uchiha and the Hyuga sisters for a long time.
From graduation until now, only Rock Lee had provided Izayoi with two Blue Perks.
But now, the Human Puppet killing an enemy suddenly dropped a Green Perk for Izayoi.
This not only meant that Izayoi could obtain Perks from the Human Puppet defeating and killing enemies.
If this wasn't a trigger of an extremely small probability, then it meant that Izayoi's guess was correct: even if his strength reached the top level, the Talent Perks System still hid a mechanism that could increase the drop rate!
After all, he had figured out the levels of the Perks himself.
Naturally, there were more than just a few mechanisms.
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To confirm whether it was triggering an extremely small probability, the Shadow Clone immediately controlled the Human Puppets on the street and began indiscriminately attacking the ninjas present.
They showed no mercy in killing the Sand Ninja and Sound Ninja.
As for the Konoha ninjas, they either looked for opportunities to stun them, or sacrificed the puppet to exchange for the opponent's loss of combat ability, and then made a move to kill them, giving the surrounding Konoha ninjas a chance to rescue them.
After killing a few Sand Ninja and Sound Ninja, Izayoi and the Shadow Clone once again saw a blue beam of light fly out from a Sand Ninja wearing a vest and towards Izayoi's Main Body.
The mechanism really exists!
Izayoi, who had transformed into Deva Path Pain, couldn't help but grin.
Meanwhile, the Shadow Clone in the Naka River cave, taking advantage of the fact that Jiraiya hadn't noticed the Human Puppets yet, and discovering that the Human Puppets were all wearing Akatsuki uniforms, quickly controlled the strongest Human Puppets in Central Street, used the Red Eye to become invisible and retreat, and all rushed to the location of Izayoi's Main Body—Root!
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