Born in Sunagakure, dedicated to antagonizing Konoha for decades

He had dealt with many Sunagakure puppeteers, so he naturally knew about Hiruko's high-end human puppet performance art. However, although Sunagakure had this advanced technology, human puppetry had always been a forbidden technique there. Now that it had appeared next to Deidara, the identity of the person inside the strange shell was obvious.

Sasori, the strongest puppeteer in the ninja world!

This is troublesome. I wonder if Sasori knows that he attacked Sasori's father back in the Rain Country when his father was drunk and passed out...

"Hmph! Onoki's son, Kodo! Prepare to die... (▼he▼メ)"

"Hiryu Koko: Thousand Prosthetic Hands!"

But fate is so mysterious. Handsome Sasori devoted his entire life to the puppetry business and didn't remember many things. However, his father's two serious injuries had a profound impact on his life, and he would never forget them. One of them was an absurd incident where he got drunk and played the Three-Sword Style, which resulted in him being slashed by Iwagakure. The culprit at the time was none other than the cunning son of Onoki in front of him.

Now it was a case of enemies meeting with intense hatred. Before Deidara could even speak, the handsome Sasori, seeking revenge for his father, was ruthless and taciturn. A machine gun, equipped with cylinders filled with more than a dozen poison needles, was fired from the device on Hiruko's left arm. Countless green poison needles were fired at the three of them.

"not good!"

"Earth Release·Earth Flow Wall!!"

"Ding ding ding..."

"Rock Fist Technique!"

Sure enough, as soon as Handsome Scorpion made his move, Yellow Earth, being an old hand, reacted extremely quickly, standing in front of Red Earth and Black Earth who hadn't yet reacted, and swiftly formed hand seals, creating a thick earthen wall in front of the three of them.

He then covered his right hand with a layer of rock and charged toward the handsome scorpion. When fighting a puppeteer, the principle of "capture the king first" is an age-old law, and as the son of Onoki, how could Huangtu not know this?

"boom!"

"What?! A puppet clone technique???"

However, Huang Tu rushed in front of Handsome Scorpion and slammed his rock-sized fist into Fei Liu Hu. The scene of being sent flying by a punch did not occur. Fei Liu Hu, who was hit by the punch, turned into a pile of sand, and Huang Tu's eyes almost popped out.

This puppet can even create clones?! (⊙_⊙)?

1090. His puppets all aim to kill his bastard uncle.

The Shadow Clone Technique is a fundamental skill among fundamental skills. When every ninja first learns ninjutsu, the first thing they learn is the Three Body Techniques, and the Shadow Clone Technique is one of the Three Body Techniques. However, this kind of minor ninjutsu is both useful and useless. Most of the time, it's just a ninjutsu that high-level players use to show off their skills to their alts.

The Leaf Village's Wood Clone Technique, the Rock Village's Earth Clone Technique, the Mist Village's Water Clone Technique, the Sand Village's Sand Clone Technique, etc... are all considered basic skills. As a super genius after Shiki, Sasori's ability to use Sand Clone Technique is not surprising.

But the key point is... this isn't Sasori himself, it's just a puppet. And puppets can even create clones?

He'd been in the ninja world for so many years, and he'd seen hundreds, if not thousands, of puppeteers, but he'd never seen anything like this before.

"Hmph! Scarlet Amber - Back Tail Spikes!"

Fei Liu Hu, carrying the handsome scorpion, paid no attention to Huang Tu's surprise. His figure appeared behind Huang Tu. A large tail made of alloy steel extended from the mouth of the ghost face on Fei Liu Hu's back and stabbed Huang Tu. Some green reflections could be seen at the tip of the tail, indicating that it was also coated with poison. Let alone being stabbed, even being grazed would be fatal.

Holy crap!

Don't let Huang Tu's big and burly appearance fool you into thinking he's not agile. His son, carefully trained by Onoki, may not have a high ceiling due to his own talent, and can't reach the level of a double-flower red staff, but he is definitely one of the top red staff members. He can fight, withstand attacks, and has ranged skills. He is a true all-rounder. As long as he doesn't encounter a tough opponent like the Golden Lion, he can hold his own against other double-flower red staff members.

