Or perhaps it was precisely because the only thing he cared about had been destroyed that Sasori of the Red Sands had turned so thoroughly dark and wanted revenge on the world.
Without a body, Sasori could only be tortured through his mind.
"Tell me everything you know, right now. Don't make me ask twice. Otherwise, I promise you'll never forget what I do to you."
Sasori fell silent for a moment, then, for once, refused to yield.
"My parents died long ago. If you're using them to threaten me, you've picked the wrong person."
Sasori of the Red Sands would never hand over the Puppet Technique he treasured and make his enemy stronger.
He had seen just how vast Uchiha Genya's ambitions were. One day, Genya would launch a war that engulfed the entire Ninja World!
Sasori felt no attachment to Sunagakure. He wouldn't care if it were destroyed.
But there was still an old woman there who worried about him. He didn't want his power used to kill Granny Chiyo someday.
"You don't care whether Granny Chiyo lives or dies, either?" Sure enough, Xuanye chose to threaten Sasori with the last family he had.
"You should know that, with Konoha's current strength, I could capture her and use her against you whenever I wanted."
Xuanye wanted to see whether Sasori of the Red Sands really was a monster who cared nothing for his family.
Sasori fell unusually quiet, but he still showed no sign of yielding.
He knew his grandmother. Unlike him, Granny Chiyo valued the village more than her own life.
If she learned that her grandson had betrayed the village's Secret Technique to save himself, she would never accept it.
Sasori of the Red Sands was rational to the extreme. He would never submit to anyone's