RWWOKS Chapter 127

As Fang Bo’s health continued to drop, he was forced to retreat to the edge of a distant cliff.

Golden light began to shimmer around him as the Three Giant Brothers made a shining entrance, and his mobile med-kit finally came in handy.

“Plunder!”

With his health regenerating at four points per second, he completely offset Hiruko’s deadly poison.

When it came to endurance, Fang Bo feared no one. And if that wasn’t enough, he still had plenty of healing potions in his inventory.

“My strategy is all about stability,” Fang Bo commented to himself.

Though he had moved far away, his Yoriichi Type Zero sword continued attacking the enemy. Even if it didn’t deal much damage, he wanted to contribute as much as possible, hoping to earn better rewards once the mission was complete.

As two points of mental energy were consumed, the puppet began spinning and evading Hiruko’s sharp tail spikes, swiftly circling the enemy.

**Breath of the Sun, Eleventh Form: Sun Halo Dance!**

At that moment, Yoriichi Type Zero seemed to vanish, speeding towards the opponent at an incredible rate.

The key factor, however, was that Kimimaro, now in his second Cursed Mark stage, had also closed in.

The effectiveness of the poisonous senbon was impressive, but it couldn’t harm Kimimaro’s Dead Bone Pulse. By hardening his bones beneath his skin, he became immune to the attacks.

With both of them attacking from different angles, Hiruko couldn’t defend both sides at once.

*Boom!*

With a burst of wood splinters, Hiruko was shattered by their combined efforts, but Sasori himself leaped out unscathed.

“Well, that’s the end of the first-stage boss fight.” Fang Bo glanced at his health bar and realized he was still far from being able to participate in a battle of this magnitude.

Not even Muzan Kibutsuji would stand a chance against true Kage-level shinobi, who could wipe him out at will.

With devastating jutsu capable of destroying everything in their path, even the strongest healing abilities wouldn’t help.

And Fang Bo? He was barely on the level of Upper Moon Three, Akaza, still far from reaching even the rank of a beginner Demon King.

He knew his best option was to stay on the sidelines, causing minor disruptions without drawing the boss’s attention. His fragile frame wouldn’t withstand direct damage.

When Sasori revealed his true form, a shocked Chiyo began to question him. She soon learned that her grandson had transformed himself into a human puppet.

With that, the elderly woman’s dream of holding a great-grandchild was shattered.

Seeing the Third Kazekage puppet appear drove Chiyo into despair, as she hadn’t expected her grandson to fall so far.

“You can’t continue down this path, Sasori.”

Chiyo pulled out a sealing scroll and released ten puppets of various designs—this was her ultimate trump card.

**White Secret Technique: Ten Puppet Collection of Chikamatsu!**

Known as the “Ten-Finger Puppets,” this technique allowed for the expert control of one puppet with each finger.

Not only did she control them with ease, but the puppets could coordinate with each other to perform combo attacks and even combined jutsu.

This impressive display of skill was far beyond Fang Bo’s capabilities.

He hadn’t even tried controlling two puppets at once—controlling ten was something straight out of legend.

It was clear that the gap between Fang Bo and Kage-level strength was not insignificant.

Chiyo’s power was impressive, but Fang Bo had expected that. What truly stood out was the performance of Demon King Kimimaro.

The bones Kimimaro produced with his Dead Bone Pulse, which should have been bone white, were now blood-red, exuding a sinister aura.

The hardness of the blood bones was terrifying, reducing Hiruko to paper-mache in comparison.

Even the iron sand of the Third Kazekage’s puppet couldn’t withstand them, as if proving that blood bone was the hardest substance in the world.

When the Kazekage puppet unleashed its poison-coated sword, Kimimaro shattered it on the first exchange. Sasori was forced to use his vast amount of iron sand to push back his opponents.

**Magnet Release: Iron Sand Drizzle!**

A black wave of iron sand appeared, summoned by Sasori, transforming into countless tiny needles.

It was another terrifying technique with an enormous area of effect.

Yoriichi Type Zero, unable to dodge, lost over half of its durability in an instant, the sight of its body riddled with needles making it look horrifying.

Seeing this from a distance, Fang Bo quickly activated his energy shield, but the 500-point barrier was drained in an instant.

If he’d been any closer to the enemy, he could only imagine how much damage he’d have taken.

“Damn, their attack power is insane.” Fang Bo recalled Yoriichi Type Zero, his heart aching.

With its durability down by so much, it would cost a fortune to repair.

He pulled out his Dragoon and fired an armor-piercing round, but the shot was easily blocked by the iron sand defense.

*Sigh.* Fang Bo shook his head and returned to quietly spectating the fight.

The Kazekage puppet was undoubtedly strong, but it was up against two Kage-level opponents.

Even if the puppet was powerful, it was still just a shadow of the living Kazekage. Even if the Third Kazekage were alive, he’d struggle against Kimimaro and Chiyo.

By the fourth minute of Fang Bo’s passive observation, Chiyo had successfully destroyed the Kazekage puppet, moving the fight into the second stage of the boss battle.

After a brief exchange between grandmother and grandson, the fight entered its final phase.

Sasori unleashed his full power, revealing his most devastating technique.

**Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets!**

Sasori pulled out a scroll and summoned a hundred puppets, each clad in a red robe.

Each puppet wielded a unique weapon, with chakra threads connecting them to Sasori’s body. He no longer needed to control them with his fingers—his mere thoughts were enough to command the hundred puppets.

To Sasori, these puppets were extensions of his limbs, with even greater precision than finger control.