Seeing the large, glowing green tail stabbing towards him, Huang Tu reacted quickly. Instead of fighting it head-on, he retreated three body lengths at a speed that was far beyond his stout physique.

Chiyo was a world-renowned master poison master. As someone who surpassed Chiyo, it was impossible for Sasori's poison to be ordinary. You must know that the most dangerous thing for a puppeteer is this kind of deadly poison that can kill on contact with blood. So when he saw the tail tip still glowing green, he knew that his previous tactics had been wrong.

If it were an ordinary puppeteer, even one like Sasori's father, choosing close combat wouldn't be wrong. But how could someone like Sasori expose his weaknesses? He had only heard his father mention Hiruko before, and this was the first time he had seen it. He had initially thought that Hiruko was just a puppeteer's protective shield, but now he realized that it was actually a puppet!

Moreover, it's a human puppet that combines offense and defense; when it comes to melee combat with a puppet, he doesn't even have White Fang's fancy footwork...

"Hiryu Amber - Needle Eight Waves!"

"Hiryu Koko: Thousand Prosthetic Hands!"

However, although Huang Tu retreated three body lengths, it was of little use. Now, all of Handsome Scorpion's puppets were designed with the goal of killing that bastard uncle. Although they were of little use and still couldn't kill that bastard uncle, they were still much stronger than the puppets in the original work. At least with Kakuzu's unlimited financial support, they wouldn't be smashed to pieces by a pink-haired girl's punch like in the original work. Moreover, the mechanisms on them were endless.

Huang Tu had only taken two steps back when the next volley of arrows arrived, and he had no time to react.

"Earth Escape·Tudi Dingbi!"

Seeing her father about to be riddled with arrows, Kurotsuchi, who was still confused about what grudge this ugly monster had against her father and started fighting as soon as they met, finally reacted and quickly formed hand seals to create a thick semi-circular wall in front of her father, which was covered with those green poisonous senbon needles.

"Earth Release: Rigid Style Technique!"

Yellow Earth and Black Earth both joined the fray, and Akatsuchi, who had been sent by Onoki to Konoha to play the fool and deceive others, was naturally not slow either. Although it was embarrassing for three to fight one, anyone with eyes could see that Yellow Earth was no match for this extremely ugly monster.

Red Earth also spoke without hesitation, spitting out a large number of earth-shaped rock giants that surrounded Handsome Scorpion.

The next major battle is about to begin...

"Hmph! Useless trash."

"Hey! Wait... Brother Scorpion, let's go, Pain's urging us..."

Even when facing three opponents, the handsome Sasori wasn't intimidated at all. These rocks were far weaker than the Seven-Tails. He had been fighting the Seven-Tails since he was seven years old. Although he was often beaten, he was used to the pressure from the Seven-Tails. In his eyes, these rock giants spat out by Akatsuchi were nothing more than a bunch of small karami. Then, various mechanisms on Hiruko were activated to prepare for the harvest of the match.

However, he was dissuaded by Deidara, whom he suspected was his "cousin," and saw that the ring on his hand and the ring on Deidara's hand were flashing. It was indeed Pain urging them on. After all, it was one against three, especially since they were Onoki's sons. It would not be easy to kill the three of them in a short time. He retracted the mechanism on Hiruko, jumped onto Deidara's clay bird, and flew away high.

"call..."

Seeing Sasori jump up, Deidara secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although he didn't know what grudge Sasori had against Uncle Yellow Earth, it was the first time he had seen Sasori so agitated. There must be some deep-seated hatred between them. Although he had left the village, he didn't have any grudge against Uncle Yellow Earth and the others. In fact, Uncle Yellow Earth and Red Earth had taken good care of him when he was a child, and he also had a good relationship with Black Earth Girl.

On one side was Sasori, with whom he had a good relationship, and on the other side was Uncle Huangtu, with whom he had a good relationship. Deidara certainly didn't want to see the two sides fight. Fortunately, Pain urged them at this time, otherwise Uncle Huangtu and the others might have been killed by Sasori as well.

Even just Hiruko would take on three opponents, and Sasori has more than just Hiruko.

This time, Brother Scorpion brought out all the puppets in the exhibition hall. That army of thousands of miscellaneous puppets—even if he entered the venue, he might not be able to withstand them…

"Phew... That was really dangerous. I didn't expect Sasori to be this strong."

