Sasori: Is This Speed Even Humanly Possible?

Explosions echoed throughout the mountain.

Konan's figure transformed into pieces of origami, fluttering and swirling around before finally converging at another location.

Whoosh!

The origami Shuriken.

The puppets were too scared to advance after being bombed.

"You guys go first."

Konan did not turn around.

Behind her, a dozen or so Amegakure ninjas were huddled together, and there were two corpses on the ground.

Upon hearing Konan's words, they snapped out of their daze and immediately turned and ran away.

Instead of giving chase, Scorpion looked at the female ninja in front of him with excitement.

Origami.

Novel Ninjutsu...

"You will become my best collection!"

"Oh."

Konan remained expressionless, not bothering to say a word to the person in front of her.

She manipulated the paper, which contained numerous Explosive Tag. Continuous explosions intertwined to create a dazzling sea of fire, but the next moment, a stream of water appeared around her.

Water Style · Water Wall!

In addition, some earthen walls have emerged...

The rising walls of water and earth instantly blocked the massive explosions.

Simultaneously unleash Ninjutsu?

Konan was surprised, and a suspicion arose in her heart.

Is it based on one's own abilities?

No!

Could it be that...?

Her pupils contracted, and she instantly understood the meaning of the "collection" the other person had just mentioned.

"Are you conducting forbidden research?!"

"Taboos? Who defined taboos and conventions? It's just the ignorance of ordinary people."

The scorpion was lazy and languid.

He emerged from behind the trees, manipulating two puppets with his fingers. Soon after, several other figures emerged from the forest.

Controlled by ten fingers, one person can command an army.

"Your art is very interesting; let it become my eternal art, and I will make you immortal!"

His tone was fervent.

With a flick of his fingers, ten figures shot out in an instant, unleashing a barrage of Ninjutsu and Ninja Tools.

Surrounded by light and shadow.

The paper burned in the flames, but Konan herself was unfazed by the fire; her body quickly collapsed and turned into a piece of origami.

Paper Clone!

The collapsed clones instantly reassembled, transforming into a long spear.

Boom!

The spear flew out, aiming at one of the puppets, but was quickly blocked by Ninjutsu.

However.

In an instant, the spear exploded violently.

The earthen wall collapsed, and the puppet was blasted away. In mid-air, its outer skin and flesh peeled off, revealing the internal mechanisms.

really.

Konan's heart sank; she understood why the other party had come to this area.

This guy wants the materials!

She was manipulating origami, preparing to deal with the scorpion, when she suddenly sensed a squad approaching from her left, close behind...

Splash!

She instantly transformed into pieces of paper, flying into the air and looking down at the surroundings from above.

Then, Konan saw a squad rapidly approaching from behind Sasori, while on her side, another squad, also characterized by its Sunagakure style, was closing in.

Sunagakure...

The madman in front of me looks like a ninja from Sunagakure. Are they on the same side?

Amegakure and Sunagakure had a history of war and enmity, and she dared not gamble with the lives of her own people on the enemy's temperament, so she immediately decided to retreat.

Fortunately, her men and compatriots had already escaped some distance.

Even if she leaves, the other side won't be able to catch up for a while, and with layers of ambushes along the way, it shouldn't be a problem.

With that thought in mind, she decided to leave.

but.

Upon closer inspection, the person in the distance seemed to be the child I had seen in Yugakure before...

Konoha ninja?

Konan hesitated for a moment, then flew higher to put herself in a safe position.

Looking down at the surroundings, the situation became even clearer.

That's right.

That's them!

Konan hesitated for a moment, then created a clone and headed towards Yahiko and the others.

"Flying?"

Scorpion's eyes held a hint of annoyance, but then a smile appeared on his face. "You can fly, so can I!"

In an instant, three puppets rose from the ground and headed towards Konan.

"Your technique is immune to damage, but it must consume a lot of Chakra, right? Once you've depleted your Chakra, you should be able to..."

The scorpion was trying to destroy the other person's mind with words.

At this moment, however, a sudden sense of impending doom filled me with fear.

His hair stood on end, and with a swift movement of his hands, he manipulated the four puppets around him to provide close protection.

The next moment--

Earth Style · Earth Style: Earth Wall!

Laugh!

As the blade slashed through and the Lightning Style ravaged the Earth Style: Earth Wall, it instantly collapsed.

Kakashi shattered the earthen wall.

Behind him, Minato Namikaze.

The Rasengan instantly imprinted itself on the puppet that Hand Seals.

At the same time.

Bump!

