Sasori swirled the pale purple potion in his test tube.
"As long as I put all this poison into the Third Kazekage's food..."
His expression darkened as he prepared to carry out his plan.
Bang! Just then, the door burst open.
A guard serving Elder Chiyo rushed in. "Sasori, hurry and come with me! Lady Chiyo is badly wounded. She's barely hanging on!"
Sasori's gaze wavered, and the plan he had just prepared flew out of his mind!
"Take me to her!"
The guard quickly led Sasori into an infirmary.
Chiyo sat in a chair with a hideous claw wound across her chest. Blood had already soaked her clothes red.
Sasori looked dazed for a moment, as though he recognized that wound.
The medical ninja stood up and shook his head.
"Grandma! How... how are you?"
Chiyo's face was deathly pale. She barely lifted her eyelids and reached out to stroke Sasori's hair.
"All of you... leave us."
The other Hidden Sand Village ninja exchanged glances. Knowing Chiyo had some final words to leave him, they all withdrew.
With trembling hands, Chiyo pulled a Storage Scroll from inside her clothes.
Poof!
Smoke rose, and a coffin appeared beside Chiyo.
"Open it."
Sasori was stunned, but he obediently stepped forward and pushed the coffin lid aside.
"M-Mother!?"
Sasori froze completely. The person inside the coffin was none other than his mother, Lingzi.
Lingzi's face was peaceful, as though she were asleep.
Forcing her wounded body to move, Chiyo staggered to her feet, blood dripping steadily from her.
Her hands rapidly formed hand seals, and a pale blue light enveloped Lingzi's body.
"Grandma... what are you doing?"
Sasori had no idea what Chiyo intended to do, but he could see that she was on the verge of death.
He grabbed the hem