It wasn't that Purple Lightning didn't want to kill Sasori; they still needed him to detoxify their poisoned companions. Capturing a living Puppet Master and interrogating him gave them a good chance of obtaining the antidote.
Facing a Puppet Master who had lost both arms, Purple Lightning still didn't let her guard down. She struck repeatedly, precisely stripping all the equipment from Sasori's body.
Then she stabbed Sasori through the shoulder and carried him away from where he had been standing.
And at this time, Yichen swiftly stepped forward and cast over a dozen Seal Jutsu on the completely naked Sasori of the Red Sands, sealing away all his Chakra and senses.
Purple Lightning and the other two frowned at this display, thinking, Was that really necessary? The guy doesn't even have arms anymore.
But how could they know what Yichen was thinking? This was someone who would one day reach Kage level. No amount of caution was excessive.
Yichen explained to the three of them, "I recognize this guy. I learned some intelligence before—Elder Chiyo of Sunagakure has a genius Puppet Master grandson with red hair."
"If the intelligence is correct, this is Chiyo's grandson. We captured Chiyo's grandson alive. If the village uses him to trade with Sunagakure, we can definitely make a tidy profit."
"Our reward won't be small either. This is a huge amount of Contribution Points, so there's no such thing as being too careful."
Only after hearing that explanation did the others barely understand Yichen's actions.
After all, their last S-rank mission had directly boosted the strength of all four of them. If they got another chance like that... they didn't even dare think about it.
The Land of Rain was a place plagued by conflict. Not much time had passed since their last