The puppet exploded, sending poisonous mist flying in all directions, but Minato Namikaze instantly vanished as a phantom.

This is a Shadow Clone.

Then, a gust of wind swept towards the scorpion.

The scorpion was completely fearless.

The poison hit his face, but he simply swallowed a pill and then shrank the surrounding puppets.

"Sunagakure, the missing-nin of Sasori of the Red Sands."

Minato Namikaze emerged from behind Kakashi, saying, "I've been waiting for you."

He couldn't help but glance at Kyohiko.

On the way earlier.

"Minato- senpai, Kakashi, Guy, the enemy is a genius puppeteer from Sunagakure. We'd better avoid close combat and use Shadow Clone or Ninjutsu to subdue him."

The current situation is exactly as Kyohiko predicted.

Otherwise, given Minato's fighting style, he wouldn't likely use Shadow Clone instead of assassinations.

"Konoha's..."

Scorpion glanced behind him, his eyes lighting up. "That guy, is he the one who slipped through the net before? I didn't expect you to bring him here. Great! I want to thank you!"

Immediately, he manipulated his ten fingers to shrink all the puppets.

However.

While he was speaking, Konan silently wrapped Explosive Tag in a piece of paper above and detonated it, blasting one of the Human Puppet.

She was not afraid of drugs or traps.

She remained fearless even after detonating the poison, but after blowing up the puppet, her gaze turned to the other side.

Below, Kyohiko nodded slightly.

He has already heard it, so--

We need a swift and decisive victory!

Whoosh!

Three figures materialized, instantly transforming into a streak of light and charging forward.

The scorpion's gaze swept across the area.

Immediately, another puppet swiftly Hand Seals, but just as it was about to complete Hand Seals, one of the three figures that had rushed over suddenly accelerated.

In the blink of an eye, it was already in front of it.

The sword was drawn, and both hands were severed.

"You think you can kill my puppets one by one? What a naive idea!"

Scorpion sneered, then manipulated his fingers, causing countless Senbon needles to shoot out from the puppet's severed hands, heading towards the figure and Minato Namikaze and the others behind him.

Each of these needles is highly poisonous.

If even a small amount is rubbed on it, the toxin will quickly erupt and spread.

But what stood in front of him wasn't even Shadow Clone, just an afterimage created by an ordinary Clone Technique, while the four behind him vanished without a trace in an instant.

Suddenly, the other two of the three figures accelerated instantly.

By the time the scorpion realized what was happening...

The opponent is already in front of you!

The blade sliced across the neck, but in an instant, the scorpion's body turned into sand, finally collapsing and dissipating.

The next moment, a deafening explosion echoed from underground.

The Explosive Tag exploded, along with Senbon poison needles that flew out with it.

At the same time, the surrounding puppets attacked the two.

Water and thunder intertwined, and dazzling lightning spread all around.

Traps, poison, puppets.

This is a technique commonly used by puppeteers.

Facing Sasori of the Red Sands, such methods will only increase and become more unpredictable, with puppets, traps, poison, and Ninjutsu combined in a bizarre and terrifying way.

However.

His opponent...

Whoosh!

Paper flew everywhere.

Konan swooped down from the sky, converging in one direction in an instant. Immediately afterwards, the papers flew in all directions, causing a series of explosions.

Boom boom boom!

Amidst the continuous explosions, a figure scrambled to escape.

As he fled, he manipulated his fingers, controlling numerous puppets, his figure moving towards another location.

Another standoff has broken out over there, and...

Familiar Chakra.

Chiyo.

His grandmother.

Sasori kept his eyes on his surroundings, dealing with Konan's origami and Explosive Tag while keeping an eye on Minato Namikaze and Kyohiko.

Those two are the real enemies!

Konan is a tough opponent, but she can only counter her with Ninjutsu. Her opponent's Ninjutsu must have been used up quite a bit, and the Explosive Tag are ultimately limited; they can't explode indefinitely.

but.

If those two are fast enough, he will have no chance of winning once they get close.

The scorpion understood this perfectly well.

so.

He was constantly manipulating the puppets, making them as... as possible.

What?

The scorpion looked ahead in horror.

Over there, a puppet fell silently. Although it released poison, it had already vanished without a trace by the time the poison appeared.

No!

exist...

"Here!"

Scorpion suddenly detonated a puppet ahead of schedule.

With the burst of Chakra, the Senbon and the mechanism instantly rushed in all directions, but he was horrified to find that even at such a terrifying speed, the opponent could still maneuver and change direction in advance.

How is that possible?

Is this a reaction that a human could achieve?

