Chiyo, Liya, and Zhi watched Liao Wu, Sasori, and Yugao leave with Body Flicker.
Chiyo sighed. "This Sasori... it seems he did quite a few things wrong after you died!"
Liya said, "Then we absolutely mustn't die. We have to give Sasori a complete childhood."
Zhi said, "I want to go home right now. I want to hug Little Scorpion. I don't know what kind of bitter winter he'll face after Liya and I die."
Chiyo said warily, "No, neither of you can go back for now. If someone really sold information about you and is working against me..."
"Then it would be best for you to fake your deaths for now. I want to root out this mole in the Sand Village!"
"But Little Scorpion-"
Zhi spoke with concern.
Chiyo said, "This is a Ninja's fate. If Sasori can't accept your deaths, then even if you don't die, he still won't be able to accept it when his teammates or the person he loves dies someday."
"Knowing he can't bear the death of a loved one means we should train his heart early, not avoid it."
"I think, in the future, I was probably so busy doing other things that I neglected to guide Sasori's heart. This time, we need to devote more of our energy to him."
"All right!"
Sasori had already killed Sakumo and taken his body. What this era became in the future was their business.
They entered the Dragon Vein again.
Following chronological order, this time they were going to the Night of Annihilation.
"Get ready. This time, we're up against the entire Leaf Village, as well as Itachi and Madara!"
Sasori had no problem with that. He had never feared those people.
But Yugao trembled a little. They would be enemies of the