Watching the large white bird gradually disappear into the distance, Huang Tu wiped the sweat from his brow and sighed.

"What?! Dad, you said that ugly monster is Sasori of the Sand? Isn't Sasori the most handsome guy in the ninja world? How come he looks like that..."

Hearing Huangtu's exclamation, Heitu asked in astonishment.

Sasori, the most handsome man in the ninja world, is known to everyone in the entire ninja world. His reputation for beauty even surpasses that of her idol, Uchiha Itachi. Naturally, she had heard of him before. She never even considered that the ugly guy with the long tail could be Sasori. After all, how could the most handsome man in the ninja world be so ugly? But now, hearing her father's exclamation, Kurotsuchi's eyes widened completely.

1091. If you're going to play, play big.

"Haha, the little girl is really cute. My nephew is of course the most handsome man in the ninja world. There is no need to ask. If it weren't for the appearance of Haku, my nephew would still be the flower of the ninja world. That was just a puppet created by my nephew. He is inside that ugly monster. It's just that you don't have the ability to destroy that puppet and force him out."

"How about it? My nephew, Huangtu, isn't my eldest nephew pretty good?"

Masato suddenly appeared beside Yotsuchi, explained, and then raised an eyebrow at Yotsuchi with a rather smug look.

He had already arrived when they started fighting, but he didn't come out to break it up. It's been so many years since we've seen Handsome Scorpion make a move, so we wanted to see if Handsome Scorpion's fighting skills had improved.

Loess is a good reference point. Loess is in a very awkward stage. Although he is a red stick, he is more powerful than many red sticks. He is a true hexagonal warrior. Although he is not a double-flower red stick, he is a special red stick that can go toe-to-toe with Luo Sha.

Overall, Sasori's combat skills have continued to improve over the years, which Masato is very satisfied with. The puppeteer's fighting style is different from that of ordinary ninjas. The puppeteer amplifies the advantage of the poison on their puppet to create a one-hit kill. Therefore, the puppeteer does not use any unnecessary ninjutsu or other movements, which would not only waste chakra but also be less lethal than the puppet coated with poison. Thus, the puppeteer's fighting style is distinctly different from that of other ninjas.

The handsome scorpion was able to suppress the loess with just the shell of the Scarlet Amber, and the loess was almost subdued by him.

Such hands-on skills truly live up to his reputation as the strongest puppeteer.

"...Lord Shiki should have arrived by now, right? You saw Sasori and Deidara together, why didn't you show up and take him away? They're Akatsuki members now."

Huang Tu was used to his way of speaking and didn't care. After all, it was a fact that he couldn't beat Handsome Scorpion. The more you cared about this old guy, the more arrogant he would become in front of you. Countless experiences had taught him that ignoring this old guy's teasing was the best choice.

However, there was one thing he didn't understand. Sasori was a super genius after Shiki of the Sand Village. Just like Deidara was a super genius after his father, he was supposed to go back and inherit the family business. But Shiki had clearly arrived long ago, so why didn't he come out to stop him? Would he have taken Deidara away? If Shiki had taken Sasori away, wouldn't it have been better for both sides to ensure that the village would have a successor and also weaken the Akatsuki's strength?

But Shiki seemed completely unconcerned. If he didn't know Sasori had joined a terrorist organization before, it would be understandable that he didn't care. But now that he knew, he still acted like he didn't care, which left Huang Tu puzzled and wondering what Shiki was up to.

"Everyone has their own ambitions. You can stop someone who wants to go to sea, but you can't stop their heart from wanting to go to sea. If the time is not right, it's useless to force it."

Masato, feigning profundity, looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle and said...

When we saw Sasori fighting Huang Tu, he was planning to make an appearance. Just like Huang Tu said, the two of them would kidnap the heir of their village and take him back, which would not only ensure their safety but also weaken the Akatsuki's strength. Anyway, the plot has already progressed this far, so it doesn't matter if Sasori and Deidara's scenes end.

