Liao Wu felt a pang of regret over Sasori's wastefulness. What a lovely flower she had been, and now this cold-blooded bastard had ruined her.
But Liao Wu could still forgive Sasori, because he was kind.
"Sasori, I'm giving you a chance right now. Use your Human Puppet Technique to modify that girl immediately."
"Make sure she's completely intact, without a single flaw, and that she can generate her own heat!"
Sasori flew into a rage. "You damn Uchiha! Is my Human Puppet Technique supposed to be used for making things like this for you?"
In his fury, Sasori opened Hiruko's mouth wide and unleashed a stream of rapidly firing poisoned needles.
Hiruko: Needle Eight Waves!
Liao Wu stood right where he was, without taking a single step.
A kind soul behind him shouted, "Young man, get out of the way! His needles are poisoned. The ninja in our town were taken down by them!"
Liao Wu was a little surprised. Speaking up at a time like this was practically telling Sasori where he was. It was suicide.
In this cold world, there were always some people who couldn't quite be good, but couldn't bring themselves to be bad, either.
They were... ordinary people!
Susanoo, Second Form!
Just as everyone thought Sasori's poisoned needles would turn Liao Wu into a sieve, a black Chakra Giant covered the spot where he stood.
All of Sasori's needles were deflected by Liao Wu's Chakra Giant.
After deflecting them, naturally, he followed the traditional ninja principle of stopping once the point had been made.
Sasori was a man of ninja honor, too. He didn't attack Liao Wu again.
Because Sasori, inside Hiruko, was staring with his eyes wide open.
"W-what is that?"
The people behind him, who had been holding their breath in fear,