Fated Showdown

Kakashi's goal was clear: to deal with a Sunagakure puppet master, he had to get past the Puppets and attack their master directly!

He had returned to the Hatake Family's swordsmanship and even forged his own path beyond it. Kakashi now stood on par with the man once known as Konoha's White Fang.

As he watched Kakashi close in, his Puppets unable even to slow him down, Sasori of the Red Sands immediately understood what Kakashi intended.

"Not a chance!"

Hiruko: Needle Eight Waves!

Hiruko's head opened and fired a stream of poisoned needles.

Sasori of the Red Sands was a master of poison, surpassing even his grandmother Chiyo.

He had killed the Third Kazekage with poison.

He was confident that if even one needle struck Kakashi, the man would lose the ability to fight within seconds.

At his current level of skill with poison, Tsunade was probably the only person in the entire Ninja World who could devise an antidote.

And since he was in Konoha, he could kill Tsunade too. Then no one in the Ninja World would ever be able to counter his poison!

The needles riddled the onrushing Kakashi with holes, but the next instant, his figure dissolved on the spot like a shadow.

"A Shadow Clone?"

Sasori of the Red Sands immediately scanned his surroundings, alert, while calling his Puppets back to defend him.

"Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall!"

Four earthen walls rose around Hiruko, each carved with a different dog's head, completely separating Hiruko from the other Puppets.

Hiruko was now trapped in a cramped space.

"!"

Sasori of the Red Sands had top-tier battle instincts. A section of Hiruko's tail smashed through the wall behind him, and he planted both hands on the ground, trying to leap backward and open up some distance.

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