At the mention of Tsunade, Slug had something to say.
"Second Hokage, Hozuki Castle is now controlled by Liao Wu's Ninja Cats. They've captured Tsunade, Jiraiya, and the others."
"If we storm Hozuki Castle, the Ninja Cats will kill Tsunade and Jiraiya."
Tobirama looked puzzled. "Isn't Tsunade Liao Wu's wife? Would the Uchiha Clan's Ninja Cats attack her too?"
"There's nothing those hakimi won't do when they're cornered!"
"Even so, we must attack Hozuki Castle. At the very least, we need to use the Ninja Cats there as leverage to force Liao Wu to hand over the Rinnegan."
Just as everyone was discussing these important matters, something happened.
Like Kushina before him, Ibiki rushed into the Five Kage's office, shouting at the top of his lungs.
"Something terrible has happened! Chiyo has betrayed us! She stole Sasori's four human puppets and fled!"
"What?!"
Tobirama pressed a hand to his forehead. "Why does every last one of them have to cause so much trouble?"
In a forest far from the Leaf Village, Sasori stood waiting.
Sasori controlled three human puppets with his fingers: those of Rasa, Rōshi, and Han.
Sasori's main body, meanwhile, had been implanted inside the Third Kazekage's human puppet.
He had discarded his original red scorpion body and placed his Regeneration Core inside the Third Kazekage's human puppet.
Sasori had done this because he wanted to become like his parents—a pure puppet life-form, abandoning all his useless flesh.
He was putting his ideal of eternity into practice.
Two more puppets stood behind Sasori: his parents, Liya and Zhi.
This group of people—no, puppets—was facing off against Chiyo.
Chiyo had not betrayed anyone, nor had Sasori. He had merely become more pure.
Recovering his childhood did not mean he would turn back into the innocent, kindhearted Sasori of the