That day, Dave came to the company.
"...How did you end up with the Ten Elite Puppets?" Dave asked, looking utterly baffled as Kakuzu put the Ten Elite Puppets through their paces.
Sunagakure had been on the verge of exploding these past few days. The Ten Elite Puppets left behind by the late Monzaemon had gone missing, and Chiyo was snapping at anyone she could get her hands on. Over the past two days, she had even started pestering Konoha. Danzo was about ready to lose his mind. Who had even seen those things?
"Heh. Chiyo's son traded them to me for every skin in Shinobi World Alliance and Crossing the Shinobi World," Kakuzu said slowly with a cold chuckle.
"...What a filial son..." Dave shook his head helplessly.
"Do you even know how to use those?" Dave asked after watching Kakuzu fiddle with them for a while.
"Puppets are controlled with Chakra Threads. I don't know how to use those, but I have ordinary threads." Kakuzu smiled, and countless black threads shot out of his hands, taking control of the ten puppets and arranging them behind him.
"I've been modifying these with Orochiroku over the past few days, and we've already gotten results. Want to see?" Kakuzu continued.
"Sure." Dave nodded.
The two went to an open area downstairs.
"Ten Elite Puppets: Release!"
The ten puppets slowly extended their hands and opened the compartments on their backs...
"...Are you going to war?" Dave stared at the lineup before him, utterly dumbfounded...
"They have both offense and defense covered. The two in front serve as shields. I had Orochiroku replace their bodies with diamond, so they're indestructible. The three in the middle carry an AK-47, an M4A1, and a Gatling Gun. The three behind those have a total of ten