He quickly noticed that the one who killed the puppet earlier wasn't the tall, blond guy, but the short, black-haired man who was even smaller than him.

Unreasonable!

The scorpion man was dumbfounded, and...

If the smaller ones are this scary, wouldn't the taller ones be even more ferocious?

At this moment, Scorpion, who had always been arrogant and considered himself invincible, finally realized that there are limits to being a puppeteer.

While manipulating the puppets to protect himself, he took out a scroll with one hand, intending to unseal more puppets.

but.

Just as he was about to do so, a phantom suddenly flashed before his eyes.

Immediately--

Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!

A massive fireball hurtled towards them; Minato Namikaze Hand Seals, and the fireball covered a large area.

The scorpion dared not be careless.

He simultaneously controlled six puppets, unleashing a series of Ninjutsu to protect his surroundings.

However.

The next moment, boom!

Konan used the final Explosive Tag to blast a mud wall into collapse.

Then, a jet of water came from outside.

Sasori of the Red Sands's pupils contracted, and he immediately shrank back to avoid it. But soon, the water column dispersed, turning into an ordinary stream of water, followed by a burst of lightning.

Over the past period, Kyohiko had been discussing Lightning Release Ninjutsu with Kakashi.

Although he had not yet mastered specific Lightning Release Ninjutsu, his Lightning Style attribute had been fully developed. At this moment, he used his Chakra Short Blade to channel Lightning Style Chakra into the transformed Water Wave.

The water rushed forward, and thunder roared.

The scorpion froze, paralyzed by the lightning and unable to move.

Although Kyohiko himself suffered a considerable amount of electric current, temporarily hindering his movement, he still had his companions—

Minato Namikaze's figure clashed with Minato's.

In an instant, the figure moved forward, unleashing the Big Ball Rasengan.

Although Sasori released two puppets to protect him, the power of the Rasengan was too terrifying. Under paralysis, he had no time to use any techniques to defend himself. The spinning Chakra was devastating and unstoppable, shattering him almost in the blink of an eye.

Bang!

The scorpion flew backward, transforming into a streak of light as it hurtled away.

Konan saw an opportunity and tried to manipulate the origami, but she felt dizzy as soon as she dispersed some of it. She had no choice but to reduce the scale of the Ninjutsu and forcibly change the technique, turning the three pieces of origami into Shuriken out.

The scorpion has lost the ability to fight back.

He tried to avoid vital points, but was still hit by the Shuriken and crashed into a rock, unable to move.

The long marks on the ground showed how terrifying Minato Namikaze's Rasengan was, while Sasori's chest, with its deep, blurred flesh and blood, clearly indicated that he was severely injured and unable to move.

Minato Namikaze was panting heavily.

Just now, he and Kyohiko used Shadow Clone Jutsu and Body Flicker Technique to kill each other in succession, which consumed a lot of their Chakra.

To avoid the corrosive effects of the poisonous fog, Kyohiko even used the Gate of Opening and Gate of Healing from the Eight Inner Gates.

Finally...

They hit the scorpion's true form!

Minato Namikaze moved forward step by step.

"Scorpion, you deserve to die!"

As he spoke, he created another Shadow Clone, which cautiously approached the scorpion.

A flicker of despair crossed Scorpion's eyes.

At that moment, a chaotic sound came from the other side, and flames roared as a forest was engulfed in flames. In the Kakkō, Chiyo rushed towards them, shouting, "Stop!"

but.

Minato only glanced at her.

Then, he said coldly, "Chiyo, you can bet on whether you're faster or I'm faster!"

"You!"

Chiyo, her face filled with anger, still stopped in her tracks.

She looked at the scorpion, and then...

Seeing the puppets lying limp on the ground, Chiyo's eyes were filled with shock and horror.

She couldn't believe it.

"You?!!"

"It's you, Grandma! I didn't expect that. Wasn't it the Third Kazekage came before? Why are you here instead!"

Scorpion leaned against a tree, blood gushing from the wound on his chest, but his expression was languid, as if he were not the one who was injured.

Even so, a hint of darkness lingered in his eyes.

Chiyo was very disappointed and said, "You actually researched this forbidden puppetry technique!"

"Traditional Puppet Technique is too weak; this is the true art of timelessness."

Scorpion gave a weak laugh.

Chiyo looked at Minato Namikaze: "Konoha ninja, he's missing-nin from our Sunagakure. I want to take him back to face his punishment..."

"Chiyo, I won't let you take him away!"

Minato Namikaze's face was cold and filled with murderous intent.

"Does Konoha want to steal the secrets of our Sunagakure?"

