Sasori of the Red Sands' Decision

Uchiha Yuzhen had been locked in combat with Sasori for quite some time.

He felt immense pressure.

Sasori's fighting style revolved around puppet mechanisms and lethal poisons.

That in itself was nothing unusual.

Every puppeteer operated in such a manner.

Even Sasori's grandmother, Chiyo, was no exception.

But when it came to Uchiha Yuzhen facing the greatest puppeteer in history, he finally understood just how terrifying Sasori was when controlling hundreds of puppets at once.

Under the manipulation of Sasori's Red Secret Technique, these puppets were impossibly agile.

The sheer number of puppets filling his vision, combined with countless mechanical blades, kept Yuzhen's nerves stretched to the breaking point.

He focused with every ounce of his being, utilizing the Flying Thunder God's instantaneous movement across the battlefield to evade the attacks that flooded his sight.

Unlike the pressure Uchiha Yuzhen felt, Sasori was simply shocked.

Truth be told, having already unleashed his Red Secret Technique, he considered wiping out a small nation to be an easy task.

Let alone disposing of a mere Elite Jonin.

That was right; with his keen eye, Sasori had long since realized that Uchiha Yuzhen's ninja caliber was at most that of an Elite Jonin.

He was far inferior to a powerhouse like himself who had stepped into the realm of a Kage.

This brat clearly lacked the strength, yet he was driving him mad with that troublesome jutsu!

His Red Secret Technique was currently controlling nearly three hundred puppets.

Whether it was fire, wind, earth, or blades, whenever he attacked, that brat would simply flick a kunai and vanish.

All those attacks were rendered completely useless!

Take this instance, for example...

Just when Sasori felt that he had finally managed to trap the boy like a turtle in a jar through his meticulous layout of puppets.

Whoosh!

The Uchiha boy who had fallen into the trap escaped his carefully laid snare with ease.

This caused Sasori to completely lose his composure:

"Damn it! How can such a shameless space-time ninjutsu exist in this world!"

It was truly shameless!

Sasori had long since discovered that his opponent's instantaneous movement required a kunai, and he had been trying to restrict it.

But Uchiha's Shurikenjutsu had taught him another lesson!

There was simply no way to restrict it!

This incomprehensible Shurikenjutsu allowed the kunai to weave calmly between his puppets.

The Uchiha Style Shurikenjutsu, combined with that instantaneous movement technique, allowed the Uchiha to reach a state where he could strike others, but no one could strike him.

When Sasori thought of this, he truly felt that this technique...

Was simply too shameless!

Uchiha Yuzhen flickered through the air, dodging a massive barrage of puppet attacks.

Just as he caught his breath, he heard Sasori's complaint.

He immediately flashed a smug smile at Sasori: "What? Already throwing a tantrum out of helplessness?"

He couldn't help but feel smug!

After entangling with Sasori for this long, he was very clear about exactly what level his strength was at.

The Elite Jonin strength rating on his system panel could not be fake.

However, possessing the Flying Thunder God, as long as he didn't do something desperate like the Second Hokage Senju Tobirama and stay behind to cover a retreat, he could basically hold his own against Kage and Super Kage-level powerhouses.

There was no helping it; the Flying Thunder God was just that powerful.

Even by the time of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, when fighting those "gods," it remained a space-time ninjutsu that stayed on the front lines of battle.

"Also, could you not be so rude and call your own ninjutsu shameless?"

"Words like that only make people perceive your weakness."

Uchiha Yuzhen spouted trash talk, hoping to affect Sasori's mindset.

Besides, how could his own Flying Thunder God, integrated with the Uchiha Style, be called shameless!

The truly shameless space-time ninjutsu had to be Obito's Kamui.

That was, in Yuzhen's mind, the most shameless space-time ability!

Sasori was unaware of Yuzhen's thoughts, but the trash talk reaching his ears truly made him nearly explode with rage.

He was being rude? Saying these things would make people think he was weak?

"You are the truly impudent brat!" Sasori's face was cold as frost: "You are clearly just a pathetic rat that can only run away, yet you're putting on airs now?!"

Boundless malice surged from Sasori's body.

Just as he was about to continue his attack, a signal flare lit up in the high sky in the distance...

Bang!

It was a signal flare unfamiliar to Sasori, but very familiar to Yuzhen.

It was the signal that the mission objective had been secured and they could retreat!

Thinking that he only needed to persist in this struggle for a few more moments before he could withdraw, Uchiha Yuzhen's spirits lifted.

"It seems it's coming to an end..."

Sasori heard Yuzhen's whisper and sighed helplessly:

"To actually let you Konoha ninja succeed in the capital of the Land of Wind—the Third Kazekage really lost face this time!"

He was happy to see the Third Kazekage suffer a setback.

He had always felt that it was due to the Third Kazekage's negligence that Konoha was able to invade the territory of the Land of Wind during the last Ninja World War, which ultimately led to the death of his parents.

Seeing Sasori complaining about the Third Kazekage at this moment, Yuzhen nimbly dodged to a distance.

Just as he was about to raise his Ninja Blade, preparing to strike with a Flame Blade, Kakashi came sprinting from afar.

"Yuzhen, it's time to retreat!"

Kakashi saw the hundreds of puppets, as well as the scene on the sidelines.

Yuzhen looked somewhat weary.

His mindset shifted instantly.

Before arriving, he had still wanted to see if he could be of any help.

But now, seeing those overwhelming swarms of puppets, he calmly concluded that it was time to retreat.

Hearing this, Uchiha Yuzhen nodded toward Kakashi in the distance to show he understood.

He pondered for a moment and immediately made his decision.

Since even Kakashi had appeared here, it meant that the mission objective had been secured and the situation was no longer critical.

Therefore, it was time for him to retreat!

With that thought, his figure flashed, and he dashed toward Kakashi at high speed.

When Sasori saw Kakashi, it felt as if his mind had been struck by a hammer.

Konoha's White Fang—his sworn enemy.

He knew every detail of the man's intelligence.

Thus, the moment he saw Kakashi, he recognized the son of his enemy.

As the saying goes, a father's debts are paid by his son.

When Sasori saw Yuzhen and Kakashi converge, he realized what was happening.

They were trying to run!

He could no longer hold back in this situation.

"Neither of you is getting away! Just accept your deaths obediently!" Sasori roared, commanding his puppets to assault Kakashi and Yuzhen.

He refused to believe that space-time ninjutsu could actually teleport people!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Countless puppets unleashed a barrage of attacks.

Blade strikes, Wind Style, lethal toxins, and flames all struck that spot in an instant.

However, Sasori's face darkened.

"It actually can move people together?! Damn it!"

As the smoke cleared, the area that had been struck was empty.

There was no sign of that Uchiha or Kakashi anywhere.

At this moment, Sasori finally realized that this space-time ninjutsu could indeed carry others.

"Hateful, hateful, hateful!"

The escape of his enemy's son caused the desire for revenge, which he had struggled to suppress for years, to flare up violently in his heart.

He cast his gaze toward the place where the Third Kazekage was battling.

Watching the Iron Sand flying everywhere, he sighed deeply in his heart:

"It was all because of your negligence that my parents died, and it is because of your carelessness this time that the situation has turned into this."

Having thought this through, he seemed to have made a decision.

With a solemn expression, he put away his puppets.

Then, he walked toward the place where the Kazekage was fighting his enemy!