Chapter 237

"Everyone treats each other the same." Fujiwara Kirito glanced at Chiyo and said to Sasori meaningfully, "Didn't you hold back and squander your puppets recklessly just because Chiyo is your grandmother?"

"Even the Fourth Kazekage I got for you had his flaws exposed and smashed to pieces by that little girl? And the Third Kazekage's puppet was the same."

"You're always so cautious in battle, but you actually sent the puppet with the Sand Iron bloodline to the enemy. Isn't this just sending yourself to death?"

"And the poison left in Kankuro's body. I'm sure you understand the importance of puppetry intel better than I do. You even spared that guy's life. Tsk tsk. If you wanted to see your grandmother, you didn't need to go through so much trouble."

"Tsk…" Hearing this, Sasori, whose thoughts were exposed, clicked his tongue, looked deeply at Chiyo again, and changed the subject, "Let's talk about what you need me to do next."

"You spent so much effort to revive me. You're someone who never does anything without gain. I don't think you're the type to do a losing trade."

"Of course." Kirito retracted his hand, casually pulled out the blade from Sasori's puppet, and slashed at the puppet made by Sasori himself. The seal on the puppet was instantly broken.

Kirito turned his back to Sasori and casually threw out a scroll he had prepared long ago. "From today on, you are no longer a member of the Akatsuki organization. In the eyes of the world, you're already dead. As for how to disguise the scene, you know better than I do. Zetsu will come to investigate later. Handle it yourself. The scroll contains what I want you to do."

"I understand." Sasori took the scroll casually, moved his stiff puppet body, and slowly walked towards his main body.

When he passed by Chiyo, the two looked at each other, but didn't say anything in the end.

"Now, it's your turn, Grandma Chiyo. I'm sure you heard our conversation just now. If my guess is correct, next you plan to use the 'Reincarnation' technique you developed to revive that brat Gaara, right? Then tell me—how should I deal with you?"

Kirito asked with a smile. When it came to Chiyo's plan to resurrect Gaara with her own life, Sasori, who was replacing his main body, paused.

"What, are you going to kill the old woman?" Chiyo glanced at Sasori, narrowed her eyes slightly, and asked back.

Kirito waved his hand. "Don't get me wrong. If I kill you, then Sasori probably won't help me anymore. If possible, I hope you can pretend you heard and saw nothing, then take that ignorant little girl in your arms and 'escape from me'."

"I understand." Chiyo carried the unconscious Sakura and jumped to the top of the cave. At the end, as if she remembered something, she paused. Suddenly, she asked, "Do you trust the old woman that much?"

"Of course. But I don't believe in you—I believe in myself. Don't look at me like this. I'm actually very strong." Kirito placed his hands behind his back and said calmly, "Very strong. Stronger than anyone else. Even the unfathomable leader of our organization—I don't take him seriously."

"Let me put it this way. It took about fifteen minutes to wipe out over two thousand Sarutobi clan members and nearly a thousand civilians. I was thirteen years old at the time."

"It probably won't take longer to wipe out Sunagakure now than it did to wipe out the Sarutobi clan."

"If you leak anything about what happened after I showed up today, the Sand Village will likely be massacred within fifteen minutes."

"Kill them all in fifteen minutes? What a bragging and crazy guy. Just like Uchiha Madara back then. Looks like those two old fools, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo, really created a terrible enemy—not just for Konoha, but for the entire Five Great Nations."

Chiyo turned her back to Kirito and whispered in a voice only she could hear.

"Hey, don't compare me to that kind of loser." Kirito said indifferently.

"Can he hear this? Lip-reading? No. He can't see my mouth. This… it's pure hearing. This is beyond the scope of ninja ability…"

Thinking this, Chiyo's pupils suddenly widened. She clicked her tongue lightly and without saying anything else, carried Sakura and disappeared from Kirito's sight.

At this time, Sasori came over and said, "I've already arranged the scene. The puppet arm with the ring is left behind too. So now, what are you going to do?"

At this time, Sasori had returned to his original puppet form, donned a black cloak, and regained his handsome appearance. From looks alone, you could hardly tell he was a puppet.

Kirito looked Sasori up and down and couldn't help but sigh, "You… you've got a perfectly good appearance, a real handsome guy, but instead of learning how to pick up girls from me, you turned yourself into a puppet. Tsk tsk. What a waste of a gift from the gods."

"You're so long-winded." Sasori turned his head away in annoyance. "You don't understand true art. If you've got something to say, say it. Otherwise, I'm leaving. Don't think everyone is like you, unable to walk straight when they see a beautiful woman."

"That's true." Kirito nodded without comment. "But speaking of which… don't you want to go see what happened to that Kazekage brat and your grandmother?"

"Kazekage and Grandma Chiyo?" Upon hearing this, Sasori looked in the direction where Chiyo had left with a complicated expression. No one knew what he was thinking.

As for those two—while Kirito was rescuing Sasori, Deidara was in a miserable situation.

Not only did Kakashi use Kamui to destroy his only remaining right arm, but he also lost it to Guy's team.

The poor, disabled explosive artist, kunai in mouth and unable to use ninjutsu, was beaten senseless by Team Guy—composed of pure taijutsu users.

Finally, he was forced to use an explosive clone to self-destruct.

In the end, the smoke was thick, but no one was hurt. The explosion was absorbed by Kakashi's Kamui once again.

Just like that, a man who had abducted the Kazekage of one of the Five Great Nations—such a brilliant feat—could only escape by faking his death. How pitiful.

Kakashi, exhausted from the extreme chakra usage of Kamui, once again transformed into a man with chronic chakra fatigue.

"Sensei Kakashi, are you alright?" Naruto stepped forward and supported him.

"I'm okay." Kakashi responded weakly, panting. "But it seems we're finally safe. What's left is to find out how Chinatsu and Karin, and Sakura and Granny Chiyo, are doing… Especially Chinatsu and Karin. Their opponent was Fujiwara Kirito."

At this point, Kakashi recalled the sword slash Kirito used. It was a technique he had never seen before.

There didn't seem to be any chakra in it. It was more like a pressure wave caused by a slash delivered with overwhelming force and speed, rather than ninjutsu. It resembled physical arts like Morning Peacock or Daytime Tiger. If the opponent could use it continuously, then Chinatsu and the others might be in great danger.

(End of this chapter)