NOVEL NEXT Chapter 105: Chapter 105: Your Puppet Is Really Good
"Kirito, is that Sasori?" Sakura asked as she adjusted to the icy air in the cave, her gaze fixed on the red-haired figure deep inside.
Kirito nodded. "That's him."
"Sasori... is it really you?" Chiyo said softly, her voice tinged with nostalgia as she looked at the boy who hadn't aged a day. "After all these years, you're still so young. Could it be that you've turned yourself into a puppet?"
"Grandma Chiyo," Sasori said, his voice cold, "you've retired. Why involve yourself in this mess?"
"Even if I'm at death's door, how could I ignore news about you?" Chiyo's voice turned sharp as her eyes fell on the remnants of the Third Kazekage puppet lying on the ground. "It's bad enough that you joined an evil organization, but to betray the village and kill Kazekage after Kazekage...!"
"Kazekage?" Sakura asked, puzzled.
Chiyo pointed at the destroyed puppet. "That's the puppet of the Third Kazekage. Sasori killed him years ago, and he may have had a hand in the death of the Fourth Kazekage as well. And now... Gaara."
Sakura's eyes widened in shock. Killing even one Kazekage would be a feat, but multiple? And yet, here Sasori was, being suppressed by Kirito.
As if sensing the moment, Sasori spoke, his tone casual but guarded. "The Fourth Kazekage's death wasn't my doing. Orochimaru found him through information I provided, nothing more."
"That's still your responsibility!" Chiyo snapped, pulling out a dozen kunai attached to chakra threads. The kunai floated in the air, ready to strike.
"Orochimaru?" Sakura's focus shifted. "Do you have information on him?" she asked urgently.
"Ah, yes. He collaborated with the Akatsuki for a time," Sasori replied indifferently.
Sakura clenched her fists, determination flashing in her eyes. "Then I'll catch you and make you talk!"
"Try, if you dare." Sasori unfurled a scroll with a flourish. "Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
With plumes of smoke, over a hundred blood-red puppets appeared, each connected to Sasori by chakra threads extending from his chest.
"Puppet Masters say the pinnacle of manipulation is the 'White Secret Technique: Ten Puppet Collection,' capable of destroying a city. But I? I can destroy a country," Sasori declared proudly.
Chiyo's eyes widened as she took in the massive swarm of puppets. For a puppet master, the number of puppets controlled was a testament to their skill. She herself could only manage ten at her peak.
"I didn't expect you to reach this level, Sasori," Chiyo admitted, her tone grim.
Sensing the danger, Chiyo quickly prepared a scroll of her own, ready to summon her puppets. However, before she could act, Kirito raised an arm to stop her.
"Wait," Kirito said, pointing to a corner. "Gaara's over there. He's alive. You two should get him out first."
The wooden cocoon encasing Gaara receded, revealing his fragile, unconscious body. Despite the chaos, the wood had shielded him from harm.
"It's Gaara!" Sakura rushed over, quickly assessing his condition. Her medical instincts kicked in immediately.
"How do you plan to handle Sasori's puppets?" Chiyo asked, using a chakra thread to gently lift Gaara's body and avoid further damage.
Kirito, observing the scene, sighed internally. Poor Gaara, not even allowed to die in peace.
Seeing Chiyo's movement, Sasori made several of his puppets charge toward Gaara.
Thud!
Several black rods shot out, piercing Sasori's puppets. The moment they were struck, Sasori's control faltered, and the puppets froze. To his horror, the immobilized puppets then turned and attacked him.
"What's happening?!" Sasori growled, his chakra threads failing to respond.
One by one, his puppets came under Kirito's control, manipulated by the black rods embedded in them. Unlike corpses, which required extensive preparation, puppets were designed for easy chakra control—an advantage Kirito exploited effortlessly.
"This is... ridiculous!" Sasori muttered as he observed his puppets being turned against him. "You're using those black rods to fight me for control!"
Kirito smiled slightly. The black rods, capable of transmitting chakra, had proven incredibly effective against Sasori's puppets. With each puppet he commandeered, his control grew more fluid.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
The puppets Kirito controlled grew increasingly agile, dismantling Sasori's forces with ease.
Desperate, Sasori intercepted one of the flying black rods to examine it. The moment his puppet touched the rod, a surge of chakra disrupted his control entirely.
"What's... happening?!" Sasori's voice trembled as his own puppet, the one he inhabited, froze momentarily.
Unbeknownst to most, Sasori's true body was hidden within his puppet shell. His core—a small compartment within the chest—was the true Sasori. When the puppet held the black rod, Kirito's overwhelming chakra flooded the system, paralyzing him.
A message flowed through the chakra threads into Sasori's core: "Your puppet is really good. Let me borrow it for a while."
(End of Chapter 105)
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