Chapter 19
[Chapter Size: 1300 Words.]
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"Boom!"
The White Kirin collided violently with the black sand spear, causing the spear's body to break and the jade of the Tailed Beast Ball to explode!
The white lightning surged forward with force, breaking through the wave of fire created by the explosion, shattering the defense built by the sand behind it, and finally penetrating the hard armor of the Shukaku puppet with the power of thunder!
"Aaaaaah!!"
Sasuke roared, and there was a crack! The Susanoo arm was fully immersed in the Shukaku puppet. The Chidori condensed by the White Kirin exploded with a loud bang. A storm of lightning roared inside the Shukaku puppet, and its delicate internal structure was completely destroyed!
"Boom!"
With a deafening roar, the giant beast collapsed into countless pieces!
Sasori dodged between the debris, undeterred by the frustration and shock of seeing his proudest creation destroyed!
He hadn't lost yet!!!
The Susanoo was extinguished, and Sasuke, ignoring the intense pain in his eyes, leapt in pursuit!
Against the aggressive Sasuke, Sasori reacted stubbornly!
Fire Release: Heavenly Prison!
The power of the flame could instantly sublime rock and steel!
The heat wave hit, and the hexagram in Sasuke's left eye exploded with blood!
Amaterasu!
"Boom!"
The black flames that ignited in the void devoured the flames that Sasori was so proud of!
"Hiss!"
The Mangekyō in Sasuke's left eye immediately disappeared, and not even the three magatama could be maintained!
"Crack!"
After a slight adjustment, Sasuke's right hand roared with lightning, and with Mangekyō barely holding up in his right eye, he launched the final Chidori Thrust!
How could the Sasori just sit back and wait for death!?
Water Release: Water Stream Shooters!
"Whoosh!"
The high-pressure water jet, powerful enough to cut through the clouds in the sky, advanced toward Sasuke!
Sasuke dodged at maximum speed while running!
"Boom!"
The water blade split the river where the Bridge had long since disappeared, cutting the mountain wall at the end, where Orochimaru and Kabuto were watching the battle, into two parts, and extinguishing the red-sun glow of the sunset on the horizon!
When Sasori movement was about to miss, Sasuke had already closed the distance to him!
"This distance, it can work!!!"
The two spiral blades on Sasori's waist and back spun rapidly, and the steel cord on his abdomen quickly coiled around his body!
Lightning Release: Chidori Sharp Spear!
"Boom!"
In the next second, Sasori's expression froze.
The puppet's eyes widened, staring at Sasuke, who stood five meters away, with the lightning spear extended in his hand!
The tip of the lightning spear pierced precisely into the vital core of the left chest!
"This lightning move, can change its shape like this?"
"Ah!"
Blood spurted from the corner of the Sasori's mouth!
"Boom!"
The lightning spear converged, and the Mangekyō in Sasuke's right eye vanished.
Sasori is undoubtedly a powerful combat force, but Sasuke knows that he doesn't have the charisma Naruto has to turn enemies into allies.
Therefore, his approach is to cut off the evil at its root!
Sasori fell into the water, singing praises for his imminent death.
"This feeling of life passing is full of joy. Will I finally move towards true 'eternity', the eternity called 'mortal silence'!"
As an opponent who fought a life-or-death battle in their first fight, Sasuke gave Sasori the respect he deserved.
"Red Scorpion, do you have any last words?"
Sasori said, "Call Orochimaru, I have something to ask him!"
Sasuke looked back.
"Whoosh!"
In the black vortex, Orochimaru arrived, accompanied by Kabuto.
"Sasori, I'm really surprised that you managed to do this."
Sasori: "Oh, you're here, you lured me here. If you wanted to kill me, you can do it along with Sasuke. Then, in the middle of the fight, I realized your purpose. You used me as a training ground for Uchiha Sasuke, right?"
Orochimaru: "Not bad."
Sasori: "What kind of existence do you want him to become? What is your purpose?"