However, he soon realized that if he finished off Sasori and Deidara now, and with the entire Hidden Mist Village on high alert, even with Itachi and Kisame, and even with Kakuzu and the immortal Hidan, they might not be able to withstand the Hidden Mist Village and take down the Three-Tails. Wouldn't his plan have failed? If the Akatsuki had to personally intervene to take down the newly resurrected Three-Tails, then the Eight-Tails of the Cloud Village, the Nine-Tails of the Leaf Village, and the One-Tails and Seven-Tails of the Sand Village would be even more difficult to defeat than the Three-Tails of the Hidden Mist Village. Who knows if Nagato would change his tactics and concentrate his firepower to take down each village one by one? In that case, although the progress would be slower, the destructive power would be much greater.

He can't control the other villages, but if Nagato, who's on his deathbed, focuses his firepower on Sunagakure, that would be bad. He wasn't originally a defender, and even if he's incredibly strong, he can't protect the entire village. If Nagato, who's on his deathbed, were to hit Sunagakure with a single shot, the entire village wouldn't be able to withstand that single shot.

So Shinto stepped on the brakes in time, and after the Akatsuki gang had taken the three away, he came out and took Sasori away under the pretext of helping Kirigakure retrieve the Three-Tails.

Then everything makes sense. Even if Nagato, who is on the verge of death, really does descend upon Sunagakure to hunt down the tailed beasts, he can still have an excuse to say that he had to keep an eye on Sasori and not give him a chance to escape, so he didn't chase after the One-Tail and Seven-Tail. At least this reason can fool the will of the Six Paths. If he didn't chase after them at all, it would be too easy for the will of the Six Paths to become suspicious.

Even the phrase "old but still strong" cannot fully describe the cunning of the Six Paths old man's will, despite his many years in the ninja world.

"So, Lord Golden Lion, what you mean is...?"

Huang Tu's mouth twitched as he watched him act so pretentious. He was such a show-off, even more so than his father. What time is it now? Could he please stop showing off?

However, since he couldn't even beat someone's nephew, Huang Tu had no choice but to endure it.

"The saying goes, 'Play the long game to catch a big fish.' What's the point of just bringing these two kids back? With Akatsuki's lineup, even if they lose one or two top fighters, they can still put together a starting eleven. It's not very meaningful. So, if we're going to play, we should play big. Judging from the direction they left, they're probably heading to the Land of Water to attack the soon-to-be-resurrected Three-Tails. And there's definitely more than just those two Akatsuki members there. We'll secretly follow them, and then, together with the Mizukage, we can launch a pincer attack. We can take down as many as we can, weakening Akatsuki's strength as much as possible..."

"I have a sure thing," Zhen Dou said confidently.

"That's settled then, but... Lord Golden Lion, you must show mercy to Deidara and spare our lives..."

Huang Tu nodded in agreement with the plan, and then added something else.

This old guy gets easily carried away in a fight; he's seen it before. If that brat Deidara is too reckless and stubborn to fight this old guy head-on, and if this old guy loses control and kills Deidara, they'll suffer a huge loss.

His father had repeatedly told him to bring Deidara back alive. What use would a corpse be? Although his precious daughter was quite good, Deidara was indeed the best candidate for the next Tsuchikage...

1092. Crimson Secret Technique: Thousand Machine Manipulation!

"Don't you trust me to handle things? I have a strange connection with that kid, and besides, he's my nephew's teammate. Even if I don't give Onoki face, I still have to give my nephew face, right?"

"You're moving too slowly. Sit down on this log, and I'll take you flying..."

Impatiently, Masato pointed to the fallen tree trunk and told them to sit down before leading the three of them in the direction of Handsome Scorpion and his group.

"..."

Huang Tu was exasperated. It's because of you that I'm so worried...

However, this is just wishful thinking. At this point, all we can do is hope that Deidara will survive.

........

"You're two days late..."

Beside a huge lake in the Land of Water, Itachi Uchiha helplessly spoke to Sasori and Deidara.

He didn't want to say it, but damn it, he had no choice but to. Deidara and Sasori's entrance was just too damn arrogant.

Knowing that Kirigakure was on full alert, he and Kisame sneaked in quietly. But these two came riding big birds in broad daylight, as if they wanted everyone to know that the Akatsuki had landed in Kirigakure, right?

"Hey, you bastard. It's only a couple of days later, and the Three-Tails hasn't even revived yet, what's the rush... um."