"Protect me?"
Sasori seemed to have heard something hilarious.
He had killed the Third Kazekage himself.
The Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, had not even dared come personally to capture him.
"Woman, what makes you think I'm in danger?"
Sasori felt perfectly safe.
Extremely safe...
Except for one goal that had to be accomplished.
Kill Hyuga Sho!
Turn Hyuga Sho into his puppet!
And this was something he had to accomplish with his own hands!
There was no need to borrow the power of any organization!
"My life... will be protected by me!"
Without another word, Hiruko opened its mouth.
It fired poisoned needles at Konan.
The improved and enhanced mechanism could even shatter rocks.
So...
The poisoned needles fired by Hiruko tore through Konan's body in an instant.
But then something astonishing happened...
Konan's shattered body turned into something resembling sheets of paper.
They scattered into numerous pieces.
Yet no blood flowed from the wounds.
Hiss...
Still, there was some damage.
Where the needles had pierced through, the poison corroded the paper.
Strands of green smoke rose from it.
But those sheets of paper seemed to be consumable.
Konan discarded them, then created new sheets.
The flying paper sheets attacked Sasori.
From every direction, they blotted out the sky and covered the earth.
By the time all the paper sheets had covered Hiruko,
Hiruko could no longer move because its rotating joints had been completely clogged.
"Hmph!"
Sasori let out a cold snort.
He abandoned Hiruko on the spot.
Hiruko came apart and exploded into countless components.
Sasori's original body leaped out from inside, revealing his true appearance.
"!"
He looked like a fifteen-year-old red-haired pretty boy.
Even Konan was stunned for a moment.
The age simply didn't match.
According to the intelligence, Sasori of the Red Sands should already have