Chapter 445 Assessment Test (Patreon)

In the split second of this obstruction, Gaara directly withdrew and retreated, creating distance between himself and Pakura, while the sand grains he had just attacked with returned to assault Pakura's back in a sneak attack.

However, Gaara's plan was completely within Pakura's expectations. Facing the sand grains flying towards her back, she waved her hand and released a Scorch Release fireball, instantly evaporating the sand grains into nothingness.

"Such strength is unable to stop me."

Kankuro, hidden on the side, was stunned when he saw Pakura shatter Gaara's sand shield with a single kick. He thought to himself, "Is this the strength of the Hidden Sand hero?"

Then he silently took out the crow puppet behind him, preparing for a sneak attack at any time.

Meanwhile, Temari took out her Three-Star Fan, preparing to support Gaara at any moment.

Unfazed by Pakura's words, Gaara raised his right hand.

"Sand Shower!"

The ground beneath Gaara's feet suddenly flew up a large amount of sand material, forming five sand masses in the air. With a wave of Gaara's hand, the sand masses turned into sand spikes and quickly surged towards Pakura.

"Swish, swish, swish!"

Facing the incoming sand spikes, Pakura increased her speed and charged towards Gaara faster than the sand spikes. She dodged the sand spikes directly in the gap of Gaara's attack, breaking through the blockade unharmed.

"Burning Leg!"

Pakura didn't use any other ninjutsu, just continued using taijutsu to attack Gaara.

"Boom!"

The kick was extremely fast, directly breaking through Gaara's automatic defense of sand grains and kicking him, followed by two even faster kicks, kicking Gaara into the air.

Seeing Gaara being kicked into the air, Pakura didn't continue to attack. Instead, she frowned and looked around.

At this moment, Gaara, who had been kicked into the air, suddenly transformed his flying body into a sand clone, disintegrating in mid-air into sand grains that fell to the ground at Pakura's feet.

At that moment, a cold voice suddenly came from behind Pakura:

"Sand Waterfall Burial!"

Suddenly, the sand grains that had just fallen to the ground bound Pakura's legs, and a large amount of sand surged from the ground, forming a sand mass that surrounded Pakura in the middle, lifting her into the air and squeezing her, followed by a violent sand waterfall.

"Boom!"

The exploding sand mass instantly filled the battlefield with flying sand grains, and the air was full of sand dust.

Meanwhile, Kankuro, hiding on the side, was full of horror. "Gaara... Gaara actually killed the team leader."

However, unlike Kankuro, Temari, who was hiding, saw Pakura behind Gaara and immediately shouted, "Gaara, behind you!"

At the same time, she used her fan to throw her summoning beast Kamatari towards Pakura, attacking her.

"Kid, daydreaming is not a good habit."

Pakura kicked Gaara away with one foot. Then, facing the incoming Kamatari, she grabbed the rotating scythe directly, forcing it to stop.

Pakura, holding onto the scythe, immediately erupted with her Scorch Release chakra, directly blasting Kamatari away.

With just this one strike, Kamatari was sent flying back to the Summoning World, instantly reducing Temari's offensive capabilities by half.

As soon as Pakura finished all this, Kankuro's crow puppet was thrown over Pakura's head at some unknown moment. The Crow puppet immediately threw explosive tags towards Pakura from above.

A large number of explosive tags descended from the sky, about to explode.

But Pakura casually threw a kunai, directly knocking the Crow puppet away from her head.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Numerous explosive tags were detonated, and the resulting explosion smoke covered Pakura's figure.

At this moment, Kankuro looked at the smoke on the battlefield and whispered, "Is it successful?"

However, the next moment, a crisp voice sounded in Kankuro's ear.

"Kid, trying to ambush me? You still have a long way to go!"

Immediately after, Kankuro felt a cold sensation at his neck, and a cold kunai was placed on his neck.

Facing the kunai on his neck, Kankuro immediately used his Puppet Body Technique, and his puppet, Black Ant, appeared in front of Pakura.

Having escaped a disaster, Kankuro took the opportunity to use his secret technique: "Black Secret Technique, Iron Maiden!"

Suddenly, Kankuro, who had turned into a puppet, disintegrated instantly and then reattached himself to Pakura's body, directly trapping Pakura inside the Black Ant puppet's body.

At this moment, the blade arms of Kankuro's Crow puppet also flew over, ready to pierce through Pakura inside the Black Ant puppet.

"Boom!"

However, before Kankuro's Crow puppet could reach Pakura, the Black Ant puppet exploded, and the puppet made of titanium alloy melted away, turning into a metal solution upon hitting the ground.

In just an instant, Pakura activated her Scorch Release, and several giant Scorch Release fireballs appeared around her body.

...

Chakra Monitoring Center of S.H.I.E.L.D.

"Beep, beep, beep!"

"Alarm! Alarm! Chakra fluctuations detected, level A."

"Location detected, Brooklyn outskirts..."

On the monitor, a huge red energy source fluctuation appeared in the Brooklyn outskirts, constantly alerting everyone in the room.

Seeing that the detected location was not one of the specially marked areas, this information was immediately reported upwards.

Nick Fury, upon receiving the news, ordered Coulson to investigate the situation on site, whether new ninjas had arrived or something unexpected had happened at the Sand Puppet Shop.

Receiving the order, Coulson led a team of agents and hurried towards the detected location.

...

Coming out of the Black Ant puppet, Pakura looked at the four flying knives controlled by Kankuro and immediately launched her Scorch Release fireballs, instantly dissolving the four knives.

The molten iron fell from the sky, and both of Kankuro's puppets were destroyed.

Then Pakura teleported behind Kankuro, delivering a chop to his neck, knocking him unconscious.

With one person dealt with, Pakura looked towards Gaara's position. At this moment, Temari, holding her Three-Star Fan, ran out from a hidden corner and rendezvoused with Gaara, preparing to launch a joint attack against Pakura.

Pakura didn't hide her presence for a surprise attack but walked out openly, standing in front of the siblings.

"The second round begins!"