Chapter 125: Reinforcement of Jack the Bomb

Terumi Mei smiled elegantly, completely unbothered by the enemies eyeing her like tigers, and asked, "Can you tell me where Zabuza is being held?"

"Zabuza?"

Gato spat with a face full of disgust, his black sunglasses obscuring his eyes and making him look extremely mercenary, and said, "That trash who dared to betray me was slaughtered by me long ago!"

He had not arrived in time because he had captured two members of the Rebel Army and learned where they were hiding after torturing them.

As Zabuza, who served as bait, had lost his value, there was no need to keep him alive.

"Mr. Zabuza... is dead?"

Haku's mind buzzed, and his heart kept thumping.

First came disbelief, then his face was filled with grief.

He had clearly sworn in his heart long ago that he would always be Mr. Zabuza's tool, and even if he died, he would block an enemy's attack for Mr. Zabuza.

He had never imagined that Mr. Zabuza would die before him.

"I will kill you!"

Tears fell, and Haku raised the senbon in his hands; for the first time, killing intent appeared on his pure, flawless face.

However, before he could rush to Gato's side, he was blocked by fully armed wandering samurai and hired ninja.

Secret Technique: Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals.

Pieces of hard ice crystals rose up, creating a completely enclosed space that shrouded a portion of the wandering samurai and hired ninja.

Gato stood where he was, unperturbed, and laughed wildly: "Since that's the case, I'll take action myself and let you all witness my strength!"

After monopolizing the Land of Waves, he had reaped a large sum of funds.

Level 15 Purple Armor Set (Physical Reinforcement type), Level 15 Green Jewelry Set (Mental Attribute Reinforcement).

Most importantly, the toy he had painstakingly crafted.

Gato laughed arrogantly, not taking anyone present seriously at all, and squatted down, pressing his palms firmly against the ground.

"Hidan, move!"

Kakuzu ripped open his Akatsuki cloak.

Having survived from the era of war, he was the ninja most capable of grasping the timing of a battle; even Senju Hashirama had been unable to keep him.

Regardless of whether the natural disaster had anything to do with Terumi Mei, now was the best time to strike.

The cloak fell to the ground.

It revealed Kakuzu's weird body, where strands of black stitches seemed to have a life of their own, winding and binding into several deformed, masked monsters.

"Understood!"

Hidan also ripped open his clothes, pulled on the rope, and threw the Three-Bladed Scythe, wanting to inflict a wound on Terumi Mei to take her blood.

If he could do that, he would be able to activate his curse.

A Magic Rune array with violent fluctuations bloomed with brilliant black light.

Accompanied by Gato's laughter, the ground cracked inch by inch, and a giant Puppet arm reached out, slamming fiercely toward Terumi Mei.

Boom.

The masked monsters' combined Ninjutsu, the Puppet arm summoned by Gato, and Hidan's cursed scythe.

Terumi Mei was instantly swallowed by the Ninjutsu, and the ground where she stood was smashed apart by the arm; gravel and dust rose dozens of meters high like a volcanic eruption.

"Summoning Jutsu?"

"Strange, I've never seen such a bizarre Summoning Jutsu in the ninja world."

Rasa stared intently at the Puppet arm within the light screen, marveling at the damage it caused.

This kind of destructive power was already enough to severely injure or even directly kill a Shadow-level expert; such a battle was overwhelming and did not resemble that of a ninja at all.

"Gato, is it?"

Nagato also looked at the deep pit that had been smashed out, spanning dozens of meters, and said, "He can already be considered a relatively powerful existence among Shadow-level experts; he can be recruited into the Akatsuki."

He spoke very conservatively.

In fact, even Pain, who possessed the power of the Deva Path, would likely be unable to withstand the fierce strike of the Puppet arm.

Repulsion also had its limits.

This thing, which had absolutely nothing to do with Ninjutsu and was similar to the Puppet Master techniques of Sunagakure but even more terrifying and powerful, also came from the Reincarnation Space.

A rare trace of panic and confusion appeared in Nagato's heart.

It was like a king of the forest who considered himself invincible and was patrolling his territory, suddenly seeing an existence that appeared to be stronger than himself.

"Is she dead?"

Onoki muttered to himself, a look of anticipation flowing in the depths of his eyes.

