After Sasori of the Red Sands finished speaking, the six remaining puppets began to tremble under his control.
Clack!
Clack!
Just as Chiga was wondering what was happening, the joints of the six puppets suddenly began to make strange noises. Then they came apart, revealing blades and even rotating saws within.
"This is bad!"
Chiga's heart tightened as he realized that Sasori of the Red Sands was finally getting serious.
Perhaps Sasori had previously intended to bring back his and Kakashi's corpses and turn them into Human Puppets, which was why he had refrained from using this method to preserve their bodies intact.
But now that he had seen that the puppets in their normal state were no match for the two of them, he had clearly abandoned that plan.
The transformed puppets no longer looked as harmless as before. With weapons covering their entire bodies, they looked like porcupines.
Judging by the lack of scruples puppet masters possessed, those weapons had definitely been coated with poison as well.
Not only that, but they had also become faster. In a single exchange, they sent Chiga's two Shadow Clones away, after which four puppets swarmed around Chiga.
The other two flew toward Kakashi.
It seemed Sasori of the Red Sands also understood that he could not allow Kakashi Hatake any free time to use ninjutsu to support Chiga.
Under these circumstances, Kakashi could no longer use ninjutsu to provide support either, and could only dodge the puppets' attacks in a sorry state.
Unlike Chiga, he could not avoid injury under the puppets' assault.
Chiga was also reaching a critical moment. Facing the four puppets' airtight barrage of attacks, he could only dodge, unable even to counterattack.
The two of them fell into a disadvantage for the time being.
Chiga held on