Sunagakure.
Sasori of the Red Sands' living core was imprisoned inside a hollow atop the northern sand wall of Sunagakure.
Beyond the sand wall was open air, and the sand atop it was extremely loose. Ordinary shinobi could not cling to it with Chakra at all.
To enter the cave where Sasori of the Red Sands was confined,
one could only lower a rope from above the sand wall.
Four people guarded this cell at all times.
Chiyo had even moved her residence here and stayed with Scorpion constantly.
Scorpion's living core was kept inside a box in the room.
Although Scorpion's living core did not need food or drink, it still required a certain amount of Chakra to sustain itself.
Beside the box was a voice device made through puppetry.
Scorpion could use it to communicate with the outside world.
Of course, he could also sense the outside by extending his Chakra.
The door outside was locked, and the others stood guard beyond it.
When Elder Chiyo had first brought Scorpion back, everyone in Hidden Sand Village had considered what use he could serve.
The best option was undoubtedly to have Scorpion create puppets.
After all, their puppet corps had not produced an outstanding puppet designer in many years.
Puppet control and puppet design were not the same. Anyone could learn to control puppets.
But puppet design required talent. Without it, it simply could not be done.
Yet Scorpion was nothing more than a core now. He needed neither food nor water.
Neither threats nor inducements worked on him. Scorpion might not even have been able to feel pain.
With him refusing both soft and hard tactics, Scorpion also refused to communicate with the people of Hidden Sand Village.
There was nothing the people of Hidden Sand Village could