"Sasori, come back with us. My sister and I will plead with Lord Kazekage on your behalf. If you keep following the Akatsuki Organization, you'll only be walking toward your own destruction!"
At that moment, Ebizo, who had remained silent all along, finally spoke.
Ebizo had devoted his entire life to Sunagakure, never marrying or having children of his own.
To him, Sasori was no different from a biological grandson!
So when he learned that Sasori had defected from Sunagakure, it had broken his heart as well.
Especially after finding out that Sasori had joined the Akatsuki Organization, the two elders had been chilled to the bone.
They had never imagined that Sasori would one day go this far.
But even so, Sasori was still their grandson. That bond of blood could not be changed!
Therefore, no matter what, they had to make one last effort and try to persuade Sasori to return with them.
Ebizo believed that, with the contributions he and his sister Chiyo had made to Sunagakure over their entire lives, they could fight to the death to protect Sasori before Rasa!
Chiyo thought the same way.
And honestly, given the two elders' standing in Sunagakure, as well as the favor they had done by helping Rasa rise to power, Rasa, as the Fourth Kazekage, might truly be unable to kill Sasori outright. At most, he would imprison him for life!
Even such an ending was something the two elders were willing to accept.
However, their hopes were ultimately nothing more than wishful thinking.
It was not that they lacked confidence in their ability to protect Sasori before Rasa. It was that Sasori would never obediently surrender and return to Sunagakure with them as they wished!
After all, Sasori no longer had much attachment to Sunagakure.
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