Hiding in the sand, splitting into many places, starting with Arkham

He is a true genius, the pinnacle of puppet master talent in the Naruto world, and in the future, he will be the strongest puppet master in this world.

Among the eighty people participating in the training selection, the two youngest are currently performing the best.

Looking at the lifelike Tom carved from white ironwood in front of him, Shimizu's face showed a smile.

【Puppet Name】: Tom

【Overall Parameters】:

Height: 61 cm

Weight: 14.31 kg

Material: White ironwood, reinforced bone material…

Energy source: None

Operating method: Chakra threads

【Puppet Rating】: C

【Overall Evaluation】: Small bionic puppet, excellent agility, well-designed, possesses standard Genin-level combat power, can be partially modified by replacing with better materials to continue strengthening combat power.

Shimizu stretched out his hands, chakra threads shot out from his ten fingers, connecting to the white cat, and manipulated it to make several movements.

Feeling the smooth operation, Shimizu couldn't help but feel more satisfied.

Tom's combat power is probably not much worse than Fatty's.

It's a pity there's no blue dye. If I could take Tom back, Shimizu would definitely paint this puppet cat blue.

Shimizu stopped his movements and stood at attention in front of this superior.

“Hmm, good name. You made your puppet very quickly. Do you not have a puppet design diagram?”

Sajo Sajo tried his best to show his gentle side.

And Shimizu looked at this fierce-looking, deep-voiced Jonin with some trepidation, as if he were a gang leader.

This guy has a face that says he's ruthless and doesn't talk much, and that he's going to beat you up as soon as he opens his mouth.

“Um…”

The conjecture was verified. Sajo Sajo grinned, revealing a terrifying smile.

“That… if you think it's not good to not have a design diagram, I can add one right away.”

Shimizu said nervously, looking at the Jonin with the cruel smile.

“No! It's very good not to have a design diagram! Very good!”

Sajo Sajo patted Shimizu on the shoulder and laughed loudly.

Shimizu only felt a pain in his shoulder.

Is this uncle really a puppet master? With this body that could run a horse, people would believe it if you said he was a Jonin specializing in taijutsu!

“Originally, I planned to have you guys fight each other after you finished making your puppets to show them off, but now that the others haven't finished, why don't I have a match with you to see how your puppet performs?”

Sajo Sajo patted Shimizu's shoulder twice more and laughed loudly.

“Forget it, Sajo, let me do it. If you take out your puppet, will there be any room for Shimizu to show off? Let me do it.”

Ishido walked over with a smile, pushed Sajo Sajo away, took off the sealing scroll on his back, and released a puppet that Shimizu was very familiar with.

【Puppet Name】: Little Boy

【Overall Parameters】:

Height: 1.35 meters

Weight: 29.18 kg

Material: Reinforced wood, lightweight composite materials, high-strength alloy

Energy source: None

Operating method: Chakra threads, with five chakra connection hubs

【Puppet Rating】: B-

【Overall Evaluation】: Auxiliary combat puppet, excellent design, complete structure, has the combat power of a newly promoted Chunin.

【Detailed Data】: …

This is the puppet that I repaired a week ago!

“Why are you carrying such a puppet?”

Sajo Sajo widened his eyes.

He knew that this was not a puppet that Ishido often used.

As a Jonin, Ishido used puppets that were much stronger than this.

“You'll know in a while.”

Ishido winked at Shimizu, looked around, and then said:

“Let's fight a little further away so as not to affect the people here.”

After saying that, he planned to pull Shimizu to another place.

“No need.”

A crisp child's voice rang out.

The short, red-haired boy was manipulating a puppet with six arms, also made of white ironwood.

“My puppet is finished, it's called Termite, and it can be your opponent.”

Sasori manipulated Termite to jump in front of Tom, turned to look at Shimizu, with a hint of inquiry in his eyes.

He made the puppet faster than me, I just don't know what the quality is like.

After his parents died, a faint expectation rose in his heart, which had always been like stagnant water.

He was precocious, which led to the fact that none of his peers could truly confide in him, because in his opinion, the other peers were too stupid and naive. In addition, he was Elder Chiyo's grandson, with a noble status, and he had even fewer peers to contact.

So he could only devote his energy to his hobbies.

That is, puppetry.

The ninja games of his peers were too childish, and he disdained to communicate such boring things, and none of his peers could keep up with his progress in puppetry.

Geniuses are always lonely, unless you can meet other geniuses.

And Shimizu aroused some interest in Sasori.

He seemed to have found a kindred spirit.

“You finished so quickly too? As expected of Elder Chiyo's grandson.”

Ishido stopped and Sajo Sajo also looked at Sasori's puppet in surprise.

This puppet doesn't seem bad either!

Shimizu also looked at Sasori.

As expected, it's Sasori?

He had already guessed the identity of this red-haired boy, after all, the age and hair color matched, and he was able to participate in such an elite puppet art selection at such a young age, so his puppet talent must be extremely high.

Apart from Sasori, I'm afraid it would be difficult to find a second one in the huge Sand Village.

“Then let the two of you have a match!”

Sajo Sajo decided.

So, Shimizu's opponent changed from Ishido to Sasori.

Sand Village is not Konoha. There are no troublesome things like Seals of Confrontation and Seals of Reconciliation in the two's battle. With Ishido, who was serving as the referee, waving his hand in the middle, the two simultaneously manipulated their puppets to fight.

“I don’t know if this Termite and the Black Ant, also made by Sasori in the original work, have anything in common, but from the current point of view, the Termite's hardline functions are a bit worse than Tom's, but it should also have Genin-level combat power. According to the panel's division, it should have a C- rating.”

After a brief exchange, Shimizu couldn't help but admire.

As expected of Sasori, to be able to make such a puppet in such a short period of time, and although he is young, his puppet manipulation skills are quite skilled. In the case of a certain gap in the puppet's performance, he just fought me evenly.

Yes, Shimizu found that his puppet manipulation ability, which was still considered good, was actually surpassed by Sasori, who was two years younger than him, and he could only bully the child with the performance advantage of the puppet.

I am just a fake genius disguised by the cheat, and Sasori is a real genius!

Fortunately, the reason why the cheat is a cheat is because the cheat is really better than talent.