Harboring this doubt, Shinji swept his gaze and quickly discovered Sasuke lying on the side.
At this time, Sasuke looked badly injured, curled up on the ground, having failed several attempts to get up.
"So fast?!"
Shinji was somewhat surprised.
He knew that after the superalloy puppet obtained Tenseigan chakra, its strength would inevitably increase significantly, but he still didn't expect that even Sasuke couldn't defeat it.
"Eh!?"
At this time, Toneri Otsutsuki, who followed Shinji out of the temple, let out a soft exclamation.
Attracted by this soft exclamation, Shinji's gaze shifted from Sasuke to the field.
He saw the superalloy puppet, which was fighting fiercely with Haku, seeming to have not gained any advantage in taijutsu, so it activated the weapon module on its body.
Instantly, two small drones popped out from its ribs and released lasers towards Haku!
Haku made a prediction in advance, activating Ice Release, creating several smooth ice mirrors around himself, refracting the lasers shooting towards him.
The refracted lasers hit the rocks, instantly turning the rocks black.
Limited by energy, the power of portable laser weapons wasn't great. Let alone Haku's Ice Release, even ordinary Earth Release, as long as the thickness of the soil layer was sufficient, laser weapons would need to spend a lot of time to completely penetrate.
However, just when everyone thought Haku had successfully blocked this round of offensive from the superalloy puppet, suddenly, the beams shot from the drones changed from the original crimson thermal lasers to light blue Tenseigan chakra beams!
Swish...
The previously refracted beams, after transforming into Tenseigan chakra beams, instantly pierced through the ice mirrors blocking in front, shooting towards Haku behind the ice mirrors!
If Haku hadn't reacted fast enough, dodging sideways, his entire left shoulder would probably have been pierced by this beam.
The beam that missed Haku didn't lose momentum, instantly disappearing into the ground, shooting a bottomless small hole in the ground!
"This..."
Toneri Otsutsuki's expression froze.
Not to mention him, even Shinji was secretly shocked.
Hurriedly stepping forward to stop the match, Shinji called everyone over.
"Ordinary ninja tools can't hurt it at all!"
"Paper bombs don't work either!"
"Taijutsu has very poor killing effect on it..."
After gathering together, everyone discussed the performance of the superalloy puppet animatedly.
Shinji listened quietly from the side.
Defensive power immune to ordinary ninja tools and paper bombs basically meant immunity to the vast majority of offensive ninjutsu. Plus excellent taijutsu, and exaggerated attack power brought by Tenseigan chakra, it could be said that the combat power of this superalloy puppet was already approaching Kage-level.
Without sufficient intelligence, ordinary Kage-level, such as the Fifth Kazekage Pakura and Fifth Mizukage Terumi Mei among the current Five Kage, might be severely injured instantly, causing combat power to plummet, and finally losing to the superalloy puppet.
"Kage-level puppet huh..."
After whispering a sentence, Shinji called Sasuke and Haku, the two who had fought with the superalloy puppet, to the front, asking about their feelings fighting against the superalloy puppet.
Sasuke was somewhat ashamed and annoyed: "Sorry, I was a bit careless!"
Haku said: "No, Sasuke, it wasn't that you were careless. I think it analyzed that your right eye has vision loss, so it carried out targeted strikes."
Sasuke doubted: "How is that possible?"
Shinji glanced at the superalloy puppet and asked: "Is that so?"
The superalloy puppet nodded: "Yes, Master!"
Sasuke felt a chill in his heart.
He initially thought he was careless. Unexpectedly, it turned out the opponent perceived his weakness and carried out targeted strikes. This meant the opponent completely mastered the initiative of the battle.
Shinji looked at Haku again: "Then do you have any feelings?"
Haku walked to the superalloy puppet, pointed to several places from top to bottom, and said: "Its frontal armor is very sturdy, but the protection at these joints is relatively weak. If given the chance, I am confident in defeating it, but might suffer some injuries."
The superalloy puppet seemed to be calculating something. After a few seconds, it said: "Yes, he has a 13% probability of defeating me unharmed, 42% probability of sustaining light injuries, 31% probability of sustaining heavy injuries, and the remaining 14% probability he will lose to me."
Shinji smiled, knowing in his heart.
Haku hadn't used the Kusanagi Sword, hadn't activated 'Mark', but the superalloy puppet also hadn't used Tenseigan chakra at full power, so the winning rate analysis given by the superalloy puppet was still very valuable for reference.
And a puppet that could force Haku into such a situation was definitely Kage-level combat power.
Shinji thought secretly: "If I add a nano-transforming armor module to it, its trickiness will definitely go up another level!"
Haku's combat power belonged to the middle level among Shinji's subordinates. The superalloy puppet having a probability of defeating Haku meant it had a high probability of defeating Sasuke, Ryūzetsu, Chino, and Neji and Kimimaro who didn't combine.
Thinking of this, Shinji said to Toneri Otsutsuki: "I'll leave it in the temple to assist you in guarding the Giant Tenseigan!"
Toneri Otsutsuki nodded repeatedly: "Okay!"
He couldn't guard the Giant Tenseigan all the time. Having such a powerful Tenseigan puppet in the temple was undoubtedly a huge guarantee for the Giant Tenseigan.
After marking 'Toneri Otsutsuki' with 'Jikibi' and giving a few instructions, Shinji left Yakumo's accompanying blood clone behind, then led everyone quietly away from the moon.
This was the first trap he set, depending on whether Isshiki Otsutsuki would step into it.
Returning to the Ninja World, Shinji first let Karin, Mumei, Sasuke, Neji, and Kimimaro return to the Flying Fortress, while he took Haku to the Land of Hot Water adjacent to the Land of Moon.
In a forest near the sea, Shinji met the person he made an appointment with—Orochimaru.
Orochimaru stared at Shinji walking slowly: "Just approaching makes one feel apprehensive, truly terrifying chakra!"
Shinji said: "I need you to do me a few favors."
Orochimaru shrugged: "Speak!"
Shinji pointed to Haku: "Take him to Ryūchi Cave!"
Orochimaru was somewhat surprised: "You want 'C' to cultivate Sage Mode?"
Haku also didn't expect Shinji to have such an arrangement, but he didn't express any objection, standing silently behind Shinji.
Pondering for a moment, Orochimaru said: "Taking him to Ryūchi Cave is no problem, but let me say this first, even 'C' might not necessarily master Sage Mode. You have to be mentally prepared!"
Shinji said to Haku: "Cultivating Sage Mode involves considerable danger. You can refuse."
Haku shook his head: "I have no problem."
He knew Shinji arranging this must have deep meaning, so he chose to believe in Shinji, believe in himself.
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