Everyone thought they had successfully defeated An Lushan, but then an unexpected situation occurred.
A powerful Dragon Vein Energy Beam erupted from the hole in the floor where An Lushan had crashed. From within that energy column, countless Chakra Threads extended outward, pulling every single puppet component inside the factory into An Lushan's body.
An Lushan's voice echoed once again, "Behold the might of my ultimate puppet technique! Gaze upon my new body!"
A massive, super-sized puppet appeared.
Shindai felt deeply insulted. "Stop throwing 'ultimate' around like that, damn it! Even without Dragon Vein Energy, I could craft better puppets with my feet — and wipe the floor with you! No one in the entire ninja world surpasses my puppet techniques! Even someone like Sasori — that pathetic worm — barely scrapes by as mildly acceptable. Who the hell do you think you are?!"
However, An Lushan rendered Shindai speechless with just one sentence.
"But I have the Dragon Vein energy and you don't! You're just jealous! This puppet — this body — is the strongest in existence!"
Shindai became so furious his face turned red and his neck swelled.
Naruto Uzumaki quickly tried to calm him down. "Calm down, Aniki! We all know you're the strongest Puppet Master!"
"Calm down? Like hell I will!"
With red eyes, Shindai directly pulled out several Military Rations Pills and shoved them into his mouth before forming hand seals.
[Magnet Release! Kannazuki!]
Large quantities of Iron Sand Body material gathered together, forming a large-scale Kannazuki slightly smaller than An Lushan's current size.
Shindai controlled Kannazuki into battle against An Lushan. Kannazuki's right hand condensed into an extra-large iron sand ninja sword, which slashed straight at An Lushan.
An Lushan performed a bare-handed block, clapping both hands together to catch the edge of Kannazuki's blade.
Rubbing his forehead in frustration, Naruto Uzumaki muttered, "Seriously, Aniki can't stand it when anyone badmouths his puppet techniques."
While Shindai controlled Kannazuki battling against An Lushan, Naruto Uzumaki, Minato Namikaze, and Obito worked together attacking An Lushan simultaneously.
However, An Lushan possessing Dragon Vein energy was extremely powerful. Even when sustaining injuries, his body would immediately be healed by the Dragon Vein energy.
Even if Shindai wanted to use magnetic fields to disrupt An Lushan's Dragon Vein energy, he only had limited chakra available, nearly all of which he was currently using to control Kannazuki. Even without controlling Kannazuki, disrupting such intensity of Dragon Vein energy would be fundamentally impossible for Shindai.
As the battle raged on, Sara had just led everyone back up to the surface, coincidentally encountering Yako, Sarai, and their group who had come searching.
"Daddy!"
"Big brother!"
"Honey~"
Seeing their family members escape safely, everyone felt overjoyed.
The chubby Sarai thanked Sāra earnestly, "Thank you, Lord Sāra, for keeping your promise with us!"
At that moment, the ground suddenly began to tremble.
Sāra cried out anxiously, "Everyone, get away from here! It's too dangerous!"
An Lushan and Shindai's Kannazuki burst up from underground. An Lushan was covered with countless Naruto Uzumakis clinging onto him, scrubbing his back with Maru.
Minato Namikaze, Kakashi, and Obito were also doing their best to attack An Lushan. Even Rin Nohara kept sticking Explosive Tags onto his body.
Sāra worriedly watched Shindai and the others fighting, but her gaze locked onto Naruto Uzumaki alone. She called out, "Naruto!"
Naruto Uzumaki shouted toward Sāra, "Sāra, we'll hold them off here! You take everyone and escape quickly!"
"But..."
"You must protect everyone! You're the Queen!"
Naruto's words struck a chord with Sāra. "I understand!"
As Sāra turned to lead her people away, she spotted a tall building in the distance. "Wait! Everyone, follow me!"
Yako asked curiously, "Where are we going?"
"Let's head for the Central Plaza!"
Hearing this, many thought the plaza would definitely be dangerous, hesitating to go along.
But the little chubby Sarai firmly supported Sāra, earnestly saying to his father and brother, "Dad, Brother, let's go!"
Sāra added seriously, "Please trust me!"
Yako also voiced support, "Everyone, believe in Her Majesty the Queen!"
Now that Sāra had rescued their families, restoring her prestige, after some hesitation, everyone agreed.
Seeing their agreement, Sāra immediately directed, "Quickly, everyone, follow me over this way!"
The Naruto Uzumakis riding on An Lushan, including his shadow clones, were all shaken off.
An Lushan angrily roared, "Stop interfering! You annoying Konoha ants!"
"You disgusting trash! Just watch me turn your 'Gatai' into 'footless'!"
Shindai fully controlled Kannazuki, battling fiercely against An Lushan, causing one building after another to collapse under their clash.
Kakashi observed Shindai fighting An Lushan, clicking his tongue in approval. "When it comes to direct combat, Shindai really takes the lead."
Naruto puzzled, "That bastard Gatai... why does he insist on killing Sāra?"
Minato speculated, "There must be a special reason behind it, Naruto. I hope you and Shindai can continue protecting Queen Sāra for a while longer. Shindai's defense has its weaknesses, so please also guard him well. We have something urgent to attend to and will return shortly!"
Naruto thumped his chest confidently. "Leave it to me!"
Minato Namikaze, Obito, and the other two disappeared using the Shifting Body Technique, a high-speed teleportation jutsu.
Sāra had already led her people to the Central Plaza.
A faint smile finally appeared on Sāra's face. "Once we arrive here, the densely packed towers will become our defensive barrier. That monster won't be able to approach us anymore!"
But the slap to her face came quickly.
Shindai Kannazuki staggered backward from a single punch by An Lushan, toppling several towers before crashing to the ground.
An Lushan then climbed atop one of the remaining towers, staring toward Sāra at the Central Plaza.
"Sāra! Sāra!"
An Lushan raised his sharpened hand and unleashed purple Chakra Threads from his fingertips, binding Sāra tightly. As if controlling a puppet, he forced Sāra's own hands to tighten around her throat.
"Sara, you're a foolish and incompetent puppet princess! Your mission is already over. Just go ahead and die already!"
Just as Sāra was about to suffocate under her own hands, Naruto Uzumaki made a heroic entrance.
Naruto Uzumaki descended from the sky wielding a Chakra Blade, cleanly severing the Chakra Threads that controlled Sāra's body.
[Magnet Release: Iron Sand Thunder Fist!]
After forming Hand Seals, Shindai compressed the Iron Sand into a dense, fist-like mass, electrifying it using the magnetic field.
Under Shindai's control, the electrified iron sand fist slammed into An Lushan's head, hurling him off the tower in a violent crash to the ground below.
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