Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets

After the poison needle attack ended, the Third Kazekage dispersed the sand sphere and controlled the Iron Sand to spread around his body. Looking up at Hiruko hanging upside down from the cave ceiling, he smiled smugly. "It's useless. Your attacks can't break through my defense.

"Though this cave limits my ability to fly, you can't completely evade my Iron Sand in such a cramped space either. It doesn't feel good having Iron Sand invade your body, does it? Oh, sorry, I forgot that you're no longer human. You can't feel anything at all. But that's fine. Your puppet will soon be paralyzed just like a human body."

Sasori sensed that the Iron Sand which had entered Hiruko was disrupting the puppet's internal magnetic field. Yet he was not concerned in the slightest. Instead, he looked at the Third Kazekage with admiration in his voice. "What a perfect ability. I'm becoming more and more impatient to turn you into a puppet. You'll definitely become my most precious work of art."

"Hmph!" Seeing the wicked expression on Hiruko's face, the Third Kazekage snorted coldly in anger. "You insolent brat. You should think about how to save your own life!"

Unconcerned, Sasori controlled Hiruko to take out a scroll and swiftly unfurl it.

With a crisp Bang!, white smoke rose within the cave. Once it dispersed, over a hundred figures clad in red robes appeared inside, nearly filling the entire cave.

Surrounded, the Third Kazekage stared at the figures around him in astonishment. He discovered that every one of them was connected by a barely visible thread to Hiruko on the cave ceiling. "Th-These are all puppets? How can you possibly control so many puppets?"

"Hehe! This is the greatness of eternal art. Not only will it never decay, but it can