Chiyo immediately threatened her with "classified information".

Minato Namikaze narrowed his eyes, his gaze filled with killing intent, but he remained silent as his Shadow Clone drew Shuriken.

He's not good at verbal sparring, but he's better at...

Kill!

At that moment, Kyohiko spoke.

"Elder Chiyo, we respect your village's confidentiality, but Sasori of the Red Sands is also the target of our client. He murdered an entire village of my client and paid us to help capture him for revenge, so I'm sorry, we cannot hand him over to you."

As he spoke, he pointed to Kurokawa had emerged from his hiding place behind him.

Kurokawa, his face contorted with resentment and anger, glared at Chiyo: "He called you grandma? You Sunagakure are all in cahoots! If you took him away, how could he possibly be dead?!"

Chiyo opened her mouth, but ultimately remained silent.

She truly never imagined that Scorpion would kill an entire village for the sake of Human Puppet, and the victim was right there, leaving her no chance to argue.

Chiyo closed her eyes in anguish. "I will pay for this!"

Kyohiko was about to refuse, but on the other side, Kakashi and Guy were unable to stop the enemy and were knocked away one after another, then retreated in this direction.

He is currently incapacitated and unable to provide assistance.

What compensation can bring my family member back to life?

Kurokawa gritted his teeth.

Chiyo took a deep breath and said, "If you refuse to agree, then we, the Sunagakure, will have no choice but to assume that you are trying to steal secrets and fight you to the death!"

Then she took out two scrolls.

After the lockdown was lifted, ten white-clad puppets appeared.

The Chikamatsu Ten Puppets!

"Although I am old, I still have some skills. Can you defeat me in your current state?"

As she spoke, hatred flashed in Chiyo's eyes.

She was going to force her way in and kill the people of Konoha!

Just as he was about to make a move.

"What if we join?"

On the other side, two people Body Flicker Technique. One had long red hair that covered her eyes, and the other had orange-yellow hair with a furious expression on her face.

"Sasori of the Red Sands attacked our ninja; he is doomed to die today!"

Chiyo was taken aback.

Unexpectedly, ninjas from Amegakure also came to provide support.

A look of pain crossed her eyes as she said, "How about this?"

"All I ask for is a complete corpse. If you can leave my grandson with a complete corpse, I will not lay a hand on him. Otherwise, I will risk my life, even defect... to protect my grandson's body!"

Chiyo shed tears, her face filled with sorrow and helplessness.

Whole corpse?

Chiyo wants to risk her life to revive Sasori?

Kyohiko immediately realized Chiyo's intentions, but at this moment, the opponent had the Chikamatsu Ten Puppets, Kakashi and Guy in the rear were no match for the Pakura Squad, and were already in imminent danger.

He sighed inwardly.

Chiyo for scorpion...

It's really hard to say which one is at a greater loss.

Although Chiyo wasn't as skilled as Sasori in Puppet Technique and poisons, Sasori was a madman; how could he possibly tolerate the Third Kazekage?

Even if they return to the village, they can endure it for a while, but as long as they continue to research Human Puppet, they will eventually suffer the consequences.

certainly.

The main reason is that, given the current situation, they have no better options.

Kyohiko chose to remain silent.

Yahiko and Nagato exchanged bewildered glances.

If the other party changes their story, they lose their reason, and it seems quite normal for them to be left with a complete corpse...

They looked at Minato Namikaze.

"Good!"

Minato Namikaze without hesitation.

He gathered his Chakra, threw Kunai, and precisely pierced Sasori of the Red Sands's throat.

The young man closed his eyes completely.

Minato then allowed his Shadow Clone to get closer, picked up a Kunai, and stabbed it into the heart again, making Chiyo grit her teeth in anger, but she was helpless.

Then, he turned around and said, "You may take him away now."

Thank you.

Chiyo, holding back her tears, manipulated the puppet to pick up Sasori, and then the Chikamatsu Ten Puppets, surrounded by others, left together.

Pakura put away the fireball and remained silent.

She felt no particular affection for Scorpion; in fact, she even felt a degree of disgust towards him.

but.

Chiyo held a very important position and played a significant role in Sunagakure; otherwise, she wouldn't have gone to such lengths to protect him.

Kurokawa collapsed to the ground, weeping bitterly.

"Sister, everyone, the ninja masters of Konoha have avenged us!"

"..."

Minato Namikaze's words were on the tip of his tongue, but they turned into a silent sigh.

What's the use of admonition when the person is dead?

It's late, so I wrote this very slowly to ensure quality.