Time quickly came to the next morning.

There is still some time before the quarterfinals begin, but the Konoha Square is already packed with people.

Some of them are loyal fans of arcade games, just waiting to continue their passion after the store opens.

But more people came for the Puppet Beast Competition.

They have either witnessed or heard about the grand occasion of the game and know that today’s quarter-finals will be even more exciting, so they are so active in order to occupy the best viewing seats.

After waiting until eight o’clock, the boss Hideki, who everyone loved and hated, slowly jumped onto the stage, raised the microphone and smiled:

“Everyone is welcome to watch Konoha’s first puppet beast competition. First of all, we have to thank the Hokage for his strong support…”

After a round of flattery, Hideki saw that the audience was impatient and the empty popcorn bucket in his hand was about to hit him, so he said with a smile:
“Well, without further ado, the competition officially begins.”

“The first match will be between Nohara Rin and Yuhi Kurenai.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the portraits of Lin and Hong appeared on the big screen in the square, and then the highlights of the battle between the two yesterday were played.

When the two little girls saw themselves on TV and being stared at by almost half of the people in the village, they blushed and felt shy.

But at the signal from Hideki who jumped off the ring, they could only calm down, take a deep breath and walk to the sides of the ring.

“Come out, Ivysaur.”

“Show everyone how powerful you are, Squirtle.”

As usual, the puppet balls that the two threw onto the field at the same time began to deform with a crackling sound, turning into two completely different puppet beasts.

Although they had seen it many times yesterday, this cool mechanical scene still made the male audience members in the audience climax instantly.

The attention of the female audience was attracted by the dancing Squirtle on the stage.

After Hong’s transformation, this Stotle seems to be wearing a gorgeous water-colored dress. Combined with its original cute appearance, it makes her as lovable as the princess among the Stotles.

Seeing this, Hideki on the side curled his lips slightly, thinking that it was indeed the right choice to let Hong appear first.

If Red doesn’t have the talent to be an idol in the future, then being a puppeteer coordination trainer seems like a good idea.

Seeing that the two had finished debugging, Hideki raised the microphone and announced loudly:

“Game start!”

After one semester of hard work, the children’s puppetry skills have been transformed.

As the best among them, Hong Helin’s strength is naturally not to be underestimated.

“Turtle, high-speed spin plus bubble attack.”

At the beginning of the game, Xihi Hong performed a very difficult combination of skills.

I saw Stotle retracting its limbs and head into its shell, and shooting towards Bulbasaur at high speed.

At the same time, a large amount of foam is constantly gushing out of the holes in the turtle shell, which not only accelerates the rotation, but also has a confusing and interfering effect.

“Ivysaur, use Vine Whip.”

Seeing this, Lin was not willing to be outdone. She controlled Bulbasaur and launched her best vine whip attack.

You know, yesterday, Lin’s Bulbasaur defeated the preliminary round with just two vines, which shows her accomplishments in this area.

However, this time the whip attack did not work.

The moment the whip touched the turtle shell, it quickly slipped and deflected.

It turned out that in addition to the surrounding space, Stottle’s shell was also covered with a thick layer of foam, becoming extremely smooth.

Coupled with the blessing of rotation, it is naturally impossible for Bulbasaur’s vine whip to stop it easily.

However, Lin did not seem surprised and repeated her old trick:
“Vine whip attack.”

Another rattan whip?

Many audience members in the audience couldn’t help but feel confused.

Why continue to attack with the whip when it’s clearly not working?

Could it be that this little girl only knows this one trick, so she can only try it out?
Interestingly, their guess was actually half right.

Because the next moment everyone was surprised to find that several vines had extended from the flower buds of the Miaowa grass.

Two, four, six!

Including the two at the beginning, there are actually eight vine whips in total.

Eight!
You should know that according to the competition rules, each puppet beast can only be equipped with four skill accessories.

The skill accessory of the vine whip corresponds to two vine whips.

This means that all four skills of Lin’s Myna are whips, and there are no other means of attack.

In fact, all four skills are the same, and this also happened in yesterday’s game.

The problem is that the whip has to be controlled by the user himself using chakra lines. Two is fine, but once the number continues to increase, the requirements for the operator will also double.

Among the current students, probably only Rin, who is extremely skilled in manipulating chakra lines, is capable of such a feat.

Such a difficult operation naturally brings about corresponding intensity.

Just like now, although the two vine whips cannot stop Squirtle’s attack.

But four, six, or even eight vine whips attacked in succession, clearing all the foam on the turtle shell in an instant, and they were about to tie it up.

Fortunately, Red reacted quickly and let Stottle use the Water Cannon skill, relying on the reaction force to escape.

However, facing Lin’s overwhelming vine whip attack that was like the Yamata no Orochi, Hong actually had no idea what to do.

Just like a magical girl fighting a tentacle monster, the result is self-evident.

Even though Hong tried her best and used all kinds of fancy skills one after another, under Lin’s simple yet extremely difficult attack, her Stottle had no choice but to surrender and was tied up tightly.

“The winner is Nohara Lin.”

Hong couldn’t help but let out a long breath when she heard Teacher Hideki’s announcement.

But she wasn’t too depressed.

She knew that she was not an all-round genius, and it was natural for her to fail in the field where Lin was good at.

Moreover, after being instructed by the teacher during the training camp, she already had a new direction to work towards, so she had no time to be depressed. So after putting away the Squirtle, she generously walked to Lin’s side, shook hands with her, and sincerely congratulated her.

