Looking at Ebizo's grave expression and wary face, Houka smiled. "Let Chiyo come out and talk to me instead."
Ebizo's expression changed. "Shut up! Uchiha Houka, you already killed my sister in the Land of Grass. Do you not even intend to spare her spirit now?!"
Houka waved a hand. "Don't joke around. I saw Temari take Chiyo's Regeneration Core away with my own eyes. Don't tell me you didn't know."
Ebizo was stunned. "You actually know about the Regeneration Core?"
Houka shrugged. "There are very few things in this Ninja World that I don't know. So, let her come out."
Ebizo gritted his teeth. "Why? Since you knew about the Regeneration Core, why did you spare my sister? And why have you come looking for her this time? What exactly do you want, Uchiha Houka?!"
Houka merely smiled without answering, looking thoroughly mysterious. Then, something stirred in his mind. His gaze swept past Ebizo and settled on a small door nearby.
The door had already opened, and an aged figure stepped out. It was Chiyo.
Chiyo slowly walked to Ebizo's side, her eyes fixed coldly on Houka. "As you wished, I'm out now. State your purpose!"
"I came to help you," Houka said with a sincere expression.
"You came to help me?" Dense killing intent flashed through Chiyo's eyes. "If you want to help me, then let me kill you!"
Houka wasn't about to argue with a puppet. Smiling, he took out Sasori of the Red Sands' Regeneration Core.
"This is..."
"A Regeneration Core?!"
Ebizo and Chiyo looked at each other.
Back then, Chiyo had been grievously injured, her limbs crippled and consciousness lost. Left with no other choice, Ebizo had taken the desperate risk of turning Chiyo into a Human Puppet. Only he knew the dangers involved. One