Being a rogue ninja is worse than being Hokage.

At this moment, Sasuke entered the state of Cursed Seal One.

But Sasuke hasn't finished releasing the cursed seal yet.

As the first cursed seal covered his entire body, Sasuke's originally fair skin turned gray, and his black hair suddenly became even thicker, long gray hair.

A cross-shaped scar appeared in the center of Sasuke's face, starting from the bridge of his nose. The whites of his eyes turned black, and his lips turned a cement gray color.

Sasuke also grew a pair of terrifying, giant, hand-shaped fleshy wings from his back.

This inhuman appearance indicates that Sasuke has entered the Cursed Seal 2 state.

At this moment, Sasuke's chakra reserves and physical abilities have been increased dramatically.

Sasuke stood facing hundreds of human puppets in front of him with this terrifying and horrifying figure.

"So-called immortality is nothing more than the wrong way to kill someone—"

This is Sasuke's philosophy; he scoffs at all notions of immortality and eternal life.

The way to kill a sword is to cut its blade.

The way to kill porcelain is to smash it into pieces.

The way to kill a ninja with multiple hearts is simply to pierce all of them.

The way to kill a cultist who can still chatter even after his head has been cut off is to grind the body inhabited by his soul into dust.

The way to kill Orochimaru is to suppress his broken mental power with a will even stronger than Orochimaru's.

The method to kill this legendary puppeteer is also quite simple.

...Sasuke disappeared.

Sasori's gaze froze for a moment; he remained focused, keeping a close eye on Sasuke.

Not to mention blinking, as a puppet, Scorpion doesn't need such an imperfect physiological function as blinking.

Sasuke disappeared completely under Sasori's gaze.

Sasuke vanished in an instant.

It appeared again in an instant.

Sasuke, who had reappeared, had already rushed into the center of hundreds of human puppets.

His extraordinary figure was surrounded by black lightning.

Sasuke's gaze, however, was so precise as to focus on Sasori's true form, who had changed into a puppet body, among the hundreds of human puppets.

Even though the number of human puppets had already reached hundreds, the number of puppets increased several times over, providing Scorpion with a more secure hiding environment.

Sasori's hiding place could not possibly escape the Sharingan's detection.

"Don't think about it!"

The scorpion shouted sharply.

At Sasori's voice, the puppet beside Sasuke immediately contorted itself to face him.

Water, fire, earth, wind, thunder!

At the same time, all five chakra nature transformation techniques began to pour out from the puppet onto Sasuke!

But Sasuke can use ninjutsu even faster!

The black lightning coiling around Sasuke's alien form emitted an even sharper, more piercing cry.

The black lightning bolts extended and changed shape erratically.

Wherever the roaring black lightning went, it severed all the chakra threads controlling these puppets!

Those puppets that were originally intended to use escaping techniques on Sasuke lost control of the chakra threads and no longer posed any threat to him. They all fell to the ground like lifeless objects.

—Hundreds of immortal human puppets, having their chakra threads severed by Chidori, all entered into "death".

Only one human puppet is still "alive".

It is the scorpion's true form, a puppet!

Sasuke immediately formed the ninja hand seals.

He stretched out his right hand, and countless pythons emerged from his hand, rushing towards the scorpion's puppet body!

Orochi Style: Hidden Shadow Multi-Snake Hand!

The scorpion immediately retaliated.

He placed his arms in front of his chest, and scorching flames shot from his palms, burning the pythons that charged at him to ashes.

As Sasori used Fire Release, his five fingers twitched slightly.

He connected to the puppet with chakra threads again, and the puppet next to Sasuke suddenly stood up. Countless spikes shot out from the front of the puppet, hugging Sasuke completely!

The spikes pierced through Sasuke's body.

But Sasuke didn't bleed a single drop.

Illusion?!

when!!

From the very beginning of this battle, Sasori never truly made eye contact with Sasuke's Sharingan!

