Chapter 397: The method of one person becoming an army

"Lord Sasuke, although I have full confidence in your abilities, the number of ninjas in the Allied Shinobi Forces of the Five Great Nations is indeed..."

Indeed, it's overwhelmingly large.

Even Kimimaro, when he thinks of that sky-covering, locust-swarm-like ninja army,

can't help but feel a tingling sensation on his scalp.

Even 250,000 locusts would be a headache,

let alone an army of 250,000 ninjas.

Their combat power is simply not on the same level.

Even if you fought for three days and three nights, you might not be able to kill them all.

In this situation, Sasuke is just one person. Even if you add Juugo, Kimimaro, Guren, and Suigetsu,

it's only four or five people.

How can they possibly contend with an army of hundreds of thousands of ninjas?

Although Kimimaro is not afraid, he's not an idiot either. Once surrounded, escaping from so many ninjas

would be an extremely difficult task.

If they don't escape, trying to kill so many ninjas would either exhaust their chakra or simply wear them out to death.

When the number of ninjas reaches a certain level, it becomes a nightmare.

Even someone as strong as the Third Raikage of Kumogakure eventually died from exhaustion.

Although it was said that there were 100,000 Iwa-nin at the time, in reality, there probably weren't that many.

But even so, it proves a point: no matter how strong someone is, they will tire. In the face of human wave tactics, there will always be a moment of exhaustion.

Sasuke naturally understands Kimimaro's concerns.

If he hadn't ignited the Chakra Flame and didn't possess infinite chakra,

Sasuke wouldn't be foolish enough to take on so many people head-on.

If he really did that, it wouldn't be arrogance it would be stupidity!

Stupidity and arrogance are two different things.

"Do you think I'm alone?"

Hearing this, Kimimaro was stunned. Of course, Sasuke wasn't alone; at the very least, they were standing behind him.

But even if he were to risk his life, Kimimaro wouldn't dare to claim that he could annihilate the entire ninja army for Sasuke.

After all... the numbers are just too overwhelming.

"Lord Sasuke, no matter what, I will always stand by your side. But I hope you won't underestimate the Allied Shinobi Forces!"

"I'm not underestimating them. In the face of such human wave tactics, even a god might be dragged down from their throne!"

"Let alone me!"

As he spoke, Sasuke raised the corner of his mouth. "Besides, I also have an army!"

This, Kimimaro couldn't deny. Although the ninja forces of Otogakure only numbered 5,000,

that was still a considerable number, enough to ensure they could put up a fight.

"My ninja army! I carry them with me!"

As he spoke, Sasuke raised his hand, and chakra threads emerged. In an instant, wooden vines appeared before him, quickly forming into wooden puppets.

Not wooden humanoids, but puppets.

Puppets made instantly through Wood Release.

The chakra threads attached to these puppets, and immediately, they began to move.

With Sasuke's level of chakra control and his mastery of the Red Secret Technique, he could easily shoot out hundreds of chakra threads with one hand.

Hundreds of puppets were now under his control.

And these puppets, made from Sasuke's Wood Release, once infused with chakra, were as durable as steel.

Watching Sasuke control a hundred puppets in an instant,

Kimimaro was in awe of Sasuke's puppet technique. But... a hundred... that number was still insignificant compared to 250,000.

However, it was true, as Lord Sasuke had said, that Sasuke alone was equivalent to an entire ninja army.

And one that could maintain a hundred-strong elite squad at any time.

Sasuke looked at the chakra threads in his hand. Using Wood Release to create wooden puppets this idea was sound.

The puppets created through Wood Release were astonishingly durable, and due to his Wood Release Kekkei Genkai reaching the tenth stage,

their offensive power was also remarkable.

Once infused with chakra, Sasuke's chakra flowed through these puppets as smoothly as if it were flowing through his own body.

But in terms of numbers!

It was still not enough.

'Can I upgrade the puppet technique further to increase the number?'

Sasuke pondered.

This question, without a doubt, could be answered by continuing to improve the level of the puppet technique. The number of puppets he could control would definitely increase.

Perhaps even break through to a thousand.

But!

Even if he controlled a thousand puppets, compared to the 250,000-strong Allied Shinobi Forces, it would still be a drop in the bucket.

Sasuke suddenly felt a bit frustrated.

It seemed his idea of becoming a one-man army was...

Wait!

Control!

Sasuke suddenly thought of something.

The puppet technique could control wooden puppets, with a limit of about a thousand.

But what if he didn't use the puppet technique?

What about shadow clones?

That didn't seem practical either. Would he have to create over a hundred thousand clones?

Sasuke had the Chakra Flame, but he wasn't a god. The moment he released that many clones, he would probably explode.

Clones were out of the question. It had to be Wood Release puppets.

But if he didn't use the puppet technique to control them, he would need another method, one that could control even more Wood Release puppets.

And then!

Sasuke thought of something. He raised his hand, and a black rod shot out, piercing the nearest Wood Release puppet.

The moment the black rod entered, the puppet received Sasuke's chakra and stood up.

It began to move according to Sasuke's will.

This method of control was the same as how Nagato controlled the Six Paths of Pain.

But Sasuke was controlling Wood Release puppets.

While Nagato controlled corpses.

Puppets were much simpler to control than corpses.

Moreover, these Wood Release puppets were created through Sasuke's Wood Release Kekkei Genkai.

They were inherently part of Sasuke's power, making them even easier to control!

The first Wood Release puppet stood up. Sasuke was onto something.

Then, a series of black rods shot out, and one after another, the Wood Release puppets stood up.

A hundred puppets weren't Sasuke's limit.

Keep going!

Meanwhile, Kimimaro, watching the ever-growing army of Wood Release puppets,

was completely stunned.

What was this?

How was this possible?

Why could these Wood Release puppets suddenly move?

What were those black things?

Was Lord Sasuke using them to control the puppets?

When the number of Wood Release puppets reached 500, Sasuke finally stopped.

'Is 500 the limit?'

Although controlling these Wood Release puppets was easier than controlling corpses, and Sasuke's mental energy far surpassed Nagato's, simultaneously transmitting chakra to 500 puppets

left Sasuke with almost no energy to perform any other jutsu.

This simply wouldn't work!

Stopping, Sasuke suddenly turned to look at the clones that were training.

A slight smile crept onto his lips.

A strange smile.

'It seems... I've found a way.'

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