Sasori of the Read Sand was not just a simple title. It represented the legendary genius puppeteer of Sunagakure. Every puppeteer of Sunagakure would be proud just to have a puppet made by Sasori.
Since the Sasori's parents were killed by Konoha's White Fang, Sasori had begun to learn puppetry under the guidance of Chiyo. In just a few years, the reputation of Sasori as a genius had spread throughout the entire Sunagakure.
Perhaps it was the death of his parents that inspired Sasori, allowing Sasori to grow into a powerful ninja in a short period of time.
Although due to the age limit, the amount of chakra Sasori currently possess was not too much, it was undeniable that Sasori was very powerful.
Sasori's strength, a puppeteer who controls the Third Kazekage puppet, was not something that could be estimated. At the very least, it must be considered that in addition to his own, he possesses a part of the combat power that Third Kazekage possessed in his lifetime.
The strength of a ninja was not just about the amount of chakra. In the original book, Naruto had so much chakra, still wasn't he just a Genin at the beginning.
The strength of a puppeteer depended not only on the number of puppets they control, but also on the quality of the puppets. In this regard, Sasori's strength should be stronger than Chiyo.
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As soon as the rays of the morning sun fell on the earth, Asahi followed Chizuru and found the secret base established by Sasori.
It was in an extremely secluded valley, surrounded by a large number of felled trees. From an environmental analysis, there was a high probability that Sasori was hiding here to study puppetry.
(T.L Note: What does felled tree mean? - To cut down a tree)
[Shadow Clone Jutsu]
Asahi formed a seal with his hands, created a shadow clone, and hid in a secret place with a camera.
If he wanted to get evidence that Sasori assassinated the Third Kazekage, it's not enough to just force Sasori to use the Third Kazekage's human puppet. He had to take photos to secure the evidence, and he also had to make him use the Third Kazekage's human puppet. He would take pictures under the condition when the Third Kazekage's human puppet would use its Kekkei Genkai - Iron Sand.
As long as he gets the photo of the Third Kazekage's human puppet using the Iron Sand techniques, even if Chiyo had a degree in spouting nonsense, she might not be able to absolve her grandson of his crime.
"What are you doing?" Chizuru asked curiously after seeing Asahi's actions.
"Chizuru-senpai, your curiosity is too strong, you just need make Sasori use his full strength." Asahi said.
"Tch! Annoying brat." Chizuru pouted, then took a step forward and began to form hand seals with his hands.
[Earth Style ∙ Rock Collapse]
This ninjutsu uses chakra to collapse rocks structures, this jutsu is very useful against opponents hidden in the mountains.
*Boom*
Along with the loud noise, the entire hill began to shake slightly, and then a location that was suspected to be Sasori's secret base suddenly collapsed, burying everything inside.
"Hey! You didn't kill him, did you?!" Asahi exclaimed.
It was undeniable that Sasori was very powerful, but in such an disadvantageous place and with a sudden sneak attack, Asahi was really not sure whether Sasori would be crushed to death by the sudden collapse of the rocks.
Once Sasori died, Asahi's name would definitely be put on Chiyo's blacklist. Asahi doesn't want to be the target of Chiyo's pursuit.
Chizuru didn't say anything, but gave Asahi a 'back' gesture, then activated his Sharingan and looked around vigilantly.
Seeing Chizuru's gesture, he quickly backed away from him, and at the same time took out a kunai and assumed a defensive posture.
Chizuru was an Elite-Jonin after all, and his experience was not comparable to that of Asahi's. Although Chizuru's character was somewhat arrogant, this does not deny his great capabilities.
*Boom*
The collapsed rocks suddenly exploded, and a black shadow instantly jumped out into the air. At the same time, countless flying needles flew out from the black shadow, aiming at the two people, Asahi and Chizuru, like a violent wind. It was a like a rainstorm of attacks.
[Earth Style ∙ Mud Wall]
Chizuru's movements were very fast, the super insight of the Sharingan allowed him to detect the movement on the ground from the beginning. That's why he instantly formed an earth wall defense and blocked all the flying needles.
Asahi quickly ran behind the earthen wall and said to Chizuru on the side, "It is indeed Sasori. The next step is up to you, Chizuru-senpai!"
"The flying needles are highly poisonous, so be careful!" Chizuru warned.
"Chizuru-senpai, take this." Asahi took out a few bottles of antidote and handed them to Chizuru, and then used Earth0style to escape underground and leave.
Originally, Asahi was not prepared to hand over the antidote to Chizuru, but since Sasori could survive such a ninjutsu, it was obvious that he had used his puppet technique or directly made himself into a human puppet.
In this case, if Chizuru was killed, Asahi would never be able to escape.
Although these antidotes might not be able to cure Sasori's poison, they could still somewhat inhibit the spread of the poison.
[Fire Style ∙ Great Fireball Jutsu]
As soon as the flying needle attack stopped, Chizuru immediately spewed a giant fireball.
Looking from a distance, Asahi saw that what jumped out from the collapsed rocks was not Sasori himself, but the puppet he used to protect himself - Hiruko.
Hiruko had both offensive and defensive abilities, which made up for the puppeteer's shortcomings in melee combat capabilities. It had many mechanisms all over its body and its defense was extremely strong. Sasori probably relied on Hiruko's defense to block Chizuru's Earth-style ninjutsu just now.
Now there's good news and bad news.
The good news was that Asahi knew that Sasori himself was hiding in Hiruko, and also knew some of Hiruko's attack methods. The bad news was that even if Asahi knew Hiruko's information, he would not be able to get close to Hiruko and break this puppet.
It seemed that he could only tell Chizuru the information about Hirauko.
Now the battle between Chizuru and Sasori had become tense. Chizuru had been avoiding Hiruko's attacks and could not get close to Hiruko. And conversely, all of Sasori's attacks, no matter how secretly they were launched, could not escape the insight of Chizuru's Sharingan.
The scary thing about puppeteers was that their attacks were very weird and secretive. Ordinary ninjas were often at a disadvantage when fighting against puppeteers.
The Uchiha clan's Sharingan could just directly see through the puppeteer's attacks, which was enough to make them the puppeteers' nemesis.
The battle between the two seemed to be about chasing each other, and neither side could do anything to the other. But in a battle between ninjas, just one careless decision could determine the outcome in an instant.
Hiruko's attacks were very intensive. Asahi hid in the dark and kept observing carefully, however, the results of the observation made Asahi feel frustrated. Asahi, who lacked dynamic vision, could not escape Sasori's attack.
In other words, Asahi could not intervene in this battle.
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