"The essence of genjutsu is to disrupt the enemy's chakra through the five senses... I had a feeling before, and it turned out just as I guessed. Because of Itachi, you are very wary of Sharingan's eye techniques and genjutsu—but I did not use my eyes to cast genjutsu on you."

Sasuke's voice rang out from behind Sasori.

Even though Sasori is a puppet, he still needs to fight using his five senses. At most, Sasori is more difficult to be swayed by illusions, but there is no possibility that he is immune to illusions.

"Your immortality has ended."

Sasuke's left hand was filled with a large amount of chakra, which included lightning-attribute nature transformations.

Chidori!

It wasn't Sasuke's development of various styles of Chidori over the past three years, but rather the Chidori he initially learned from Kakashi.

However, the Chidori that Sasuke displays now in his Cursed Seal II state is different.

At this moment, the Chidori in Sasuke's hand has fused with the power of the cursed seal, and the Chidori in his hand is not blue but black.

The black Thousand Birds' calls also changed.

This is a Chidori that surpasses Chidori and can only be used through the power of the cursed seal.

Its name is—The Lamenting Thousand Birds!

Without hesitation, the black, wailing Thousand Birds attacked the regeneration core in the chest of the scorpion's main puppet body.

But the scorpion wouldn't just sit idly by and wait to die!

Even though he missed the chance to avoid the Crying Chidori attack because he was caught in Sasuke's genjutsu.

But Sasuke also understood that Sasuke was preparing to end the battle with the Crying Chidori.

The scorpion cannot escape.

Sasuke, however, will not run away!

Sasuke sensed the chakra that suddenly appeared behind him!

A human puppet that Sasori had never used before appeared behind Sasuke.

Black iron sand spread across the human puppet's body!

The precision in manufacturing this human puppet is on a completely different level from the human puppets that Scorpion previously operated with Hundred Machines.

This single human puppet can use its bloodline limit so skillfully!

Let's all die together!

Sasori made no attempt to hide his intention to fight Sasuke to the death.

When the prerequisite of Sasori being threatened with death is met, the Puppet Scroll will be automatically released, summoning Sasori's highest-level human puppet collection—the Third Kazekage, who possesses the Magnet Release Kekkei Genkai.

Sasuke's expression remained calm, and he did not hesitate for a moment as he pierced Sasori's chest with the black Chidori of Lamentation.

The Crying Thousand Birds' attack did indeed hit Sasori.

The scorpion's regeneration nucleus was shattered.

Sasuke never took the Third Kazekage's puppet seriously.

The Third Kazekage's puppet's bloodline limit and Sasuke's Crying Chidori launched a synchronized attack.

As a result, Sasuke killed Sasori.

The Third Kazekage's puppet did not harm Sasuke in the slightest.

Having confirmed Sasori's death, Sasuke ended his Cursed Seal 2 state and returned to human form.

Sasuke withdrew the hand that had pierced Sasori's puppet body with the Crying Chidori, and turned to look at the Sound Four behind him with his dark eyes.

The Sound Four, who had originally left on Sasuke's orders, appeared behind Sasuke at the crucial moment and shielded him from the Third Kazekage's puppet attack.

After the most crucial attack was blocked, without Sasori's control, the Third Kazekage's puppet became a completely lifeless object.

Chapter 50 The Distance Between Us

"It seems you've finished your fight too."

The battle between Sasuke and Sasori had just ended when Naruto reappeared before Sasuke.

Sasuke's gaze followed Naruto's voice, and Karin and Hozuki Suigetsu appeared with Naruto.

Deidara and Sasori's initial attack was a feint by Sasori using puppets, combined with Deidara's exploding clay birds for an explosive attack.

At the critical moment, Naruto used his Shadow Clone Jutsu to escape the blast radius.

Then Naruto used Earth Release ninjutsu, in conjunction with Sasuke, to launch a counterattack against Deidara and Sasori.

Naruto and Sasuke cut through the battlefield high in the sky, each taking care of one member of the Akatsuki organization.

How's the situation on your end?

Sasuke asked Naruto about Deidara's condition.