In the contestants' lounge, Might Guy's stunning performance had left the contestants wearing all kinds of expressions.
"What a powerful body." Sasori appeared calm on the surface, but he was slightly startled inside.
Even his strongest defensive puppet would probably struggle to withstand taijutsu of that power.
Originally, Sasori had no need to pay attention to Might Guy. He would only meet Might Guy if he advanced to the semifinals, and once he reached the semifinals, he could simply slack off, so there was naturally no reason to care.
But because he intended to assassinate Kakashi, and Might Guy was Kakashi's teammate, Sasori had begun paying attention to him.
The more he watched, the more Sasori realized that a direct confrontation would be difficult.
Kakashi and Might Guy were both ninja with high speed and high offensive power. If the two joined forces, along with Obito and the other three, even using the Third Kazekage's Human Puppet would make the battle extremely difficult for him.
The Third Kazekage's Human Puppet was certainly powerful, but as a puppeteer, Sasori himself was fragile. If Might Guy or Kakashi got close, he would be finished.
"Once the technique is perfected, I need to modify myself as soon as possible. A body of flesh and blood is far too fragile," Sasori thought.
Sasori did not like things that bloomed only briefly. He liked eternity, and that included humans.
That was why Sasori had developed the Human Puppet technique, which could transform human corpses into puppets.
Because Human Puppets were made while retaining the Chakra they possessed in life, they could use their Kekkei Genkai and every Ninjutsu they had known while alive.
Since Sasori loved eternity, he naturally wanted to turn himself into a puppet as well. But his Human Puppet technique was not