So focused on fighting and arguing with Elder Chiyo, Sasori momentarily forgot to pay attention to the battle in the sky. He didn't expect that when he relaxed a little after gaining the upper hand, a powerful attack would suddenly descend from the sky.
From the perspective of the Sand Ninja watching from the sidelines, a meteor-like attack suddenly fell from hundreds of meters in the sky, accelerating continuously during its flight, its long tail appearing as if it were on fire. Almost in the blink of an eye, the attack slammed into Hiruko.
The sharp-eyed Sand Ninja saw in the midst of the attack that the meteor was actually a huge, hard spear. They immediately thought of Shukaku's spear, which was known as the hardest and most powerful attack in the Sand Village.
Before he could think any further, the spear pierced the scorpion's puppet shell without mercy. Then, it went right through him like a hot knife through butter.
The spear struck the ground, creating a violent explosion, and the billowing smoke and dust that rose from the ground blurred the scene.
"Damn it, you dared to get distracted and attack Brother Scorpion while you were fighting me!"
Deidara was so blatantly disrespected and humiliated by Gaara that he lost his composure and went into a state of rage.
In the previous exchange, he was almost entirely suppressed by the enemy's sand. This was not only because he had been worn down and his explosive clay reserves were running low, but also because the enemy's strength was indeed formidable.
But that's no excuse for him to ignore himself and attack Brother Scorpion!
Enraged, Deidara steered the bird beneath his feet at full speed, constantly dodging the sand's relentless pursuit, and charged toward Gaara.
"As the Kazekage, any enemy that attacks Sunagakure is my target, whether it's you or the one below."
Just now, Gaara took advantage of Deidara being chased by the Sand Snakes to compress sand and provide support, which consumed a lot of chakra, but he still looked calm and collected in the face of Deidara's attack.
Gaara spoke lightly, but Deidara felt an invisible force rushing towards him, which made him even angrier.
Ignoring the fact that the exploding clay was constantly decreasing, Deidara charged at Gaara from the gaps in the sand snake, and bursts of explosive birds flew towards Gaara.
For a moment, the sky above the outskirts of Sunagakure was filled with raging yellow sand, accompanied by continuous explosions. The Sunagakure ninjas watching the battle below could only see the swirling sand snakes in pursuit and the plumes of exploding sand and dust falling; they couldn't even make out the figure of their own Kazekage.
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"scorpion"
Seeing her grandson pierced by Shukaku's spear, Chiyo was deeply worried and couldn't help but take a few steps forward to check on him. Then, she stopped dejectedly outside the billowing dust. Sasori had done so many wrong things, bringing such heavy disaster to the village; what right did she have to worry about him?
Gradually, as the dust settled amidst the spectators' stares, a deep crater appeared where Sasori had stood, leaving the surrounding area empty and deathly silent. Some of the Sand Ninja, seeing Sasori disappear, couldn't help but excitedly discuss the matter, believing that Sasori had been blasted to pieces by the Kazekage's attack. Cheers even erupted from the crowd.
Unlike the Sand Ninja's optimism, Chiyo's expression grew increasingly grave. She knew Sasori's strength all too well. With the hardness of Hiruko's shell, even Shukaku's spear couldn't have completely destroyed him, leaving not even a trace.
rustling sound—
Just then, a figure emerged from the deep pit step by step. It was a handsome young man with red hair. There was a hole in his body that was open from front to back, but it didn't seem to affect his movements at all.
The onlookers stared in astonishment at the scene. Was he even human? He had suffered such an injury and hadn't even bled!
The other Sand Ninja were still reeling from the shock, but Chiyo stared in astonishment at Sasori of the Red Sand, whose appearance remained unchanged from over a decade ago. Her gaze was complex and profound, a mixture of shock, joy, and then deep sorrow.
"Judging from your appearance, have you modified your own body?!" Chiyo's voice trembled, as if she was extremely unwilling to hear the answer she already knew in her heart.
Sasori of the Red Sand raised his head, revealing a chilling smile. "That's right! I've also transformed myself into a human puppet. From then on, I've distanced myself from the birth, aging, sickness, and death of ordinary people, and even made further breakthroughs in puppetry. This is the highest level of puppetry for me."
Scorpion paused to admire Chiyo's expression, then added, "And who said that puppets can't improve on their own? I can constantly modify myself!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Sand Ninja on the periphery, responsible for providing the voice-over, were all stunned. Staring at the hollows in Sasori's body and his eyes, which were indistinguishable from a real person's, they were filled with fear and confusion, and began to discuss among themselves.
"If puppetry can achieve this level of skill, then creating human puppets might not be out of the question."
"If our Sunagakure had more puppeteers like these, wouldn't we be able to become the number one ninja village in the ninja world?"
"Stop dreaming! Only Sasori of the Red Sand has the technology of making human puppets. The puppeteers in the village are usually arrogant, but in terms of actual skill level, they are completely crushed by him."
The ordinary Sand Ninja were agonizing over the matter, while some puppeteers went mad because they couldn't accept the fact that the puppets were human.
"Human puppets... Does that mean the puppetry techniques I learned before were outdated and wrong?! Is a true puppeteer a master who can transform their own body into a puppet?"
Kankuro had already begun quietly examining his own body. If he could control that power at the cost of his own body, Kankuro felt somewhat tempted.
Chiyo gazed at Sasori's face, a face she had imagined a thousand times, and felt as if her heart was being torn apart. She shouldn't have taught Sasori the Red Sand Puppet Technique back then, leading him down this path. Now that Sasori had become like this, it was all her fault!
Although she had always hoped to see her grandson again, this way of meeting was just too cruel.
"It's the old woman's fault. I shouldn't have taught you puppetry back then."
Chiyo's voice revealed grief and determination, "Back then, I led you down the path of a puppeteer. Now that you've gone down this evil path, then let this old woman who should have died long ago end all this misery!"
With that, Chiyo silently pulled out a scroll and summoned ten puppets. "White Secret Technique: The Ten Puppet Masters of Chikamatsu! Let me show you the strongest puppets left behind by the progenitor of puppeteers!"
However, Sasori of the Red Sand showed no fear in the face of this formidable force. He raised his hand and took out a scroll from behind his back, slowly unfurling it.
The next second, hundreds of puppets dressed in red robes suddenly appeared, crowding the middle of the battlefield.
"So many puppets, how is that possible?"
"With such strength, why doesn't he use it to protect the village? What an evil fellow!"
Upon seeing this horrifying scene, the Sand Ninja began to murmur amongst themselves once more.
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