Chapter 353 Puppet Master: Times Have Changed

At this critical moment, three kunai with paper talismans attached to them triggered and detonated the Fox Fire Talisman in advance, allowing the three people to escape.

Although Long and Asha have long legs, they roll on the ground and look very round and bouncy. They quickly get rid of the spirit girl's entanglement, meet up with Izumi as soon as possible, pick up the gun that they had thrown on the ground, and load the bullets skillfully.

The two knew very well that even if they had help, it was still unknown whether they could escape, so the more effort they could put in, the more hope they had of surviving.

With her own people around, Izumi breathed a sigh of relief and immediately put up a talisman for defense. She then directed Guanhu and Doudoumaru to attack the spirit girls. As for the fox dancer, she couldn't beat her and could only leave it to the newcomer.

"Fox Dancer, I didn't expect that you didn't run away and are still hiding in the territory of the Moroboshi family. You are really brave." Tsuchigumo, who was carrying a wooden box, walked over with narrowed eyes. However, he did admire her. He didn't admire her for being brave enough to stay here, but for hiding secretly enough. If she hadn't trapped the three people and revealed a flaw, he would have returned empty-handed.

Tsuchigumo had been circling the area for several times, but just like the other ninjas before him, he felt something was wrong but had no idea what it was. It was not until Izumi tried to tear open the fog covering the Kamikakushi path that he was able to seize the opportunity and sneak in.

"It's the people from the Moroboshi family again. You guys are really haunting us." Fox Dancer sighed. It could be said that the people she least wanted to see were the people from the Moroboshi family.

Back then, the Zhuxing family almost wiped out the family of the centipede that she had tricked into coming with great difficulty. She had been watching it all along, and she knew very well that even if she had arranged a lot of means here, she could not guarantee that she could last longer than the centipede.

The extremely lethal firearms of the Moroboshi family are just one of them. What the Fox Dancer fears or envies the most is Princess Fukushima. The incense and Dharma image she displayed made her so excited that her legs went weak on the spot. That was what she had always dreamed of.

Although she was very wary of the Moroboshi family, it didn't mean that she would run away at the first sign of trouble, unless the other party came after her personally and stepped hard on her face.

"Not everyone has the right to delay time in front of me." The fox dancer withdrew her thoughts and saw through the earth spider's intention at a glance. She sneered, and three fluffy fox tails swung back and forth in the air. Fox fires appeared around her. If anyone was touched, it would not be as simple as being burned to death.

"How brutal." Tsuchigumo sighed. Since delaying the fight had failed, he had no choice but to start a war. He had already prepared for this.

He put rings connected to transparent silk threads on his ten fingers and pulled hard. The wooden box carried by the earth spider immediately unfolded and turned into a strange spider-like puppet with four arms and two legs, which was tightly attached to his back, like a set of high-tech prosthetic limbs.

"Puppeteer is really a rare profession, but it's a pity that it has long since fallen into decline." The fox dancer living in Kyoto is well-informed and naturally knows about puppeteers. However, puppeteers are heavily dependent on external objects, and when they cannot remotely control the puppets, they themselves become their biggest weakness. They can easily be killed by the person controlling the puppet when they cannot be distracted. Therefore, they gradually evolved into artists performing puppet shows, and it is extremely rare for them to be able to truly fight. In any case, she has not passed the test.

"The puppeteer is not weak, he just didn't encounter a good era. But now, the times have changed." Tsuchigumo said meaningfully, then manipulated the two auxiliary feet to pop out spikes and fix them to the ground. The four puppet arms spread out, revealing the muzzles of three revolvers.

The continuous sound of gunfire and the bullets that came like raindrops made the Fox Dancer's face change drastically. The protective barrier she had set up was broken in less than two seconds, forcing her to flee in embarrassment. However, the bullets were not aimed at her only, but also at several spirit girls nearby.

As expected, the real body of the Fox Dancer was hidden in several spirit girls, who now transformed into the appearance of Fox Dancers and ran in all directions, but were always blown up by the bullets engraved with runes, and could only summon nearby spirits to block the bullets. Tsuchigumo was as calm as a Terminator, manipulating four puppet arms to aim at multiple targets. As for how he completed the continuous shooting, it was all thanks to the sophisticated mechanism.

Because of the inexplicable restrictions of the Japanese world, the integrated bullet cannot be used at all, so Yan Xu thought of a tricky way, which is the submachine gun.

A sub-gun is usually a cannon, that is, the mother gun has a slot into which the sub-gun can be inserted and quickly replaced after firing, skipping the loading process and completing rapid shooting.

Theoretically, it is possible to manufacture a sub-gun the size of a cartridge case, fill it with propellant and projectiles, and then install a primer at the back to make it an alternative bullet that avoids the restrictions of the Japanese world.

But it is too troublesome. Both the production and reloading of ammunition are so tedious that it makes people's scalp numb.

Moreover, because the sub-gun needs to bear a greater chamber pressure, its volume cannot be too small or thin. This results in the size and weight of the sub-gun far exceeding that of bullets of the same caliber, not to mention the lighter paper shell bullets.

After many attempts and tests, it was found that this thing was not suitable for large-scale military equipment, so it was abandoned by Yan Xu. However, it was favored by Tu Zhu and, after some improvements, became the Fire Spider Puppet he is using now.

Each of the four mechanical arms is connected to a device similar to an ammunition belt, but what is automatically loaded is not bullets, but sub-guns. Under the action of the mechanism, loading, firing, and changing bullets are like a rotating chain, forming dense firepower, which makes the Fox Dancer run away in panic until the ammunition is exhausted.

"It's so satisfying." The earth spider, whose whole body was numb, untied the mechanism. Its two auxiliary legs were twisted beyond recognition, and its four puppet arms were ignited by the overheated gun barrel. The violent vibration caused the gears and chains to be misaligned, and the entire fire spider puppet was directly scrapped. However, it was really cool, and he also obtained more actual combat data. As long as improvements were made, it would be more perfect.

"Damn bastard!" The fox dancer stopped panting and yelled almost out of control.

It's no wonder that she was so furious. After using her tail to block bullets many times, her three originally shiny tails became like a feather duster that was shedding feathers. Not only were they bald spots, but there were also residual flames. When she slapped them hard, large clumps of burnt hair turned into charcoal and fell off, staining her fox mask black.

"I want you to die!" The tail is the fox's life. The furious Fox Dancer is about to fight with the Tsuchigumo. At this moment, large black spots suddenly appeared on the Shenyin barrier she opened, and they grew larger as if corroded, even revealing the Oni warrior who was blocked outside.

"The timing is just right." Having anticipated this, Tsuchigumo reunited with Oboro and the other two, then handed the paper talisman in his hand to them.

"Stick it up, those ghost warriors don't recognize people." Tsuchigumo said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)