"Descendant of Konoha's Hyuga Clan, could you explain what you mean a little more clearly? This old woman can't quite understand!" Chiyo's eyes gleamed sharply. Where was the frail, decrepit old woman she had seemed to be moments ago?
This alone showed that even if her strength was no longer at its peak, she was still not to be underestimated!
Ebizo did not speak, but he too became alert.
Judging by their posture, if Soji's explanation failed to satisfy them, they were ready to make a move at any moment.
After all, how should one put it?
Taken at face value, Soji's words were very easy to misunderstand!
If Sasori was truly weak, Chiyo and Ebizo might suspect that Soji had kidnapped him, considering Sasori had gone without a word for so many years.
"That's how it was." Feeling that he had successfully stirred Chiyo's emotions, Soji smiled faintly and stopped speaking in riddles.
He then recounted how he had met Sasori and fought him in his early years, making a few minor "revisions" and selectively withholding certain details.
From Soji's account, Chiyo had already determined that the person who had once fought Soji was indeed her grandson, Sasori!
At the very least, Chiyo was also certain that Soji had not fabricated the claim that he had met Sasori before.
As for the details, there were truths and falsehoods mixed together. With Chiyo's shrewdness, there was no way she would believe everything he said.
Soji had brought up all sorts of things about Sasori for no other reason than to lure Chiyo in and make her trust him.
Looking at it now, the first step had already succeeded.
As for how he would continue fooling Chiyo, that would depend on Soji's Beten-tsuki skills!
"So, after leaving Sunagakure, Sasori did all