Orochimaru: "Powerful enough to fight against the existence of 'God.' His purpose is probably 'to protect.'"
Sasori scoffed: "Protect? A guy like you, who can play with people's lives at will, also has something to protect?"
Orochimaru smiled: "Maybe there's an unexpected one..."
Sasori: "Ah, that's really the joke of the century."
Because of his obsession with eternity, Sasori hated Orochimaru, who sought immortality, but on his deathbed, he urgently wanted to confirm an answer that only Orochimaru could give.
Sasori asked solemnly: "Orochimaru, answer me one question, what is eternity?"
After thinking for a long time, Orochimaru replied quietly: "In the past, I considered 'immortality' as eternity. I sought eternal life and was willing to use my soul to reincarnate and replace my body."
"But you are exactly the opposite. You consider 'immortality' as eternity. You are willing to destroy your body and become a dead object to last forever."
"But neither of these types is the true eternity, so both of us ended up in failure!"
Sasori: "What is the true eternity?"
Orochimaru: "Neither birth nor death, that is the true eternity."
Sasori: "Neither birth, nor death?"
Orochimaru: "Non-birth doesn't mean it never existed, but that it never disappeared. Indestructibility doesn't mean it never decays, but that it decays but doesn't break!"
Sasori: "Does this kind of thing really exist?"
Orochimaru: "It exists, and there's only one answer, which is 'heart.'"
Sasori: "Heart?"
Orochimaru: "Sasori, did you erase your heart?"
Sasori: "Heart, I don't have a heart."
Orochimaru: "This is your heart."
Sasori: "A word game?"
Orochimaru: "Maybe, but think about it. To erase your heart, you turned yourself into a 'puppet,' but the irony is that you can act as a puppet because it's your powerful mind that possesses the puppet. The regeneration core is your source of life, but it's not your 'heart.' So, what does your heart rely on? The answer, only you know..."
"..."
Sasori closed his eyes, and memories of his childhood emerged in his mind, frozen in the arms of his father and mother.
He really didn't want to admit that the person who knew him best was the one he hated and wanted to kill.
Opening his eyes, Sasori said with self-mockery, "Orochimaru, I really can't live in the same era as you. Can you do something for me?"
Orochimaru: "Go ahead."
Sasori: "Please, tell Granny Chiyo from the Sand Village to pass on my father and mother's puppets before she dies..."
Orochimaru nodded: "I'm happy to serve."
In the end, Sasori, who had found the true eternal art, closed his eyes in peace, as if returning to his father's and mother's arms.
Kabuto stepped forward and said: "Aren't you planning to use Sasori as a reincarnation?"
Orochimaru shook his head: "No need. The soul of someone who has fulfilled their long-cherished desire in life can't be trapped by the Impure World."
He bent down and picked up the last scroll left by Sasori and asked Sasuke curiously: "This scroll seems to contain the designs of the remaining tailed beast soldiers. Sasuke-kun, are you interested?"
Sasuke groaned, "I don't know anything about puppets, so even if I had the designs, I probably wouldn't be able to replicate Sasori's idea. However, when I open the Rinnegan again in the future, it will be a different story..."
"That's what I thought too..."
Orochimaru smiled, tilted his head back, opened his mouth, swallowed the scroll, and wiped the sticky saliva from the corners of his mouth.
"Let's get out of here before these guys come to confirm Sasori's death..."
"Whoosh!"
In the whirlwind, Sasuke, Orochimaru, and Kabuto retreated after completing their mission!
The battle came to an end!
In the desert of the Land of Wind, after completing the mission to destroy the country, Deidara reached the meeting point. After waiting for a long time for Sasori's return, he urgently contacted the leader of Akatsuki!
"Whoosh!"
In the ruins of the Tenchi Bridge, a black, dark vortex was spinning. A masked man descended under the night sky and looked around at the devastated battlefield. His Sharingan fixed its gaze on Sasori's corpse, and he fell silent.
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