Naruto: Swarm System

"The Third Kazekage..."

Seeing the Third Kazekage transformed into a human puppet by Sasori, Temari was horrified.

She never expected the rumors to be true—that Sasori had indeed killed the Third Kazekage.

Click, click, click!!!

As Sasori's fingers moved, the Third Kazekage puppet followed suit, starting to move.

Swish!

The Third Kazekage puppet instantly extended a giant blade with several smaller blades attached, lunging towards Shishou.

With a casual wave, Shishou sent a swarm of parasitic insects to intercept the Third Kazekage.

Seeing this, Sasori's left hand moved, causing the puppet's left arm to extend and reveal three panels covered in summoning seals.

Puppet Technique: One Thousand Hands Manipulation Force!

Bang, bang, bang, bang!!!!

From the summoning seals on the panels, dozens of puppet arms were summoned.

Each of these puppet arms had three panels covered in summoning seals, releasing hundreds more puppet arms.

Boom, boom, boom!!!

Sasori controlled the thousand puppet arms to combine, forming a massive serpent-like structure that coiled towards Shishou and Temari.

Sasori's fingers continued to move.

Next, the thousand puppet arms opened, releasing countless poisonous kunai, filling the air with a dense barrage aimed at Shishou and Temari.

"Summoning Technique!"

Shishou's calm voice echoed.

Boom!

A massive black centipede appeared, encircling Shishou and Temari, forming a tight shield around them.

Clang, clang, clang!!!

The kunai rained down on the black centipede's hard shell, creating a cacophony of metallic clangs, like a storm hitting a tin roof.

Boom, boom, boom, boom!!!

The thousand puppet arms followed, striking the black centipede with continuous, thunderous impacts.

Yet, despite the intense barrage, the black centipede remained unmoved. Its black shell showed no sign of damage.

For the black centipede, Sasori's Thousand Hands Manipulation Force was no more than a gentle scratch.

Then, the black centipede moved swiftly, crushing the puppet arms beneath it, reducing them to fragments.

"A giant summoning beast?"

Sasori was taken aback. His fingers moved rapidly, and several barrels extended from the puppet arms, spewing purple-black poisonous gas towards the black centipede.

In Sasori's view, while the black centipede's shell could withstand physical attacks, it wouldn't hold up against the pervasive poison.

Suddenly, a strong wind rose around the black centipede, blowing Sasori's poison away, scattering it into the distance.

"Though you're just a kid, it seems that ordinary tactics won't work on you. However, giant summoning beasts are meaningless to me."

Sasori looked at Shishou, still surrounded by the black centipede. His fingers flicked, separating the Thousand Hands mechanism from the Third Kazekage puppet.

Then, he controlled the Third Kazekage puppet, making it form hand seals.

Click, click, click, pop!

The puppet's mouth opened, releasing a torrent of black iron sand. The iron sand gathered above the puppet's head, resembling dark clouds.

Seeing this, Temari turned pale and said:

"The reason why the Third Kazekage was considered the strongest Kazekage was his Magnet Release Kekkei Genkai, allowing him to control and shape iron sand freely. It's incredibly powerful."

"And given Sasori's methods, these iron sands are likely poisoned. Shishou, be very careful."

"Smart girl," Sasori praised Temari. His fingers flicked again.

Magnet Release: Iron Sand Drizzle!

Countless fine needles formed from the iron sand, shooting towards Shishou at high speed. This technique had a wide attack range and long duration, making it extremely difficult to dodge and highly lethal.

However...

Clang, clang, clang!!!

Once again, the black centipede encircled Shishou and Temari, blocking the Iron Sand Drizzle.

The centipede's extraordinary defense only left some white marks on its body from Sasori's attack.

As a descendant of Shishou's red armored centipede, raised meticulously by the Three Snake Princesses of Ryuchi Cave, the black centipede's massive senjutsu energy was concentrated in its black shell.

Among summoning beasts, the black centipede might not have the highest attack power, but its defense was unparalleled.

"It's still not working... I didn't expect this centipede's shell to be so tough."

Sasori muttered to himself. He then manipulated the Third Kazekage puppet to gather the iron sand into a massive black trident.

Since the centipede had strong defense, he planned to use a heavy weapon designed to pierce through defenses.

Suddenly, a few bugs broke through the ground near Sasori's feet.

"Hmm?"

Sasori noticed the change and was startled.

In the next moment, a swarm of bugs erupted from the ground around Sasori, enveloping his puppet body.

Only then did Sasori realize that the ground within several dozen meters of him was swarming with countless insects.

While Sasori was controlling the Third Kazekage puppet to attack, Shishou had been silently commanding his insects to burrow underground, multiply, and position themselves around Sasori.

The swarm included both parasitic insects and large beetles.

"Damned bugs..."

Surrounded by countless parasitic insects, Sasori's back-mounted spiral blades spun rapidly, allowing him to take to the air to avoid the swarm.

A puppet master's weakness was their main body. Though Sasori's main body was not weak, he realized these insects were devouring his chakra and even burrowing into his puppet body.

Faced with the dense swarm, his puppet attacks were ineffective. Thus, he flew into the air to avoid them, intending to use a fire-release scroll to burn them all.

However, while Sasori flew away, the Third Kazekage puppet remained behind.

In the first instant that Sasori was surrounded, Shishou's large beetles bit through the chakra threads controlling the puppet.

Without Sasori's control, the Third Kazekage puppet fell from the air, swallowed by Shishou's swarm.

Flying high, Sasori drew a scroll from his back, inserting it into his puppet arm, and aimed both hands at the insects below.

Fire Release: Flame Prison!

Massive flames spewed from the barrels in Sasori's puppet hands, incinerating Shishou's insects.

Meanwhile, Shishou retrieved the Third Kazekage puppet from the swarm.

"Let's go!"

As soon as Shishou secured the puppet, he returned to Temari, lifted her by the waist, and quickly fled.

Seeing Shishou run away, Sasori, who was busy incinerating insects, was stunned.

Then, he roared in frustration:

"Damn it!!!"

"Give me back the Third Kazekage puppet!!!"

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POWER STONE!!!!

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