On the other side, Kakashi and Sasori had also plunged into an intense battle—though calling it one-sided would have been just as fair.
Sasori was strong, but all his skills lay in puppets. At this stage, he had not yet turned himself into a puppet, and ordinary puppets like these could not stop Kakashi, whose strength had been rising at terrifying speed!
Kakashi was wreathed in lightning, constantly weaving through Sasori's many puppets. Not only did he perfectly avoid their attacks, he even found chances now and then to destroy one or two of them.
Seeing Kakashi's strength, Sasori could not help feeling a little regret over his rash move just now.
Sure enough, a ninja should never be ruled by his own emotions.
Though he thought that, Sasori still had no intention of giving up on killing Kakashi here. He could not get past the hurdle in his heart. All his family had died at their hands. That kind of pain was something even art could not suppress. He could not endure it!
He had to make Emiya Shiro experience that same pain too!
And this was one of the very few chances—perhaps even the only chance. Once he missed it, Kakashi would very likely be protected, then only released once his strength was sufficient.
By then... everything would already be too late.
With that thought, the moment Kakashi was blocked once again, Sasori pulled several scrolls from his waist and released them all!
These were different from the ordinary puppets currently fighting Kakashi. They were Human Puppets he had carefully selected! Though they were all ordinary ninja, their strength was absolutely not much worse than the average kekkei genkai ninja!
The next instant, under Sasori's control, five or six figures in red robes flew toward Kakashi, and as