Gato's strength exceeded expectations; if he could kill the arrogant and careless Mizukage, he would immediately dispatch the Rock Troops to march toward the Land of Water.

The smoke and dust dissipated.

In the giant deep pit, Terumi Mei stood unscathed, a flame arm hovering above her head, steadily catching the falling Puppet arm.

"Impossible!"

Gato's laughter stopped abruptly, revealing a look of shock as he shouted, "How could anyone block my Iron-Clad Puppet?"

His profession was Puppet Master.

He could control various puppets and mechanical beasts; this Puppet arm, in its complete state, was a hundreds-of-meters-tall 【Iron-Clad Puppet】.

Just one arm alone had cost a full fifty thousand Reward Points.

"A Puppet Master, are you?"

Terumi Mei raised her head, looking at the massive fist that was so close it completely blocked her line of sight.

On it were complex, fine patterns and threads of energy, all of which were precious materials exchanged at great cost.

If I break it, it would be quite heartbreaking, wouldn't it?

Terumi Mei curled the corners of her mouth, not releasing her most specialized Bloodline Limit, but instead mobilizing the energy of the Explosive Flame Mage within her body, mixing it with chakra to release a flame skill to counter close-range enemies.

In an instant,

the giant arm blocking the field was knocked aside by the vortex-shaped flames, the rising impact force pulling at the base of the arm on the ground, emitting a creaking sound.

It was almost enough to tear off the puppet arm, which was as massive as a Tailed Beast!

"Stop!"

Gato hurriedly manipulated the arm to offset the impact of the explosive flames, his heart bleeding as he looked at the fist that had been melted into a lump.

Sunagakure,

Rasa sat in the conference hall, displaying the light screen to the high-level officials of Sunagakure.

"Kankuro, you are also a Puppet Master, right?"

Rasa looked at his son and asked, "Compared to Gato, who is stronger?"

Just the puppet arm of Gato already made him feel extremely troublesome; he feared his Gold Sand Ninjutsu would be unable to block the other party's carpet bombing.

"Although we are both Puppet Masters, our specialized skills are different."

Kankuro thought for a moment and said, "I lean more towards the control of a puppet army, and he uses Mechanical Puppets controlled by energy pathways, while I..."

Fingers flickered,

several humanoid puppets appeared, a pitch-black energy lingering around the puppets, and one could clearly see wriggling flesh tissue on the exposed puppet arms.

【Crow Man Puppet】.

They are biological puppets made from Magic Beast corpses and puppet materials; in terms of pure destructive power, they are slightly inferior to the Iron-Clad Puppet, but they are capable of releasing Magic.

Rasa asked with expectant eyes: "Can you defeat Terumi Mei?"

He felt uneasy in his heart; the strength displayed by the Mizukage seemed to have already surpassed the level of a Shadow.

Kankuro shook his head slightly and said: "It's difficult."

As the words fell,

an orange-yellow Flame Pumpkin appeared in the sky above the Land of Waves, slowly descending in a falling posture.

Everyone present, whether they were hired ninja and wandering samurai, or the knowledgeable Kakuzu and Hidan, stood stunned in place in a very uniform posture.

Some timid ninja even collapsed directly to the ground.

It was truly blocking out the sun.

This Flame Pumpkin was so large that it felt like the sun falling; one could not see its edges at a glance, obscuring more than half of the sky.

The scorching, violent aura made everyone gasp for air even from a great distance.

The seawater was boiling.

The remaining forest began to burn, and the high temperature caused the air to become distorted.

"The boring tricks should end now!"

"Now is the solo show time for the Explosive Flame Mage; whether you live or die is decided by yourself."

Terumi Mei's smile remained as usual,

she came to the Land of Waves not just for Taodizabuzhan; after the founding of the Wuyin Family, funds were scarce, and even swallowing up the industries of the Land of Fire was not enough, so she had to continue expanding outward.

It was not just the Iwagakure and Sunagakure that had their eyes on the Land of Waves; Kirigakure did as well.

She was also very clear that spies from various Ninja Villages were secretly reporting the situation in the Land of Waves, so in that case, let them see clearly.

When all Shadow-level attributes were hovering around 40 points,

she, Terumi Mei, released a Purple Skill with a mental attribute reaching 60 points.

【Jack Bomb-Enhanced】!

Thank you very much for the monthly tickets, brothers. Yizi loves you!

(End of this chapter)