Naruto walked over to the window and pointed at the somewhat chaotic construction sites outside, where Kumogakure was being rebuilt.
"Look. They still mostly rely on manpower and simple tools to repair houses and move materials. It's inefficient, and dangerous."
"If there were a puppet that could navigate complex terrain, with multiple mechanical arms that could freely change shape and handle gripping, cutting, welding, and other tasks...
"Of course, that wouldn't matter to a genius like you, but for ordinary people, something with fewer functions would be easier to control."
"And a genius like you could design a 'construction swarm' puppet system that could plan its own routes, work in coordination, and automatically assemble prefabricated components..."
"Or even large-scale engineering machines powered and driven by chakra, with output and precision far beyond ordinary machinery..."
Naruto's description was like a new window opening.
For the first time, a glimmer of thought and curiosity appeared in Sasori's cold eyes.
At its core, his Puppet Technique revolved around absolute mastery of materials, structures, energy transmission, and control systems.
Killing was one application, but certainly not the only one.
What if the precise tolerance control used to make poisoned hidden weapons were applied to producing perfectly fitted building components...
What if the complex techniques for independently controlling chakra threads attached to over a hundred puppets were used to command an automated engineering crew...
What if the power systems and joint designs that gave puppets humanlike, or even superhuman, combat capabilities were used to build tireless construction machines of boundless strength...
What would that look like?
His puppets could put their abilities to use throughout the entire shinobi world.
Perhaps... that really could be interesting.
Sasori sensed the faint killing intent around him. It had not completely dissipated, only been temporarily restrained by Naruto's presence.