The wonderful puppet beast competition and the beautiful friendship between the girls excited the audience, who continued to express their joy with thunderous applause.

Strike while the iron is hot, Hideki took the stage again and said loudly:

“Thank you, Lin and Hong, for giving us such a wonderful battle.”

“But the second match is no less exciting. It will be between our specially-invited contestant, Ms. Kushina, and Genma Shiranui!”

As soon as she finished speaking, Kushina, who had black hair today, jumped onto the stage and proudly waved and greeted the audience around her.

It’s a pity that the audience’s response was not very enthusiastic, and they even started whispering.

Indeed, putting an adult in a group of children seems a bit abrupt and unfair no matter how you look at it.

Fortunately, Kushina has been accustomed to the cold eyes of people around her since she was a child, and her face is thicker than Rashomon.

As long as you are not embarrassed, others will be embarrassed.

“Okay, let the battle begin.”

Following Hideki’s announcement, Kushina and Genma both threw out their respective puppet balls.

The unique Eevee Golemmon received unanimous praise from the audience as soon as it appeared.

Xuanjian, who seemed to be a foil, was using a Bulbasaur, which also looked ordinary.

Although they are both Bulbasaur, Xuanjian’s usage of Bulbasaur is completely different from Lin’s.

“Seed machine gun, seed bomb, flying leaf knife!”

As soon as Xuanjian finished speaking, seeds and leaf blades of different sizes shot out from the mouth and buds of Bulbasaur and flew towards Eevee in the form of a barrage.

It then extended two vine whips, using the reaction force of skillfully hitting the ground to achieve rapid movement, shooting at Eevee from multiple directions.

Just like Genma’s own fighting style, his Bulbasaur is also a type that specializes in speed and long-range attacks.

But this kind of barrage attack is not enough to stump Kushina.

She was seen concentrating on operating the handle quickly, allowing Ibrahimovic to move and dodge on the ring, avoiding all flying props one by one.

The scene of gunfire and hail of bullets fascinated the audience.

Unfortunately, this scene did not last long.

Kushina, who was originally waiting for Genma’s ammunition to run out, suddenly found that her dodging space was becoming increasingly narrow, and Eevee was occasionally scratched by flying props.

Kushina quickly reacted to the familiar scene:

Isn’t this the same as when we played Snake yesterday?

It turns out that Bulbasaur’s constant movement is not random, but intentional. Its purpose is to force Eevee into a corner, thereby compressing its evasive space.

In fact, if it was an actual combat, Kushina wouldn’t be fooled so easily.

But as a single-threaded creature, she was concentrating on controlling the puppet beast and ended up ignoring the overall situation.

Hideki, who was acting as the referee, was paying attention to Kushina’s appearance but didn’t notice much.

If there was some hidden reason for her to stay until the quarterfinals, now would be the time to reveal the flaw…

Sure enough, the next moment something strange happened. Kushina, who was originally in a panic, suddenly stretched her mouth almost to her ears, revealing a somewhat scary smile.

“Ibrahimovic, lightning.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the Ibrahimovic turned into a white lightning, rushing through countless seed leaf blades like lightning, as if he was in an empty space.

However, if you look closely, you will find that Ibrahimovic is not unscathed. After all, the barrage is so dense that it is physically impossible to dodge it all.

But under Kushina’s control, the Eevee was able to delicately adjust its shape and route while charging forward, so as to minimize damage to its body.

What was originally an ordinary lightning move seemed to have turned into art with the blessing of the user.

Unfortunately, although Eevee did not suffer much physical damage, the purpose of the Puppetmon competition itself was not to destroy Puppetmon.

Every time you are hit by a skill, it will be converted into health points and deducted from the built-in formula.

So even though Ibrahimovic looks like he’s at ease, he actually has very little health left.

However, Kushina didn’t seem to be in a hurry. She had several opportunities to break through the barrage and get closer, but she chose to move around in a roundabout way, as if she had seen through that this was a bait set by Genma.

It was not until another wave of barrage passed that she grinned again and controlled Eevee to rush straight towards Bulbasaur.

Xuanjian’s heart tightened when he saw this, and he started to shoot out various flying props without any hesitation, intending to kill the terrifying Eevee on the spot.

“It’s useless, old man… I’ve calculated that your Flying Leaf Blade has been used up.”

“This means that the barrage on your left side will become thinner!”

As Kushina’s explanation faded, Eevee seized the moment when the barrage became thinner and rushed to the left side of Bulbasaur, then rushed towards Bulbasaur with the force of lightning.

“Ibrahimovic, ram!”

bump!
A huge muffled sound exploded on the ring, and then the figure of Bulbasaur flew out and fell outside the ring.

Hideki looked at Kushina deeply before announcing loudly:

“The winner is decided, Miss Kushina!”

The audience around the ring was stunned for a few breaths, and then burst into warm applause and cheers.

Although no one knows how Kushina turned the tables, this does not affect the audience’s praise.

Kushina had now returned to normal and was happily greeting everyone.

But in Hideki’s eyes, he always felt that her smile was a little guilty.

The reason why Kushina’s technique just now seemed like Atum’s possession was actually obvious.

The question is whether this unexpected change for Hideki is good or bad, which remains to be verified.

It seems that there is no problem now, but after today’s game, I am afraid that I and Kushina will have to have a good talk…

Hideki sighed inwardly, then gathered himself together, jumped onto the stage again and announced:
“The next match is between Uchiha Obito and Sarutobi Asuma.” (End of this chapter)