"Lord Rasa, is this really all right? They are Konoha people, after all..."
Shaliu, who had accompanied Rasa on his outing, felt uneasy. "Even if we want to get rid of Sasori of the Red Sands, there was no need to borrow their hands, right? What if they use this to threaten us in the future?"
"Threaten us? Hmph."
Rasa snorted disdainfully. "Did I ever reach any agreement with them?"
"Sasori of the Red Sands..."
"He disregarded all human decency and used the corpses of his fellow villagers to make Human Puppets. Was I wrong to expel him? As for who he met and what he encountered after leaving the village, what does that have to do with me?"
Rasa sneered. "Making puppets out of living people—being hunted down in retaliation is only natural! Who can he blame but himself?"
"And the Shrine Maiden..."
"The Shinobi World is in turmoil now. The Five Great Shinobi Villages should have been working together in full cooperation. If Chiyo and the others had not obstructed us, hmph! The Land of Fire may fear that Ghost Army, but we of the Land of Wind do not! This vast desert will be their burial ground!"
Rasa's tone was exceptionally firm, and he acted just as quickly. That very night, he led men in a surprise attack on Sasori of the Red Sands' home.
To be fair, Human Puppets really did challenge people's moral boundaries, especially their creation process. If a manga actually depicted it, it would definitely be taken down for revision without question.
What was more, Rasa had shrewdly arranged for many people to spread the news. In the blink of an eye, Sasori of the Red Sands had been demonized.
He also had an accurate grasp of Sasori's personality.
First, Sasori did not