"Sasori of the Red Sands?"
"You know me?"
"Granny Chiyo's grandson. I've seen you before..."
Gaara had no time to exchange any more pleasantries with Sasori. He sent his sand crashing straight at him!
With springs built into his feet, Sasori leaped more than three meters into the air.
The sand struck empty air, and Sasori seized the chance to summon his puppets in midair.
"Th-that's!"
A seasoned Jonin from Sunagakure identified the two figures.
"The infamous warlord of Amegakure-Hanzo the Salamander-and a former senior official of Konoha-Shimura Danzō!"
"Sasori! Did you kill those two?"
Sasori closed his eyes and smiled faintly.
Of course I didn't kill them. I merely accepted someone else's generosity.
The moment the Hanzo puppet landed, he sliced open the poison sac attached to his body!
"Everyone, fall back! Only Lady Chiyo can counter Hanzo's poison!"
All the Sunagakure Jonin immediately retreated, leaving only Gaara facing Sasori in the air.
"One-Tail's jinchūriki, how about coming with us too?"
"Too?"
Gaara's brow furrowed.
"What have you done to Fū?"
"Fū? Is that the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki's name?"
Sasori lifted his head, a sinister smile curling his lips.
"Who knows... She's probably been captured by now, hasn't she?"
"You bastards!"
Sand rose all around them, slowly enclosing the spreading poison mist.
Sasori glanced at the sand and grinned smugly.
"You're actually helping me!"
The Danzo puppet landed in the poison mist and opened his mouth wide.
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"
The powerful wind carried the poison mist into the sand walls, then drove it straight upward along their towering surfaces!
From a distance, it looked like a chimney spewing poisonous smoke!
Gaara tried to escape to the side, but the Hanzo puppet intercepted him.
Hanzo's swordsmanship was ferocious. Without his absolute defense, Gaara would have struggled to hold him