Snow Leopard suddenly appeared in front of Liao Wu and said, "Liao Wu, the town up ahead is under attack by rogue ninja."
Liao Wu shrugged. "Let them be. I'm no Savior."
Ninja were actually pretty devious.
Sometimes Ninja Villages deliberately let rogue ninja loose to cause trouble.
The countries or factions threatened by these rogue ninja had no choice but to hire ninja to deal with them.
That created demand and commissions—and with them, income.
If there were commissions, they took them. If there weren't, they made some up and took those.
Ninja lived by killing. They were the last people who should be talking about peace.
Snow Leopard nodded, then prepared to scout the surrounding area.
Liao Wu asked, puzzled, "What do those rogue ninja look like? Why are they attacking the town?"
Snow Leopard replied, "A group of puppets attacked the town. I couldn't find their creator, but they're probably puppets controlled by a rogue Puppet Master from Sand Village."
"Oh!"
Liao Wu grew interested. He'd already figured out who it was.
Sasori wasn't a bloodthirsty killer. His target was a ninja family in this small mountain town.
The greatest advantage of a Human Puppet was that it retained all the Ninjutsu and Kekkei Genkai its owner had possessed in life.
Sasori had no desire to kill ordinary people. Turning them into puppets was completely useless.
His targets were ninja, especially those with Kekkei Genkai or powerful Secret Techniques.
With Hiruko, Sasori easily breached the town and began hunting down its ninja.
"Damn you! Why are you attacking us?"
A Jonin in his thirties unleashed Wind Style, turning it into a blade of wind that slashed toward Hiruko.
But Hiruko easily blocked the Jonin's Ninjutsu.
Hiruko had powerful defenses. Sasori had made him from a formidable