Chiyo was rather proud. Sasori wasn't just her grandson; he was also her most prized pupil.
Even Chiyo couldn't match his Puppet Technique.
Chiyo jumped down, eager to embrace Sasori.
"Hey, Sasori, you brat! Where have you been for the past three years?"
Chiyo didn't think Sasori was putting on an act.
With chakra threads released from just ten fingers, he had controlled ten elite and mid-ranking Jonin.
Only a master Puppet Master could do that.
And the chakra this person was using was Sasori's.
Chiyo couldn't have sensed it wrong. This was her grandson.
Chiyo wrapped her arms around Sasori at once. "You're back. That's all that matters. You're back."
"..."
Liao Wu could even feel Chiyo's tears, which she could no longer hold back. The poor old woman was weeping with joy at Sasori's return to the village.
Yes, the Sasori standing here was Liao Wu in disguise.
Liao Wu had implanted Sasori's Regeneration Core in his body, devoured Sasori's chakra, then used the Transformation Technique unique to White Zetsu Cells to impersonate him.
White Zetsu's Transformation Technique was the strongest disguise technique. Even the Byakugan couldn't tell the difference.
Only Malice Perception could expose the disguise.
Sunagakure had no Byakugan, let alone Malice Perception. There was no way they could tell that the Sasori before them was actually Liao Wu.
Liao Wu had even copied Sasori's chakra. He was here to fool—and ambush—this nearly sixty-year-old woman from Sand Village.
Liao Wu mocked Sasori in his mind. Sasori, see how happy your grandmother is that you've come home?
Sasori snorted. "Sentimental nonsense."
Liao Wu could feel the warmth in Sasori's heart. The only person in the world he still cared about was the grandmother who had taught him the Puppet Technique.
Back to reality.
Liao Wu played the