Sasori's question was very direct.
It would be one thing if it were someone else, but his own grandmother was helping the murderer of her son and daughter-in-law deal with her grandson...
Was that reasonable?
Elder Chiyo drew ten kunai from her sleeve. Manipulated by chakra threads, they floated in midair as she sighed softly.
"Life itself is absurd. Leave, Sasori. This isn't a place a child should be."
"Heh—"
Sasori opened his mouth—or rather, the puppet named Hiruko opened its mouth. Countless needles shot out once more, while its flat, narrow tail suddenly extended and stabbed toward Kakashi.
"Do you still see me as a child?"
"No matter what you become, you'll always be a child in my eyes."
As Elder Chiyo spoke, she dodged the needles while sending the kunai in her hand flying toward Sasori from all directions.
In the original story, Elder Chiyo had teamed up with Sakura to engage Sasori in a fierce battle.
But unlike the original story, Sasori had come for Gaara. The current Gaara was not yet the Kazekage, and even Rasa had voluntarily handed him over to Lin Qing, placing him under Kirigakure's protection.
In other words, now that Sunagakure had already submitted to Lin Qing, from Elder Chiyo's perspective, whether the One-Tailed Shukaku existed or whether Gaara lived or died was not all that important.
The reason she was willing to stand before Sasori now was purely because Blind City Official had died. As someone from Sunagakure, she had to lend a hand out of both sentiment and duty. Otherwise, once Lin Qing freed up his hands...
Who knew whether he might make things difficult for Sunagakure.
Old people always tended to think about such things.
So Elder Chiyo had indeed stopped Sasori of the Red Sands, but how much