Facing such overwhelming numbers, even Fang Bo, hiding in the distance, couldn’t avoid being dragged into the chaos and was forced to join the fray.

Sighing in resignation, Fang Bo summoned Jorogumo in a flash of a blue hexagram.

Yoriichi Type Zero had taken too much damage, its durability too low to continue fighting. To avoid breaking his gear, Fang Bo had no choice but to summon his shikigami for assistance.

The boss was at its final phase, and all Fang Bo could do was survive, hoping to hold out against the tidal wave of puppets.

To him, lasting until the end would already be a victory.

Jorogumo, upon appearing, wanted to report her recent achievements, but was immediately struck by a puppet’s sword.

[Jorogumo has been slashed by a human puppet, taking 48 points of slashing damage.]

[You are afflicted by a poison effect, losing 2 HP per second for 50 seconds.]

Despite having poison sacs, Jorogumo couldn’t fully resist the enemy’s toxins.

Looking up angrily, she saw over a dozen enemies floating around her.

“…” She gasped, raising her hand as over ten blue hexagrams appeared around her.

Earlier, when Fang Bo had sent her out, Jorogumo had found a bandit hideout and slaughtered everyone there, gaining thirteen ghost spiders under her command.

She had hoped to impress Fang Bo, but upon entering the scene, she was thrown into a nightmare battle.

Left with no choice, Jorogumo summoned the ghost spider swarm to fight the puppets one-on-one.

Seeing this, Fang Bo grew curious. With the number of ghost spiders and puppets nearly equal, it looked like an exciting fight was about to unfold.

The idea was nice, but the result was brutal—within just seventeen seconds, the spider army had been slaughtered.

Working alongside Jorogumo, Fang Bo only managed to destroy two puppets. The difference in combat power was overwhelming.

“You should go back,” Fang Bo said, dismissing the shikigami before jumping off the cliff.

The inorganic nature of the puppets greatly countered Jorogumo’s abilities. If she stayed, she’d be torn apart, so sending her back to the Onmyoji world was the best option.

As for Fang Bo, he intended to use his Raid Suit’s abilities to ensure his own survival.

In terms of movement speed, Fang Bo definitely couldn’t outrun the puppets, but he could use strategy—like circling around the Heaven-Earth Bridge endlessly.

You chase, I flee. And with my wings, I can escape.

After a few laps, the puppets were left confused, or perhaps Sasori of the Red Sand simply didn’t bother with him anymore.

Hiding on the far side of the bridge, Fang Bo suddenly had a realization—the enemy’s true body seemed to be isolated.

With all his hundred puppets deployed, Sasori was now alone in the open.

Though still formidable, he was no longer an invincible force.

At least now Fang Bo had a chance to land a hit.

Ignoring the approaching puppets, Fang Bo knew he had little time left on his levitation boost. He had to make a move, or in ten seconds, he would fall, get captured, and be brutally dismembered. He didn’t want his reincarnation journey to end here—this was the critical moment.

While pulling out his puppet to activate the Breath of the Sun and attack the bridge, he simultaneously drank a Perfect Recovery Potion.

With his health fully restored, Fang Bo accelerated towards Sasori, who was falling from above.

Ignoring the enemy’s iron chains, he gathered terrifying energy in his fist, black lightning faintly crackling around it.

**Imitation: Black Flash!**

A close-combat expert might have used this power to fend off the enemy’s counterattack, but Fang Bo wasn’t skilled enough for that, so he could only rely on pure aggression.

As his fist powered toward Sasori’s “energy core,” the puppeteer ultimately gave up on the idea of a mutual strike. As long as he could defend against this blow, he could soon finish off the rookie in front of him.

In the Naruto world, high-powered jutsu were plentiful, but most of the time, they failed to hit their targets.

Just like Fang Bo’s trump card, his imitation technique, which ultimately failed to reach Sasori’s energy core. Still, it bought valuable time for his allies.

Just as Sasori was about to retaliate, a sharp, blood-red bone spike suddenly erupted from the ground beneath him.

Thanks to his excellent reflexes, Sasori dodged the first attack, but the continuous strikes were too overwhelming for him to block them all.

Finally, one of the underground bone spikes pierced his body.

**Dead Bone Pulse: Dance of the Early Fern!**

When Kimimaro’s attack ended, the surrounding area had transformed into a forest of blood-red bones, sending chills down anyone’s spine.

Sitting in a small safe zone, Fang Bo couldn’t help but smile bitterly.

In the Demon Slayer world, his Black Flash had been a devastating move, but here in the Naruto world, it could only serve as a feint. He wondered what Ali would think if he saw this.

As he slowly floated back up into the sky, Fang Bo spotted Sasori, crippled and beaten.

The human puppet’s body was in pieces, and even the energy core had fallen out. Fortunately, Kimimaro had shown mercy—otherwise, Sasori would already be dead.

Seeing the fallen energy core on the ground, a glint appeared in Fang Bo’s eyes as he began calculating in his mind.

He pondered whether he should turn on them now.

Killing Sasori and then teaming up with Kimimaro to take out Chiyo—would that be more rewarding than completing the hidden mission?

After all, offending the Sand Village wasn’t a big deal; he was already part of the Sound Village.

But if he did that, it would definitely affect the Konoha Crush Plan, and the Sand Village might even turn against Orochimaru.

Weighing the pros and cons, Fang Bo sighed, his face breaking into a bright, carefree smile.

Having plot characters intervene would only reduce the value of the treasure chest, so it was better to continue with the mission.

(End of Chapter)

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