[Kumogakure is restless. Because they did not participate in the Second Shinobi World War, they have accumulated a large amount of combat power.]
[They vainly hope to challenge for the position of top dog.]
[And the target they choose is strikingly Konoha.]
[The Land of Rain is dragged in again. Iwagakure, after observing for a while, refuses to be outdone and also joins the fray.]
[Just at this moment, the unprovoked Sunagakure immediately enters the fray.]
[The numerous puppeteers nurtured over many years appear, immediately demonstrating powerful battlefield dominance.]
[While having high mobility, their destructive power is also astonishing, a world of difference from the puppeteers of the past.]
[Sunagakure's entry immediately tips the balance of the war.]
[Konoha and Iwagakure immediately form an alliance to jointly resist Kumogakure and Sunagakure.]
[Just as the battlefield situation is in full swing, you quietly infiltrate the territory of the Land of Earth.]
[Because you want to recover an extremely powerful corpse.]
[After patiently waiting for a week, you get what you wish for and obtain the corpse of the Third Raikage.]
[And you take the opportunity to eliminate a large number of Shinobi from the Land of Earth.]
[Obtaining the Third Raikage's corpse makes your puppet army like a tiger with wings.]
[You lead the Puppet Brigade, wreaking havoc everywhere on the battlefield.]
[New puppets constantly replace the ordinary ones.]
'This is complete overwhelming domination.'
'Any Shinobi team cannot possibly defeat this.'
Takumi helplessly shakes his head, watching the miserable state of those Shinobi in the images.
But a smile curves on his lips.
He has already placed boundless trust in Incredible Luck.
He doesn't yet know how he will die this time.
But what is certain is that he will definitely get the abilities he wants.
[At the Kannabi Bridge battle, you also appear quietly. Not only do you eliminate everyone present, but you also ride your puppet battle vehicle to find Madara's hiding place.]
[Catching him off guard, you take the opportunity to destroy the pipes connecting the Outer Path Statue to his body.]
[Without a source of life support, Madara quickly dies.]
[You completely eliminate this future trouble and start rampaging freely on the battlefield.]
[Your puppet army, relying on their far superior powerful weapons and large-scale numbers, continuously achieve one victory after another.]
[Soon, under your powerful strength, the fighting quickly ends.]
[Sunagakure becomes the village that benefits the most from the entire war.]
[The other villages are naturally dissatisfied, but they dare not risk angering you by acting privately.]
[You are invincible; no one can stop your advance.]
[This war is visibly about to continue with Sunagakure as the victor.]
[Just at this moment, due to an accident, you inadvertently drink a cup of poison. It is a poison specially prepared for you by Chiyo as a replacement.]
[But it becomes the culprit that causes your death.]
[You unwillingly close your eyes, your heart full of reluctance.]
[But the exhaustion of your body forces you to close your eyes, and your consciousness sinks into deep darkness.]
'Here it comes!'
Takumi's spirits rouse. 'As always, it comes to a sudden end.'
This time, the age is even younger, so the cooldown will end faster.
Even if he thinks puppetry is unreliable, he can still do another simulation before the Akatsuki starts.
Although he doesn't think it's necessary,
At the very least, he still needs a backup option.
[Ding! Simulation ended!]
[Calculating results...]
[Please wait...]
[Ding! This simulation score: S!]
'S-rank evaluation, acceptable.'
Takumi nods. He has noticed that, at most, he gets S-rank evaluations with Incredible Luck.
Not only can he get the required rewards, but he also gets an extra chance.
Just like last time, the two chances respectively gave him the Genjutsu Master and Musician talents.
This time, there's only puppetry; he'll have to see what other ability comes up.
Takumi doesn't hold out much hope.
Although something is better than nothing, sometimes the rewards given are indeed not worth taking.
[Ding! Given that your simulation score this time reached S.]
[You can choose 2 of the following rewards:]
[1. The puppetry skills trained in this life.]
[2. The Chakra accumulated in this life.]
[3. The dissection experience accumulated in this life.]
After reading the three rewards, Takumi has some difficulty choosing.
The first reward must be taken.
The question is which of the remaining rewards to choose.
Chakra amount, he already has quite a bit.
As for dissection experience, although he has seen it many times in simulations, his actual operations have been limited.
In this simulation, to turn corpses into puppets, he definitely went through a lot of dissection.
This kind of opportunity to become more familiar with the human body is much more useful than that pitifully small amount of Chakra.
After a brief hesitation, Takumi quickly chooses the rewards.
Then, a large amount of memory immediately floods into his mind.
He instantly gains a vast amount of experience in puppet making and maintenance.
However, having obtained the rewards, how to mass-produce puppets in a short time is a problem.
'Using materials can be abandoned; it's fundamentally impossible to gather enough in such a short time.'
Takumi pinches his chin. 'Using corpses directly would take much less time, but...'
'Where to find so many corpses?'
If it were a few months ago, he wouldn't have such worries.
Just kill some Shinobi.
But now, Sunagakure has Temari, Kirigakure has Mei, Iwagakure has Kurotsuchi, Kumogakure has Yugito, and even the Akatsuki has Konan.
These organizations with strength and people all have inexplicable connections with him.
If he really went to these villages and chose a large number of corpses to turn into puppets, if it were exposed, it would definitely disappoint those girls.
No matter how you think about it, the loss outweighs the gain.
The Five Great Nations have to be abandoned.
But how many powerful individuals do the smaller villages have?
Takumi's next opponent is Sasori, who possesses the Performance of a Hundred Puppets, a man who can threaten him, even severely injure him.
Although others don't know how threatening this fight is to Takumi,
Takumi has, after all, "personally" experienced it and is full of caution.
He frowns in thought, names of small countries flashing through his mind.
Then, he quickly locks onto the name of one small country.
The Land of Hot Water.
Although the Land of Hot Water is a small country, its territory is not large, and its overall strength is decent.
But the reason Takumi targets the Land of Hot Water is not because of whether the country is prosperous or peaceful.
What he values are the Jashin cultists who worship the Jashin.
Their strength might not be great, but their numbers are definitely sufficient.
And if he really controls them and turns them into puppets, he wonders if they would still have that kind of powerful regenerative ability.
And the biggest advantage of going after those guys.
Is that if they all disappear, no one will investigate.
Because they themselves are the dregs of this society, unworthy of anyone's sympathy.
The most crucial point is that these people are currently the ones Takumi can find, with large numbers, and he knows their organization's lair.
After all, he needs to amass a large number of puppets in a short time; he doesn't have that much time to travel around collecting the corpses of the strong to make puppets.
Think it, do it.
Takumi turns back and looks at Kurenai, sleeping soundly.
Revealing a knowing smile, he then puts on his clothes and walks out of the house.
He must race against time, simply not even eating.