"An unfamiliar ceiling."
When Sasori opened his eyes again, he found himself in a strange, empty little room.
Sasori rubbed his brow. Nagato had hit him hard, and his whole body was still aching.
Sasori surveyed his surroundings. The iron door at the entrance instantly told him that he was in a place much like a prison.
"Sōsuke-sensei, he's awake."
Hearing Nagato's voice, Sasori looked toward the door and saw Mu Yue and Nagato approaching.
"What does Ninshu mean by this? I didn't make a move in your Six Paths City. Are you going to interfere even in my personal grudge with Konoha ninja?" Sasori asked after a moment, his expression blank.
Though he was a Sunagakure rogue ninja, he was an obscure one. Sunagakure had neither issued a warrant for him nor made a public spectacle of it.
That was because Sasori's murder of the Third Kazekage had not been exposed. He had merely been branded a rogue ninja for leaving Sunagakure without cause.
So even with his true appearance exposed, Sasori did not think his identity as a rogue ninja had been revealed.
"Sasori, grandson of Chiyo, advisor to Sunagakure." Mu Yue did not speak in riddles and directly exposed Sasori's identity.
Sasori instinctively tried to pull out a scroll and release his puppets, but grasped at empty air.
Since Mu Yue had captured Sasori, how could he possibly leave anything on him? Every item Sasori had carried had been taken away.
Mu Yue had even used the Byakugan to examine him, just in case Sasori had hidden puppet scrolls inside his body.
Unable to retrieve his puppets, Sasori tried to gather Chakra, only to find the Chakra within him as still as a stagnant pool, impossible to mobilize. He had been placed under a Sealing Jutsu.
"Once