The Third Kazekage Puppet was one of Sasori of the Red Sands' trump cards. At the critical moment, he brought it out. On one hand, this was to display his combat strength. On the other, bringing out the puppet of the strongest Kazekage at this time could only mean he wanted to make another fact clear—now that the truth behind the Third Kazekage's death was known, did Sand Village still intend to try persuading him to return to that village?
Regardless, there was no longer any place for Sasori of the Red Sands there. If his opponent could accomplish that, Sasori would not change his mind, but he would truly have to look at Sand Village in a new light.
And that was all it would be: looking at it in a new light. At least to Sasori now, the village was the shackles he had broken free from, the shell he had cast off.
With Sasori displaying that attitude, Saemon Matsudai indeed wore an incredulous expression. Her gaze locked onto the Kazekage Puppet first. For a moment, she seemed to glimpse the might of the strongest Kazekage in his lifetime, but the corpse-like, horrifying appearance before her conveyed a fact with absolute certainty... The Third Kazekage had died at Sasori's hands.
Saemon's mind stalled for a moment before she accepted this absurd reality. Her gaze then involuntarily shifted back to Sasori, and her expression became increasingly complicated.
For Sasori, bringing out the Kazekage Puppet merely declared his utter refusal to turn back and his contemptuous indifference toward Sand Village's future. But to Saemon, it only made her feel that Sand Village's once most celebrated genius had completely given up.
"This was an unexpected bonus. A mystery left unsolved for years has finally been resolved, hasn't it? But don't worry.