At Shin Uchiha's words, Sasuke Uchiha, who had been idly swinging the sword in his hand out of sheer boredom, suddenly seemed to come alive. Excitement flashed in his eyes as he called out:
"Okay, teacher! Leave that ugly bastard to me."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Lightning Release Armor around Sasuke Uchiha blazed with lightning. His speed multiplied in an instant, and he became a blur as he charged toward Sasori nearby, casually slicing the puppets along his path into pieces.
Since finishing his secluded training, Sasuke Uchiha had spent some time traveling the Shinobi World, but none of the enemies he encountered had been a match for him. Forget giving him a satisfying fight-even the few notorious Jōnin-level missing-nin he had encountered could not withstand half his strength. It had left him deeply frustrated.
And now that he had come to support Sunagakure, his teacher's earlier restrictions had kept Sasuke from enjoying the fighting to the fullest.
Had he been somewhere else, out of his teacher's sight, he could have secretly used it.
But his teacher was here in person. Sasuke Uchiha knew nothing he did could escape his teacher's notice, so he had obediently stayed there hacking apart these puppets.
Now, however, his teacher had personally given the word. Naturally delighted, Sasuke became a blur and charged straight toward Sasori nearby.
Sasori was a seasoned veteran of countless battles. The moment he noticed the change in Sasuke Uchiha, alarm shot through him, and he commanded the Third Kazekage Puppet to unleash another Magnet Release ninjutsu at Pakura.
"Magnet Release: Iron Sand World Method!"
As the Third Kazekage Puppet performed the technique, vast quantities of iron sand appeared out of thin air. The sand immediately formed countless spikes that continued to extend and multiply in midair,